New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-03
,nt,on "a that the dIrerentiai should

real contention is that the differential sno"'u
be applied to Portland and points north OIL inc
Pacific Coast and upon the Atanuc coas' W
Eastern Canada. New England and the state vi
New-York Between these sections the 'ana-
dian Pacific is a natural and feasible route anu
should he treated as competing line Inc i'i"e
and Distance by various routes are compared
md the claim OF the Canadian PACING 'nat "
ought TO have a dfferential on account OF ionSer
t,rnn consumed Is found to have little force. from
tho foct that II makes much better time by way
~ ST Paul than over it's main line. and the pre-
sumption is that IT could make as fast time over
the latter route.
railroad mus, not create disability ior o tne
rake Of obtaining drersnta,n f ~ against the
granting Of the drerential. It's mperIedt pnS all
Gal conditions and lack OF connections nave "
OF ali competing lines the ,rt tracks sos o. the
ocean It's roadbed and equipment are eSua ,,, 20
any II has railroad connection WIN ~ from
Ros;Gn ana monreS Il has steamship
ton 10 Asia by Its own steamers, nSrhba ps
OF ayy American railroad is more generally known vi,
thronshout the civilized world than is that OF the
Canadian Paciic
CONDITIONS GREATLY CHANGED
When this dinerential was first granted business
10 the Pacific Coast points went largely 10 on'
Francisco Practically none went north OF van
couver II largely in consideration OF that fact
that the dIrerentIal was then allowed. To-day inns
is not So The great volume of trqic by s thsss
North transcontnental lines Is to Pusel no Tn
or through Puget Sound TO points beyono ~
years ago the Canadian Pacific was out OF Ine
direct line OF trac between the Easr a tor '
portion Of that traffic. In location. distance, cor
structlon, equipment throughout service iepu nf
ton facilities for obtaining business ana s ,r a
moment admit It's nferorty TO either OF ,ne
Again. the use Of dferentials is almost ex
cusively confined to Trunk Line terrIoIy a,11
Northern Is at a disadvantage as comparco WIN
the Northern Pacific in the matter OF OBJ 81, "a
equal proportion OF passenger traInc an" YET ~
Great Northern asks for no dlnerentlaL
DIFFERENTIAL MEANS DISADVANTAGES
No line American or Canadian ought TO insist
upon diferental unless II is at manifest us
advantage This Ia especially true Of the Canad'an
Pacific a Canadian Institution built largely py
Government aid and for Government purposes. ~
IL comes into the United States TO compete, lS1
trafic between United states points. " snoud oc
content 10 operate upon the same terms as i.s
American competitors unless those terms are
sist inon different order OF things here unless Il
can make It's title TO the demand clear beyond al
question. The Canadian Pacific appears, however
10 be entitled to make as low rate on tnls trais-
continental business as any American hne'
Tho Commission further points out that 1t has
also SUSPENDED the long and short haul clause
for American lines on business TO and from the
Kootenai mining district in British Columbia.
and upon traflc between the provinces OF Que
bee and Ontario and the Province OF Manitoba