Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-27
SIOUX CITY 6 PACIFIC II. II.
The "Amaigamated" St. Paul Roads Take
in Another Line.

The "Amaigamated" st. Paul Roads Take
in Another Line.
For the past two days report has been in
circulation In this city that the Chicago, st.
Paul & Omaha railroad management had Sc
cured completed connection with Omaha by
the purchase of the Sioux City & Pacific rail-
road. The fact that President Porter and Gen
eral Manager Bishop, of the st. Paul road, we're
in Sioux City, from which place the first intel
igence Of the proposed purchase was received,
served to surround the report with such an air
of probability as to cause it to be generally be-
lieved well founded; but the absence of the Of
fcialS named has prevented confirmation or
denial. Under these circumstances. the ap-
pended article from the Sioux City Journal of
the 25th which gives the report and its founda-
ton as developed at that point will be of in
terest. The Journal heads its article 'sThc
Aggressive st. Paul." and says:
There is a rumor in the city that the tour of
the st. Paul officials over the lines of the Sioux
City and Pacific, in company with the Off
Gals of the latter road is with view of
adding the Sioux City lines to the st. Paul
and Sioux City system. Though the report
now comes only from semi-0ificial source.
much of the drift Of recent railroad events
serves to add to the plausibility of the
theory. Furthermore, if this is not the OBJ
ject of the inspection now being made, it il
not so easy to explain what the purpose of the
visit Can be. As the st. Paul company is soon
to have connection with Omaha by its own
line through Nebraska, the question naturally
arises as to what use it could have for the
Sioux City and Pacific, leading hence through
Iowa to Council Bluffs. The only explanation
that presents itself is that the ST. Paul
desires the road in order to shut
out the Chicago, Milwaukee g. st. Paul, which
has just now effected an entrance into Sioux
City. bitter war is being wagcd between
these corporations, as both are seeking control
of the same trade. The st. Paul has got ahead
of the Milwaukee in Nebraska, though the lat
ter company seems to have good start of the
st. Paul in Dakota. The struggle now is with
reference to Union Pacific business and the
lumber trade of the Southwest. Possession of
the Sioux City & Pacific lines would give the
st. Paul big start in Nebraska, afford it su-
perior connections with the Union Pacific, and
stop the Milwaukee, at least for the present, at
Sioux City. 1t is also known that the st. Paul
has close alliance with Jay Gould, and that
Jay Gould for a considerable time has been
anxious to absorb the Sioux City &
Pacific property. 1t has been more of
thorn in the side of the Union Pacific than all
other rivals combined in Nebraska This
comes of the fact that the Sioux City & Pacific
has well nigh controlled the trade of the coun-
try north of the Union Pacific line and diverted
it altogether from Jay Gould's road, while at
the same time, the Sioux City g. Pacific being
chartered the same as the Uui0n Pacific, has
hold upon the latter In compelling recognition
not at all pleasant to its powerful rival. 1t is
not at all unlikely, therefore. that negotiations
are going forward looking to the absorption of
the Sioux City & Pacific lines, and for the par
ticular purpose of getting rid of the opposition
in Nebraska. In case this shall be accom-
plished, it is limited that the Maple Valley
branch of the Northwestern will be extended
to Sioux City, but as the Northwestern is now
understood to be pretty closely connected with
the new st. Paul system. the extension of the
Maple Valley is not at all certain.