The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-12-04
CUT RATES.
A PROBABLE CUT RATE WAR
IMPENDING.
Great Dissatisfaction over the
Present Policy OF Railway Off.
Gals our Citizens Benefited.

The liabilities Of San Antonio being
one OF he points In Texas for great
cut rate war between the different rail-
ways running into New Orleans during
this winter and spring, while the expo
sitlon Is In progress. are being spoken Of
In conversation with one ticket seller
Of this city LIGnr reporter was In
formed thar the high price Of the
fare from here TO New Orleans
will keep thousands away from
the exposition from this section, who
would go If the fare was cheaper. 1t
was given out some months ago that the
Southern Pacific and Texas and New
Orleans lines would only charge one fare
or about : 10 for round trip ticket. good
for 10 days, 10 New Orleans from this
city during the exposition. The fare
has been cheapened to S2j so round trip,
good for Ii days, but this does not come
up to the expectations Of our citizens.
and the policy OF the railway officials is
being condemned.
1.-The cut, 3" remarked the reporters in
formant, lis likely TO be made by the
international railway and the Waco
Narrow Gauge roads, and IL they begin
cutting, the Huntington lines viii have
To follow suit. | don't think, however,
that the cut In any case, will fall below
SO round fare
In conversation in and out Of our rail-
way circles. the IlGur learned that n
cheaper rate than the above IL Is conf
IDENTIFY expected will be made 10 New
Orleans when the Exposition proper be-
gins. "Ihe reason is one gent re-
marked, THAT now it would greatly in
iure our business to sell round trip
tickets at one fare between here and
New Orleans at present. Parties not
intending to visit the Exposition or to
remain in New Orleans only few DAYS
and then go on, would buy one fare
ticket, use half of it, and then scalp IT..
thus iniuring the business at the New
Orleans end of the roads. our road is
very roundabout one, however, and we
don't expect to sell many tickets from
san Antonio
Another agent approached said: "All
Texas roads are combined, and they all
quote the same rates MS per mileage.
There il rate fixed by the Passenger
Agents association, and there Is for
felt Of $1,000 10 the first road that breaks
the rate. II the International and Great
Northern or Sunset quotes rate, the
others will quote the same. The rate
now OF so ~ over the Sunset will prob
ably be maintained until the middle of
January or LIST of February, when think
lower rate will be made. It would in
jure the business of the road greatly now
TO make the rate one fare. Some
Sl3 have been knocked of now. When
the exposition proper opens and the
great crowd begins to 90, the rate will
be cut considerably lower. and tickets
may be down to lower than one fare.
This rate will be for the benefit of Wis
itors to the exposition, however, not to
outsiders"
Another agent substantially corrobo-
rated the above, and said that MS far MS
fares by rail to New Orleans were con-
oerned, 1t would be plenty cheap enough
before the exposition closed, SO that all
could go. The short line road always
makes rates, and he thought
low rate would be made by
one short line, although he did not
think big cut would be made for some
months to come. AS far as his 1.-THE
agents. road was concerned 1t would
quote the regular price fixed by other
roads.
Other railway officials say there will
be no cut rate war. but that fares to
New Orleans will be much cheaper to
the Exposition when 1t opens than they
are now.