Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-19
FOREIGN COMPETITION.
GREAT BRITAIN ENCROACHING
UPON OUR RIGHTS.
Some Startling Facts About the
Canadian Pacific and Amer
lean Railways.


United States Senate Committee en- Re
lations with Canada, must have proved
a revelation to those distinguished gen.
tlemen. They will be found to be Of
thrilling interest, not only to the people Of
the Pacific coast, but of the whole United
States, few of whom have any idea of the
terrible inroads made by Canada upon
American commerce. They also contain
valuable information in regard TO the whole
transportation system of this coast stated
in most readable and interesting style
and are worthy of careful perusal. They
are as follows:
Question l. Please state your name. residence
and occupation?
Answer-A. N. Towne, Third Vice. President
and General Manager of the Southern Pacific
Company. My residence is in San Francisco
. How long have you been connected with
the Southern Pacific Company and in what
capacities?
Al came to California twenty years ago to
accept the position of General Superintendent,
of the Central Pacific Railroad Company since
leased to the Southern Pacific Company PROF
thereto, was connected with roads in III
nois for fourteen years; one year on the Chicago
and Great Eastern as General Superintendent
and thirteen years on the Chicago, Burlington
and Quincy Road, occupying positions, pa sing
through all the grades in the management o.
transportation TO that of Assistant General
superintendent.
s. State what trans. continental lines OF
railroad are now in operation, terminating al
San Francisco what at Portland, Oregon and
Georgia. Also, what other, if any, carriers are
engaged in trans-continental traffic.
A.-Transcontinental lines-commencing at
the north we have the Canadian Pacific Rail-
wAy Terminating nDOn the lrulf a
Vancouver, r. c., using in connection with It's
road the Pacific Coast steamship line of steam
ers to and from San Francisco. The next is the
Northern Pacific rail line, terminating at Ia
coma, w. T., and Portland, Or; also using the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company's steamers to
and from San Francisco, via Tacoma The
Northern Pacific also forms a through line TO
San Francisco and adjacent cities in California,
via the Southern Pacific Company road from
Poartland. Then comes the Oregon Railway
and Navigation Company, terminating at PORT
land. This road in connection with the Oregon
Short Line and the Union Pacifice Railway
forms through line to the Missouri river; be-
tween Portland, Or, and San Francisco this
line uses its own steamers TO form a through
line to and from San Francisco. The Canadian
Pacific, Northern Pacific and Oregon Railway
and Navigation Companies each have a line
also to California ports south of san Francisco
by their use of the Pacific Coast teamship
Compauys steamers thus being able to reach,
notably, San Diego, San Pedro 1.-THE port of Los
AngeleS and Santa Barbara. Our Southern
Pacific Companys line extends from Portland
or to San francisco passing Rossyille, Cal,
Central Pacific Railroad, direct to Og
den, there connecting with the Union
Pacific and the Denver & Rio Grande
Western Railway, who respectively have vari-
Gus eastern rail connections From San Fran
cisco south the Southern Pacific Company
forms through line with the Atlantic and Pa
cifc road at Mojave, which connects with the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe road ut Albu-
querque, n. NJ, for the Missouri river and east
ern points. From Mojave south the Southern
Pacific Company has, via Los Angeles, another
connection with the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe road at Deming, N. M, and also con,
meets at FL Paso, Tex, with the Texas and Pa.
cifc road, and through it with the Missouri Pa
cifc system. From FL Paso the Southern Pacific
Company line runs TO New Orleans, there con-
Meeting with its own line of steamships for ports
on the Atlantic seaboaid. We also connect ct
Houston Tex, San Antonio, Tex, and New Or
leans La, with several lines of railroad by
which we have connection with various eastern
cities Other carriers and important ones are
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, between
San Francisco and Eastern Atlantic seaboard
points, via Panama, as well as the clipper lines
via Cape Horn, between Portland and Sau
Francisco and the port OF New York, all strons
competitors against the overland rail carriers.
4. Please state, If you know, what companies
| are engaged in the running of steamships be
tween the Pacific coast and ports in China an(
I Japan
A-The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
l
| Steamship Iompany's steamers ply between Sal
| Francisco and ports in China and Japan. TIL
| Canadian Pacific Steamship Company steamer
ply between Vancouver, B. c., and ports il
| China and Japan.
| 5. Has there been at any time, and, if so, whel
| and for how long, any other steamship compan,
| engaged in said trade?
