Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-02-02
MIR. STUBS REMARKS.
His Ideas About a Railroads. RESPONSE
bilities,

[San Francisco Chronicle, February 1st.I
j. G. Stubs, who, after brief stay with
the Chicago and Northwestern road as its
Second Vice President and General Man.
ager, comes back to the Southern Pacific
Company as Fourth Vice. President and
General Traffic Manager, arrived in the
third delayed overland train yesterday.
His connection with the Southern Pacific
Company was resumed on December Isl,
and he will now assume the duties of the
new position created for him.
After shaking hands and taking a brief
glance over things at Fourth and Town
send streets yesterday, he gave himself up
to rest. Mr.. Stubs was twelve days in the
snow at Reno, and the Fourth Vice Presi-
dent of the road knows how it is himself.
When asked about his experience in the
drifts and the reports of bad treatment of
passengers by the company, he said II
was q passenger, and as anxious to get
through as the rest, and had to take the
situation like the rest. As general rule
the passengers at Reno acted with CON-
mendable patience. There were a few,
half dozen or SO, who did a good deal OF
kicking, but they would have been NAL
contents anywhere. l might almost say
that all of the passengers accepted the stu
alton phIlosopbically, and had no COM
them. There were some to whom the stu
alton was peculiarly trying. One lady was
en- route to the bedside of dying husband,
who died while we were waiting there, and
then her mother became sick, and the lady
had further cause for haste and trouble.
One man was going to the bedside of a dy
ing son in San Diego, and some others were
going to sick bedsides. People could not
be expected to be very patient under such
circumstances.
There was plenty to eat at Reno, and
good meals could be had for so cents. We
had no communication with headquar-
tiers, and l took the responsibility of
ordering the agent to feed those who
needed assistance"
"What do you think of the responsible
ties of railroad company to travellers
under such circumstances
"A railroad company is not responsible
for the act of higher power and there is
would bind a company to provide for de-
tanned passengers under such circum-
stances. l suppose that legally the stock
holders could sue the officers of q COM
pany for money thss paid out. What the
company cheerfully did was done through
common humanity. Corporations are i'm
personal, things without souls, aud people
expect things from them which they would
not from individuals.
"Of course was target for good deal
OF the criticism directed against the COM
pany by the kickers. They would stop me
in the streets and make remarks, and ask
all sorts of questions as l passed. Before
there was any telegraphic communication
they charged US with suppressing informa-
ton, and one day-Sunday, l think-when
l received a dispatch from Mr.. Fillmore
saying that the road would probably be
open on Monday and read it to crowd i'm
mediately, somebody cried that it was a
spurious dispatch got up 10 fool them. AS
a fact, there was no cause for complaint
under the circumstances, and the majority
of passengers have expressed themselves
to me as satisfied with what was done for
them"