Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-09
CANNOT AGREE UPON RATES
Transcontinental Lines Are Confronted by
Many Problems.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC URGES ITS DEMANDS
Ogden Gateway Lines Hold out for n
Flat Rate to the National Edu-
cationnl Association
Meeting.
PACIFIC URGES ITS DEMANDS

Meeting.
II rates to the Pacific coast are not de-
moralizcd next summer 1t will be because
there is more harmony among the trans
continental lines than existed last night
when the meeting OF passenger men ad-
journcd over until this morning. There are
three matters before the meeting on when
there is a vast difference of opinion any
one of them being sufficient to cause a
break in all agreements as to rates to thc
National Educational association meeting at
Los Angeles in July. Two of these are IN
the hands of the Southern Pacific and the
other is controlled by the Northern Pacific
and the Great Northern. The Southern Pa
cific demands diffcrential of 81 on all tTaf-
fc through the Ogden gateway, returning by
Portland for the double haul from San
Francisco to Los Angeles and return and It
demands "a larger percentage of the business
than the other roads are willing to give.
Tho northern roads demand the right %
make the same rate to Portland that is
made to Los Angeles to protect their BUST
ness to that point After these demands
had been submitted to the meeting an ad-
tournment was taken until this morning TO
give the representatives. of the different
roads time to think over the matter.
with sixteen roads represented at the
meeting, fourteen of them favor the re-
port of committee, appointed for the pur-
pose fixing a straight rate of one fare for
the round trip plus 81, for the National
Educational association. meeting, while Two
roads object. One of the obiectors is the
Santa Fe and the other is the Southern Pa
cifc. Because of this attitude OF the minor
ity, the other roads had to wait until evening
before making a final decision, or until r. A.
Donaldson of San Francisco, assistant gen
cral passenger agent for the Southern Pa
chc, arrived in the city
Two New Faces Appear.
When the meeting was called TO order in
the morning only two new faces were present.
These were G. H. MacRae of st. Paul,
assistant general passenger agent for the
Omaha and T. +. Fisher of Denver, assist
ant general passenger agent for the Colo
RADIO Southern The representatives from
the Pacific coast and Utah who had been
snowbound, among them Mr. Donaldson, had
not yet arrived in the city and 1t was an
nounced that they could not reach here be-
fore some time last evening The meeting
thus found itself where it had to go on with
out these absentees, or take another ad-
iournment 1t was decided to hear the re-
port of the committee appointed Tuesday.
This report, as was expected, recommended
n one-fare rate for the round trip to Los
Angeles, plus 81, to apply to all roads,
whether the route adopted was through
Ogden or by the southern lines The selling
dates for the tickets were recommended for
June 26-2S and July 3-S, the final return
limit being September 4. The al
Gus TO the educational meeting for
the selling OF tickets is reported to be some
thing in the shape of a concession to
the Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe, to
compensate them for the probable loss of
the differentials, as this is reported to have
been another. of their demands in regard to
this particular traffic.
The report of the committee, while gen
orally satisfactory to the other fourteen
roads caused some little complaint from the
two southern representatives, and after
talking the subject over all morning it was
found nothing could be done until Mr. Don
aldson arrived, who would definitely an
nounce the position of his road.
Make Them Second-CInss.
The meeting adopted resolutions that the
one way rate recently put in for homeseekers
to Pacific coast points should on March p
be applied only to second class tickets. This
is the only excursion in the future to which
the one way rate is advertised to apply. 1t
was also recommended that the round trip
rate to the same points after May l should
apply to second class tickets. Both of these
recommendations will be adopted by the
roads without much complaint.
A committee representing the Greater
America Exposition, composed of President
George l.. Miller, Secretary Dudley Smith.
p. L. Her and William Hayden, appeared be-
fore the meeting. The officers outlined their
intentions regarding the exposition next
summer and asked the rairoaders to make
a fair rate for the enterprise They were
informed that the subject would be brought
up later at a meeting of the Omaha lines,
as many of the roads present at this meeting
would not be affected by the exposition.
During the afternoon meeting matters per-
tanning to the transmssouri roads We're
considered, rates for the summer tourist
business to Colorado being the special sub
ject. After some deliberation it was de-
cided that the rates TO Pueblo Colorado
Springs and other Colorado resorts should
be the same as last summer, $25 for the
round trip. The selling dates for these
tickets will begin June l and continue to
September IL, the final return limit being
fixed as October /,
No Cut ON Government Business.
telegram was received from the South
ern Passenger association, asking what rates
should be made for the transportation of
troops now in the south to the Pacific coast
in the next movement to the Philippine
islands. The meeting authorized a reply
that the usual rates should be made for
such business, subject to the customary dis
count for land grant and bond aided roads.
This virtually completed the business of
the transmissouri roads and the meeting ad-
journed until evening.
During the day there was noticeable ef-
fort by representatives of Chicago lines to
have the meeting adjourn over 10 meet In
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