The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-04-12
AMONG THE RAILROADS.
Union Pacific and Great Northern
Not Working Together
Just Now.
ST. Paul to Celebrate the Opening
Of tho Great Northern
Extension.
Worlds Fair Trains wilt Run on Slow
Timc-Beautiful Coaches to DO Exhib-
tied ut Chicago.

The Union Pacific and the Great North
ern railways are not working together ns
hatmoniously us in the past, Feb. l the
Union Pacific issued q circular to its agents,
the substance of which was as follows:
ut is respectfully requested that on and
after Feb. l, 1898, you will discontinue the
sale of all Glasses of tickets, both single
and round trip. from points on o. east O.
the Missouri river and Fort Worth. Texas
10 points on or reached by the company
line west thereof. other than those reading
via the Union Pacific system from one o
its Missouri river gateways or Fort Worth
We beg to advise you that tickets from thu
territory above described reaching the
Union Pacific System via junction points
west of the Missouri river OF Fo;t Worth
will not be accepted on and after Feb. l.
1893.
1.-The company will continue on east
bound business to give to all OF Its conneo-
tions ticket representation vim its Missouri
river and Fort Worth gateways.
you are hereby instructed not to accept
tickets OF either n way or round trip
form, that are sold at Duluth. 81. Paul.
MINNEAPOLIS, MIMI, Sioux City. Council
Bluffs. Pacific junction, st. Joseph, Atohl-
son, Lsavenworth, Kansas City or Fort
Worth, or arc sold al points east OF these
pateways, coming to this line at %juction
points west of our Mississippi river termi-
mails or Fort Worth. that are dated on or
after the first of February, 1893; subject to
tho following exceptions only:
"You may accept round trip tickets read
ing via this line from Ellsworth, Denver,
Silver Bow or Wallula Junction when the
return portion OF the ticket reads via the
Union Pacific system from destination or
Ogden or Portland to ono of our Missouri
river terminals or Fort Worth.
"Tiokets that are sold at stations west of
the above named points, will be accepted as
heretofore"
Thu above circular means that the traffic
arrangement between the Great Northern
and Union Pacific, which has been in effect
from the time the first named road was
built into Butte in 1889 and through which
the Great Northern has used tbs Union Pa
cifc tracks from Silver Bow to Portland
and intermediate points for business COM
ing from ST. Paul and points east to POINTS
on tho Union Pacific, is at On end, and that
hereafter the last named road Will not &C.
cept tickets sold by the Great Northern at
Et, K u VI O4thL Cnop Va -
that are sold at points west of st. Paul will
be honored by the Union Pacific Hs hereto
fore, Round trip tickets sold at st. Paul
or points further east will be accepted. pro-
vided tho Union Pacific gets the long haul
Jack as far as Sioux City or some other OF
its Missouri river terminals.
This circular simply means that the
Union Pacific wants the long haul which
Jim Hills road has been enjoying for the
past three or four years. md its evident in
tention is to drive Pacific coast business
over the Union Pacific from Sioux City Or
some other of its Missouri river points.
Under the old traffic arrangement the
Great Northern got the long hau! from st
Paul to Butte, about LOO miles, and the
Union Pacific got the short haul line from
Butte to Portland, which is only about 99t
miles. The Union Pacific now proposes
to get the long haul from Sioux City te
ottland, II distance of about 1900 miles
from st. Pau to Sioux City. which is only
$50 miles. So far the Great Northern hal
not been heard from in the matter. bnt il
is hardly probable that it will accept thil
proposition. and the friendly r~eiationt
which have hitherto existed between the
two lines are very likely at an end. The
Union Pacific is willing to resume the ole
relations under a more equal division of the
receipts from the sale Of tickets, but it will
not 90 back to the old milsaRe basis.
Whether or not the Great Northern viii.
agree to a division of the receipts remains
to be seen. Railroad men, however, do no
believe that tine Great Northern will make
any concession now that its own line il
completed through to the coast. The I'm.
ion Pacific. on the other hand, feels thai
nfter giving the Great Northern the long
haul for three years il is now entitled to til,
long end of the deal for q while. and is pre-
pared to enforce iis demands.