St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-12-31
N. p. GOSSIP AGAIN.
AN OREGON TELEGRAM STARTS
HIGH OFFICIALS CONJECTURE
ING ONCE MORE.
THEY DOUBT THE REPORT,
WHICH SAYS RECEIVER BUR-
LEIGH is ABOUT TO ASSUME
CONTROL OF ROAD
WITHIN HIS JURISDICTION.
Impression General That the Rig
Road Will BE Divided Up at
Some Future Time.

The Northern Pacific receivership
matter, which has lain dormant SO far
as st. Paul is concerned, for some time
was lifted out Of it's lethargy yesterday
by a telegram dated Portland, and
which states in substance that Receiv-
er Andrew F. Burleigh, tired of wait
ing for the Eastern judges to agree on
a united receivership,' has determined
to assume complete control of that por-
ton of the road within his jurisdic-
ton, manage the same lndeDendent OF
the St Paul offices and appoint his own
general officers. This action so 1T Is
stated, is for the purpose of forcing
matters to an amicable conclusion.
Considerable surprise was eVinced by
the officials of the road when shown
the telegram yesterday, as no lntlna-
ton of the news contained therein had
been received in any department. Re
ceiver McHenry and General Counsel
Bum were both seen and SAID that
no advices had been received from the
West regarding the matter; therefore,
they were loath to express any opinion
on the subject concerning which they
both felt Mr.. Burleigh would have Wlr-
ed them. Still the news brought up the
last events in the attempt to agree on
a united receivership and various eX-
pressions of opinion were given as to
the outcome Of the whole matter.
There seems to be we'll defined no
ton that whether or not Mr.. Burlelgh
has taken the position attributed to
him, the big system will at some time
be divided UP into two or three sections
each with it's own general officers and
Independent government. Whle there
is apparently no friction between the
Eastern and Western receivers at pres
ent it is pointed out that the system
of accounts as conducted now is both
COMPLICATED AND UNSATISFAC-
TORY,
and that if Mr.. Burleigh does not hap
pen to take the step mentioned in the
telegram somebody else will before very
long. The view was freely expressed
that at any time in the future the
Northern Pacific might be resolved into
three separate railroads, one from st.
Paul to the Montana state line, the sec
ond the state of Montana, and the third
ton This would, of course, create an
enormous additional expense, and
would, in a measure, be disastrous to
the different divisions.
On the other hand, more optimistic
railroaders say that common sense
alone is necessary to prevent such a
division, and further, that if the system
in vogue now in the auditing depart
ment is clumsy it will be much more so
oil
has to be apportioned to the different
branches of the same system.
At the same time, those who believe
that the road will not be cut up into
pieces predict what will be done in the
line of getting the courts together on a
united receivership. The bone of con-
tention seems to be the matter of prim-
airy jurisdiction, and upon this import
ant feature the courts seem unable to
agree. The two local receivers have
practically been conducting the man
agement of the road, but there is a feel
ing in certain quarters that the West
ern receivers have the whip hand in
case Of division on account of an East
ern connection at Billings, Mont, with
out the eastern division of the Northern
Pacific.
While the dispatches from New York
would seem to discredit the Western
y,
even now a. plan is on foot to reach an
amicable understanding, the prevailing
sentiment here is that something will
happen, and not very long after the
first of the year, either. Receiver E. L.
Bonner, accompanied by his wife and
daughter, passed through here Sunday
en- route for New York, but it is not
thought that his visit at this time has
any significance.
Scott, of New York, comptroller of the
states in his jurisdiction is thought to
mean that he still has hopes for peace
able adjustment of the receivership
tangle.
THE PORTLAND TELEGRAM.
Following is the telegram referred to
under date of Portland, Dec 30 "The
Oregonian says: The Northern Pa
cific receivership ENHANCEMENT will
probably reach, a crisis soon after the
beginning of the new year, unless the
eastern courts speedily agree with
Judge Hanford regarding a unified set
of receivers for the entire system. 1t
is learned, on what aDpears to be good
authority, that Receiver 'Burleigh has
given the eastern receivers to under
stand that he will take complete con-
troll of the property within his juIis-
diction some time next month if the
courts do not agree in the meantime.
This means that Mr.. Burleigh will ap-
point his own general officers to man
age the property within his jurisdic-
ton, who will not report to the pres
ent general office at ST. Paul. 1t is i'm
possible to gain any information re-
garding Mr.. Burleigh's intention, fur
ther than his determination to
operate the road entirely independent
of the st. Paul offices. This means, of
course, that he will not work in
thorough harmony with the eastern
receivers, and that Judge Hanford has
grown tired of treating with the east
ern judges for a unified receivership.
1t means, too, that Mr.. Burleigh con-
siders himself in a position to force
matters to an amicable conclusion. He
is sole receiver for the property in
Oregon, Washington and Idaho, and
one of three receivers in Montana"
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-Regarding the
article in the Portland Oregonian to-
day forecaSting a possible crisis in the
Northern Pacific receivership contro-
versy, it is said by local representa-
tives of the Northern Pacific interests
here that the article had little basis
of fact, and that it merely evidenced
the feeling of far western interests
concerning the apparent inability of
the courts to agree on single body
of receivers for the system.The hither-
to unsuccessful efforts of the Farm
ers' Loan & Trust company to effect
a settlement Of existing difficulties,