The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-27
THERATE WARBEGUN
From Missouri River TO San
Francisco for $40.
THIS Is ONLY THE FIRST SLASH
ossshsrn Paefse Meets Aseh'ssa's Cot
As<ksson Goes Only 80 lee Angsiss
end Mnss Cus Agxfs-


Island. wired the local cfFsce today 70
make a one SAY rate ~ sy1 from Kznsss
City 70 ali soaEbsrn California points By
wsy of Fort Worth and e paso. OF xs5.51
for the round trip. tickets good for EfsY
days and 20 Be rAscsd on sale March
The sams rate applies 70 Fan Franetsco ey
way Of the Rock fsiand TO Denver, tie
Denver A Rio GranGs and Rio Grande
Wesxyn 20 Ogden. and the Southern Pc
ciac from Ogden 20 Fan Francisco va
Gaersmsnsa. This 10 really an additional
cut and will force the Santa Fs 70 cat the
gate from Kansas City 20 Los Angeles -
In order 20 permit San Franchise passen-
gers TO reach that city for the same price
she Rock Island offers.
OMAHA. Feb. 3s.-The Union Pacific and
Burlington roads todsv decided 20 accept
the teatier Of the Southern Pacific Of tie
rate offered yesterday hy that road 70 meet
the cut made BY the ssasa Fs. General
Passenger Agents Isomnv and Francis
held conferences this morning and agreed
20 make \ roan5-trsp rate from the Mis-
souri, river TO ean Francisco Of $3.50. and
o one-way rate Of 80, 70 80 into effee;
Narcl 1. This will have the effect OF
throwing down the bars that have 80 far
prevented big transcoaiinentsl passenger
rate war. II tie Union Pacstse and Bur-
Angton had refused 10 accept the rate, the
Eonthern Pacific could only NEE, the
Santa lie cut By way Of II Paso.
A meeting of the Western Passenger
Association will be held tomorrow to dis
cuYs the franscontlnenfai rate situation.
Some lines are disposed 10 critsciss ths az
ton of the Atchison in reducing rates be-
fore securing unanimous consent Of the
association. They complain that thsy
viii now lose revenue because compelled
90 reduce rates 10 intermediate points.
The Atehisen replies that IL has used
every effort to keen reduced rates out OF
association territory. and If the associa-
tion continues talking it viii have to leave
the association entirely.
The Southern Pacific today notified rs
connections that they may meet the
through Ogden and FL Paso cuts recently
made In California business by the Atchi-
con. This shows that the Southern Pacific
Il ready 70 fight the Atchison.
SAX Francisco. Feb. 28.-The Southern
Pacific. through Vice President Stubs,
today gave notics TO al Eastern connee-
lions, including the Iowa lines, Union
Pacific. Missouri Pacific and Rio Grande.
20 take passengers after March l from
Missouri river points to Sacramento,
Stockton. San Jose and San Francisco al
$50 for single trip. first-ciass unlimited
ticket. or $35. 50 for round-trip ticket. This
meets the cut of the Santa Fe. announced
on Sunday.
w. A. Bisssll. general passenger agent
Of the Santa Fs system. says:
1T is pleasant TO know that the South
srn Pacific people are in o cheerful mood
over tho prospects of q contest They
might IS well understand that they
viii have TO face lower cut than this
before tho fight Is over. That IL generally
conceded, ! believe. This Is more
important war than that of 1856
i will not venture TO any how
low prices may 90, bat viii suggest that
when II cost only s. TO the Missouri river
In issS. IL WAS done by selling q
man ticket for $50 and giving him
rebate Of S45 At the end OF
bis route. which protected way business to
the fullest extent. Now that kind OF
thing IL prevented by tho interstate CON-
meree law, and there will be some heavy
losses along some OF the opposition lines
II figures so anything like rs low again. F"
To illustrate the radical and sensational
cut that rates have sustained IL may be
explained that the cost Of a ticket 20 Kan
sas City or other Missouri river points to-
day IL $50 round trip $50. When the
Eouthern Pacific new rates 20 into
effect there will DO o reduction of more
than 30 per cent. namely. $40 from river
60 ocean. or $50 for the round trip. The
man who wants TO go to New York can get
there rom San Francisco for $40, to Boston
for x5005. and 10 Philadelphia for $4s. so.
DESyER, Feb. 26--The rate war TO Call.
fornia opened in earnest this morning
when the Santa Fa announced a rate oil
80 90 all points on its southern system
and $3.50 from Denver TO Los Angelo.
and return. This Is the frat cut, and that
81 means business is known from the fac
that the regular round-trip rate up 10 to-
day from Denver TO San Francisco has been
SEQ Railroad officials expect still turtle,
reduction beiora the trouble 10 settled.
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N. y. Employees Accept Reduced Fay
TACOMA, heb. A-iSpeeisl. The pay
car has gone the rounds for the first tim,
since the receivers of the Northern Pacih,
ordered their new schedule into effect. Al
official, who passed cut the pa,
"a the men on the Pacific di
vision, the largest division on I'll,
system, says: There Was no grumhling
Net n man complained. although the pay
was exactly as ordered by the orieina
schedules gotten out by the receivers Th,
reductions. as originally ordered, wen
tnte eaeet when the pay car wen
around. and everybody seemed salts
fed. Many were glad enough 10 Sc,
the pay car come around at all.
Nevertheless, the federated employees star,
positively that in every instance wher,
she employees stood together they game,
important concessions from the North
ern faciae receivers at the S. Pau
conference, anu that the smploye
who did not federats unanimously
as vas tho case vita the tele
graphors. Sot SOUP" as they deserved
1Als, ths federated employees claim. vii
teach the men 10 fsderasa unanimously il
the future. They are positive the switch
men are 80 have an increase OF s. re
moath over the reeeiveFs' schedule, an,
that that increase will be included whel
ihe pay eaE goes the rounds for February
The rnien Pacific Wage Schedule.
CHKYKSSK, Feb. 6,-GeogSe L. Hodge,
counsel for the Union Pacific railros
egapsoyes, appeared before Judge RlneI
of the United States court, today ami OF
tanned 50 order that the schedule OF pa
and rules and regulations affecting IN
employees IN force when the Union PAcin
receivers took charge be continued i
force uniil further orders 81 the court. III