The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-07-01
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS
The Railroad War.

Chicago, 3O.-The STRIFE between west
bound roads In reference to securing pas
srngers for Denver, to the encampment
otthe Grand Army of the Republic, is
SILL as great as it was q week ago, when
the Rock Island met the st. Paul rate by
putting the round trip tickets at $3.50,
instead of rebate tickets. Other 70 DIS Ap-
peared to take no particular notice OF
the alternating ability Of two roads, bat
they Immediately began to Understand
that 1t was necessary to do something or
tney Wou d not secure particle of trsvel.
Agents were dispatched to various parts
OF the country, especially TO Ohio, Indi-
ana, Michigan and Illinois points with
Instructions to work quietly but to secure
every passenger possible, with the dis
tlncE understanding that they would
be carried at as low rate as
that made By any other road;
this p an has b4'n continued by
several of the roads, agents, IN most in
stances, being MEMBERS of the G-aad
Army, who were in position 70 attend
the meetings, if necessary, and present
claims of Inc roads they represented for
share OF the travel 10 Danver. While ell
this has been going on the roads have
been watching each other in constant
fear that the rate would be made still
lower and be so secretly done that it
would come to their knowledge too late
TO be met. Yesterday q new complica-
ton commenced to stare them in the face.
The round trip rate from Denver to San
Francisco to the trienniAl conclave is
500, while from Chicago it is 500 80.
The roads are anxious to sell as many
tickets from Chicago as they can, but
have become alarmed at the prospect of q
rate being made to Denver that WILDE
less than S24.5O, for fear advantage
may be taken Of it to purchase tick
cts at the reduced rate and then
buy their Santa Fe tickets at Denver.
There was rumor yesterday to the effect
that the rate would be made 10 Denver
as low as $50 and possibly lese, and sev
ersl OF the representatives of West-bound
roads al becoming somewhat anxious to
have settlement of the question before
such rate is offered, but have not yet called
for meeting to take action upon the SUBJ
Jeot, and none of them seem anxious to
take the Initiative in the matter. The
attitude Of the st. Paul and Rock Island
is regarded as decidedly belligerent, and
II meetlDg ls 10 Dr. suggested 1t will
be done by son1e other line. While
there has been no open announcement
that tickets would bs on sale before July
10Th, six days before the trains start and
nine days before the meeting at
Denver, it is currently reported among
these who claim to know
that tickets have been sent cut and
placed in the hands of prominent mem-
bers of the Grand Army, with the distinct
understanding that they shall be sold to
meet any rate made by roads out of CHI
csgo. A meeting is to be held at Den.
yer from July Oath to 9th inc usive, and
tickets have been announced TO be on
sale On July 10Th, leaving but little time
to fix matters Up, ifthe roads desire to pre-
vent war of rates that will possibly
bring the price of tickets down to SIS,
and siriously interfere with their saleg Of
tickets to San Francisco.