Show fAVOR AN ASOC4TION What I Passenger Men Are Doing at Glenwood I BIG LIMES REPRESENTED Committee of Seven Named to Draw Up Plan for tho Proposed Transcontinental Trans-continental Passenger Bureau Senator Elkins and ExSenator Bldns Davis of West Virginia Will be in Syndicate to Build Road from Los Angeles Work on Stllwells Great Project Railroad Notes prOjcc Rnlro I I TRIBUNE SPECLVLl Glenwood Springe Colo Aug 30 The work of forming a transcontinental passenger association was begun here this morning The representatives of twentyone different roads met in the parlor of the Colorado hotel at 10 a m The session was an executive one and lasted two hours Eben E McLeod chairman of the Western Passenger association and 1 Thompson secretary oC the same organization acted In like capacity for the preliminary meeting At Its conclusion con-clusion it was announced that a committee com-mittee of seven had been appointed to I draft a plan covering the scope of territory ter-ritory and membership of the proposed I organization This committee will report re-port to the meeting of the delegates tomorrow to-morrow morning at 10 oclock I The committee Is made up of representatives repre-sentatives of the Southern Pacific Union Pacific Santa Fe Rock Island Burlington Rio Grande Western and Missouri Pacific The following are the names of those who are present E O McCormick Southern Pacific S F B I Morse Atlantic system Southern Pacific t Pa-cific R A Donaldson Southern Pacific Pa-cific D E Burley Oregon Short Line I A F Merrill Chicago Milwaukee St Paul George Martin St Louis I San Francisco George W Heintz Rio Grande Western W F Bailey Colorado Colo-rado Midland 1 E Fisher Colorado Southern S K Hooper Denver Ss Rio Grande John Sebastian Rock Island George T Nicholson Santa FeW I Fe-W B Knlskern Chicago Northwestern Northwest-ern Eben E MacLeod chairman Western West-ern Passenger association H C Townsend I Town-send Missouri Pacific E L Lomax Union Pacific C A Knlskern Illinois I Central B L WInchell vicepresident Colorado Southern A B Smith Burlington Bur-lington J J Byrne Southern California Califor-nia western portion of Santa FeAt Fe-At the meeting this morning the sentiment sen-timent was unanimous in favor of forming a transcontinental association There was some difference of opinion as to whether it should be an independent independ-ent association or formed In connection with some of the existing associations The majority were In favor of an independent in-dependent organization The only reason given for being attached at-tached to another organization is that it will save the expense of a separate official list and their salaries The Indications In-dications are that the delegates will be here until Saturday night The cjulckness with which the agents got down to business and the assiduity with which they pursue the same pre gjude all possible suppositions that the meeting ia for the purpose of a junketIng I junket-Ing trip |