St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-27
FASTER TRAIN TIME
Between St. Paul, Minneapolis and Chicago
is What is Wanted By the Entire
Community.
Fast Trains Favored By the Milwaukee and
Omaha, but Objected to by the
Rock Island.
Matters Placid in the Passenger Stu
alton ~ Chicago on 81. Paul
Business.
TranscontinentalPa Passenger Affairs In
an Uncertain Condition--Gen-
eral Notes.
Time Be,weenst. PauIana chicago

Time Between -. Paul and Chicago.
The subject of faster time between st.
Paul and Minneapolis and Chicago and
vice versa, which was discussed by the
general passenger agents of the Milwaukee
~ st. Paul. the Chicago * Northwestern,
the Omaha. the Rock Island and the Hi
nOis Central roads at Chicago on Thursday
is one in which the entire community is in
terested. At the meeting the Rock Island
would not make any passenger agreement
unless all the lines agreed that there should
be no change in the present schedule Of
passenger train time that should make the
ST. Paul and Minneapolis people feel TN
friendly 10 the Rock Island, and the meet
ing was adjourned sine die. General Pas
senger Agent st. John of the Rock Island
would not consent TO an eaSt-bOund
agreement but wanted a local west
/ bOuno agreement with the privilege
OF paying 81 street commission in Chicago
and no reduction on schedule time between
Chicago or St. Paul or ST. Paul and Chi
cagO. which the Milwaukee IL St. Paul,
Chicago 81 Northwestern and Omaha roads
would not consent TO. These latter roads
are not SO particular about the other minor
clauses in the many agreements the Rock
Island seeks TO impose on them. the one
great and chief question with them being
that Of quicker time between Chicago and
Minneapolis and St. Paul. For the past
year these lines have been desirOuS of in
augurating faster schedule Of passenger
train time between these cities, but the
Rock Island, with its 125 miles surplus
line, has opposed fast time and prevented
the other roads making it by annOunc-
ing its intention of cutting rates il the
present time was reduced. The other lines
are
CoNsERvATORs OF REVENUE
and have delayed making a new train
schedule. hoping the Rock Island would
cOncede the right to the short lines TO make
the reduction. Things are i'm this
tangled condition at present, and just
what will be done is not known. IL is safe
to say, however, that the Milwaukee & st.
Paul and Omaha roads will come out
boldly and make the reduction In passenger
time, and show the Rock Island that they
are the short lines between ST. Paul and
Chicago, and have the first say in the mat
| ter of quicker time between these points;
| then the Rock Island can make what move
best suits it, and whatever it does will be
met by the Milwaukee IL st. Paul and
Omaha lines. The time now taken between
the points named is eighteen hours, the
schedule time for stock trains, and the
| Paul and Omaha lines to pledge themselves
not to make any faster time for a whole
year. Officials of the two latter lines yes
terday, in speaking of the request made by
the Rock Island. said: The gall OF the
Rock Island in asking such a concession
| from us simply overwhelmed us, and we
Immediately moved for an adjournment of
the meeting. and all the while the counter
ance of Mr.. st. John was like that of
man who holds four aces against a pair.
| He was undoubtedly Influenced in asking
this concession from us by an Outburst of
magnanimity; possibly his idea was to pre-
serve our rolling stock"
THE GENERAL BELIEF
is that the Milwaukee & St Paul and
| Omaha lines will shorten the hours from
eighteen to fourteen hours beginning about
May l. The Burlington d Northern will
make this time as soon as it gets running TO
Chicago, and the two pioneer Chicago lines
are not going TO have the Burlington set
them an example. They will make the dis
tance i'm fourteen hours before the Burling-
ton 81 Northern gets running into st. Paul,
and when it does it will have to do as the
Milwaukee & st. Paul and Omaha lines do
and not the reverse. At the Chicago meet
ing the Burlington people were in attend
ance. and in the matter of a reduction of
time sided i'm with the Rock Island. 1t
showed plainly that it wanted a delay
in the Inauguration OF the fast
trains between ST. Paul and Chicago until
it arrives here and it would not wait for the
consent of any road to do what the other
lines had delayed doing. The threatened
rate war by the Rock Island would not
deter it in its ambition to stand before the
public as the precedent in this inception. 1t
I 1s. trrfV To Gfn tie he
fore it is actually i'm the field,
but the Milwaukee & st. Paul and Omaha
roads will not have it, and long before tine
Burlington 81 Northern is in q position to
run train out of st. Paul the Omaha and
Milwaukee roads will have trains leaving
St. Paul daily about q. III. and arriving in
Chicago at p. IN. There are those who
believe that the Rock Island will in a year
or two give up the fight for st. Paul busi-
ness. The time in year will be general at
fourteen or fifteen hours to Chicago, and
the Rock Island with $40
miles line cannot possibly make this
time. IL it does continue as
Chicago and St. Paul line it will undOubt-
edly be allowed differential of dollar or
two against tariff by the other lines. The
superintendents of the Milwaukee 81 st.
Paul and Omaha and Chicago 81 Northwest
em roads will likely get together in a week
or two and arrange new schedule of time
for passenger trains. The Rock Island at
present shows decidedly enyious feeling
toward these two lines, and rate war on
east-bOund business is something that is not
at all unlikely. 4 fight has already com
menced on west-bOund business, and yes
terday tickets were selling Chicago to st.
Paul and Minneapolis at S11 first class, a