St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-17
ANOTHER FARGO TRAIN.
By Way of ortonville, Over the
Milwaukee & st. Paul.
Changes of Time To-Day ON the St.
Paul g. Omaha,
The Union Pacific Disposed to Keep Out OF
the Trunk Line Quarrel.


The Union Pacific UnfcilIing to StOtc its
Hand ia the Game.
No new developments have been made in
regard to the Western Trunk Line associa-
ton complications. The ate ntion OF
all railroad men is now directed to the Union
Pacific to see what that company will do
about the notice of the Northwestern, that 1t
shall not premit the diversion of any of its
business. 1t is the opinion that the Union
Pacific will not openly take sides with one
side or the other. If it entirely ignores the
notice of the Northwest it will have Sc
rious fight on hand with that company, and
II it fully complies with the Northwestern's
request it would be fragrant violation OF the
tripartite agreement, and get it into serious
difficulties with the Rock Island and Milwau-
kee Il st. Paul. 1t is therefore believed that
the Union Pacific will try to avoid coming
into conflict with either side until matters
have SO shaped themselves that it can act
more decisively The opinion is that the
Union Pacific will give for the present all I'M
consigned business to the Rock Island, Mil
waukee & st. Paul, and the Wabash, but
business specially consigned over the
Northwestern it will give. to that road.
In doing this it can claim that it is
not violating the tripartite agreement, as it
has no right to divert freight consigned to a
certain line over another. 1t is claimed that
the Union Pacific has lately been pursuing
the same course towards the Burlington.
Such course will prevent any of the lines
from taking legal action against the Union
Pacific. But the scheme cannot be kept up
| a great length of time as complications will
soon arise that will compel the roads to enter
into some kind of agreement if they mean
to maintain paying rates The Northwest
ern and Burlington would under such cir
cumstances send agents to the Union Pacific
territory and contract for all the business
they could at cut rates and have it specially
consigned to their roads at Council Bluffs.
This would compel the other roads to do
| likewise, and the final result would be dis
solution of all the existing agreements, If
the original tripartite roads mean to keep the
| tripartite agreement intact they will be COM
| PEELED to force the Union Pacific to give them
all of its business according to the terms of
the agreement. The principal point, there
fore, to be decided is whether the Union
Pacific can be compelled to carry out that
agreement or not and to settle that ques-
ton legal measures will no doubt have to be
taken before the conflict can be terminated.
For week or two, however, matters will
| be allowed to remain in statu quo The
Rock Island and Milwaukee & st. Paul will
give the Northwestern that much to digest
their replies to the Northwestern's notice
that it will no longer report its Sioux City &
Pacific business to the Western Trunk Line
association. If by that time the Northwest
ern does not withdraw its notice regarding
the Sioux City d Pacific business, the West
eru Trunk Line association will take official
action and declare that the Northwestern
and Wabash will be no longer members of
the association. The conflict will then
begin in earnest. That the Northwestern
does not mean to change its position is quite
certain. 1t is evidently DESTROYS of extend
ing the Sioux City & Pacific road further
west, and for this reason cannot afford to
continue to accept the percentage allowed it
under the tripartite arrangement for the
Sioux City d Pacific business. Surprise is
expressed that under the circumstances the
Northwestern does not at once announce its
complete withdrawal from the Western
Trunk Line association. The opinion is
that 1t prefers that the other roads in the
Western Trunk Line association should
force it out of the ombnation so as to place
the responsibility for future troubles upon
| them.