Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1889 — RAILROADS NOT IN HARMONY. [ARTICLE]

RAILROADS NOT IN HARMONY.

Tho Western Slut ex Passenger Assoclation to bo Dissolved. jChicago dispatch: The managers of the lines in the Western States Passenger Association at a meeting have voted to dissolve the organization Jan. 1. It seems that the Wisconsin Central is mainly responsible for this. It has never complied with that article of the agreement which provides that every member shall file with the chairman copies of its special contracts for the inspection of the other members. Its refusal to do this placed all the roads at a disadvantage, and the Burlington & Northern and the Minneapolis & St. Louis finally got tired of it and gave notice that they would! withdraw from the association Jan. 1. Last week a committee was appointed to see what could be done toward settling the difficulties and keeping the association intact At yesterday's meeting the committee reported, recommending a reorganization of the association. The proposition was voted down. The Wisconsin Central then announced that i ( was willing to continue the association and comply with the terms of the agreement, provided any member be allowed to withdraw on giving sixty days’ notice, and provided, further, that the Wisconsin Central be allowed a differential of $1.50 in the first-class fare between Chicago and St. Paul. This the other roads refused to consider for a moment, and a resolution to disband the organization Jan. 1 was carried. i