The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-14
Why Western Caught Local
Fort Worth Trade.
DENVER CONTRIBUTION
SUM OF S700 DONATED TO
UTAH.
Charged Up to Incidental Expenses
Tickets Over the Counter Cost
$40 Each, But Secretary Callister
Gave Each Purchaser a Rebate of
S14-Late Corners Failed to Get In

In connection with the departure Of
the Utah delegates to the National
Livestock association convention at
Fort Worth. Tex, there is an interest
ing phase of railroad Observation-Disclosures
that resulted in a semblance of a vic
tory for the Rio Grande Western and
Colorado & Southern roads, and a stag
gering blow TO the Union Pacific, Colo
RADIO Midland and Santa Fe.
From authoritative and unquestioned
sources it is learned that the Colorado
/ & Southern railroad, the Denver stock
yards, and the Denver chamber of COM
merce contributed in the neighborhood
of 500 to defray the travelling expenses
Of the Utah delegation to the conyen-
ton. and that the amount was charged
up to incidental expenses and brass
band music by the Denver people.
Transferred to Callister.
The incidental expenses, - it has been
learned, were transferred to Secretary
/ Call1ster of the local Utah delegation,
and applied by him in the way of re-
bates of $14 to fifty individual purchas-
erS Of Rio Grande Western tickets at
. rate of $40 per ticket, thus giving the
fortunate ones a round trip rate of S26
to Fort Worth
The band music" it appears. was
furnished by the Rio Grande Western
Tor the purpose of making the Union
Pacific and other roads interested in
the transportation of delegates dance
meTrily the while, and they were trip
ping the light fantastic so violently
yesterday afternoon that they got
somewhat hot under the collar Be
tween dances il was said that the Rio
Grande Western and Colorado Southern
we're in collision with the folks from
over the Rockies and that the 500 was
contributed by the Denver stock yards
and others, with the understanding that
| the check would be null and void unless
applied towards the purchase of tick
cts from the local Office of the West
ern.
1t was said that the Western entered
into this gentlemen's agreement with
the Denver people in order to lacerate
the feelings of the Union Pacific which
1t did-and some others to boot The
Rio Grande Western people denied the
allegation emphatically. and expressed
a stupendOus amount Of ignorance
about any such transaction
Callister Enters Denial.
That so was paid for each and every
ticket sold over the counter in the city
ticket Office of the Rio Grande Western
there isn't a doubt, but there is more
+ than one reason to believe that some
of these self same tickets were resold
a few moments later with big S14
slice cut out of them, ard the knowing
ones said that Secretary Callister was
the man who did the cutting, and it
kept him hustling most of the after
noon doing it,
With Characteristic urbanity the
ticket-laden CalliSrer denied that there
was any such movement on foot: that
the Denver people hadn't contributed a
cent, but added a moment later that
the Utah Wool Growers association
hadn't forgotten that there was to be
an exodus Of livestock men to the
south, and such contributions as had
been received came from them, not
from Denver
Wherever the rebate came from il
leaked out later in the afternoon that
there was a deplOrabIe shortage in the
supply. because the tardy ones were
overheard to raise their voices in pro-
test at being compelled to ante up
round $40 for the privilege Of travelling
on the same train with those who had
obtained tickets considerably below
that price.
Reciprocity Agreement
1t was further averre5 that the con
tributiOns from Denver had an OdOr
of reciprocity about them; that they
were in payment of an agreement made
several years ago between the Colorado
and Utah delegates whereby Denver
was to get the convention in 1898 and
then to root for Salt Lake and Utah in
1900
1t was said that the 500 was con-
tributed for the purpose of making the
Fort Worth livestock market long on
Utah rooters in 1900; that the Colorado
& Southern and Rio Grande Western
scented out the situation, and with
wonderful railroad acumen, entered into
sub rosa agreement with the in
geniOuS Utah supporters across the
mountains that would react upon the
delegates in such way as to compel
them to get their transportation via
the Rio Grande Western and Colorado
& Southern railroads in order to get
the benefit of the s14 rebate
The Rio GTande Western officials deny
the latter part of this part of the story
most emphatically
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