The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1892-11-20
RAILROADS ARE AT war
Action M hs Union Pacific the Calso Of
The Trouble.
PACIFIC COAST BUSINESS
Western Trunk Lines Decide on Z
Plan OF Retaliation - Orders
Regarding the Sale OF
Tickets.

CHICAGO, Nov. ls.-Officials OF tho
Atchisou, tho Burlington, the Rock Island.
the Colorado Midland, the Rio Grande
Western and the Denver & Rio Grando
roads, after q conference Of nearly week,
have ut last decided on method OF deal
ing with the Union Pacific on account Of
it's failure to divide business with them ut
Denver and Ogden instead Of the Missouri
river. An agreement was reached this
afternoon which resulted In the issuance
of tho following circular, signed by the
general passenger agents of every one Of
the above named roads, to connecting
lines:
''The Union Pacific railway system. M
by its current and existing regulations,
has prohibited tho issue of any one-way
and round.trip tickets reading In part
over the undersigned lines, or has made
sale of such tickets practically impossible,
thus closing to our lines and our various
connections important gateways that
were formerly open to US, aud implying by
it's acts q desire to decrease an
Interchange Of business with the
company, In view OF these
facts you are respectfully requested to re-
move from sale all round trip tickets or
orders for the same reading over the un.
dersigncd lines. any portion OF which
reads over the Union Pacific railway, ms
such tickets will not bc accepted by tho
undersigned roads after Nov. 10, 1892"
While this IL not q boycott It is form Of
retaliation that is calculated TO make tho
Union Pacific vince. A considerable por-
tion Of the California business is done with
round trip tickets. and not one in hun
Slred tickets In made to read over the same
line going and coming. Passengers have
tho privilege Of going ono route and re-
turning by another, consequently the
Union Pacific has shared very largely in
the profits of tins business. Tho new
agreement will deprive IL OF any
portion Of such traffic which will be given
10 the Southern Pacific. the Rio Grande
Western and tho Denver 4 Rio Grande
and the Colorado Midland.
Two or three years ago, when the boom
was mt its height In tho Northwest and
thousands Of people wcrc fiockinR to Ore
pon, Washington and Puget sound points,
the Union Pacific entered into q fight
with l,o Northorn Pacific over business,
~ solicitod the Aid OF the Rio Grandc, the
Colorado Midland and the Denver q Rio
Grande, dividing the rate with them on all
trafiic exchanged Mt Ogden. Last Janu'
ary, without previous notice, it issued a
circular to the effect that II would
thereafter exact its full rate ON traffic
delivered ut Ogden for Pacific coast
points. Subsequently II declined to nc.
cept through tickets by way Of Ogden,
Still later Il announced that II would di'
vide certain west bound business with its
connections at Denver. but on all east
hound business II would insist on haul
to tho Missouri river. At this point the
Trans-Missouri lines reaching Colorado
points became alarmed and tried TO pre-
vail on the Union Pacific to modify It's or
der. In this they failed and tho action
thsy took to-day, they claim, was literally
forced upon them. Tho Union Pacific re
fused TO divide Oregon aud Washington
business with them ut connecting points
west Of the Missouri river, and they will
now refuse to share their California
business with tho Union Pacific 80 far as
thsy are able tocontrol u.