, 1881-01-19
Atoms Coup d'Etat Puts an End
to the Western Passenger
War.
No Power Given tho Trustees to
Leiiso tho Cincinnati south"
-. crii lSOntl.
Wisconsin Central, Northern Pacific,
md. milwaukee, & st.
Pnt1l.'L.
PEACE AT LAST.

rates frum kulrsas City atnt Onlulln to Nil
prominent pnlnts In tI,e East, tlia particulars
uf which were exclusively published III YES
trr4lay's TNtnrNE, struck like n tlltlllnrbnIt
aulOng tho officials uf tho ynrioass railroads
Interested In tint business. Tlloy Ind bten
Of the opinion TINT llu now moves would b1
,iado by tho Aiton or a,ly Other llsles Until
another meeting Of General Managers mil
General Passenger Agents eould le llu'd to
cnisaitlGr whit measures wcre necessary III
bridge over the difficulties which prevented
MI nl'vnncr Of mtes tu st. Louis nn'i Kansas
City. Tho Alton. however, did il0t dare 10
nt!uw matters 10 drug along much longer In
the oil manner. u,nl determined tn tAko tile
bull ty tho I,ori,s, alnl either yumpcl a'' fn-
l,lcltntr restoration uf rntes Or 10 force nvcry
iIne enst Of tllu Mississippi into il
tight. fur more disastrous tl,an lint
M,s ,aos s Is Ss rrsi @fe soHs 'r liz Y. lto t cac @
hit thu .nni1 on tho llcatl when tliry t|e-
ter'ntncti t,lDr tint course. Eariy yesterday
!norung dispatches were received here lfo1'l
the Wabash PROMISING = tAat tl!e rites be i It
Louis Ard $i.50 frori Chicago tu kttlsas
City. atlu also statlng TINT In such ~ event
the st. Lo1is limes would nsance tlle rates
penis were nlso rccrIs"l frnM the nlanngrrs
of Eastern lines fHplorng tllu Western ruads
tu prevent further hosttlities hy, nccertiitg
tic compromise offered By thu Wabash; THIS
CONVINCED the rOnds running FROM this city
to st. l,uuls A1lI Missouri River points tl!at
| tse WnbAs, WAS rrnlly IeslrnIs to hnye the
| wnr come tn M end, and that II l1.enht to
| sta,ul By lis declaration to charge the SRNc
ratrs hereafter tlat are cl,argct1 by other
lines. 49,
AinluErrs nlll General Passenger y CUNTS VI
ttSs tSs Ts ] fstsFE e. j o ts Ms s'X; ;:i 5 I'D nS2 tio p5
| WnbAs!l's proposnl for MI isnnlraliate ntt-
vance of rates was. lnl;en tnto, consideration;
Ihe A!tnn people, 1t Is Understand, statEd
rates restored mud tt!c, present wnr brought
nropt.sed VIII Il st. i.on[s mi sS.5V 10 Kal-
sas Clty, were tn high, rs Y would Si,Mple @ r.
slUcl;s uf unlimited tickets ut less thnN lH1Se
yatcs, t" come in aI,a colllcte with tIa rl!s.
They wanted tlle rsltcs established 1T II to st.
l..nls a!nl 81 10 ka''sns Cliy, hccaslSe they
l,rjiUsutl that tfle WAbasli Ind sold unlimited
tickets Mt still lowIr figures tlInil t!csc. 1t
WIS cnnten.ptl by others that tho rntes pro
posc.l l'y The WabasI' were FUR, md TINT tho
spssntors, n Sf"sGs M tmai tist! Ma 'n ~ hdso no
rates. t,s lcarly MI tho unlimited trkrts INV
nut were snd ut S.70 a'Ml " to n: Louis allt
s.. S7.59, and y u k.nsns City. ,sps'e'!'.
] laiias t tiieinsriycs, M bnt wo'i be compelled to
llayu them sold through scnlpcrs atll Ticket,
sellers, WIG wanted ntso 70 mike profit, ant!
consequently t!.esn unliaslltc1 tickets could
pn,in,ss @ si by 't tls alash It % was tIna'y ae.
basi,, md tic tn Ticket Agents Of
1om fs vr1Gs s cty fya's wcre 1s"''E Estrusts yet
to scll tickets commencing. this ,n9rline ut
$3.50 to st. Luuls, with IL rGbatN order nt -,
lnaking MT ratu si,'0,, Md to kansas 0lty 1T
s as S S5t + Esa's s osg ar'sg e sysaSia S Si II f
| rrbnte tickets IL O1,rpytl,L tg destruction Ut