The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-04-01
Western Passenger Association
Makes Its Announcement,
FARES ARE COMING DOWN
The End of the War Is Not Yet in Sight.
The scalpers Are Contemplating
a Rich Harvest at ths Ex-
pense of the Roads.

| colonist rates of the Great Northern
Northern Pacific and Canadian Pacific in
every particular, beginning to-day. The
| Chicago-St. Paul lines nave found a way
of meeting the reduced rates of the North
ern roads to Montana points and to North
| ern Pacific coast points without cutting to
| any great extent into the fares to inter-
mediate territory. The fare from Chicago
to North Pacific coast points is to be con-
| tnued at $3.50. To Montana common
| points the rate is to be $50, but in both
| cases rebate tickets are to be used, and
the baggage of parties purchasing such
tickets will be checked only to destination.
| 1t is provided further that the net rate to
intermediate territory south of Montana
common points and of Eastern Washing
| ton points shall not be less than the Pa
cific coast rate of $3.50. AS a matter of
| fact, this rate will be $3.50.
| Hereafter when the Chicago passenger
buys a ticket to Butte he receives re-
| bate coupon on the terminal agent worth
$3.50 the price paid for the ticket being
S36 80, making a net rate from Chicago to
| Butte of $29. The rate of $25 from the
Missouri river to North Pacific points will
remain as it is, for a time, at least
1t is freely predicted that further re-
auctions in Western rates must come
and the passenger men in session in Chi
| cago are considering proposition which,
| if carried out will make travel in the
| West cheaper than it has been for many
| years.
The Chicago roads are on their knees
| beseeching the Northern lines to with
draw their low rates West while the
scalpers are contemplating a rich harvest
says the Pioneer Press. 1t is not the cut
| in the through coast rate that the Chicago
| roads complain Of but the fact that the
rate to intermediate points is much higher
than to >-e coast, and it is cheaper to
| buy through ticket than it is to buy one
for distance of 500 miles this side of the
| coast
For example. the cut rate from Chicago
to Butte. Mont, is 500, while the sum of
| the locals from Chicago to Colorado COM
| mon points, to Ogden, to Butte, is 500, a
difference of $40, margin that would in
sure a most lucrative business for scalp
ers. Some of the Missouri river roads are
in favor of not applying the reduced
rates. as in order for them to do so they
would have to adopt scale of rates from
Chicago to Colorado points of So. s.r
| The Western roads have received notice
from the Southern Pacific that it would
charge the full proportion of regular
rates on second class and colonist bust
ness via Ogden to San Francisco. and this
has upset their plans. When the Missouri
river roads put in effect the $3.50 rate
| to San Francisco they understood that
the Southern Pacific would prorate with
them. This road. however. proposes to eX-
| act its pound of flesh from its Eastern
connections. As the matter now stands
| the Missouri river roads will have to con-
fine their competition with the Great
Northern and Northern Pacific to coast
and Montana business To attempt to do
| business with points between Montana
| and the coast would mean a loss, but even
| this they cannot do unless they ignore the
long and short haul clause of the inter-
| state commerce rules.
| The Great Northern road will make a
$40 sleeping car fare from the twin cities
to the coast. says the Minneapolis Times.
| This news has not yet been announced
officially but reliable advices testify to
it's accuracy The reduction will go into
effect April 10
General Passenger Agent Whitney of
the Great Northern was spoken to re-
gardng the rumor, but declined to make
any definite statement. He referred the
reporter to Captain Holcomb. who has
charge of the dining and sleeping car de-
partments. The diplomatic captain ere
referred the reporter to Mr.. Whitney.
Neither denied the rumor. The Northern
Pacific, Soo-Pacfic and Great Northern,
up to this time have been uniform in their
charges and adhered to a $3.50 rate.
| The Soo-Pacifc is not Likely to meet the
reduction and the Northern Pacific has
said they will not stand for it. The 500
Pacific runs its own sleeping cars. The
Northern Pacific operates Pullman 1t is not
| thought the latter will allow itself to be
Influenced by the Great Northern raduc-
ton. It's capital is large. and even the
Great Northern cannot force it to reduce
| rates.
| Major J. G. Pangborn of Baltimore has
outlined a route for a trip around the
| world in 80 days, going via st. Paul. He
says:
Il will board the Baltimore & Ohio at
Baltimore for Chicago: thence by the Mil
waukee to st. Paul; thence by the Great
Northern to Seattle. distance by rail
of $3.50 miles. At Seattle I will take a
| Pacific steamship for Yokohama 400
miles. whence l will go to Port Arthur
| via Nagasakie 1900 miles. AT Port Ar
thur we leave the ship and takea train on
the Manchurian extension of the Trans
Siberian railway for St. Petersburg, $500
miles; thence by rail direct to Berlin,
1000 miles, and on to London, $50 miles
Now I shall take ship again on the At
| lantic for New York, 5000 miles. winding
up with the Baltimore & Ohio to Balti-
more, some 200 miles. l shall travel l0, 700
miles by rail and $500 miles on water, but
say 10000 miles in all for good measure
ment. An average of 40 miles by rail and
20 miles on sea will insure the trip in 50
days"
dispatch from Winnipeg states that
the Northern Pacific, through solicitors
there, is applying for a charter extension
of the Portage la Prairie branch to run
northwestcrly for couple of hundred
| miles. An informal application has also
| been made to the government for the us
ual statutory aid. 1t is thought that the
company is heading for the fertile Sas-
| katchewan valley, which will ultimately
| be the center of agricultural population in
! the Canadian Northwest.
Phil Daniels. travelling freight and pas
| senger agent of the Burlington, has been
| down at Salt Lake for several days.
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