The record-union., 1894-02-22
RAILROAD AFFAIRS.
Nothing Definitely Settled in a Recon-
ciliation of Passenger Rates.

Nothing Definitely Settled in a Recon-
ciliation of Passenger Rates.
CHICAGO, Feb. N.-GeneraI Passenger
Agent LomaX of the Union Pacific held a
long conference to-day with Passenger
Traffic Manager White of the Atchison
and Chairman Caldwell upon the attitude
of the Union Pacific toward the emigrant
clearing g-house. Nothing was definitely
settled, but it was announced that the ad
justment is nearer than any time in the
last two weeks.
The Rock Island to-day postponed rec
onciliation by announcing that it viii not
agree TO the Union Pacifc's demand that
81 50 per passenger be allowed as its share
of the emigrant clearinghouse business.
The Rock Island claims that this is prac-
ticailv allowing the Union Pacific y 80
differential, which it refuses to allow.
The Atchison has issued a reply to the
circular recently sent out by the South
ern Pacific announcing its refusal to
honor Atchison tickets via Barstow and
Los Angeles to points on the Southern
Pacific north of MOjaye. The Atchison
requests all its connections to take no
action on the Southern PacltIc's request,
saving that prior 10 March lst, the date
set for it's Inauguration, it will give fult
information as to the manner in which it
intends to protect its California traffic.
RoUND-TRIP TICKETS CUT OFF.
OMAHA, Feb. 21.-At the request of the
Southern Pacific the Union Pacific has
issued a circular cutting of round-trip
tickets to San Diego, effective February
24th.
WHY THE CIRCULAR WAS ISSUED.
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 21.-In explana-
ton of the Southern Pacific Com
pauv's recent action in raising the
rate to San Diego, General Passenger
Agent Goodman said to-day: We are
tired of paying the Southern California
for fictitious business. This IS the reason
for the issuance of the circular. Under
the present method we have to pay 50 to
the Southern California on single tickets
sold to San Diego and $40 on round trip
| The rate TO San Diego has been the same
as that to San Francisco and Los Angeles.
The loss on San Diego tickets comes out
of the roads west of the Missouri. Ii
passenger desires to go to Los Angeles
and buys a ticket to this city over the
Southern Pacific that company receives
the benefit of the purchase price. but II
the same passenger desires to go TO Los
Angeles, and buys ticket to san Dlego
then the Southern Pacific has to pay the
Southern California -.
ssFor some reason Eastern agents made
great efforts to sell tickets through to San
Diego to travellers who desired only to
come to Los Angeles or to this city. This
made fictitious business for southern
California, for which we had to pay Our
rate to the coast for the Midwinter Fair
from Missouri River to California term
inals and back is $50 So We find that
agents in the East are ticketing passen-
gers to San Diego who are destined in re-
aIity for San Francisco. and we are OBJ
liged to turn over 50 or $40 to the South
ern California, according to whether the
passenger has a single or return trip
| ticket. This circular puts stop to any
arrangement of that kind"
Under the new orders of the Southern
Pacific San Diego will cease to be term
inaI, so far as that corporation is con-
cerned, and it win cost s. more for trans
portation between San Diego and Eastern
cities than between San Francisco and
| Los Angeles and the Eastern cities.