Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-07-27
rsrrc1AL TELEGRAM TO THE pIsrArcH.l

rsrHcIAL TELEGRAM TO THE pIsPArcH.l
CHICAGO, July 26.-The Pennsylvania
lines will tomorrow inaugurate 40 per
cent reduction in passenger rates between
Chicago and Indianapolis, New Albany,
Louisville and Cincinnati. The new rates
will be S3 so between Chicago and Indian
apolis aad s. between Chicago and Louis
vile and Cincinnati. The officials of the
Pennsylvania road claim this slash in rates
is made to meet the alleged secret manipu-
lstion of rates by the Louisville, New Al
bany and Chicago. 1t is claimed that for
some time past the latter road has been op-
Grating through scalpers, and while pro-
Tossing to maintain the tariff, scalpers were
allowed to sell tickets of its issue
at from 81 to 81 under regu-
lar rates. General Passenger Agent
Ford finally concluded that something must
be done, and therefore issued orders that
rates be reduced to the lowest figures made
by the New Albany. Neither the Eastern
Illinois nor the New Albany has yet given
notice of a reduction to meet that of the
Pennsylvania, but they probably will come
down Immediately.
continental Association wrangled to no pur-
pose over Canadian Pacific all this morn
ing. In the afternoon meeting the Canadian
Pacific representative, who has been dis
posed all along to make concessions, made
what he termed. a liberal proposition. The
Canadian Pacific would, he said, submit to
SIXTY PER CENT REDUCTION
of present differential rates on all articles
on which it has been running ahead of its
due proportion. Other points also were
conceded in the interest of harmony.
Traffic Manager Stubs, of the Southern
Pacific, was the only one 10 OBJ
ject to the proposition, but he was
apparently more than match for the
representatives. of the other roads. He held
that the Southern Pacific was not entitled
to any of the business of this country and
should give up its diferentials altogether:
General Freight Agent Kerr Suggested
he had offered, be tried for
three months, leaving everything else
as at present. This was not
agreed to, and at the time of adjournment
the roads were no nearer settlement than
when they started. The-fght will probably
last a while longer, as the Southern Pacific
will try to drive the Canadian road as far as
possible.
A New York dispatch says: The officials
of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company
have notified the Transcontlnental Associa-
tion that unless the subsidy from railroads
is increased they will cut rates, and take all
the freight they can get It is thought that
this is the preliminary step to a war against
the Canadian Pacific road, and the fact that
the Southern Pacific has refused to allow
nrrrrprNrrAr pArr
to the Canadian Pacific is considered con-
irmation of this belief The transconti-
mental roads intimate that they are willing
to divide through business, giving the
Canadian Pacific per cent, and dispatches
from Chicago received to-day said that the
Canadian Pacific was willing to agree to it.
If the Canadian Pacific insists upon diff
ferential, however, a war of rates will Ger
tainly follow.
A Denver dispatch says: An evening
paper says: "The seaboard rate of 81 %
per hundred first class freight, which went
into effect to-day on the Fort Worth road,
via Galveston and the Gulf, will be met to-
morrow by a similar rate upon all other
trunk lines centering in Denver. This lat
ter rate is authorized by the Transcontinen-
tai Association, and will apply to all roads
affected by the Fort Worth's action.
Shipments may be made by either
lake and canal route by the gulf from
Savannah or by Galveston and the gulf as
deemed expedient. The reduction, however,
does not apply to all rail routes. So far no
tariff has been issued affecting the grain
shipments, which so far as the agricultural
States of the West are concerned are by far
the most important of ALL Whether they
will be is purely matter of conjecture.