The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-01-18
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Tacoma went to bat today with
the allied Southern railway lines.
determined to see equalized Chi
cago-Pacific coast round-trip
passenger rates in effect before
the next tourist season.
KNOCK out the differential!'
That Is the cry taken up by Ia
coma business men since The
Times sounded the call to arms
yesterday, and explained how this
city and the Northwest are being
Disseminated against by a sched-
ule of lower rates over the South
ern lines than obtain over North
ern routes.
Early Decision Important.
Every influence will be
brought to bear on the interstate
commerce commission to get a
speedy hearing of the preferen-
tial rate case In order that the
Northwest, If possible, may reap
It's just share of profit from next
tourist travel.
Realization of just what the
preferential rates over the South
ern lines, from Chicago to San
Francisco and return, means to
Tacoma, has hit home hard.
For instance:
= Imagine Yourself In Chicago,
or some city east of Chicago. 1t
is MISUNDERSTANDING hot. You
are gasping for breath of cool
air.
Special tourist rates are in eff
feet on all railroads. You and
your wife and daughter decide on
a vacation to the Pacific coast.
You prefer to come through
Tacoma because it Is 1.-The cool
way" West. You will go to San
Francisco and Los Angeles and
return via the Union Pacific or
the Southern Pacific.
You go to the railway ticket
office. There you learn that you
can come to Tacoma and return
by way of San Francisco and the
lines for $50, travelling
a distance of 5,427 miles.
That is the shorter route.
Whole Northwest Loses.
But the ticket agent informs
you, you can go $3.50 miles, see
Los Angeles, San Francisco. San
Diego. New Orleans, and return
to Chicago, for y62.50.
That Is the preferential rate
over the Southern Pacific and
Union Pacific. allied lines with
the Oregon-Washington Railroad
& Navigation Co.
You consult the arithmetical
portion of your cerebellum and
find that by taking the Southern
route you can save just $52.50 on
The three fares.
You take the tickets over the
Southern lines.
That's what 80 per cent of the
do.
The result is that Tacoma
loses your business--loses
the profit on your hotel bill
here, your restaurant bill,
your trip about the Sound ON
steamers, your trip to Mount
Tacoma.
SPOKANE LOSES, SEAT
TIE LOSES, PORTLAND |
LOSES.
THE WHOLE NORTH !
WEST LOSES DOLLARS
THAT ARE SPENT In SAN
DIEGO AND Los ANGELES.
When you come West in win
er, there is still greater differ
ntial-s21.75.
You can roundtrip over the
southern lines Spills cheaper in
winter than you can by using the
lorthern lines one way and the /
Iouthern lines to return.
And 1t is 253 miles shorter to-
ONE the Northern way.
The Southern Pacific and
Inion Pacific get fat pickings
rom the rountrip tourists to the
southwest.
Why. they reason. should they
make any concessions which
would enable these tourists to
ret off their own system and |
ravel any part Of their journey |
IN one of the northern lines?
Why should they make any
misunderstanding agreement
with the Northern lines that
would let the latter cut in on
heir old tourist monopoly?
Why. indeed?
Yet the Oregon Washington
& Navigation Co., the
allied road with the Southern Pa
cific and Union Pacific which taps
Tacoma, II after business all the
time from Tacoma men.
Sealing the tourists away
from the Northwest With ono
hand, and with tho other,
brazenly begging tor and