Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-07
TOURIST TRAVEL.
Developments Regarding the
Pullman Deal.
THEIR ATCHIsoN CONTRACT.
What the Excursion Men say
About the Change An
Eastern Deal.

Eastern Deal.
The seizure of the second-class tourist
business over the Santa Fe, by the Pull
mar Company, which was first an
nounced in these columns, is still the
talk of the hour in railroad circles, and
I number of other developments were
brought to light yesterday. Heretofore
the Atchison paid the Pullman Com
pany three cents per mile and betrayed
the cost of repairs. Under the new ar
rsngement it sells its half interest in the
rolling stock to the Pullman Company
for $3.50, 900 and the rate is established
at two cents per mile, the Pullman Com
psny paying for repairs. The contract has
been made for twenty-five years, COM
menciug on the LIST of February, 1889,
but no order has yet been issued as to
the date on which the new system will
20 into effect, although it may be ex-
pected at any moment. There are many
who think that the capturing OF the
California excursion business by Pull
man will not be of benefit to Southern
California. It is given out that Messrs.
Phillips brought $500 people into this
district over the Santa Fe last year, and
Messrs. Warner Bros. nearly as many
more, this being the result of the can
wasting done by those agencies in the
Eastern cities. They had travelling men
all through the Atlantic States working
to get passengers for Southern
California, and whenever one was
obtained he was sent here over the
Santa Fe. Now, the question is, will the
Pullman Company adopt the same
policy? If they make the same ar
engagements with the other transconti-
mental roads that they have with the
Santa Fe, the Atchison will certainly
suffer by the new deal, for Pullman will
then send his business in equal proper
tions over all the roads, according as the
tourists may desire. Then, again, many
think that the Pullman people will not
take the same interest in drumming up
business, but will simply let business
run in it's ordinary channel. 1t certainly
does seem as if this will be about the
way things will 60, for as the commission
business will be abolished, the Incentives
which urged on Messrs. Phillips, Warner
and the other agencies will also disap-
pear. For the railroads it is of
course good thing, for they will not
have to pay out several thousand dollars
. year for fees, and what the Santa Fe
may lose in the way of business the
other lines will gain. 1t has not yet
been settled by Messrs. Phillips and
Warner if they will 60 out of the busi-
ness, for they may still make arrange
ments with one of the other roads, but
there is no denying that their best op-
portunities have departed. The way it
is generally understood in which Pullman
will run the second-class business is
this: The second-class or emigrant cars
will be fitted up with mattresses, blan.
kets, etc., and one at least in Charge of
porter attached to each overland train.
For those desiring to avail themselves of
the additional accommodations a fee of
so cents will be charged, which will in
clude everything. This give rise to
another important question. As the
first-class business is operated by Pull
man it will be to his interest to send
everything possible in that channel, for
his fees in that way are four times those
charged for second-class passengers.
The excursion agents have acted on ex-
actly different policy. They have tried
to attract the first-class to the second
class business, and with this end in view
have fitted up their leased cars with ac-
commodations nearly equal to those en-
joyed by first-class tourists. Here again
the change will rebound to the interests
of the railroads, for hitherto about 80
per cent of the California travel has been
second-class, whereas if the accommoda-
fions pull off the per centage, first
class will pull up; and as ticket to the
Missouri River is relatively $50 and $35,
the profits will be considerably higher.
The excursion men are very much in
censed that Pullman, who has made
about $25 ,000, 900 out of the frst-class
business, should gobble up the second
class traffic 30 as to make few thou
sands more, but this is an argument
which in the financial world is not con-
sidered logical.
ANOTHER BIG HAUL.
District Superintendent w. B. Elwood,
of the Pullman establishment in this ter
ritory, yesterday received official noti6-
cation of another big haul made by his
company. Hitherto Pullman has had
two formidable competitors back East in
the shape of the Woodruff Car Company
and the Mann Boudoir Company,
which, combined, operated over
about 5000 miles of road south
of the Ohio river. Mr.. Pullman has
bought them out. and under the
title of the Union Palace Car Company
will in future operate them from bis
at Chicago. A circular an
nounces that the officers in the Pull
man service will also manage the affairs
of the new adjunct, the following form
ing the directory: Geo. w. Pullman,
President; Jno. S. Runnels, General
Counsel Stephen Little, Auditor; Geo.
M. Gray, General Traffic Agent; j. F.
Trout, Commissioner; S. w. Bretzfeld,
Purchasing Agent.
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