The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-20
ARAILROAD BOYCOTT
Six Powerful Lines Combine
Against Union Pacific.
ACTION TAKEN IN RETALIATION.
Because of Refusal to Eeciprocate Fa-
vors-Canadian Pacific Invades
Eastern Washington.

CHICAGO. Nov. I9.-Offieials of the
Atchison, Burlington, Rock Island, Col
orado Midland, Rio Grande Western and
Denver IL Rio Grande roads, after con-
ference of nearly week. have at last de-
cided on a method of dealing with the
Union Pacific on account of its failure 70
divide business with them at Denver and
Ogden instead of at the Missouri river.
An agreement was reached this afternoon
which resulted in the Issuance OF the toll
lowing joint circular, signed by the gem
eral passenger agents of every one OF the
above roads:
To Connecting Lines: The Union Pacific railway
system has, by its current and existing regula-
tlons, prohibited the issue OF any one-wsy and
roUnd-trip tickets reading in par. over the uu-
aersigned lines, OF made the sale OF such tickets
practically impossible, thus closing to our lines
and our various connections important gate
ways that were formerly open to us, and imply
ing by its acts a desire to decrease the inter
change of business with the companies. In view
OF these facts, you are respectfully requested TO
remove from sale all round-trip tickets or orders
for the same over the undersigned lines, any
portion of which reads over the Union Pacific
railway. as such tickets will not be accepted by
the undersigned roads if sold after November
SO, 1892
of retaliation that is calculated to make
the Union Pacific vince. A considerable
portion of the California business is done
with round-trip tickets, and not one i'll a
hundred of these tickets is made to read
over the same line going and coming.
Passengers have the privilege of going one
Ioute and returning by another, conse-
quently the Union Pacific has shared very
in he Of ~ Ia hr,c ha
new agreement will deprive it of any
portion of such traffic, which will now be
given to the Southern Pacific, Rio Grande
Western, Denver & Rio Grande and Colo
RADIO Midland
Two or three years ago, when the boom
was at its height in the Northwest and
thousands of people were flocking TO Ore
gon, Washington and Puget sound points.
the Union Pacific entered into a fight
with the Northern Pacific over business.
1t solicited the aid of the Rio Grande.
Colorado Midland and Denver & Rio
Grande, dividing the rate with them on
all traffic exchanged at Ogden. Last jan
uary, without previous notice, it issued a
circular to the effect that it would there
after exact its full local rate on traffic de-
livered to it at Ogden for Pacific coast
points. subsequently IL declined 10 &C
cept through tickets by way of
Ogden. Still later it announced
that it would divide certain west
bound business with its connections
at Denver, but that on all east-bound bus
mess it would insist on haul to the Mis-
souri, river. At this point the transmits
souri, lines reaching Colorado points
became alarmed and tried t6 prevail upon
the Union Pacific to modify its order. In
this they failed, and the action they took
today, they claim. was literally forced
upon them. The Union Pacific refused to
divide Oregon and Washington business
with them at connecting points west OF
the Missouri river, and they will now re.
| fuse to share their California business
with the Union Pacific. so far as they are
| able to control 1t.