The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-20
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GREATEST PASSENGER RATE
WAR IN HISTORY SCHEDULED

Salt Lake City, May ia pasen-
ger rate war In extent the greatest
in the history of the railroad world.
is scheduled to occur this summer, ac-
The contest for business is to be made
on eastern traffic, directly affecting
the business to Portland and TO the
exposition at Seattle. The roads said
to be chiefly concerned in the rate
war are the Union Pacific, Burllng-
ton and Rock Island lines. including
possibly the enyer and Rio Grande.
While these rumors could not be
confirmed in local railroad circles,
there seems to be some ground for
the impending battle for passenger
business In the recent adoption of new
time schedules by all the roads in
volved, and by the placing of extra
trains in service for the purpose of
handling eastern passenger traffic
Heretofore the Burlington, Union Pa
ciic and the Rock Island have main
tanned two trains daily between Chi
cago and Denver. these continuing on
TO Salt Lake via the Union Pacific
and the Denver and Rio Grande. Now
the roads are to install a third train
between these points, while as mat
ter of fact the business on each does
not seem TO justify the present two
train service. or course. the traffic
TO the exposition will be greatly in
excess of the ordinary travel, but the
fact that each of these roads is in
stalling third train indicates that
they are out for business, each for
itself, and no matter what becomes OF
the hindmost
The cause for the rate struggle Is
not clearly given. but it is said to be
sort of an outgrowth OF the old quar-
rel between the Hartman and Hill
forces over the Portland gateway mat.
ter. in which Hill shut Hartman out
of Puget Sound passenger business.
In line with this theory ii is up to
the Union Pacific to make the first
move. and this will be followed, II Is
stated, by the Hill roads, and the rate
war will he on. Other lines entering
this territory and carrying exposition
business will of necessity be con-
cerned in the big fight, and the Den
yer and Rio Grande, it would seem. is
scheduled 10 line up with the Hill
forces against Hartman. whereas the
Rock Island and Chicago and North
western probably will be i'm limo with
the Hartman forces in the fray.
A local feature entering into the
general lineup Of opposition between
the roads develops in the fact that
under the new time schedule between
this city and Ogden the Oregon Short
Line train arriving from the Junction
city does not arrive here until late i'm
the afternoon. while the Overland
limited on the Union Pacific gets into
ogden at 121 55. Thus the train under
the new Denver and Rio Grande scheJ-
ule which leaves Ogden at 1906 D, m.
is entitled, according to n well in.
formed local official, 10 carry the mail
from the Overland limited. making
the delay in distributing mail matter
which might be otherwise caused ONLY
a matter of ten minutes.
II Is strongly limited that revision
OF the revised Short Line time table
will be made within the Immediate
future. involving perhaps the whole
running schedule of the local service
between Salt Lake and Ogden.
The mail from the west. according
to the same Official, now gets into
Ogden over the fast train at 3.30 n
m leaving Ogden for Salt Lake at
1:55, arrives in Salt Lake at 4:55 with
San Francisco mail