New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-19
THE PUBLIC DISAPPOINTED
WORLDS FAIR RATES FAR TOO HIGH

, ..,.d IN convince one TINT the railroads. p9
,ct,on Of last Wednesday, failed utterly 10 me-
| o>p.cations Of business men In the matter VI .,
r,t.. ~ tbo World, Fair at Chicago. Dsapi",''"'
| +, ,r., oven among those persons who are uiSp0''"
| . uo fnu consideration for the rights Oh INV '
| 10 ...culr REASONABLE profit strong S'''''"'. -,
| ,.nrr.s,d that the reduction OF 70 per '''' ,,n
| ON slow trains /, absurdy small lh're was raIn,.
| onor, the merchants, who are anxious i""' '' 49,,
| INTEREST. -houla be- protected that reduction "
| n GA m ~ nor cent would b. decided upon ny '"'
| rtl..,d. and many persons thought That unu'
crc,,r, ,,n,c, the fare could easily be c III
rohn Clann. who was a member OF the 'o''''H'
| ~ tb. Chamber Of Commerce appointed 10 'o'', ~,
| tl. trunk un,~ asserts That the Ol'"'''r ,. am,
Il radical reduction In rate, and f. b. i""'" r,
| other member Expresses gTicvou, disapp"l"''"v"' -
MIDI, form applied 10 the of the T'iiroauS 20
vllbor,L~ Expressions strong as That Oh 'o'"'
| ,,o ,u,jtcd hv some mca Merchants VINO "''
! man -, rood Judgment in these matters "u Nv.
hesitate 70 predict that tie attitude oi '"' ""1
| ,er.i.tod in would largely curtall the 'ApN'u "
| IN Chicago and from Chicago TO Ne" io'M,
| railroad plea II dcdciency In equipment WIS 'r
| OF hv one man when he declared thl' ""''' :, +,
! , viii there WAS "A way. Plenty OF time 'Nl'''' " ),
r-,A f,r t. renewing OF all defects IN equipment
II is also contcndcd 10y those opposed 10 '"' "'''0
q, r, r.,d, that con ld,ralions above these u ''o
| rrort ought 70 govern The common '"',a,
! receive so many Privileges from the S'H''' '''7
all th. comments made yesterday ran an u'"'''"'' ~
| Of hon. that the action 81 the EuIIo""' wa, '''
rnol lut that Mt M ,nrly Day pnblc Np'l''" III
n,,l., would had them decide upon more sweeping
reduction In rates.
,i.nry Claws. the wall stvet hanier. declared uA'
tho railroad, I'D made decided mi,ta' Ia tAcf ''"o'
u.o.,,., Fair rates, The reduction T.
vL,lly luaGequltc" he said. "it shoud have been
% - per cent at least Apply the pnh'p'' o' O",'
pc. +, the question. \ dr goods merchant presents
Two or three na, Il -iap" goods ~ an 'N'F'"'H ~"
prlcc. the Gust. MGR buys them. and looking ao'Au 49,
c.. other line, ~ goods h. wants. and on the '"'"
nrouut Of hl, purchases the merchant makes mp iof
All be conceded the two or thru" Spc'l"ln'S. i'
,our,,A. should stimulate a rush to the N'rN i'''
even II they have 70 carry passengers a!nol III ','
md fh, benefits they viii derive from i'lsn' "'''
created hy The success Of The Exhibition VIII give
n,.m rch profits. L,y rates nre wanted ana '"'3
ull Doe - yly4ufacc - O1tl -" pubic "'" '"' u"'
r.r'ltou ln'.."
r,.is~nt Evan Tiomn.. 4 'Hr Produce EN'hnns''
,,,tlp- 81 tie rate, agreed upon io chicago '''
.-v.rylody connected with IA" FAIR seems l" uc NJ
,crttlng 10 make - much ont II II that th'S VIII mn
ne whole thing Everybody Who gees '"'''
,i,od.r,a There 4, no other word for II. banker
TN, m adjoining state who was az the opening II"
cook. AGO tod me that II Wholesale robbery WHO"
v,s met with on every side. The RAILROADS seer"
now ~ have gone In 10 get what u'y o'"' Inv
Isn't enough money iu The country 10 TAKE P''r'
thorn nj such rates and leave them "hYtmnS - Sr''-
,.r ,he, ,.t there. II Il system ~ orsAhN"
,lurlcr That 1, all can say about H. ~ ~ "''
oue-ti.n of wing mp ell the r'ad' ana ''o'P'"- Wv
.,,. ~ ,,i,hf I believe tie theory j. mat all the
r,t line. have douil" tracks all th' way. Il zoe
...n o. II people -AouT have a chance 10 S''
