The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-13
INTO ST. PAUL. AGAIN
WELLS-FARGO EXPRESS SUCCESS
FULLY CONCLUDES NEGOTIA-
TIONS WITH G. w.
WILL OPERATE ON THAT LINE.
UNITED STATES COMPANY HAS
HANDLED THE BUSINESS FOR
ELEVEN YEARS.
ANOTHER EXPRESS
CHANGE
Western, of St. Paul, Closes II Con-
tract to Operate on the Seattle
& International Line.

The Chicago Great Western yesterday
executed a contract with the Wells
Fargo Express company which will
establish that concern on all the lines
of the Maple Leaf on and after April
l, 1897. The fact that the change would
probably be made was announced in
Sundays C / o b e, although at that
time matters were still in an unsettled
state.
The United States Express company
Will cease to operate on the Great
Western simultaneously with the en-
trance of the Wells Fargo company.
The United States Express company
has been operating on the Maple Leaf
ever since the line was constructed to
the Twin Cities in 1885. For eleven
years the company has controlled the
express business of the Great Western
company, under the management of
General Superintendent Crosette. The
fact that the United States company
Will lose the Great Western road as a
part Of its system by no means signifies
that they are out of st. Paul territory,
as they still have two large roads to
operate on, viz, the Milwaukee and the
Albert Lea systems.
Dudley Evans, of New York, and Cen
eral Manager r. A. Wells, of Chicago,
have been in the city for Several days
conducting the negotiations. The for
mer has been doing the talking, and
the latter has been figuring in the pri-
vacy Of his room at the Ryan hotel 1t
is understood that the Welsh Fargo
company received very liberal conces-
cin,
they stand ready to give a larger per-
centage to the road and a heavier guar
antee than the United States company
did in the eleven years of it's life with
the Great Western. The terms of the
contract are Of course private but Gen
eral Manager Samuel Stickney, of the
Great Western, said late yesterday af-
ternoon that they were highly salts
factory to the road
The Wells Fargo company will OPP
crate on all the lines and branches of
the Great Western. The change is one
OF Importance in express circles, as it
re-establishes in st. Paul a very for
midable rival, which was ousted some
ten years ago. The Wells-Fargo com
pany formerly operated on the North
ern Pacific system, and was the first
SApI0SS COIupduy 10 secure the NOrIn-
~ern Pacific franchise after that line was
built. 1t hung onto the contract for
many years, and was finally succeed
ed by the Northern Pacific Express
company. And, b ythe way, it was
said yesterday that the stock Of the
Northern Pacific Express company was
transferred to the Northern Pacific
Railway company in New York about
a month ago.
mo other company has the reputation
in the West that the Wells-Fargo COM
pany has. 1t was the pioneer in the
field. For thirty years the Wells-Fargo
company had a total monopoly of all
the business west of the Missouri river
and gradually encroached still further
East, where it met the competition of
the American, the United States and
the Adams companies. The Wells-Fargo
company came into life about a year
after the discovery of gold in the West,
and for years afterward operated the
original Pony Express" across the
plains.
Another change IN express circles
took place yesterday which will also
have an important influence on st. Paul
shipments. This time the territory in
lCieSlSu IL the fuSeC SOuHQ company.
The Western Express company, of St.
Paul, Roland Stuart, general superin-
tendent, has closed a contract whereby
they will operate their business on the
line of the Seattle & International road,
running from British Columbia south
to the large cities of Puget sound. The
making Of this contract practically es-
tablishes a new rival for Minnesota and
Eastern business, as the Western Ex
press company controls the 500 Pacific
and Canadian Pacific business The Ca
madam Pacific makes direct connection
with the Seattle & International at
Sumas, Wash, making it unnecessary
to exchange from one company to an
other at that point The Western Elk
press company proposes to enter into
active competition with the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific express
companies on westbound business The
Western Express officials claim that
their route is fifty-seven miles shorter
to Seattle than any other route, all
though the running time will be about
the same. Mr.. Stuart went West last
evening to make the change.