Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-04-03
CHICAGO TO CALIFORNIA. s14.5o,
Another Cut in Passenger Rates
That Takes Everybody by
Surprise.

With the arrival in the city of J. w
Morse, general passenger and ticket
agent OF the Union Pacific Road, whose
office is in Omaha. came the telegraphic
announcement yesterday morning of an.
other cut in transcontinental passenger
rates, this time inaugurated by the Union
Pacific Road. The new rate on limited
tickets from Council Bluffs or Omaha to
California points is $50, with rebate of $25.
making tie net first-class limited rate from
the Missouri river So, or from Chicago
$l4.5O. The second class is 500, with SIS
rebate, which equalizes the tariff on ali
classes. Through tickets of the Eastern
lines, with exchange coupons or orders
drawn on Missouri river offices. at gross
rates, will be accepted in exchange for
rebate tickets at these figures. Arbitrator
Wilson, of the Missouri River Association
yesterday issued instructions to the effect
that these rates will take the place of any
other quotations, and that the gross rates
quoted will apply hereafter to unlimited
points IN Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and
Colorado affected by them. No rebate.
however, will be paid except on tickets to
California destinations. ~
nave no means of knowing how
soon the fight will end," said Mr.. Wilson.
IN conversation with the Herald man
Rates may go lower, and they NAV
not; but there's one thing certain. the
roads will lose nothing by the transconti-
mental war in the long run. The cutting
OF rates is the most effective ADVERTISING
scheme ever resorted to in booming q
sparseiy populated section of the country
us what built up Kansas and other |
States, and will rebound greatly to the
lntef ests OF both the State of California
ana a1S the transcontinental railroads
when 1t appears on the surface that the
companies are losing on through trans.
continental business they are at that verv
time realizing fortune on local fro f.iic
The fight will come out all right in the
The $50 round-trip rate; good for civ
is still maintained. The otbar
roads interested in business beyond tba
missouri River were as much snrnr;sad
at the Union Pacifc's cut to As as tbou
were at the reduction of the ronnd fri. -tr;1
rate to $3S on the previous dav Thp
Denver q Rio Grande was nror,nt
enough in meeting it, but the Atchisopp
topeka d Sante Fe hing back for saw,
'rai hours before taking the inevita hio
teton. en-; 'o'i.aoie
uenerai Passenger and Ticket Agent
Worse, OF the Union Pacific, spent e tho
lay in the company's office on Cla a
ereet and seemed to have his hands fnl1
u business. eve are down to bed-rocL i
ND doing great deal of good. he said
the Herald representative. sIf the
ght does not last GOO long the result Of
ne war will be beneficial to all concerned
Ian, lany Tor years have dreamt of GOING tn
when they were rich enonoh
h no are now awaiting themselves of The
neap rates, and are taking long ride
u little money, just to see the co1htrv
{ 40 not look for speedy settlement
ne Atchlson, Topeka & Santa Fe Road
ent out of the New York conference aa
ly1ng that it had given its ultimatum :
40 ad when it was wanted the other roads
'uId send for it. If it waits till it is sent
!: think it will be long time. In all .
lJustments OF percentages the Santa Fe
Is been awarded by arbitrators noro
oney than the amount of its business
ouid justify. 1t is always the old and
ore INES that have to make concessions Il
the weaker fry, and in this case tho
mon Pacific, being the oldest and most
rect line to the coast, has to suffer nv hv
unreasonable demands of roads less
Voraoly constructed, yet which possess nr
checking power to influence rates. y "
licago Herald. ~