| Show IN IAThWAY I1i s Js < SS T J tf SUP I NTESDE 1lo wN ti7 Ii JT i s li A TAMC WITH A HER iD ftNLd 4 h The Rumored v Closing of tbe1iuI n Paclc > Skotus at OteoneN Further Retrca IaSkIt Lake 17 t ttJ it i t > t J f 1 Omaha Dec So J Special I Thdi alfls traveling corr spend 1i ffL oday Its teri1 Vied S ednndeith1 ircComrelf iflr the rumored closing oi stheChey enne shops the first of the year When he said The Union Pacificl4islshnpIy 1 cutting operating expenses to c9nt JY1 with the business of the roadand with a view of cutting wages The Wages we have been paying sldUedj labor at Ooeyenns are 55 c l1fu more than at Denver Needed retrenchment must follow all along tire line wherever d < cam be made No number has r < yet been designated for retention at Cheyenne Chey-enne but enough Tylll be kept injalL the different departments to do necessary local work have not been notified of any action the men may have taken agreeing to accept a reduction of wages A reduction of wages te < not fch 1 eques tlon before us The business of the road is less today than il has been at II any time within the past sis years Nol Salt Lake will not toe affected There and at Rawllns Evans boa and Pocaj tello we have been making greatly reduced re-duced forces and must continue on that baas It is conceded that fully 60 per cent of the men at Cheyenne will be let out I I t General Passenger Agent Francis of the Burlington returned from Chicago yesterday morning but will gO back again tomorrow evening 41 to be present at the meeting of the committee appointed ap-pointed to report a Schedule of transI j continental rounS trip rates necessary to the agreement to the traifsMissourl j lines to enter a transcontinental l asso i i elation Mr Francis thought the con 1 ditlons were bright for a final agree agreej j ment although he was not particul1 I arly hopeful that the agreement would be signed by the first of the year Adjournment Ad-journment was taken on Saturday until Thursday when it is thought all I the subcommittees will be aWe to report re-port to the committee of the whole Them The-m Jst serious obstacle the committee thought was the disposition of the Southern Pacific to deny the Santa Fe its rights in California The latter road would not enter into an agreement unless it was given the right to make rates on roundtrip tickets from the Missouri river via San Francisco as are made via Los Angeles and San Fran I I Cisco The committee consisting of W F White of the Santa Fe T H Goodman Good-man of the Southern Pacific and F I Whitney of the Great Northern reached reach-ed an agreement yesterday and it has been submitted for ratification The agreement is in substance as follows That the four routes named in the old Transcontinental association circular cir-cular P D 27 should ba adopted for basing and selling purposes The 4 extra charge above the 580 basis for San Francisco and San Diego would be waived in connection wcth the proposed advances in rates so tlhat San Francisco and San Diego maya toe rpireeerved upon a parity with each other and these two points and Los Angeles shall be made common as to the application of the new 90 and J95 rate It is not contemplated to disturb existing routes except in die matter of additional routes referred to above The committee recommends that in the adoption of the new one way rates to anfd from California points the first class continuous passenger rates to and from Los Angeles and Missouri river points and points common therewith shall be made 54 when passing through an Francisco and the second class rate 44 for the same route Also that the class continuous passenger rate to and from San Francisco via Los Angeles and Albuquerque to and from Missouri points and points common com-mon therewith shall be 54 and the second class rate via the same route 44 It is also recommended that the 60 one way rate for thirty day tickets between Missouri river common points end Los Angeles may apply via San Francisco anti between Missouri river common points and San Francisco may apply via Las Angeles and Albuquerque Albu-querque Assistant General Passenger Agent Payne came in from Chicago this morning morn-ing and was rather hopeful that tire troubles of the railroads would foe shortly at end so far as agreements were concerned Mr Domax now that something definite has been decided upon will go to Chicago the last of the week to assist at the birth of the new association |
