St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-03
IMPORTANT LAND CASE
The Sioux City Land Question of 5000
Acres Decided in Favor of the
Government.
The Volume of Business Out of ST,
Paul and Minneapolis Last
Week Reported Light.
Cut Rates DemoraiZing Northwest.
ern Business--The st. Paul ~
Northern Pacific Short-Ltne.
Sioux City Land Case.

Sioux City Land Case.
Special to the Globe.
/ WASHINGTON, May 2.-In the case Oh
the ST. Paul & Sioux City Railway company
VS.. the United States, involving certain
particularly described tracts (aggregatine
upward of 6, 900 acres of land in the Worth
ington, Mimi, district, which was an ap-
peal from the decision of Reconnaissance
Mcfarland, the secretary of the interior
decided in favor OF the government.
The New Northern Pacific Line.
A story has been going the rounds to the
effect that the st. Paul & Northern Pacific
would build new union depot upon the hay
market site in Minneapolis ON the compile
ton of it's short line from that city to ST.
Paul. This and much more Of what is to
follow has been denied by the
officials Of the road, but the rumors
have become so rife that not to mention
them would be a scoop by the public.
The EXTREMIST form in which the story APP
pears is that two blocks Nos. IA and ID, of
the city plat have already been purchased
and are now held On behalf of the company.
The road will run east along the Minneap-
oils q st. Louis right-Of-Way to the river,
coming to 3 street and following that thor
oughfare to and across University avenue.
Then it swerves slightly to the south, pass
ing out of the city limits in section 80 and
across quarter of mile of inter-urban
tract into St. Paul, so as to cross the st.
Paul Transfer and Trade short line at a
junction of the latter with the transfer
trade. From this point it passes through
section % and 81, parallel to and quarter
OF mile north of the Manitoba road into
| The civ. III is from q painf in
a short distance this side of Smelling avenue,
that the Manitoba roads striking off from
ltS main line almost north toward the fair
grounds. About quarter of a mile Of
moderate grade would bring it to a point of
intersection with the ST. Paul q Northern
Pacific, and it is toward this point of inter-
section that the latter is pushing its way
with such unusual energy. As the plan
stands present, the following roads are
asserted to be parties to the combination:
The Northern Pacific, the ST. Paul &
Northern Pacific the Chicago, Milwaukee
d st. Paul, the Minneapolis & st. Louis,
the Chicago, Freeport & ST. Paul (probably),
the Winona, Alma i Northern Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy connection), and the
Minnesota & Northern. A special to the
GLOBE yesterday announced the Mime
apoliS d st. Louis had joined the st. Paul
IL Northern Pacific in the enterprise. This
has been, however, positively denied.
Decrease in Freight Business.
The trade for the week in railroads has
been much lighter than it was for the same
time last season. The volume of traffic by
the Eastern trunk lines westward bound
showed a slight advance over the previous
week, though the increase did not bring the
total up to that of the corresponding week
of 1884. Some surprise was felt at this
by the officials of the lines as
they naturally supposed the cutting Of
west-bound rates would have stimula-
ting influence on business. But it was other
wise, the cut rates demoralized business out
of st. Paul, especially the lumber traffic. as
Chicago firms had the advantage of cheap
rates and could share the profit with pur-
chasers. This, of course, confined nearly all
business to Chicago and Milwaukee and
the business men at points in the Northwest
could only watch the business go and come
and pray for better times The cutting Oh
west-bound freights is particularly aggra-
waiting to the wholesale merchants
of st. Paul and Minneapolis, some of
them claiming that the roads did some cut
ting to local points on their lines, and Chi
cago jobbers supplied a number of their
customers. Yesterday rates to Saltwater
were put on the same basis from Chicago
and Milwaukee as those in effect to St.
Paul and Minneapolis, 10 cents per 100
pounds, regardless of classification Dur
ing the week immigration travel was heav-
ier than it has been any time yet
this season. The Milwaukee road
receives the majority of the salt water arri-
walls from the Pennsylvania road, which
controls that business from New York to
Chicago, and the Milwaukee therefore led
in the passenger traffic to st. Paul, while the
other lines did fair business in the travel
from the eastern states and Canada to points
in Manitoba and the Northwest Things
will look up on the Manitoba and Northern
Pacific roads as the wheat begins to move
again. Along the latter line about 2,000,-
900 bushels of wheat is still in the elevators,
which will mostly be taken out during May.
why the Tripartite Agreement Was
Made.
Mr.. Galloway of the Union Pacific read
states that his company intends to stand by
the tripartite contract, believing that it is
necessary for its future welfare Without
such an agreement the Union Pacific would
be at the mercy of its competitors. In the
event that the four lines running to Coun-
ell Bluffs were to combine and decide to
give all their business to the Burlington 81
Missouri road the Union Pacific
could not get any business out of Chicago
at all. The same is the case with the Rock
Island and Milwaukee & st. Paul They
have no lines west of the Missouri river,
and the Burlington Il Quincy and the
Northwestern roads, which have such lines.
could combine with the Union Pacific and
prevent them from getting any business
from points west of the Missouri river. and
in order to live they would be compel
led to extend their lines as far
west as those of their competitors
This is virtually the reason why the tripar-
tite agreement was made to prevent the
building of new and necessary lines. The
Northwestern pooled its fremont, Elkhorn
& Missouri Valley and Sioux City & Pacific
business until it became the owner of those
lines, when it refused to report to the pool
business originating on those lines, and to
avoid any disturbance the Union Pacific
asked to have the case decided by arbitra-
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On Am Even Basis.
Arbitrator Hiland of the Chicago, st.
Louis & Missouri River Passenger associ-
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