Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-08


Redlngton 4 Nelson are void and cam
celed. The cancellation of the rates
mentioned. which have been in effect for
many months, will. it is believed. result
in materially increasing the trade of the
Seattle jobbing and wholesale houses in
the mining district surrounding koote-
nay lake. Heretofore Portland has had
at least 50 per cent of the trade into that
country.
The placing Of the North Coast Linz
tied in the tranScontinental passenger
service by the Northern Pacific on May
5 embraces the resumption of double
daily transcontinental service between
st. Paul and Minneapolis and Spokane,
Seattle and Portland. The limited will
leave the Twin Cities in the morning.
Transcon,inental through trains Nos. 3
and will be put in service the same day,
No. leaving st. Paul at 1885 p. m. ana
Minneapolis at 1850 y. IN. No. will
leave Portland at 1880 p. m. daily.
These trains will arrive in Spokane
about as now scheduled. The solid
through train service over the Burlins-
ton. via Billings. Mont. to st. Louis will
be discontinued, but through sleeper
and reclining chair ear service will be
maintained
George j. Mohler, who has been ap-
pointed general western agent of the
Oregon Hallway & Navigation Oriental
steamship line, with headquarters at
Portland. is en- route for St. Paul. Mr..
Moh.er is a brother of President y. l..
Mohler of the .. K. & NJ. and until
recently was general manager of the
Columbia Southern. He will have charge
of the territory west of the Illinois Cent
trail railway. his position being similar
to that of J. H. Lothrop. who was APP
pointed general eastern agent. with
headquarters at New York city. The
main line of the Illinois Central. which
extends from Chicago to New Oriean.
is the dividing line between the two ter
ritories. The Oriental steamship line OF
the Union Pacific system will, it is said.
be second to none.
Canadian Pacific officials. after meet
ing with the representatives of the west
ern lines in Chicago. during the last two
or three days, have refused to enter into
any agreement whereby they would be-
come members of the immigration bu-
reau. They indicated that under GER
tain conditions they might assume their
old attitude of maintaining the rates
promulgated by the western lines. but
that they did not care to place them
selves in posi- ton where they could not
act as they pleased should certain things
arise. 1t was finally decided that they
| would adjourn to New York. where on
February they will again resume the
conference. At this same New YORK
meeting will also be considered the re-
Ia tons which the roads bear TO the sew
eral Atlantic steamship companies. 1t
| il generally understood that the rsads
| have been allowing the steamship COM
pan:es a commission on business, ana
! that these companies have been using
| that commission to cut the rates. An
attempt will be made to have this prac-
/ tice stopped.
| The consolidation of the Mobile K
! Ohio with the Southern railway Will
probably be the subject of an lnvesti-
! CATION by the courts.
The Mississippi railroad commission
has informed the attorney general of
that state that such consolidation is
unlawful and that if it's claim is sus-
tanned by the courts the charter of the
Mobile & Ohio can be forfeited, and
the right of the road to do business
| in the state Cancelled.
| The attorney general has not yet sig
nified that he will push the matter. 1t
is the belief of railroad men that the
consolidation has been effected in such
a manner that an action for tn. repeal
of the charter will not lie. 1t is gem
orally understood that the stockholders
of the Southern railway purchased
enough Mobile & Ohio stock to give
them the control of the property. and
that it is to be managed in the interest
OF the purchasers. Unless some specific
case is shown wherein there has been
defeat of competition it is probable
no forfeiture will be declared.
The manner in which the return por-
tons of tickets which are to be sold for
the Inauguration of F4esident Mckinley
at Washington. March 4, are to be GER
titled is worrying the officials of western
roads.
The trunk line officials were asked to
take charge of this work, but for some
reason not made public they have de-
clined to entertain the proposition.
1t is suggested by the representa- tives
of some of the western lines that the
, tickts he taken up at the different gate
ways ana that certificates be issued in
their place. This, however, does not
meet with favor and it is prOba BILE that
the western lines will have to send a
. joint agent to Washington to do the
work. A fee of so cents a ticket will