The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-03

/, this Is one OF the subjects before the Anglo
American commission ron in session IN
Quebec.
Passing to the question OF fact whether
| at the present time the Canadian Pacific
ought 10 have a dlferentIal on the business
involved. the commission holds thai the
distance between New York ard San Fran
cisco by the Canadian Pacific l. about
4oe, against 500 miles by the direct Amer
can routes; that the Canadian Pacific doas
not seen. 10 have any business with tie
passenger traffic between these points. and
HAT 6iferen;!al should be denied on ina:
ground. But the Canadian Pacific does no;
seriously contend for a concession on san
Francisco business and lts real claim IS
that the diIerentiaI should De applied 10
Portland ard points on the North Pacific
coast and upon the Atlantic coast 10 east
efn Canada. New England and the state
OF New York. Between these sections the
Canadian Pacific Is natural and feasible
route, and should re treated as a eompeti-
tor. The time and distance By various
routes are compared ard tae claim o: the
Canadian Pacific that it ought 10 have
diGerenuai on accoun; Of the longer time
consumed is found to have nttle force,
from the fact that II makes uucls better
tine va 81 Paul than ove- It's man line
and the presumption is that II could make
as fas, TINA ever the latter route A rail-
road must not create 4 disability for the
sake OF obtaining i iiaeren,ial.
Main Business Is Vow to the sound.
Every other consideration except ;hat
OF time = against, The granting Of the
d.fTerentals. Its imperfect physical CON
diiions and lack d. connection have AZ
been changed O: all these competing
lines the tracks OF the Canadian Pacific
alone extend from ocean 10 ocean. ia
rcadbed aud equipment; ar. equal 10 any.
II may he doubted II the n2me OF any
any OF It's rivals, perhaps Of any Areri-
can road Is more generally known
throughout The civilized world than is
ti.a. OF the Canadian Pacific. When this
diTeTentiai was first granted. business to
Pacific coast points went largely - san
Francisco. Practically none went north
TO Vancouver. 1t Was largely in coa&i-
Grafton 81 that fast that The di1erential
was then allowed To-day this is not so
The great vo.ume 81 traffic hy these
north transcoDtlnental lines - 20 Puget
sound o. through Puget sound II points
beyond Ten years ago The Canadian Pa
cfc out % the cirect line ~ traffic
between he Eas; and the Pacific coast
Today L Is the direct line FOR large ror-
t.on - that traffic. II It's location. c.S-
tance. construction. equipment, through
car service reputation. facilities fo- o.
tanning business ard scenic attraction. the
Canadian Pacific would not for a moment
aiTni. It's .nferloglty - either - Ire Others
Again the use ~ rhe jiSegen,tais = A.
most exclusively confined - trunk line
territory ard rates made II combination
fherewlth. TIE Great Northern Is Z, "A
disadvantage compared with tNe Northern
Pacific II the matter % obtaining an eQua}
proportion 81 passenger traffic. ara Yet the
. Great <ogthern asks fer no 1iHerentlas
No nne American - Canadian. ought 80
INSIST upon , GifFeren:iai uD,e~s it IS n
81 nantes; disadvantage THIS : e~pe-
cia,ly tr,.A - the Canadian Pacific a.
rs&laa institution. h0lt iaT<e-T rs GOV
eminent al ana FOR government pur-
passes II K c,n9es into .se l--i:ea States
- compete Tor tTafHs cfta-ee1 tritsd
states points Il should - ecnssm. - og~r-
ate uf,sa the same terms as - Auter.~aa
competitors. unless t1use terms aye clea.-
IS unfust er uprra<onahtf r Should r5i
insist uDoa different orse- - Rings here.
ur.ess l. can make is ;itls - ,1e e.
-land c5ear trxCnd a. qufStiea. Tas Ca
Uata1 Pacific appears. however. - -
emitted - r. - az .oa = ra1s oH -sts
tranS,ont!reu-al business - any An3e-t-
ear t5ue.
TIE caFs.rissscc further points oa' ia.
il hzs also suspended ;ss Long an3 sAarc
haul clauSe fc~ America brs~ cG hlis.-
cess - ard f~ons tr~ ko3teaaf t.ssrsct iD
British Cc,Cnhia. ar3 Ussa1 tTatfc te-
tween -. provinces ~ t<'3ef~c ard Or.
taric ara ne province o. Manitoba"
The de-,s.oa. whsch as w-j:tea -
Comm ~>sauer Priority. thsn ea0el&loS IS
quoted previously.