Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-16
RAILWAY NOTES.

The Car Famine In Minnesofa-Recfuif uifs-
An Item Coming-Why the Wabash Com
pany Inaugurated the Out on Chicago and
st. Louis Passenger Rates-Only Way of
Introducing ITS New Line to the Public.
Every mile of railroad in the State Is taxed
to its utmost capacity at present. The I'm
mense wheat harvest and other products are
| seeking market and the era OF empty cars
either way Is over for time at least.
The Chicago, Milwaukee b st. Paul road
brought mp 76 recruits for the Seventh Infant
~ on Thursday night, and yesterday they wers
forwarded to the frontier. The same road
will bring 125 more recruits by this mornings
train for the Second cavalry.
Judge j. A. Chandler was 80 far improved
that he was able to make his appearance ut
his Office yesterday for short time.
There was rnmor abroad yesterday that
Mr.. Charles 81. Petsch, the popular railroad
ticket agent, had pointer which every
newspaper reporter endeavored to get on but
were unable to do SO. He will be interviewed
to-day.
Why tie Wabash Vent to VAR
The st. Leuis Republican of Thursday &C
counts for the cut on railroad rates between
that city and Chicago, which has been extended
by the competing lines to their Kansas CITY
connections, as follows:
"It is not difficult to see the motives of the
Wabash in inaugurating this cut. 1t was
hardly known to the general public that this
line bad O road leading TO Chicago. The new
connection has been literally advertised for
some time, still the travel all went by the
old lines and the Wabash trains went
out daily with almost empty coaches.
The trick of building up pas.
senger traffic for new line is net an easy
one unless some special inducements are of
| fered for people to go that way. Travellers
| naturally go by the old routes with which they
are familiar, especially where those routes are
make good time. By this cut and by Offering
unlimited tickets at a low rate. the Wabash has
kicked up a stir that attracts crowds on the
streets, makes an endless amount of talk and
gains extended notice in the newspapers all
| over the country. The first result attained ia
| that everybody 10 the country who reads the
papers at all will have the knowledge forced
| upon him that the Wabash had direct line
| between st. Louis and Chicago. This is very
important point gained in an incredibly short
space of time, and the fact is impressed upon
| the public with Yividness and effectiveness
| that would never be gained by 100000 spent
4 in any other way probably.
sThe next important end secured is that the
speculators and scalpers all rush in and buy
| large quantities of tickets. The Wabash Office
sells 50, COG or 600U0 tickets at rates about as
low an they would give excursion parties if no
combination existed. Almost any amount of
| tickets could be put upon the market if de-
sired for an unlimited railroad ticket is Just as
marketable commodity as an ounce of gold
| or bushel of wheat. It Is something for
| which there is always demand, and any we'll
posted business man with idle capital on hand
will buy it if offered at little less than what
would be called paying rates. Nobody be-
| lieves that the war between the lines will last
| any length of time, and SO the speculators
know that by holding the tickets they are
reasonably certain to realize a profit with
no risk at all, and varying In amount
| Just with their luck in buying and skill in
| selling. Then if the Wabash people place
| 80 600 tickets on the market, sooner or later
80 600 people will ride over the line, will learn
the route, and many will get in the notion of
going that way. The company has to run the
trains anyhow, and it costs more to run
them loaded than empty. So that if they gain
any considerable accession to their permanent
business, they may not have paid so very dear
| ly for 1t. The public are not slow to take ad-
| vantage of the opportunity, and out of the
rush and noise the company make considerable
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