The Indianapolis journal., 1893-10-28
PROBABLE RATE WAR
Union Pacific Likely to Be a De-
mOralizer of Immigrant Fares.
thing to Do with the Joint Clearing
House at New York.

II is very evident that the Union Pacific
has no intention of uniting with the other
Western roads in the establishment of a
Joint immigrant clearing house in New York
or to have the business equally divided
among the competing roads. A reply to the
request for a conference on the subject
was received at Chicago yesterday. While
1t did not refuse outright TO confer, it did
80 Indirectly by saying that one could not
be arranged for at present. 1t does not
want any conference. because IL has al
ready made it's contracts with the immi-
grant agents for the year, and does not
want to show it's hands in the matter. This
means continued Decentralization in immi-
grant commissions and immigrant rates
which will be next to impossible to prevent
spreading To other classes of rates. IL may,
in fact, result in an ali-around passenger
rate war in Western territory just as
as worlds fair business is got out of the
way.
The Sunday Observance Question.
Among the unions of the railway brother
hoods there is a growing feeling in favor
of lessening their work on Sunday, not
only taking the ground that they need the
day as one of rest and social enjoyment,
but that it would tend to elevate the men
and make them better citizens Every ses-
more especially on its bearing as regards
the postal service. but thus far but little
progress has been made. In this section
the Vandalia is credited with better OBJ
serving the Sabbath than any other Indi7
ana road; never are excursion or pleasure
trains on that day. no accommodation
trains and as few freight trains as the
company'S business, under present condi-
tionss will justify. With the great trunk
lines. the Delaware, Lackawanna & West
ern has taken a firm stand against Sun
day work, being almost alone among the
great railway corporations in this respect
1t does not run single local passenger
train on Sunday, but the management does
not feel that the people have been edu-
Gated, as yet, to stopping through passen-
ger and freight service. Other roads are
anxious to do less Sunday work but are
powerlesS to do much long as the gen.
eral public is exacting and expects the
same service on Sunday as other days; but
Ine friends or such. a move say something
must be done to educate the travelling pub
lie and shippers to a better regard for Sun
DAY, and II the unions bring about q re-
form the homogeneous will be ready to
act faVorably on any proposition looking
TO less Sunday work An official of the
Lackawanna says that company schedules
only such trains in freight and passenger
service as are absolutely necessary to han
ole their business, even giving their com
peutors on through business some ad-
vantage, out the company feels that This
Is more than made up i'm the six daIIs
one great trouble is that shippers and con-
slgneeS, as a rule, concede nothing An ex
planaIion that freight was delayed by OH
serVance or Sunday to give the men rest
would not be satisfactory; but there is q
pelief that some progress is making tovrord
ulS Detter observance of Sunday hv tho
railways Of the country i'