Show MJLITARY RATES GUT First Contract for Movement of Troops S THE SOUTHERN OBTAINS IT About 1000 Men from Washington D C t San Francisco at Per Capita Hate of 1465 Routed Through Sat Lake Kailroad Men Look for Quito a Rat War on This Traffic Southern Pacific Reduces Ore Rte on the Carson Colorado S Hood Hailroad Notes The transportation ot troops across the continent is again a feature of railroading rail-roading For some time there have been rumor of cuts in the military rate and these were brought to a climax In Chicago Friday when It was learned that the Southern has invaded the I field This system as its name implies im-plies honeycombs the South and iUj head office is at Washington D C where its representatives have a good chance to know what is going on in army circles The Southejn has n Just contracted for the transportation of about 1000 soldiers from slldlers Washington D C to San Francisco at a per capita rate of MG5 The troops which soon will be moved will be routed over the Southern and its connections to St Louis from Su Louis to Pueblo over the Missouri Pacific Pa-cific from Pueblo tf Ogden over the Denver Rio Grande and Rio Grande e Western and over the Southern Paclllc irom Ogden to the coast city The action ctf the Southern and other lines lnes interested in the movement of the soldiers Is expected to cause an unprecedented lhe unpre-cedented rate war on such business I also practically precludes according to some railroad men the entering into of any agreement to maintain the normal secondclass tariffs The nor tarIfs mQ fare from Washington 1he San Francisco is about 10 1 |