St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-01-23
WILL Be HELD IN ST. PAUL.
TRANS cONTIHERTA LINES WILL Re
SUME DELIBERATIONS TODAY
ON THE PASSENGER RATES.

the General Rules Governing
the Handling of the Business
Acceptable to the Western
Passenger Association Roads
to Be Considered.
CHI CAGO, Jan. 22.-TranScontinenta
lines will resume their deliberations on
the passenger rates situation in ST. Paul
tomorrow. What they have now to do
is to formulate proposition concerning
the divisions of through Ii t IS and the
general rules governing the handling of
the business that will be acceptable to
the Western Passenger association
roads. The latter are not at all satisfied
with the arrangements which the trans
continental roads arrived at among
themselves, and judging from the pres
ent temper of the Western roads it will
be nearly as difficult to harmonlze the
differences between the two sets of
roads as it was for the transcHntincntal
ones to agree among themselves.
\ very heavy falling off took place in
eaSt-bound traffic last week. 1t amount
ed to nearly $4,000 tons, and still the
shipments were considerably in excess
OF what they were previous to the be
ginning of the year. The falling off is
due solely TO the surplus called out by
the rate war waged for the last few
weeks of the old year being worked of.
Rates having been put back to the old
figures, are now generally maintained.
Last weeks tonnage amounted to SO.073
tons against 1919, 055 tons for the previous
week, and 66, 4U7 tons for the CORES
pouding week last year. Each of the
competing roads proportion in tons of
last weeks traffic was:
Michigan Central. 1851; Wabash.
$50; Lake Shore, $3.50; TT. Wayne
" OHIO, $3.50; Grand Trunk, 1888;
Nickel Plate, 5,603; Erie, S,215; Big
-Four, 1850.
The improvement is noticeable in the
passenger situation hore since the gem
eral passenger agents of the Central
Traffic and Trunk Line associations had
their meeting in New York to draft an
agreement for the settlement of their
difficulties and the maintenance of
rates. 1t is admitted that as much de-
moraliZatiOn exists to-day as before the
meeting took place. Commissions are
being paid right and left, as formerly.
and the deals with the ticket brokers
are as extensive as ever. This does not
bOde very well for the success of the
meeting of presidents and general man
ayers to be held H. New York Thursday
next. Should that meeting fail. open
war cannot be prevented,
An agreement has been reached sby
the Chicago and Ohio river roads for
pooling their theatrical and other party
passenger business. the Pennsylvania,
the Big -Four and the Monon will each
receive 3315 per cent of such business
between Chicago and Cincinnati. and
the Pennsylvania and Monon will divide
equally between them the business from
Chicago to Louisville, the Big Four
having withdrawn from all competition
for 1t. This agreement covers all such
business ticketed via New York and
other Eastern points going by way
o. Chicago 10 the Ohio river points
named. AS the MOnon has no Eastern
agency and all that through business is
ucketed by the PENNSYLVANIA or the Big
-Four, these two roads wanted it exempt
from the agreement, but the Monon
would not listen to such proposition,
and in order TO secure maintenance of
rates the other two roads finally agreed
to have it included. 1t is now expected
that ONO river passenger rates will be
stable for some time to come.