Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-11-02
ESPECIAL rEIEeRAn 70 TINE DrsrArcH.

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Chicago and Northwestern Railroads has
at last been put in print, and there certainly
is nothing in it to warrant the statement in
Chicago dispatch that Everybody con-
nected with the two roads seem alarmed by
the storm created by the move and that
President Hughitt has absolutely refused
to say what the contract was like or whether
it provides for mutual transfers of all
business. asez
The DISPATCH correspondent is in a
position to give all the important points in
the agreeme mt, drawn up and signed by
Presidents Adams and Hughitt on the 18th
of October. 1t provides, IN the first place,
that "a joint through line for the transporta-
tion of persons and property shall be estab-
lished by the parties hereto between all
stations on their respective lines, and that
the point through which the same shall
pass shall be Council Bluffs, Ia. Said joint
through line shall be advertised and known
as the Chicago. Union Pacific and North
western Line"
THROUGH TRAFFIC.
is construed to cover all business received
from or delivered to connecting lines of
railway or lake transportation lines, as well
as to business on the lines of the Union
Pacific and the Northwestern system. It is
significant that an exception is made as to
all business of the Union Pacific in Kansas
or along the line of the Kansas division of
the Union Pacific. 1t will be noted that
this exception leaves the way clear for the
Union Pacific to make precisely the same
arrangement with the Chicago and Alton, so
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being the only part of the Union Pacific
system with which q similar connection,
very advantageous to both companies, could
be made.
It is agreed that joint through passenger
service shall be undertaken just as soon as
either party gives notice of its desire to es-
tablish such service, and each party is to
furnish its proper proportion of the equip
ment, and the trains are to be made up in
accordance with the judgment of the gener-
al managers, and the service must be equal
to that furnished by any competitors. Each
company is to 4s-r 4-
KEEP UP ITS OWN EQUIPMENT,
and to receive the ordinary car mileage for
equipment used on the line of the other,
The Northwestern is to make rates on all
joint business west bound, and the Union
Pacific is to make east-bOund rates, but ex-
listing rates are not to be reduced unless such
action is found necessary in order to meet
the competition OF other lines.
All questions arising from the operation
of this contract are to be settled by an arbi-
tration committee made up of the two Presi-
dents, two directors, one. selected by each
board, and fifth party. to be selected by
the two directors. Eachcompany is to keep
up its equipment, arrange its own schedules,
and manage its own traffic. Through rates
are to be based in accordance with the pro-
visions established by the percentage book
No. 2, but in case the proportion accruing to
the Northwestern falls below halt cent q
ton per mile, all further reductions, if any.
shall be made in the Union Pacific proper
tion, and until that drops to three-quarters
of cent per ton per mile, then the reduc-
tion shall be divided by pro rata on the
basis of one and half miles for every mile
on the Union Pacific and one mile for every
mile on the Northwestern. This, it will be
seen, provides for the differentials which
have always been allowed to the Union Pa
cifc. and further differentia1s are provided
for with some considerable detail.
KEPT AS IT'S OWN.
The Union Pacific retains the full ad-
vantage of differentials to Colorado points.
and in any connecting business any proper
tion due the Southern Pacific Company or
the bridge tolls is to be deducted before the
division is made. Two cents for passengers
per mile is fixed as the minimum rate to be
charged on the Northwestern. Each party
agrees, also, to keep its equipment in good
order, pay the usual rate for car mileage,
settle its own loss and damage claims, and
send carload freight through without trans
fer.
Full accounts are to be kept, monthly
statements rendered. and either company to
have access to the books of the other, and
all balances to be promptly paid, irrespec-
tive of any individual claims submitted for
arbitration. If the presidents cannot agree,
then the matter is to be referred, as pro-
vided, to the Arbitration Committee.
Neither company is to give to any other
company any better terms or facilities in
any way than are offered TO each other. At
points competitive between: the Union
Pacific and the Northwestern lines the
traffic is to be divided as nearly as possible
in proportion to earnings and tonnage. Any
charges that may be made in the division
of rates, either by agreement or arbitra-
ton, are to continue in force for six months
from the time the change is made.
TEN-YEAR CONTRACT.
The agreement takes effect to-day, and is
to continue for ten years. A similar con-
tract is made between the Omaha and Re-
publican Valley, Chicago, St. Paul and
indianapolis, and Omaha and the Union
Pacific, the connecting point to be Sioux
City, Ia, and the joint lines to be known as
the Lake Superior, st. Paul and Union
Pacific line. The provisions in regard to
the exchange of traffic are almost precisely
similar to those in the Northwestern con-
tract, but Lake Superior points are made
points common with Chicago and st. Paul,
Minneapolis and common points are made
common with the Mississippi river.
The Union Pacific is to receive an arbi-
trarY at cents per 100 pounds on all traffic
before division is made, and the Sioux CITY
bridge toll is also to be deducted before the
division is made. The same provision is
also made for any reductions ne cessary to
meet competition, the minimum for the
Eastern lines bing fixed at half cent per
ton per mile. and for the Union Pacific
of cent. The other provis-
ions in the contract do not differ from those
in the Northwestern contract, and the
Union Pacific assumes the carrying out of
the contract Tor the section of the Omaha
and Republican Valley Road, which it
owns.
It is important to note that there is moth
ing in the contract to prohibit either COM
pany from receiving traffic from any other
company on terms equally
favorable.
The H.thetic WIN be Oit in Force