Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-01-11
COLORADO UTAH RATE WAR
Passenger AGENTS still WhsttI1S Thl'
Knives for lha Fray.
Passenger Agent wadieIgh Of rio
orande Has ssm.,hinE In.
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city yoterduy II appears inst the
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we MO ufande western nave issu'u
their ultimalums regarding the trouble
betveep tho unIon Pacific and IN,
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burlington anu Townsend OF the Mis-
eouri Pacific, was delivered TO Mr..
Wadleigh at Salt Lake City early yes
terday morning:
eve have your Joint telegram.
There appears 10 be only one small
point Of difference between us. We
refer 10 the Tfansmissouri cJmmitteu's
connection with the Western Passen-
ger association. You have Ia your
possession authority OF agreement
which states clearly what authority
the present organization would have
over the Transmlssouri comm tlee anI
our position In this respect IL not
changed since. We believe that with
a Colorado. Utah Committee association
which has power TO legislate o. all
quostiona strictly local In that terri.
tory aud q chairman at Denver who
shall have full charge o. that orgau.
ization, that this would DO salts story.
"Ocohsionally q question will arite
which 10 q matter OF common Interest
between the lines east and west OF the
Missouri river and which requires
Joint action. Such cases OF this are not
frequent and In order that We may
MAINTAIN our present position towards
the general organization We hops you
will waive any slight objection you
msy have In this direction; also TO the
location OF headquarters IN Chicago.
We also desire you TO Join u In our
request TO become n member OF the
TrAnsmi1sissippi committee OF the
Western Passenger association Gccept-
log tho agreement anu rules ~ framed.
The agreement provides iot liking the
place Of meeting of tho Transmissouri
committee by majority u tue votes OF
these lines. We wouli be willing to
agree to hold alternate regular meetings
la Denver"
Mr.. WRdleigh's reply, short but
sweet, was a. follOws: "YOur telegram
Of today replying TO mins OF the 1th
inst. We regret exceedingly thAt II
should seem 10 you nscessary TO ask
Tor any modification from our position
AZ expressed In telegram as We ielI its
terms were 20 liberal In the interest Of
mutual accommodation that II would
aud acceptance aud iurIher Roget that
we cannot SEE our way clear 10 Any
modification therein"
Reliable railway men infested yes
terday that this contest will end In a
passenger rate war between tbs Dem
yer q Rio Grande, the Rio Grande
Western ana the Colorado Midland
with tho Eastern lines back
ing the Union Pacific. They
oven 20 40 lar as 10 predict the begin
ming OF this war at very early date
anu say that II will be started by the
Union Pacific selling tickets from Salt
Lake CITY 10 Denver Of very I'M
pr fitably low rate. Another mSneuver
OF the trunk lines In crlppling the
Colorado roads would be by depriving
them Of any Eastern outlet from Den.
Yer, Colorado Springs and Pueblo.
The Union Paoino would be assisted
In this attempt by the Burlington &
Missouri, the Santa Fs AMI the Rock
Island.
This action, II 10 said, would be tAkeL
by the Eastern lines In order that they
might c1nfine the war In tho Territory
between Colorado aud Utah.
The present trouble was Ocoasioned
by the Union Pacific toalplng rounj
trip tickets TO Montana points. Both
the Union Pacific and the Rio Gfande
roads had agreed 10 place tickets on sails
with their agents that would entitlo
the purchaser TO 20 TO Montana over
the former and return over the latter
road. The same mode OF travel was 10
be applied vice versa.