Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-20
War, Bitter War, Continual War,
Declared BY the Union Pacific
Railroad Company.
We're Your Huckleberry, says the Atch-
ison, Topeka 4 Santa Fe, We
Fight Por the Public.
Fun For the People whom they Can 90
From oh.cago or 81. raui to cailror.
mia for SEES whocp Her Up.
WHAT rnny WANTED.

WHAT THEY WANTED.
Special 10 the Gazette.
Ngw York, Feb. ia California
delegate to the Transcon,lnental assocla.
ton meeting said to-day. ,'The Atchi.
son, Topeka \ Santa he company re-
Gently extended their line through TO the
Pacific by the completion OF the Callfor.
MIA Southern's connection between t'ol-
ton and Barston, In California, making
a through line IRON the Missouri river TO
Sandicgo. This long stretch OF railway
Is undoubtedly owned by one company,
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Eo. Dos.
ton money Is at tho bottom It Is my opiu.
ion. II may be called a parallel to the
Southern Pacific. The Santa he people
have became 80 olatod over their through
line that they honestly think Il the chief
road OF the country. They claim that its
terminus, Sandlogo, IL 20 overshadow
San Francisco and become the metropo.
lis Of the Pacific coast, aud In this state
of mind the Santa Fe delegates
came TO the association and clailaed
percentages that could not for a
moment be entertained First they
wanted 40 per cent. of the California
business; Il was refused, and then they
asked Tor SS per cent. Then they asked
for a half OF the Southern California busl.
ness and % per cent OF all that north Of
! Molave, The association offered 10 give
them any per cent. considered fair by a
board of arbitration composed OF one or
three members, hut 90 this the Santa Fe
people would not agree, nor would they
| yield point beyond their own proposition,
This ended the conference, and nothing
remained to be done except to return
home and leave the association TO 20 TO
! piec 8. Had the various connections Of
the Santa Fe road agreed 60 stand out
against them, the other railways could
have formed a pool outside OF the Santa
Fe road,
WAR TO fuE HNiFE.
! CHICAGO, ILL.,. Feb. lg.-rhe overland
railroad war growing ont Of the collapse
OF the TranscOntlnental association was
instituted to-day IN q thoroughly aggros.
sive way both as 20 passenger and freight
traffic. All lines running west aud south.
west from this city having California
connections were booking passengers
4 to-day TO San Francisco AZ $40 for tirst
class unlimited, $50 for ilrst-class limited
and esq for second.class and omigrant
In the matter OF contracting for freight
no rates are quoted, but agents hay,
been given carte blanche TO secure busl
ness at any figures, and II is known thai
very large reductions are being made
The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe did no
announce its rates until this morning
waiting until the initiative had been takei
, by the Union and Southern Pacific com
, panies. Ofiicials Of the Atchlson, Topeka
& Santa Fc company assert that the wa
| kas Nhap IN pt hnt
wishes, and owing To their claim 10 wha
they deemed an equitable percentage o
} the overland traffic. The first vlce-presi
D dent OF the Atchson company to-da,
speaking Of the situation said the com
pany had given notice OF It's intention T.
withdraw from the TranscoDtinehtal assc
citation December o, 1854, for Tn
reason that the association wa
! not being conducted upon wha
they deemed proper bushes
principles. The Atchison company ha
9 purchased an unfinished road In Souther
$ California, known as the Californi
+ Southern railroad, and afterwards PIC
$ ceeded TO construct 100 miles OF add
I tional track from Cotton, the junctio
q with the Southern Pacific, TO Barsto1
. the junction with the Atlantic & PAcih
road, which was completed Novembe
4 /. The purchase and completion OF thi
! road placed the Aichison company, &C
! cording To- its clam, In position Il
e handle and control at least one-halt o
4 the business to and from Southern Call
4 fornia, and az there were but two road
4, Into that territory they claimed 10 be en-
q titled TO 30 per cent OF the business.
G was on this claim that the association
) split NJ their meeting in New York city
, The Atchison company asked that Cali
fornia be divided into two did
tricts, the northern 70 be mort
of Moiavc harbOr and th
. Southern south Of that point. All OF th
{ other roads In interest, the Southern PA
G cihc, Central Pacific, Texas X Pacific
] Union Pacific, Denver & Rio Grand,
5 ana Burlington & Missouri In Nebraska
I opposed this claim OF the Atchison com
< pany. The official, summing up, said
A "Throughout the entire contest III
i Atchison had been on the defense, bu
/, inasmuch as the Euion and Souihcr
. Pacific roads have seen Ut TO initiate
y war IN rates II is the purpose OF our con
pany to meet them at every corner, an
10 zee that the public has the full benef
10 be derived, II such thing IL possible
c from low transportation. While the Atcl
z ison company deeply regrets the p 'hlto
3 iuto which II has been forced through N
}, combined action OF the other members G
d the association, and fully realize the d,
q plorable results which are 10 be expecte
8 and which have always heretofore bee
: obtained 80 far a. revenue Is conccrnc
d from war IN rates, they do not propos
s 70 give up the contest until the questlo
o OF equity il coneeded 10 their interest.
a None Of the leading officials OF any OF III
other roads directly Interested have bee
visited and their views upon the situatio
have not been obtained. Coz
!. Meeting roads out OF this city al
3 and do not expect 10 become embroile
4 10 the fght beyond reducing throug
a rates TO the extent Of reduction {
4 rates announced by the warning road
! from their terminal points.
n Messrs. Cable OF the Rock Island roat
Potter Of the Chicago, Burlington