Salt Lake Herald | 1909-08-09 | Page 8 | Bidding for Traffic

BIDDING FOR TRAFFIC Milwaukee Road a Strong Rival of The Canadian Pacific Seattle Wash Aug 8 The Chicago Milwaukee A t Puget Sound railway in connection with the Osaka Sho hen Kal habas bas entered into active compe competition competition competition with the Canadian Pacific In bid bidding bidding bidding ding for tor through freight to the Orient and for cargo originating ort in the far east When its ita tariff was published the Milwaukee announced a through rate of ot 1 per pounds on machinery from Chicago o to the Orient The Canadian Pacific rate on this commodity was VAO The rhe cut lut was WitS met Inet at once The Milwaukee mso published a fiat flat rate of oC per pounds pound on the entire clas das classification of merchandise which ln irk eludes practically all westbound freight with the exception of silverware plate ware ginseng automobiles bicycles and Jewelry This Thill rate was also promptly met by b the Canadian Pacific The Chicago Chica o Milwaukee Puget Sound road does doe not Interpret an inter interstate interstate state tate commission ruling on this matter to mean that railroads must not quote lower rates for exports and imports than for domestic cargo largo The members of the transcontinental 1 freight trel ht bureau of which the Great Northern and North orth Northern ern em Pacific are members have taken the opposite view lest the export rates be used as a basis for domestic tariffs