St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-16
NORTH SHORE GAPS CLOSED,
And With This a Lively Struggle is
Likely to Ensue.

And With This Lively Struggle is
Likely to Ensue.
A dispatch from Ottawa last evening
stated that the gaps ON the Cana
dian Pacific along the north shore
of Lake Superior were completed, and
special train had left for Winnipeg. This
news will not be relished by the American
lines, as the great contest for the emigra-
ton carrying business will now begin. The
low rate charged by the Pennsylvania road
from New York to Chicago is of small ac-
count when the rate through from New
York or from Europe to the Northwest is
considered. The Canadian Pacific all this
time has been doing nice little share of
the emigrant haul from Quebec and Mon
treal to the Northwest by way of it's Credit
Valley extension to St. Thomas, Ont, and
from there via the Canada Southern to
Detroit, and the Michigan Central from
there to Chicago. It will be remembered
that at a meeting last Feb
ruary at Chicago a rate of $22
was agreed upon by the Northwestern
trunk lines and the Manitoba road for the
haul from Chicago to Winnipeg, and at the
same meeting the Canadian Pacific road
agreed to
QUOTE AN EQUAL RATE
with the Eastern trunk lines from the coast
to Chicago of about IS, on emigrant busl-
ness only. This is rate of about $50
from New York to Winnipeg. But the
Pennsylvania inaugurated and adopted
81 rate from New York to Chicago, and as
all that class of business is done by that
line now to Chicago, the rate is virtually
$23 from New York to Winnipeg. Since
the meeting was held in Chicago ocean
emigrant rates have advanced SIS, and
rate via American steamship and railroad
lines from Europe to Winnipeg is at the
very lowest. The Canadian Pacific Joined
the league on traffic via Chicago simply to
prevent the other lines from breaking
from the rates agreed upon, while
it could as soon as it's line was completed
from Quebec or Halifax to Winnipeg, make
rate as low as it pleased by the new route
and catch ON to what business it could by
it's Chicago route and still maintain the
stipulations of the contract. Shortly after
this agreement was formed, it and the
Allan Steamship company
FORMED AN ALLIANCE
to do through business from Europe to
Manitoba points on as low basis as posi-
BILE and at figure that American lines
could not think of meeting. After time
sensation was caused by the discovery
that the Allan Steamship company and the
Canadian Pacific were prepared as soon as
navigation opened or the latter's line was
completed to carry passengers from Europe
to Winnipeg for 1926, the rail line taking
$11 for its share and the steamship company
S13 for it's share. This rate from Europe
to Winnipeg is only SO more than the rate
from New York to Winnipeg by the Amer
lean lines. The completion of the Canadian
Pacific line will therefore cause struggle
between the American and Canadian lines
for the majority of the business. 1t will
also be likely to cause the withdrawal of
the Allan line steamers from the port of
Philadelphia, which port it comme4fetdl to
do business to of late to give its pasteHgers
the benefit Of the Pennsylvania roads 81
rate to New York. 9sff