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Show CAN'T HANDLE THE BUSINESS. Railroads Not Keeping Pace With Development De-velopment of the West. Chicago, That It will bo useless to attempt to develop tho west with Inadequate In-adequate railroad facilities was the assertion as-sertion or transportation ofTicors at u meeting In Chicago on Thursday. Tlio coherence wns or gcnornl pnsscnger agents of western railroads, and tho question for consideration was low homeseekers' rates during the coming winter nnd spring. It had been pro posed that for tho sake or developing tlio trnus-Mlssourl country tho usual low round trip fares should bo author- Ized, which rates hnve had tho effect, of helping to Bettlo tho grent district during tho pnst fow years. After a thorough discussion It wns the consensus of opinion that it would bo useless to go ahead with low rates and attempt to populate the western states when transportation companies are entirely Inadequate to handle tlio present business. It was u frank confession on the pnrt of the railroad men of tho de-plornblo de-plornblo condition or truiiFportntinn lines, showing Hint, while the west - wj needs peoplo, the railroads are not in u position to handle the traffic. |