The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-19
Union Pacific, Short Line and 0. R.
&N. Comes to Terms.
OLD RELATIONS RESTORED
POLICY OF TIE ROADS GIVEN II
A NUTSHELL.
Freight Traffic Manager Monroe
Outlines the Situation-ogden
Gateway Remains open-Visiting
Officials All Pleased With the
Settlement of Affairs.

The joint traffic agreement between
the Union Pacific, oregon Short Line
and Oregon Railway & Navigation
company was happily consummated
yesterday afternoon. The old order Of
things villa be restored as prior to
Sept. 2S. Through Pullman equipment
will be run to Portland, Ore, via the
Granger gateway and also through
business from Chicago via the Chicago
d Northwestern. All through tariffs
affecting shipments from or to any
point on the oregon Short Line and
Oregon Railway & Navigation or from
Union Pacific points viii be as pre-
vious to Sept % last.
In a nutshell. the Oregon Short
Lines policy of receiving freight at
every terminal will be maintained and
the Union Pacific Will meet the oregon
Short Line at Granger on exactly che
same footing as the Rio Grande West
ern meets il at Provo or Salt Lake
City. 4 significant fact in this con-
nection is that the distance from
Granger to Pocatello is within FIVE
miles OF being the same as the distance
from Provo to Pocatello, 50 that the
Oregon Short Lines haul VIII be near
~ the same in either case, Pocatello
being the main junction point of the
Short Line system. The restoration
Of the through tariff rates on coal
from Union Pacific points TO Salt Lake
City removes the danger of a certain
monopoly and i possible scarcity Of
coal in this vicinity by placing the
Rock Springs mines in competition
with the Pleasant Valley mines. This
condition would be and has been i'm
Mr. MONROE TALKS.
j. a Monroe. freight traffic manager
of the Union Pacific system, was seen
in regard to the agreement. He said:
You may state in general terms that
as far as the public is concerned the
old conditions have been restored as
well as the old through tariff rates
between Union Pacific points and
points on the Oregon Short Line and
Oregon Railway & Navigation com
pany. both east and west. Although
the agreement was practically entered
into some time ago, the contamination
did not take place until this after
noon"
GATEWAY REMAINS OPEN.
The Ogden gateway will remain
open, according TO the statements
made by various railroad officials yes
terday. The agreement will in no
way affect the position Of the RIO
Grande Western and its many eastern
connections in relation 10 through train
service and general traffic in the i'm
portant territory of the northwest.
The Oregon Short Line wall maintain
the friendltest relations with the Bio
Grande Western and the Union Pa
cific. The business of idaho and the
northwest is certainly extensive enough
to keep both systems busy. orders be-
ing in for 500 stock cars in that sec
ton, all of which VIII have 10 move
in a few days.
In conclusion, the whole situation
may be summed up in the following
statement made by a well-l1nowu rail-
road man last evening:
THE business of the northwest is
open to all. The territory viii swarm
with contracting freight agents or
travelling passenger agents represent
ms all the east and west lines between
Utah and Chicago, and the greatest
rustler among them is the one who
viii capture the business"
The advantageous position of the
Oregon Short Line is again demon
strated. 1t has a north and south line
and an east and west line and gets an
equal haul out Of business destined to
the four points of the compass origin
ating in the territory absolutely under
its control, which position has been
held with considerable fairness to all
concerned.