Tho r.,r without ,pcnllns more money than many WHO
,ueh, 20 sec It can aford - pay
T. u. Thrrlcr eaii: the action OF the p'''''.'
o, ~, trunk line. IN maintaining fnll rates on rS''ar
% be-
icon generally expected that nm open rate al '''
i f., tl,. usual excursion rat' ior parties OF one
, . ,iir, fares fog a round trip would b" grah'c'.
If,v far the proYo,,A excursion u"lhs "' 'N'"'',
r,,.. viii meet the problem remains 70 be Ne''' y.
,h. interview which the committee "t me 'h'"p' "a
commerce hnd with the Trunk Line C'ni''''o" -"
r.d,, lo-t We so, the impression that th' requests
.,,rIttcl w,rc no, deemed unIcaS 'ra0ic b' N' rep
r..eutatlvc, NJ the roads present aga 'n"' ''',
r.old l substantially granted. ihc raIlr c"'''
II. o.y,-.ctcd However. to make a rate w'lch "o'"u
NAT l., r.munclaiivc 10 them; nid II II 'c "'c''c"
,,osouubl, fir hotels and hachn,n II raise u''r "'
H. .c.rns fair fli railroad, - maintain '"ir ''H"'"
r,i., suppose they mason that their roIn"S s'"'"
,m ,o fully employed and SHOULD II prove that they
y,lu have a surplus capacity, they can employ " ''
naslnr special c>cur.i.n rates. Ih' bn''h''' 'o''
,,,,y T. chiefly Interested In having the same rates
.rlcd :, New YORK. a, applcl ~ Chicago 80 ,'''
vi iors TO Chicago can continue their WISH" u WV"
YORK or return home by way Of Network Ut an cN'
cursIon rtc II they choose 10 do So ana II Is 10 DC
hoped that these conditions VIII be s"n'ea oy the
railroads. Att,
,.r. hould be a larger Ill count tlan the roads have
made 49,
Frederick l.. ncbcr Of John II. Hcbert ~ co."
Ia .rbev should make u better rate There are
l,t Of people who cannot nj the hgtr" the ROADS
h,v. decided upon. and there many more who
RI will lp ~.l tod
.prit shown hy the railroads ana stay ut home do
,ot believe the roads viii get the crowds they cN'
pcct"
IL am not a railroad man." said X. II. IDImbcer.
.,nd I do mo-, know thu. cost Of traffic. Int 1t seems
- me that II We could take the people TO th" Fair NJ
cost II would he good thing. There are many
ucoplc I'm moderate circumstances to whom 1t would
be- Of great educational value, and II IS IN the public
Interest 10 have everybody go who can. don't
know how thl, be- brought about, but some effort
should be- made to give these people cheaper rates"
Many other people I'm downtown business circles
disappointment at the decision of the railroad
presidents. ether, held different views. a prominent
produce merchant who did not wish his name used
aid at seems to the arrangement Is most
bu>incsslkc. Everybody will want to 10 the fast
trains and win crowd them. BY making the reduction
on the slow rins the crush viii be relieved. don't
think the rate Will keep people from going They VIII
think Of the trip and will decide whether not they
can aIod 90 looking at the whole expense and the
railroad fare j. not the largest Item T. be considered.
The slight reduction which might further be- made
without los 10 the railroads would not tempt people
to think they could co. II In the face Of other expenses
they had decided they could not. For myself would
willingly pay the highest rate 10 avoid the ovcrcrowd
Ing Of cheap trains and the consequent discomfort.
| think most people would agree with me-"
John VI. Beach Of 1cirt. Weller & co., dlsap-
pointed mt the action of nic frank lines. "Fr)m our
point Of view,' he added, the position they take
Is net liberal wished T. SOC. We think that
the proper thing 10 do would be 10 charge fare
the round tIp. The reduction OF 20 per cent on
the rates Of the slow trains IS all that we had a
right t. expect. tdnk the companies should change
their plans nUi believe they will do so when they