The morning call., 1890-04-17
RECONCILED.
Huntington and Stanford Once
More in Harmony.
4 Meeting Of Ticket Agents to Be Held To
Day, Looking to The Adjustment Of
Rates-L nd Sales.

C.P. Huntington and Leland Stanford,
at the solicitation of personal friends, have
agreed to ''break away" and devote their
energies to the interest of the Southern Pa
eiic Company.
Colonel Croker was seen yesterday by
CALL reporter, to whom he said: q am
authorized to say that Messrs. Huntington
and Stanford are reconcled and are at this
moment cOnyersing in an adjoining room
regarding the affairs of the company"
When asked as to the terms OF the agree
ment. he said: " l will say no more than
this-that Senator Stanford is completely
exonerated, and that Mr.. Huntington de-
clares that a wrong construction was put
upon his remarks before the Board Of Di-
rector. Messrs. Stillman, Hubbard and
myself have been the means of bringing
this reconciliation about 1t has been
most unhappy affair and We are all glad
that it is at an end"
CUT RATES
The ticket agents are tired of rate wars.
The men at headquarters are tired also, it
would seem, for meeting Of agents has been
called 10 either patch up permanent truce,
or to negotiate for cessation of hOstilities.
The meeting viii convene to-day at Il
o'clock, at the Office of MIR. StubbS of the
Southern Pacific Company. An agent who
is familiar with the situation said to a CALL
reporter yesterday:
There is really nothing in this rate
cutting. To an artificial observer or one
not acquainted with our methods, it might
seem that a road making a cut in rates, and
thereby securing the lions share Of pas
senger traffic. was doing Il very shrewd
thing. This is ell wrong. Not only are
other roads injured, but the very road that
makes the reduction suffers loss instead of
gain. We cannot afford to quarrel. 1t may
be fun for the people, but it is rather eX-
pensiye for the participants. We hope to
see the old tariff resumed at tO-morrOw'S
meeting. The old rates will be restored or
the meeting will END in quarrel, which
Will extend to all the roads selling tickets
out Of San Francisco. / am confident, how
ever, that thfs will not happen, and the
people who are expecting a S. rate to
Chicago will be compelled to wait Yes it
is true We did fight two years ago until
tickets were sold TO Chicago for So; but
remember we are two years older now and
are learning that it is better in such cases
to arbitrate."
ALL MooNsHINE.
This talk OF an arrangement whereby
the roads will cease to cut rates is all moon
shine" said another agent Now, hear
them abuse the Burlington for making
SIS rate TO Chicago. The other roads have
been doing the very same thing for months
and months. The only objection they have
TO the Burlington cut is that 1t IS an open
rate. As long as there are railroads there
will be rate-cutting, agreements or no
agreements. Tins meeting tomorrow is
one OF those agreement meetings. They
Will all agree TO discontinue the sleight-Of-
hand performances now IN vogue. 1t will
last Tor perhaps month. Then road Will
be detected making a reduction by some
underhand method This will result in a
quarrel, more cut rates and another agree
ment meeting
A LONG RUN.
The Northern Pacific has leased tha Wis
cOnsln Central The officers of the latter
road have all been retained in their former
positions by the President of the Northern
Pacific The lease Of this road adds 500
niles 10 the Northern Pacific, and makes
Its road a system OF over 1890 miles with i'm
portant extensions in progress and pro-
lected- Its cars now run from Chicago to
Portland, distance of $3.50 miles, which is
the longest continuous run in the world.
LAND SALES.
W. 81. Mills, Land Agent Of the Central
Pacific Company, reports that there is a
constant demand for timber land and that
this demand IS constantly increasing. An
English syndicate recently bought eleven
twenty tracts in Yolo County and have
subscribed for the three forty-acre tracts
adjoining.
Mr. Madden, Land Agent of the South
ern Paclhc Company, reports land sales for
April of this year as surprising those of
the same month in 1889 to the amount of
S17,500.
PERSONAL MENTION.
c. C. Crane. Pacific Coast Agent of the
Vanderbilt lines, left yesterday for ort-
land on a business trip. He was accom-
panied by Amos Burr, agent for the same
system.
W. II. Holabird, Passenger Agent of the
Atlantic and Pacific, is in town from Los
Angeles.
ii. B. Stone, Vce-P President of the Bur
Ington, has resigned his position with this
road to accept the presidency of Chicago
telephone company.