, 1880-08-11
TILE EXPRESS WAR,
Further Details Of the Fight
Between the Pacific and 4.
American.
Tho Former and the United States
Dividing the Territorial
business. >.
Interviews with tKp Express
Managers III This City.


Tic announcement II, yesterday q TnnuNT
TINT II serious war had broken out between
Jny G0ulds Pacific Express Company a,d
tho American Express Company, which was
likely to cn,tse serious complications among |
tho Iowa pool lines, croated. considerable
Consideration In ralrond circles. Tho fact
TINT such n war Ind really broken out did not
trntlsptre until lnto Monday afternoon, w1,en
tic Northwestern md Burlington Rontls \
were Informed by the American Express |
Company tllat II could no longer takd 'bltst- |
ness over their lines for points on tho |
Union Pacific Railroad, as the Pacific |
Express Company, which Ind exclusive |
control OF tho Untnn pnclac's md the Wn- |
bnsll's express business hid Issued orders to
fts ngeiss to neither receive nor pay charges
OIL business offered them by tho American;
Express Company destined to q point that
cnn only be reached by tho Pacific Express
Company. Tlils information took the mall
ngcrs of tho Northwestern and Burlington
completely by surprise, as thoy Ind no pre-
vious lnti1nation Of such conflict. As thcEr
express traffic was exclusively sionc by the
American Express Company, the action oftho
pacIflc Express shut them out entirely from
such business to points beyond Council Bluffs.
The fight between tho Pacific Express COM
pAl1y and the other express companies dates
from the time that Gould organized the for
Mcr, n year or 50 ngo, to do tho express busl-
ness of Tic Wabash, Union Pacific, and other
lines controlled by him, and the conflict has
been carried on ever since between. those
lines; but 1t did not extend to Chicago, be-
ca,se the pacidc Express had no line to this
city,: Tho opening OF the Wabash to this city
Monday gavo the needed connection to the
Pacific Express and tlle fight was ut once H.
augurated by tic issuance of the orders
nboye referred to. Heretofore tho business
to Council Bluffs from this city WINS
md tho American Express, tho for
mcr running over tho Rock 1sland,
| and tho Inter over the Northwestern and
Burlington. Tho receipts from tho express
business did not go Into tic Iowa pool, but
there was M ARRANGEMENT between the t!.fGe
lfllos that tho United. Suites Express SHOULD
thu American. Express 20 per cunt, which
amounted to tue safllo thing as u pool. This
| arrangement gayo tho Rock 1slAl,d 40 per
cent Of the express business and tho 15,,rling-
ton and NortliwSStGrn 70 per gent eacll, Tlie
opening Of tho Wnbnsll to this city would OF
course llavo made q rcurrangot,lent ncces-
Rury. M the Pacilic Express would naturally
iS liz Wabash. s'S IL was y bo ieyed BY tho Iowa
1oOl lines that MI nillftAbso arrangement
could BIC effected until the appearance
Of the pnciftc Express Compnhy's, circular.
tho A,ngrlcnn Express Compnny but .nlso
nganst tlle United States Express Company.
It created surprise, TINT tue 1,acitlc Express
Compnry sli1uld thus boldly coMo out
iHaugurate a war, with THO three Iowa lines.
It also looked strange tllat tho order wis
leiny enforced ngnlnst the American Express
| Company only, ind SlUt against tho United
States Express Company,
TIE MYSTERY WAS EXPLAINED
yesterday morning when It transpired that
tho. Pacific Express Company hld pooled
hs'r s hsscan lss%ss and spfess Wsfs otK Ko fFtS fatSS
Express ltny established Its headquarters fll
tho office OF tho United States Express. All
tho pAclllc business Is DIVIDED between these
eys c0pan,es oars 1 e a pfS @ tHfaS stas j. fSF fSF
twelve hours alternately. This forces all
eli Bluffs over THO Wabash al!l Rock Island
q larea interest. 1t is thorufore not surpris.
Ing that tho charge Is generally made that
this war has been BROUGHT on BY Gould t9
open Issue w!t the Mort%essefTn ,Tn ad I'd
soon Will extend the fight to all Classes
OF business, md fnrce everything that
goes TO- tho ~, Pacific g y, caast over over
be- 6een T kown tSat @ Gouia t! hss no ove W Tor rgs ts
Iowa pool, md it looka ns II iie lad simply
beon waiting for MI opportune time to .gtyo
# ts testh stroke stll @ the 3, e'llsa's M Of tho
be In. the. confidence OF Ar. Gould. say TINT
such Is not A[r. Goul.'s desire, md TINT this
light was simply inAugnratCd To retAliute for
saE Ae1ca Expssp pfcSxSsy coSany ks a dsxo dSx 1
Agent OF tho qpioh Pacific Railroad In THIS
city >nlakes tho following explanation Of the
"4nM. tn!nt. ,..,n. 1o,,..oar f,,,,.,.,, H., ,,,,
guntsa ssS o eiaaee apfS' Il tic aS tstaS1she s s "s
e afR'ffs s Ills foRfa e and ss sSs BY
Tes ~ 1orcg I,ag Iog pso VIII Tho Aes'S%;
Ml!erS We ca,' Tho Paeliio Express s ST. Com. n
! pany can now carry Nll the wny WI from Chlca;
81 to ora sara u stSs oor % SoSnss ms1rteT'fS t
will do so. The American Express Company
has excluded tie United States Express Com
tsyn from naRa RnEcga0R 81 s |" {s 1usHss ss D
ss pesstng It NeRssskh fhs htts9 coSsSS cSh'SsRy ne
, carry from ChleaBo to Die Iilssoar
Iiyor for those points ,The ~ Paslllc Expresf
Z ness from St Louis for Amerlcan Express
points west and north Of olnaf4a a.d nt oott
q Company. In short, itis tho established TX
press law Tint We will cnrry tho enttro dis
o tanco wlere wo capt'' 9ntl refuse business
from companies carried III violation Of tii!
1 principle. Tho Pacllio Express Company
! will not hereafter receive business from
y Chicago o. Toledo, their Eastern terinlni
~ but from any point or ponts no
i whatevor, ind the other companies caii nlll
Il probably will carry to tho lNnctisn nearest ta
destination. There Is no Outrage, invasion
!. Or war iii Tie notlce given. by, the Pacific EX
+ press Company. Neither Is there NJ advance
oil tic contrary III increase to the extent, b
: one moro line and tralM. II tho other col,l
llays heretofore given, I ia, not think, tI
70 press or the public aro called upon to tako
Il, for tlle,n."
u riio above statement Is no doubt tho viey
OF Gould himself, who is evidently tho guitl
,. ing spirlt III tIiu AfTuir. Mr.. Gould Is playIn
a. tho rblo Of "Artinl potlger" atsaln, ail4 tr!c
~ to show That lle Is solely aetuated by a leslr
r. 10 NENEglT THE PUBLIC,
~ and by tho Inauguration Of this war lo onl
II II increases the facilities loF business ut thi
=, him for lliH bcuoyQienCe and NllHeliisl1neM