Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-17
COMING SOUTH.
G. P. HUNTINGTON AND PARTY WILL
VISIT LOS ANGELES.
They Are Expected to Arrive Tomorrow.
Further Cuts Made in the Eastern Pas
senger Rate War.

The dispatch printed yesterday morn
ing in regard to the visit OF President
G. P. Huntington to Los Angeles sets at
rest all doubts about that gentleman's g
movements. His special train will start
from San Francisco today, but the exact
moment of its arrival in this city is not
certain. A crew has been ordered to
Tehachapi to run the train to this city,
and it will start today. 1t is an
nounced that the party will travel only
by daylight, and in that case some time
will be occupied in the trip down.
A committee of the chamber of COM
merce, consisting of President E. w.
Jones, DIR. ]. P. Widney, M. L. Wicks,
Caspar Cohen, Eugene Germain and A.
III. Denker, was appointed some time
ago to receive Mr.. Huntington and con-
fer with him about subjects of interest
to this section, and they will be on hand
when the train arrives. A telegram was
sent to Fourth and Townsend streets,
San Francisco, yesterday, asking for
particulars of the movements of the
party, and reply is awaited.
Mr.. Huntington and party will travel
in special train of three private cars.
Mr.. Huntington, his family and William
Mahl, his right-hand man, will use the
formers private car, Colonel Fred
Crocker and J. A. Fillmore will also
take their private cars, j. G. Stubbs and
G. F. Smurr accompanying the former
gentlemen, and Arthur Brown, HI.
]. Small, j. H. Wallace and
B. Welsh accompanying Mr..
Fillmore. Stockton, Santa Barbara and
Los Angeles will be visited, possibly San
Diego also, and large number of smaller
towns, and on the conclusion of the trip
Huntington will go directly east from
Los Angeles in a special train over the
Santa Fe road, at the personal invitation
OF President Marvel. He expects to
come back to the coast in September
and remain here tor the rest of the year.
Notification was received yesterday at
the Santa Fe offices in this city that the
Missouri Pacific had made a further re-
duction in the rates between Denver and
st. Louis to $685.. The original rate
between these points was $3.50. The
first cut made it $40, the second So, and
the last move is now announced. Rates
from this city will not be affected till
the figure goes below $6, which, calcu-
latlng on the present rate OF 81 between
Kansas City and St. Louis, would re-
duce the fare between Denver and Kan
sas City to point below the
smount allowed the Missouri-river
roads on transcontinental business. In
that case the Santa Fe will be enabled
to sell to Kansas City at a figure as far
below $35, second class, as the Missouri
Pacific or Burlington or Wabash is will
ing to go below $5 between Denver and
Kansas City. In case the transconti-
mental rate is affected, of course the
other overland lines will be compelled
bo meet the figure quoted by the Santa
Fe via Denver; but this consummatior
is not probable.
The Southern Pacific will probably
carry an immense crowd to Santa
Monica today and tomorrow. A banG
has been engaged to play on the espla
made, and the hot weather will prove {
powerful agent in driving people to the
SeashOre,