Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-04-20

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Chicago, April l8.-High rail-
way circles here are quite sgitated
over the prospect Of Ia big row in
the Union Pacific management.
The trouble grows out Of the fact
that the company is controlled by
three interests, which are known
az the Gould interest, the Wander
bilt interest and the English syn
dictate. It requires two of these
three interests to control the road,
although there are other smaller
interests involved, as for instance,
the Milwaukee Railway company.
Up to date, the Vanderbilt inter-
est appears to have succeeded in
dominating. President 81 g Burt
is classed as Vanderbilt man,
having had his training with the
Chicago & Northwestern railway
system, which the Vanderbilts
control. Add to this the fact that
the Chicago 4 Northwestern is
getting the lions share of the
business east of the Missouri river
controlled by the Union Pacific,
and you have the first cause Of
complaint by other interests.
Another and more recent cause
is due to the active and bitter war
which the Chicago & Northwes-
tern railway has waged on the
Illinois Central railway in order
to embarrass it in reaching Om-
aha. This war is about over, and
the Illinois Central is connected
with the Union Pacific manage
ment through the English syndi-
cate, the English syndicate being
in control of the Illinois Central
and also one of the three great
powers in the Union Pacific.
1t is stated on what appears to
be good authority, that the Union
Pacific management under Presi-
dent Burt is throwing practically
all the business which it can con-
troll to the Northwestern line. OF
course this hurts the illinois Gem
trail syndicate. It also hurts the
Milwaukee road, and the current
rumor now is that determined
effort will be made ct an early
dats-and, in fact, has already
been started, to induce the Gould
interests to join the English syn
dictate, the Illinois Central and
Milwaukee to force President
Burt's retirement from the man
agement of the road. The leader
of this movement is naturally Mr.
Hartman, one of the powerful
directors of the Union Pacific, q
determined man, who represents
the Illinois Central and the Eng
lish syndicate in the management
of the Union Pacific and who is
the man who recently successfully
engineered the big Chicago &
Alton deal.
Another phase of this question
which indicates the storm that is
brewing and the fight that is i'm
pending may be seen in the fact
that the Chicago & Northwestern
Railway company is perfecting
it's arrangements to PARALLEL the
Union Pacific line. It already has
q parallel line out as far as Casper,
Wyo., over the Fremont, Elkhorn
& Missouri Valley lines, and it is
now said that two surveying par
ties are in the field at work be-
tweet Casper, Wyo., and Ogden,
Utah. 1t was this same threat
made several years ago by the
Northwestern management which
forced the Union P.cific into oil
traffic arrangement, by which it
got the lions share of the Union
Pacific business, and it is consid-
cred significant now that this new
struggle in the Union Pacific man
is on. that the North
western system should be resort
ing either to what may he the
same threat against the Union
Pacific, or which may possibly
turn out to be the means Of build
ing a line competing with that
if the Northwestern Van