Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-14
NEWS OF THE RAIL.
MISCELLANEOUS RATE CUTTING
SAID TO BE IN PROGRESS.
Prospect of Trouble if it Continues-Cheap
Fares East-ThroughV Vestibule Trains.
A Warner Excursion.

The local agents of the other roads
than the Santa Fe have as yet received
no notice of the cut which is to go into
effect tomorrow. 1t is expected, how
ever, that as soon as the Santa Fe posts
its new schedule of $6S first-class and $3S
second, that the remaining transconti-
mental lines will come to the same rate.
1T is alleged that one Of the through
Zines has been selling tickets at $35
second-class, which is below the es-
tablished rate and below the
new cut rate. This, if true, is
a pretty fair indication that
there is trouble ahead. A short
time ago, while the rate was at $40, vari-
Gus agents in San Francisco who had re-
ceived no orders from headquarters that
were made public, began selling tickets
to Chicago at $35. This continued for a
week and then an iron-clad agreement
was entered into by which the agents of
the road bound themselves on their
honor not to authorize cutting below the
established rate and to discharge any
subordinate who indulged in the prac-
tice. 1t was also made part of the
agreement that any tickets bought for
test purposes must be redeemed at the
full established rate; that is to say, if
any agent suspected another of selling
under him, he could send around some
one who would purchase ticket and
the agent selling it would be compelled
to buy it back at the regular schedule
rate.
It is evident from this last provision
of the agreement that the eXigencies of
c,+ bo &c
to keep pretty close watch over one
another. The people who predict a rate
war base their opinions largely on the
tact that the present situation is sort
of an armed peace, where every man
keeps his hand on his weapons and
watches his neighbor's movements. As
long as the rate-cutting is in progress
and the travelling public is kept in
formed of the fact, this state of things is
likely to continue and it cannot be de-
nied that at any time it may change into
open warfare.
There is large number of return-trip
coupons on the market, so that people
who wish to make trip east can easily
do 80 at rate even less than the regular
cut price. Several tickets to Kansas
City were offered yesterday at $25, and
4 to Chicago at $50. These tickets are all
first-class, but they bear signature.
1t is rumored that an important step
is about to be taken by the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe. That company
proposes to put into service at as early
a date as possible double daily vestibule
trains, between Chicago and the Pacific
coast, reducing the running time be-
tween Chicago and San Francisco twen-
ty-four hours, and covering the distance
between Chicago and Kansas City in
fourteen hours.
The regular weekly Warner excursion
arrived yesterday, over the Santa Fe
route with the following passengers: +.
C. Eckstein, Grand Rapids; w. G.. New
hall and family, Galesburg; H. n. Meid.
endorf, Evanston; G. w. Straight, F
SVertzler, John Ernman, Chicago; Mrs
&c. w. Whitehouse, Ames Roberts, De-
troit; Jennie Thomas, w. j. Durand and
b wife, Chicago; G. w. Smith, Washing
ton Heights; Jas. Mckenzie, Column
bus; Miss j. n. Swartz, Washington
Heights; T. w. Swaggart, Cleveland /;
4. j. Bruce and wife, Cincinnati Mrs
E. Dover, Kansas City; F. ]. Trembley,
Toie5o; j. Bond Francisco, Miss Minnie
Nolen, Columbus; Z. 0. Vanderhoef,
Mrs. J. Hewitt, New York Frank M.
Northorst, S. M. Crowland, Massilon
Carrie Field, Chanate; Mrs. H. c. Ms
ssa and daughter, Kansas City; Daniel
.5Schlichen, Marietta Sic Stapleford,
VIVA. J. Smith, Albuquerque. The party
was accompanied by w. F. Bayle, excur-
sion agent.
The next number of the Railway AGE
Will contain an article on railway con.
structlon which will show that over l JOG
miles have been added to the track
mileage of the United States so far il
1890. There have been in all 944 new
roads begun or incorporated since Janu
: airy 1st last. The paper predicts that
the construction of 1890 will exceed
that of 1889, when $500 miles were
built
The Banning Herald has the following
to say of surveys now going on between
the Atlantic and Pacific road and the
Morongo pass: 'Mr. H. G. Hume, with
,:asurveying party of sixteen men, pitched
his tents in Banning on Wednesday
night. In an interview with the Herald
representative, Mr.. Hume declined tC
state for what corporation he was max
ing his surveys. Indeed he intimatet
that he did not know himself. The part,
have been engaged in surveying lint
from Fenner, on the Atlantic and Pa
cifc, to Morongo pass. The party is nov
engaged in taking levels between tn
two SUBMITS of Morongo and Beaumont
The purpose is to ascertain whether
road of easy grade can be constructe'
between these points. The work
purely experimental and will occup.
two or three months. If it is fount
that line of first-class road can b
built, the party will proceed to locat
it. Mr.. Hume assures us that thos
behind him propose to build a first-clas
road, and his instructions are to flint
where such one can be built. In tn
work hereabouts, the hog-back leadin
toward San Jacinto was one point con
s;dered."
New Cases.
d. w. Field asks for letters of admin
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