St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-24
The st. Paul Chicago Blind
Pool Cannot Equalize
Percentages.
Evening UP Must Be Done on
Other Than First Glass
Business.
The Milwaukee and Kansas
City Do the Bulk of the
Traffic.
Discovery That the Wabash
Is Violating Tariffs on
Coal and Nails.

CHICAGO, July 23.-The Chicago-St
Paul blind pool is in trouble, great DIFF
| tculty being found in eQualizing or
evening up the percentages of the vari-
Gus roads. The opinion is gaining
ground that the st. Paul passenger pool
cannot be maintained much longer, as
! instead of helping the roads it is injur-
ing them, and more underhand work is
being praeticed under the agreement
| than under any previous arrangement.
All evening up has to be done with
| second-claSs, excursion and emigrant
| traffic, and there is not enough of that
to bring about proper adjustment
! of percentages. The first-elass bust
ness cannot be diverted, as the railroads
cannot force passengers to take a Speci-
fed road unless special or excursion
rates are granted. The Milwaukee 81
st. Paul appears to be the only one OF
the old roads that is holding its own
| under the blind pool. The Chicago 81
Northwestern and the Chicago. Bur
lington d Northern are suffering and
consequently nearly all the second-class
and excursion business has to be di-
rected by the Advisory Board over
these roads. The Chicago, st. Paul and
Kansas City next, to the Milwaukee d.
st. Paul. is doing the largest share of
the passenger traffic between Chicago
and st. Paul and it expects to maintain
the proud eminence il has gained dur
ing the last year. The following state
ment showing the percentages of pas
senger traffic carried by the various
roads during the month of June tells
the story:
oa1t
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul ....... 81
Chicago, ST. Paul IL Kansas City. . 10
Chicago q Northwestern. acknowledgements. Is
Wisconsin Central. Observation-Disclosures. l5
Chicago, Burlington Il Northern
Albert Lea Route Brock Island) . II
The Chicago IL Northwestern before
the organization of the blind pool ran
neck by neck with the Milwaukee d st.
Paul, leaving all the other roads far be-
hind. Now it is only fourth on a list of
six roads and the Albert Lea line, which
does not pretend to have much of a
passenger route between Chicago and
st. Paul, is only l per cent behind the
Northwestern. The Chicago. Burling-
ton 81 Northern, which, before the for
nation of the pool. held its own with
the Chicago, st. Paul 81 Kansas City
and the Wisconsin Central, is 'iout Of
sight," taking only per cent of the
business for June, and has to depend
entirely upon the diversions from the
other pool lines to give it that slight
. proportion of the traffic. The Wisconsin
Central has had to make most of the
diversions thus far, but lately has not
been as prompt in turning over business
as the members of the Advisory Board
would desire.
Chairman Finley, of the Western Pas
senger association, day or two ago
sent the following communication TO
Traffic Manager Ii. G.. Barlow, of the
Wisconsin Central:
Referring to diversion order No. II COM
municated to you under date of the 18th
INST, which requested that until further no
tice immigrant business west-bound. which
Chicago by MesSrs. Il. E. johnson & Co., deS-
tined TO or through st. Paul or Minneapolis,
shall be diverted and confined to the Chicago,
Burlington q Northern. / am directed by
the advisory board 10 request that said bust
ness shall be diverted and confined TO the
Chicago, Burlington & Northern and Chicago
q Northwestern railways. For the purposes
of the board it will be necessary for your
company to file with me a specific statement
at the end of each week of the orders thus
diverted, i'll the same manner as such state
ments are now rendered with respect to bust
ness diverted at st. Paul or Minneapolis
south-bound. l beg to again call your atten-
ton to the fact that the board is without
statement of this business which was diyerTl
ed under diversion order No. to the CHI
c1go, Burlington q Northern and Chicago
Rock Island & Pacific railways.