Show THEY ARE I SESSION Passenger Agents Conferring On I Alaska Rates Chicago Jan 20 General passenger I agents of the roads of the Western Passenger senger association and representatives of five lines of the Central Passenger association met today to consider the j question of through rates to Alaska I The five roads of the latter organization agreed with those of the Western Passenger II Pas-senger association in adopting a resolution reso-lution to the effect that all the eastern connections of the lines represented in I the meeting immediately adopt through I rates to points in Alaska and In the I northwest territory which will accord with the same through rates a are used by the Canadian Pacific through I Port Arthur the rates to be made by I using the lowest through rate to the I Pacific coast basing point plus the steamer rates to Alaska These rates I are to be applied through San Francisco Fran-cisco and points north of that city I Interstate Decision Washington Ja 26The interstate L commerce commission today In an opinion by Chairman Knapp announced an-nounced its decision in the case of the Milwaukee chamber of commerce against the Chicago Milwaukee St I Paul Railroad comptny and others I The commission rules that distances by shortest available routes are the proper distance upon which to base j I comparison of differentials in grain rates from the same points of shipment to such markets a Milwaukee and Minneapolis Another point decided Is that although al-though carriers serving but one of the two competiting cities may by reducing reduc-ing rates to the city served by them I prevent the correction of an unjust ratio of rates to the two places from I common points of supply it is nevertheless never-theless the duty of the commission to j I hs Ito I condemn such a relation of charges and j I I to indicate the basis upon which the rates should be readjusted Will Resign A President I II I I Chicago Jan 26The Tribune rays From the best information it Is learned that at the next annual meeting of the I Canadian Pacific Sir William C Van Home K C B will resign as president presi-dent i the road The fact that the annual an-nual passes for 1898 and the stationery I for this year do not contain the name Sir William C Van Home president I is pointed to as an Indication that he means to step down and out Sir William lam is not to retire from the service of the Canadian Pacific entirely but is to be chairman of the board of directors direct-ors Special Tourist Sleeper The first special tourist sleeper from Boston to Portland via the Boston Albany the New York Central LakeShore Lake-Shore Michigan Southern Chicago Rock Island Pacific Denver Rio Grande Rio Grande Western Oregon Short Line and Oregon Railway Navigation Nav-igation will arrive In this city on the western trip Sunday and will stop here 12 hours The first sleeper eastward will pass through here Tuesday via the same route This service was decided upon some weeks ago and was announced an-nounced in this paper Sale of U P Bonds New York Jan 26 FormaL notice was given today that the foreclosure sale of the Union Pacific collateral 6 per cent mortgage bonds will be held at the real estate exchange here Feb 2 The sale will be In divided parcels and then a a whole The collateral trust bonds outstanding amount to 3503000 The terms of the sale require 10 percent per-cent at the time of the sale the balance on delivery the next day Mortgage Filed The Utah Central Railway companys mortgage to the State Trust company to secure the payment of 650000 In 20 I years was filed for record yesterday The mortgage covers the property owned by the new Utah Central Reduced Rates I A rate of a fare and onethird on the certificate plan has been made by the I i i Utah lines to the annual am1 of the League of American Wheelmen which will be held at St Louis on Feb 711 and to the annual meeting of the depanient of superintendence of the National Educational association at Chattanooga Feb 2224 |