The morning call., 1892-08-24
TRANSCONTINENTAL RATES.
a Meeting Of Railroad Men to Be
Held in New York To. Day.
Inc Railroad Ticket Agents AnXiously Await
ing Big Rate War in Passenger Traffic.
They Want So Fare to Chicago

All the eyes OF the railroad world are
turned toward New York, where the Trans
continental Association will meet to-day.
There will be an assent lage of railroad
oihclais in tue Windsor Hotel. in which
there Will he the brightest and most prOmi-
nent men in the business.
The Southern Pacific Company's forces,
composed of Messrs Stubs. Smurr and
Martin, were few days ago re-enforced by
L. ID. Goodman, the general passenger
agent, who. after the adjournment of the
Knights Templar cOuclave. repaired TO
New York to assist in the great tight his
company is about to engage in.
There Is now every probability that the
freight rates war will be supplemented by a
passeager-rate fight, and If such lis the case
the TranscOntinental Associations meeting
VIII be the stOrmiest one ever held.
The SIS cut inaugurated by the Chicago
and Alton and met promptly by the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe, which reduces
the fare from Kansas City 10 Chicago from
$40 to SO. and those from here to the Wind y
City cOrrespondingiy, will doubtless be
brought before the meeting OF the associa-
ton and ii remains TO be seen whether the
result OF that body's consideration of the
matter will make the cheapened rates n ot
only permanent. but will lead TO other re-
auctions.
WANT BIG RATE WAR.
The local railroad agents would like moth
ing better than big rate fight just now,
because business is dull and contest would
Ilven up affairs all arOund.i
Discussing the situation the active ticket
manipulators OH Montgomery and Market
streets yesterday said that every one of the
competing overland roads has given the
necessary three DAYS notice that they will
reduce their through rate to Chicago s., to
IN ~ fyaar .fa1
roads, the Alton and the Santa Fe.
While awaiting the expiration of these
three days the passenger agents are making
reduced rates on their own responsibility,
knowing iull well that they nave to do so In
order 10 meet competition.
good many representatives Of Eastern
roads would like to see repetition of the
great rate-cutting war Of 1885, when tickets
from this city TO Kansas City or Omaha
were sold as low as So. and in one instance
even as low as 81. They now become RENT
nlscent and talk about those times. That
solitary sale of ticket from Los Angeles
to Chicago was talked about a great deal
yesterday, and il was said that if similar
night should be made now people could
travel to Chicago for So first class.
LOOKING AHEAD.
Visions of long lines of intending ticket
BUYERS lining the sidewalks in trout of their
offices, when rates are made that low, made
all The pasteboard- happy, and they
live alter mouths of stagnatiOn in the hone
Of doing big business soon.
The Southern Pacific Company's fight for
reduction OF transcOntinental freight rates
10 meet ciipper-ship and other Cape Horn
competition, TO be mace during tie Trans
continental Association meeting is now con-
sidered 10 be a very complicated one by
men in this city who have given the matter
much consideration of late. 1t was at first
the opinion OF many that the Southern Pa
cllcs Influence in the association was so
great that Mr.. Stubs and his associates
could not fail 10 carry their point or wreck
the whole concern. These opinions have
changed considerably of late. and the men
WHO held them now say that they expect the
Southern Pacific Company Will be met with
an opposition great deal stro Iger than
Mr.. HuntiDgtou's men supposed to exist
when they asked that the meeting should
be called.
An the roads with Pacific Coast outlets
that can reach San Francisco by water con-
nectons will be aTrayed against the Kea-
lucky corporation. and there will be many
"aii-raii' roads siding with them.
OF course, so far as what is going to hap
pen. all the talk Is only con lecture, and the
proceedings of the meeting alone will show
what can be expected in the near future.
The League of Progress Board of Control
VIII meet Tomorrow afternoon, when the
committee which appeared before the Har-
boz Commissioners yesterday TO argue the
question of toll reduction will make its re-
port