St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-29
WESTERN PASSENGER AsSoCIA-
TION REFUSES EXTENSION OF
TIME TO G. A. II.
NO LOWER RATES TO K. OF P's
ONLY ONE ROAD FAVORED GRANT
ING THE REQUESTS OF THE
TWO ORGANIZATIONS.
THE CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN.
Party Rates to BE Done Away With
EntireIy-Theater People Are
Excepted.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2S.-A meeting Of the
Western Passenger association was
held today for the purpose of consid-
ering the requests for an extension of
time on the tickets to the G.. A. r. en-
campment at st. Paul and rates below
those already granted for the meeting
of the Knights of Pythias at Mime
apolis. Both requests were denied.
Some Of the roads we're willing to make
the extension on the G. A. r. tickets,
but the general feeling was against 1t,
and the matter was decided in the neg
ative.
The Great Western road, which was
the first to guarantee a rate for the
Grand Army of one cent per mile, was
strongly ine favor of making the tick
cts with a twenty-day Limit instead of
thirty days, as asked by the G.. A r.
The other roads were against it, and
it is likely that the Great Western,
after going through the preliminaries
called for by the association agreement,
will give time limit Of at least twen-
ty days on all tickets sold over it's line.
The other roads will not, however,
meet this rate, certainly not for some
months, and the officers of the G. A R.
say that they cannot depend On one
road. In fact Commander Walker, of
the G. A. r.. is under instructions from
the executive committee to give up the
Idea Of holding the encampment at st.
Paul unless the desired concession
can be obtained from the Western Pas
senger association" The refusal of the
roads to grant the extension was on
account Of the Generalization which
they claim would result to their busi-
ness if they issued tickets with so ex-
tended a return limit.
In the matter of the knights Of
Pythias, the refusal to meet the one
cent rate made by the 500 line was
unanimous.
If the encampment is taken to Buff
falo or any other point in the East it
will not be granted any better terms
and possibly not as good as those Of
fered by the Western roads. The meet
ing today had positive assurances from
the joint traffic association that if
either the encampment or the meeting
of the Knights was held in their ter
ritory that no better rates would be
made than have already been made by
the Western lines.
After disposing OF the ST. Paul and
Minneapolis affairs, the meeting took
up the question of party rates, and
decided to do away with them entirely
making, however, some provision for
theatrical parties. Chairman Caldwell
was instructed to obtain the votes Of
absent lines on the proposition before
promulgating any decree doing away
with the rates.
COMMANDER WALKER TALKS
CHICAGO, Jan. 28@Commander I.
N. Walker said, after he had been in
formed that the Western Passenger as
sociation would not grant the desired
extension on the tickets:
We'll. that simply lets ST. Paul out
Of 1t. That's all there is to that The
entire matter will now be reopened
and another city selected for the en-
campment." When informed that the
roads of the Joint Traffic association
had declared that they would not grant
terms more favorable than those al
ready made by the Western lines, Com
mander Walker replied: Then there
will be no G. A. r. encampment this
year. We must have thirty-day tick
cts or we will not have any encamp-
ment"
Electric Roads Render Good Service.
CLEVELAND. O., Jan. 2S.-The numerous
electric railroads in Northern Ohio are caus-
ing the steam roads great deal of anxiety
by taking from them their short-haul freight
and passengers The Erie company has taken
the bull by the horns, and decided to reduce
the passenger rates in the region of Youngs-
town and Warren to the level of the fares
charged by the competing electric lines there
The Cleveland Canton and Southern railroad
has already made a reduction of two cents
per mile on certain round-trip tickets.
The Baltimore & Ohio Northwestern
BALTIMORE. Md. Jan. 2S.-It is not i'm
probable that the refunding Of the floating
debt of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad COM
pany will result in the formation of new
system to be known as the Baltimore & Ohio
Northwestern. An interesting rumor in con-
nection with the proposed formation of
new system is that in the event the idea is
adopted, Thomas NJ. King, second vice pres-
dent of the Baltimore & Ohio, will be ele-
waited to the presidency of the new line.
Only One Per Cent Yet.
The new Duluth Mississippi River North
ern railway filed its report of gross earn
ings with the state auditor yesterday, show
ing receipts Of S70,729 AS 1t comes under
the 1 per cent tax rate as yet it will only
have to pay into the state treasury this year