Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-12
TBLEGRAPHIC.
RAILS And SHIPS,
7atB, Arrangements Between North
and South America
pFruscr LINE REVIVED.
n. Contract Between the Panama
Railroad aud Pacific Company
Soon at an End.

NFw YORK, hlhy - "a"
LANDING between the Panama R'il'
,,,I company aud tho Pacific Mall
steamship company by which the rail
- chartered the ships Of the steam.
al, compauy temporarily on this SHE
80 ran them between Colon ant this
~ uoder the name Of the Columbia
nnsisatan end, aud on June 18Th Tho
,,iroad Company will put on olhBr
s,eamofi.
Alter tho Panama canal went Into
H.bauis OF liquidat9r, and tho con.
,..ot tsigorn the Panama Railroad
..,mp.ny aud the Pacific NAL 90
nv expired the railroad company
.ni the steamship company failed 10
ms 10 an agreement as ~ tnr To-.
D,Wsi OF tue contract The railroad
,lmpany having tho only route Of
tlumunication seemed 10 hold the
s-yof the situation and determined
10 put on Toe OF sioameGa Of It's oSn
ypthr Atlantic side aui 20 iurlbcr the
ifmatuu Of rival line 10 thc Pacific
Mali on tue west coast Tue fCsult Of
tho v hole Thug was the formation o.
tUe COLUMBIAN line, which chartered
tht steamers OF tho Paoiiic Mall on this
.Ids, tue NewlOu, CITY VI Para and
Columbia. An arrangement was made
Win tuo Pacific Mail regarding the lino
moan Panama 10 San Ffancisco. THIS
ashore luo VI the PArliic Aiall run
tiug from pauamaup u tne wet coast
q Central America, ~ ar as OeDs, In
Huairmala. For thia ilne tho faciho
Mail company claimed that u had n
perpetual contract with the Panama
iairoad. The matter was taken into
tiurt aud Judge rfuax granted an la.
junction against The railroad company
.ruuinga denomination of the terms VI
,uuiraci. This was Ia 1892. The short
Iuc IL extremely profitable.
Ths tIuAm-ts Newport, CITY OF Para,
auI Columbia have been run by the
Columbia line at loss aud ON
Anil a the railroad company asked
tho Pacific Mail company Tor n now
arrangement, saying that 10 tho
Columbian line had taken the steamers
oI the hands OF the PAcinc Mail by
rltttetiug them, Il wss though, mat
reduction ought to be made In the
price paid 70 the Pacific Mail. Iho
faeinc Mail Officers had until May 10
% defide. The contract explfcs on
June 10. On Thursday worn was r,.
csiyed from the Pacific Mail that the
terms proposed by the Panama Rail-
s0ad would be- agreed 10. Yesterday
he three old chips OF the deiunot
United states aud Brazil liue-ihe
Alliance, Advance anu Finance,
were taken Co the dry docks
a. Erie basiu anu work vas begun
upon thcm 10 puI them In shape 10 10
into commission. They have bgen
chartered by Ihu Panama Railroad
company and will be put on the
Columbian Inns in the place OF tue
City VI Para, Newport anu Columbia.
Mr.. Drake, secretary Ut tho Panama
Railroad company, said: ~ do not
know how tue west c0asta'fangument
between our company anu tue Pacific
Mail company will DO affected. 1 sup
ose II viii continue Tor tho present At
any rate. They would not bu foolish
enough 10 bio or their own noses,
We received word rom q. L. Hunt
iugton yesterday that the Pacific Mail
would not make tho new contract We
proposed, 90 Iolay men went TO work
10 get ready the other steamer. do
not know what this Pacific Mail people
Will DO with their ships, | am sure"