St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-31
A BOYCOTT BURSTED.
The 500 Will Enter Detroit by
Grand Rapids & Lansing
Northern.
st. Paul Chicago Officials Are
Now Inclined to Kick Them
selves.
They Find 1t Is Useless to At
tempt to Buck the
500.
A Smart Fraud Perpetrated
on the Kansas City Con-
duetorS.

"The Central Traffic association was
of the opinion that it had struck mas
ter blow when it commanded the Michi-
gan Central to refuse to honor the tick
cts issued by the 500, even if the road
was paid full local fares" remarked a
veteran railroad man, who is, by the
way. connected with leading st. Paul
Chicago line, yesterday afternoon, ''but
blind man can see that it was great
mistake. The 500 is again cock of the
walk, and it will remain in that posi-
ton. The lines running from here to
Chicago are in no position to fight 1t,
and we are foolish to try such thing"
These remarks were called forth when
# became known that General PaSsen-
ger Agent Hubbard, of the 500. had
made a combination with the Grand
RAPIDS & Indiana and the Detroit, Ian
sing d Northern by which the special
trains of the 500 will be taken over
those lines to Detroit from Mackinaw
City. They will leave the latter city at
the time set for the Michigan Central
and will reach Detroit at the same time
as if the other road had been taken.
The boycott placed on the 500 by the
Michigan Central was forced by the
Central Traffic association, of which
it is a member, being, an east
and west as well as
through line. The Michigan Central
obeyed the order, and the enemies OF
the 500 rejoiced because they supposed
that this meant that the Grand Rapids
and Indiana and Detroit. Lansing u
Northern. being Vanderbilt roads. as is
the Michigan Central. would also boy
colt the 500. In this they were mis-
taken. The Michigan Central obeyed
TO save being put under the ban as the
Chicago q Alton was, but the other
two roads gladly met the 500 half way.
Tine veterans who propose to go to
Detroit have no reason to complain OF
this little railroad war. as the action OF
the Michigan Central alone in attempt
ing to block the 500 forced the rate on
all the lines down to Sl6.25,
the Burlington meeting the Soo's
cut early Yesterday morning. Whether
tile rate will 90 any lower or not is not
known, but the Burlington will meet
the 500 as far down as Sl1.5O, and the
Michigan Central will not refuse to
honor these tickets. There is desire
evident on all sides to let up now, and
it is likely that the rates will not be
forced down below Sl6.25.
obscured for a time the fight on ex-
cursion rates TO Eastern points, but
when this war is over that will COM
mence along the line marked out some
days ago, when the Wisconsin Central
gave notice that they would meet the
500 down to the point of making
round trip rate of s33 to Montreal.
The reduction of the rates to Detroit
to S16.25 by the 500 and Burlington
leaves the Wisconsin Central, Mil
waukee, and Northwestern in pc
cuIiar position-in place in short that
gives them the choice of cutting rates
or giving up the idea of catching any of
the travel to Detroit The sum of the.
local rates by way of Milwaukee and
across the lake is s16.S5, and this
these lines, excepting the North
western, announced would be the
rate at which tickets would be
sold. This was 90 cents lower than the
rate fixed over the Burlington by the
Traffic association, and to remove the
idea that they were cutting rates the
Milwaukee and Wisconsin Central
raised it to SITS. They are now de-
cidedly not in it, as reduction to Sl6.25
will bring them under a rate equal to
the sum of the locals and subject them
to charges of violating two points i'll the
association compact.