The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-20
HEAVYC0AST TRAVEL
People Taking Advantage of
the Bitter Rate War.
BOATS AND TRAINS CROWDED.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Co. Only
Protecting I~fseif-seattle Gets Full
Benefit OF the Fight.

San Francisco. Nov. E.-T1ere was no
further cutting Of rates By either the
Southern Pacific or the Oregon Railway e.
t~.aTIEstlcn Company today The railroad
company maintained LIS SO hrst-cIass and
8 s~econd-class rate between this city and
Portland. including Pullman and tourist
cnr berfhs, while the steamship people
OK 70 the s. cabin and $40 steerage
rates. The navigation companys steamer
to4umbta viii sail tomorrow with about
81 passengers. The special train OF the
Southern Pacific TO compete with the
steamer Will have six crowded Pullman
sleepsrs and three weil-alIed tourist cars.
50 far there have been no signs % a com
promise between the fighting corporations
and probably there Wall not be for some
weeks TO come.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company Is
taking no part In the contest save TO pro-
tect It's passenger business between this
city and Seattle and Tacoma. IL is under
stood. however. hat this company Is will
ing 10 join the navigation company in IS
suing "a through tickle between Portland
and Southern California points. Via Re
dondo and the santa Fe's local lines. TIE
Pacific Coast Steamship Company people
will insist upon fur rates between this
city and Southern California. The santa
Re will also charge full local fares from
Redondo 10 inland points. This through
NtkEIAr aHtA 4H8AtIAs "a 49,
sent between Portland and Southern Cali
fornia only the same reductions as are
now In effect between here and Portland
The passenger traffic on the regular
daily trains OF the Southern Pacific be-
tween San Francisco and Portland Is SAID
To be very light on through business, IN
view OF the low rates in effect on the spe-
cial trains run every fifth day 10 compete
with the navigation companys steamers.
San Francisco. Nov. Ie.-The rate war
between the oregon Railway & Navigation
Company and the Southern Pacific con-
tinues. Today the result of the action Of
the Pacific Coast Company In reducing It's
rates was made manifest. Late yesterday
afternoon the Pacific Coast people decided
that. as a matter OF self-protection, IL
would have 10 enter the fight. When
the O.. Il. a \. people first tired 10 get the
Pacific COast people to JOIN them In the
fight against the Southern Pacific the Pa
cifc Coast demurred. IL did not want 10
lower rates. But when It found that pas
sengers who ordinarily would have gone 10
Seattle, Tacoma and other Puget sound
points on the Pacific Coast steamers were
buying tickets on the o.. K. x y. Co.'S
vessels TO Portland. and going thence by
rail 10 the Sound, Il was forced TO 20 into
the fight. Today the agent had out his sign
OF s. arst-class and s. second-class TO ali
i ASEA jill EtsiAt% LINZ y i1t AAAC - IL
ern Pacific has been forced to give the
Southern a rate OF - on all passengers
from Puget sound points to Portland, so
that the Southern Paclfc's rate to the
Sound Is SIS, as compared with the steam
ship ga little less than 100 per cent.
more. The Southern Pacific rate still is
just twice as much as the steamship rate
20 Portland. whether first or second-class.
The O. Il. & y. Co.'S steamship Columbia
will leave tomorrow with a complement OF
40 passengers, who have taken advantage
OF the s. frst-class cabin rate. including
meals and berth. for the two and 4 halt
days travel. The Storage VIII also prob
ably be full.
Portland. Nov. 1a.-As a result OF the
low fare between Portland and San Fran
cisco. brought about by the rate war be-
tween the Southern Pacific Company and
the oregon Railway & Navigation Com
pany. about 500 people left this city to-
night for San Francisco. The Shasta spe-
cial over the Southern Pacific was sent
out In two sections. carrying in all $40
first and second-class passengers. The
first section consisted of three Pullmans.
one baggage car and one day coach. The
second section was made up Of thirteen
tourist sleepers. one day coach and one
baggage car, making the longest passen-
ger train that ever left this city. The
first section left at 10 y. m. and the sec
ond fifteen minutes later. The regular
California express carried only a few pas
scngers. The steamship State OF Califor-
MIA left her dock onigh at 5 o'clock with
las hrst-ciass passengers, l26 second-class
and fifty reservation at Astoria, making
a total OF 81 passengers. Every state
room and berth was sold. and cots were
spread IN every available spot on board
the ship. A crowd OF more than 1000 pco-
ole crowded on the Ainsworth dock TO see
the steamer pull out. and more thar fifty
persons were refused passage.