The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-19
NEWS OF RAILROADS
OMAHA MEETS GREAT NORTHERN
AND NORTHERN PACIFIC RATE
TO FRISCO
ANOTHER WARl,uMAY RESULT
Chicago Great WESTERN Promptly
Gets on the, Band Wason-spe-
ciai Meeting of theNWestern Pas
senger AssOcfa ton Ha. Been caI
ed On Account of the Situation
NJ. & st. L. New Coast Rate.

The Omaha threw bomb into the rail-
road camp yesterday by announcing
rate of $3.50, second-cIass to San Fran
cisco via Union Pacific, and Southern Pa
cific, through Sioux, City, to meet the
Great Northern and Northern Pacific
rates to Frisco. The, new rate will be-
come effective tomorrow
The Chicago Great Western promntlv
met the rate through Kansas Citv via
Sante F,e to Los Angeles and Frisco.
me only other line directly affected is
the Minneapolis & ST Louis, which will
probably follow suit
The regular rate to San Francisco.
based on the $25 rate to the coast Ia $40
Inc rate on the Southern Pacific from
PORTLAND is SIS. but the Omaha has dis
covered that a rebate of. S. so is allowed
on tickets from Portland to San FRAN
CISCO The rebate is believed to be given
on account Of steamship competition and
thus the actual rate to San Francisco is
only $3i5O 40
NO notice of the change of rates was
given to the two competing lines south.
out they We're not slow In learning of If
ana they Immediately. took steps to meet
The Minneapolis Il st. Louis Yesterday
made rate to the coast of $40. 40. The
rate Is now $3.50 from all Missouri river
points and the nearest point on the river
reached by that road is Sioux CITY. The
local rate to Sioux City is $3.50. MAKING
total of 5000 This will undoubtedly
De reduced to the @Omaha's figures to-
morrow. ~.
MEETING TOMORROW
A special meeting of the Western Pas
senser association has. been called for
newt Monday as a. result of the situation.
me call has been issued by Chairman
caldwell and is as follows:
Notices have just been received from
the Northern Pacific and Great Northern
halfway companies, that, commencing
March Il, one-half ofIthe normal first
class rate will be used for one-wav sec
ond-class tickets to all points on their
lines, with a minimum. selling rate of So.
1t seems essential thatsa prompt under
standing be reached by other lines upon
action to protect their interests; there
lore special meeting.sis hereby called
for all lines within the territory of the
Western Passenger association east and
west of the Missouri river, in Chicago,
at IL a. m., Monday. March 90 full at
tendance is urged"4z 81
SITUATION OF THE 500.
General Passenger Agent Galloway. Of
the 500 line, is regarding comn!acentlv
the situation. He says that although the
500 line has met the rate at all connect
ing points, the rate Will not be doomed
especially. 1t WILL however, boom an
other kind of rate according to the 500
passenger agent
The Northern Pacific and Great North
ern have made this s25 rate said Mr..
galloway, "ostensibly to encourage i'm
migration into the Pacific Northwest
That's all right. The 500, considered bv
itself and outside of it's relation to the
Canadian Pacific, has no interest in set
ting up the Pacific Northwest but it has
very direct and important interest in
settling up its own country-Minnesota
and Dakota. WHAT these Twin Cities
want most is the settlement of the trib-
utary Countrywide .prairies of Minnesota
and Dakota. B sss, ..
In addition to the cheap through rate
we give the advantage to settlers who
wish to stop this side of Montana, and
any bona f1de settler may hereafter get
transportation over our lines to points in
Minnesota and Dakota. west of Elbow
Lake, at half the regular fare"