The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-05-17
ALONG THE RAIL.
An Inspection of Southern Cali
fOrnia Lines.

Thomas j. Haynes, Secretary OF the San Fran
cisco Chamber of Commerce, is in receipt of a
etler from lie 1ntestate Commerce Commission
at Wash ngtOn In reply to a communication adj.
dressed by him 10 that body relative to the un-
just discrimination OF the Southern Pacific In
favor of foreign tea-shippers. The letter for
warded TO the commission by Mr.. Haynes con
talned proofs Of discrimination. ana respectfully
asked the commission to take action IN what APP
pears TO be violation OF the Interstate law.
The letter reads:
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION,
To the Honorable The Chamber Of C6a,msrce, San
FrdT'cisco-GENTLESfEN; Yours OF April Sth, IN
closing and submitting bills of ladng and papers in
support OF your memorial heretofore submitted,
has been received. The matter Will receive the at
tention OF this commission at as carly day prac
ticable Should you At any other time have other
papers to submit or Sugge tons to make ia cOnnec-
ton with this subject, relative 10 tranSporta-
lion charges shall be glad to receive the same.
Very respectfully, w. Il. MORRISON,
Commissioner.
c. r. Huntington will leave for New York to-
day. accompanied as far as Los Angeles by a
party OF railroad men, consisting OF Messrs.
Cr0cker, Stubs, Fillmore, Smurr and TOwne.
They Will leave In special train of four private
cars, which Will leave Oakland Pier at an early
hour This morning One week Will be spent in
inspecting The lines In Southern California after
which Mr. Huntington will proceed direct to
New YORK, intending to return TO the Pacific
Coast IN August OF his recent Inspection OF The
local lines in Alameda, Berkeley and Oakland,
Mr.. Huntington said yesterday:
I'VE are not well satisfied with the local
TEN. Ii Is great thing foT the people of those
towns, but there Is no money In IL for US. We
are really running those trains at a loss. Some
changes Will be made before long in the present
system calculated 10 Increase our finances"
The annual report OF lie Colusa aud Lake
Railroad has been filed with the Railroad Com
mIssioneTs The Directors of the road are: W.
Z. Harrington, L. W. Jones, George Hager,
James Good, L: A: Harrington, Peter Peterson,
j Ohm Sites, j. Ii. Roberts and John Boggs. Inc
total stock Issued amounts to $lOo, 800; number
OF stockholders, ITO; total cost OF construction
and equipment up TO December 81, 1889, S17S,-
6o4 o. The passenger revenue for 1889
amounted 10 Sl7,399 Go; freight revenue for
same period, Sl1,452 CT; incidental earnings,
S9lS 90, with S1l,370 paid during the year as
salaries o employees and laborers.
sam Miller o. the Y os mite line reports travel
TO the valley good and ON the Increase. From
thirty-lhree to forty passengers are daily boo ed
over this line, and pat ties Of from seven TO
twenty are booked as far ahead as June l2th
Captain Fogler and party OF six lett last even
ny, M lor weeks sojourn n the valley. On
Monday Moses Hopkins with party OF eleven
Will visit this resort
C.. d.. Pennell, General Agent of the Pennsyl-
vanla Railroad, with headquarters at Phila-
depha, left last evening for the East.
Z. Z. Crane OF the Denver and Rio Grande will
leave to-day from Portland OH an extended bust.
ness trip.
A. II. Bissell of the Atlantic and Pacific was
expected to arrive last evening from Nav
Mexico