The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-22
OREGON ROADS TRIUMPH.
Concessions on Both Sides, But the o.
r. g. N. and o. s. L. Are Victorious.


Salt lake, Oct. 2O.-President Moh-
Ter, accompanied by Traffic Manager
Campbell and General Superintendent
O'Brien, left for Portland this evening
after highly successful conference
with the Union Pacific and Short Line
officials. Since the arrival Of the o.
R. & N. party on Saturday, the nego-
tiations have been in progress. and to-
Gay a complete understanding was
reached, and as result the through
car service from Chicago to Portland
will be resumed at once.
The fast-freight line of the Union
Pacific to Portland by way of Sacra-
mento will be taken off, and the tariff
relations existing with the Oregon road
before the cancellation of September %
will be fully restored. While conces-
sions have been made on both sides, the
net result is conceded to be victory
for the Short Line and the o. r. q N,
which have stood together in the fight.
The Ogden gateway is to remain per-
manently open, End the use of the Rio
Grand Western and its Eastern connec-
tion by Odgen shippers, if they desire
it, is therefore assured. The conflict
which has now been brought to close
arose from the opening of the Ogden
gateway and the admission of rivals of
the Union Pacific to the territory trib-
utary to the Short Line and the o. R.
& N. and the agreement that the con-
dition thus brought about shall con-
tinue is regarded as triumph for the
diplomacy of the two latter companies.
President Mohler's contention, as ex-
pressed here today, was that all con-
Meeting lines should be treated alike,
and this concession the Union Pacific
has been compelled to make. 1t was
also forced to yield to other conditions
exacted by Mr.. Mohler. Its officials
had become very tired of the decrease
of business caused by it's rupture with
the Navigation company and the Short
Line, and seemed glad to be in posi-
tion to surrender and thereby renew its
hold on the traffic of the Northwest.
In the matter of the division of freight
charges, it is understood that the Union
Pacific secured concessions, the details
of which are for the present withheld.
The terms of the agreement insures the
continuance in the Northwest field of
agents of Eastern companies benefited
by the opening of the Ogden gateway.
Disclosures during the conference add
strength to the belief that the reorgan-
ization of the Union Pacific will not
result in the abandonment of the inde-
pendent organizations of the Short Line
and the o. R. & N.
This ends the long and interesting
fight that has been waged since last
spring between the Union Pacific and
the Oregon Short Line over the opening
of the Ogden gateway, and from the
conclusions reached and announced, it
is quite evident that the Short Line,
aided by the o. r. & n, has gained its
point, and that the Ogden gateway will
be kept open hereafter in addition to
the through service over the Union Pa
cific, which tho new agreement restores.
This is victory of decided advantage
to Portland, for it keeps open to the
Utah Colorado lines this Northwest ter
ritory, which previous to the little un-
pleasantness, gave all their business to
the Southern Pacific ana advertised
California to the exclusion of Oregon
and tha Northwest --sse