The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-08-12
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BErwEEN THE U. F. AND 3. g. M.
Cutting on Live Stock Rates-Five
Cents Rate From Kearney to
Onaha-Vining and Low
ell Interviewed

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Union Pacific and Burlington & Mis-
souri railroads IS Of more than ordinary
interest to stockmen. These two cor
porations are natural competitors from
Kearney to Omaha, but their interests
have heretofore been saved by mutu-
atty -of terms. 1t is generally sup
posed, in fact usually conceded that the
b. b. & @. railroad is an ally and
backer of the b. & NJ. in Nebraska.
The former company is a member OF
the Iowa pool from Omaha to Chicago,
and receives its forty per cent. OF all
business originating at or passing
through Omaha Amy business origi-
mating elsewhere, and which does o
pass through Omaha going over the c.
b. so. is that much clear gain. The
only connecting point the q. b. &c q.
road has ON the U. p. is Kearney. The
c. and N. W. has a similar connection
at Fremont On all Fremont business
the Northwestern pockets its proceeds.
On all Kearney business the g. b. & q.
pockets its proceeds. On all Omaha
business forty per cent. goes into the
nool n I've divided among tbe three
aonauv II has been tho wish of eacb
| road to get as much outside business as
possible, hence the Northwestern has
had at times. and may have now its
special Fremont rate. at K~earney n
nod of rates between the r.. Il M. and
u. p. was established on all business
bound east originating at Kearney.
| Merchandise from between tbht1 Mace
and Omaha was GIG cents per hundred
| for first class and 10 cents for second
| and third classes The freight was
graduated below this the lowest being
lumber Mt 10 cents per undred nounds
On SATURDAY. morn,no last the rates
were anddenlv ,overed In five cents n
yonderfu,,v low rate seeing the dis
lance Ia 900 miles. The same dav the
Union Pacific AVN orders IN aoents all
along The line 10 receive stock for shin
ment 10 Chicago nj a reduction per car
load of from ten to thirty dollars. At
| Plum Greek the rnte to Omaha WINS
ninety dollars before the Trouble came
IN. 1t is now sixty. A proportionate
| reduction is made for all points east of
| Plum Creek to Fremont. West of
| Plum Creek the rate of cut gradually
diminjsbes in amount to ten dollars mt
| CHEYENNE and west.
The Omaha RepuJlican interviewed
MIR. yining. freight agent of the u.
p. who. after relating n good Joke To
the point said:
ssIf the other fellows can afford II.
we propose To do our best TO be liberal
also; so we thought If they could carry
stock at certain figures we could carry
it at lower rates: hence we tried the
thing. and this morning ar order took
| effect for a reduction of from ten to
| thirty dollars n car on cattle. Icannot
tell Won exactly the mount OF re-
duction at Individual stations; but
there was a general revision of rates all
along the line. We also issued ar Or
der reducing freights between Omaha
and Kearney ON all classes of goods to
i've cents per nunQreQ.H
"Why were these reductions made?n
1--WE. found that the C. b. Il O.
agents were working up the cattle
country for that road. and endeayoring
to induce stock dealers to drive to
| Kearney and ship over the b. & M.
| They were doing this in territory which
rightly belongs to us, and in open yio-
lation of n contract made with the B.
Il M. road. To checkmate this little
project the order was issued. The
agents did moi get much stock from our
territory but It accustomed n great deal
of complaint, and the c. b. 4 O. men
we're making people believe their road
is more liberal than we are. J Agents
all along the line to Ogden. wherever
their stations are interested in the re-
auctions, have been informed. and the
order issued Friday night took effect
Saturday morning.
.sBut the b. Il M. folks say the G. b.
& O. has no connection with the diff
culty.n
..That is an old dodge of theirs and
we are getting tired of this excuse.u
The Rsnubiieon reporter then pro.
ceeded to the office of Mr.. percivaI