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Show AMONG THE RAILROADS. Reduction In Kates Other Kail road News of Interest. The cut rates to Colorado pcints inaugurated inaugu-rated by the Rock Island will go into effect July 22d, as has been advertised, despite all efforts to have them withdrawn. Cnless the withdrawal should be announced before tomorrow the rates will have to go into effect, and no announcement of withdrawal will be made. The Western Traffic association and the Trans-Missouri association were both in session ses-sion at Chicago last week discussing the new rates. Strong objections were urged to them, especially by the Santa Fe, but no plan was devised to prevent them from going go-ing into effect. The cut is more general in its effect than any that has been made for many, many moons. It means a cut to Colorado points not'odly from the Missouri river, the Mississippi Mis-sissippi river and Chicago, but also from Galveston, the Pacific coast and the seaboard. The Missouri river rate will be taken as a basis for all the other rates. The new rate from the Missouri river ls.generally speaking, a 30 per cent cut. The longer haul cuts will not, of course, be 30 per cent, but ouly on a basis allowing for the 30 per cent cut on the Missouri River-Colorado liauL In some cases this cut is over 30per cent, as on fifth class stuff, which is probably as important as all the other classes put together. The old rate on this class from the Missouri to Denver, Colorado Springs, Trinidad, Pueblo and points taking common point rates was seventy-rive cents, while the new rate is fifty cents, a cut of 33,V per cent. On the same cIjlss the old rate from the Mississippi river was 95 cents, and the new rate is 70 cents, a cut of 20.5 per cent. The old rate from Chicago Chi-cago was $1, and the new rate 75 cents, a cut of 25 per cent. The basis all through is unchanged, un-changed, and the rates are made on sums of the rates "through Missouri river." A logical conclusion to arrive at is whether or not freight rates from Chicago to Utah points will be correspondingly reduced. It is dollars to doughnuts they arc not. Union Pacific Promotions. Three Union Pacific men formerly sta-stioned sta-stioned on the eastern part of the road have been promoted, the order dating July 1. Robert W. Baxter, formerly of Omaha, is appointed general superintendent of the Pacific division, vice E. McNeill, resigned, with headquarters at Portland. Nicholas J. O'Brien, once an Omaha man, is appointed superintendent of the Washington Washing-ton division with headquarter at Walia "Walla. A. J. Borle, formerly of Sidney and Cheyenne, is appointed superintendent of the Oregon division with headquarters at La Grande. Kailroad Notes. Work on the Saltair railroad is progressing progress-ing rapidly. St. Paul earnings for the first week of July were $t49,850, an increase of $lli;o5J. - The eastern scalpers are loaded to the 1 guards w ith return Christian Endeavor convention con-vention tickets. The roads expect i.o do a heavy business next AVedr.esday, when the liberal conference confer-ence meets here. It begins to look as if the $14 rate from the Missouri river to San Francisco, announced an-nounced by the Santa Fe was only a bluff. The time has expired and the rate has not been put into effect. A one-fare round trip rate has been authorized au-thorized by the Western Passenger association associa-tion for the Knights Templar's excursion to Helena, Mont., and for the International Medical congress to the City of Mexico, November 30. A one fare round trip rate has been authorized auth-orized by the Western Passenger association for the Knights Templars' excursion to Helena, Hel-ena, Mont., and for tho International Medical Medi-cal congress to the City of Mexico, November Novem-ber 30. Colonel Hooper of the Denver it Rio Grande has gone to Denver to attend lhe meeting of the Trans-Missouri Passenger association, as-sociation, and he is prepared to make a hard fight for low rates to Colorado for the Knights Templar conclave. As this is the last meeting of tho association before the conclave ttie rates will not be secured unless they are obtained now. Hereafter the AVestern Passenger association associa-tion will not grant reduced rates on the certificate cer-tificate plan unless the actual attendance reaches 100. In order to ascertain the attendance at-tendance the agent of one of the roads at the point of-the convention will be appointod joint agent of the roads, and unless the secretary of the meeting presents to him 100 tickets purchased on account of th3 meeting the cent a mile return fare will not be authorized. This action was taken at the Minnetonka meeting this week.' |