The Saint Paul globe., 1896-12-10
RATES TO SETTLERS
THE N p. AND G. n. DECIDE TO
CARRY INsMIGRANTs AT RE-
DUCED FIGURES.
WHY THIS HAS BEEN DONE.
GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT FEE
SAYS THAT IT WILL NOT DIS
TURB OTHER RATES.
soo's BUSINESS on THE LAKES.
The Last Season Was a Good One
fer the BOnts of That COm-
pnny.

Accusations of wholesale slashes in
tranScontinental r:1tes from st. Paul
to the coast are being made by cpmpet-
itors Of the Nor,heln i'acific and Great
Northern road, and there is said to lie
trouble brewing. The roads mentione
have placed a rate of SIS rom st. Paul
to Seattle and other points in the same
territory, to home seekers, pCt acct d.
ing to General Passenger Agent Fee
the rates are under 1ery unusual re-
strictions and cannot possibly tecome
a disturbing factor IN the rate s:tua-
tion. They are far from being open
rates. To a reporter for the q | e
Mr.. Fee said yesterday:
THE passenger rates of The North
ern Pacific and the Great Northern to
North Pacific coast points are today,
SO far as I am aware, the same as
those heretofore in effect and the same
as via other transcontinental lines.
THE nagement of the Northern
Pacific railway, believing that the sale
and settlement of its lands is of the
first Importance, have arranged to
grant certain reduced rates to bona
flde settlers under certain restrictions
and conditions imposed by it's land
commissioner, these concessions being
granted through it's land department
at st. Paul
ITO settlers going into territory
competitive with other transcontinental
lines, both the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern are publishing and
charging the agreed transcontinental
rates, so that there is no reason for
any disturbance in through rates to
Pacific coast points"
A Chicago dispatch of last night.
speaking of these rates, says: THE
roads of the Transcontinental Passen-
ger association are much worried over
the report of action taken by the
Northern Pacific and the Great North
ern roads. 1t is said that they have
put into effect a rate of $25 from St
Paul TO all North Pacific coast points
for the benefit Of new settlers and for
the members of their families going TO
join them in the West The S25 rate
cuts the regular tariff exactly in half,
and has not been authorized
by the TranscOntinentai Passenger as
Soclation. CThe rate affects all trans
contlental rates as well as those direct
ly inVolVedO 1t is claimed that the
rate has been made as the result of the
work OF the Washington Immi migration
association, which has been represent
ing to the roads that if it was grant
ed it would bring an increase of i'm
migrants to the North Pacific coast
shortly after the beginning of the
year. Neither of the two roads said
to have made the rate has rendered
1t to any of its connections as a basing
rate.
"A small dispute has arisen between
the Northern Pacific and the Canadian
Pacific on the matter of the differen-
tials allowed to the latter. The Cana
dian Pacific claims the right to ticket
passengers through Chicago and over
d1fferential lines east of this city, AMI
still retain its differential on the bust
ness. The Northern Pacific denies that
its competitor has this right, and says
that when the Canadian Pacific uses
the diferential rates east of Chicago
it makes it's differentiaI $3.50, when it's
regular differential is only S. The
matter will probably not be settled un-
til the chairman of the Transcontinent-
al Passenger association takes a hand
III the dispute"
From Tacoma came the following on
the same subject: 1T is announced
that the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern railroads have made a S25
families from st. Paul to the Pacific
coast. Officials of the local imInigra-
tion association have been working a
year to secure a rate, but at first en-
countered difficulties, particularly that
of the Western Passenger association
Officers of the two roads named have
since been able to so adjust matters
as to make such a rate possible. Il
large increase in immigration to this
state is expected as a result, coming
soon after Jan. l.