The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-11-30
GREAT RAILROAD WAR.
slnshtne 0f Fsctght and Passenger
Rates-Merely Nominal Prices Tor
Eraud-!A Long FIGHT Ahc6d, It

trauO-!A Long t1&nC Alc8Q. y
The railroad fight at St. Paul was inte,,si.
tied on Sunday ny the arrival OF s. g.. 1lez-
riil general manager. aud the officers Of the
Milwaukee and 81. Paul. The Old Map,"
as a1l lis vast ARMY OF enthusiastic esnp!oy-
ers delight to call him in tAtniliar sort Of
way, gave evidence at first sight that he had
bis war paint OIL and vas ready to begin a
slaughter that would make ordinary rail.
road warfare q mere skirmish. s,!'t2- 81
Perhaps the greatest interest centerH In the
slashihg Of freight rates, Aid when; that
point was feached the reporter was given
The following formal and official notice:
On and alter Nov. 20. aud until further.
notice. the rate OIL millstuffs from 81. Paul
or Minneapolis to Milwaukee, or Chicago
will be y cents per LOO pounds, and on -four
Is cents l,er barrel. Milling i'll transit rates
on wheat 10 st. Paul or Minneapolis from
Albert Lea, Winnebag0 city. Mankato, Fulda
and fipest6He, Inclusive. Sheldon and Sioux
Falls, l24 cents PER LOO pounds. !.
That is, wheat can be clipped rom the
ground into flour and reshipped to Milwau-
kee or Chicago, all OIL the one shipping in
transit rate At l23 cents per 100 pounds:
The cut Is 3 heavy one, tue former rate on
-four to stivdukee or Chicago being 40
cents per bus!el. With reference to further
cutting i'll freights the reporter WEs informed
that it was absolutely impossible to"se'l
what would result. %. 49,, -.
When the consultation with reference to
passengers rates came up Mr. Merrill applied
his knife sn,l ,aid, "Oh. take the people
wherever they want to gOH3and bring them
back, too. This is big country ana neigh
iknrl Ris.
to 70 visiting and take the family and friends
stt,'nn;'' And the result was a surprise party
with 'tlIc Old MANS" methods Of warfare
when he assumes perscnAl charge Os The
field. After the scalI'e! had beer applied
Mr.. Merrill handed the reporter fhe fol-
lowing figures: From St. Paul or Mime
apolis to Chicago or Milwaukee,, 81;
rom St. Paul or minneapolis to Eau Claire
IS cents from st. Iaul or Minneapolis to
5'a5opce; M"nkato, Winncbaso c1ty; Al
bert Tea; Carver; Prairie Junction, Sheldon,
H.. Sioux Falls Or Sioux City, IS cents !;
and the same price l25 centsI from. any OF
these points to ST.. Paul Or Milne, polls, or
in other words, 4 person can 20 from 81.
i'uul TO Albert Lea or any of those points
named in the 25-cent list and return Tor 50
cents; from St. Paul or Minnea polls to
Adtiu,,, Mimi, sos, OF same rate back; to
Norfolk, Neb., S525, same from Norfolk, to
st. Paul; to Council Bluffs, 3d. sa'ue price
FIR t4turn: 70 Omaha, $50; to 81. Joe. No,
ST so; to i toI,ihsbn, kau., s. IS to St. Peter.
Minn., for round trip, IS cents, 70 Blue Ear b
cents; same price up: to Eat Orange. So
cents, same return; to Sibley, 80 cents, same
return; &c Le Mars. Iowa, ST. same price
back; to LII Verne; sl40; to Valley Springs,
IS cents; to Kansas City; 1896; to Denver,
$3.50; to San Francisco, .$46. So. From
Sioux City, Sioux Falls, Sheldon, Iowa,
ShakOpee, Mankato. Albert Lea. Carver or
Prairie Junction to Chicago or Milwaukee
the price Is 81. Thus it will be seen that
the prices between st. Paul or Minneapolis
to or from all points in Mfn,,esota, Iowa
cling public is really reaping harvest, and
can so and come at merely nominal prices.
How long the tight will last nobody can tell
People VINO want to travel for bus;nesa OF
pleasure should take advantage OF the low
rates satonce--always remembering thst pos
sibly full rates prevail when they want 70 set
home. ..
TIE action oftlle Milwaukee aud st. Paul
wes met by the Omaha and the Minneapolis
and St. Louis in warlike style. The Albert
Lea and the Omaha lines are practically eon.
tIulled by the same p rsons. The Albert
Lea followed the Cmaha cut with reduc.
ton Of the fare to Chicago to 50 cents; and
s1ashing cut in the -four rate from Min
neappls. Bet this is not all, the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad broke the
lumber pool tariff by cutting from l23 to 1C
cents per 100 pounds On lumber to Missouri
points. This was met by similar rate from
the Chicago, Rock Island 4 Pacific railroad.
Monday The last named road announced Z
CIT OF 5 cents more making the lumber tarif
to Kansas City, Couuci! Bluffs, and inter
-cning points I cents The rate is 81 cent.
lower then ever given until the outbreak o.
the present war.
On Monday night tho Omaha Solks HI
back by publishing reduced ratss 70 forty
| eight points on the Chicago, Milwauke(
and St. Paul-twenty In Wisconsin,, bead
| Ut Winons, Ninn., and twenty'eight II
Iowa, Dakota and Minnesota. The cut
! range from 1915 ON La Crosse, 70 on
! other Wisconsin points, $3.65 TO q to MIN
nesota. Iowa and Dakota points south OF St
Paul. These cuts apply to st. Paul, Mime
al,oiis and 6tillwatr. Probably figures o.
| other business will be fixed soon. Som
Of the rates are the follOwiDg:: It. ~,
! POINTS EAST OF 81. PAUL