, 1880-04-23
THE RAILROADS.
A Freight and Passenger War I'm.
minent In Missouri River
Business,
Gould Repndiates Ills Last Bargain
with the Southwestern Associa.
tion.
The Observation-Disclosures Not to Be
Extended to Denver at
Preasnt,


tho concessions n,ndc by thosouthwestesn Man.
agcrs h0 Ii still nothapp5 and continually Gets up
now wrinkles on them and TantA fllftlor rriv-
fcgcs As stated in TnE TEtnuxh Of Tues.
dRy, Sfr. Gould wtllfully vinlatcd tho agreement
he personally helped to tnnke At St. Loua few
weoks ago, by billing freight through from
points on tho kunsas Pacific and Ccutrnl t3runch
Railroads over tho Missouri pacinc, ali Of which
ho controls, at loss than tho two iocals-that is4
Under tho aKrcchlont. arbitrary rates aro being
chnrgetf to Kansas CITY, to which nre nddod tho
reg1llnf rites Of tho Association. Tho rates
mntlo br tho Gould soads wcro much lower than
tho two ratcs ndtlcd which, Of coutsc, gnYo tho
MissM,r! raeitc much smslor prorortton than
~: s, rss - ssssa q g Hi taer ! res!ias ps5:
By tho managers Of thd otior roasis ho expressed
Willingness to turn over thu surplus frtght
carried by tho Missouri paslilc. pEoyldoss II Is
frtm auch bIsEnrss which Ia nholit six cents tesa
tfnn tho regular rnso tr'.n Knnsa. CITY to at-
ccnts Altho,sh tists 'I wns a bitter plll i 10
swallow, .yot the n,anNscrs Of tho Southwestern
roads eufpcl It down. believing thereby u nvoid
gained bis point readily, he evidently foi sor-
row TINT ho, hati done It cheap, for at once he
Meni M 70 wrs 19 nsst tho male
% ngrcrd cren nj tho low rntcs stipulated by
hin,, und continued 70 mako u,,t rates from
rDItS 1hu14bNS NHlA5 hsA AEullAk DHHllEH
ltA!s. When nskesi Tor nn explanation be re-
PILED TINT be ha no i'es ,s Of i wmnkng s.ttsfsc
Fas S Shsnfo ps Abe oS W'Stss II
Eenl from tho t.eolh!on Of tho arbtrntors. who
ixed H., The percentages altogether IN favor OF
thnn tho managers could swalIow, not because
thuy c.red 10 much to havo n now arbitration.
M ot esn%s9 q wa. cess attempt On The Ras
thoy clntm II they should cren ncccic TO this
den,nnd Il Is moro inan likcly, after tho cxpert-
!nore. Ihoro. has l,scn considerable tclpgrnph-
tnE between the contcndnE factions o~er slncc,
but but tho .natter y no nca1or sutt'c1ncnt than
Fnt lnd. ts.wscG v Gould and ths other Missouri
tt weI ae n5e serS od T. na5o T. soe iSsE
bas!,. ST. I.,nijs i lacjNc on Account 81 biz CON
neetlon with tho syn.licntc which controls that
nfG detGrHLncd ~ make no moro concessions,
an1 If Gould wanta nght they. mean to let him
~ neS es cksr wSn + tsy syys ,sf e .bawa m III m mhs
bold front than b. submitting 70 al! h!s demands.
In such ss,nteat ti.cy M, Gould will DO The
Gnainess At losns rates, md ~ bis Kansas i'n-
c'io alld Ccntrnl Brunch rnads nro Involved in
s NJ; 10 - I'll as s Msao psfc hs
thoIrs. ,ARaln, to accept IGnul!i's terms wnuhl
lcayc them no margin Of prolt, and therefore
,naaasc9s s IS thInk % TILT doid f" Is payns
with nrn, and tint hc muy DO considerably
buflCtl ttlQfa no HBtA THROUGH.
pl or Kamsas Cg a other aGs III sr RE-
c!tIca over tia fact TINT Gould Ia greatly n1.lr-
ing tl,oir interests By treating them, simply rs
wny station: on tho lino Of bis rpafla. Kansas
City. particularly, 10 suffering from his high
! handed proceedings, and THO shippers thoro aro
bis rnnda. It trRnspircd. yesterday that tho
through rntcs tn st. Louis from points on tho
Kansas PacsRc nro butd cents Higher on curt
| trnm Missouri River points TO Ht. Louis.
Ordinarily THO iocnt rates to Kansaa City taro
higher tim tho ratce to st. Louis, which, &c
cortling 70 tariff. Z Ii centa. The Missouri
! itfvar ronds hnrc. therefore made their Tntee
r1om Rasas &c correspond w'th to anoFs
from Knnsas City to IT. Louis WIS qu0tcd ycs-
tcrtlny At nino ccuts instead Of 1e ccnts. It Is
| expected that the rates will go down sttll loror
| tn-day.
1t ID mt likely. however. that the fight. II 1t is
Kent UP. Will retnni1 contlned to tho freight
s*s oa sl ha2er by sht u pas:snsea
rntcA. and thoy mean TO mako reduction on
[ this clnAs Of hufIncAa also.
;. Tho nght will 10 wnsed hotween Missouri
Mlvcr Points and st; Louis Duly, hs Gould hns no
line to ChtcnEo, and cnnnot innke rntcs to this
uotnt- Thus THO lossea OF tho Chicago roada
will be principally from dmtnution Of buh-
There Ii n movement on ft,ot nov both IN Mis-
| antiF and knnsnd to bring nhult such Btate leg
islation as will coulpc Gould TO treat all points
| nlike. auu prevent him from discriminating In
o % y gs1 9 sSpsbs 5 ~ ney snSS ss Ss
pursued SO long In Nebraska and tho Tcrritor1ca
J through which bis Union Pacific Railroad 1uus
| cannot bo tr,l,tsferrol to Missouri aud KhnBns,
rs tho peope In thore will not stand bis dicta-
torial policy very long.