Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1886-02-20
TELEGRAPHIC.
The Railroad War Still
Continues.
FREIGHT RATES REDUCED.
The Trade of Southern California
Seems TO be the Bone Of Con-
tenti0n.

CHICAGO, February l9.-All the Chi
cago roads having transcontinental con.
nections are booking passengers to San
Francisco at the following figures, First
class, unlimited, s70:40; first class. limit
ed, $50. 40; second class or emigrant, lin
tied, $50. This Is reduction Of about
s35 ON first class rates. Rates TO Port
land, Oregon, and to California via the
Northern Pacific remain unchanged, no
reductions having been announced. A
prominent railroad official In comment
ing on the situation this morning said
the action of the Pacific road 10 announc
ing the sale OF unlimited tickets, means
that old tariff will probably never again
be imposed, rs the rates allowed them
nearly three cents q mile, which was an
equitable return for so long haul.
WHAT O. p. HUNTINGTON SAYS.
New YORK, February l9.--The Cen
trail and Southern Pacific people take
the dissolution Of the transcontinental
pool philosophioally; G. 2. Huntington,
stating the case thus; II don't look for
any more trouble than there has been
under the pool. There was cutting then
and there will be cutting now. Natur.
ally II would be expected that we should
discontinue the Pacific Mail subsidy.
We are and have been all along In favor
Of low rates; we believe in getting people
to California to settle the country. At
our meetings we all agreed except the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, which
wanted more than II earned or was able
to earn. Itearned twenty-five per cent.
and wanted forty per cent. We object
cd and none Of US feel particularly
friendly to the Atchinson, Topeka Il
Santa Re line. How long the cutting OF
rates will go on 1t is impossible to say"
IN SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO, February l9.-Among
the different agents of the roads form
erly connected with the transcontinental
pool, there was great hustle and excite
ment this morning. None OF them
hardly knew where they stood and all
of them were eager to know what the
other agents were doing in the way OF
cutting rates and to ascertain which
had men engaged in going around
to the different Offices TO ascertain what
tickets were selling for. When the lit
tie game was dropped upon, the ticket
agents grew reticent and 1t was
only upon the appearance Of men who
appeared to be bonafids inquirers for
tickets that the agents unbosomed them
selves.
The publication in the papers Of the
war rates has lead to unprecedented in
quiries Of the cost of tickets to the var
ious points east, and the agents were
kept busy answering inquiries. There
is, however, little purchasing of tickets.
as there is general belief that rates
will go still lower.
The lowest rates quoted to day are as
follows: To New York, tirst-class, $40
or $50 for an unlimited ticket. To Chi
caRo. S55 first-class or sos for an unlim.
tied. To New York, third-class, $40.
To Chicago, third.class. $50.
a3oD EFFECT OF THE WAR.
SAN FRANCISCO. February Doom
msntiug on the war in rates now pre-
vailing, the Bulletin this morning says:
at is believed not only in the East,
but here, that the rates will never be
restored to the old figures, and that the
permanent reduction will be Of immense
benefit to California by attracting hither
very large number of persons Of the
best kind for permanent residents, who
have been kept away by the high rates.
With the exodus Of the Chinese, which
It is confidently expected will be one Of
the beneficial results of the war,
large influx of house servants from the
East is expected. Girls who have heard
of the good wages here and the hostility
to the Chinese, and who have $50 and
$40 laid mp, will, as soon as they find
the Mongoliaus evacuating the kitchen,
come out to take their places One
phase Of the labor question in the States
Is therefore liable to be satisfactorily dis
posed of by low passenger rates.
LOS ANGELES CAUSES THE WAR.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, February 10TH
An overland railway war growing out
of the collapse Of the Transcontineatal
Association was instituted to-day in
thoroughly aggressive way, both as to
passenger and freight traffic. All lines
running west and southwest from this
city having California connection were
booking passengers to-day to San Fran
cisco at $40 for first-elass, unlimited;
Soo Tor hrst-eiass, limited; "a ior soo-
end'ciass ana emierant. IN 'he matter
OF contracting Tor ireight no rases are
quoted, but agents nave oeeh gwen
carte blanche 70 secure business
at any hgures, and IL IS known that very
large Reductions are peing mace. Inc
Atchison, Topeka santa re ala not
announce ITS rate until TINS morning.
waiting until the initiative mad been
taken by the Union and southern racine
companies. Inc oihciais OF the Atch'-
son company assert that the war mas
been forced upon them against tne'r
wishes and owing 70 tne,r ciaih 70 wnas
they deemed an eqn,tao.o perceh'sSe Vi
overland frame. Inc FIRST 'ice-rresi-
dent oil the Atchison company to-day,
speaking OF the SITUATION sad thst the
company had given notice o. It's inten-
ton to withdraw from the Iranseonti-
mental Association on December 4tn,
1880, Tor the reasons .nat IL was no,
being constructed upon what 'ney deemed
proper business principles Inc A,chi
son Company had purchased an nnhn'
sheu raifoso ~ sou ou's
known as the Cahiornia southern ana
afterward proceeded to construct lVo
miles additional from Cotton, the june
ton with the southern racine, 10 BAR
stow, the junction with the Atlantic q
Pacific road, which was completed on
November LIST. Inc purchase ana com
pletlon OF this road placed the Atehison
Company. according TO its claim. IN q
position to handle and control at least
one'hait OF the business TO and from
Southern California. There were but
two roads into that territory, and they
claimed that they were entitiea TO oo
per cent oil the business IL was
on this claim That the Association
.plit at It's meeting Ia New \ ork Guy
The Atchison Company asked tnat Oali'
fornia be divided INTO TWO ois'rie's, the
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