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Show KSBiSFliABII The Unicu Pacifio and Great Northern will Combine to Fight tho Northern Pacific, THE U. P. SWITCHMEN'S TROUBLES. Discontent Among that Road's Employes at Denver Other Rumblings' Prom tde Rail, General Trallic Manager Mellen of the Union Pacific will leave for tho east this evening. His visit here, ho said, had no special significance. . Hoi expressed ex-pressed himsely well pleased with tho growth of local business but was not in a humor to be interviewed. Mr. Mellen has been in Oregon and Seattle for the past two weeks and, although al-though ho himself would not discuss the nature of his business th ere, it is generally gen-erally whispered in railway circles that it h ad some connection with the talked of combine between the Union Pacilic and Great Northern in the construction of a line from Portland to Seal tie. The prospects of this combine become be-come more probable every day. In regard re-gard to it the Seattle Post-Intelligence says: There is great probability that the Union Pacific, and Great Northern will join in the construction of a line from Seattle to Portland. At present both companies are at work in dead earnest oil the construction 6f separate lilies. The Union Pacilic is at work at points all along the line between tho Columbia river and Olympia. Tho Great Northern North-ern has nearly completed its surveys and secured its right of way. Vet they realize that three roads, including the Northern Pacilic, are not likely to find a paying business in the section between Olympia and Portland for several years to come. Both the Union l'acific and Great Northern are determined to light the Northern Pacilic in its own territory, but they have no motive for fighting each other, and they could bring the. Northern l'acific to terms quite as effectually and with less ex-penso ex-penso by uniting than by each building an independent linn. It is therefore probable that arrangements will be made by which tho Union Pacific will build one half the line between Seattlo and Portland and the Great Northern, each having a perpetual traflic arrangement arrange-ment upon the line of the other. They would not unite in the construction con-struction of the whole lino through the medium of a company in which each subscribed half the stock, as there would be danger of a "freeze out" whenever a dispute should occur. The Hallway Snitching Association. The railway switching association, which was dissolved on account of the switchmen's strike, will bo .reorganized at Chicago, on Monday. The return to tho old system resulted in the same vexatious vex-atious delays, trains often being obliged to wait for hours until the one ahead had completed its work. Not only were the railroad companies dissatisfied, but tho packing houses were put to great inconvenience. On Monday the general gener-al superintendents of which' the switching switch-ing association vvas composed will meet and tho switching association will be reorganized, ft is expected that nearly all tho old employes will bo put back to work, aud it is not expected that any trouble will be caused by the switchmen switch-men again striking. Hwitebuiens Trouble. Tho Kooky Mountain News says: Trouble is again brewing between the switchmen in tho Union Pacilic yards and their employers. It is well known that in tho Union Pacilic yards is done nearly all the switching iu'the city. Po-sides Po-sides their own switching they virtually perforin that duty for all tho other roads. The reason for this is: Nearly alt tho warehouses belonging to merchants mer-chants of this city are located along tho Union Pacilic tracks. Tho Burlington Bur-lington it Missouri switches for about twelve warehouses, the Denver & Bio Grande 20, and the Atchison, Topeka it Santa Fo about 11. The Union Pacilic switches for over 100. Previous to three weeks ago Richard Burns had been in charge of tho Union Pacific, yards. He has been in tho employ of this company over nix years. 'The switchmen, most of whom belong either to the uniou or association, objected ob-jected to his authority. Repeated complaints com-plaints and doniands for a new director were lodged with Superintendent Duncan. Dun-can. ' The warehousemen w ho depend upon the Union Pacifio for switching, say their cars are not delivered to thorn promptly. Tho switchmen, without hesitation, deny this point blank and contradict the statement that tho v have taken two hours to do one-half hour's work of switching. |