The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-05-15
Passenger Agents in Conference
at San Francisco
NO AGREEMENT IS REACHED
Regarding the Rstes to the National
Conventions
The nedicos Have Won Their Fight snd the
Politicians Are Likely To-Bieyeies
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SAN FRANCISCO, May lathe lead
ing passenger officials of the overland
railroads, as represented In the Trans
continental Passenger association meet
ings at the Palace hotel, are still wrang-
ling over convention rates from the IA
cific coast. The committee failed 10
agree today and the association took an
adjournment until tomorrow, when IL
will be ready to report.
The Oregon railway and the Northern
Pacific have made and won fight in
the committee. TAese roads asked the
association to make a rate of one fare Tor
the round trip from the east to Portland
this summer for the medical convention.
The association refused to make rate
lower than one and one-third regular
round trip rates. The roads represent
tatives came here with the intention OF
opposing single fare for the round trip
to the eastern conventions unless Port
land was given the same reduction. The
committee has agreed to a single fare
for Portland, so the single-trip rate to
the Republican convention at st. Louis,
the Democratic convention at Chicago,
the Grand Army encampment at st.
Paul, the Christian Endeavor conven-
ton at Buffalo, the Prohibition conven-
ton at Pittsburg and the Baptist Young
Peoples convention at Milwaukee
seems assured. The committee will re-
port against q reduced rate to the Popu-
list convention at st. Louis on the os-
tensible ground that the Populists have
not. like the denominations mentioned.
made request to the association for
reduction.
The Northern Pacific made a fight to
permit purchasers of reduced tickets to
stop over at the Yellowstone park. re
turning from the conventions. The Den
yer and Rio Grande and the Santa Fe
also asked stop-over privileges. The
committee decided to refuse this re-
e. oIot nd hny
was decided to closely limit the time
during which the tickets should be put
on sale and the time for which they
should be good to return.
According to the report. reduced tick
cts will only be offered for sale in any
town or city west of st. Paul, Omaha
and Kansas City during two days. The
dates will be so fixed as to allow the pur-
chaser to buy his ticket and make con-
tinuous trip to the convention city by
the time set for the opening of the con-
vention The purchaser of ticket must
state when he intends returning and the
ticket will be so marked
Under this arrangement reduced tick
cts to the Republican national conven-
ton at ST Louis will be put on sale here
June 10th and 18th Returning from st.
Louis, holders of these tickets will have
them honored coming home If they leave
st. Louis June 21st, July 18th, July 21sr
one of these dates. The exact dates af-
fecting the sale and life of tickets to the
other conventions will be arranged to-
morrow morning.
WESTERN ROADS
CHICAGO, May 14.-The roads of the
Western Passenger association have re-
fused to adopt proposition submitted
to them to exempt transpacific business
from their agreement. This class OF
business does not come under the agree
ment of the transcontinental roads and
the western roads have at times found
themselves at disadvantage in COM
peting for it. They have decided how
ever. they will continue the fight under
present conditions instead of amending
the rules. The Rock Island road today
gave notice that it would meet the ac-
ton of the Great Western in making
second class tickets good in first class
sleeping cars. 1t will Also meet the rates
and arrangements of the Southern Pa
cific for the meeting of the American
civil engineers in San Francisco.
1t Is probable all the roads in the CEN
trail passenger committee will follow the
lead Of the Pennsylvania railroad, in
carrying bicycles free Of charge. The
Lake Shore is preparing to follow suit,
and 1t is expected that all the Compel
itors Of the Pennsylvania and Lake
Shore will soon join the procession.
The western roads will not at the pres
ent time take aeon in the matter.
They have had for long time provi-
sion in their agreement that a charge
should be made for carrying the wheels,
and some of the roads declared that they
will continue to make a charge, no mat
ter what the roads do. The general OBJ
lection seems to be that the bicycle Is
too unwieldy an article to carry in the
baggage cars. Some railroad officials
say that If they are to carry all the
wheels that will be thrust upon them,
once they begin to carry them for moth
ing, they will have to run more baggage
cars than passenger cars upon their
trains.