A Fare War

BRITISH COLUMBIA – The steamer Enterprise arrived yesterday from New Westminster with 37 passengers and Dietz & Nelson’s express.  Among her passengers were Messrs. Thomas Roper, from 108-mile Post, E. Picht, of New Westminster, W. Pitfield, of the Telegraph Co., Messrs. Schlosser, T. Buie, Nathan, jr., and others.

            The steamers Lilloet and Reliance would leave for Yale yesterday afternoon taking a large number of passengers mostly Big Benders.  Opposition had reduced the faire to 50 cents to Yale.  A conference had been going on for two days with a view to effecting a mutual understanding, but without success, and Captain Irving declares his intention to reduce the fare to 25 cents if need be.

            Mr. T. Roper reports a large number of men as leaving the upper country for Big Bend.  Traveling down was very difficult owing to the bad state of the roads (From the Columbian).

UP-RIVER STEAMERS. – Opposition would appear to be the order of the day.  While we are enjoying the benefits of opposition rates between this port and San Francisco, the river steamers are carrying passengers forward to Yale (95 miles) for fifty cents a head, and Captain Irving has declared his intention to carry for half that rate!  While we cannot say that we view with feelings of unmingled pleasure a course so suicidal to those more directly interested, yet “It’s an ill wind that blows nobody good.”  The Onward and the Lilloet both sailed about an hour after the arrival of the Active, the former carrying a large number of passengers, and the latter perfectly crowded with eager gold-seekers.  The arrival of both these steamers in Yale was telegraphed yesterday.