St. Paul daily globe., 1890-12-30
Union Pacific Bars Out the
Milwaukee From Bridge
Service.
President Miller States the
Position of His Road at
Present.
The Hog Rate War Can Now
Be Said to Be Practically
81 Settled.
Illinois Central to Put From
$5,O00.00O to $7,O0O,0Oo
in improvements.

Union 1aclnc In deDarrlng the chicago,
milwaukee & st. Paul from entrance
into Omaha over the Union Pacific
bridge was surprise to the officials of
the ST. Paul road. For more than
week they have been advertising that,
beginning Sunday, Dec. %, they would
run passenger trains through TO Omaha,
instead of stopping at Council Bluffs,
but the first train running under the
new schedule was stopped by the Union
Pacific people an0 not allowed to cross
the bridge. President Roswell Miller,
of the Milwaukee & st. Paul, when
asked about the matter to-day, said:
Last May our company entered into
an agreement with the Rock Island by
which we were to build bridge across
the Missouri river at Omaha for our
JOINT use. AS soon as the Union Pacific
people heard of this. and | refer partic-
ularly to Sydney Dillon. who is now
president, and Gen. Dodge, who is di-
rector, they sought conference. They
told us there was no need of our going
to the expense of building a bridge, as
they would be glad to let us use their
bridge for consideration. Subsequently
conference was held in Omaha, and a
contract was drawn up by which
our road and the Rock ISL
and were to run trains into the
union depot at Omaha over the
Union Pacific Bridge.
This company was to pay $4,000
year for the privilege and also its pro-
portion of other joint expenses. The
contract was signed, sealed and deliv-
ered,and approved by President Adams
and the board of directors, and there
can be no question as to its validity.
SO far as Cur freight business is con-
cerned, we have been operating under
the contract since July L; but. as soon
as we gave notice that we would begin
to run our passenger trains into Omaha,
we werd shut off without an eXplana-
ton. Yes, we are now denied the priv
iiegeS of the bridge, both as to freight
and passenger business. The contract
is legally binding, and do not see how
the Union Pacific can successfully set
it aside"
The Rock Islands contract with the
Union Pacific was similar to that of the
st. Paul, except that it embraced the
joint use of the tracks from Omaha to
Lincoln. On the strength of the con-
tract the Rock Island has built tifty-twO
miles of road between Lincoln and Bea-
tree, connecting with its main line.
The Union Pacific was thus to obtain a
southern outlet
Through Indian Territory
and become competitor for traffic to
and from the Southwest. The Rock
Island had not as vet commenced opera
tions under the contract, but was pre-
pared to do so, beginning Jan. l. The
officials of that road have also been noti-
fed that they will not be allowed the
use of the Union Pacific bridge. Presi-
dent Cable and President Miller were in
conference at the latter'S Office this aft
ernOon. but both declared afterward
that they had not decided upon any
definite course of action. Neither would
they express an opinion as to the cause
of the Union Pacific'S action, though
they were firmly of the opinion that
they could not be deprived of the rights
accorded them by the contract, even
though there had been change in the
management of the Union Pacific. OF
course, the hand of Jay Gould is seen in
all this. He owns the Missouri Pacific,
and that part of the contract which
gives the Union Pacific a line into the
Missouri Pacific territory is not to his
taste. There is feeling in railroad
circles that this affair will
Prove a Death
blow to the presidents agreement.
Neither President Cable nor President
Miller would express himself positively
on this phase Of the question, but the
latter said: ''If that contract is not a
good one, and cannot be made to stand,
| then there is no use fOoling away time
entering into traffic agreements"
1t is said that Gould does not question
the legality Of the contract, but is de-
termined, if possible. to prevent its
being carried out, because it is much
more advantageous to the Milwaukee d
st. Paul and to the Rock Island than to
the Union Pacific. Lit CATION will delay
operations under the deal, and may re-
suit in compromise. The legal coun-
sci of the Rock Island and the St. Paul
| were in consultation with the presidents
| of those roads to-day. and it is under
| stood that steps will be taken at once to
bring the Union Pacific to terms.
The Hog Rate Settled.
Some of the newspapers are persist
| emily publishing report that the queS-
tion of rates on hogs and packing house
| products from the Missouri river TO
| Chicago has not yet been settled.
General Manager Chappell, of the
| Chicago & Alton, said to-day
1T is definitely settled that the rate
| shall be % cents per hundred pounds
| from Kansas City to Chicago, and our
| tariffs are in the hands of the interstate
commerce commission. They go into
effect Jan. 1. Ii is nonsense to say that
| the Southwestern lines have offered
SEQ, 900 to Fowler Bros. for a modifca-
| ton of their contract with the Alton.
They never asked but $4,000, and the
| roads were not willing to pay that
amount. The Alton itself was not will
| ing to abrOgate the contract because it
! did not want TO lose the business. Fow-
| Ter Bros. have consented to 22-cent
| rate on packing house products with
| the understanding that it may be re-
| duced to Is cents whenever they de-
mand it. They would rather see a %
| cent rate on packing house products
| than an 18-cent rate on hogs.
| Illinois Central improvements.
| An afternoon paper says that the Illi-
| nois Central Railroad company has
| completed ARRANGEMENTS for terminal
improvements in this city to cost from
! Sc, ,O0o, 900 to 7,000,C COO. for which a spe-
| cial bond issue is to be made. President
| Fish would neither confirm nor deny
| the story. and the general solicitor of
the company. B. F. Aver, was also non
| cemmittal.
| = IC II CsA0CntS> NACctlnss
The meeting of Western railroad
| presidents will be held ia New York, as
| announced in the New York dispatches,
| but not on Jan. 5. President Miller,
| who called the meeting, said to-day that
| it had been postponed until the Stb.
| He thinks the New York conference
| will adjourn to meet in Chicago at an
early date.
Manager Clarlz's Position.
| OMAHA, Neb.. Dec. 29.-Attempts
were made this morning by the Mil
waukee and Rock Island railroads to
riin trains across the Union Pacific
bridge, but the switches remained
locked and the trains were Obliged to
return to Council Bluffs transfer. S.
| H. II, Clark. general manager of the
| Union Pacific, was seen by reporter.
! and said that the Union Pacific proposed
to do its own business. lt.did not in
tend to give it up to another road aud
| III tf, Re patly If rln