The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-16
STYLE ONLY NOMINAL.
Eaus, Comfort Secured BY Sec
end Class Passengers
TEN DOLLARS = DAY SAVED.


fYarsc<s.sInenfal fares a:e c0neefneo, -
parsiygss. and viii continue IN that con-
di.ion arssa mkt Sunday. when the Great
Norfhesa through passenger service - IN
suxu-rse!. This il due 70 the announce
meat tEas the reduced fares would go into
effect tr that date. No formal announce
ment y,s . reduction in rafes uas made
yesteYdss by any Of the other roads. ex-
ceps ths unosicsal declarations Of the
eeenss saat the new rates Of the Oress
Eoytherss would BE- met BY them.
II this:shouid 10 done. and It probably
viii be. she war will then only have BE-
run. ara one Of two things must happen.
Gomeb<ss must lie down or chrofnos VIII
81 ol5xrvss By the various lines 10 induce
people 81, accept free rides to the Worlds
fsir. visit yEeals and b<rths thrown an
The yeasssn 10 this: Tho Great Northern
has no sSsagist sieepers on it, line. while
the othes roads have. These sieepers are
uphoistNssd, clean. comfortable AID well
served, esd for oil the practicable purposes
81 sies..sng car are fuiiy az good - the
Pui,msr palace cars. The principal differ
ence bssa cen the two classes il that tho
Tourist CIR lacks some Of the gliding. plat
ing and sarving Of the Pullman, the psnes
Of glass sssay rot be 20 large, the wood
work pr :slsps 10 vasnishcd instead Of fin
ished In sid, the hangings did not cost
quite GO .such per yard. your shoes coOot
receive ssnh m immaculate polish, your
usIghaoss are not SO 'Ianguid, and that
black ra9lsal viii At the end Of the Journey
condcsees,d 70 accept silver tip. whereas
on Z Pullman he will make you feel ~ II
you are CT OF your proper station II the
color Of .h- coin Is not yellow.
To ride In the Pullman TO st. Paul costs
$3.50, IN the tourist sleeper 81. and plain.
practical l,eopse. whose good clothes are
In their trunks anyway, seem TO think
that In these hard times they couldn't
earn e3 n day easier than by foregoing the
pleasure II sleeping above or below .
howiing ssel. whose snore would prob
ably be no more enchanting than thai OF >
plebeiaa.. Since he finds that he can make
money without loss OF comfort by sleeping
with seeand-class people. he naturally
tYies TO s,sd out what it is worth 10 cit
among gssrl during the day time, and
learns tLas by buying second.class ticket
ne can says &25 IL he does not intend TO re-
turn, or 80 II he does return.
The r.sai. IL that this plain. practical
citizen. ~ whom thirty-hve hard dollars
Il worth saore thaa three days ostenta-
tious posssg. buys . second-ciass ticket
and gets practically tirst-class accommo-
dations. la this way be gets 10 ST. Paul
for $43, although this nominal first-class
fare, inc.u.,ing Pullman, is $3.50.
Prcsidens Hill. Of the Great Northern.
SAYS thaf sight or nine people out Of ten
travel this say, but he has no tourist cars.
and can NOT initiate the other roads in this
respect. However, he runs his own palace
sleeping i.ats. and 10 no says to the other
lines: "Teu are putting people into St.
Paul in b.st-ciass shape for $40. So will
I, but ! viii divide up tho cost to the
tickt buyer so that he shall pay SIS for his
ticket AMI IS for his BERTH
II the ihreat Of the other roads to cut
their first and second-elass rates CORES
rondingty . made good. they will still
have the 1<lYansage q! the Great Northern
in their st.eap tourist sleepers, when Mr..
Hill will haye TO make another cut and
% on.
Notwithstanding the threat Of the other
lines. i, l. not thought probable that they
will reduce sheir sceond-ciasa rates below
81. Mr.. hsii's frst-class rate. Or they
may ahaFeta their second-class rates east
bound altogether and give passengers tine
option of fnyIns So for tourist sleeper or
$is so for Pullman.
Speaking about the cutting Of rates by
Mr.. Hill o,s all branches of traffic yes;er-
day General Manager Shelby said: -
This must 4eecssariiy result ia enormous ben.
est To the eis;e OF Washington faf Instance:
The redae sse IN iraight rates a!oae W III amount
70 saving Of more than si,oco, COO year TO tho
asate Of Mass tugton. The lowering OF passenger
rates Is likely 10 tesust in even still larger hcne
frs to the si&;q snd 10 the city of seattle II
will anao.gAlsdly stimulate immigration here
yoa NAV r. saemeer tia; la isSe. following the
great dspges@ "a OF isss and 1854, the railroads
made ios PASSENGER tate to ia tsornls, tho et-
feet OF whse'j was ia bring an enormous num-
her OF pcol4e end great amounts OF capital into
the stale. ats was followed by . period OF un-
examrled stsspsrity. Now. the special reduced
passenger seses msaa by Mr.. HUI arc
much moEs favorable ~ Warrington than
tne rates raEds In IsSa were 10 California
II is THERE'S e:% reasonable to expect tia, ta view
q. the asYe'Sisns which The Great SoEIhsrn is
bow giving t9iAc stats OF Washington Ia con.
necsien Wit tAn yess low passenger rates. that
the coming IN VIII witness such AL infux of
people aaa ~ capital into Washington az * has
never knoss ia sGy previous period of lis
kistoTs. Yes. Taking q altogether. tas iow rates
81 afStgks g,o2n ise East, tie low lumber and
eetafeodssy n "a tom here 81 tas East, aud low
passenger ss;ss. lie conditions were never 40
favorable 81 " Espld and prosperous develop
Hsnt Of ae -soaBiIy as now aava IN tho
sssts OF waai5nstoa
sNt~,sLLNkN I'D MEET.