The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-02-24
| UNION PACIFIC
WILL NOT
CUT RATES
Has Issued a Definite
Notice to That
Effect.
Confines the War to Ter
ritory Of the Canadian
Pacific.
Policy Of the Southern Pacific
Will Be Decided in Chicago
To-Day.
TRAFFIC OFFICERS MEET.
Passengers Can Travel From Halifax
to St Paul for Eighteen
Dollars.
Policy OF the Southern Pacific
Will Be Decided in Chicago
To-Day.
TRAFFIC OFFICERS MEET
Passengers Can Travel From Halifax
to St Paul for Eighteen
Dollars.

CHICAGO, Feb. 30 The Union Pa
cific has decided not to take any part
in the tranScontinental rate war. 1t
issued notice to-day that after con-
sidering the matter it had decided not
to use the cut rates through the Mis-
souri, River gateways. This action on
it's part will help to strengthen the
situation materially. Other roads will
now be less inclined than ever to al
low the war to spread beyond the ter
ritory in which the Canadian Pacific
| is an active competitor.
The rate war, about which there has
| lately been SO many conflicting rumOrs
and Surmises, was started some little
while ago by the Canadian Pacific on
| it's through travel from Eastern points
to it's Pacific Coast terminals and had
it's origin in the jealousy of the three
northern lines with regard to the rush
of travel to the Klondike gold fields.
The Canadian Pacific has always
claimed, and it's claim has been al
of 81 so first class and S. second class.
When the Klondike rush commenced
the other two northern lines, the
L
| claimed that this differential was not
just one, and in order to secure their
share of the travel reduced their rates
to meet the difference. This reduction
was met by the Canadian Pacific with
still another cut, and it was not long
before rates were slashed to the pres
ent prices of $40 first class and $50 sec
ond class from New York to Portland
and Puget Sound ports, and to $31 so
IL; 70
| terminals.
Tickets have been sold in individual
cases even cheaper than this, notwith-
| standing the interstate law, and emf
! grants landing in Halifax from Europe
can now go to ST. Paul, Mimi, for $18,
| which is cheaper than the fare from
New York to Chicago on any road ex-
cept those allowed differentials where
the fare is SIG.
The Southern Pacific has so far re-
fused to take any part in the war,
claiming that the amount of Klondike
| business coming via San Francisco
would not compensate them for the
loss they would sustain on their regu-
lar travel by cutting the rates to meet
those of their northern competitors and
! absorbing the steamer rates from here
| to Portland as well.
There is a meeting of the different
traffic associations scheduled to take
place in Chicago to-day, and not until
after that meeting will the final policy
| Of the Southern Pacific be definitely
settled.
1t is reported among the street that
| tickets are being sold in this city over
the Northern Pacific to Eastern points,
the passengers going from here to
Portland by either boat or train and
eastward from there taking advantage
of the cut rates from that point, which,
added to the steamer rates of $12 and
| Sc from this city or the regular train
rates of SIT and $12 net, still come I'M
der the regular through rates on the
| Southern Pacific from San Francisco
to Chicago and Atlantic coast points.