Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-27

From al accounts the westsrn divi-
sion Of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Is
operated On plars and priaciples svi-
IDENTITY borrowed from the administra
ten Of the Northern Pacific Company.
Its charges are based upon the now
painfully familiar rule Of charging all
the traffic viii bear" In several recent
articles the Columbian Of New westEL ms
ter. illustrates the methods prac.ieed
fhe eompany formed a Combination
With the leading steamboat company Of
ihe provinces, 20 work together and di
vide OPposlng steamboats, we're driven
on and passenger and freight rates put no
TO the top notch Where q had cost 4
dollar 10 90 from Victoria 10 New West
minister, tt Vas made 20 cost four dollars
and where Il had cost q dollar from
New Westminster 20 Yale the price was
pot up to teb. For points above Yale
the rates we're simply extortionate
From Port Hammond TO Spenee's
Bridge. l55 miles. passengers are oharg-
ed slS50, or - cents per mile; while
freiehts 90 all the way from <49 20 over
I'VE have seen" says our contempo
rary. Railroad freight bills In which
essl oil 10 Spencs's Bridge WAS charged
AZ the rate Of $l0{ per ton--a figure that
would carry u tso or three times round
the world. some time ago 500 feet Of
lumber vent from this city 20 Speuce's
Bridge and the railroad charges from
Fort Hammond were &32 20, or at the
rate Of So per 1000 feet fer q distance
Of l57 miles
Not only does the COMPANY charge
outrageousiy for the services il renders
the people. bat 10 goes out of its way TO
injure them. Here Is late order that
shows to What extremes IL 10 going:
The only stations whsFe goods BY
boat will be received for transport by
the railroad are Port Hammond and
Port Moody. IL delivered elsewhere
they will no. be forwarded" The effect
of this order IL extremely harsh. Freight.
by reason Of IL, Ia carried sixty or eighty
miles out sf the way. The company
htis extensive works as Yale, and 10 pre-
pared to handle freight there quite as
a<lvantageouslv a. at Port Hammond OF
Port Moody, bat it will not do so be-
cause ID wants the haul up the river all
10 itself, and 1t could not get il were il
70 compete With the boats. In conse-
quienca the boats have drawn off, and
nc longer run beyond Port Hammond,
while AZ the same time the Port Ham
mlond wharf and warehouse are 80
controlled by the contractor and q. p.
N. Go. that 1t 10 practically impossible
for any other carrier to reach the rail
road at that point and compete success
fully. by this system OF Operation the
division is made to pay the contractor
largely. an amount estimated at fr1m
$4,000 TO $4,000 a month. While be
puts this immense amount Of money in
10 his pocket. be Rives the peo-
pie the poorest possible service. We
are told that "the ears are not equal to
coinmon second. class cars la the East.
and the road u 50 unsafe that people
ara afraid OF it. Trains are scarcely ever
on time. and there are DO oonvenienees
or comforts for people, who are forced 10
wait tor hours day or night at way sta
tions for delinquent cars"
And yet this road was built ut the ex.
pense OF the Government and people
alone. The company never pnt dollar
into it. bat on the contrary get it as an
ahipolute gift. No worse ease of op
preston has yet been reported. and the
Canadian Psoidc may be set down as one
more road OF the large number of rail
roads on the continent of America, the
extor.ions and sutraCes of which may
yes drive the people into retaliatory
measures Of the most severe nature.