A.-During the past fourteen years no steam
| ship company, other than those enumerated il
answer to the interrogatory preceding, has. t
our knowledge. operated between the tacif
| coast aud ports in China and Japan.
| 6. What steamships are owned by the Pacifi
Mail steamship c mpany. in which trade ar
| they engaged, between what ports do they ply
ana how frequent are their trips2
| A.-The Pacific Mail Steamship Company
steamers are ; City of Peking City of ydney
City of New York, and City Of Rio de Jaueiro
| The Occidental and Oriental Steamship Com
pany's steamers are Belgic, Gaelic, Arabic
| and Oceanic. The steamers OF both these line
| ply between San Francisco and ports of Yoke
/ hama, Japan and Hongkopg, china, with con
nections for other ports in Japan and China
| The Pacific Mail and Oriental ana ocean,
| steamers make alternate trips in both direc
tions, their combined sailings averaging thre
steamers month in each direction. Attached
marked Exhibit A, is the printed list of sail
| ings of these steamship companies outwar
| bound from November Is, 1883, to December 81
! 1889, and homeward bound from January S, 1875
| to february 6, 1890, both, of course, subject +
| such changes as the necessities of the tratli
| may demand.
| Z. State generally. the character OF the trad
| n which they are engaged?
| A-1he steamers piyIng between San Fran
| cisco, California, and ports in China and Japal
are engaged in general passenger and freigh
| traffic. The principal exports are flour ant
specie. The imports are tea. raw and manu-
| featured silk rice, gunnies, hemp, lutte and gen
| eral merchandise.
g. Please state, if you know, what company i
| engaged in running steamships between Van
| couver and ports of China and Japau.
| A.-The ocalled Canadian Pacific STEAMSHIP
| Company runs line of steamers between Van
| couver and ports in China and Japan
| 9. What steamships are owned and controlle,
| by that company, between what ports do the
| ply, how frequent are their trips, and what i
the general character of the trade in which the
| are engaged?
| A.-The steamers owned or controlled by tn
| Canadian Pacific Railway are Abyssinia, Pal
| thia Port Augusta, Batavia and Port Fairy, ply
| ing between Vancouver, British Columbia, an,
| the ports of Yokohama, Japan, and Hongkone
| China, with steamer connections for other port
in China and Japan. and competing with steam
| ers of the Pacific Mail and Occidental and o
| entail Companies in every Asiatic port at whcl
the latter companies have sought business
| Their schedule of sailings is, / believe as De
Exhibit B." herewith, outward bound iron
| May ii, 1889, to November %, 1889, and home
ward bound from April 4, 1889, to October q
| 1889. They engage in general passenger am
freight traffic. The principal exports are fiou
and cotton goods otherwise known as domes
| tics the Canadian Pacific having already bee
successful in diverting from United States line
1
Eastern States. The principal imports are t. q
raw and manufactured silk, rice. gunnies
| hemp. lutte and general merchandise. The,
| compete with the American steamer lines nance
to and from the port OF San Francisco in ever,
| item of traffic in which the San Francisco line
are engaged. except perhaps from financial
| causes, the single item of American specie. Tn,
| Canadian Pacific hallway also runs its owl
steamers on the great lskes. l am not &C
| Qua;nted with the names of the steamers or tb,
frequency OF their trips, but understand the.
! are operated in conjunction with the Canadian
Pacific rail line to afford the most feasible con
nections with points on the great lakes.
/ 10. State, If you know, what Government aid
! If any, said company has received or is receiv
ing.
Al understand the Dominion Government
has granted the Canadian Pacific Railway
subsidy OF bonus of S25 900 090 has donated to i
50o0, 600 acres of land, embracing only such a,
are suitable for settlement; has also given righ
| of way, station grounds dock privileges and
water frontage, in so far as within the cont oil o.
(, the Government; and, further. has constructed
| and transferred to the Canadian Pacific Railway
Company, free of cost IA miles of railway, the
estimated value of which, according to that
railway companys report for the year 1887, is
$751; 00,000 The Canadian Pacific was permit
ted to import steel rails free of duty, also o. heI
mat, rial used in the construction of its road and
telegraph line. Under its charter the Canadian
Pacific is freed for all time from taxation by the
Dominion Government or by any Provincial
Government established after date of its char
ter. Its land grant in the northwest territory is
free from taxation for twenty years unless sold
in the meantime. In addition to all this the
Canadian Government has bound itself not 10
permit, during the term of twenty years. the
building of any line or lines thatwould paral-
lei the Canadian Pacific Railway This we be-
lieve to be the most liberal grant ever bestowed
by constitutional government.
II State whether or not any height shipped
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