The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1886-06-11
RELATIVE TO THE RAILWAYS.
Another Cut in orthwestern Passen.
ger ates--BurlingtOn Extern
siOns-Track Talk.
AM lTHER REpucTIoN.


the passenger war in the northwest, the |
east bound rates from ST. Paul, Minneap-
oils, aud other northwestern points to
Chicago, have not been largely disturbed,
and nominally all lines have adhered to
the Sli tirst-class and IS second class
agreed rates. 1t is now understood that
the Rock Island has decided to take the
aggressive in this direction, and has re-
quested General Passenger Agent Boyd,
of the Minneapolis & St. Louis, to put in
force first-class rate st. Paul to Chica-
go of 1926 This will put in effect on
those lines the same rate both ways. 1t
is probable that the St. Paul and the
Northwestern roads will take the same
action as on the west bound. adopting
SAC as their second-clsss rate But in
pursuance of the st. Paul's established
policy, it will make $425 the
first-class rate from Council Bluffs to
Chicogo. In the other direction Chica-
go to st. Paul, the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul company has decided to
lower its first class rate limited, from $40
to the same as by the ALBERT Lea" route,
"a. %, and In the same proportion to all
points in the northwest. 1t also reduces
rates to Rock Island from So. 40 to So.
There is a fair prospect that other reduc-
tiens will be made as occasion arises and
other vulnerable points are uncovered.
There is still sufficient margin left for
radical cuts, and the public will be duly
grateful to the roads involved in the con-
| test if they will demonstrate that SO
cent fare for five hundred miles of trans
portation can be furnished without i'm
pairing the revenues of the contestants
1t is rather a costly method of proving
the correctness of the principles at stake,
but the patrons are more interested in Sc
curing cheap fares than in bothering their
heads about the causes that lead to the
cuts being put into effect.
THE 20" WILL EXTEND.
The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
railroad yesterday let contract for the
construction of the important: extension
of its lines in Illinois. heretofore men.
| toned in these columns. The extension
is from Galesburg to Peoria, twelve miles,
and will shorten the company's line from
Peoria TO Rock Island by twenty two
miles, and the line from Rock Island to
St. Louis ten miles. The contract is for
$500, 600, and provides that the line shall
be constructed by September The ex-
tension is made as much as anything else
to prevent the shutting of Rock Island
out entirely as an important point
when the new line is completed from st.
Louis to St. Paul. Coming in here by
way of Barstow, would necesstate consid-
cradle loss of time, and the run into Rock
Island would have to be operated as
Stub" Such will not necessarily be
the case now, and this will remain an i'm
portant point on the 90" especially
when the company bridges the river from
here to Davenport.
| TRACK TALK
The railroad conductors running into
Rock Island are preparing to attend the
union meeting of the conductors of the
United States at Beardstown Sunday.
Says the Chicago Inter Ocean President
R. r. Gable, of the Rock Island road,
returned from the East last evening. An
official of the company spoke yesterday
of the Telegram received here from St.
Paul announcing that the Rock Island
road was considering the possibility of
securing shorter line to Chicago than it
had at present. The official stated that
some time ago the subject came up with
a view of securing such AN ally as would
allow it to offer stronger competition to lis
rivals, the st. Paul and Northwestern
roads, but that nothing had come up of
late in connection with the matter Still,
it was possible that Mr.. Cable might con-
fer with Messrs. Washburn and Stickney
at an early day.