The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-05-15

There is every reason to believe that the cut-rate war is thing oi the past in the south now and that the Cottage City which will arrive today will gring the confirmation, as well as the terms upon which it was settled.
 Two private advices were received by the City of Seattle While they were dated prior to the actual time of the meeting of the association they stated that the companies had come to an understanding and that the following day there would undoubtedly be a call, ing off of the fight and restoration or rates.
 The terms of settlement are believ- ed Co be about as follows: All Amer ican boats making Victoria and Van couvcr on the way up will be compelled t1 do SO on the southern trip also Those who travel under the new order of things will be compelled to pay S3o for a 6rst-class passage and those who are not quite SO iaStidiouS m taste or quite SO plcthoric in poke will ante SEQ for a limited space between decks.
 While 1t has not been generally given out this war has been largely directed against the Washington & Alaska Steamship Company. and if the above terms were those effected m Seattle last Friday. this company has not con ccdcd as much as some people thought it would have Co do before the fac tions could be got together again. The City of Seattle and Victorian, of this company. have been making Victoria a port of call and if the new agreement demands that the steamers touching at that port on the way Co and from Alas ka shall go into Victoria which is en. trely improbable, the Washington & Alaska company has sacrificed com parativeH little. The Victoria trade is not very lucrative for the American boats when compared with the business done with Vancouver. and does not oitcntimcs justify the trip to that city, especially for the vessels trying to make fast time. but the handicap can be easily borne by the Dodwell con ccrn if by doing it Vancouver is made accessible
 There has been little contention about Victoria lt has an along been considered open Co all of the compan- ies but with Vancouver, which iS the terminus oi the Canadian Pacific and which supplies the most business. it has been different.
 The new schedule of the Pacific Coast Steamship Company. announced | just prior Co the commencement of the | fight it will be noticed provides that the State of California shall make reg. ular stops at Vancouver both ways and that the other Alaska boats shah ] touch at Victoria. Ii the settlement prognosticated above proves true t,i' company hit upon things to a niccty and perhaps how it was done will ncN- CT be known.
 fi the steamer Farallon, of the Alas ! ka Steamship Company, gets in and departs before the Cottage City ar lives Agent Frank F. Burns will b, Qbhging enough to sell passage to Sc aitlc for SIo frst-claSS and $ Scconf ! clase. hut if the boat comes. well, il cannot now be told just what he will do. for he does not know himself 1 No rates are being quoted by Agent Kelly for the south bound trip of rhC 1 Cottage City. He will decide what figures will be held after the boat + here and he has scanned his advice' ! from below.
 As the thing looks now the "Old Re ] liable" will have the honor of taking tho last lot of passengers out of this DOT 1 on a cut-ratc for a long time Co come and this is wholly contingent on how soon Capt. Nord sticks her nos' around the point.