The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-24
ONE CENT PER MILE TO BUEFALO
REFUSED BY WESTERN
ROADS
THE ONE-WAY RATE PLAN.
LINES WILL NOT HANDLE ENDEAV.
OR BUSINESS ON ANY OTHER
BASIS.
NEW AGREEMENT NOW ENDORSED.
Attorneys Decide That the Verbal
Changes Made in 1T are All Well
Within the Law.

CHICAGO, April 23.-Western roads
held a meeting this afternoon to con-
slider Christian Endeavor rates They
did not come to any decision regarding
them, but referred the whole matter
to their executive committee. The propo-
sition which secured most favor was
that one-way rate of $25 between Chi
I cago and San Francisco be made in
both directions via the Missouri river
and that the one-way rate in each d.
rection via st. Paul and Portland be
$3.50. In making this proposition the
Western roads know it will not be &C
ceptable to the Southern Pacific. 1t
has already signified it's dislike or the
one-way rate plan of dealing with the
matter and wants a round-trip rate OF
$50 made from Chicago. The Western
roads cannot see any other than the
one-way rate way Of protecting their
regular business from decentralization
through the manipulation Of these very
low rates, however, and they have in
timated very strongly that, If the
Southern Pacific does not like their
plan, will stay out Of the busi-
ness altogether and allow the con-
Francisco. The reference of the matter
to the executive committee is to see If
it cannot make terms with the Southern
Pacific without the concurrence Of
which no rate can be made. 1t
may be ten days or two weeks be-
fore the matter is finally settled al
though the executive committee was in
structed to meet tomorrow and con-
slider it.
Some time ago the Western roads
had before them the question Of re-
duced rates for the Grand Army en-
eampment to be held at Buffalo next
September. They agreed upon one
way rate for the round trip to the
eastern gateways Of the Western roads,
to be added to the one-cent per mile
rate made by the roads east thereof
to Buffalo. This rate did not suit the
Grand Army men and Gen. ClarksOn,
as chief, asked the West
ern roads to reconsider their action and
make a One-cent per mile rate. The
Western roads had this request under
consideration today. They refused to
make a lower than one-Way rate and
the only concession they would make,
in their former arrangements, was to
to the same basis as has been adopted
by the roads east of Chicago.
General passenger agents Of the
Western roads do not expect any great
amount of travel from Western ter
ritory to the Nashville exposition.
They had the question of rates for that
event before them today. The man
ayers Of the exposition had asked them
to make a rate of 80 per cent of the
one-way fare for the round trip. That
would have been on the basis of about
one cent per mile. The roads refused
to make anything like so low a rate.
The experience they had with the At
lanta exposition convinced them that
travel to the exposition from Western
territory could not be materially slim
ulated by lower rates, the making of
which would but afford the means of
manipulating One-Way regular bust
ness. They therefore decided that the
best they could do for the exposition
was to constitute Nashville tourist
point for the season and apply the
regular tourist rate of 80 per cent Of
double deals.
Members of the new executive COM
mittee Of the reorganiZed Western
Passenger association had an impor-
tant conference today with counsel Of
the Chicago roads. The object was
to get the certificate of these legal ad-
Visers of the roads that the changes
made in the wording of the agreement
by the general meeting prior to its
final adoption yesterday were entire
ly within the law. After carefully 60
ing over the revised agreement, the
lawyers decided that no changes had
been made which interfered with the
legality of the document in the least,
and they gave their Endorsement of it
without hesitation. Had they decided
differently the executive committee
had authority to change the wording
to suit the views of counsel There
is now nothing in the way of the
agreement being effective at the time
agreed upon yesterday, April &c.
The Quincy, Omaha & Kansas City
road was sold today at foreclosure to
a committee representing the bond
holders, for 100000.
F. w. Lee has been appointed Texas
immigration agent of the st. Louis &
San Francisco and the Gulf Colorado
&c Santa Fee roads with headquarters
In St Louis.