St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-25
THREE LARGE SCALPS.
CHICAGO ROADS EXCITED OVER THE
BIG F0U7'S CUT.
SMALL FREIGHT SHIPMENTS.

commissioner Donald, Of the Cen
trail Traffic association, Trying
TO Restore Rates Western
Roads Put Up a Deposit-Tele-
phones to Replace Telegraph.
CHICAGO, July 24.-Roads east anc
south from Chicago were thrown into {
state OF excitement today by the dis
coyery that the market here was liter
ally Hooded with Big Four tickets which
were being used to scalp rates
from Chicago to st. Louis, Chicago
TO indianapolis and indianapolis to St
Louis. The tickets purported to be
round trip worlds fair tickets. They
are, as matter of fact, one-way tickets
from Cleveland to st. Louis via Chicago
and indianapolis. There is nothing tC
show that the tickets from Cleveland to
chicago have been used at all. The
brokers are selling the portion from
chicago to st. Louis via indianapolis at
50. This is scalp of S1.50 on reduced
one-way rates by the direct lines. 1t is
actually giving S12 worth of transporta-
ton for s.. The rate from Chicago to
indianapolis is now $3.50, and from In
annapolis to st. Louis is $3.50, making
ST. for the sum of these locals.
Decreasing Freight Shipments.
Freight traffic into and out of Chicago
continues to be exceedingly unsatis-
factory to the roads east-bound, ship
ments of dead freight last week suffer
ing a considerable decrease as COM
pared with those of the previous one.
! They amounted in the aggregate to Al
! $50 tons, against 50,257 tons for the
previous week, and 81, 240 tons for the
corresponding week last year. OF last
weeks tonnage, the Michigan Central
carried 5,O01 tons; the Wabash, 1888
Lake Shore. 9,52l; Fl. Wayne, 5,79S:
Pan Handle. 1913; Baltimore &
! Ohio, 1852; Grand Trunk. 3, 1913; Nickel
Plate, AIT; Chicago & Erie, 1876;
Big Four, 2,157. Through shipments of
flour, grain and provisions amounted to
1888 tons, against 2O,554 tons for the
corresponding week last year. OF last
weeks through shipments the Balti-
more & Ohio carried 5.S per cent, the
Big Four 10 per cent, the Chicago &
Erie 9 per cent, the Grand Trunk 90
cent, the Lake Shore 1874 per cent, the
Michigan Central 11.6 per cent, the
Nickel Plate To per cent, the Pan Han
die 8 per cent, the Fort Wayne Is per
cent, and the Wabash 7.6 per cent.
Frying to Restore Rates.
Commissioner F. c. Donald, of the
passenger department of the Central
Traffic association, labored all day to-
day with might and main to secure a
meeting of the Columbus lines at that
place tomorrow, with the view of hay
ing them settle their differences ard
maintain rates. He is most anxious to
prevent the s. rate made for the travel
ing mems excursion to Chicago being
| established as a permanent rate. Just
who is responsible for this rate being
made has not vet been determined. The
| Chicago q Erie accuses the B. & o., the
B. d q. accuses the Pennsylvania and
the Pennsylvania hurls the charge
back at both the others. Commissioner
Donald was not successful in arranging
for meeting, and the probabilities are
that the matter will be left for the gen
eral managers to deal with at their
meeting here Thursday. Until then it
is likely that the So rate will remain in
effect.
Have Put Up Their Money.
All the territory from Chicago to the
Pacific coast is now practically under
the provisions of the Western Passenger
association agreement. All the roads
in the association have become parties
to the local agreements at San Francisco
and Oakland, which virtually embody
the principles of the association agree
ment. These local agreements have for
their object the putting an end to tine
decentralization that has played havoc
with transcontinental rates for more
than year past. To insure the strict
observance of these agreements each
road has been requested to put up de-
| post of 800, from which may be de-
Quoted any fines levied against the
roads tor breaches of the local agree
ments Peace and stiff rates are now
expected to prevail in California terri
tory.
Think They Will Agree
All immense amount of lobbying was
INDUCED in today by the Western roads
among themselves to bring about an
agreement before the meeting tomorrow
on worlds fair rate reductions. When
they got through a hopeful feeling pre-
vailed among them that they had sue
ceeded. The Santa Fee protested a
preference for an agreement to act
Independently; at the same time IT
wanted to have the agreement in its
own terms and persisted in its demand
for fiat one-fare rate from all trans
Missouri territory. The other roads
wanted to compromise on 81 added to
the one-fare rate, but the Santa Fe re-
fused to listen to this. 1t is figuring on
making a one cent per mile rate from
territory in Western Kansas, Texas,
Utah, Colorado and New Mexico, if an
agreement is not reached today. One is
not sure until it is actually signed.
To Dispense with the Telegraph.
1t was reported here today that the
management of the Pennsylvania road
has decided to dispense with the use OF
the telegraph wires almost entirely II
the operation of its trains, and to sub
stitute for them long distance tele.
phones. 1t is said the change is to be
made in the interests of economy. the
management having satisfied itself thai
the telephone can be operated more
cheaply and with greater simplicity thar
the telegraph.
The Northern Pacific.
NEW YORK, July 24.-The Northern
Pacific syndicate, formed to underwrite
the S12,OOO,OO0 collateral trust notes
have been called upOn to nav IN to date