St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-18
RATES COMING DOWN.
WESTERN ROADS RE.DY TO GO TO
THE BOTTOM
ON WORLDS FAIR RATES.

July's Business Much Less Than
in Jnne-Railroads Feeling
Uneasy What the Friday
Meeting Will Do-Meeting of
the Central Traffic association.
| CHICAGO. July 1.-THE Western
roads are at last ready to come down on
worlds fair rates, and they are ready to
get almost to the bottom. The Chicago,
Milwaukee 81 ST. Paul. Northwestern.
Atchison and Rock Island roads today
requested Chairman Caldwell. of the
Western Passenger association, to call
meeting for 1920 o'clock Friday morn-
| ing of this week for the purpose of con-
| Sidering the worlds fair rates. The
request for the call says that 1t Is desir-
| able that tickets be sold every day good
for passage on regular trains and good
tor the return passage from Chicago up
to and including a final return limit
of about thirty days. The one-way rates
between important terminals are to be
based proportionally upon whatever re-
ductions may be made OF agreed upon
for the round-trip rates. The proper
tons which the association will con-
slider are in specific form. as follows:
The establishment of a fare of one
and one-third for the round trip from
points within 200 miles OF Chicago.
One fare for the round trip from
points 200 miles or over from Chicago,
the rate to be graded back until the one
and one-third fare is reached.
Continuous passage in each direction.
Tickets good for the going passage,
commencing on the date of sale and
good for the return passage from Chi
cago for any date within the final return
limit.
Tickets to be good for passage in any
car on regular trains.
Tickets to be sold every day from
July % to Aug. 81.
One-way rates between important
terminals are 10 be agreed upon, and
proportionate rates are to be granted
for St. Louis. In addition te this, all
rates are te be used for selling and bas-
ing purposes.
The association may not decide TO
yield all the points asked by the lines.
but it IS practically a foregOne conclu-
sion that it will grant the most impor-
tant one-that of one fare for the round
that they will adopt most of the others.
The truth of the matter is that the pas
Senger business for July is showing
marked decrease from that of June, and
the roads are beginning to feel uneasy.
People are not fiocking to the fair quite
as much as the roads anticipated, and
they now realize that something must
be done, and done at once. Chairman
Caldwell issued the call for the meeting
Friday, as requested, and next week
will probably see the new rates IN effect.
Z he Ohio River Question.
The Ohio river roads are doing moth
ing at present beyond waiting to see
where the lightning will strike next.
An informal meeting of some of the
Central Traffic association lines was
held this morning, and the recent re-
auctions by the Monon and Big Four
were discussed, but no action was taken.
One of the passenger agents in The
Ohio River association said to-day: I'VE
will wait few days longer, and then if
we cannot get together, the rates will
go to one cent per mile, and below that,
too. There Is no neutral ground in this
fight"
East Bound Shipments.
The total of east-bound shipments ex-
cept live stock amounted 10 50.257 tons
against IS, 793 tons the preceding week.
The roads carried tonnage as follows:
Michigan Central, 5,56S; Wabash, 8, 1872;
Lake Shore, $3.50; Fort Wayne, $3.50;
Pan Handle. $500; Baltimore & Ohio,
1905: Grand Trunk, $3.50; Nickel Plate,
1870: Ell g 6,456; Big Four, 3,0l9. Total,