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Washington!. B. C. / ? 7 Tuesday, July 31st, 1906. The Committee appointed ("by advice of Counsel) at the meeting of Western Lines held at Chicago, July loth, to confer with the Interstate Commerce Commission on certain questions relating to the amended law, to become effective Aug.28th, 1906, convened-I-^for pro- Ximimary discussion— -in Room 601, Hew Willard Hotel, at 9:00 A-.M. The following were in attendance!' D. BBLller, J-.H.Hiland, Vice-President* C.B.& Q.R,;y. H.R.MeCullo ugh, W.B .Biddle, E.B .Bowes, C .Haile, J , 0. Stubbs (Chairman) Ert. Trf. Mgr., Traffic Manager Trf. Dir.. C.M.& S t . P . R y . , 1 C.& H. W. Ry. C . R . I . & P .R y . 111. Ce- n.R.R. M.K.& T. Ry. Un. P a c . S .P .E o s , Mr. J.M.Dickinson, General Counsel, I.C.R., was also present. Mr. D.O.Ives, Gen. Trf.Mgr., Wab. R.R., who--with Mr. McCullough" was added to the original committee, did not attend. Request had been received from Mr. L. Green, (Prt.T'rf.Mgr, Sou.Ry) Chairman of Committees of Southern and Southeastern Lines, that the two Committees jointly confer with the Commission, and such course being agreeable to the Commission, it was arranged accordingly, the hour of me thing with the Commission being at 2:00 P.M. The Committee proceeded with the reading and discussion of a list of questlong which had been acted upon by the Southern Committee, but which had not yet been submitted to their Counsel. k&gk list, Ini some instances, covered points which expedient or necessary to raise was concluded that the Committee would. mission. confine itself the following and after i n i t f requc P L R S T situation sel. The i&sk XIst, rn Comra.ittee did not a fu11 review It pet ition to the Com-sts, namely; •i •• .n allf i.cvilti.es of the ;hinsr | ting, _Ask the Commission, in view of the and the magnitude of the work, to make an order permi provisionally, the continuance of the present practice of making, filing and posting, passenger and freight tariffs, with the under­standing that the carriers will take up with the Commission the questings involved, with a view of reaching a practicable and uniform practice, and that the Commission will, after the situation has further- developed, fix by an order a time within which the: tariffs shall be filed and published. S1C0HD Ask the Commission to suspend the requirement of the 30 days notice of changes in Import and Export rates, substituting therefore the requirement that where joint rates exist, these rates shall from time to time as they are made, be published and posted— for. import business at the port of entry and for export.