The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-08-14
THE WAR GOES on.
FURTHER CUTTING IN RATES.
Details of the Cause of the WarLThe
afrC G. B. 81 @. at the Bottom oft
Prospects OF the War
Extending.

Prospects OF the War
Extending.
The freight war how raging between
the U. Z. and b. & NJ, but virtually
the c. B. & O., is decreasing none in
interest. At ilrst the cut in rates was
confined to stock. but now all freights
are included, and it may soon, If it has
not today, extended to the passenger
traffic, which, however, cannot affect
rates west of Kansas.
Regarding the origin Of the war, the
following particulars additional to those
already published by the LEADER, are
given. They a,e from the Omaha
Ne,rs, which thus reports them:
Anything new new in the freight
war. Mr.. Yining'r asked the reporter.
Nothing specially that l know of;
perhaps 4 a give yon a few additional
particulars that may explain just our
position and the cause of the cut. The
difficulty originated right here. For a
long time the g. b. & Q. have teen
playing a. regular thimble game with
outsiders. Whatever cup you raised,
underneath you may be sure resteda lit
tie ball either G. b. & Q. or b. NJ. 1t
was a dead open and shut business.
We-had known for long time of this
'cuttin' and rebate concern. Complaints
had reached us that Chicago lumber
dealers had been shipping lumber to
Kearney, billing over the C. b. & Q.
and b. & NJ. The freight bills were
made out regularly, bnt when the Chi
cago merchants got the bills back in
Chicago they brought them to the C.
D. u q. headquarters and were given a
rebate. W. investigated, knowing that
at the established rate we could not
hope to compete. The G. b. & @. peo-
pie referred us to the B. & NJ, and the
b. Il NJ. then showed US the freight
bills made out Mt the regular price, so
we couldn't put orr fingers on the
guilty parties.n eIlaa
"How about the stock rates?'
"Southern roads for some time have
been shipping stock east at n nominal
rate of thirty dollars per car, but prac-
tically at twenty dollars. The Iowa
pool, of which the @. b. Il Q. at Oma-
ha is a member, have been charging a
pool rate of fifty dollars. But for the
purpose of attacking the u. p. and the
pool lines, they entered into an arrange
ment with the b. q NJ by which all stock
from Kearneyj should be shipped
through by their lines at Plattsmouth
at the same rate the st. Joe and other
roads were charging, that is thirty dol
lars. Of course this makes d tremen-
dous difference in through rates from
Kearney to Chicago, and caused just
complaint among shippers on our line,
who found a difference of about thirty
dollars a car on through stock, and
accused us of pocketing the amount,
while we were really only making our
legitimate rate Of from twelve to
eighteen dollars. Not satisfied with
this the b. & NJ, in addition, made
secret cuts on their own line. thus
pocketing a large sum.
"At the end Of the year the two
roads compared accounts and the B. &
NJ. got an additional sum from the G.
b. & Q. for all freights sent over their
lines. The b. u NJ. in the meantime
were using every effort to divert trade
from our legitimate territory, sending
drummers MS for west as Cheyenne, to
turn in all cattle via Kearney, the B.
& NJ, Portsmouth, and the C. b. &
Q. You would hardly believe, in adj
dition, that the c. B. & Q. made
an effort to have the pool lines
raise their tariff to sixty dollars per car
for all stock via Omaha. We couldn't
stand it any longer, and made the
cut.n EYIAN@ 4 81
"How long is it liable to be main
tainedY"sf Afa
"Just rs long as the b. & NJ. are
satisfied we are We can stand It prob
ably as long as they cam ~
Still another feature in the fight is
detailed by the Herald. which says, in
its issne of Tuesday: n
= Another slashihg in the freight war,
occurred yesterday, the L. P. railroad
making a cut in its rates on grain on
the main line from Plum Creek and all
intermediate stations to Omaha and
from all points on the Omaha and Re-
publican Valley railroad. The ''cut''
brings round rates to Chicago down to
25 cents per 100 pounds. in carloads,
the U. p. railroad standing the brunt
of the ''cut." It being early in the
season, little grain has thus far been
brought into market and therefore
little is readyto gain the advantage of
the competition.
b The cut in lumber from Chicago
westward to % cents for the round
rate, which was made on Saturday, is
being eagerly taken advantage Of by
the dealers, who were sending orders
yesterday to start out considerable
quantities. s0 aQ
Most of the benefit of the slashing of
freight rates inures obviously to dealers
in mercandise In Plumb Greek, Kear-
ney and the towns for which they are
distributing points, and a squirt of
activity in that direction is q feature
of the war.
Comparatively little stock has come
down. so that n stampede of rattle cast