, 1881-09-06
THE RAILROADS.
Difficulties Regarding the Omaha
and Southwestern
Pools.
Tic Burlington 10 Take In lis Branches
and I.case.l Lines rta tho yYn.
tor Route.
A Movement for Consolidating the Roads
Gridironiug the Pennsylvania
OIL Regions.
THE WESTERN POOLS,

As mich feAr hNs bee,l GxpT(!ssGu lllnt IT 4
,necting 0f the Southwestern Railway ASST
eintt0n WIS linatl now there wtlhItl l,e tlntGer
Of disagreement, fl which event the Mis-
sos.rt River pool would IN To pieces, II llns
been decided mt To call melting ut pres
mt, hit nllOw tho prcsent condition Of af-
fairs to continue until the end of tho month
ut least, by which tins tho situation may
change sufficiently II permit ut sotnn action
10 be taken either one why or thu other with.
ont cNusiMg serious complications. The
present temporary Arrangement Is bGlnK
carried ont tl,itU satisfactorily, md although
sDllle roads do not get as much as tfey be-
iicyo themselves entitled to. yet they prefer
to 20 am IL tls!s way for II whlie longer than
plunge nj Oi,e0 into disastrous war, Which
IL sure to follow rs soon Us tl,e pUnI comes
to MI end.
So far no ileadway Inns been niado III the
efforts 10 work up /, plan for tic settlement
of tho Southwestern troubles. and the coin.
infttco nppofslted to prepare sitclt plan will
probably hold no more conferences until tho
next regular meeting, when Mr.. NEi!Kely
will be ahie to lay before the meeting full
statistics Of tic business transacted during
tho Inst few years and how ,ncll has been
carried by each company. Still those stat;s-
tics will help but little III bringing about Il
satisfactory understanding Us long rs the
roatla adhere to their present positions r.
gar!,.ng t!la division OF territory. v!m SVa-
sss Saf aSsss a as i bso T sFfs + op tS qtf d" I'M
the others are etluat!y determined that there
Shall b6 no such division hereafter. 'flls Is
only one Of tic difficulties. Tllnre aro other
g{sGf s t%'x Il. ts II fs'fs9o y s sssj ts aaj'f vcr
pool 0r1 In lal shape. THOSE Of the Iowa
pool are In u still worse conlltion. The prill-
eipal trouble ~ this p09l II Regarding THO
bsnSss nyss Gnq s hyx by the Scpg g No1tes
which runs from Missouri VaIloy junction
via Fremont OIL the Union PncEtic to O'Nell
City. The Northwestern, It y understood,
refuses to allow tho business iron, this line
clatin that 1t should. Tile Union Pacific,
which loses 4 great portion Of tl'ts business.
is doing nlllSll kicking, and Is now making
,!nderstootl tiiat it refuses to stlyiie
tin Pacific business equally nlnong the three
Iowa lines ~ tol!g US tile Nurtlwestcrn
epntlntlgs to divert b'lsliless over its Missouri
other difficulties to 6e ovcrcono t. tho 1owa
puOl is to DO continued. The Wabash llaY
now Il limo to Omaha both from. st. Louis
and Chicago, aud domal'ds @ f.ll share 2f tl,e
M!so rapitEIy pushing Its line to. Omahn fronl
ST. LulIis, md When completed will ulso
want sinre Of tho trntlc. Tllen the Mill
wuttlseo " st. Paul Is building Il lEne to Onln-
OF TINT business. It becomes moro evident
every day TINT it Will be necessary to copsol-
ittnt0 tho Southwestern aud I0iya pools, If
they are to be continued. Tile territory Ut
every day, md It Is riot p5sstble to maintain
pence unless nll the territory between
chicago. md ST. Louis and the l.ncky
Mountains IS formed ,ito ono pool. As It Is
biaslun cut, be far.ett at tls t[.Aa, It Is very
likely TINT both the lowi md Southwestern
pools cnnnot hG maEntninclt much luugcr,
and they will pass AWAY Into tho unknown
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