Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-07

A printed copy of the full passenger and
freight tariffs was submitted in answer to the
question, Please furnish schedule Of the
rates Of fare and freight charged in this
Ssate!"
All tie traffic on the division is LEGAL. OF
the gross earnings S531, 30 So came from pas.
ssngers and S672. 295 16 IRON freishts.
The total expenses for salaries 20 employees
during the yeAr 1882 were Sj26, 112 % No
person employed on tbs division receives
50 600 or more per year.
The division leases Is miles OF the Mon.
tersy Railroad, paying therefor Sll0 SO per
mile per month, equal to $50, 200 per year.
The line Is described as commencing st San
Francisco and running through the counties
! of San Francisco, San Mateo. Santa Clara,
San Benito, Santa Cruz and Monterey, as
| shown by an accompanying map, with tie
leased lire OF the Monterey Railroad between
Castroyilge and Monterey, in tbs county Ct
Monterey. The total length of the line op.
Grated is 1868 miles, all standard gauge.
The liue connees with the overland roads
at San francisco and San Jose, but is oD-
Grated entirely Independent of them. When
any diff srencss in rates exist they are the
result Of competition with other carriers or
the small volume of traffic on certain sec.
lions of the line and the fixed expense Of
operating the same. All Tee jers and branches
OF IEo l4E9 are wholly UtIEGuEAh uDDH
main line. and could only be operated ct
loss ss'in3ependent lines. All the ways
and means for repair, renewals, better
ments and extensions necessary for the
safety, public use and coutinued operation
of branch roads must come from the earn
Jugs.
It was stated TO be impossible to answer
the following question definitely For what
section and what proportion of the popula-
ton sn1 productions of the State il your
road the only means of transportation Z"
10 regard to questions concerning competi-
tion, is was stated that there are bus portions
of three counties through which the road
runs that are not provided with other trans
porsation facilities.
At all points between San Francisco and
Sau Jose, comprising the first fifty miles, the
road competts with water carriers, and at San
Jcss and Santa Clara there i, competition
both by water and rail. and competition also
exists with coast steamships for the carrying
trade of the PsjaTo and Salinas valleys.
In answer to question concerning special
contracts, or the under bidding System OF con.
tracts, it was replied that the company per-
forms no service for contracting shippers at
competitive points on lines not open to all
rival shippers.
All freight business Of the road, is entirely
local. The aversge rate per ton Ter mile fer
t1e year 1882 was 81 cents. The totalffeight
earnings this year were S672 295 16.
TIE questions of the Cit numbered Is.
%, %, "a, % and 26, relating to the operating
expenses in distinct Departments, could nos
be answered, as no division OF expenses has
ever been attempted by the company. The
cost Of the service in the freight and passen-
ger departments are fully considered in con-
nection with the expenses of other dspa.t-
ments IN controlling the rates.
The maximum rate of fare per mile for paE.
sensess (ecail, excluding fares OF the o .kland
ferry, is 10 cents and the minimum 81 cents
tie average for 1881, 274 cent?
He was unable to give the Information de-
sired in the following questions:
What is the total value of all your property !
IN this State ct this time2 For what per-