Salt Lake Tribune | 1894-06-14 | Page 1 | Trouble over Cut Rates

TROUBLE VER OVER CUT RATES western railways Ralli nyi and the passenger assoria tion rates chicago june 13 the like rrie erie i western road today to day made a reply to the request of 0 the western passenger association that jt it withdraw its rate rale of 2460 from indianapolis to denver arid and return ou on excursion business under penalty of having all its hi tickets ticket wherever issued re refused fusel by all the 8 association lines the luko lake erie eric western aa a is jt has haa but one contract at the price named in its notice and that it cannot legally refuse to 10 carry out the contract what li Is more it liaa has no intention of trying to avoid it and proposes pro pones to catry cairy the passengers at the agreed rate no mater what the rule la Is tho the association hiis has tal on no action on the reply but will rilAy do so BO before the present meeting adjourns adjo urna the th alton road has preferred charges against the missouri pacific before the local passenger asRo association clation of if st louis for cutting the sale from st louis to denver this ahja la in the same name excursion for which the missouri pacific cl clat a md the A ahon lon had out cut tho the rate 2 50 I 1 tile missouri pacific claimed that tile the alton was a party to the aside trips from froin denver which were akere advised by tile union Pain tf this charge the alton de denies and insists that ihal even if 11 it were true it afforded no justification for tho the a action e tion of the th missouri missoura Misso url pacific as the ro road ad luia has issued circulars offering affer such side aide trips on its ita own account tee aunt and besides bedl dea the union pacific had bad withdrawn Us its side trips before the 2 missouri pacific cut rates on oil account of oc them