St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-17
NIGHT
MEETING l
BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVE
OF CoMafERCIAL BODIES
AND RAILROAD MEN. *,
ME OPPOSITION
RAISED,
But the Matter Is to Be Farther
Considered at a Meeting of
Passenger Agents.

w
have the special state fair excur-
sion rate of SIS for the round trip
from territory outside of the state or
not. For over two hours last even
! ing the matter was fully discussed
| by the most prominent business men
| Of this city, members of the Com
mercial club and jobbers' union, and
| the representative of the passenger
| departments Of the interested rail
road lines. At any rate, if the re-
quest is not granted, it will not be
! the fault of the business men of this
city, for every argument that could
! be advanced to further the move
! ment was duly and ably presented.
The call for a meeting of the lines
will be issued today, and the pas
/ senger men will get together on Mon
Gay morning to consider the request
placed before them. Many are will
! ing to accommodate the citizens as
! far as possible, but it is not yet
| known whether all the lines will
grant the request from points in
Iowa and Illinois.
| The executive committee of the job
| bers union and the officers of the
| Commercial club met with the repre-
sentatives OF the passenger depart
ments of the st. Paul-Chicago lines
yesterday afternoon at the rooms Of
the union. President Footner and Sec
rotary McGinnis presented the matter
on behalf of the Commercial club.
me Omaha was represented by MIR.
McRae, the Milwaukee by City Ticket
Agent Thorn, and Chief Clerk Val
entine was on hand for the Burling-
ton. The Jobbers' union. was repre-
sented by Messrs. Lindeke, Kirk and
Gordon. Mr.. Lindeke presided Mr.
| Stickney, Of the Great Western, came
later on.
Mr.. McGinnis Informed the gather
ing that notice had been sent to all
of the railroads to be represented at
the meeting. He then related his trip
to Chicago, where he met with the
general passenger agents of all of the
Chicago-St. Paul lines and had pre-
sented to them the fact that the rail-
roads had unconsciously Disseminated
against the Twin Cities by maintain
ing rates, while the Denver lines had
constantly cut rates. He had heard
! unof1icially after the meeting that one
Of the lines had signified it's willing
ness to concede a S. rate for fair week
and since coming home he had been
Informed that another line was willing
to make a So rate for the round trim
1t would be a means of bringing thou
sands of people to the Northwest. He
mad been led to believe that the Chi.
| cago-St. Paul lines could take action
on the matter among themselves.
| TO a question, Mr. Stickney replied
that the roads had not yet had a con-
| sultatlon on the subject. His line was
SHORT OF EQUIPMENT
to handle vast crowds, especially as
the Iowa state fair would be held the
| same week. His line would make the
usual rate OF one fare for the round
"Trip from the state line, which amount
ca 10 Ss His line would do anything
Tue othefs would do, or. more, if it
was 10 the interests of st. Paul or the
Northwest, but he did not think many
people could be brought to this city
from Iowa during the week in which
thelr own state fair is held.
Mr.. Valentine said that the roads
hdo helo no conference on the subject
ana We're not in a position to renor+
| wv Iolc W1lnln the state
would be granted, but it was a oues-
ton whether very low rate o,,tsida
the state was advisable The nassen-
ger association was more a matte Of
name than results.
Mr.. Thorn said the Milwaukee, would
abide by the result of anv ioint ao+ior
OF all the lines interested
MIR. McRae said that the low ro+o eox,
the whole week, as already announced
would bring more people to the civ
IL would not crowd the roads bevond
thelr capacity on a single dav and
Il Whlle there would not be SO MANY nao-
PIE on a single day.. the result would
De better. A So rate from points with
III the state had already been granted
MT. McGinnis said that the meet;ne
lost slght of the main issue. The idea
was 10 extend this S. rate to an ex-
lfaheous territory for short time so
as 10 re-establish immigration to this
region. The railroads need this as
ihuch as the cities, as thera are mill
IONS OF unoccupied acres of land I'm
mere Which should be settled The
horny-handed grangers have a. price
at winch they travel. They want a 81
rate or they do not travel. A short
time excursion rate would not ini11re
any road nor the rate situation. I'm
less the railways and business organi-
zatlons work together, despite all the
big crops immigration will be diverted
in other directions.
MI. Stlckney asked for how much fer.
r1tory the s. rate was desired.
Mr.. Kirk replied that the committee
thought line drawn along the Bur-
nngton at Peoria would be far enough
me committee did not care for the
Chlcago business. What was wanted
was the farmers who are looking fo,
new locations
Mr.. McGinnis said that what he ha6
asked for was a S. excursion for one
day only, and good to return within
four days.
Mr.. Kirk in a lengthy speech urged
the roads to be patriotic and look al
the proposition in a broad-gauged man
ner, as the growth of the state means
increase of traffic for the railways.
Mr.. Moore said that another view Of
the case was the fact that the rail
roads had for years made cheaper rates
out of Minnesota than into the state.
Mr.. Stickney said railroads do no
like to depopulate their territory, es
pecially when it is already thinly set
tied
, Mr.. McGinnis reminded him, how
ever, that hundreds of immigration
0 agents were already working in thai
territory, trying to get people int
Southern states.
C Mr.. Lindeke closed the discussion
by asking Mr.. Stickney to lose sight O.
C the immigration question and lool
a upon the side Of pleasure only, which
he might provide for the people alon,
his line. He, as a citizen of ST. Pau
p and the state, was only advocating TIN
matter on behalf and in the interest O
the state fair. ss
Mr.. McRae agreed to call the repre-
sentatives of the lines together at al
early date and bring the matter up fo
discussion. This meeting is to be he'll
| Monday MORNING at the. of1ioa oft h