The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-14
N RAILROAD CIRCLES
Another Reported Absorption of
the Short Line.
MORE RUMORS IN THE AIR
1t IL Said That the Separate Manage
ment OF the Line win Re Tsrmi-
mated on the First Of June-Og-
den Gateway Unaffected.

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Union Pacific. was called to Salt Lake
yesterday to meet General Trafic Nam
| ager Monroe, who will be there tomor-
row from Omaha. That fact. taken
in connection with the latest reports
from Omaha, might be taken to indi-
cate that there is something in the
Union Pacific and Short Line situation.
The latest story from Omaha, which
reached Butte yesterday. is that the
Oregon Short Line is practically in the
old position with the Union Pacific. and
that the separate management is only
name now; that condition has prevailed
since the LIST of April: hat the rolling
stock Of the Oregon Short Line is again
in use on the main line for the first
time since the segregation; that the
separate management is expected to
end on hte LIST of June. and that his
condition Is supposed to be due to the
reorganization committee of the Union
Pacific securing a majority of the stock
of the Short Line. Mr.. Maze had no
official knowledge of any of these al
legged facts, and before leaving for
Salt Lake yesterday q IL he did not
believe that his call to meet Mr.. Mon
roe had anything OF do with the Short
Lin situation. but was simply for a
consultation about certain traffic mat
tiers.
From a gentleman connected with the
law department of the Union Pacific
the opinion came yesterday that the
above information from Omaha was
practically correct. except as to the
Short Line management, and In that
event there would probably be no
CnanRe. The Rantlqman nllnfad said
he had not understood that the Ogden
gateway would be effected by the al
legged new arrangement, n had no
idea how that would fare.
General Agent Bacon of the Short
Line returned yesterday from Salt
Lake. where he met the head oficiais Of
the company. They had not heard the
latest from Omaha, and that the situ-
ton was In no way referred to.
They have long & ceased to give
n attention to these rumors," said
Mr.. Bacon. There is nothing in them,
and they are only amusing, nothing
more"
Inc new train to run from Butte to
Grantsdale, by the way of Anaconda.
on the Northern Pacific, will. according
10 the present plans, be put on the first
or May. 1t has not yet been deter
mined whether the train will run into
Anaconda or connect at Stuart with a
stub train for that city. The train will
leave Butte at 1870 p. M. for Grants
dale, and returning will leave the latter
place at 8 a. m, arriving in Butte at
y O'Clock. making a six-hour service.
Inc train viii connect at Garrison Will
the new Livingston local. The trains.
1t Is said. will be put on as an EXPERT
ment and hope of working up the Bit
ter Root business. The expectation is
that IL will be a success and will prove
a boon to the Bitter Root people as
well as Butte and Anaconda and the
cities along the main line.
During the absence of General Man.
ager Dickinson of the Union Pacific on
a trip OF inspection over the line the
grievance committee of the engineers
employed on the Overland Route has
been in frequent session with f. f.
buckingham, superintendent of trans
portation. and j.. j. Mcconnell, super
intendent of motive power and ma
chinery," says the Omaha Bee. These
meetings have been held for the pur-
pose OF discussing he rules, regula-
tions and wage schedules that would
be agreeable to the engineers and to
the company, and the proceedings have
been uniformly friendly.
"The work OF this conference is not
yet complete. When the conference Is
ended a report of rules. regulations and
a scale of wages will be
- u t"t dllu l1t
engineers participating in the confer
ence to General Manager Dickinson. IL
the recommendations reported meet
with his approval they will be signed
and submitted to President Burt.
When the receivership of the Union
Pacific road ceased to exist at midnigh;
on Jan. 81, 1893. there also passed out
OF existence the old scale of wages
which was fixed by the federal court
during the receivership. Up to date
there has beer no new schedule made.
and the company is still working un-
der the provisions of the old scale. The
scale OF wages that was in vogue dur
ing the receivership is still the one ad-
hered to by the recognized Union Pa
ciic railroad. 1t will not be displaced
until the present conference completes
its work and the results have been ap-
proved by the general and
the president of the company. The
meetings are held frequently. and usu-
ally at he Union Pacific headquarters.
They have been held off n on for a |
month. Each section of the rules. reg
ulations n wage schedule is taken
up and discussed by the representa-
tives OF the employers and employees.
Each side gives its opinion of the sec
ton and a definite agreement is made
by both sides before the section under
consideration is passed"
Edward Dickinson, general manager
of the Union Pacific, has declined the
position OF manager OF the Manhattan
Elevated Railroad company of the city
of New York. He did so at the request
of Horace G.. Burt. president of the
Union Pacific railroad.
The offer of the position at the head
of the Manhattan Elevated railroad
system of New York was made to Mr..
Dickinson about three weeks ago. and
was considered by him for some time.
He laid the matter before President
Burt. who requested him 20 decline the
tempting offer and remain with the
Union Pacific. which he has Just done.
The Manhattan Elevated Railroad
company of New York is a Gould COM
pany. and its interests are largely con- !
trolled by. George j. Gould. president of
the Missouri Pacific. ard Indirectly rep I
resented in the Union Pacific. 1t was
to accept the position Of chief engineer