Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-21
headquarters in Lafayette, Ind !, IS IN st.
Paul.
Mr.. Davis, of the st. Paul & M nitoba
road, has gone to Fargo.
1t Indianapolis.

| 1t Minneapolis.
The railroad war created the inten q
excitement in Minneapolis yesterday. n
tickes Offices of the contending routes wen
crowded by an eager throng of people from,
O'Clock in the morning until late Into
the night, and the cut upon rates induced
ready and rapid sale of tickets. Indeed,
it looked to an outsider much as though
there was great danger of the city being
depopulated if the cut should continue un-
abated through the week.
The GLOBE reporter interviewed the var
lous agents of the three contending routes
last evening, but was told that NO particu-
larry new movement had developed on any
line. Probably the most important fea-
ture of the warfare, yesterday, was the fact
that the Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul
Railway company had inaugurated re-
turn cut on all way stations on their rail
way system which comes in competition
with the Rock Island and the Omaha
roads.
freights, Offering to carry for the millers
at the rate of ten cents per 100 pounds,
which is one-half former prices En- the
morning the millers did considerable ship
ping over this route, but the Milwaukee
road soon "got on to the racket" and down
went the rate to 71a cents per 100 pounds,
and fifteen cents per barrel for flour. The
officers of the Milwaukee road report
greatly increased freight business, and
seem perfectly satisfied that they hold the
best or vantage ground, contending that
the Rock Island road, which comprises
three various lines and which is compelled
to travel 140 more miles to reach Chi
cago, cannot possibly meet them
nor compete with them in carrying
freights.
The Omaha road was not slow in coming
down to the freight rates of the Milwaukee
road, and their agents here affirm that they
can hold them down. They say that the
Milwaukee cannot name rates which the
Omaha can not and will not reach.
While the freight increase has demanded
many extra cars, no extra trains have been
called into requsition, and hence the &C.
tual and net expense in handling has not
materially increased.
Coming back to the passenger traffic,
the following rates were, in vogue at the
Omaha Offices: From Minneapolis to st.
Louis, SO; round trip to Chicago, first
class, $3.50; same, with second class re-
turn, $40: round trip to Milwaukee, first
class, S11.50; same, second class return, 49,
rTEaro o1o
on the cut rates by any line; that is, all
outgoing trains take only first-class fares,
Late last evening the GLOBE was in
formed by the Rock Island officials that
another cut would be made this morning.
The Milwaukee road was yesterday carry
ing passengers to Kansas City, Mo-, for
$685.. The Rock Island will this morning
carry for SIS, and it will also carry passen-
gers to Atchison for S., whereas the Mil
waukee road rates are $5.75. Throughout
the day the Rock Island route adhered to
the long trip rates established on Sunday
night, but to-day the ''bottom is liable to
drop out" The Omaha people are deter
mined to meet them, however, in every
particular, and go them little better pos
sibly. So the war wages and everybody
apparently are availing themselves of
cheap rides.
A number of the leading business men
of the city were interviewed by the GLOBE
reporter last evening respecting the effect
upon trade and finance. They were all a
unit in the expression of the opinion
that the war was dire calamity to tho
business interests of the city. It creates
an unsound financial basis to everything
Everybody is unsettled. The people
are taking large sums of money from
banking houses and going East and South;
tho retail merchants are going to st. Louis
or Chicago to make their purchases of
their entire winter stocks instead of pur-
chasing of wholesale and jobbing houses
here, as was their custom.
Tho millers are dissatisfied and alarmed.
The cut on freights has effected rise in
the prices of wheat, and consequently has
. damaging effect upon them. Many mill
lers yesterday declared their intention not
to purchase bushel of wheat at advanced
prices, but just so soon as their present
supply udu OCCA COuoulA0u3 ouU0 OOWn
their mills ustil railroad affairs had again
resumed their normal rates, and hostilities
had ceased.
One prominent merchant, who requested
that his name be withheld, in an interview
stated that in his opinion the warfare was
a mere sham. In his opinion, taking into
consideration the wonderfully increased
travel induced by the cut, and remember
ing that to return from Chicago the full
rate of $3.50 must be'paid, the roads were
coming money by the operation. There
were no others who maintained the posi-
ton, however.
Effects of the Cut on the Movement of Wheat,
Two of the heaviest wheat operators in
the state, one operating principally in the
southern and southwestern counties, with
headquarters at an interior town, and the
other in the northwestern portion of the
| state, with headquarters in St. Paul, were
met by GLOBE reporter yesterday.
| while discussing the probable
effect of the freight cuts by the parties
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