The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-01-12
In RAILWAY CIRCLES.
The Riot Act Read to the
Local Agents.
THE o. P.'s WESTERN OUTLET.
Jay Gould and tho Rock Island-The
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on Thursday, the agents of the various
roads centering here have received iron
bound. barb-wire instructions, which
forbids them. under the penalty of i'm
mediate decapitation, to cut rates no
matter what circumstances may arise.
1t is further alleged that the instruc-
tons wind up with the significant re-
mark: You may consider the riot act
as having been read F" In short, the
provisions of the Interstate commercs
act are to be rigidly adhered to.
CHEYENNE AND THE SHOPS.
The statement that the Union Pacific
had decided to build large machine
shops in Cheyenne has been denied by
Mr.. Holcomb, who says that something
will be done IN Cheyenne in the way of
buildings, but not on such scale of
magnifcence as has been intimated IN
the press dispatches. Repair shops will
be established there, however, beyond
doubt.
THE UNION PACIFIC's WESTERN OUTLET.
The Los Angeles Herald processes to
give some authentic information rela-
tive to the western outlet scheme of
the Union Pacific. A year or so since,
it will be remembered, considerable
commOtion was created IN Los Angeles
by the proposition to construct rail
road from that city to Salt Lake. In
the furtherance of this scheme several
local lines of minor Importance in and
about Los Angeles were purchased and
the council passed an ordinance allow
ing the Salt Lake road an entry into the
city. Mayor Bryson refused to sign
the ordinance until he received pos tive
assurance that the new road was
backed by the Union Pacific. How
this assurance was given is told by the
Herald in part as follows: They asked
for private int view, and then and
and the g Mr.. Upham showed down
the hand that the Union Pacific
had been playing. He said that they
had not worked openly because they
feared competition, and thought that
by a system of local lines they could
put the links in the chain aud connect
them all at the last grand moment.
The sheme had, however, to a certain
extent failed, owing to the stand that
Mr.. Bryson had taken, and they were
now willing to explain their exact posi-
ton. Mr.. Bryson was then informed of
the system which had led to the obtain
ing of Rattlesnake Island, the Alanlitos
road and the Ocean road, and finally
the consent of the council to q right of
way through the city, and it is needless
to say that the mayor was very much
astonisbed at the news. He asked Mr..
Upham for proof that what he was say
ing was correct, Whereupon that gentle
man produced franked Union Pacific
letter, signed by Mr.. 9. G. Sanderson,
assistant to the president of the road,
in which Mr.. Upham was given author
ity to act for the Onion Pacific in get
ing the franchise, and the status of the
company regarding the project was
shown. Mr.. Bryson thought that the
document was "clinGher," but he was
not quite convinced. so they played
another card, which had the effect
of thoroughly satisfying him. They
sent for Mr.. A. J. Hechtman. who has
been agent for the Union Pacific in this
city for long time past, and on bis ar
rival he was instructed by Mr.. Upham
to tell the mayor all he knew regarding
the Union Pacifc's position in the mat
ter. Mr.. Hechtman made very plain
statement. He said that he hal been
advised by his company over year
ago that they were endeavoring to
build from Milford through Los
Angeles to the ocean, and he was in
formed that the cOmpany's name was
to be kept out of the affair altogether.
From time to time he was advised how
L~a lfcr ~
when the franchise for a right-of- way
through the city stuck in the mayors
Office, he received a dispatch from
Upham was coming to settle the mat
ter, armed with authority from the
road. On Mr.. Upham's arrival he con-
fSrred with Mr.. Hechuman, and the
credentials presented were perfectly
correct Tie same paper saws that a
report is current that the Union Pacific
will probably cross the mountains
between Daggett and Los Angeles by
way of the Pacoima Canyon, as the
surveys by that road are reported very
favorable.
JAY GOULD AND THE ROCK ISLAND.
The efforts of Jay Gould and his
friends to place the responsibility for
the breaking of the 'gentlemen's agree
ment" upon the Rock Island will not
be successful. The evidence in the
possession of the Rock Islaud that
GouId's Missouri Pacific broke the
agreement by selling a ticket from
Kansas City to Pueblo for S15-a cut of
So IBIS conclusive. It is in the pos
session of the ticket, with affidaYits
from the parties whu purchased it, and
copies of the same have been forwarded
by the Chicago. Kansas & Nebraska
people to General Manager S. w,
II. Clark. of the Missouri Pa
eifo. This evidence points to Mr..
Jewett, the passenger and ticket
agent of the Missouri Pacific at Kansas
Uity, and Mr.. Pennington, his assist
ant, as the guilty parties, an9 their de-
az lit tion seems to be foregone con-
clusion. These gentlemen have stead
lastly denied thus far that they have
sold any tickets at cut rates. They
telegraphed General Passenger Agent
Townsend lately that the day the
transaction was said to have been made
the Missouri Pacific only sold three
tickets to Denver and one to Pueblo,
and the latter was half fare ticket to a
Wabash employee at So 10. That they