The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-08-02
ALONG THE RAIL.
First Report of the Consolidated
Companies.
Earnings Of the Southern Pacifc-Canad
Pacific Competition Work at soledad
Canyon Finished.

The Southern California Railroad Com
pany has filed report tor two months, end
ing December 81, 1889. This company was
organized on November 18th by the CONSOLE
dalton of the California Central Railway
Company, the Redondo Beach Railroad
Company and the California Southern Rail-
road Company. George G. Magoun is Pres
ident and A. Marvel Vice-President. The
main line extends from Barstow to National
City, San Bernardino to Los Angeles, Los
Angeles to East Riverside and from thence
TO Orange, a distance of 1872 miles, not in
Guiding three branches of about eighty
miles. The stock outstanding amounts to
S12,8O4, but all of the equipment is mort
gagged The funded debt is $12, $40;
floating debt. 81, O43, 947 The improvements
for two months have cot S6S7; total con-
struction, 1867, 1868; equipment, S47S, $50;
construction and equipment. S25 116 04.
The deficit of the consolidated company
footed on October 31st S6S7,9lS; tor two
months, $45,799; total deficit, S733,717. The
passenger earnings for two months are
given at 1921, 9j3, freight earnings S139,G46
and the percentage of operating expenses
TO earnings at 9l.95 per cent, with 1046 men
employed by the company.
OTHER REPORTS FILED.
The annual report of the California Cen
trial Railway Company for the ten months
ending on October 81. 1889, has been fled
with the Railroad Commissioners. The
total mileage of this road, including eight
branch lines. is given at 265,59 miles. The
total amount of capital stock issued and
outstanding is SG,457,0OO funded debt,
S6,457, eco; floating debt, S44l,7 46. The
cost of construction and equipment has
been ST., 1000; the passenger earnings,
S425, 101 ST; freight earnings, S40O623 80,
and the gross earnings from operation,
1916, 761 2S. The road has COL employees,
and the main line extends from San Ber-
nardin0 to Los Angeles.
The report for ten months also of the
California Southern, extending from Bar
stow to National City, a distance of 2l0.6I
miles, gives the total capital stock issued
and outstanding at S6,072, 600; funded debt,
S5,577,610; floating debt, S46l, S42 46; cost
of construction not included in operating
expenses, SlO,44S n: passenger earnings,
SOS, III rs; freight earnings, S367, $50 IS;
gross earnings from operation. S6l2,592 50;
less operating expenses, Sj46.633 IS; ill.,
come from operation. S65. $50 %; income
from other sources, 1888 II. Total income,
SG6, 1872 10.
CANADIAN PACIFIC COMPETITION.
OF Canadian Pacific competition, the
Railway Age says:
The irreprr ssible Canadian Pacific has IN
auguraled IA new fight with American carriers by
extending the runs OF IFS China steamers from
Victoria south TO San Francisco where thy VIII
compete for helglt and passengers with The
PaCnc Mail and The Occidental and Oriental
steamship companies. The latter are compelled
TO Ietallate and now arranging To their
steamers Tor China TO and from san francisco by
way either OF acOma or Victoria. 4 glance Al
the map OF the would VIII suggest the hi guilt
cent aggresSiveneSs, not 10 say impudeuce, of
THIS great company which not ceuEent with
striving for The lranscOnttnental carriage of
lralhc 10 and from Japan and China by way Of It's
OF its steamers from across the North Pacific
ocean south along tie coast OF the United States
distance OF 500 miles, IN order 10 SelZ- some OF
the Trade OF tile direct lines from san Francisco
10 Asia.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC EARNINGS.
Secretary Lansing's staten ent for June
shows the earnings Of the Sout hern Pacific
for that month to have been $685. 942,
against .S3,6I2,O32 for the same period last
year. The operating expenses are given at
S2,j4l. sol, and for June of last year 81, 49,
479. The total earnings from January 1st
to June so, 1889, were 1921, 351, 965, and the
operating expenses for the same period
SIS, 2j3 %. For the same period in 1889. the
total earnings were So, 500, 5z and the
operating expenses S15. 4j6. 206.
w. IL. SnedakeI, General Agent PaSSen-
ger Department of the Denver and Rio
Grande, returned on Thursday from Port
land. In the matter OF enterprise in rail-
road building, he SAYS that San Francisco
points 10 the great Northwest as an ex-
ample of what active railway competition
will do TO develop a section OF country.
AT sOLEDAD CANYON.
Tie work at Soledad Canyen, on the
Southern Pacific commenced in January is
at last finished. Tie ack-laying was com
pleted ON Thursday, and the line opened
for operation yesterday. On the Ventura
Division the repairers have also concluded
their work, three and a quarter miles on
this division having been rebuilt. At Sole
dad Canyon seventeen and thirteen-huu-
dredths miles Of road has been built at
heavy expense.
The men sent here by the United States
Railway Commission TO check up the ac-
counts OF the Southern Pacific Company
have concluded their labors and are about
to return to Washington.
T. X. Statler, General Agent of the
Northern Pacific, left for Boston last even
ing with the G. A. r. excursion.
c. c. CRANE, Pacific Coast Agent of the
Vanderbilt lines, left for New York and
Boston last evening.
Freight Auditor c. J. Wilder of the
Southern Pacific is due here this afternoon
from New York.