Los Angeles herald., 1890-12-19
THE BIG COMBINE.
COLONEL CROCKER TALKS ABOUT
THE RAILROAD TRUST.
The Proposed Organization An Expert
ment-Good Faith Likely to Make 1t a
Success-The Roads In 1t.


Colonel G. +. Crocker in speaking,
yesterday afternoon, about the notable
gathering of railway presidents and
magnates at the home of j. Pierrepont
Morgan, in New York, day before yes
terday, to make preliminary arrange
ments for new association to control
the competitive traffic OF all the roads in
the west, said to a San Francisco Exam
liner reporter:
"The fact that sixteen roads were rep
resented, and that fifteen of them
adopted resolutions requesting their
boards of directors to support a new as
sociation that shall control all western
business, is to my mind strong reason
for believing that an effort is being
made on all sides to have business con-
Quoted without friction and rate cutting.
The Southern Pacific directors will
adopt the resolutions as requested by
the New York meeting, and if the two
members from our company in the pro-
posed advisory board or new associa-.
tion must reside in New York, | sup
pose Mr.. Huntington and Mr.. Stillman
will be selected.
''Of course, the proposed organization
is to great extent an experiment. The
interests concerned are great, their
rivalry strong and the volume of COM
petitive business for which they are
constantly struggling OF considerable
magnitude. but. naturally, not suffi-
GENTLY large enough to 60 around and
satisfy them all. But if rates are main
tanned and good faith shown by all the
roads joining in the new movement their
earnings will show better results from
now on than has been the case in the
past few years."
Other officials at Fourth and Town
send streets express the opinion that it
is most probable that j. G. Stubbs will,
with President Huntington. represent
the company in the new association.
The general opinion is that the pro-
combination ever attempted in the his
tory of railroads, and will absorb the
four following associations now in exist
ence in the west, and which represent
the number of roads mentioned below:
Association No. of Roads.
Western Freight. Observation-Disclosures. Is
Trans-Missouri O.. ...........................l II
TrancontinentaE .............. ...............17
Southwestern Railway and Steamship iii
Total ...... .... O.. Observation-Disclosures go
These sixty western roads belong to
the eighteen railway systems west of
Chicago and st. Louis, including the
Canadian Pacific, and which embrace
some rs, 900 miles of track.
The committee appointed at the re-
cent San Jose railway convention to se-
cure rights OF wayand depot grounds free
of cost to the Southern Pacific company
between San Luis Obispo and Ellwood,
on the condition that the company will
commence filling in the gap just as soon
as the rights OF way are conferred, is
having good deal OF hard work in try
ing to accomplish its object.
Some 1856 different people own land
along the route of the proposed road,
and the committee has found that num-
bers of them will give right of way only
on condition that the company
will give them annual passes, build
limits of their property, etc. Some
also wants these concessions in addition
to being paid certain sum for their
land. The company refuses to make
concessions of this character.
The committee, however, is still at
work and is confident Of succeeding, al
though at present there is hitch over
right of way through the Point Con-
ception ranch of the Murphy family.
Assistant Superintendent Muir, OF the
Southern Pacific, proposes to put on a
local train between this city and Po
mona.
A building 60x100 feet is now under
going construction at the San Fernando
depot. The frame work is up, and the
structure will soon be completed. The
building will be used as a paint shop,
and where Pullman cars will be side
tracked for repairs. 1t will be capaci-
tated to hold four cars.
District Passenger Agent Henry Steere
OF the Southern Pacific has returned
from santa Barbara, where he went to
take the place of Commercial Agent A.
J. Finney, who was disabled by sickness.
Mr.. Finney will be around to his post in
a few days.
Agent Crawley of the Southern Pacific
returned on Wednesday from trip to
San Francisco.
Four cars of oranges left Riverside
over the Southern Pacific last week.
The shipment was for coast points.
Oranges are moving a little freer this
week, but the authorities say they are
not yet in a good ripe condition suitable
to ship. There is always demand,
however, for oranges of some sort about
Christmas time.