St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-04
SLASHED The RATES.
st. aul-Chicago Lines Pre-
fer Charges Against
Each Other.
Alleged Cutting Of Rates by
the Omaha and Kan
SaS City.
Chairman Finley Called Upon
to Pass Judgment on
ViolatoPS.
The Accused Roads Deny the
Charges Leveled Against
Them.

How the st. Paul Chicago lines love
each other. They are banded together
IN what is termed the Western Passen-
ger association, each road being under
heavy bond, oath, or what you like, to
abide by the rates and edicts fixed by
lis chairman. Having entered into this
agreement, decided upon their rates,
etc, the officials of the various roads
then set watch over each other to see
that no violations occur. AS cOnSe-
Quence, Chairman Finley'S life is almost
made unbearable by charges and coun-
ter-charges against the roads under his
jurisdiction. The latest cases brought
before Mr.. Finley were aired yesterday
in parlor of the Hotel Ryan. Mr.. Fin
ley arrived in the city by the morning
Chicago train. Two charges were in
veStigated-one, preferred by the Mil
waukee against the Omaha; two, pre-
ferred by the Burlington against the
Kansas City. Both were charges Of
selling tickets to brokers at cut rates.
The Milwaukee-Omaha case was first
taken up. The Milwaukee charged the
Omaha with covering, Dec. % last, the
sale of five Omaha unlimited tickets out
of a scalper's office in ST. Paul at s11
each. The case was first up for trial in
Chicago, Jan. 4. when the Omaha ex-
planned that they issued the tickets in
exchange for tickets issued by the Great
Northern railway. The Milwaukee
claimed that this was a violation of the
Western Passenger association agree
ment. The. Omaha retaliated by alleg-
ing that the Milwaukee was aware of
the original Great Northern tickets being
in the hands of the purchaser and di-
rected the purchaser to exchange them
for Omaha tickets, then to sell to the
scalper and go TO the Milwaukee and re-
purchase. No evidence in support of
this was furnished at the Chicago meet
ing, but later atlidayits and counter
af1idayitS were submitted. Chairman
Finley yesterday personally examined
witnesses OH these points. Both roads
are confident that they successfully pre-
scented their case, but nothing definite
on this point will be forthcoming for
some days, Mr.. Finley taking the whole
matter under consideration.
The BurlingtOnKanSaS case was next
tried. The Burlington position, as pre-
scented by Mr.. Kenyon, was as follows:
On Jan. 10 an agent of his entered a
scalper's Office and asked for cut rate
ticket to Chicago. The scalper, it was
claimed. was seen to go to the Kansas
City office and procure the ticket. The
ticket was numbered 5317.
The Kansas City, through G. II. Hold
ridge and G. E. Robb, denied this, and
produced MIR. Storr, from whom the
ticket was purchased. who stated that
he procured it at the office of Macken-
zie u Fry. The Kansas City people ex-
planned that the ticket was one of the
famous Petsch block sold by tine road
during the rate war two years ago.
MIR. Kenyon argued that this was not
the case, as but 5000 tickets were sold
PetSch, and that this ticket was num-
bered 5,317.
The Kansas City men were not back
ward in reply to this. They stated
that, while it had been admitted that
block of 5000 were sold, no one ever
stated that not more than that number
were sold. Besides it did not follow
that the tickets sold PelSch were num-
bered consecutively from to 5000.
Chairman Finley has heard all the
testimony and closely questioned the
witnesses, also took this case under adj
visement.
The Kansas City and the Burlington
officials were jubilant last evening.
Both claimed they had successfully pre-
sented their side of the case.
Mr.. Finley left on the night train for
Chicago.