The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-29
WILL HAVE A LITTLE NAR
PANAMA RAILROAD DOESN'T LIKE
PACIFIC MAIL COMPANY
ANY MORE
LATTER WILL STRIKE BACH
Frisco Merchants Are COmpIacentIy
Viewing the Prospects of a Live
Iy Competition for Their
Business.

NEW YORK, Nov. 2S.-The Mail & Ex-
press says. All signs point to a lively
fight between the Panama railway and
Pacific Mail Steamship company, after
the termination of their five years agree
ment on Dec 49, Such difficulties have
come up as confronted them five years
ago and there is little likelihood of their
reaching an understanding.
The Panama railway, it is understood,
refuses to give the Pacific Mail Steam
ship company exclusive rights as against
other steamship lines to traffic carried
over the isthnus. The Panama railway
also insists on larger share Of revenue
than it has received under the old agree
ment. The Panama railway has partial
ly arranged for steamship line of it's
own between Panama and San Francisco.
1t has chartered one steamship and is
negotiating for several more.
For traffic between the United States
and Central American and Mexican
points AMI Europe and Central American
and Mexican points, the Panama railway
has made working agreements with two
different steamship lines and under this
agreement the latter will take the place
Of the Pacific Mail company on this
traffic. The business between New York
and Colon is now carried by vessels Of
the Panama line and this will continue
at any event.
The steamship Companies with which
the Panama railroad has concluded ar
engagements are understood to be the
Pacific Steam Navigation company and
the South American, or Chilean line,
which has already extended their SER
vice northward to San Francisco. Up to
this time they had stopped at Mexico
According to the terms demanded by the
railway the Pacific Mail company will
have to stand on the same footing as
the other steamship companies.
VIA SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
The officials OF the Pacific Mail on the
other hand are not at all disturbed by
The preparations Of the Panama railway
They are prepared to strike back. If
no agreement is reached they could run
their steamers into Guayamas, in the
Gulf of California and transfer their
traffic to the Sonora railway, which is
controlled by the Southern Pacific.
Thence the business would go to Gal
weston, from where it would be taken
TO New York by the Morgan line Mr.
Huntington had such plan in view, and
the Pacific Mail being now controlled by
the Southern Pacific it is probable it
will be put in operation.
The haul by the Southern Pacific would
be mere expensive than by the water
transportation and if it came to a rate
war the Panama people think they would
nave an advantage. On the other hand
the Southern Pacific assert the advantage
of prompter delivery. The merchants
Of California are interested in seeing d
rival line started and they Nrefer that
the Panama railway should make deal
with other steamship lines SO as to get
as low rates as possible They are dis
posed to furnish capital, if necessary to
establish a new steamship cOnnna0v TO
connect with the Panama railway.
President Tweed of the Pacific Mail
was reticent today when asked as to
the possibility of reaching an understand
ing with the Panama railway. He said
II was a question of making the best
use of their ships, number Of which
were already running to Mexican ports