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Show RAILWAY RUMBLES. More Anent the Union Pacific's Withdrawal With-drawal FROM THE TRANS-MISSOURI. It May Force the Withdrawal of Other Roads and Result in the Dissolution Dis-solution of the Association How Its Action Is Regarded Headlight Head-light Flashes front Far and Xenr Sources. Some time ago, says the Kansas City Star, the Northern Pacific gave notice that it would withdraw from the JTransmis-souri JTransmis-souri association on January 1. The Union Pacific has now come to the front and given the association another blow by giving a thirty-days' notice of withdrawal. Both roads are members of the passenger department only. The withdrawal with-drawal of the Union Pacific is due to the trouble over Montana business and was precipitated pre-cipitated by the recent decision of the "High Five" against that road. These withdrawals leave thirteen members of the passenger department, aud they hurt the association in other ways besides reducing reduc-ing the number of members to tho unlucky thirteen. Of course the other roads of the association are not much interested in the Montana business that caused the trouble, and the Union Pacific may be disposed to oe peaceful enough after its bluff, but it may not, and the effect of the action cannot but be felt. It may force the withdrawal of the Rio Grande Western, the Missouri Pacific and the Santa Fe and cause the death of the association. It forces the necessity of a new deal all round more prominently upon the mind of all railroad men. , The Union Pacific's withdrawal is regarded re-garded by some to mean that Jay Gould has decided to withdraw all the roads he controls con-trols from all associations aud not permit them to join any new ones until his favorite plan of having a common clearing house for the distribution of business among competing compet-ing lines is adopted. Cannot Serve Two Masters. Union Pacific employes cannot be candidates candi-dates for public office. C. L. Ilinkle, a telegraph operator, aud L. H. Wood-manse, Wood-manse, a conductor, both of Cheyenne, found that out on the 5th inst., when they were notified, by the company that they must resign their positions or abandon their efforts to be elected to the legislature on the Kepublican ticket, it being contrary to the rules to allow its employes to be candidates for political offices. Headlight I'liishes. The Traveling Passenger Agents' associa- tion is lioldiug a convention in W ashiuglou. General Agent Valleey, formerly of this city but now located in Denver, is visiting New York. Durli.g S4er-t?mber 900 canonic of cn'tie were shipped from Kansas City. Duriuj same time 1U,0"J carioaus of wheat were shipped? ' What a heavy responsibility the railroads have to assume if this be true: Dallas, Tex., didn't have any mosquitoes until the railroad rail-road was built through. The gross earnings of tbe, entire system of the Chicago, Rock Island fe Pacific railway for the month of September are estimated at $1,070,799, an increase as compared with those of the corresponding month last year of $123,309. The Wabash earnings for the last week in eseptemoer amounted to 4oo,uu, snowing a handsome increase of $37,100 over the corresponding cor-responding week last year. The earnings for the month amounted to $1,406,000, showing an increase of $50,000 over September, Sep-tember, 1691. - The report from Xew York that Jay Gould had purchased stock in the elevated roads of I Chicago is denied by the officers of the lines. The stock transfer books were posted up to yesterday, but Mr. Gould's name does not appear on tbe list. |