Show FREIGHT SITUATI uiERMSSl General Agents of Denver & Rio Grande and West ern Pacific Meet Here A mi or an ga he ng of gene a at en s of t o De r&Ko Grande and We e n Fa f c a roads was led at e Ho e V a yes e day af e noon The ee g waa pres de ovo by J N V e s of 8 Lou s ass sat to V ce Preh de t J M Jo nso charge of traff c for the two oada I At the c ose of tho conference Mr a honu su d that t e meet ng had been ca ed for tle purpose of du uss ng the fre g t sltuat on n e ter o y served by to t vo Gould roads Mr G t e i exp a nod to he age ts ha tho Euro pean a lad caused u. cu tai ment of sh pp ng as ast amou s of wheat flour and o commod es were be g held up n t s ount y and that t e roads vere not of course and ng tl eir usua quota of freight Mr GIthens a so xpresBed the opinion hat he war wou d be of short duration and hat as soon as one side or the o her .ad ga ned ads n t ud antage and had eopened the fo e gn por s o tFe products of t a cou try the e would bo a rush of sh ppers to mo e t e r commodities Hence the advise of Mr G thens was tl at the agents s ould watch t e war news c ose y and be ready to secure all the freight poss ble for their roads as soon as the commodities are ready to be moved At the meet ng were all the general agents of the Western Tac flc and Den ver & Rio Grande in Salt Lake west of the cltj f hose present from outs de points were E. S B air Los Angeles W lp Schmidt San Francisco W B Town Bend Oakland J C Havely Sacra mento W C McBride Portland J Nor ton Seattle W B Kenney G and June t on Co o In add t on several trave ng freight agents were present Mr G thens and h s private secretary W F Hughes arrived jesterday after noon as did most of the agents All the agents left ear y last night for their var ous headquarte s Mr GIthens and his secretary wi remain in Sa t Lake several days befofe returning to St Louis |