St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-01
TIT RTMPUS SETTLED.
Northwestern Roads Come to An Agree
msnt at Last On Commercial
Tickets to Chicago.
The Chicago East-BOund Freight Com
mittes Decides to Restore Rates
to the April Tariff,
Rates Governing Live stock ship
nents Advance In
Flour Rates.
ST. Paul and Minneapolis Passenger
Rate Sheet Revised--Rail-
way Earnings.
rreigs. and Pa..enrsr mest,n.

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As announced in yesterdays GLOBE, a
meeting OF the representatives of the Chi
oago u Northwestern, Milwaukee 4 ST.
Paul, Omaha and the Minneapolis & St.
Louis roads, was held in the Office of
Traffic Manager Clarke of the Omaha yes
terday. There were two sessions during
the day, the one in the morning being Of
the freight and passenger agents, aud the
one IN the afternoon was a meeting Of
freight agents exclusively.
The morning session was the most fmDOr-
Jant. as az it the proposed adoption of the
commercial ticket BY the Milwaukee Il St.
Paul and Omaha roads was discussed.
Those present at this meeting were: Cen
erai Freight Agent Bird Northwestern
Freight Agent Boyden, Assistant General
Passenger Agent Dixon and Division
Freight Agent Loughley, representing the
Milwaukee * ST. Paul; General Traffic
Manager Wicker, General Passenger Agent
Hair, Assistant General Freight Agent
Knapp OF the Chicago a Northwestern:
Vice President Truesdale Northwestern
Freight Agent Kimball, Ticket agent Whit
taker of the Minneapolis q St. Louis. and
Traffic Manager Clarke OF the Omaha
road.
As has been previously stated in the
GLOBE the thought was generally enter
tanned that the Minneapolis 4 st. Louis has
been, since the managers accommodating
commercial tickets to most any one who
called for them, while the agreement pro
yided that these tickets should be only sold
BY that company to commercial houses.
The Milwaukee & st. Paul and Omaha roads
brought the matter before the meeting for
discussion, 1but they had
NOT A VERY STRONG CASE,
for they failed 20 show where the Albert
Lea had violated the agreement. There
was only one instance that was shown
where the company had sold TO a party not
entitled 10 the commercial rate. and that
was done through misrepresentation on the
part of the purchaser. The freight
agents were present at this meeting
70 see how the passenger agents
had been using these tickets. They cannot
be sold by the ticket agent of the Minnea-
polls & ST. Louis without a written order
from the freight agent. The Omaha and
Milwaukee roads sell mileage tickets at
cents per mile, which the Albert Lea
claimed was equal to the $500 rate charged
by Il for commercial tickets to Chicago. and
that Il could not use a joint ticket as COM
mercial men cOnld not use it direct 70 Chi
cagO. and it would take nearly life time 10
use a thousand-mile ticket up. The Albert
Lea people showed that they had main
tanned al the stipulations of the managers
agreement, and the Milwaukee & ST. Paul
and Omaha acknowledged they had made a
mistake and that the Albert Lea had been
selling legitimately and holding to the
agreement. 1t was agreed then by the roads
doing the accusing not 70 put on for sale the
commercial tickets, and the Minneapolis
consented 20 sell these tickets TO Chicago at
Sl0-25. with rebate of S2.O5, or 5000
for the round trip with rebate of $40.
The meeting lasted about two hours and q
half aud then adjourned. The meeting of
the freight agents in the afternoon was a
prOtracted one. they being in session from
noon until $50 o'clock. The business dis
eussed related 10 rates 10 and from interior
points. and was Of no special interest only
10 the freight agents themselves.