Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-06
Further Particulars Of the New War
for Northwestera Traffic.
1T WILL PROBABLY BE LIVELY
The Future Policy Of the Northern Pa.
ci1lc Management.
THE CANNON VALLEY PROGRESS.
Sundry Items Of Interest to the Rail.
road World.

The war between the railroads for the
business between St. Paul and Chicago,
took new form yesterday, and, as near as
could be learned, there were not half as
many killed and wounded in the Wednes-
days battle as was at first supposed. In
the morning, Messrs. Merrill, Swan, Cary,
and the others of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul road, and Mr.. Cable, of the
Rock Island road, all left the Metropolitan
hotel, and took their departure from town,
and, therefore, could not be interviewed.
or otherwise disturbed by the newspaper
man. Mr.. Porter, Mr.. Hatch and Mr.. Hi
land, of the Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha
road left early in the morning for a trip
over the western division of that road, so
that they could not be seen. If any meet
ing was held it was of course, held without
the latter being present. Some of the
prominent employees of the three roads
were seen but the information gained from
them was not important.
Mr.. L. F. Kimball, the general north
western agent of the st. Paul, Minneapolis
and st. Louis railway which is
a part of the Rock Island route, the road
that is doing the cutting, about which so
much is said, was seen, and although he is
the gentleman to whom Mr.. Gable, the
president of the road referred the reporter
the night before, as the gentleman who
knew ''all about it," it was discovered that
his information was quite scanty. There
had been cutting on the part of the road
he represented and would be more and
deeper cutting if necessary, This cutting
consists as was stated in the GLOBE yes
terday is allowing what is called
commissions on tickets sold in Chicago.
He could not tell how
long it would be continued, but left it to
be understood that its continuance would
be governed by the action of the other
roads. If the Rock Island road obtained
| what was considered fair share of the
business then the cutting would stop-not
before. He referred the reporter to several
people who could tell all about it, but the
| newspaper man concluded that if this was
all the genera, agent could tell about it the
chance of obtaining any more info-ma-
| ton from those referred to was altogether
too slight.
The local officers of the Chicago, st.
Paul g. Omaha and the Chicago, Milwaukee
| & st. Paul roads were calm and
serene and not one of them knew any.
thing about cutting. When Judge Chand-
Ter, of the latter road, was approached on
the subject he replied to the newspaper
man as follows: ''Well, see you want to
| find out all about the pending negotiations
before they pend" When told that he had
just struck it he replied that he knew
| nothing at all about the business. The
road he represented was doing business
just as usual. There had been no cutting
on his his road, and SO far as he knew there
was not likely to be any. Everything with
his road was calm and serene and business
was good with prospect of being still
better. So far as he could see there was
no prospect of any change in the manner
of doing business. The local officers of
the Chicago, st. Paul & Omaha road ex-
pressed the same views. From what these
gentlemen said one would naturally con-
clude that everything was smooth, harmo-
NOUS, calm, and lovely. Yet the Rock Is
land is cutting rates all the same right
straight along, and will SO continue, so
that any one going to Chicago by that
route, will be liable to get what amounts
to good deal of reduction.