Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-08-10
Railway wsrr. re ia Earnest.

halfway ~HEA - IA ERFhfhI.
Iha APPRENTICESHIP b G4aaina2tr@As~a-
JOurno, oil "Wednesday, indicates the eve OF
considerable iua ia pass;l ger rates, in which
our Chesapeake add ONO railway will take
a hand: "rhe biggest kind OF a passenger
war is brewing b-t.een the Chicago snd S..
Louis lines. The old rate between Chicago
and st. Louis was IS, bat recently it was
toun thai the illinois Central was selling st
Sc 30. The Chicago and Alton, Wabash, and
Cnicsgo, Burlington aud Quincy immedi-
ately met ths new r ate, ami for = little time
things went aloog very we'll, and probably
the old rate would have been restored had
The Vaudalis, the Illinois Cen,raPs s.. L2uis
connection, not seen fl 10 place 2000 Chicago
tickets in the hands OF the S. Lgui, scaluers.
for which IS was paid. This little bit Of
sharp practice wa dropped on By the Chi
cago and Alton, bu not wishing to inaugu-
war on the lines cas- of the M,s
tissippi, the passenger apartment Of taat
iIue mas decided t0-S-duce that rats to the
Missouri river pom s reSc1ed By it 10
order 10 force the Gould Interests to
use their Influence with the Vaodalis
people IN the direction OF having the 2OC0
tickets now in The hands of The sc 4lpers re-
deemed by the road tina. issued lhem. l.
is doubtful, however, if The Vaudalia, which
is backed by the Illinois Central, viii agree
10 that, snd il it refuses The Chicago and
III III Dt 0bItZtu 10 THROW down the b ara
and invade the territory Of very line in the
Could and V,n ialia sysiem-, niiuding 81.
Louis. Ia that event the W5ba,h NAV be
expected to make very low rates to New
York 10 retaliation n he Va1dalia's cut on
ChicsgO bu 10 g. The matter peems TO bn
complicated, AID possibly the lines will pre-
t-r a fight TO he trouble Cf adin.tirc the
difficulty. The pas enger department Of the.
Cincinnati, Washington and Baltimore road
has csused thousands Il posters to be stuck
up IN this city and elsewhere, ~aunouuciug
that on 3 sptember 10Th the line will run two
solid e1cuTelol uains from Cincinnati to
washington ant Baltinor-, 40 ss 10 give
every bcdy a chance 10 see the B4lumore
OrIole. The price for rould trip tickets il
not stated, bat the sgreed rate in former
years mas been Slb. Now al fis; glance
nsthIng OF a disturbing nature appears in
the above arrangement, bat there il ths
biggest kind of a dis urbauce 10 il, and I'M
less the Cincinnati, Washington aud B,i-
tmore people csn explain why the
Chesapeake AMI Oaio wss not Goa.
suited in the premises, the chancss are thai
the public will b. permitted 10 ride TO
Baltimore and return Il Z rate that will not
much more han pay fpr the printing Of the
tickets, for the Chesapeake ard Ohio is
mad thr ush aud through, and hreat-
ems 10 knife the Circinn; Ii, Washington
and Baitimcrs at every poin'. l. was
runsorsd on tbs streets Yesterday that the
Chesapeake and Olio, If forced TO i, would
make the rate Tor The round rip about $40,
with the privilege of going 20 Baltimore ui1
the ~al!-rall route and returning Uia a;eam-r
to Old Point Comfort, aud h nee to CinCin
natl snd Lluisvills ria the main line, or
going ria Cd Point Comfort aad relurniog
u the all-rail route, aud ALEC Of going ana
returning ria the all-rail line. Ii Is p~ossi9is
that the matter may be fixed, but persons
contemplating s. trip to Washington and
Baltimore about the lsto SsDtember should
not be in a hurry TO buy their ~ticSets, bu.
look around Il little and see who is offering
the best ~bargaids to the Oriois."
Since the shove wss 10 type the following
has been received By Telegraph, Of date S
Louie, August Stu: This his beer a tolqr-
ably lively diy in railroad rate cutting. The
Cnictgo aud Alton and Wabash have opeuiy
sold Caicago tieke at So, bat the Illinois
Central mad not ~ 10 late this evening met
the cut. Broker, however, have BEEN eelllUg
that roads tickets al 10 for several days
The rats 10 Louisville, which was cut to 80
by The Air Lsue a fsw days ago, was dropped
to-day by roth the Air Line and Ohio and
Missi47ipa ii to 81 30. Az roads between here
and s.. Paul are settling rouad trip tickets
for so, and to-day the 81. Paul steamer pus
the fare down to s24, inc udIng meals aud
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