Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-20

APduy, tllo SAIddAOu Is pTaculcdlly Inc |
same as yesterday morning. just where |
the war will terminate is matter not even
as yet dreamed of by the elect. Conject-
ures and speculations might be given by
the column, but aside from what is
given above, all such bosh is utterly USE
less. What day may bring forth towards
settling or undoing the breach, is, of
course, enshrouded in the mystery.
Manager Merrill will remain in the city
day or two.
TIE Cut From Chicago to Council BtmSs.
Especial Telegram to the Globe.l
CHICAGO, Nov. 19.-The western passen-
ger war did not slumber yesterday, but on
the contrary, the cut instituted tho day
from Chicago to Council Bluffs was in
creased to S5. Their regular rate from
Chicago to Council Bluffs is S14.30. and
the rate now quoted is $3.50. The an
nosncsment yesterday that Council Bluffs
had been cut was received with surprise,
the passenger agents of the other lines af-
fected to regard the matter as of little con-
MED that any cut had been made, because
full rates were quoted over the counters of
the local ticket Offices of the
Milwaukee & st. Paul road. The
method which the Milwaukee & st. Paul
has employed in its present cut on west
bound business is to turn the sale cut
rate tickets over to tho brokers. These
tickets were bought in large or small
quantities. by the various scalpers OF Chi
cago yester day for $3.50, first class unlim
tied, and were sold to the public at any
price above what they cost. The present
cut by the Milwaukee, & St. Paul road is
not SO recent as many suppose. Several
days ago secret meeting of representa-
tives OF the Burlington, Northwestern and
Rock Island roads WAS held, il which the
cat rates to Council Bluffs were considered.
No policy OF defense was then
decided on. SO far as known tne present
cut has not been followed by any of the
competitors of the Milwaukee d st. Paul
road. Yesterday an Ominons quiet pre-
vailed among the old Council Bluff lines,
and it was considered that any retalatory
action had been postponed until Monday,
when the pool between the Northwestern
Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha,
and the Milwaukee & st. Paul roads will
have terminated. Yesterday the feeling
current among railroad men was that Mon
day would bring radical changes and the
brokers frankly told their customers that
they expected to be able to make much
hA{f cAl
Milwaukee st. Paul road stated that they
expected vigorous aggressive policy
would be instituted next week. The Mil
waukes & st. Paul road had been loath to
go into the conflict, but had been forced
in. With the termination of the North
western pool it would be untrammeled on
west-bound passenger and freight bust
ness, and the new Short Line to Council
Bluffs would speak out in unm;stakable
terms.
Mr.. Gable, general manager of the Rock
Island, returned from st. Paul yesterday.
He said that freight rates we're still firm.
The Rock Island was prepared for any
emergency, and would closely follow
its rivals anywhere at any
time and on any class of business.
He apprenended That the pool on west
bound business from ST. Panl would be
patched up, in order that the Northwestern
and Milwaukee & st. Paul might make
uaited fight on the Rock Island.
The Northwestern people are non-cona-
initial and conservative. They evidently
recognize the fact that they are dependent
upon the Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha road
from Elroy for entrance into st. Paul, and
that IN case war covering all classes of
business occurs, the cooperation of that
road would be absolutely necessary. The
very large influence in the Chicago &
Northwestern road exertsd by the Cable
syndicate, naturally make the management
of the Northwestern peacefully disposed. A
fact which indicates that tho Milwaukee
line has at length been thoroughly aroused,
is the cut on the lumber business. On Nov.
new lumber tariff went into effect on
tho Iowa lines, making the rate of lumber
121@ cents from Davenport to Council
Bluffs. A few days ago this was cut to ten
cents by the Milwaukee L st. Paul. This
cut was promptly followed by the Rock
Island, and at present lumber rates
fron this point are utterly demoralized
between these two roads, and it is prophe-
sled that if the Rock Island
meets the Milwaukee 4 st. Paurs
cut on passenger business, the
bottom would Immediately fall cut of the
freight traffic to all competitive points.
Recently the Milwaukee Il St. Paul has
been increasing its passenger rolling
stock. In fact all of the st. Paul lines
have for months been preparing for con-
test. which the failure of many attempts
at negotiation has taught them, was inevi-
table. The position of the lines seems to
be one of defiance, each one anxisusly
waiting for some one to step into it, and it
is considered not unlikely that all lines