The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-14
IN RAILROAD CIRCLES
Union Pacific Control of the Ore
gon Short Line.
1T FULFILLS PREDICTIONS
It Was Certain That the Condition OF
Affairs Could Not Continue-Will
Close Many Recently Opensd
Offices in Butte.

The announcements made in the asso- +
ciated press reports from the East that
the reorganization committee of the
Union Pacific had again secured con-
troll of the Oregon Short Line and Q. X.
4 N, and that the Ogden gateway
would likely be closed again, is simply
a confirmation of one of two predictions
made repeatedly by the Standard dur
ing the past six months, based on posi-
tive private information. 1t was almost
certain that the condition Of affairs, as
they have so far existed could not con-
tinue, and the alternatives were that the
Ogden gateway would be closed or that
the Silver Bow gateway would also be
thrown open. Believing that the latter
would most likely be brought about
the Short Line officials entered into an
arrangement with the Northern racine
and Great Northern for an exchange or
traffic at Silver Bow. The arrangement,
however depended on the Short Line
remaining Independent, which was not
certain, but it would soon have been
put into effect had it not been for the
fact that things 50 shaped themselves
among the controlling influences behind
the Short Line and Union Pacific as To
practically nullify it.
If the facts are, as yesterdays report
would indicate. that the Ogden gate
| way is TO be closed, it would of course
| result in closing the offices established
/ in Butte by the different roads that
/ have been doing business in this terri
/ tory over the Short Line The of1cials
i of these roads have long feared that
/ such would be the result but they never
4 admitted it. On the contrary, they have
/ always been most vehement in their
declarations that the Ogden gateway
would close nevermore. They stu re-
i fuse to believe that there is anything IN
the Wall street report and profess to
| believe that everything VIII remain as
| it has been.
General Agent Bacon Of the Short Line
will return from Salt Lake to-day and
it is believed he will bring some positive
| information on the subject. 1t Is some
| what remarkable that none of the salt
| Lake papers have had line about the
object or result Of the important confer
ence Of railroad men which was con-
cluded in that city on Wednesday. Ihe
only thing they published on the gate
way question IS the following. from the
Herald, which, instead of closing any
gateWays, wants 10 open another at
Spokane:
IAN important action has just been
taken by the traffic department of the
Oregon Short Line, the Oregon Railway
& Navigation company and the Great
Northern, which virtually means the
territory and the providing of new
egress for the products of the East,
opening into the Northwestern territory
via the Rio Grande lines. the Short
Line, the Oregon Railway and NaNi-
cation and the Great Northern roads.
THE deal was brought about by the
combined efforts of Traffic Managers
Eccles of the Short Line and Ben
Campbell of the Oregon Railway &
Navigation company.
THE traffic departments of the roads
interested have closed an agreement
which opens the territory from Seattle
cast TO Spokane and east of Spokane
to Columbia Falls hitherto closed te
the Short Line and connections, includ-
ing the Great Northern. The shippers
of lumber in that region now have ar
outlet by way of the Southern lines, in
stead OF being compelled to ship oNel
the road to Billings, Mont, and thence
Eastward via the Burlington.
1T is regarded as great move fol
the people IN that country, as It permits
them to import corn and coal from ths
East over another line and gives them &
better market.
THE notice of application of new
rates has been filed with the interstate
commerce commission and the same il
a go. The plan Is as follows on snip
ments of lumber and other articles from
! the Northwest: The stuff will be de
j llSefeG at SnOkdne DS liie III cat 4Nol IL
ern to the Oregon Railway & Naviga
I ton company. OF course the Short Lin
takes it at Huntington and delivers tn
same to the Rio Grande Western a
Provo.
Railroad officials here say this move
ment will put the Great Northern O
an equal footing with the Northern Ia
cifc and the @ and that in addition
to benefiting the other lines mentionet
it will be Of the greatest service to In
first named line.
The lumber regions of Washington
which extend from Spokane to Blaine
along the Great Northern line, VIII
be made tributary to this section 1t
another piece of diplomacy on the pai
of the Oregon Short Line, which is
parallel to the actions which have il
n creased the surplus to nearly quar-
ter of a million. II is a piece of goo
# work and the Short Line is TO be CON
plimented on it.
* Yesterday afternoon General Ager
Maze of the Union Pacific received II
II structions from the general office {
Omaha to begin the sale of east-boun
Union Pacific tickets via Ogden, whse
in itself would indicate some importar
understanding between the two road
=, Hereafter passengers going East ovt
II the Union Pacific will not have
/ change cars at Pocatello
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