, 1880-07-23
Important Meeting Of Western
Passenger Agents to Be
Held To-day.
Where the st. Paul Road Finds
tile Money for Its Many
Enterprises.
European Money Kings Furnishing
the Capital for Railway
Investment.
Remarkable Gain in Earnings Shown by
the Pennsylvania Road.


KNIGHT TEatILA1s RATES.
Thg General Passenger and Ticket Agents
Of the Western roads will meet nt the Grand
Pacific IIuiel IN this city 10 take Into consid-
Grafton the question Of rates To the. Knight
Temp1ar Co,lctavo In this city. md also to
consider w1lnt catl be done to maintain the
| regular rates to Alissnur! River points. A
| few weeks ago the General Passenger Agents
| of the various Western roatls agreed to
charge rne Knights and their families one
fare for the round trip. THIS would mnko .;t
souri, River points $l4.W. But since then IT lIas
tra'!spifed tint various reads ; !,aye !,s
ti'so0 lie asreed Sll rates. Aniong others u
IS oiargetl tliat Tie Indianapolis
4 St. Louis l!as ,nade contract with large
dI3n Ks a. hss TeSes 4 'is aro n'h srs re
Peinis oa tie Foft Ssott E dallji Law[sneS, s;i't,
slS rate from Emroria, via the Missouri
Kansas s. Texas and C!icago, Burlington g
Quincy Railroads: frhes0 matters l.ave
thrown TUG Gensral Passenger ,f Agents into .,a
what to do In order to prevent a general cut
ting LOT rates to the Knight Temp'ar
Conclnve. An effort will i,c nude to Eet
one-tars ore 'rs ritz Tor! for ths round tf!P, sud
exact that amount from their Western
connections, SO lint II any Of these r0atts
choose to make a cut ii1oy VIII haye @ e oeaF
!ne leaas1o %!4ms am,o M ,hat IL r irst
nnTcr,l i,nnn siaii hn ,uaintnircd MS fhey can
Kut llU additional business by further retiuc
tim. The influx Of knlghts Templar ailu
Melr frenas wlll H 80 gteat tEat IT., nSns s, e. u VI
eSo anes & VI a W. ~, ~ tat nscosin,, % 0 III IL
-! m 1a,1., n ,'mrinr ifa cn',cjave and Tia
1nrro4t number nil tf1g rpAtjH cnntGrtnE III
Hhtcawo wiiI f,a a,,lo in cnrrv In ot,o tiav viii
iiaKl Be- froti s. d ooo 70 70 oS a5ooS o. people. @ 0
The troubles i1 rekard 70 the regular I,. Aits-
drawai draw of the RocE Island from Tie cont
htnutlon for the maintenance OF rntes to
s,1d Mys5 pens afan ane yeanps ae 9
ti1e nirtm,ss of Investigating ctargcs Tor
a,ft,nE Missouri River rates, md co,lse-
s aasslon can b. hm s1 ,.a Ar stfo1t Sf T s be
usaer roaas 70 IN naitaains M t anfor fits to
tic West and Should thIs road refuse 70
al'ssoasi i'''ef 'Ates w..I ~ '''"'e"'"'''A'
TIE POWER BEHIND TIE THRONE.
The heavy Investments lately made by the
Ch,cnro. Milwaukee, {; ST. Paul Railroad
Company III purchasing ailu constructing new
roais l,as aroused considerable speculation
as to whence atl tho money needed for these
Investments comes. While MI. Mitchell. tho
1,ro.t,l.u+ f Tim 81 Tnu1 1,f,a.l ia
ffes!.eht " !u OF taui MIMI -
wealthy. yet he HRS HhGuiy sul1lclelt H1ea1s
| of lis nwn tn carry out ait these new invest
,.,,,ts .,,,I Il ,vna anrorant Tint tI,ern ,n,,st
elts' "tu ~ W." s'.t.s ....
! he a power beh!fl the throne TINT 1nrtllSI!eu
| MI tie rnoucys needed. The st, Paul Pit,-
m ,,ccr. Trcss claims to have solved the:proble,n,
us VIII be seen hy the following artfcle,
whicl, appeared tn Its Issue Ut duly Is:
,rhosa who huyc bcen wondering where tho
| utuns ct,ule from to ennbc tho Chicugo, Mill
wa,1kee & st. Pull to p.trnte ita aggressive poll
icy uf picking up roads aud building, now lines
| III Iow and tho Northwest will doubtless bo liz
| tercstcd in luarutuR OK tho powpr lH.hnd Trosl-
don't Mitchell. I1s represents M Europsman IN syn
resent ali the inonuy ho cMli Ind pruttable In
vestl,cnt for. Owing to tho stAEnatton of cap
adopted nlni,nR soino ot the heavy tnHtluy kings
to lind openings fnr their largo surplus III thaa