St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-30
Steamboat Lines Compelled to Meet the
Tariffs Made by the North
western Railroads.
Progress at Chicago Of the Freight War;
The st. Paul Becoming Aggressive
Burlington Annual Meeting.
Meeting of General Passenger Agents
Productive of Much Talk and
Little Business.
Meeting of the Lines Interested in Up
per-Mississtpp1 Business--
Miscellaneous
THE WAR PROGRESSES.
The Steamboat Lines Join the Rail-
Railroads i'm the Gnmfaict

The Steamboat Lines Join the Rail-
Railroads i'm the Conflict.
The railroad companies were joined in
their war upon northwestern and western
traffic from Chicago yesterday by the river
steamboat lines running from ST. Louis to
st. Paul. The fight had become so bitter
that the steamboat lines We're compelled to
reduce rates equal to those quoted by the
railroad companies or have all the traffic 90
by the railroads. Such move was hardly
anticipated, but it created no surprise when
the announcement was made. The rate
quoted and now in effect by the boat lines
is 10 cents per 100 pounds, regardless of
classification, which is cut from 80 cents
first class, 25 cents second class, 20 cents
third class, Is cents fourth class. and 125
cents fifth class. These rates are the low
est that were ever in effect by river, and
they are below profitable basis. The
rates by the railroads were generally
above those charged by the river lines. and
the former had at the opening of river navi-
CATION to reduce their tariffs to agree with
those of the latter; on this occasion the re-
ductiOn to meet the rates of competitors is
reversed. These rates by the Davidson line
are in effect from Chicago, as that line does
from there to st. Paul by connection with
the Illinois Central at Dubuque The rates
which the Illinois Central charges to Du-
buque must necessarily be much lower than
those in effect by the competing lines, or
else the Davidson steamboat line will have
very little for the haul from Dubuque to
ST. Paul. The rate in effect by the Mil
Waukee, Northwestern, Rock Island and
Dr., limo J, 10 nh,
is cents per 100 pounds, and as the Hi
nois Central runs there it is likely to make
the same charges which, deducted from the
10 cents per 100 pounds charged by the
Davidson line, leaves only 3 cents to the
steamboat company from Dubuque to st.
Paul. This is a great calamity for the
boat lines, having commenced business for
the season only little over week ago.
The Milwaukee IL ST. Paul road was
THE OFFENSIVE PARTY
yesterday, and fairly paralyZed the Rock
Island road by making a rate of cents per
100 pounds on all classes of freight from
Chicago, Milwaukee or Racine to Daven-
port, Rock Island, Clinton, Fulton, Lyons
and Moline and 10 cents to Cedar Rapids,
Des Moines, Ottumwa Council Bluffs and
Omaha .and from Davenport, Rock Island,
Clinton, Fulton, Moline, Lyons, Dubuque
and Port Byron to Omaha and Council
Bluffs cents. These are all prin-
cipal points Oh the Rock Island road,
and it has been particularly anxious to con-
fine the cutting on through business from
Chicago to the Mississippi river and to
Council Bluffs and Omaha, and to avoid a
war OH and from common points on its or
any other lines. This by the Milwaukee Il
st. Paul to return the Rock Islands COM
pliment of invading the formers
territory, and it has made
a most successful hit. The rates are now
in worse condition, and are becoming
more demoralized daily, which is good
sign for a restoration.