The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-15
None of the st. PauI-Chfcago Lines
Were Crowded With Extra Traf-
fic Because Of the Cut.

Chairman Midgeley, of the Western
Freight assoefa ton, who came up from
Chicago as tazmessenger of peace and
chief ambassador Of arbitration of the
Chicago-St Paul freight lines returned
to the Windy--City last evening well
satisfied with his work In ST. Paul.
Chairman Midgeley met the Great
rWesternv officials, and with the assis-
lance Of the other members of the arbi-
tration committee, if such it might be
called, induced General Manager Sam
uel Stickney to accept a proposition
looking to a final adjustment Of the
ear ferry rate-wae-whieh has disturbed
the surface oflthe freight rate mill pond
for months.
AS matter of fact, the programme
was all made up In Chicago before the
st. Paul meeting was called. All of
the roads except the Great Western
had agreed to restore the Chicago ST.
Paul rates to so cent basis, and the
car ferry company, which corporation
was the seat of the whole muddle, was
ready to accept al certain small differ
entail, provided Ethe Great Western
would give in.=But the latter road still
hung out, and as final effort, Chair
man Midgeley selected to assist him.
General Mana gert Burt, of the North
western; General Manager Underwood.
of the 500; General Manager Erling. OF
the Milwaukee and General Freight
Agent J. T. Clark, of the Omaha. These
gentlemen met with General Manager
Stickney yesterday in an all day SEES
sion. 1t was announced that the 500.
which has been the ally of the car ferry
company, stood ready to accept the
proposition which has been submitted.
and that the Lake Michigan and Lake
Superior Transportation company, an
other factor in the fight, had also agreed
to accept the differential which was
proposed for that concern. After mat
tiers had been figured down to a fine
point, General Manager Stickney grace
fully yielded.
You are such nice polite gentlemen,
| cannot refuse you, and then all you
| have cost me is a box of CIGARS" was
his factetious reply.
This means that on and after Oct 1.
the merchants will have a. renewal of
the old rates on Chicago-St. Paul
freight, an increase of from 10 to- so
cents per hundred pounds, first-class
freight. The war has been on for
months 1t has only been stopped when
freight was being hauled from Chicago
to the Twin Cities for far less than the
cost Of handling It'll
: In one sense of the word, the car ferry
company has won very important
point. 1t has compelled the railroads
| to concede it Irregular differential.
small as it is. This differential which
has been allowed the company is
cent on lower class freight and a cent
and half on upper class The Lake
Michigan and Lake Superior Transpor-
tation company is allowed a differential
of cents per hundred. Some railroad
officials declare that the allowance of a
sdifferential to the ear ferry. company in
| this instance, amounts to a confession
| that a steamboat company which car
ries loaded cars upon it's decks, is a
lake and rail line, and therefore entitled
| to differential, the same as any steam
boat line which carries broken bulk in
cargo. The rates which will be restored
the first of October, will be as follows:
Class 1, Coo; class 2, Soc; class 8, 4Oc;
class 4, 25c; class 5, zoe; class A, 25c:
class B. zoe; class G., tic; class d. 14c:
| class E, 13c.
One has been demonstrated during
the progress OF the long drawn out
| fight, and that is that, during times
! like these. rate wars do not create bust
ness. None of the lines interested have
| felt the impetus of added business since