Los Angeles herald., 1890-03-26
Railway Notes and the Cham
ber of Commerce.
The Reduction on Orange
Freight Traffic.
An Interview on the Subject of the
Cross Road to Pasadena.
Visitors at the Permanent Exhibit of the
Chamber-The Meeting Next Sat-
So urday- Other Matters.

1t appears very probable that one re-
suit of the recent traffic convention will
be the reduction of the orange freight
tariff to figure which will allow Cali
fornia oranges to compete successfully in
New York with the imported article.
The present rate on oranges from Los
Angeles to the Missouri river is $1.12K
3 hundred, and to Chicago $1.25. Rates
are not made further east, as shipments
generally terminate in Chicago. The
tariff from Chicago to New York is 20
cents, which makes total from this
point of $1.95. As result of this high
rate very few carloads of California
oranges ever get to New York. Last
year only about fifty carloads, out of q
total of over 1900 exported, were shipped
to New York, and these were chiefly
large navele, such as are raised nowhere
else than in Southern California.
Day before yesterday the association
decided to make an effort to secure Q re-
duction from the total of t1.95 to 81. rs.
OF the eighteen roads represented in the
association none of them 20 beyond
Chicago, and to secure q reduction in
the through rate it became necessary to
get the consent and agreement of the
Eastern lines. This would involve loss
10 the Eastern roads of about twenty
five cents on the hundred. Their de-
cision in the matter will not be received
for several days, but it is generally be-
ieved that they viii conset to the re-
ductiUn.
The next meeting of the association
will be held in San Francisco.
Director B. P. Cheney, of the Santa
Fe road, went north yesterday on the
Southern Pacific.
3. G. Kerens and B. 8. Hobart, two OF
TIM chief stockholders in the Los An
geles, Pasadena and Glendale road, are
in the city looking into the affairs of
that concern. These gentlemen are
both of them residents of st. Louis.
Mr.. Kerens was seen and interviewed
yesterday evening at the Hollenbeck by
3 reporter of this paper. He was asked
whether any of the stories to the effect
that the road was constructed for the
purpose of connecting with some over
land route were true.
'sThe road" said he, twas built solely
for local traffic, and with no other mo-
tive of any kind. We have no connec-
ton with any transcontinental line, and
do not expect to acquire any such con-
nection."
''It appears to have been a very ex-
pensive undertaking for such limited
amount of traffic." it was suggested.
Every expensive, perhaps too much
So" was the answer. "The stockholders
in St. Louis had no idea that the road
would cost any such sum as finally be-
came necessary to complete the work.
We are out here to look over. the road
and see what it's prospects are for the
transaction of local business"
The following excursionists arrived
from the East over the Santa Fe route
yesterday: Mrs. Schmidt and family,
from Philadelphia Mrs. Achre, from
Greenville; Mr.. and Mrs. S. Isenberger,
from Dayton, o.; Mrs. L. Richards and
family, from Dayton, o.; s. J. Samuel
and family, of Chicago; S. J. Burns, Of
Chicago;sA A. w. Derbyshire, of Boston !;
Mrs. A. Mcclure, of Boston; S. Stone
and wife, Of Kansas City G.. w. Sperlin.
G. M. Wright, of Shelbyville Mrs. P. c..
Bennett, of Corning, N Y. H. G. Reed
and family, J. Marshall and wife, Of
Chicago; G. R. Wells, of Rochester !;
Mrs. Webber and daughter, aof Duluth !;
Mrs. j. Noble, of Chicago; G. L. Wildes,
of Boston; M. NJ. Briggs, of Lyons; s. E..
Hannah, of Chicago; A. NJ. Roberts, of
Boston; L. Brooktield, of Kansas City !;
Miss Lena Young, of Pittsburg; F. J..
Thomas, of Albany; Mr.. and Mrs. L. A.
Walters, of Buffalo.