The record-union., 1897-12-10
DOINGS IN RAILWAY CIRCLES.
WARM FIGHT OVER HANDLING
OF MILEAGE TICKETS.
Generalization in Through Rates
to Alaska Like1y-New Tour
ist Sleeping-Car Service.

CHICAGO, Dec 9-At the meeting
of the Mileage Ticket Bureau of the
Central Passenger Association, which
was held to-day, a large sized fight
developed over the handling of the in
terchangeable mileage tickets.
The Lake Shore and the Michigan
Central championed a resolution to al
ter 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 required 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 transporta-
ton when presented on trains, and a
number of the other lines objected to
this. There was the warmest kind of
a fight, and it lasted for the greater
part of the day, but the resolution was
lost when the matter came to final
vote, twenty Of the roads voting
against it and eight for it.
The Western roads have for some
time been fighting earnestly on the
business that is expected to set in in
the late winter and early spring to-
ward Alaska They have been doubt
full whether the purchasers of trans
portation would wish to buy tickets
through to Dawson City, or only to
the ports on the Pacific Coast, and to-
day the roads took their first action
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rates. They have decided to get out
their rate sheets showing through rates
to Alaska, and will ignore entirely the
claims of the Canadian Pacific for a
differential on the business. The rates
of the Canadian Pacific will not, in
fact, be shown on the sheet at all.
In the days of the old Transcontinen-
tai Passenger Association the Canadian
Pacific was allowed differential of
So on its Pacific Coast business, and it
claims the same now, but the roads of
the old association and those of the
Western Passenger Association, as
well, say that the dissolution of the
old organizations after the promulga-
ton of the Supreme Court decision re-
gardiag the formation of pools and as
sociations absolved them from all fur
ther obligations to allow the differen-
tialss to the Canadian Pacific. The lat
ter road has never seen the matter in
that light, and will make a fight that
is very likely to demoralize the rates
to Alaska and the North Pacific Coast
points.
The Executive Committee of the
Western Passenger Association held a
meeting to-day, but did not accomplish
anything of interest, it's time being
taken up by the consideration of rou-
tine matters 1t is expected that it
will get after the large matter to-mor-
row.
During the past three days the Bal
timore and Ohio, the Baltimore and
Ohio Southwestern, Illinois Central and
the Southern Pacific officials have been
in consultation in Chicago, and to-day
it was announced that a tourist Sleep
ing car line would be started on De-
cember 18th from Pittsburg to San
Francisco without change, via Cincin-
natl, Louisville and New Orleans The
service is to be weekly, and oftener if
necessary. the cars leaving on We'd
nesday nights from Pittsburg and on
Thursday NIGHTS from San Francisco