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Show ALL AFTER BUSINESS. Proposed Pool of Western Roads Collapses. CHICAGO. March 2$. Tho proposed pool of tho Western railroads for tho division of convention business mo'lng between Chicago and the coast has collapsed. All tho roads will act acparatoly. as they have dono In tho past. In getting convention conven-tion business, and thero will be no limit on tho number of free tlckots glvon to delegations to secure business. Several of tho Western ronds started out two weeks ngo to form a pool on convention con-vention business of which there Is a Inrgo amount In prospect for tho coming summer sum-mer Competition In tho pust year has led to tho practice of giving away tickets to secure business. It was proposed to put a limit on tho number of free tickets and to divide tho business equally among all tho roads. |