Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-23
THE RAILROADS.
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC NEW STA
TON AT GRAND AVENUE.
A Depot at the junction with the Re-
dondo Road-A Small Reduction on

ters.
The Southern Pacific company yester-
day issued a notice OF the establishment
Of station to be called Grand Ave-
nue., on the Santa Monica branch, at
the junction of that road with the Re-
dondo Beach railroad.
RAIsIN RATES REDUCED.
All the Transcontinental Associations
freight rate decisions have not yet been
made known, but in two instances OF Pc
culiar interest the Southern Pacific Off
cials have received information, says
the San Francisco Chronicle. On can
ned goods the rate is unchanged, but on
dried fruit and raisins small reduction
has been made. The new rate is $1.50
per hundred in carload lots, instead of
S1.55 as heretofore. At their recent
meeting with the Southern Pacific off,
cials the special committee of Fresno
fruit men asked to have the rates re-
duced to what they were last year.
Their petition was referred to, and, in
fact, could not be granted except by
Joint consent Of the associated transcon-
tinental lines. They asked for q rate of
$1.10. The reduction made amounts to
about $40 per carload, estimating, as is
ordinary, ten tons to car. AS the esti-
mated shipment for the season is 40,-
100000 pounds of raisins, little figur-
ing shows that the shippers collectively
will save about $20, 900 more than they
expected to. Had the raisin men OBJ
tained the rate asked for, namely, 81 10,
they would have paid 100000 less than
they will have to pay. The canned
goods rate is now $1.10, and the raisin
men wanted to have the same rate
placed on their products.
TRAVELLERS GRIEVANCES.
SAN Francisco, June 22.-The board
of railroad commissioners this morning
received a complaint from j. A. Warren
of Sacramento in reference to the Pull
man Car company, to the effect that the
porter and conductor of the car in which
he was riding refused to keep the upper
berth above him closed, although it was
not sold, and stating that the supreme
court had sustained the decision of the
railroad commission of the state OF
Michigan, who ordered the Pullman
company to leave the upper berth up
unless it is occupied. Warren also al
leges that it cost him $3.50 for seat in
a Pullman car from Sacramento to Los
Angeles, by reason of his stopping over
successfully at Merced and Tulare,
while the cost of q Pullman seat for a
continuous trip from Los Angeles to
Sacramento was only $3.50. The COM
plant was referred to the Pullman COM
pany.
Additional facts were received from
two complainants in Los Angeles con-
cerning the rates charged them for
travel between Los Angeles and Santa
Monica on single-trip tickets by the
Southern Pacific company. f."
The substance of their complaint has
already been printed. The answer of
General Passenger Agent Goodman, the
complainants say, is not at all satisfac-
tory, for it evades the real point at issue.
The communication was placed on file.
The board adjourned for two weeks.
NOTES.
The Westlake division of the Belt
road, it is announced, will be ready for
business July 1st.
The regular7summer time table of the
Southern Pacific will go into effect on
Saturday next. 1t will arrange trains
to the seaside so as to give people more
time at the beach. An extra train will
be put on to Long Beach.
Mr.. M. L. Sargent, traffic manager of
the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf
railroad, arrived in the city yesterday in
a special car.
The Santa Margarita-Ellwood coast
line rights OF way are still tagging. The
Southern Pacific company, when first
on the subject, declined to
consider the matter, as the officials held
that it would require from eighteen
months to two years to fill up the coun-
try sufficiently to make the line SELF
supporting. There are still eighteen
parcels of land the right of way through
which can only be obtained by condem-
nation suits.
w. H. Snedeaker, general agent of
the Denver and Rio Grande railroad at
San Francisco, is in the city.
The Rock Island railway agency will
be continued at the Office in the Solo
mon block The Office was badly dam
aged by Sundays fire, but Mr.. Thomp-
son and Mr.. Morris yesterday had things
arranged so as not to interfere with bus
mess.