The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-09-18
Final Suspension Of Aostilities
The Agents Agree to Return to
the Old Rates.
And What Has The Whole
Thing Amounted To.

possible point.
The trouble really commenced on Thurs
dsy. GA that evening the railroad magnate
began to STRIVE in the city, and the super
numeraries willingly gave the matter init
their hands for settlement. Then the bal
opened in good earnest. The war cry was
MISSOURI PACIFIC vs.. NORTH MISSOURI,
and 70 let up until somebody "squawked.'
Dawes, of the K. c. & c. B. road, com
menced operations yesterday BY reducing the
rates from this city to Indianapolis to SIS.
Parker, OF the Hannibal & St. Joe, with
meaning smile made it $50. Then Ford,
Of the Missouri Pacific, entered the arena,
and with a tremulous hand chslked
SIS o. THE BULLETIN BOARD.
This action caused the excitement TO visibly
increase. Everybody wanted TO 90 to Indi-
annapolis. GreeDbacks fiuttered wildly in
the breeze. The crowd surged up against
the ticket offic, counters with perfect reck-
Licences AID clemcrous!y beseiged the clerks
Tor tickets. F:fy or more had been sold
when The
CRY WAS RAISED
that GFoat, OF the North Pacific, had
knocked to $40, and down TO tie corner Of
Dsiawsre stree: the ticket spectators rushed
lie fi5e.s OF frightened sheep. For about
half an ho'lr Business was brisk. On the
pavement n.ar by stood the several passec-
ger agents and narvonslv.
WATCHED THEiE voKk.
At nooa ,eY- of the great reduction be-
gan 90 t.s roissd about Up the street. and
hundreds came down TO swell the rapidly
gathering throng. Those OF our citizens
Who wanted 10 iy business cares, or had
poor relations Oh hand whom they wanted
20 gel rid %. sieeiriiy
INVESTED FEW DOLLARS
ia The iong, narrow strips Of yellow paper
that were gong 20 cheap. Staid
DID gentlemen, with gold bowel speciacles,
ioEgo; their rheumatism ior the no8ce and
Siih canes in hand ambled gracefully down
10 The scene o: excitement. Wives who bad
husband. ia The Hoosler State; widows who
e antei to return East and look up their
second husband; nsidens and small boys
s. no were possessed with strong desire 10
zee their uacles, aunis and dear little cousins
AZ turned out with their loose change and
,srae down 70 bny. About 2 O'Clock the
OF the Two northern roads held
consultation and decided 10
CUT DOWN THE LOCAL RATES.
~ their several lines. This announcement
,niy added TO The already increasing excite.
neut.
The plug hats OF the rival agents bobbed
10 and down Main street in rapid success
non. aud finally they also held consul,a-
ion. Toward night the result Of their con-
sreEce was announced in
THE FOLLOWING HANDBILL:
THE LAST GREAT REDUCTION,
made via the St. Louis, Kansas City and
Northern Railway, from Leavenworth to
Chicago, SIS so; Louisville, Sl2 so; Gin
.innati, Sl4 SO; Quincy, So so; Hannibal,
s. 90; 81. LOUIS, Sc 90. These tickets will
al read over the Great Through Passenger
Line, the ST. Louis, kansas City and North
I'm Railway. The only ticket office selling
ickeis. via this Great Through Line is
Southwest corner of Delaware and Main
treets.
snould there be a further cut in rates by
my other line, all you have got to do to Sc
,nre your tickets over the best line il, to
ONE and see us.
A. L. DAWES,
zen. Pass. Az, K. c., ST. Joe & c. Z. r. L.
p b. GROAT.
Gen. Pass. Ag't St. L., K. c. & n. Ky.
A copy of this poster was taken
o the headquarters of the OPP
posing lines, and the agente
he street. In order to Test the truth OF the
a ticket to Chicago WA mr.
aased at The St. Joe and Cor-"F: Ri.:' -
ice, and seeing that the
REDUCTION WAS BONA Eide
he fare on the other routes was RI once re.
Iuced to 81 SO. At this price innumerable
ickels to Chicago and other places were pur-
hased. On every hand people seemed sud-
.niy 10 be possessed with the idea that they
ouid afford to travel. Hundreds of tickets
Tere boush, to be sold again. All this time
he Chicsgo and Rock Island road stood firm
0 their regular rates, and although repeated
y urged 10 join the combination
REFUSED TO BULGE AN INCH.
Judge Ailsc evidently understood his
usintss, and, ssrenely putting his ci-
ar, laughed At the bull aud bear fight,
nd thought OF the good time coming, when
be management. OF the lines concerned in
ne imhroglio would take their reckless
gems 20 task for tie unwarranted reduction.
ate in the evening, however, he telegraph.
d &c Chicago FOR instructions trem the com.
any. Al eight o'clock
THE EXCITEMENT sU2SIDED
onewhc,, and the ssie Oi tickets at the re-
Iuced rates was stopped.
Evidently the agents were weakening and
lad become alarmed at the extreme measures
AIKEN. A, nine they displayed q f.g Of
rrce and calie6a meeting at the Planters
4erse to stjust matters and fix regular
aies.
LATER.
Since writing Tie above our readers will |!
bserye by reference TO the notices OF the |
wo competing lines, to be found elsewhere,
hst the nerve OF the rival SCENTS has in 20 |
rise weakened, in fact the ''boys" sre both |
Working hard for the ascendency. Judging
rom tie still further reduction in rates TO |
L. Louis and points further East, over the |
guses of last night Ii is not improbable that |
he Chicago 4 Rock island may enter the |
elj, and il 90 3 peaceful sn1 early tsrmi- |
I.tion Of the presen, low rates may be |
ooEed for.
The snxiou. morning Of Saturday dswned |
pom an excited crowd, gathered in the |
icini,y Of the dif1eren: ticket Offices. 1t
1as we'll known that the general passenger !!
gents had been engaged in argument nearly |
u night, and up 10 an early morning hour
ad not succeeded ia making . settlement |
Ireat was the speculation or every hand - |
what would be the next move, and the Nc.
ort Of further reduction in rates vas
az GENERAL Topic OF CoHvERsA ALTON. |
.xci.ed individuals paced the sidewalks,
olding in their hands copies of the morn
z papers, in which it vas announced that
,e Missouri Pacific and Hannibal and st.
oseph had cut their rates 1t 9 O'Clock in
'e norcine. and were prepared to underhid
'eir rivals q fat - their propositions were
ade known, When the various Offices wess
peaed
TIE corXrERs WERE BEuD0ED
it'll scores Of purchsseFs. People bought