St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-22

LII was agreed that tickets sold via Kansas
City and ST. Louis to points beyond st.
Louis must be based on the rate via Kansas
City to st. Louis, added to the rate from
st. Louis to such point. The dating stamp
must not be changed until after last train
has left for the day. No ticket must be
sold by a crcuitous route, or to any point
to which the rate is the same or less than to
an intermediate point, unless it is limited to
not more than twenty-four hours beyond
the schedule time by the route of the
ticket
The following reduced rates were agreed
to: Illinois Central excursion to San Fran
cisco and City of Mexico, boat leaving New
Orleans on Jan, II, 7:30 D. M. round trip
may be sold (using an exchange order on
Chicago) from St. Paul and Minneapolis to
either point at 1929 each (sell Jan. II to 10
inclusive), good for six months from the
date of sale.
Those attending the st. Paul ice palace
and winter carnival will be furnished with
tickets at one and one-fifth unlimited fare
for the round trip. with price of admission
ticket added. limited to five days from date
of sale. The ticket must be stamped at the
carnival grounds before being good for re-
turn passage. and after being stamped then
being good only one day.
Round trip tickets at one and one-ffth
fare will he sold for the G. A. R. depart
ment encampment at Faribault next Febru-
airy. and to the Irish Land league meeting
at Chicago Jan. 81, at $14 round trip will be
made, tickets to be sold Jan. 20 and be
good for five days on certificate of the pres
ident of the local league that applicant is a
delegate.
THE VEXED BASING QUESTION.
of the Chicago committee on bound
passenger traffic there was heated discus
sion on the subject of the $2O-basing rate
from Chicago to New York, and the failure
to raise the Chicago rate to that point,
which resulted in serious disagreement on
the question of ditferentialS. Itwas shown
that this failure to make uniform rate
from the West had resulted in -observ-
ance of the established basing rate and
general decentralization. After considerable
spicy debate resolution to adjourn subject
to call from the chairman was passed,
which breaking up of the system of weekly
meetings which has heretofore prevailed,
virtually suspends the operations of the
committee for the present
ANU HEN MfEIlNG
New YORK, Dec. 21.-Passenger agents
on the New York Central. West Shore,
Erie, Pennsylvania and Delaware, Lacka-
wanna II Western railroads to-day held a
long session, and determined to abolish
commissions of all kinds. and that here
after they would have no dealings with
ticket brokers or ''scalpers." Ticket sellers
in the general ticket offices controlled di-
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participate, either directly or Indirectly, in
commissions. The rule will not apply to
commercial commissions paid to steamship
companies. for these were paid for service
rendered. All Western roads will be asked
to concur in this action. The regulation
will go into effect Jan. l, 1886.
Cost of shipping sheep.
A sheep grower of Washington Terri
tory, writing to a Northern Pacific official
from Walla Wa!la, says that without the
double-deck cars it will be impossible for
sheep growers to make profit on ship
ments to the Chicago market He says he
shipped ALA fat sheep to Chicago last fall
and lost on them. shipping them from st.
Paul in single-deck cars. The ears cost
him So. 403; decks for twelve cars. S7S: in
ceipts for the sheep were So, 1872; a loss of
1914.
N0ses.
The Canadian Pacific gives notice that the
line west of Conmore will be closed for traffic
after to-day.
F. 3. Clarke, general traffic manager of the
Omaha road. left for Chicago yesterday to at
tend pass meeting there to-day.
Assistant General Passenger Agent Davis
Of the Northern Pacific road returned yester-
day from the West.
The Northern Pacific will not issue mileage
tickets to women after Jan. l.
The Omaha road has issued a circular max
ing the following rates to Buffalo Gap in the
Black Hills: First-elass, s2.35; second-class,
g .G5: third-class, S1.T5; fourth-class, s1.48;
fth-class, 81 So; class A. sl.15; class B, SI.05:
class @, soc; class d, SOC per 100 pounds.
General Agent Cannon of the Transconti-
mental association has issued q circular
abrogating rates on the Grand Trunk road
west of Toronto and Hamilton.
Wants $4,000.
Special to the Globe.
MADISON, Wis, Dec. 21.-The case OF
81. II. Waterman of Milton, Wis, against
tho ChicapO g. a lion Railroad cOmnanV