Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-22
THE RATE CONF[ICr.
Yesterday Barren Of Developments in
the Railroad War
RESPECT OF A LONG SIEGE.
ALI the Parties to the Contest Fully
Determined to Hold Out.
THE ROCK ISLANDS ULTIMATUM.
The Milwaukee & st. Paul Handicapped
by the Iowa Pool Agreement,
But 1T MAY BURST ITS FETTERS.

But 1T MAY BURST ITS FETTERS.
Vanderbilt Says He Has No Interest in
the War One Way or the Other.
The matter of the railroad var may be
summed up IN the statement that there has
been no change in the situation since the
last issue of the GLOBE except that the
Chicago NJ PAM & Omaha made rate of
sc on Hut hi h asruff and wheat to Chicago
and Mis,lNkee, which the Chicago, Mil
hukee & St. Paul road promptly met.
TICKET SELLING.
The Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha road, as
was mentioned yesterday, fitted up an Of
flee on Sibley street for the sale of tickets,
and yesterday elevated an immense sign
near the same. This sign was thirty or
forty feet long and ten or twelve wide, and
announced that there was music by the full
band. On one end was silver dollar, and
all over the sign were the notifications of
cut rates and the ''Royal Route"
The sign attracted unusual attention. Not
to be outdone in the ticket Office business
the Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul road
went to work and obtained the privilege of
P. FL. Kelly, Esq, to erect : ticket cffice
on his corner, just back of his store. and
directly opposite the Omaha Office on Sib-
ley street. This is directly on the route
to the union depot, and every one that
goes to the depot will have to stumble
right over the ticket Office and will not be
able to avoid it.
The Albert Lea route people were up
and at work early in the morning. In
fact, it Is doubtful if they sleep at all.
They had another biz cartoon up yester-
day, and 1t was good one. It represents
three-handed game Of poker between
the three leading men of the three roads,
with the Albert Lea man playing the fifty
cent rate card. s-s
Messrs. Thompson and Petsch, the Albert
Lea folks, the Omaha and the Milwaukee
people, were all selling immense quantities
of tickets. The union depot people were
also as busy as they could be selling tickets.
All the trains went out crowded to suffoca-
tion- and all three roads added car after
ear 70 their train Travelling was doubled
right up yesterday.
S. $. MEKRILL.
Mr.. S. S. Merrill, who has been here on
the battle ground. arranging his troops
and supervising the fight in person, left
last night for Milwaukee. 1t has been
hot
of the Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha road,
has kept out of reach, while Mr.. Gable,
OF the Albert Lea road. who had been up
here for ten days previous to the fight, when
the war opened left for Chicago. All the
parties in opposition to the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St. Paul road are conveniently
and conspicuously absent from the scene
of the conflict.
WHAT JUDGE CHANDLER SAYS.
The Judge is not much of talker, but
sometimes he limbers up and when he does
he strikes the nail on the head every time.
When asked what the upshot of this busi-
ness would be he said. "Oh, I don't know,
I have no doubt the fight
will last six months. We are fighting
men that have got lots of sand in them.
They don't know what it is to give up. tell
you, this fight won't be ended IN six
months. Its the toughest d-n fight you
ever saw, and has only just begun" To
this last remark the newspaper man VEN
tured to suggest to the judge that there
wouldn't be anything left of either of the
roads by that time, when he replied,
Don't you believe it. They can all stand
good sharp racket for some time. Any
way its going to be hell" After making
the above lurid remark the judge hurried
away on business, leaving the newspaper
man TO think the matter over.
A POINTED MAP.
The Chicago. Milwaukee & ST. Paul COM
pany, put out map showing its own road
between st. Paul and Chicago, and
also the Chicago, St. Paul &
Omaha road, each 40 miles in length, and
along with these two roads the Albert Lea
route, with its length of 529 miles. At the
foot of the map is the following:
''The man who does not know that rail-
way trains cannot be run 529 miles in the
| same, or approximately as short, time as
they can be run 40 miles, over a vastly
| superior road in every respect, with the
same degree of safety or comfort to the
traveller, should study railway, science be-
fore venturing far from home.'
MISCELLANEOUS.
James L. Freeman, general baggage
agent of the Lake Shore d Michigan
Southern road, with headquarters in Cleve-
land, is in St. Paul.
]. Marston, general baggage agent of
the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific road,
with headquarters at Chicago, is in st.
Paul.
The ticket sellers at the union depot are
having the hardest work of any one. There
is. no rest for them, and they are compelled
to stand and punch all day.
The railroad employees do not like the
fight, as they see in the near future prob
able reduction in the price. paid for their
services, and also reduction in the work
ing force.
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