St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-28

tinental lines. 1t appears that Presi-
dent Van Horne has tipped his hand
and announced that his line will soon
have a transcontinental line through
st. Paul, by means of the completion OF
the connecting link between Caring
ton, n. d., and Moose Jaw, on the main
line of the Canadian Pacific. The Chi
cago Herald makes the announcement,
and commenting on the new factor, re-
marks that the furry caused by the
Great Northern's rate reductions will
be signing zephyr in comparison to
the blast which will strike transcOn-
tinental rates Oh the completion of the
Canadian Pacific line.
The situation is worth the trouble of
consulting the map. At Sudbury, on
the main line of the Canadian Pacific. is
the present branch line connecting the
Duluth, South Shore IL Atlantic and
Minneapolis. St Paul e Sault Ste. Marie.
The latter. with the line to Sudbury,
forms practically an air line to st. Paul
and Minneapolis. From Minneapolis
the Minneapolis. st. Paul 81 Sault Ste.
Marie. or $780," as it is more Familiarity
called. extends almost in an air line
through jamestown, where it crosses
the Northern Pacific. 1t was the Origi-
nal intention to extend this branch to
Regina, but some overreaching real
estate men became so clamorous in
their demands that the mole feasible
route to Moose Jaw was selected. About
year ago the extension passed James
town, and the Canadian Pacific people
have industriously promoted the i'm
preston that construction has been tenn
porarily abandoned. 1t was only by an
unguarded remark OF President Van
Horne as to what he would do to the
Great Northern when his line was com
pleted that the fact becomes public in
this way. There is exactly as much love
between Presidents Van Horne and Hill
as between two game cocks locked up
in the same coop.
After September then, we have the
Canadian Pacific, Great Northern and
Northern Pacific compe ting for bust
ness between st. Paul and the Pacific
coast points as far south as San Fran
cisco and perhaps to San Diego. Dur
ing the winter months at least the
Canadian Pacific will run all its
through business over the new lire
from Moose Jaw to Sudbury via st.
ness, the old line via Winnipeg and the |
northern shore of Lake Superior. 1t
claims that this line will be more than
100 miles shorter between Puget sound |
and st. Paul than the Great Northern, !
which in turn claims to be more than
100 miles shorter than the Northern |
Pacific. The government backing the |
subsidies of the Canadian Pacific will |
fully Offset the low capitalization of the !
Great Northern. The Northern Pacific |
also has had recent infusion of yigor- |
Gus blood in the persons Of the Rookie !
fellers, who have gone into the North |
ern Pacific with the full knowledge of |
its financial condition aud the de
termination to see it through any diff |
Guilty.
1t will be battle of giants when these
roads get at each other. From present |
indications it looks like a case of the |
survival of the fittest. 1t has just de-
veloped that the Northern Pacific has a !
shot left which will equalize matters
between 1t and the Great Northern.
About so per cent of the Great North
ern'S business is from a territory in
Minnesota and the DakOtas within
few hundred miles of st. Paul. Not
more than So per cent of the Northern
Pacific's business is from this territory,
as local traffic has had longer time to
increase on its line west of this territory
ern. The reductions so far have been
all west of this territory, and are prob
ably down to hard pan as far as paying
qualities are concerned. In case of any
further freight-rate reductions the
Northern Pacific will remove the seat of
war to the territory adjacent to st. Paul.
where the Great Northern will lose 50
per cent to the Northern Pacific 55
per cent.
The Great Northern proposes to have
fun with its competitors for awhile,
however. This morning it put into eff
feet passenger rates of S41 first class
and SIG second class from st. Paul to
San Francisco. These rates include
berths and meals on the ocean trip from
Seattle 10 San Francisco. The reduc-
lions make the rate about cent mile,
and are distinctly below the non-paying
point. 1t is the fact of the ocean con-
nections of the Great Northern which
has disturbed the Canadian Pacific the
most. President Hill may by this time
have completed contracts for running