The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-12-10
ALASKAN RATES.
Canadian Pacific May Declare War
On Them.

Chicago, Dec. AT a meeting of the
mileage ticket bureau of the Central
Passenger association, which was held
today, a large-sized fight developed over
the handling of the interchangeab
mileage tickets, The Lake Shore and
the Michigan Central championad a
resolution to alter the method in which
the tickets are sold at present. The
plan now in effect is for the traveller to
present his ticket to the ticket agent,
announcing how far he desires to
travel, the ticket agent tears from the
mileage book the requisite number Of
miles, and issues to the traveller the
ticket, which is good on the train. The
Michigan Central and the Lake Shore
desired that the interchangeable ticket
be made good for transportation when
presented on trains. and a. number of
other lines objected to this. There was
the warmest kind of fight and it last
ed for the greater part of the day. but
the resolution was lost when the mat
ter came up for a final vote, 20 of the
roads voting against it and eight for it.
ALASKAN RATES.
The western roads have for some time
been figuring earnestly on the business
that is expected to set in during the
late winter and the early spring toward
I Il
whether the purchasers of transporta1-
ton would wish to buy tickets through
to Dawson City or only to the ports on
the Pacific coast and today the roads
took their first action bearing on the
question of Alaska rates. They have
I decided to get out their rate sheets,
| showing through rates to Alaska, and
! will ignore entirely the claims of the
] Canadian Pacific for differential on
/ the business. The rates of the Cana
dian Pacific will not, in fact, be shown
on the sheet at ALL In the days of the
Oil transcontinental pass associa-
ton the Canadian Pacific was allowed
differential of SIS on its Pacific coast
] business and it claims the same now,
| hut the roads of the old association am
those of the Western Passenger asso-
citation as we'll say that the dissolu-
! ton of the old organization, after the
, PRONUNCIATION of the supreme court de-
! -3pu gar ing the formation Of pools
and associations, absolved them from
all further obligations to allow the diff
! ferentials of the Canadian Pacific. The
| latter road has never seen the matter
in that light, and it Will make a fight
that is very likely to demoraltze the
rates to Alaska and the North Pacific
coast points.
The executive committee of the West
ern Passenger association held a meet
ing today, but did not accomplish any
thing of interest, it's time being taken
up by the consideration of routine mat
tiers. 1t is expected that it will get
after the large matter tomorrow.
ANOTHER TOURIST SLEEPER.
During the past three days the Balti-
more & Ohio, the Baltimore Ohio
/ Southwestern, the Illinois Central, and
the Southern Pacific passenger officials
have been in consultation in Chicago,
and today it was announced that a
through tourist sleeping car line would
be started on Dec. Is from Pittsburg
to San Francisco, without change via
Cincinnati, Louisville and New Or
leans. The service is to be weekly and
oftener il necessary, the car leaving on
Wednesday nights from Pittsburg and
on Thursday nights from San Fran
cisco. Another important deal for an
other line is almost closed.