Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-08-09
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.
Comparison of Freight Rates Between
Shipping Points.

Shipping Points.
At a meeting of the Railroad Commits
sioners, held in San Francisco last week,
the following business was transacted
n.he Secretary reported that he had re.
ceives, copies of the tariffs of all the trans.
portation companies III the State, except
two, the Salinas Valley Railroad Company
and the Pacifl,, cast Steamship Company.
/ A reply was received from the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company to the request for
their tariff to the following effect The
company is engaged in commerce and navi-
Cation. Its ships are running regularly
upon the Pacific ocean as passenger and
freight ships. The company and its steam
ships are engaged in both interstate and
foreign commerce. The steamships
are enrolled and licensed, and all
provisions of the Acts Of Congress have
been complied with, emitting them to
all the protection and privileges
of vessels of the United States engaged in
commerce. and navigation of the waters of
the United States. The Pacific Coast
Steamship Company is, upon these facts,
advised that the regulation of its commerce
belongs exclusively to.the domain of Com
1
ton in the State tc supplement that action,
or to impose burdens or restrictions Ill adj
dition TO the action of Congress. Acting
upon this advice the company bogs leave,
respectfully, to decline at present acceding
to the demands ct the Railroad Comrais-
sioners. But is, however, willing to make
any amieable arrangement calculated to
test the questions involved at as great
I 10 t,n4t
as may be possible. The company hopes
your Board will be willing to meet it in the
same spirit. Its position in this matter is
taken in good faith, and with view Of
having the question settled with as little
expense as possible
| The Secretary of the Board has prepared
a number of tables in accordance with the
resolutions of the Commissioners, giving
the amount charged for freights on De-
cember 81, 1879, and on May l, 1880, and
the present decrease or increase, if any.
| In the rates for ore there is a general re-
| duction. From Yuma the reduction in
base metal is III per- cent, Battle Dome,
dondo and Camp California, 10; Ehren-
of per cent. from Ell Dorado Canyon and
| l.
500 per ton, the reduction from Yuma is
IS per cent. The reduction is less along
the road until at FL Dorado Canyon it is
l9 per cent. From ella City it is 81 per
cent. Maricopa As, and Tucson AZ. In
miscellaneous articles, classified, there is a
general reduction and some increase.
In the rates of freight for -four there is
also reduction at San Pablo Of 37a per
cent; Vallejo Landing. 373 per cent; Port
Costa and Monterey, so per cent; Wash
ington, II; Marysville and Yuba, AZ ;
Chico, 81; Tehama, 80; Red Bluff, "A ;;
Redding, 81. There is an increase of q
per cent. from Downey, Norwalk, Costa,
Anaheim and Santa Ana, and 81! from
Santa Monica. There is also an increase of
per cent. from Milpitas and l per cent.
from Sacramento and so per cent. from
Los Angeles. These are the only instances
in which the rates for -four are increased.
From MERGED the rates are reduced 37A !;
Fresno, 49, Goshen, 81; Tulare; 81 Will
mington, o; San Gabriel, -; Banning, 40.
There i decrease Of SO per cent. In the
rate for grain in car loads from Point Isa-
bel aDd Rarrstt Is from Port Costa and
Vallejo Landing; 20 from San Jose 10
from lone; q from Roseville junction %
from Wheatiand Is from Chico ; II from
Tehana and Red Bluff 9 from Redding
| II from MERGED; s from Goshen and Tu-
lare; s from San Gabriel, and 81 from
Pomona. Among the places from which
the prices for grain have been raised are
Avon. per cent; Stockton, 46; Lodi,
/ 10; Cicero, |; San Fernando, Los An
geles, Compton, Wilmington, Downey,
! Costa, Anaheim, Orange, Santa Ana, Bal
/
The rates for wool also seem to be gen.
orally reduced From Martinez and Avon,
80 per cent Haywards, 90; Dacota 10 ;
San Jose, 10; Lathrop, 81; lone, IA ];
Marysville, 10; Copeland, &c; Red Bluff,
% I; Goshen, 80; Mojave, 50 Whining
ton, s. The rates are raised 80 per cent.
from Sacramento 20 from American river
and 20 from Milpitas.
The rates for green fruit from most
places are reduced, but from Rpon, Mo-
desto, Atwater, MERGED and Fresno there
is an increase ranging from to 80 per
per cent.
In potatoes, by the carload, between
here and Antioch, taking in Martinez, Val
lejo Landing, Pinole, ETC., there is a re-
duction averaging over fifty per cent
From here to Niles there is no change. At
San Jose there is decrease of twenty per
cent and of fourteen at Sacramento. From
Wheatland, Marysville. Chico, Tehama
Red Bluff and Redding there are reductions
from eight to twenty five per cent. There
are reductions of from eight to twenty per
cent from MERGED, Goshen and intermedi-
ate places. From Gloster, Sand Greek,
Lancaster and Alpine the reduction
averages 70 per cent, and over so per
cent. from Raveua, Lang, Kent, Newhall,
Santa Monica, San Fernando, Sepulveda,
Florence, Compton, Domineuez and Ger
ritos. At Los Angeles and Wilmington it
is changed, making the rate now charged
the same at all those places. Rates are
also reduced from San Gabriel and Cor
gonio and intermediate stations. There is
general reduction in rates for California
wines. The rate for horses, cattle and
sheep in carloads is reduced.
For frst-class freight between Sacra-
mento and San Francisco and intermediate
places the increase is 33 per cent, but be-
tween Sacramento and Stockton, French
change Between Sacramento and Cicero,
lone and adjacent points, there has been
an average reduction of about 20 per cent.
W " ucttticita, " pCi SS4it'3 SHiSO IL pei
cent, Tehama q per cent, Red Bluff II
per cent. Modesto and adjacent stations
to Atwater are credited with an in
crease of rates averaging about per
cent, and beginning with Hanford to
Mohave the rates remain stationary. From
Sacramento to Downey, Norwalk, Costa
and Anaheim there is an increase of 81 per
cent, and from San Gabriel to Banning a
reduction of from IL to 40 per cent, Ga
briel being credited with the smaller reduc-
ton and Banning with the larger.
In second class freight the increase of
tariff over the points named in the pre-
ceding. ranges from II to 81 per cent, the
largest figure prevailing at those stations,
except those east, within 100 or $50 miles
of Sacramento. The stations east there
from get a reduction of from to Is per
cent, according to distance. For third
class the percentage of increase is much
higher, ranging from II to so per cent,
and in the fourth and fifth classes there is
an average reduction of about II per cent.
over all the roads, except those going east
from Sacramento, the reduction there be-
ing from to per cent.
The tables show that there are more re-
auctions than increases by great major
ity between here and the more than 600