Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-27
THU RAILROAD OFFICIALS
WHAT MESSRS. MERRILE and GAULT
HIVE TO SIYOF THE OUTRAGE.
1t was Railroad Fight Growing Out of u
Observation-Disclosures Don't Think
the People Ought to be Mad Over the In
suit to st. Paul-Smo Words and Quiet
TOnes-Olly AS Usual.

suit to st. Paul-Smoot Words and Quiet
Tones Oily as Usual. -
Last Saturday the employees of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul Railroad company in st.
Paul not having been appraised of the COM
pauy's policy to make st. Paul way station,
failed to flag the :25 o'clock train, and it passed
by without stopping. st. Paul, after having
donated $l50,COO or thereabouts to this
road several years ago, and more recently
having extended extraordinary gener-
GUS privileges to the company
for its Short Line to Minneapolis, objected
to being thus passed by the conpany's trains.
In fact the Saturday episode was declared an
outrage, and the SUNDAY GLOBES account of it
and remarks about it were only the reflex of
the indignation of this community.
The local officials disavowed all knowl-
edge OF the cause. MIR. Prior,
Superintendent of the Minnesota
Division. had no explanation to give, didn't and
couldn't understand it at all.
From other sources it was learned that the
outrage upon the people of this city. and the
travelling public in general, was perpetrated to
spite rival road, the Chicago, st. Paul & Min.
ueapolis West wisconsin, which had underbid
them for the transportation of troops to Fort
Smelling. The particulars of the affair and
the nature of this paltry excuse have been al
ready related and need no REPETITION at this
time.
Everybody in st. Paul knows all about tho
outrage. Everybody in st. Paul is indignant
at the outrage.
Everybody around about here connected
with the railroad couldn't tell or didn't know
from whom the order to pass st.
Paul had emanated. Mr.. Prior and
the rest were deplorably lgnorant-aud Mr..
P rior is the superintendent of this division,
dSnatcharS
Thus the railroad company has been without
explanation or excuse, il they had any. or
wanted to make any, until yesterday.
% MERRILL INTERVIEWED.
Yesterday, S. s. Merrill, general
manager, and John G. CAN'T, assistant
general manager of the Chicago, Milwaukee Il
st. Paul railroad, arrived in this city. They
were sought out by the GLOBE. They were
company's headquarter offices.
The GLOBE, filled with the righteous indgna-
ton of all st. Paul, exploded with,
"Gentlemen-l have come to learn what you
have to say about the outrage committed last
Saturday by your train giving the go-by to our
city?"
At this discharge MIR. Merrill showed he was
completely paralyzed by saying he was not lin.
terviewable.''
"But'-said the GLOBE, to be interrupted
by Mr.. Merrill suggesting that maybe MIR.
obult "ouIu SuOOG OIL III reply.
MR. GAULT'S STATEMENT.
Mr.. Gault did shoot off by asking if the
GLOBE wanted the facts.
Most assuredly. 1t is the facts am after
That's just what is wanted"
Then" said MIR. Gault, ''lf give you state
ment will you publish it?"
Again Mr.. Gault was informed that the
GLOBE was the fairest and squacest paper in
the Northwest. 1t was for St. Paul in O square
stand-up fight against all enemies, but, as an
honorable antagonists, it would give fair
showing to all sides.
Mr.. Gault then started in with his state
ment as follows.
"For four years our road and the West Wis
consin have been pooling earnings. But
everybody knows about the pool. Last fall the
question came up about some outside traffic,
among which was the government business at
Fort Smelling
sour road ar the West Wisconsin people dis
Cussed this matter and after making mutual
concessions came to an agreement 1t was ar
that the two roads should share alike in trans
porting them according to this arrangement:
All troops destined for points beyond st. Paul
should be carried in equal lots by both
roads; the first squad to go to the
West Wisconsin, the next to our road, and SO
troops destined for Fort Smelling should be
TRANSPORTED by our road alone.
ms arrangement was made here between
myself and Mr.. Frank 3. Clarke, of the other
road. subsequently the agreement was re-
duced to writing and l know Hughitt and l
signed it in Chicago. In furtherance of the
objects OF this arrangement a Joint
letter detailing the plan, was sent to our New
York agents.
But contrary to all these stipulations, the
Sorthweatern has been carrying troops to Fort
Smelling. That com oany violated the agree
ment We heard of it when they took troops
to the Fort, some time before this last lot,
They made false representations to the quarter
masters to secure the troops, by saying, if not
exactly that they had line to Fort Smelling that
they could get the troops there with as few
transfers az we could do
Mr.. A. V. II. Carpenter, our general ticket or
passenger agent had charge of this particular
business. He knew of this contract between
the two roads, saw the Northwestern violating
it, and took tho method of preventing it Of
which ST. Paul complains"
Then Mr.. Carpenter is tho responsible
party?'
Yes. Ho was indignant at the treachery of
the Northwestern and took tho plan to stop.
He communicated with Prior heretofore Mr..
Prior has asserted he knew nothing) and adopt
ed the plan of passing by st. Psul to prevent
tho Northwestern road from getting their
troops to Fort Smelling"
DO you approve of MIR. Carpenters plan?'
Il don't blame him for trying to thwart
the public have been incouvenienced."
But the same thing is likely to re-occurl"
Not at NIL. After all, it is fght-family
hght-between two railroad companies, and
cannot be assumed as significant or affecting
the future prosperity of St. Paul in any par
ticular.'
Beyond this Mr. Gault had nothing to say.
MERRILL INTERVIEWED AGAIN.
Mr.. Merrill wasn't around during all this talk,
but was seen just as the GLOBE got up to 90
away, He was again asked if he was amen
able to the soft Establishments of the inter
viewer. 1t was not put that way, but was said
thusly:
You will not be interviewed, them"
II didn't say sol said I wasn't interview
able"
The GLOBE suggested he'd try and sailed
III:
b., What hav9 y you to say about the affair which
i harn't seen any evidences of excitement
since came here"
The GLOBE offered to take Mr.. Merrill by
toe hand and lead him to where excitement
was lust everlastingly booming.
The Invitation was not accented but the con-
versatiou was resumed
n, About the, the passing of that Saturday train
Well. Gault has explained it all to YOU,
Yes, but what have you to say for your
We'll, Gault and knew nothing about Il
until we saw the GLOBES account of it at Por.
tase yesterday; we were at Portage when the
news first came to us. Carpenter asked Prior
to order the train to pass On, to binder the
Northwestern road from getting its troops to
Fort Smelling. But Gault's told you all that"
We'll, do You approve of Mr.. Carpenters
order?"
Now, if had nown any thing about it, it
wou!d never have happened. believe it was
unwise. l would have taken the troops I'M,
and tried to fix the matter in some other way