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Show A SERiOUS PR03LEM- A Fight to the f inish Between the U. P. "V. and Olher Komi. "-Uis stated on good authority that the Unioif-Pacific will have to decide before November No-vember 17 one of the most perplexing questions ques-tions in its history. Should its decision not be ectisfactory, it will lead to a finish fight between it and the Atchison, Burlington, Burlington t Missouri River, Rock Island, p.io Cirande W. -stern, Colorado Midland and L'envtr vi: Il;o Grande. it it claimed by the above companies that tii.- l ii on Pacific has practically shut them 'out of passenger business in a large territory terri-tory ; that on account of the through car service with other lines cast of the Missouri river they ure being gre.itiy handicapped in the handling of their business. It is also claimed that from the whole northwest Pacific Pa-cific cont country the Union Pacific l.aa almost entirely stopped business relations rela-tions with theso lines through certain of their important gateways; 'hat it has systematically sys-tematically gone to work from time to time and issued such instructions as have placed the above roads in a position where they now will demand that they bo placed on an equal fooling with their competitors, or tho L uton Pacific must accept the Inevitable and all business relations between their compa. nies must cease. This means war of a very serious kind if carried out. The Northwestern is at present the main beneficiary of the Union Pacific's . business, under the terms of the famous con-y- tract between those companies. The traffic arrangement has simply become so exclusive that competing linos have determined to . give only where they receive. If the Union Pacific will equitebly divide east-bound busi-v busi-v they will keep up present relations. If not, they will simply retaliate by discontin- uing business relations with the Union Pa- cilic. |