Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-10
lWO ROADS WIN OUT
Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe Put Up a
Stiff Game,
BLUFF OTHER TRANSC0NTlNsNTAL LINES
Make Thsir Own Rates to the National Edu-
catioual Meeting.
THEY HAVE A DEAD ClNCH AND USE IT
Kansas City Gets Better Rate Than is
Given to Omaha,
GREAT NORTHERN MAKES A STRONG PLAY
ogden Gateway Lines Arc DispIcnscd
over the Result and Colorado
Resorts May Profit by
the Deal.

the Deal.
After a three days conference in which
| two roads did all the comforting and the
other sixteen mcekly acquiesced, the trans
. continental lines have adjourned their
/ meeting and the rates as made by the
/ Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe TO the
! National Educational association convention
, at Los Angeles in July will stand. The
rates will be $52 for the round trip from
/ Missouri river common points. The selling
dates will be June 262S, inclusive and July
3-S, inclusive, with the final return limit
! September T.
On all business which goes out over the
| Ogden gateway lines which includes all the
| Omaha roads, and returns via Portland an
extra IS will have to be paid by some one
| Whether the roads will pay it themselves to
! hold their rate on an equality with that OF
the Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe, or
| add it to the price of the ticket is a prob
! lem yet to be solved by the interested roads.
If the price be added to the ticket. a per-
| son may go from Kansas City to Los An
geles and return by Portland for s6i5O.
! while from Omaha the same trip will cost
S69.50. The Southern Pacific will charge
$3.50 for the haul from San Francisco to
! Portland. and. in addition to that the Og.
/ den gateway lines will have to pay the samo
/ road $5 extra for the return haul from Los
| Angeles to San Francisco.
OF the $52 which is to be charged for the
straight ticket. So goes to the educational
| association. If the passenger returns by
! Portland, $25 will go to one of the northern
| lines. The Southern Pacific will get SlS25
/ for the haul from Ogden to Los Angeles
| and this leaves s11, 10 to be divided among
the connecting lines taking the business
to Ogden from the Missouri river. If these
! roads then pay the extra So t2 hold their
rates on a level with those of the south
ern lines, it will leave them $6.75 as their
share of the business This is the plum they
get after a three days vigorous shaking
! OF the tree.
Roads Ask "a Conference.
The Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe are
| the only lines which enter Los Angeles.
! Travellers TO that point must use one Of
| these roads. When the time approached, in
| the Judgment of these two roads, for an
nouncing the rates to the educational meet
( ing, they invited a conference of all the
transcontin entail lines to discuss the aues-
ton of rates. The other roads responded
and every line between the Missouri river
and the coast represented at the meet
ing just held in Omaha.
/ When the conference assembled the South
!
proposition, and gave the other roads to
understand they could accept it or leave it
alone, as they wished. 1t took the represent
atiyes of the other roads three days TO
reach a conclusion that while they felt they
were being imposed upon they could not af-
ford TO pass up the business entirely so on
the surface they accepted the situation But
/ no attempt was made TO conceal their dis
appointment over the result, and the feeling
that they were virtually being held up Yet
none of them were willing to suggest that
! any retaliatory measures would be adopted
There was a difference of opinion among
! the representatives whether the S. charge
would be paid by the roads or added to the
price of the ticket. The probabilities are
j that II the rates are accepted the price will
| be added to the ticket, and special energy
| used in securing traffic, at the increased rate.
| In which the long run over the southern
! lines, through hundreds of miles of barren
soil, midst gusts of irritating dust and the
| glare of burning in midsummer will be
! prominently brought to the front by the
| lines farther north, and the trip through the
| ogden gateway, or by the extreme northern
! lines. shown TO be worth the extra s. for
! the additional comforts in the service rem.
dered.
Great Northern After Business.
1t may be accepted as a singular coinci
dence that after assurances OF its intention
10 make the best Of a bad bargain the
Great Northern, at the close OF the meet
! ing yesterday afternoon, announced a one
way rate OF $25 from st. Paul to Portland.
going into effect next Monday, and continu-
ing every day without limit as TO time The
road adds that this rate is simply in pursu-
ance of It's plan to settle up the northwest.
/ as the rate applies TO air points on the line
d Nyb rf,a
than $25, but coming as it did there are
skeptics who look upon 1t as the entering
wedge to rate war to the coast This rate
will undoubtedly be met by all the other
/ roads. The Great Northern also announced
that Its one fare for the round trip. plus
$2 from st, Paul TO Portland would be ef-
fectye on the first and third Tuesdays of
April and May.
In addition to this action by the Great
Northern, there are already Tumors that
Colorado lines VIII make extra Inducements
during the summer to divert travel from
the coast to the resorts in the Centennial
STATE, and 10 the Yellowstone park II this
takes form later it will be an important
factor in shaping western travel during the
coming summer But one could hear all
kinds Of rumors after the close of the
meeting yesterday which were the outgrowth
of the immediate disappointment felt over
the results Of that nee ling, and 1t isn't safe
to place credit in any OF them for the pres
ent.
Many OF the passenger men left the city
on the late eastern trains last night. the
meeting being finally adjourned al o'clock
Those from TIE west took the midnight train
Leaving few OF the visitors in the city this
morning.
OPENING OF PORT ARTHUR CANAL.
big CeIebratinn is Planned for sntur