Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-09-28
WITH A CHRONIC.
The Interesting Developments in
the Rate War On the Rail.
roads.
Pay Your Nickel, Get Your Chr0-
mo and Ride ON the KailrOad.=


Chicago Evening Telegram, q.
Yesterday, as stated by the Tele-
gram, the Monon route made q rate
from Chicago to Indianapolis Of one
dollar. Previous to this time the
fight between the Monon and Pan
Handle routes had been made only on
the rates from Chicago to Louisville.
Now that war has been opened on the
Indianapolis igure,the Danville route
has taken a hand, as will be seen frem
the following circular issued late last
night from the general Office Of the
line:
The Danville route still lives. Five
cents to indianapolis via the Chicago
and Eastern Illinois railroad. Be-
ginning to-day, We will sell tickets for
our Indianapolis fast line, leaving
Chicago at 8 pm. daily, at the follow
ing rates: Chicago to indianapolis. 5
cents; to Cincinnati, 50 IS; to Dayton,
1885, to Springfield, o., 81; to
Urban, O., $3.50; to Columbus, o.,
1875. Other points in proportion.
With every ticket we will give one OF
Rand, Mentally & Co.'s handsome
chrome" maps of the Danville route.
Through sleepers leave Chicago daily
at 5 pm, arriving at Indianapolis at
4:l0 am. Passengers may remain in
sleeper until Z am. Tickets, sleeping
car accommodations and information
may be had at the city ticket office,
No. l0l Clark street. Come early.
II guess that will surprise some of
them" said William Hill, general
passenger agent Of the Eastern Hi
nois. Our line let the Louisville
squabble r~ighteOusly alone, but when
the Monon cut indianapolis rates we
were touched in a tender spot. We
are in the fight now; we have come to
stay, and we will make ourselves felt.
We didn't propose to be content with
any halt way business, either, and con-
cluded to knock the bottom clean out
at one fell swOop. Our tickets will be
gwen %away-the nickel pays for the
chrome. But every person that take.
a ticket will be coerced into buying /
chrome"
How long do you think this viii
last2'
All winter, l guess. l am going
out Of the city and will leave orders t
let it run until the New Albany folk
are satisfied"
This is the lowest rate recorded il
railroad history. A few years ago tn,
price Of a ticket from Des Moines t,
Omaha dropped to twenty five cents
and last summer the fare from Peori
to Kansas City went to fifteen cents
but TO the Eastern Illinois must b
awarded the palm for the extremes
cut of all. That the other lines will
meet it is probably beyond a doubt
for they are all so deeply into tn
fracas that to stop now would be un
mistakably showing the white feather
Another complication in the muddl
developed is the reduction by tn.
Monon Of the rate from Indianapoli
to Chicago to one dollar. H%eretofor
return fares have in no case bee,
lower than schedule rates, and thi
makes a round trip ticket to Indian
apolis only two dollars. 1t is no
known whether the Kankakee an,
Pan Handle will meet it or not, bu
the probability is that the cut mort
will be ignored, at least for tn
present.
The probable effect of the Who'll
trouble was the topic Of general con
versation in railroad circles. Their
was a marked division of opinion
some predicting that it would resul
in a complete o%verturning Of tn
whole Southern and Eastern passen
ger system, and others that the diff
culties would be confined to the line
now engaged A majority we're in
elined TO the latter sentiment. Re
garding the final outcome, as to tn
Ohio river lines, there was a strikiu
unanimity Of expression. This SCENE
to be that a pool will appear TO th
combating lines ere long to be an al
solute necessity.