The morning call., 1890-08-10
RAILROADS AND
RAILROAD MEN.
Local Agents Have No Fear OF
Another Rate War.
Tourist Travel During the Winter-The New
York Strike Settled-Repairs Needed
on the S. F, and N. P.

The rate war, Of which there has been so
much talk, is still in state of embryo, and
as far as can be learned the agents strenu-
ously refuse to admit that there is any pros
peet of its developing into d full-fedged
conflict for overland travel. High of the
Chicago and Alton claims that he has not
received instructions to withdraw from the
agreement of April last, while Passenger
Agent Goodman of the Southern Pacific de-
clares that High has received such instruc-
tons from his head office. Whether he has
or not, the situation on the Coast will not
be affected, as he would not dare to make a
lower rate even after withdrawing from the
iron-clad contract. When questioned re-
garding the situation, one OF the general
agents said yesterday:
There is no rate-cutting and no pros
pect of rate war These stories Of low
rates and trouble between the lines WORK
great injury to the business. inasmuch as
the people will not move as long as there is
talk Of trouble. This story was concocted
in the Office Of the Pennsylvania and given
to the newspapers for the sole purpose of
hurting the ticket business. The Pennsyl-
vania people have SO little business that
they get lonesome, and find amusement at
the expense of the other agents"
Other agents were interviewed ON the
subject and were unanimous in the opinion
that tine story OF a rate war was started with
malicious intent and found its source in the
Office of the Pennsylvania, where, they say,
the ticket-cases are covered with cobwebs
and the desks with moss.
TOURIST TRAVEL.
Tourist travel to the Pacific Coast during
the coming winter bids fair to be heavier
than ever before, and though early in the
season to anticipate a heavy run, yet the
most active preparations are being made
by the railroad companies and excursion
agencies for heavy season. The Wander
bllt people Will run series OF cr0ss-c0n-
tinent excursions, and the pennsylvania,
not to be behind in the race, Will run
special trains 10 the Coast during the
months of January, February and March.
1t is planned 10 have these excursions draw
from the great cities of the Middle States,
as well as from New York, Philadelphia
and Washington. 1t is thought that an en-
tirely different patronage from the Ray
mond organization, which draws chiefly
from New England, will be developed.
One good thing about the new excursions
is that they are to run through direct to
San francisco, not, as many excursions In
the past, to Los Angeles first.
The Raymond people have already made
their plans for the winter campaign. They
will begin earlier than usual and will send
fourteen excursions from New YORK aud
Boston to California. The first, an autumn
trip, will leave there on September 1lth,
and excursionists will be gone sixty-six
days. This trip is by the Northen Pacific
and includes visit to Yellowstone Park.
The second excursion will leave Boston
October 18th. This will also come West by
the Northern Pacific, but the Yellowstone
will not be included. On the same date
Al. ii 81
ton for Los Angeles. The first of the win
ter excursions proper will begin November
18th. During the season there will be three
Mexican trips, all including California.
The first OF these will leave Boston January
18th.
REPAIRS RECOMMENDED.
H.C. Whiting, General Manager of the
San Francisco and North Pacific, in re-
cent report to the Board of Directors rec
ommends that construction and repairs
should be made on the line during the conf
ing season as follows:
Changing of the road-bed south OF Cloverdae.
where Inc river las cut into our right OF way,
and building bulkbead to turn the channel OF
the river 10 the opposite side OF the river bed
building new slip at Tiburon. with the neces-
sery tracks Tor transferring cars Tor San Fran
cisco on the new steamer Ukiah; constructing a
new bridge over Russian River, on the Guerne-
Vile branch ln0w under eontracD; replacing The
Howe truss bridges with pile bents over Green
Valley Creek on The Guerneve branch, and
over The Santa Rosa Creek at Santa Rosa; re-
pairing and rebuilding portions Of the Tiburon
Wharf, destroyed by teredo; relaying 10000
crOss-ties aud reDallastlDg portions OF the main
line and branches; building new staton-houses
at Sebastopol, Largo, Pages. Penns Grove. Aqua
Callente and Kings Crossing. These, with the
exception OF Sebastop0l, VIII be small and mex
pensive, and designed only to protect passengers
from sun and rain. One mile of new fence VIII
be required o Il the SebastOpOl branch, two miles
OIL the CIoverdale aud Ukiah. aud at least twenty
miles OF fencing on the main line between Peta-
luna and CIoyerdae VIII require to be thoroughly
rebuilt.
A REAssURING TELEGRAM.
c. G. Crane, Pacific Coast agent for the
Vanderbilt lines, yesterday received u tele-
gram.from w. b. Jerome, General Western
Passenger Agent of the aforementioned
lines, stating that, commencing this morn
ing, passenger service over the New York
Central will be resumed. This means that
the differences between the Vanderbilt
officials and employees have been adjusted
and what looked like long and bitter fight
averted.
g. ". Luce, Pacific Coast Freight and
Passenger Agent Of the Texas Pacific, lei
yesterday for New York.
General Manager Towne of the Southern