St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-04
Railway Magnates Preparing
for Another Wordy
Contest. -
1t Appears That They Are Far
Apart on Important I Sns
Questions. Daa
President Marvel Regards the
U. psf. Paul Fight a.
Local Affair. ad
Western Roads Adoptthe Com
mittee's Report on Free
transportation. 80

CHICAGO, Jan. 3.-President Cable.
of the Rock Island, left tonight for
New York, where he will remain unit
He will be followed Monday by the Off
Gals of other Western roads that are to
be represented at that meeting, and it
is now apparent that all the leading
lines entering Chicago from the west
will be represented, with the exception
of the Chicago & Alton and the Chi
cago, st. Paul & Kansas City. Even
these roads can be relied upon to sub
scribe to the agreement if it is con-
structed upon basis that will insure
them fair share of the business, but
they are willing to let the others frame
it. This afternoon the presidents of
the Rock Island, the Atchison, the Chi
cagO u Northwestern, the Illinois Cen
trial, the Burlington and the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul were in confer
ence at President Miiler's offices. as
they have been nearly every day this
week, exchanging views as to
Rules and Regulations
that should be adopted for the carrying
out of the proposed agreement. The
object of this, as President Miller said,
was to learn how each other stood on
certain points in order that they might
come as nearly together as possible. land
be able to 90 into the New York meet
ing with full knowledge OF any differ
ences of opinion that might exist. One
thing has developed at these meetings,
and that is that the presidents are wide
apart on some of the questions involved
in the arrangement of a general plan of
operations. They claim that these diff
ferenceS are not so serious as to endan-
ger the agreement. 1t seems that the
AtchisOn people lean too much to the
Gould idea of an ironclad combina-
ton to please the Rock Island
and the st. Paul officials, and
that they have failed to agree
on number of important points. What
effect the rupture between the new
management of the Union Pacific and
the Rock Island and st. Paul people
will have on the movement to establish
a new traffic agreement continues to be
matter of conjecture. The officers Ot
the last named roads will not say
whether it is likely to affect their ac-
lions at the New York meeting oraIot.
President Marvel, of the Atchison,
speaking on this subject to-day, said:
A Local Issue.
81 do not think the st. Paul or the
Rock Island should permit mere local
affair like this with the Union Pacific
to interfere with movement that'iSin
the interest of all of the Western
roads," ToE
When this remark was repeated to
an official of the st. Paul road he ex-
claimed: ~ |
"A local matter! Gould repudiates a
clean cut contract. What car be ex-
pected of him in an agreement that is
not legally binding? After all, the only
protection a railroad has is the faithful
ness with which its competitors keep
their pledges. Agreements amount to
neutrality-suspicious. gOOd faith. What rea-
son have we to believe that the Union
Pacific will live up to any contract"
This same official. commenting OH the
letter of John +. Hummer. the govern
ment director of the Union Pacific. rel
alive to the Omaha bridge contract, said:
Il am inclined to think that the letter
was written by Judge Dillon, and that
Plummer was induced by Gould to allow
his name to be used for the effect it
would have. If the contract is not good
because of the Union Pacific's oblIga-
tionS to the government, it is strange
that Sidney Dillon and Gen. Dodge did
not know 1t when they were conducting
the preliminary negotiations with the
Rock Island and the st. Paul"