Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-07-13
RATES CUT AT LAST.
10 Chicago for One Fare by the
Grand Trunk System.
SEVENTEEN DOLLARS FROM HERE
There Are, However, Some Draw
backs to the Excursions,
NO sLEEPING oRPARLORCARs.

The railroads composing the Grand Trunk
system have at last agreed to cut the existing
tariff and provide q cheap r2s TO Chicago. The
decision, which win carry 10y to 80 many hearts,
is in effect that on and after Monday, July "a,
tickets to and from tho worlds fair will be sold
for one fare. The rate from Washington will,
therefore, b OF. There are, however, some
drawbacks to the arrangement Only certain
trains can be used and on these certain facilities
will be absent The tickets will not be good on
sleeping and parlor cars. although hrst-class
day coaches will be provided. From this point
the usual run to Chicago win be about thirty
hours and the stops will be made for meals,
although no stop offs will be allowed and the
tickets will be good for only ten days.
B. AND o. AND c. AND o.
The trains of the Baltimore and Ohio for
these trips will start from New York, but will
stop in this city for passengers. The trains
which will be run by the Chesapeake and Ohio
will start in this city. These reduced rate
tickets will only be good on specified trains
which will leave on fixed dates. Those Of the
Chez apeake and Ohio will depart on July 40 and
August 4, 10 and 26. Persons will have to re-
turn by the same road by which they start
The dates of the Baltimore and Ohio have not
been definitely fixed. but it is thought that they
viii be July "a and August 8, and Is.
THE PENNSYLVANIA
Mr.. R. A. Parke, passenger agent Of the
Pennsylvania railroad. said to STAB reporter
this morning that he had a. yet received no Of
fetal notice Of the reduction in the round
trip fare between here and Chicago to eli,
although he knew that the Trunk
Line Passenger Association had determined
upon one fare for the round trip. As he had
received no official notification OF that action
he could not tell when the arrangement would
60 into effect He was certain. however, that
the cheap rate would 60 into effect some time
this month, probably next week.
The number of such trains that will Be run
will depend entirely upon the way they are
patronized, he said. The trains win be made
up Of frst-class coaches, with the exception
that there will be no Pullman cars attached,
and the run will be made in a little over thirty
hours. with stops at the regular meal stations,
and the tickets on them are to be good for ten
days.
WILL BE POPULAR.
81 think, he said, shat after the hot weather
is over these excursions will become popular.
The travel over the roads to Chicago thus far
has been far below what had been anticipated,
but that, think, is not the result Of the rail-
road fare. It is the result OF desire on the
part Of most persons to 60 there in cool
weather.
Mr.. Parke said that great many persons
would perhaps not 60 on the eli trips for the
reason that they would feel that some priv
ileges had been cut OF, while the very same
persons would travel on the e27.60 fare and
then not take advantage Of the extra facilities
for making the trip more pleasant