The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-11
HARTMAN S DEAL MAY
BENEFIT M|INNE.API0L ]
MERGER FURNISHES NEW TRANS
I, CONTINENTAL TERMINUS.
Granting That Former Good Relations
with st. Louis Road Obtain, Effect Of
Union Pacihc-Illinois Central Anal.
gamation Will Be Felt Here May
Furnish Field for Increased Business.

Just where does local interest hinge
in the great railroad deal by which the
Union Pacific, or the Hartman inter
ests, obtains control#of the Illinois Cens!l
trail? ~
This is the question of moment which |
is attracting the attention today oft
business men as we'll as railroad men.
It is we'll known that the Minneapolis, |
& st. Louis road, a Hawley system, is
the Illinois Central connection from
Chicago and the south into Minneapo-
lis. The exact business relations be-
tween Edwin HaWley, who owns the st.
Louis, and E. III. Hartman are not de-
fined, but granting that they are friend
", the northern terminus of the HaWley
line is directly interested in the out
come Of the newest combination In the
railroad world.
A. guess at the psychological business
reasons for the new phase Of railroad
ing has bearing on the discussion now
under way. The Union Pacific has al
ways been a purely trans-Missouri sys-
| tenn. It's connections east Of the river
have been with lines that were not in
direct competition in it's own territory
west of the river. That is, it has had
interchange Of traffic relations with.
systems which do not have lines both
east and west Of the river. These have
been specifically with the Milwaukee
road and the North Western line. Nat
urally the Rock Island, which has a
network Of lines west of Omaha and
also a direct line to Chicago, has no
reason for giving the Union Pacific
business west Of the river, because it
can carry freight thru on its own rails.
The relations between, the Burlington
and the Union Pacific are similar, be-
cause the Burlington: has no reason for
turning over traffic to the Union Pacific
at the gateway. s4@s r@
:: " A Protective Step. "
, Inasmuch as the Union Pacific can
, have no interchange relation with these
systems the Hartman road has no par.
ticular interest in turning over any
freight destined east Of the river tc
either line. On the other hand, the
Union Pacific is open for all the bust
, ness which it can get for distribution
in it's western territory. It naturally
seeks hauls from all lines which have
/ no rails west of the Omaha, and in turr
E distributes eastbound traffic at the
! gateway of the lines with which it has
: reciprocal relations. #..~ H.
The traffic agreement that the Unio1
Pacific system has sustained with thu
= Milwaukee and with the North Western
. for several Years is we'll known. When
however, these systems began to lool
: with envious eyes toward the coast AM
/. to plan invasion of territory which tn
e Hartman interests have guarded wit
il jealous eye, the supposition is that tn
+ Union Pacific began to consider serious
II ly. Hamlet s query: "To be or not t.
$ be9'' A transcontinental system, wit
3 its own rails from: Chicago to the coast
: was the result. It Twas up to the traffi
= department34toz decide whether it wa
!, better to continue it's -give-and-take re
J. 1 lations with the several systems whic
N had lines from Omaha to the lake, G
le itself to acquire proprietary interest /
% such "a line and thus become diree
ID competitor with its former friends, an
in at the same time deal a body blow t
lie, the aspiring transcontinental systems
the Milwaukee and the North Western
This was a pretty fine question fl
~ Mr.. Hartman and his cabinet
~ weigh. On one side the balance VIZ
"a the business which the Union Pacif
e. now gives and takes between friend]
at Omaha Chicago lines. On the 9TH
he was the unexplored field Of traffic pc
re sibilities in an invasion Of the tran
rg river territory as an independent Oh
cago-San Francisco and twin city-Sa
in Francisco system.
CHI To choose the psychological m
of ment' was much more important
a decision, perhaps, than to select Il
he line to- be absorbed. a.. .eSE1 s..-
as Acted at Proper Time.
ct
to The action of the Northern Paci.
ID in acquiring at one time the Visions
" Central is quoted as both a wro1
= choice Of the time for consolidate
IT, and as an unfortunate selection Of roa
To the same experts in railway nitric
~; cies the proper moment seems to ha
~ arrived for Hartman to break into t
90 eastern and northwestern territo1
er. His weapon Of defense and offense
wisely chosen, it is also said.
The standing Of the Illinois Cent
OF is firm and not such circumstances
-. developed in the Cincinnati, Hamilt
~. .ao & Dayton-Pere Marquette Erie ira
nm, action is likely to follow the amal|
nation. The condition Of Illinois G,
trail securities is unquestioned and
ou | ,,bucioa1 ohio ra 1T o. stioc arc well knOy