It was excessive competition, and particularly the Kansai Railway Company was desperate to win (it is said that the president of Kansai Railway Company was prepared to close the company and once mentioned, 'We have to make sure that the company won't go bankrupt until after the Government Railway has').
当然過当競争状態であったが、関西鉄道はほとんど「やけくそ」で勝負していたようである（関西鉄道の社長は倒産も覚悟し、「どうせ潰れるなら官鉄を潰してから」といったと言われる）。