Los Angeles herald., 1890-03-27
THE RAILROADS.
Effect of Change in Orange
Freight Rates.
Opinions of the Shippers Of
this Vicinity.
The Present Extent of the Market in
the Eastern States.
General Railroad News-Tourist Cars in
the East-The Cajon Pass-Other
Matters of Interest.


on citrus fruit freight seems to meet the
very hearty appreciation of the shippers
of this city. Several of them were in
terviewed yesterday on the matter by a
reporter of this paper, and they were
unanimously of the opinion that it
whn,,d serve to insure wider and a
better ma, rket for the citrus products of
the Coast next w.
The change probably comes 'oo ia'e 70
affect the sale of this seasons crop Il
the Eastern roads consent to the reusqF
ton it will hardly 60 into effect for two
months. OF the total crop of 2,10O to
1890 carloads nearly 200 or about one
half, have left the State. Most of the
remainder will be shipped during the
next two months, and very little will
remain by the time the new rates will
go into effect-if they should be ac-
cepted by the Eastern lines.
There is good reason to believe that
the Eastern lines will accept the pro-
posed rate, as it will result in giving
them some of the orange trade, where
now they have about none, In 1886, the
first year that California citrus fruits
were shipped East in any large quanti-
ties, a uniform or blanket" rate pre-
vailed of 81 rs to Chicago and all Eastern
points, and as result large quantities of
the fruit were shipped to New York and
even to New England. The next year
the through rate was abandoned and
Chicago was made the terminal point.
Beyond that additional freight was
charged by the Eastern lines. The ship
ments Immediately fell off, and even at
the present time, when the excellence of
the California product is universally con-
ceded in the Eastern markets, very little
citrus fruit ever gets east of Chicago. A
box of Riverside navels, which in Kan
sas City is familiar enough sight, is
looked upon as great rarity in
New York or Boston. 1.-The present
market territory of the California
orange east of the Missouri river consists
of Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Mis-
souri, and Iowa. The effect of the new
rate will be to almost double the area,
taking in the States of the Middle East
as far as New York, also including
Canada.
The only difficulty which presents
itself is that of the preservation of the
fruit in transit. New York cannot be
reached under fourteen or fifteen DAYS.
Fruit now arrives in Chicago in fairly
good condition at the end,of ten days,
and with average weather the cargo will
not receive much additional damage in
the four days added by the trip to New
York.
General Railroad News.
The effect of the agreement of the
Eastern roads with regard to tourist
sleepers east of Chicago, which was
formulated some time ago, will make
itself felt after April 1st. Phillips & Com
pany and Walters q Company, excursion
agents, will on that date cease to run
tourist sleepers beyond Chicago, and the
Santa Fe will transfer it's passengers to
the regular Pullman sleepers. The
larger Eastern roads have for some time
been opposed to the tourist traffic, as
they consider that it gives tirst-class ac-
commodations for second-class fare, in
volving considerable loss of revenue.
The Southern Pacific has made some
slight changes in it's Santa Ana time
table, such as were necessary in order to
get in another train to Tustin and Whit
tier. Travel in this direction has in
creased to the extent of making the adj
ditional train necessary.
General Manager X. H. Wade, of the
Southern California line, returned to the
city yesterday after an absence OF sew
eral days spent in inspecting the line.
He says that so much earth has been
washed opt of the Cajon pass during the
past winter, and has been carried away
on cars, that there is less probability OF
trouble during the next season.
Two 1iractorc, 20 nc yroro in tho SOI1tl H..
ern Pacific yards yesterday morning.
One of them carried W. H. Clark and
party, and was of the Norfolk and
Western line. 1t left for San Francisco
in the morning. The other car was of
the Chicago and Northwestern line, and
contained several officials of that COM
pany.
w. R. Wardell, formerly ticket agent
of the Vanderbilt lines in this city, has
been appointed ticket agent of the Van
derbilt lines in San Francisco.
Southern Pacific Coal.
A San Francisco paper gives the fol-
lowing interesting statement of the guam
tity OF coal used by the Southern Pacific
railroad, and where it is obtained:
During 1889 the Southern Pacific Com
pany used over 100000 long tons of
coal in the operation of it's rail lines and
it's steamer lines from New Orleans to
New York, Havana and Central Ameri-
can ports. The Atlantic system, which
includes the lines east of Ell Paso, is
supplied from various points, the prin-
cipal ones being mines in Indian Terri
tory and Texas and the Ohio and Penn
sylvania coal regions.
1t is on the Pacific system, however,
that the coal problem assumes greatest
Importance. The Central Pacific east Of
Sacramento is largely supplied from Wy
oming mines. During last year the
company used 35S,S15 tons of coal on
that portion of the Pacific system west OF
Sacramento and Tucson. OF this amount
223,774 tons were foreign coal, on which
a duty of rs cents a ton was paid. The
company's Carbon Hill mines, in Wash
ington, supplied 1896 tons, which was
brought from Tacoma in colliers, and
5,426 came from the mines near lone.
The percentage of the coal used brought
to different points on the system was as
follows: San Francisco, 1882 per cent.
San Pedro 1924 per cent. other points,
1904 per cent. OF the coal received at
San Francisco, 11.12 per cent. was for
eign coal, and 88.08 per cent. of the coal
landed at San Pedro was foreign. About
25 per cent. of the coal used on the Pa
cific system last wear came from Tacoma