Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-25
THE RAILROAD WAR.
Passenger Rates to the East Still Tend
Downward.

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fSan Fi1ncisco Bulletin, February 24th
Thepyefand ticket market appeared to
be moe Cemoraiized this morning than it
has been Up to the present time, and only
the aetna purchasers of tickets were able
to tell thel lowest rates of fare. According
to the sta zments of most agents of Eastern
lines rate3were somewhat lower than they
have been. but the ability to purchase
tickets at the rates quoted was disputed by
other railroad men. The Union Pacific.
Denver shd Rio Grande, Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy, and the Chicago Milwau-
kee and St. Paul Roads each offered third
class tickets to Chicago at S25-the lowest
price yet. The Burlington and Denver and
Rio GraBde offered first-cass, limited, to
Chicago for $50. and to New York for 1853.
The Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Road
offered unlimited tickets 10 New York at
ST., and limited at 1853. The Chicago and
Northwestern claims that the lowest figures
are: To New York, unlimited, $50:
limited, 500: to Chicago, unlimited S63
limited S53; third-class, 500. At the At
laniic and Pacific Office a reduction of IS
has been made in the schedule prices, evil
IDENTIFY to meet a similar reduction made bv
the Southern Pacific Company The Chi
cago and Alton had not made any change
in rates this forenoon, the S27 so rate to
Chicago, third-ciass, remaining unchanged.
TRUNK LINES FROM NEW YORK TO CHICAGO.
1t is possible that the trunk lines from
New York to Chicago will be drawn into
the fight, as 1t is understood that the Erie
has begun to cut on overland business. A
meeting OF the managers of the trunk lines
and of the Iowa lines was called for to-day.
at which it was expected that something
would be done. The cut rate of the Atchi-
son. Topeka and Santa Fe of $50 first-elass
from Kansas City to San Francisco shows.
as one railroad man expressed it. that that
road has very sharp knife This rate had
not been given on east-bound travel this
morning, the Atlantic and Pacific managers
lot having followed the lead of the Atchi-
son. Topeka and Santa Fe road The indi-
cations this morning were that rates would
fall still lower
In the afternoon there was little change
in rates, beyond the reduction of third
class tickets TO Chicago to $25 by the At
lantic and Pacific Railroad, to meet the
cuts by other lines.
DOWNWARD TENDENCY OF RATES.
The tendency of rates is still downward
and it is expected that tomorrow they will
be still lower, SIS for third-class tickets to
Omaha and Kansas City, 500 to Chicago
and $50 to New York being the rates stlg-
gested as likely to rule. To-day the ruling
rate to New York was s35, with one or two
purchasers claiming that they got tickets
for S333. A few buyers of first class unlim-
tied tickets claim that they secured them
for SIS.
Precautions are being taken by the rail
roads to prevent speculation in the unlim-
tied tickets, and the establishment of
scalping offices after rates are restored. No
tickets are sold without the signature of
the purchaser being attached tn them ar
the time of purchase, which furnishes the
means Of identifying the holder of the
ticket when it is presented for use.
THE PASSENGERS SIGNATURE.
A conductor may call for the signature of
a passenger at any time, and if it should
not agree with that on the ticket. the latter
may be confscated This privilege the
railroad reserves in consideration of the
low price of the tickets. The Atlantic and
Pacific has not yet sold any unlimited
tickets at less than the old schedule rates.
but will be forced to do so, it is likely,
should the war be kept up long.