The Portland daily press., 1898-02-12
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CANADIAN PACIFIC WAGES.

The conductors, trainmen ana yaru
masters of the C. p. r. were recently
made happy by getting an increase n
their wages from the management. ineir
old agreement expired on the trst Oh req
ruary, and few days before tna1 ohe
men waited on Mr.. G. w. Spencer, tne
general superintendent of the Y. Z. h''
and made their request for an increase III
the nav they were receiving. Several
DAYS were occupied in going through inc
schedule with them, with the result tha6
the deputation went away perfectly saols-
fed with the outcome. Last year the
men asked for an increase, but .tne com
pany was unable to accede to the reg uese.
This year, however. they have been made
happy with a,substsntialiraise@ all round.
THE CANADIAN WAR.
An application has teen made by the
Grand Trunk to the Interstate Copl-
,oerce Commission at Washington for
the abrogation of the long and short haul
cIause of the Interstate Commerce Act,
and if the request is granted they will be
in a legal position to give the same rates
r, Manitoba and North Westspoints al. the
C. P. r.
Some days ago the Grand Trunk rail
road lowered their Western rates to the
same basis as the c. P. R., but the course
had not the necessary legal sanction the
result being that the rates were with
drawn a couple of days ago, and restored
to their former basis. By doing so it is
claimed the Grand Trunk railroad would
strengthen their case when it comes up
for consideration by the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
The abrogation of the long and short
haul clause of the Inter State Commerce
Act would mean that the Grand Trunk
could quote q lower rote from Montreal
to Winnipeg or any other western point
than to an intermediate place. Take for
instance, St. Paul The clause in cues
ton as regards the Kootenay business was
abrogated by the commission some
months ago, so that it is not unnaturally
expected that the same will be done for
the Grand Trunk and its American allies.
The assumption in railway circles Is
that the difficulty between the Grand
Trunk and Canadian Pacific has not i'm
proved any within the past few days. On
the otherShand the breach is believed to
be widening. This seems all the more
likely in view Of the inability OF Messrs.
T. G. Shaughnessy and Chas. NJ Hays
to arrive at any understanding which
could be mutually subscribed to. The
two gentlemen In question have not come
together for the past three days.
The course of the Grand Trunk in legal
" preparing itself to compete with the G.
p. r. on North West business by way OF
Chicago since the cancellation OF the
North Bay Branch agreement makes the
outcome extremely dubious. The q. +.
r. makes no secret thatiit will stand by
it's policy of securing for the Canadian
route the traffic for the Canadian North
West. The idea of United States laws
affecting business from Canadian to
Canadian points is not relished by the Z.
p r.. and it is claimed that there Is
really nothing in the long and short haul
clause as the rates to intermediate points
are bound to come down. For instance,
| if a traveller can buy ticket from Mon
treal to Winnipeg for $2a. 40 and it costs
him s24 SO for ticket to st. Paul. the
natural result is that people will soon
learn enough to take the ticket to Win
nipeg and get off at st. Paul and hand
the remainder of the ticket over to q
! scalper.
The G. P. r. will be able to meet that
feature of the situation with its 500 line
and any reductions under the long and
snort haul clause will at once be met by
the G. p. r.