The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-07
IN RAILROAD CIRCLES
Major Dawson Leaves for st.
Paul on a Mysterious Mission.
ALL SORTS OF RUM0RS
Much Speculation as to What Will Hap
pen When the Union Pacific Reor-
ganization Committee Gets All
of It's Plans Perfected.

Major ]. E. Dawson, general agent OF
the Great Northern, left for st. Paul on
mysterious mission a few days ago
and railroad circles We're greatly agi-
tated yesterday when it became ru-
mored that he had been offered the
presidency of the Union Pacific by the
reorganization committee and that he
had gone East to accept it, providing
the salary was large enough. The story
was so industriousiy circulated in Butte
that even Ed Maze was inclined to be-
lieve it, and i. S. Blair was ready to
declare that whether the major was Of
fered the position or not il should have
been rendered as a recognition of one
of the oldest and ablest railroad men
that ever came across the line from
Canada. The major has world full of
friends who are hoping the Geographic
dispatches which have named him as a
possibility are based on something
more substantial than usually form the
foundation, of railroad stories that are
started in the same way.
There is a great deal of speculation
going on as TO what will happen about
the first of January when it is expect
ed, the reorganization committee of the
Union Pacific will put its plans into eff
feet. The Chicago Tribune has the fol-
lowing on the subject, so far as it is of
interest to this part of the country:
TT becomes more evident every day
that the relations between the Union
Pacific and the Chicago 81 Northwest
ern will be exceedingly close. While
there will be no actual consolidation
of the two roads yet their relations
will be the same as now exist between
the Northwestern and the st. Paul and
Omaha lines. In other words. the
Union Pacific will be controlled. so far
as traffic and executive affairs are con-
l..- Nl~tz Il net
ern.
"All sorts of rumors are current as
regards the intentions of the Wander
bits for extension of their system TO
the Pacific coast The Elkhorn branch
of the Northwestern, ii is said, will be
extended to some point on the Utah
Northern and the Union Pacific will be
closely identified with the Oregon Short
Line and Oregon Railway and Naviga-
ton company, and thus give the Van
derbilts a through line from the Allan
tic to the North Pacific coast. There
is also a possibility that the Wander
bilts will try to Wrest the Central Pa
cific from Huntington and make it the
the Union Pacific extension from Ogden
to Sacramento, Cal. 1t is more proba-
BILE, however. that the Vanderbilts Will
join hands with Huntington and help
him In his efforts to free the Central
Pacific from government debt. and then
make a Strong traffic alliance with the
Southern Pacific magnate."
From inside sources it is gathered
that the earnings of the Oregon Short
Line are holding up we'll and that the
result for the month of November Is
very gratifying indeed says the Salt
Lake Herald. The figures compare ia
vorably with those of the preceding
month. and in both the freight and
passenger departments there is a re-
I ~.
rule which prevails. it is impossible TO
give figures until they are received from
the East This same condition applies
to the Rio Grande Western as well as
the Short Line The auditors are not
at liberty to give out figures on the
earnings until after they have been
sent 10 the Eastern officers. 1t is un-
derstood that an effort is being made
to have this rule abrogated, so that
i when the end of the month comes the
papers here can publish the reports and
| net be compelled to wait until they have
been hawked around Wall street in all
/ the financial journals there The earn
] ings are published, and if the local Off
! Gals were permitted TO make state
ments, ii would be hut giving the local
| press the right to print the item first
! where it originates, as is right.
/ The earnings of the Western are un-
! derstood to be in good condition and
/ also compare favorably with those OF
the month preceding.
Estimated gross earnings of the Rock
Island system for the month of Novem-
/ Der We're 81. 644.731 an increase over tho
estimated earnings of the same month
/ last year of s45.095.
The Western roads have agreed upor
the rates for the holidays They will be-
one and one-third fare where the rate
is 3 cents per mile, and where it i:
over 3 cents per mile the rates will bs
one and one-fifth. The tickets will hay,
a final return limit to Jan. 4.
DEFICIENT IN BUMPS.