The morning call., 1890-12-06
OWING TO FUNERAL BUSINESS.

OWING TO FUNERAL BUSINESS.
By the new time schedule for the Coast
Division of the Southern Pacific, which will
go into effect to-day, another passenger train
will be run between this city and San Ma
teo, leaving here at II 30 o'clock in the morn
ing daily, and returning to arrive in San
Francisco at /: SO o'clock in the afternoon
This train is the result of the largely In
creased funeral business which has been
developed, owing to the location of the
Catholic and Jewish cemeteries between
Colma and Baden. The regular funeral
train on this division will be continued as
heretofore: The management of the Coast
DIVISION is also having built an elegant
funeral car, which has been designed for the
special use of those who may desire that
exclusiveness which cannot be obtained by
the ordinary modes of conveyance. This
car fs fitted up with every modern conven-
fence, and so arranged that entrance can be
made from either side by wide doorways.
1t also contains an apartment for the re-
mains of the dead and apartments where
mournerS can be accommodated. This car
will be completed in the near future aud
put in service on the regular funeral train.
AT WORK ON A LINE.
A party OF surveyors Is at work on line
to be run from Lakeport to a point near
Cioverdale, where it will intersrct the San
Francisco and North Pacific road, F. Il.
Long, an attorney of Lakeport, is at the
head Of the scheme. toward which the sum
of $4,000 has already been subscribed.
Among other well-known San Franciscans
interested in this project are ex-Attorney
General Hart and Gr. Buckingham of Buck
ingham, Hecht IL Co. Banker Stevens of
Woodland has also promised to take $40, 900
worth of stock.
The Western Passenger Association has
decided 10 advance the rate from Chicago to
Pacific Coast points, December 10Th, from
ST. 90, first class, TO $50, and from SAT so,
second class. to $50, in conformity with the
demand of transcOntinental lines for in
creased proportions OF through rates.
The Canadian Pacific people have placed
on sale tickets for their globe-circling ex-
cursions, reading San Francisco to New
\ DIRK via the aforementioned route, thence
BY steamer to Liverpool, etc.
General Freight Agent Smurr of the
Southern Pacific Company is due here from
Chicago on Monday next.
RELATING TO FREIGHT CHARGES.
A petition, signed by 165 farmers and
grain-dealers of Kern and Tulare counties,
was filed with the State Rairoad Commits
sioners yesterday. 1t relates to freight
charges on the Southern Pacific branch be-
tween Fresno, Porterville and Poso, which
they urge are excessively high The protest
will be taken up and investigated by the
new Commissioners, Messrs. Beekman. Rea,
and Litchfeld.
Additions of considerable Importance have
been made 10 the equipment of the Santa Fe
in the form of number of new locomotives,
the idea being to reduce the time between
San Francisco and Chicago as much as pos
sible. The engines will be put into service
about the middle Of this month and saving
of eight hours is counted upon, making the
total trip from this city in a trife of over
four days.
Fruit shipments from California to East
ern points closed for the season on Saturday
last with carload of grapes from Vaca-
vile.
w: d. Sanborn, General Agent of the
Burlington, left last evening for Los An
geles.
There was four and half feet of snow at
the summit yesterday noon.