The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-14
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Chicago, 13.-It is reported that the con
sultation of the burlington and n orth
western officials to-day was upon the de.
tails of second tripsrtite sgreemen to
include the roads mentioned and the
Denver 6 Rio Grande.
Clavk, Of the Union Pscif3, and Pot
ter, Of the BuriOgton, had conference
this morning, bus the new agreement
was not touched upon. The Burlington
kas not been given Dotics that it can join
the new alliance. The portion of the
Wabash with regard to the negotiations
now being carried forward has not been
learned, but an official sta: ement is made
that it is opposed to the tripartite agree
meat, and it is expected TO join with the
roads left out OF the preliminary negotia.
lions, While nothing definite has taken
place with the view of forming rival
alliance the official view here is that the
Burlington, Northwestern and possibly
the Wabash will join with the Rio
Grsnde for Denver and through business
to the coast in the event OF some accom-
mediation not being reached before
January LIST.
General Manager Hughitt, of the
Northwestern, and CLARK, of TIE Union
u
York this morning. Hughitt stated to q
representative OF the Associated Press
that the Northwestern company have
been informally notified of the triple al.
lance between the Union Pacific, Rock
Island and st. Paul roads, but the terms
Of the compact which have been signed
hrve not been outlined.R Informal notice
has also been given the North western
read that it could enter the new associa-
ton, but on what terms was also not
stated. The policy of the Northwestern
was, as has been from the outset, for q
peaceful adjustment Of any differences on
the Union Pacific business. His delibers
ate view was that the Union Pacific
could not afford to enter upon any seri
GUS discrimination against its feeders,
but in sny event the North western ex.
pected to be able to protect its interests,
and would certainly do so.
Chicago, 13.-General Manager
Clark, of the Union Pacific railroad,
stated to repres Pntative of the
Associated Press this afternoon the
details of the compact entered into
at New York between the Union
Pacific and st. Panl and Rock
Island roads; the text of the agree,
ment would fprevent publication
owing to its length, but the Union
Pacific had notice to preserve Sc
crecy as to the character of the
The announcement that
the agreement is to run for twenty
five years is correct, as also the state
ment that the three roads
are bound by an agreement
for a full period and
can only be released on
giving FIVE years notice. The pub
lished statement that the agreement
ccntemplates the pooling Of buiness
is incorrect, and sdees not neces-
sari.y d sturb the status of the old
Iowa pool, or any other compact
which the five Iowa lines may enter
into. at is" said Mr.. Clark, "a de-
fensive and offensive alliance, the
terms of which in brief are that It
makes the terminus Of the Union
Pacific at Chicago instead of Omaha.
for competitive business. The CON-
pact is not discriminating in any
sense it does not speak of the local
business of the Union Pacific
road, and 1t is open for any of the
five Iowa lines to sign it" In fur
Their explaining the scope of the
alliance, Mr., Clark said it was
necessary that the outcome of the
roads building into the territory of
the Union Pacific lines, which had
simply been feeders of the Union
Pacific, were now its rivals at vari-
BUS points along the line of that
road IS far west as Denver. These
rivals, which formerly had their
terminus at Chicago and Omaha,
now had their western terminus
1T points beyond Omaha, while the
Union Pacific, on the other hand,
mad its eastern terminus at Omaha.