Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-20
AFTER THE UNION PACIFIC.
coy. EVANS GIVES HIS REASONS
ron THE SUIT AT DENVER.
Claims the Consolidated Road Has
Been Operated Against the Inter
ests orDenver and Fort worth and
in Favor of Distant Interests.

DENVER. Aug. 1s-Ez-Governor
Evans. who was mainly Instrumental Ia
having the Gulf railroad built. Is gong
10 moss his suit for a receiversliip. lhis
line WAS Incorporated with the lnloh
Pacific system little over three years
ago. under an agreement. which. 1t Is
maintained. has been violated.
III receiver is appointed the Sult
liue will be operated in lis own interest,
said Ex-Governor Evans. Its stock
when ihe constellation was effcrtrt' was
worth 40 cents on the dollar, it is worth
now IL cents. | account for that an
two ways First, the general depression
throughout the country. and the panic
in Wall street. Second, because Of the
misnnnagement Of the road. Denver
and Colorado have been defrauded to
very large extent Of the gulf trade, be
cinse the Union Pacific has been run
ming that road. and it is to It's interest
TO carry the trade the other way. Inc
ground Of the suits IS because the IN
ion Pacific has not developed the traffic,
as It agreed to when 1t got the road.
The gulf traffic is what the road was
built FOR
BY the goods coming to Denver from
an the Atlantic ports through New ~
leans and Galveston they could come 10
Denver about rs cheap as they could 60
10 Chicago from foreign p1rls, suth rs
London. Havre, Liverpool and Ams.er-
dam. the freight for which 10 New UT
leans Is about rs cheap as Il is 10 New
York. And when the Galveston lIat-
Dor is mentioned the freight would g
TO Galveston as cheap rs 10 New lolh.
although II is further, because there il
q ralmer sea 10 sail on 10 the Galveston
hrfhur.
III th. foreign freight were landed at
Galveston or New Orleans Il would save
nbjuf 100 miles of rail hdul 10 local
points. but which the Union Pacific und
other railroad combinations. bringing us
ous goods across the country. TAX us
with And as a matter Of fact the great
err the tax on tue goods sent out ana
goods sent IN 20 and from this Rocky
Mountain country, the greater the cost.
Now, as a matter nf course, while the
| Union Pacific system has kept the line
open % the gulf, IL has not cultivated the
route FROM The gulf to the Rocky noun
tain country rs Il was cultivated before
the consolidation took place. and what
ever additional tax has been Imposed on
this Rocky mountain country by hauling
the goods 1000 miles further, Is an i'm
position on the people and has robbed
the gulf road ~ a very large trnilic.
Therefore il the road had been operated
In It's own interest 1t would have had the
advantage 81 the cheaper route and
would haYc had as a consequence very
large business.
Il say that the road before nassing into
the hands Of the Union Pacific made
solemn contract that It should be- oper-
| nted In its own interests: and | hold fur
| Their. that the prosperity that was started
| by that road npOn lts heiug opened ns an
| Independent line. should ~1rainly have
| male Denver rs large again as 1t IL
| today and would have had the same
! effect ON all the towns on the line OF the
| road, Including Fort Worth itself. Not
| only that but as the prosperity Of those
| towns In response 10 the gnif traffic
| would have increased so would the trnf.
| ic on the road have Increased. as Il
| Would have helped 10 develop the whole
! country Uf the Rocky mountains. II was
| agreed by the management through a
| written contract with the Union Pacific
| people. that ihc line should be operated
! in is own interests as an Independent;
corporation.
As the road has been MANAGED by the
| Union Pacific officers and IN the interest
| Of the Union Pacific roa1 IT has been
an outrage upon the stockholders Of the
| gulf road, an outrage upon the whole
! country and an absolute violation of
their contract, Not only that but thpy
arrenl 10 operate u from hpalunartera
NJ Denver Against ms protest thcy
moved The hooks and nApr.s ia Omaha.
Wdere they had no right ~ take thcm.
nhd have had them there ever snrc |
nave very largo interest in the stock
between S0OOOOO and SIOpOHO ,vorfi,
Mt the par ynlue thereof ANA a very
large part OF that cost me the fulI en-
| over Inc counter for the same If tho