Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-05-09
WAR TO The KNIFE.
The Union Pacific This Afternoon
Make a SiS Rate 10 Denver.
REDUCED TRANSPORTATION.
The Round Trip Can Now he Made {,
the World's Fair for 500 Instead
Of $40 as Formerly.

The Union Pacific surprised the
officials OF the Rio Grando Western
this afternoon about O'Clock by az.
nouncing cut ratio OF sl3 10 Denver
from Salt Lake and all common points
IN Utah ors $50 for the round trip. The
term common pointe means all stations
In Utah on the Union Pacific system
between Spanish Fork aud Ogden.
The old rates were s25 for first class
single trip tickets, $50 for second clais
and s35 for round trip.
This reduction will undoubtedly be
the beginning OF bitter fight between
the two competing companies. One
good feature about the whole affair Ia
that the public will be benefited very
materially no matter what the out
come may be 10 far as the contestants
are concerned.
"Ihe cause Of the cut In the ratns,o
said Union Pacific oil lal 10 a NEWS
reporter late this afternoon, "ls due to
the low rates from Grand Junction
cast over the Coloralo Midland and
Denver aud Rio Grande. These two
lines from Grand Junction to Denver,
now carry patsengors n distance
OF more than three hundred
miles i0r 81 each. This low
rate enabled tho Rio Gsande Western
TO put Ia rate Of $40 for first class
ticket as against the regular rate Of S25
for the same class Of tickuia.
"L0wer rates, however. were being
made by brokers through their manip.
NNNa A. VVaNI
f1ld by the companies Original cost
~ three cents per milo. Rates were
thereby made 10 iDenver as low
ne Sll and Sl2. An effort was made TO
get the various companies Interested 10
intercede and dust matters to their
mutual advantage, but this failedi
"rhe Rio Gaodc Western woull not
give the Union Pacific tho Necessary
protection and this fact probably re-
suited In the Union Pacific taking the
Initiative In making a reduced open
cut rate.
"PoTsons going to the Worlds
Fair using the s26 round trip
ticket TO Cheyenne la connection
with the cut rate TO Chicago will now
DO able to make the round trip for $50
"a cut Of $40 below the rate existing up
to today. THIS class Of tickets, however,
Is only good for thirty days us agsins,
the old class OF tickets, which remain
In force until November 10TH"
In connection with the cut rates the
following will be telegraphed to all
union Pacific agents tonight ut the
stations affected by the reduction:
This cut IL effective at once and the
following rates are authorized from
Utah common points, viz: Park City,
Ogden, Salt Lake City and Spanish
Fork, to Colorado common points, viz:
Denver. Pueblo and Colorado SpriDgs;
one way-first elass................ SIS
Round trip............. ................ 20
Rates from anu TO intermediate
points not 10 be higher.
Tickets both one way and round trip
must DO limited to continuous train
passage; round trip tickets TO bear
final limit Of 80 days from date OF sale.
Agents north OF Ogden and south OF
| Spanish Fork anu ON Utah Il Nevada
district will make through one way
rate by adding regular local rate to
nearest Junction point from which
above rate applies and double the local
rate Ia selling round trip tickets
Agents Salt Lake 4 Western district
Will add sl.60 10 one way rate and $3.50
TO round trip rate.