The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-09
Canadian Pacific Again Cuts From
Coast to Coast.
NO EFFECT LOCALLY YET
REDUCTION WILL BE MET ON
MAkCH ELEVENTH.
Southern Pacific May Take Hand In
the Fight, Along With the Short
Line, Union Pacific and Colorado
Roads-Latest By Wire-Railway
Notes.

Again has the Canadian Pacific cut the
rates from one coast to the other. The
Canada line seems determined that some
adverse legislation shall be passed by
congress and is inviting its own incon-
venience from the indications.
In addition to the information con-
tanned in the dispatches of Yesterday
morning concerning the cut rates from
St. Paul 10 Seattle, the following dis
patcn was sent out yesterday afternoon:
san traRclsco. March Sine Canadian
Pacific has announced that tomorrow 1t
VIII sea tickets out Of San Francisco at
the toliowinS rates:
To ST. Paul, so nrst-class and SIS sec
end c-ass; 10 Chicago -afst-ciass and
$3.50 second Ga fork, S4J first
c-ass and $50 second c-ass.
The rates TO Chicago and St. Paul are
new rates, while the rates to New York
remain undisturbed- The rate war Is
proving 4 bonanza to veSseis running
IRON tnis city to British Columbian ports.
IC would seem from reading the above
that the war is being brought into its
enemies country by the British line.
The, cut will. be met by The lines passing
Through the Ogden and Granger gate
WAS on the Jfth.s IL requires that time
TO get notice TO the interstate commerce
commission as required by law. Up to
date the Southern Pacific has refused TO
participate IN the hight and the oregon
railway & Navigation. Oregon Short
Line. CEion Pacific and the Colorado lines
have the battle TO bear.
Local passenger agents stated yester-
day there was little likelihood of this cut
having an effect on rates from this point
in either direction. was hoped you'd
be the case by the ticket brokers and
several Others. AS il is now, the Chicago
passenger for the i<londike can get 10
his objective point much cheaper than the
passenger from this city and surrounding
territory
Local traffic men are of the opinion that
the business. -accrUing to the Canadian
Pacific viii be of greater volume as con-
Germs west bound ira ffic. Travel eastward
IS not much at this time, especially from
san Francisco.
There seems to be weil-deined o2in-
ion existing among railroad men that the
interests OF American lines should be
guarded-by legislation against the Can
adam Pacific rs that system seems TO
have it in its. power to get ard demon
aiiza matters 2t almost any time.
Chairman Caldwell wired the local
agents yesterday that the time for them
to make the cut would be on the Ith.
and on that date the Hres operating
through the Missouri river gateWays will
cific,
1t was rumorci last evening that the
Southern Pacific might be induced to take
a hand in the matter. San Francisco IS
kicking. and kicking hard. as the msr-
chants there who were doing good bust
ness IN Quitting prospectors for Alaska
have lost nearly all their trade. Nothing
remains COR them now except local busi-
ness, and that is small as compared with
what they expected. Large stocks on
peals are being made through the papers
to let down the lars and give the town
a chance. The Alaska Commercial COM
pany.' whcih sent q car through a short
time ago, IS making tremendous pro-
test and demanding that the Southern
Pacific DO sonnet hing