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Show Toe Bureau of Transportation to Present Their Grievances to the ' Commission. THE ATCHISON'S BOLD DEAL. New York Pronounces it One Feature of a Gigantio Operation Notes and Personals. The bureau of transportation of the Salt Lake City chamber of commerce, composed of Fred Simon, chairman, W. C. B. Allen, commissioner; Wr. H. Remington, T. G. Webber, ,t. F. Grant, Spencer Clawson, G. F. Culmer, J. C. Conklin, II. P. Mason, Henry Colin, II. C. Lett, A. L. Williams, P. W. Mad-sen, Mad-sen, and J. W. Whitehead, Jr., will present an informal statement to Commissioner Com-missioner Veazey in which tho merchants merch-ants and manufacturers of Salt Lake City will bo enabled to present the details de-tails covering the entire discrimination; together with such other facts as may bo considered important, showing the conditions, growth and resources wherever they have a bearing upon tho transportation question, and showing show-ing where Salt Lake City is entitled to better railroad rates than now hold. The special committee composod of Messrs. G. F. Culmer, J. W. Whitehead, jr and Georgo Osmond, will present a detailed statement of rates and freight discriminations. This report is very complete, and covers all classes to and from Salt Lake City. It also includes tho ore rates to this point, aud makes a comparison with Pacific terminals, showing the discriminations against Salt Lake City and intervening points. THE ATCHISON DEAL, New Vork Hays It In Part or a Gigantic Operation. Flora interviews among railroadmen it would appear that the purchase of the Colorado Midland by tho Atchison is only tho first step in one, of tho biggest big-gest consolidations in railroad history. Gradually the facts of tho big deal are leaking out. It seems impossible to got. at nil the particulars, as they are fully known only to a few railroad presidents aud such banking iirnis as Kidder, l'eabody & Co., Drexel, Morgan Mor-gan & Co. and liraing Brothers of Chicago. Chi-cago. The known facts aro that the Southern l'acilie,' Missouri Pacilic and Atchison systems have come to such close understanding that they aro to all intents and purposes under one management. man-agement. Tho alliance, is not only defensive, de-fensive, but offensive, It is a perfectly open secret that tho Southern Pacific holds the most inteuso hatred toward tho Union Pacific and never turns over to that road . a pound of uncousigned freight. The Atchison has of late come to hate the Rock Island as cordially, and the bold coup of buying tho Colorado Mid-1 land completely blocks the Rock Island from the formation of its contemplated transcontinental line. On top of all this conies an alleged interview with Rio Grande Western ollicials, that tho Atchison has bought their mail. President Mauvel of tho Atchison emphatically em-phatically denies this report, however, while acknowledging tho purchase of tho Colorado Midland, lie admitted the inconsistency, also, of the Atchison buying the Colorado Midland without a thorough understanding with tho Rio Grande Western people. That, this understanding exists Mas learned later. It appears that before a rail of the Colorado Midland was laid, aeastiron perpetual contract was drawn up giving the Colorado Midland mileage mile-age rights from this junction to Ogilen. This contract is binding, no matter who owns tho Colorado Midland, and as a eonseiuenco it is perfectly unnecessary unnec-essary for tho Atchison to spend a dollar dol-lar for Rio Grando Western securities, let alone buying a controlling interest iu its $100,000,001) of securities. The fact is plain that the Atchison now has two transcontinental lines connecting con-necting at Mojave stud Ogdcn with tho Southern Pacilic. The full list of members mem-bers of the Southwestern railroad and steamboat association was todav learned for the first time. They are the Southern Pacific, Missouri Mis-souri Pacilic, St. Louis. Iron Mountain iV Southern, Texns Pacilic, Missouri, Kansas & Texas, Fort Scott & Memphis, Atchison system, Denver, Texas fc Fort Worth, Mallory line of steamers, Morgan's Mor-gan's Louisiana & Texas railway, Morgan's Mor-gan's line of steamers, and Cromwell's liue of steamers. ' All the above are ruled absolutely in rate matters by a majority of the "live members of the executive committee. Three of this executive committee aro tho immediate representatives of C. P. Huntington, Jay Could and Alleu Mauvel. A Great Combination. Tho (ireat Southwestern Railway and Steamship company, of which J. F. (ioddard is slated for chairman if it is carried out ou tho lines laid down, will be ouc. of the greatest railroad combines of (lu! age. It, now transpires that the agreement of the association was signed iu New York September 3rd or 4lli by the presidents of the lines which are interested, in-terested, of which the principal magnates mag-nates are Jay (lould, C. P. Huntington aud Alleu Manvell. Tho executive committee of the new association is S. H. II. Clark, first vice-president of the Missouri Pacilic; J. C. Stubbs, third vice-president of the Southern Pacilic; J.Waldo, freight traffic manager of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas; J. 1). Springer, assistant to the president of the Atchison, and C. 11. Mallorv, president presi-dent of tho Mallory line of steamers plying between New York and the, Gulf of Mexico ports. Tho association includes in-cludes all the steamship lines plying between be-tween New York, New Orleans, (ial-veston, (ial-veston, and other ports on tho Gulf ol Mexico, as well as tho largo railroad systems in the southwest. The association associa-tion will absolutely control the rate making power so far as rates from New York and east as well as west and southwest south-west aro concerned. 'Hallway Notes anil Personals. The Liberal baud will soon give an excursion to (irand Junction, Colo., over tho Rio Grando Western broad gauge. The general passenger agents will arrive ar-rive iu the city today at 8:20 p. m. Tomorrow To-morrow at 1:3(1 p. in. they will visit Garlield Beach. There are 133 in the party. |