Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-06-13
PLAN y OF ~ n! r. AND q. n, N.
TO Drop the Expensive Dou-
bic Tram Service From st.
q Paul TO the Coast. u 2@
From the st, Paul Dispatch

From the st, Paul Dispatch. A, .S$5s M n.
a The Northern Pacific and Great
Northern have under consid eration
I q plan for the entire Encouragement
OF their overland train service be-
\ tween st. Paul and the Pacific coast
which, If adopted, will revolutionize
the transc continental passenger bust
ness from this point. = ! =
The plan includes the abandonment
OF double day service by both roads,
and the operating Of a morning train
out OF the Twin Cities for the. coast
by the Great N Northern and an even
ing train by the Northern Pacific.
The public would thus retain the
benefit of the double train service to
Seattle daily, and the roads would
relieve themselves Of what has be-
come an unbearable expense.
President Mellen, Of the Northern
Pacific, has not returned from New
York, and his sanction is necessary
before the agreement for such a
sweeping change can progress any
further. -
One of the high officials Of the
Northern Pacific has declared him
self unalterably opposed to the plapy
which has had the Endorsement of
several of the operating and traffic
officials of the two companies.
Never since the two lines were
completed to the coast has either
been willing to consent for it's rival
to run a coast train at any other
hour than it's own train. This con-
tinual strife resulted last winter in
the Great Northern reducing the
time to the coast by about twelve
hours and putting on their morning
"Flyer'' and evening Montana ex-
press.
The Northern Pacific followed this
move of the Great Northern by put
ting on two through trains between
st. Paul and Seattle, one leaving in
the morning and the other at night.
Both trains ran on, schedule time as
fast as that OF the FLYER"
During April the extra overland
train of the Northern Pacific cost the
company about 100000 without any
compensating increase in the passen-
ger receipts. 1t was discovered that
this expensive policy could not long
be continued by either road and ne
quotations have been in progress for
several weeks looking to the with
drawal of the second trains. -
ThesenegotiattSns have resulted in
the outline Of the above plan.
The plan cannot at this stage OF
the proceedings be consid ered settled.
IN fact It Is the opinion Of some OF
the high oficials that the companies
will never consent to such a change.
> On the other hand the Dispatch is
Informed that If this exact plan is
not adopted a. similar arrangement
will surely go into effect, for both
CLIC COAV1ANOu OlO
passenger traffic between St. Paul
and the Pacific does not warrant
four overland trains out OF here daily.
Speculation as to what effect such
service would have upon the amount
OF mail carried has been an impor-
tant consideration for the roads in
working out the schedule suggested.
The postal officials have been un-
able to give them little eight on the
subject, as their recent weighing of
the mail does not show what part of
the matter is through mail and what
would be necessarily local on the
road.
The whole scheme is looked upon
by some of the railroad men as an
experiment, which may be carried on
for a few months to study the effect
and then be abandoned by either line
becoming dissatisfied with it's share
of the business.
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