The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-03-29

/ HAAaAaAHE over period ut - years
or since the Incorporation of the lat.
ter road In 1851 20 the present time
Commencing in 1877 and eontinu=
Ing until the fall Of lss6 the st
Paul. Minneapolis 4 Manitoba. nov
/ the Great Northern. vas the onlY
means OF reaching Winnipeg aud
the canadian northwest The
Manitoba road. as lt was commonly
called. reached Winnipeg VIA ST
Vincent. MINI. and connected with
a Canadian government line built
10 a connection from Winnipeg. g
miles north.
This 90 miles Wa taken over ffam
the government - the Canadian
Pacific IN tta Incorporation Prom
1881 the Canadian Pacific rapidly
extended westward 10 the Pacific
Coast and waa finished on Nayem.
her I. ISIS. but not formally opened
until June 30. 1856. At this time.
however. the Canadian Pacific had
no st Paul line aud this ia where
the alliance between the It'll lines
aud the Canadian Pacific com
meneed aud which lasted until the
month of June. tsa3. when the Great
Northern finished It's tranaeunti-
mental limo from 81. Paul to seat
tie
Tho alliance vas not an uunaturs
al one. a. those behind the scenes
are aWaro
Sir Donald 4. Smith and Sir
George stephens. the first presidents
Of the Canadian Pacific. have Al
WAYS been and still are heavy stock
holders Of the Great Northern com
pany. and have stood between Hili
and disaster many ttmaa. II Wa.
therefore. natural that they should
aErns on come means OF handling
st Paul and middle states business
BY their allied linea From this de
sire sprung What was called the
Manitoba Pacific route. VIA II YIN
cent Winnipeg and Vancouver
On this route was used the ftrHt
transeontineutai tourist ears A difs
ferengial passenger rate Vas de
mAnded Of the Northern Pacific
Union Pacific and Southern Pacific.
aud after a short time WaA eaneed=
Cd By these lines. The dtfferentlal
was sic on first class and g. gu See
ond class business to all Pacific
coast terminals. These we're the
days Of the first Pacific coast rush
and the business fieketed b the
Manitoba Pacific route vas tire
mendoaa The dlfforenfial Vas
widely advertised BY the 1t Paul.
Minneapolis a Manitoba tnov the
Great Nafthefnl. aud BY the Cana
dian Pacific also. Il vas a splendid
thing for Mr. tlIll then but became
a thorn N his flesh later aud the
right 20 a dlffcrential finally caused
the famous rate var Of isss. ~
which tine It waa possible to travel
frum Seattle tn st Paul for sic and
10 all Northern Atlantic aeabasrsi
points aud intermediate for s.
Upon the completion OF the Great
Northern In 1873 the Canadian Pa
elfie uaa shut Of b. the Great North
ern Al Winnipsg. or. more properly
speaking. At 81. Vincent. and II had
no way Of reaching s. Paul except
by ualuK the Northern Pacific from
Winnipeg. for the rate 81 50 Ia 81
Paul and SIS from 81 Paul % Sc
attic which Mr. It'll had published
left the Canadian line little 10 Sc
on The Canadian Pacific line. hos
ever. continued 70 take business
even a. the small earnings and the
rate which was couhdenially ex
pectsd would put them ont Of the
middle states business failed OF it.
purpose. aud that line continued 70
carry a very much larger portion ~
the business tChicago Worlds fair
than lfa late ally. the Great North
eru
In the interval. however. between
the year OF June. 1891 aud septfm
Der OF that year the 500 line had
been pushed to completion through
North Dakota and the Canadian Pa
eiac had built south from No1ss
Law 70 meet II. and on September .
vas formally opened a. a
through linz. Seldom has a aitua
ton been met with equal prompt
ness and aaEaeity.
b. the building OF that line the
Canadian Pacific was now In poe
session Of a shorter line from Sc
Attic 10 - Paul than the Northern
Pacific. while their lines north Of
Lake Superior gave them the short
sfrafsRellral line 10 New England
and New York.
After the close OF the Chicago fair
the Great Northern and Northern
Pacific published a new tariff. plae=
ing rates on the basis they we're
prior 10 June. isg3 II vas expected
the 500 line and Canadian Pacific
would participate. They did not
but published a tariff showing diff
ferentiala Of go and s.. which vas
tantamount 20 saying We did not
have anything to say in reducing
the rates, We may have something
to say Ia raising them And theF
did. In January. 1884,. the Canadian
Pacific differential via ST Paul vas
abolished. but As a sop the Canadian
line had received traekaRe right
into Seattle and also into Tacoma
With every privilege enjoyed BY
their competitors. that Is. Mr. Hill
had suffered a Waterloo.
So much for the St Paul DIFF
frfenfiai The differtnti8l VIA the
Canadian Pacific main line via the
North Shore was atiii In effect.
though reduced 10 tT.50 on first
class and s. on second class huai-
ness While the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific were meeting
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