St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-25
GREAT WESTERN IS IN.
Emigrant Agreement Finally In
dorSed by That Road.

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dorsed by That Road.
CHICAGO, Nov. "a. - The emigrant
agreement. was today Endorsed by the
Chicago Great Western, which finally
succumbed to the heavy pressure
brought to bear upon it. This was the
last line which stood out, and the agree
ment will be put into working order as
soon as possible. There are lines which
decl are that the agreement Will be
smashed inside of Il month, while others
prophesy that it will live three times as
long; still others declare that it Will be
so entirely satisfactory in the WORKINGS
that 1t will not be discontinued at all.
Three more members were added to the
advisory committee. which now consists
of Chairman Caldwell, of the Western
Passenger association; Passenger Iraf-
fic Manager White, of the Atchlson,
chairman of the committee. and the fol-
lowing general passenger agents: Sc
bastian, of the Rock Island; Heatford,
of the Milwaukee u st. Paul; Thrall.
of the Northwestern; Townsend, of the
Missouri Pacific; EustiS. of the Bur
lington; Lord, of the Great Western,
and Hanson, Of the Illinois Central.
The committee will, on Dec. 3, hold
meeting in New York with the emf
grant agents OF that city. The
agents today notified the railroad
men that they would be willing to abate
something on the amount of commits
sions if only the emigrant clearing house
was not established in New York. No
definite answer was returned, and all
such matters will be settled at the COM
ing meeting i'll New York. If the pres
ent agreement should hold it would be
turning point in the history of passen-
ger railroad traffic. The emigrant bust
ness has been bone of contention for
over thirty years, and never before have
the Western lines got so closely together
on it. The trunk lines have tried 1t.
but the agreement went TO smash with
in a short time after its inception.
REGULATION OF PASSES.
The general managers association
today took new stand upon the ques-
ton of issuing passes, intended to intiu
ence business. Local committees are
TO De formed H. all prominent places in
the West, which are TO settle the matter
from a local standpoint. Chairman
Midgley, of the Western Freight aSso-
citation, is to direct the work of all the
local committees, which will report
directly to him.
CANADIAN PACIFIC RATES.
An injustice has been done TO the
Canadian Pacific by the report that it
was cutting rates on Pacific coast bus
mess. 1t has proved conclusively that
it has done nothing of the kind. The
report arose through the attempt of a
man named Howard who intended
taking party to the mid-winter fair.
He agreed to transport them from CHI
cagO for S27 each, intending to pay the
balance of regular rate of S37 for each
ticket himself. The people OH this basis
20 from st. Paul to San Francisco for
SIS so, but the road was in each instance
TO receive the full tariff of $37 Finally,
the man backed down. and no tickets
were sold him at any price. The Cana
dian Pacific today announced that. be-
ginning Nov. 81, it will put in rate of
$23 from st. Paul to San Francisco,
which is a rate of $3.50 from Chicago.
This is a reduction OF 81 so.
The Western Passenger association
was today requested by the California
lines to extend the return limit on tick
cts to the mid winter fair from April 80
TO July Is, and that on tickets already
sold with return limit of April 80 to
the same date, it having been decided
to keep the fair open until June so. The
matter was referred to committee.