Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-16
RAILROAD comarss1okERs.
interesting Meeting CT tbs Board at San
Graucisrn.

interesting heellng CT us boafd at San
Francisco;
meeting of the Beard of Railroad
Commissioners was held 10 San francisco
yesterday morning at 10 o'clock at the
rooms of the Commission in Halleck block.
Present-Stoneman, Beerstecher and Gone.
Commissioner Cone presided W. r. An.
drus Secretary. The minutes of the last
meeting we're read and approved.
The two resolutions that were laid over
at the last full meeting OF the Commission.
ers were called for by General SLOVENIAN.
There were three offered at the time. Res.
olution No. 81 was:
Resolved. That second.eiass Passengers shall not
be compelled 70 travel in smokng-cars.
This was adopted. The two remaining
were considered yesterday. Resolution
No. 81 ia as follows:
Resolred. That the charges for second class pas
sengers railroads 10 this tate which second
class passengers are now being transpo ted shall not
exceed go per cent Of the charges for first pas
seRgers the same road, for the same distances
in the same direction and between the same points
a vote was taken on this resolution.
Commissioner Stonemau voted ave Beer.
stecher and Gone, no. MIR. Cone stated the
reason for his negative vote. At present
there are only few points in the State be.
! tween which second class tickets are sold.
Between San Franc SEQ and Los Angeles,
and from intermediate points to either Of
these two cities, if in all cases the 60 per
cent. standard, as named in the resolution,
should be applied, many of the present
rates would be greatly increased, instead of
decreased. TIE second. class fare from
many points at present is less than 60 per
cent. of the first-class fare.
Mr.. Stoneman stated that now no second
| class rates were made for passengers who
| desire to travel from intermediate points on
the line from Los Angeles to San Francisco
The point Of the resolution was to effect
this desirable result. Passengers along the
line should have the same privileges as
residents Of Los Angeles.
Mr.. Beerstecher said that that was not
the way the resolution read. It would not
accomplish that result.
MIR. Stonemaa said that it might be
| amended.
Mr.. Beerstecher said that it would make
no change in rates. 1t merely means that
tickets at old rates shall continue to be
sold.
After some lively discussion between the
Commissioners in regard to this point, Res.
| olution No. 80, which had been introduced
by General Stoneman, was considered.
This is the "second- class stop. over res
olution, and before the question was dis.
cussed, Mr.. Cone stated that communities.
tions had been received from number of
prominent railroad lines in the East, which
he would like read.
Mr.. Stoneman stated that in his recollec.
ton these letters had already been read at
previous meeting
Mr.. Cone, nevertheless, instructed the
Secretary to read the letters. Among the
correspondence are communications from
the New Y ork Central and Hudson River
Railroad, the Michigan Central, and the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern. The
first Of these has second class rates only
with far Western points, the others have
no general second. class rates. When sec.
ond-class tickets are issued stop.over priv.
| leges were not granted.
General Storeman stated that the object
of the resolution before the Board was
| simply for the accommodation of the pub
lie, and especially of the poor man. The
idea was to allow man who holds q Sec
ond.class ticket to stop over on his trip.
1t seemed proper and just, and he said
frankly that he could not see why the res.
olution should not be adopted.
| Before voting Commissioners Beerstecher
and Cone stated that they should vote
negatively on the question, for the reason
that the resolution was simply without pre-
cedence. In their knowledge no railroads
of any prominence in the United States
allowed such privileges on second class
tickets. The resolution was defeated with.
out the formality of voting.
General Stoneman then read q resolution
relating TO the general reduction of rates
on all lines in the State. This is the same
resolution that was brought before the
Board and adopted at meeting held Feb
ruary Is, 1881. 1t declared a reduction of
rates to the present basis of three and
half and four cents mile. At the same
| time resolution was adopted summoning
the railroad companies to appear and show
cause why this proposed schedule of rates
should not be enforced. Representatives
of some OF the companies have thus ap.
| peared. Yesterday the resolution was
| brought up for consideration again. The
tariff as fixed in this resolution has not yet
gone into general effect. Nothing was done
] in the matter yesterday, and the document
was laid on the table for consideration at
the next meeting.
The proposed tariff will make an i'm
portant reduction in fares on all the rail.
roads of the State. No changes would be
made in the rates now existing between
San Francisco and Oakland, Alameda or
| Perkeley.
After some conversation, the Commits
sioners adjourned to meet on Tuesday,
September &c, 1852.