Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-11-01
is ON THE WARPATH'
Receiver Declares HimeIf to the
Eastern Interests.
II is A STARTLING PROJECT
Northern Pacific May Be Cut in Two and
the Western End Attached to
the Burlington.

Receiver Burleigh of the Northern
Pacific railroad is returning from his
eastern trip. He will be in st. Paul
today. and will probably pass through
Spokane Sunday or Monday. Much in
terest is felt in the result e his nego-
tiations with the eastern Interests, it
being understood that the purpose of
his trip was to endeavor to reach some
agreement for the amicable operation
of the entire system.
From well informed sources The
Spokesman-Review learns that Mr..
Burleigh was loaded with buckshot and
slugs. The Northern Pacific has con-
nection with the Burlington system at
Billings, Mont, and the two roads al
ready have a traffic arrangement for
their mutual benefit 1t is known that
the Burlington people are anxious for
closer arrangement, and that they
would be glad to make deal with Bur-
leigh whereby the western end of the
Northern Pacific would be more close
ly hooked on to their terminus at Bill
lings. This would give them a terminus
on Puget sound, and at the same time
let the Northern Pacific into Omaha
and Chicago, and give it better termin-
al facilities than it now has in st. Paul.
1t would leave st. Paul with the UNI
profitable end Of the line.
1t is declared by Mr.. Burleigh's
friends that he is in no mood to allow
the managers of the eastern end Of
the road to play horse with him; that
he will either have what he considers
right, or enter at once into negotiations
with the Burlington folks. A part of
the deal, it is said, would be the di-
version to the Burlington of the ton
mage now delivered at Tacoma by the
| Oriental steamers of the Northern Pa
cific. Since three-fourths of the tea con-
sumed in the United States now comes
in at Tacoma, it can readily be seen
that the Burlington would strain sew
eral points to get a slice of this profit
able business.
Another advantage of this deal would
be the better division of tonnage east
and west. The movement now is heav-
Ter east, and the Northern Pacific has
to haul back empty cars. By making
close traffic arrangement with the
Burlington, which is a larger system
than the Northern Pacific east of Bill
lings, eastern tonnage would be in
creased, and it is believed by well in
formed railroad men that the move
ment east and west would then be al
most exactly balanced.
This would allow Spokane, Seattle,
Tacoma and Portland to do business
directly with Chicago, and would open
up the most productive and thickly
populated sections of the Mississippi
valley to close connections with the
Pacific northwest.
1t is claimed that on the other hand,
about the only thing the Northern Pa
cific contributes east of Billings is
| headquarters building at st. Paul,
| which is not needed, because there is
already a much better one at Tacoma.
The tonnage east of Billings is mostly
| wheat, and it goes east and is compe-
| tition with the products of this sec
| ton.
1t is understood that Mr.. Burleigh
has laid this matter before the eastern
managers, and declared his intention,
unless they come Immediately to terms,
to make the deal with the Burlington
a., allow Judges Jenkins and Sanborn
to keep uiiii!c..s;.. end of the Northern Paci-
fic and do witnit-as they choose.