The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-14
HILLS RATE SCHEME.
Lower Class Rates and Fewer
Commodity Tariffs.
No SETTLEMENT YET REACHED.
An Advance on Some Articles Proposed
Telephone Line to Spokane
enohouish Electric Road.

81. pAC-, Jan. 13-The transcontinental rail-
road meeting was continued this morning. bat
& seems no nearer conclusion than week ago.
Matters ten yorari3y laid aside yesterday as SET
Ted were again taken Up and discussed today.
The far Western rates CT. causing ell the
trouble. Il will De another week before the
rseetiag adior-ns There IL said 20 have been
entire harmony IN the conference.
CHICAGO, Jan. i3.-The Great Northern rail-
way Aas at las. given its transco1tineptal com
re:itors IN inkliDg Of what II proposes TO 90 in
the making Of rates. First aud foremost II
shows no disposition to adopt i.s promised dis
lance tariff. and. secondly, IL has thus far
favored an advance in rates. which its CON-
pe,itors declare impossible One OF the inter
es:ed officials today declared that he believed
that the distance tsrif OF the Grea: North
ern was proposed Tor right-of-way pur-
poses only. The rumors OF the proposed
plan were whispered when the Great North
srn wes entering Spokane The Northern
Pacific, OF course, lost no opportunity 70 manu-
fscture public sentiment against the Great
Northern, and il is now believed that the pro-
posaI Of the distance tariff only shrewd
move Of President Hill - secure right-o:-way
through Washington. In the transcontinental
tar q commodity rates quoted on ], 20 differ
ent articles 10 San Francisco lower than cassif
cation rates. All these articles were taken on.
out OF the classified list anc a rate made OF each
one low enough TO meet ocean competition.
Railroads were given the choice OF making
lower rates losing business. and they chose
the former. The Great Northern, however, pro-
poses 20 keep only 80 Of these LOO articles in
the commodity rate list the other 900 i:
wishes - restore 20 Western classification. This
wonld inTolye all-sround advance in rates,
which the Great Northern proposes to partially
couaterbalance by reduction in classified
sGtes.
81. PAU, Jan. 13.--The close of todev's session
O. the transcoajineuiel conference will show no
material change from the situation yesterday
ana 10 grea: change from the situation two
days 6g7, to- since Wednesday TIE conference
has accom- piishei bat lItt!e-so little. in lac-,
thss some rep-essn, &t.ves are becoming FESTIVE
ana nerve Il is understood that ome points
wnich were supposed TO be settled yesterday
turned NJ again today in aeg light and viii
have 10 te entirely recons.dered. such emer-
seucies as these were looked for by the confer
ence. aad AZ least week will pass before the
meeting Will conc, ade.- its bearing the
Canadian Pac. ac - SAID 20 DO matter OF con-
lecture, 6g; upon this topic officials unite in
silence.
Al tne business men are enxioGsly awaiting
the result OF the II. Paul rate conference, and
are holding Of shipments in expectation of
considerable reduction. This state OF affairs
oaDses the freight business both in and out of
the clty 10 be rnEsusly light even for this sea
sou OF the year. when there is always u luil.