St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-04-26
Wisconsin Central In st. Paul.
Milwaukee Sentinel, April PSI

An official Of northwestern railway was
not long ago heard to say, IA sleepy, old
time lot of fellows those Milwaukee railway
men are, anyhow That same person is al
this time, without doubt meditating in nc
pleasant mood, on the recent tran saction
of party of those "sIeepy fellows and be-
wailing the fact that he was 50 stupidity blind
as to permit so important transaction tC
take place without having so much as sus-
picion that it was in progress. Since the
announcement was made that the Wiscon-
sin Central railway was to be extended from
Chippewa Falls to st. Paul, the great query
has been as to how an entrance to the latter
city would be effected and what would be
cone for terminal facilities therein. 1t
was later announced that either the Duluth
or the Manitoba roads were to
be had as means of getting into st. Paul,
from point several miles outside the city
limits, and later the supposition was pub
lished that the Manitoba's freight quarters
were to be divided with the new line. Then
the matter was dropped until now, when the
dircoyery is made that the Wisconsin Cen
trail is not dependent upon any of the St.
Paul roads for terminal facilities, having be-
come possessed of a property quite if not
more desirable for such purpose than that
of any of the other roads. To secure this
the company has had several parties quietly
negotiating for several months, and without
the real purpose becoming known has sue
ceeded in purchasing large tract, including
a property 100x475 feet in the very best part
of the city for freight warehouses and yards.
This property is located on Third street, the
principal business street of st. Paul, and be-
tween the freight headquarters of such i'm
portant railway lines az the Northern Pacific,
Minneapolis q Manitoba, Chicago d Omaha,
Milwaukee e st. Paul, etc. A portion Of the
property is at the present time occupied by
the Omaha's tracks, no lease having been
given and no great feeling of hiIarity will
likely be occasioned at the dompany's head
quarters by the Central's purchase. 1t hay
ing been unknown to the former owners for
what purpose the property was purchased, it
was obtained at much lower price than it
| could have been were the real intention
| known. Furthermore, had the real truth
been known, or even had it been known
that the property was for sale, there were
other railway corporations which stood ready
to take it and would gladly have paid lib
eral advance from the price paid by the Cen
trail The Central people are congratulating
themselves upon the dealrable purchase, and
the official who had such 'sleepy' ideas of
Milwaukee .ailway men, together with his
colleagues, are beWailing their own stupid
ity.
The linton Pacific and Burli,agton Fight.
The fight between these two giant corpora
atoms has dwindled down to an issue be-
tween the eastern allies of the Union Pacific
and the Burlington east of the Missouri, re-
garding the division of the business at the
! Missouri river. The trunk lines say they are
willing to allow the Burlington, for the sake
of peace, a share of the Union Pacific live
stock bcsiness as far west as the one hun
| dredth meridian, which is on line with the
terminus of the Sioux City & Pacific. But
they refuse to allow the Burlington share
of the other n-competitive Union Pacific
business. They think the Burlington ought
to be well satisfied with the business it gets
from its Nebraska line, and should not try
to share with the other roads the Union Pa
cific business at Council Bluffs also. By the
tripartite agreement they say the Union Pa
ciffc has become as much part of their lines
as the Burlington & Missouri River is of the
Burlington, and the eastern allies of the I'm
ion Pacific are just as much entitled to all of
the Union Pacific business at Council Bluffs
as the Burlington is to all the business from
its Nebraska line at Portsmouth. mana
ger of one of the western trunk lines said
''The Burlington is playing with fire, and I'M
lncc ic nfu1 ha c1yr
burned. Suppose the Burlington by continu-
ing to fight would succeed in breakngup the
Western Trunk Line association. That
would compel the Northwestern, the Rock
Island, and the Milwaukee g. st. Paul to
build new competing lines into Nebraska,
where at present no more roads are needed.
Would not the construction of such unnec-
essary lines hurt the Burlington more than
the Union Pacific? The latter could protect
itself by building an independent line to
Chicago, while the Burlington already has
such line. 1t was for the purpose of pre-
venting the construction of new lines into
Nebraska and new Union Pacific extension
to Chicago that the tripartite agreement was
made. The Burlington does not want any
new competing lines in Nebraska any more
than the Union Pacific does. The prolonga-
ton of the fight by the Burlington cannot
hurt the Union Pacific much more, as it has
already been punished as much as possible.
On the contrary, the Union Pacific would be
benefited by the strong competition between
the Burlington and the other Council Bluffs
roads, while the Burlington would become
the principal sufferer"
The Burlington people, however, state
that they will not recede from their position,
and that they will make no peace unless they
get portion of the Union Pacific business
at Council Bluffs. They claim to have as
good a line to Council Bluffs as any of the
other Iowa lines, and are entitled to share
of the Union Pacific business at that point.
/ Western Associated Press.
CHICAGO, April 25.-The conference be-
tween the representatives of the Chicago,
Burlington d Quincy and the officials of the
roads in the Western Trunk Line association
assembled at o'clock this afternoon. No
definite or final settlement of the differences
was reached nor can there be, until the basis
for pooling the competitive Colorado and
Nebraska business between the Burlington
and the Union Pacific has been agreed upon.
If a satisfactory understanding between the
two roads can be reached as to this question,
it was conceded at the conference that the
adjustment of the other matters in contro-
versy will be possible. The territory to be
embodied in compromise has been agreed
upon, but the matter of percentages has not,
and an adjournment was taken to enable the
Union Pacific and the Burlington
to ascertain the amount of competitive traffic
within the territory agreed upon, carried by
thoir respective lines, as basis on which to
estimate percentages. This will
necssitate delay of fully
two weeks nnd if The officials of thn tu q