The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-03
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KEEPING OCT. OF ..PeLITies

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The controversy which has arr en- in rel.-s
Z tiQp to the mana cement OF the Cefttal and
: S0tithern. Pacific rs IFelds has considerable
Interest for Saa Francisco aid the State of
*.Califorhia,*fo the people are tea great .ex-
tent -depeAienF npon=- THESE roads fer their
prosperity. .Atpresapt, as thefpaFe no roads:
:: except.this SYSTEM I'd the AteAiSon, Topeka
: and Santa %Fe, Which: accouuodates the
s6Fthern ItE tf0h: Of thr State, lie public are
depe1iden itltfQstt er,t fraj Southern
Pacific .sy.s efu for tie ineaus 81. transporting
;: their predJsels> / . market High or low
: prices for. Il isht. isieaus lngeh-very much
for as E}jw 'fLeiEl q. tends to Increase tire
4yqaltlEot tNh,ials init indiHidual prosper
. itX. Ieitlia acglu u4afed wealth and. advance
i hlent for San. Francisco and California.
!. There is NO eioHbt whatever THAI more rcas-
o1iabEe rates for traEsporta ton OF lrassfugers
and freight would nave added greatly to
our. reputation and wealth, aud We believe
itwbHld also have been better-foy the twn-
:. eIS Of flIesI themselves. Ample pro-
=. visions were made by the general Govern
ment: for the con Instruction. of the Central
= Pacific. Railroad, for between tllp grants OF
lands and subsidies and the mortgages
p
sapTeefdehge OF its: own loan, the assets were
enough To- have enriched the four original
holders. In. addition to building the road.
.B5. tile. time the Ioaus had been completed,
probably notices. than ffty'or sixty urIIlioIs
:.of dollars. were divided as :profiEs OH tie
original enterprise We. imagine that this
:. was tie case,*fOr a{teFwafd; in the settle
.lilent Of the estate OF. oRe of The deceased
partners, it was found that his. assets were
worth ,twtnty-tiye soT thirty million djlIars.
" indeed, it was said at the time that Govern,
ut4nt securities were deposited at Washing
:, ton belonging TO The estate amounting to
:. some twenty millions of dollars. All of the
original partners in:the:c0nstruction of the
= Central Pacific Railroad accumulated large
fortunes. That the Withdrawal Of such an
:ilitHense> capital from the railroad company
neces5itdted the charging of high rates for
!. Heights and fares is we'll understood. In
addition 70 the Ineulhbrance Of large indebt-
edness. The. company expended money on
pGitie ans and newspapers with a lavish
:: hand.s:A few day saga The JAIL published
an editorial, tfofn wllch we copy the follow
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. The history Of fhe Central and;s6uthern Pacific
Ral}tead :conlpapies IN the politics Of this city
=. nd ta1e,weHld dou BLESS possess extraordinary
;; interest could all Of The facts be given. We
: h6YeyeEMil notice a few OF the salient points
:, Which are: applicable 10 newspapers only. OF
:: course we, COULD. not even appfox1mate 10 the
aHlelDt Of money dlst1 Il.ufed 10 politicians, but
it. must have bten enormous, Even with news
papers. The amGifnt has been very. large. We
:. speak within. bounds When we say thai one OF
two hundred e~spap efs have received Gratuities
from. the Central and: Southern Pacific Railroad
companies, "A single newspaper which we could
: name. has .pIobabty COST The Companies a-cool
= Sl;0e0, ep9 another VII lch could also be named
has had S4o0. 600 Or $500, GOO. We know OF an.
." Other paper which hid borrowed money from
that concern amounting say to. $685. 600. a.
weekly newsfaper las had $4,000 year PER
: habs for fen:yeafs. Ths-woqld fept- up 100000.
Another weekly paPef, we cannot say. exactly
how much it has he'd, but We believe: $4,000 or
=; $1,000 per@ annIm, running through Twenty odd
: years: Here is Sf20,00U more From one 10
= tWo hGneIed other newsIapers On this Coast; as
we have Suggested, have received mohey. How
much this would amount TO. In the aggregates
uRknown Silly il would requf1e raflFGa off,
:. cials months even 10 hunt nj The amount. The
- CAII; however, would met be suriifised III these
= dsinterested helpers of: tie" railroad company
have been raid sic. ooo, 900 or SIC. oQQ.e geo =:
: s.. Since writing the above. we have exam
p. med moro critically than: before Mr.. Hunt
: ington's Statement that the Southern Pa
ciie Railroad:was out eff .ielitiesp and that
: lie ttpr0posed;to keep it OUT We have no
! e01btthat The railroad cofnR4riy. we mean
by this. the Central: Pacific ard .Seuthern
:. Pacific railroad companies. expended. ON
politicians and newspapers iii California no t
+ less than twenty-five or thirty. millions of
= doIlars:a Men are p6inted out who have got
: rich from political mana cement. for the
company. Whose. fault this has been we: do
do not pretend TO say. but such a: vast sun,
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