The morning call., 1890-08-27
ALONG THE RAIL.
Complaints of Pullman's Auto.
cratic Agency.
Passenger and Freight Trains Moving as
Usual on tbs Vanderbilt Lines-Mr.
Wilbur and His Paper Road


The travelling public of this city is in
trouble. They have a grievance to relate,
and the local ticket agents with one voice
indorse their wall and aud, it's sad tale"
A nuisance has been encountered OF such
vast proportions that the people who leave
this city by rail vow it shall be abolished. A
huge imperfection has been discovered IN
the management Of the Office of the Pull
man Palace Car Company in this city.
Every morning between the hours OF
and II a crowd may be seen at the office re-
ferred to, waiting, some patiently, others
angrily, to be served with a bit of paste
board, certifying that the holder has dearly
paid for the precious privilege of reposing
in one Of Prince Pullman's carriages, and
that upon his or her making things right
with the porter, he or she will be allowed
to enjoy the repose purchased, IF there is
ROOM"
If there is not room, people must wait
until there is, for there is but one Pullman
and one Mehann, aud it is hoped that others
will not be raised up unto San Francisco
with the same ideas Of economy as is pos
sessed by the handsome pair.
4 NAUGHTY OFFICIAL.
The fact that people who visit the Office
in quest of costly privilege may have
other matters to arrange incidental to
Journey overland has little weight with
the official who presides over the destinies
of the company on this Coast, and who
does not despise the means by which he
reached that dizzy hei ght, from which he
nrHi fol
naughty contempt.
The people who daily throng this Office in
Quest Of sleeping-car tickets fall into line
ike soldiers on parole and wait their turn.
Some wait for hours, for there is only one
to serve the hundreds that assemble here
each morning-one boy, at a salary Of $50
per month 1t Is the same every morning,
A crowd of men and women waiting-the
women impatient, the men murmuring NAL
edictions against the company, but ali walt
ing.
by Pullman's ideas of economy may often
be seen some of the local ticket agents
after berths for passengers to whom they
have sold overland tickets. 10 ticket
agent time is money, and it is anything but
pleasant for them to be compelled to wait
two or three hours to make good sale, or
accommodate a passenger, while people
after tickets drift to the offices Of competing
lines.
PALPABLE OBJECTIONS.
AFTER waiting Two or three hours for
BERTH" said an agent yesterday, there is
no certainty of getting one fol the day on
which you want to leave. They do not run
sleepers enough to accommodate the travel,
and il is a common thing for travellers TO
be obliged to defer their trip until such time
as they can get berth in Pullman coach.
81 waited three hours for ticket, said
a passenger yesterday, but then Pullman
lie pnnr and cannot afford suitaHla helm in
his Offices"
c. c. Crane. Pacific Coast agent of the
Vanderbilt lines, yesterday received the
following telegram, which Will explain II
self and which verities his statements con-
corning the New York Central strike, pub
lished recently: when the traffic in per-
ishable freight is resumed it proves pretty
conclusiyely that the great strike Is at an
end:
Carlton c. Crane, p. C. 4. TdHdeTbttt lines
10 Montgomery street, san Froncisco-Our oper-
aIiBg department has authorized The freight de-
partment 10 resume The Carrying oil perlshaoie
freight, and ali our traffic is being moved as
usual. Passenger trains are Oh time, aud no
W. B. JEROME,
General Western Passenger Agent.
THE PROPOSED RAILROAD.
J. R. Wilbur, President OF the San Fran
cisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad
Company, says that this company propose
to resume work at once on a line from
Rodgers, a station on the Atlantic and
Pacfic, through the TETON Pass and down
through San joaquin Valley to tide water.
distance of about $50 miles. A great deal
of capital is said to be behind this enter
prise, and among railroad men the invest
ment is thought to be good one.
OF the project Mr.. Wilbur says: 1--WE
estimate that it will cost about 0,000, 900
to build such line as we propose building.
rOnl6 Strnptpd
much less, but it is the intention Of the San
Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Com
pany to build and equip line hrst-ciasS in
every respect. The route over the mount
aims will necessarily be an expensive one.
Between S5,000,0O0 and $1,000, 600 will also
be required to extend the road from tide
water TO San Francisco, or in the neighbour
hood of S1T,000,0 600 to complete the entire
work. In relation 10 preliminary work we
have already completed grading on about
seventy miles of the road through the San
Joaquin Valley, and about two years ago
did some little work up in the mountains.
We are now in Il fair way to push right
ahead with the work of construction, and l
feel assured that l can say that the road
will be well on toward completion within
the next two years"
INCORPORATED FOR YEARS.
The San Francisco aud San Joaquin Val
ley Railway Company was organized and
Incorporated some three years and half
ago, and articles of incorporation filed with
the Secretary Of State and the County Clelk
of each county through which the proposed
road is to pass. The capital stock is
SIS, oo0, 900 The officers of the company
are Isaac r. Wilbur, President; Louis 4.
Monteagle, Secretary; Timothy Paige, w.
}. Little and Jonn 5. Wilbur, brother of
the company's President, Directors.
A. f. HOlbrook, General Traffic Mana
ger of the Chicago and Northwestern, left
yesterday for Los Angeles.
The first carload of fresh prunes for the
season was shipped East yesterday by
hunt Brothers of Santa Rosa, over the
chicago and Northwestern.
TROUBLE IN ARIZONA
ID. A. johnson, Freight Agent of the
Unl9n racine in this city, left Yesterday
for Los Angeles.
All the overland travel has been DELAYED
for twenty-four hours in the vicinity of
Tucson, owing to the tracks having bean
washed away in iunumerable plNces. M
trains were moving in that vicinity yester
day. and 1t is probable that the line will
not be opened before tonight. In some
places portions of the track were washed
away faster than the repairs could be com
pleted by the workmen. Hundreds of men
Benton, N. Mex. and Wilcox, Ariz., for the
schedule of trains has not been maintained
and the storms are increasing in violence
each day. The damage done to the railroad
property alone will amount to an enor-
nous sum.
A New Imnrovement Ciuh.