St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-19
WAR INAUGURATED.
Some of the Transoontinental Lines Out-
ting Deep Into California PaSsen-
ger Rates.
PROSPECTS, Favorable for a Continuance
With Increased Fierceness In
Hostilities.
The House Committee Holds Scan'
Session Relative to PACING
Land Grants.
vor+bern Pacific summer Freight
Rates--Another Canadian fa
cific scheme.
rrhaEirhtHas Begun

The Transcontinental Pool assoclauoh
dissolved. and war has already opeheu oh
passenger business to California points.
Yesterday the Union Pacific telegraphea
all its agents and connecting lines tlat IL
wouId make the passenger rates TO CallIor-
MIA noints from Council Bluffs, taking eIlecI
at once at 500. unlimited, $50, limited,
and s25 second and emigrant. The tariff
rates are 500 first unlimited; So4, nrst
limited. sra. second and emigrant $40.
The Union Pacific now puts second and
emigrant Oh an even basis at reduction OF
EDO from the second class rate. All the
Southern lineshave joined in the hgIt, anu
the prospects are that this Will De the nero
est railroad war that has ever occurred OH
Pacific coast business, They nave an put
on for sale an issue of Washington Ierri-
tory and Oregon tickets; though 10 sucH
points no direct cuts have Deen hiauo Wy
San Francisco. 1t is not yet known whether
fbe lines running direct are cutting Port
land rates or not, but it is possible fhey
will 50 as 10 eOualiZe the rates VIA gan
Francisco and the direct route via the
Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line and
the Northern Pacific roads. The rate 10
Portland via San Francisco. made by add
ing the local rate between San francisco
and Portland TO the cut rate to San iran
cisco is less than the tariff rate by the direct
lines, and it is most probable that To-Day
the Union Pacific and Northern racine
roads
WILL. REDUCE THEIR RATE
to Portland to protect their business. The
war being precipitated on the passenger
business is rather curious, as hrst-class
passenger business was not pooled, there
being a pool only on emigrant business: III
is thought that the war will Immediately De
extended 10 freight business. and that the
roads will carry freight for almost nothing:
Several of the lines which are desirOus OF
being recognized as full-fiedged transcohtl-
mental lines have been awaiting just such
sn opportunity to demonstrate their import
ance by showing the other lines what they
can really do. The AtchisOn. Topeka q
Santa Fe has been asking for an Increased
percentage and will now have chance TO
show whether it can haul 40 per cent. OF
the entire traffic. the amount it claimed 1t
did. The great trouble has been that there
were not enough per cents. in 100 to divide.
If each road received what IL Thought IL was
entitled TO- there would be a total OF about
$50 per cent. The result Of all the recent
meetings was, as fOreshadOwed. an utter
failure so far as they aimed TO establish re-
latiOns between the jealous companies.
The Pacific Steamship company was notlhed
that the contract by which it was receiving
a monthly subsidy from the TranScontl-
mental association was cancelled. The end
ing of the association means hot night
between the big transcontinental lines for
the mastery, and fight that cannot under
any circumstances be brought to close for
four or five months. Everybody is mad and
nothing short of rate war on big scale
can clear things up.