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Show COLORADO-UTAH RATeYar' Pissengtr ASinls Still VbeUlDoTlitt' Kultes (or tba Fray. Paaceaa.r Agn W.fl.Kl.il af HI. draail. Ha. a.m.lli.a. . urHiln I. bar. D.nv.r Rapubllosn Jan. Ill Fim tl.grmi that win r.i.iT.d In tn.. city yail.rd.y II appear, toil lb. g.n.ral pan.ng.r ag.nn ol tb. gr.at trunk llnee operating Inti Diuvir and Uen.ral I'siaiuger Ait.nl Wadl.lgh ol tba ItioUranda Weaiero hi.. Iwu.d lba.tr ultlmalumi r.gardlng lha trouble balwa.il lh. Union 1'ao.flo and lb. Hlo lirand. Weetaro. Th. fil owing dlipaloh wbloh wai Ign.d by Uen.ral Hai.ang.r Ag.nti N obulaon ol tba Hiuta K, rWba.t.an of lha Il.ok l.lan I, Fiauoli of the Hurllngtoo and Tuwnnud ol Ih. Mia. curl I'aclflo, waa d.lW.r.d to Mr. Wadl.igb al etall t,ak. CI y aarly yn-lentay yn-lentay morning: "W. have your Joint t.l.gram. Th.ra appear, to b. only on. email point of Ollloi.no. b.lw..o u.. We r.l.i to th. Ira nmlMourl ojmmttte.'. coon. ol. on with th. Wui.rn 1'a.a.n-g.r 1'a.a.n-g.r meociatloa. Yuu hav. la yuur .O....HOD authoniy or agre.mi.nl whiob alalea oleany what aulhor ty Ih. pr...nt orit.n.iatloD would have over the Tran.uii.Kiurl ootuin lit. su our p,llloo id l hi. miaul le rot ohaniad alnre, W. believe that wllh a Colorado-Utah Commute, enorl.l.un wblcb liaa power to l.gl.l.t. o. all queatloneatrlclly local la Ib.t lrr. tury aud a cl.slimsu at D.uv.r who ahall have lull cbarg. o' Ib.l ora'.-laallon, ora'.-laallon, Ibal II. Is would be aalli a dory. "Uooaelooelly a qua. lion willarue wblvti la a matter ol common Intcreat btitween lb. llnee east and weal ol the Mmourl river and wbloh riqulm Joint actloo. Huob oaee. or thla ate not liequei.t and la order that we may maintain our preeent puailP a towaida the general eraannattun we hope you will waive any allgbt niij.otlon you may have In Ihla dlr.ollon; alio to ihe loe.il n ol b.adqu.rler. lu Chicago, W alio dMlr. yuu to J.ln ui In e.ir r.qua.1 to tweom. a m. ruber ol the Tran.mli.li.lppl eimm.ti.e of the Wealarn I'aa.ang.r ai.jolatloo ac.pt-lott ac.pt-lott the agree.n.ut and rule. a. Iraiu.J. t he agreement provid.a (or fixing li.e plaoe ol mesiiiig ol Ihe Trauiu.li.ouri uommltt.. by majority of toe vmea of Iho.lln... W. would h. willing lo agree lo hold .it.roale regular m.etiiigi In D.uv.r, Mr. Wadlrlgh'a reply, abort but iw..I, aa aa lollow.: "Your tel.gr. m of today replying to mmeol the 7in I nit. We rextet eaoMdlngly lual II .Uould Main tn you i..mM.ary to aik lor any modifloatlou from our poilllon aa explaned In ULgram a. we lell III terra, were .0 liberal lu the lul.ml of mutual aucommoJalli.n that II would meal wilb your uoqualin.d approval and acoaptanoe aud turlu.r re.cl th-1 we canuut ere our way titer lo any mod.Uoatlon therein." Itellaule railway men lailat.d yee-leruay yee-leruay that tin. touted will end In a laa.etiger rate war between Ibe Drover Dro-ver a; Hlo Uraude, the Hlo Urand. Wnt.ru and th. Colorado Midlaul wilU th. KaK.ro line. lucking luck-ing tb. Union Paollla Thy ...a goeo (ar aa lu predict the b..ciii. ning ol tun wer al a vary early dale and aay that II will be alerted by the L'nloo I'aolflo aelllng llck.la Iron. Hall Lake Cily to Denver at a very un-pr.diably un-pr.diably low rate. Another maneuver ot tn. Hunk llnei In crippling the Colorado roaua w uld be by deprlviug in.u of auy i-.akl.ru outl.t from D.n-v.r, D.n-v.r, Colorado Hnrmge end 1'uebl--. The Union 1'aoirlo wuuld be anist.d In Ihla attempt by the Burlington dt Mmourl, tba Haul K. and Ihe itook liland. 1 ui. acll in, II la laid, wonld be lakcu by the Ka.t.fn linee In ordtr that ib.y might ojnllu. the war in the T.rrltoty between Colorado aud Utah. Toe preaant troulde waa occaaloned by ibe Union I'aclflo icalplng round trip ticket, to Moot.na ikiihii. Bull. Ihe Union 1'acino and Ihe IlloUreude roada bad agreed to plaoe lick.ia on aale wilb tbeir .genu that wuuld .utllia tne puicbaaer to go te M .alane over the former end return ov.r the latter road. Theeama mod. of liavel waa to b. applied vice T.raa. Hut the Union i'.clflu, aosordlng to It. oompetllur, vlololed lie ooulraot and luetead ol aelllng llckala that were good going over their Mae lo M nlaua and reluralug over the K.o Uraud. Wail.ro, Inilrueted their aguuia aloo lha line not todlip-ae of a ticket Ib.t would give Ibe bolder Ihe privilege of reluiulug ov.r auy olb.r line .xoopt ing Ibe Uulun I'Au.do, ibua ooua lialilng all r.und-lrip faut.ug.ri to Moulaua lo 00 mo home the aauia way they weut. Tula m.de Ibe Wct.rn people angry and they Immediately placed llckala ov.rtbalr line In the b.uu. of Ihe broker, by paylug them a oommlMloa ul 1U loall M.aauurl coininon point., While tin. w. not a paying bu.lne.a to Ihe road ll had the .n.i I o Union the bulk ol the e.ileni in Hlo Iroui Uiah and Montana away iroiu tba Union 1'aoiac. 'lha Uu.on I'aclflo luim.dlat.ly .ppll.d t. he Irani-mmuurl Irani-mmuurl commute, of th. Weit.rn lf.ai.eg.r anouiatlon for a letilemeut ol Ihe UuuLle. Tue oommlltee mat at Ibe llrown I'alacelait w..k and altar a aeulou laitlng two dayi tailed lu patch up the trouble between Ihe two road.. A lively rat. war la now Imminent. |