St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-13
NO END.OF TROUBLE.
The c. & r. I. and NJ. & st. P. Alone in
One Pool.
Use Of Railways for Moving Cattle to Pas
ture Grounds.
Local and General Railway Notes and
River News.
The Northeastern and the Wabash.

1He NortntceSteT7t ana the Wd6GSh.
The troubles of the Western Trunk Liue as
socistion have not ended by good deal, and
the indications are that there is good deal
more trouble and annoyance for some of the
roads than they have yet experienced. In
accordance with the conclusion reached by
the Rock Island and Milwaukee & st. Paul
railways, that the action of the Northwestern
in withdrawing its Sioux City & Pacific and
Elkhorn & Missouri River Valley railroads
from the Western Trunk Line association
breaks the supplemental contract to the tri-
partite agreement by which the Northwestern
and Wabash became parties to the combina-
ton. Commissioner Vining, of the Western
Trunk Line association, has been instructed
to divert all business from those two roads
and to direct all Union Pacific business to go
hereafter over the original tripartite lines,
the Rock Island and the Milwaukee 81 st.
Paul. The Northwestern people have not
been willing to believe that the Rock Island
and Milwaukee & st. Paul roads would do
this, and they were somewhat surprised when
they received the notice. They Immediately
asked the commissioner to call meeting of
the roads interested to talk the matter over.
The commissioner complied, but there is no
probability that the meeting will be held, as
the Rock Island and Milwaukee & St. Paul
people are not at hand to attend one.
There seems to be little use for meeting
as the Rock Island and the Milwaukee & st.
Paul seem to have got every thing they; de-
sired, and have evidently determined no
longer to recognize either the Northwestern
or the Wabash as members of the associa-
ton, and it is not believed they will meet
with them as such. What the ultimate out
come of these tripartite complications will be
is hard to tell The present indications are
that number of lawsuits will be the out
come of the controversy. Much depends
upon the position the Union Pacific will take
in this conflict If it comedies with the Rock
Island and Milwaukee & st. Paul, there will
be no great obstacles in the way of carrying
out the original tripartite compact. Should
it, however, differ with them, the agreement
cannot be carried out and the Rock Island
and Milwaukee & st. Paul will be compelled
to sue the Union Pacific for damages, and
the courts will then determine whether the
contract is binding or not. AS far as the
Northwestern and Wabash are concerned
they have no alternative in case the Union
Pacific takes sides with the Rock Island and
Milwaukee g. st. Paul than to sue the Union
Pacific for discriminating against them on
the ground that it is bound to give them all
the business specially consigned over their
lines, and that it cannot charge them differ
ent rates from the Rock Island and Milwau-
kee u ST. Paul or any other roads. The
courts will then have to decide the question
whether the tripartite compact makes the
terminus of the Union Pacific at Chicago, or
whether it still terminates at the Missouri
river. The Union Pacific is placed in an awk
ward position by the new complications. 1t
will either have serious conflict with the
Rock Island and Milwaukee 81 st. Paul or the
Northwestern and Wabash, letting alone its
troubles with the Burlington.