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the C.P.R. people would not transport free of cost. As I subsequently 

 learnt, this concession was contrary to the regulations of the Inter-state 

 railway combination, and C.P.R. "spotters" somehow discovered the 

 reason why I had given the N.P.R. the preference. All went well until we 

 reached New York on the evening preceding the day when the steamer 

 upon which I had engaged, weeks before, several staterooms was to sail. 

 When I claimed my luggage I found that I could obtain possession of it 

 only by paying for the excess beyond what was allowed free upon each 

 of my tickets. The rate was at that time 10 cents (5</.) a pound, and as 

 I had some sixteen or seventeen heavy trunks this amounted to about 20. 

 The N.P.R. company refused to recognise the agreement which I had 

 made with their Victoria agent, for they feared that they would thereby be 

 mulcted of a heavy fine, and as there was no time to appeal to the law, I 

 was forced to pay this iniquitous charge or lose my steamer transportation, 

 for the rush of travel at that season it was during the World's Fair at 

 Chicago was so great that the steamer people were unable to transfer my 

 party to a later boat. 



