The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-21
ALONG THE RAIL.
The upon Honor" Agreement
Of the Local Agents.
The Southern Pacific Company Is About t.
Begin Experiments With Electric
Headlights for Its Locomotives.

The ticket agent from Portland now visit
ing TINS city says that the rate situation in
the North Is even worse than in SIN Fran
CISCO. Rebates and commissions" said he
In an interview yesterday, "are being paid
without even pretense at concealment,
ana the lew lines that pretend to observe
inc law on this subject are losing business
to the other roads"
This completes the condition of demoral-
Zatlon commenced here several months ago
anu would seem to prove rate-cutting dis
ease ana a contagious one at that. The
agreement against rate-cutting entered into
on september "a, 1890, by representatives of
twenty odd roads handling passenger bust
ness out of the city was violated in less
than TWO months after it was drawn up and
signed with great solemnity in the presence
of Chief Promoter Goodman of the South
ern Pacific Company. o.
The terms of this Solemn compact or
1ronclad" have undoubtedly been forgotten
by many Of the local agents, who are at the
present time slaShing rates regardless of
consequences. AS the situation affects the
pockets OF some and the upon honor" of
all certain portions of the late lamented
agreement are reproduced
TERMS OF THE COMPACT.
we, The Undersigned, hereby agree upon honor
tilat we VIII not AT any time hereafter, directly
OF indirectly, sell or Cause or procure others TO
Directly or indirectly sell passage ticket or a
transportation order from any station In Call
lorna north OF Mojave 10 any point east OF Port
iahu, Osuen. Albuquerque or FL Pdso for less
man the regular tariff rate therefor.
we hereby agree not TO SEND any such passage
ticket or transportation order as is spoken of in
me foregoing paragraph from any station in Cali
iolhia, north OF Molaye, TO be used for passage
from another point beyond, except by the hands
Vi our regular employees but in case OF call for
sHch III Tickets t TO obtain the necessary orders
therefor from the Southern Pacific Company.
we hrreDy agree 10 aud do request the South
efl racine Company and the Atlantic and Pacific
hallroad Company 10 redeem any lice ell. at the
full published rate therefor upon sufficient
proof that such ticket was bought TO test rates
we also hereby agree as follows:
lrst-lhat We Will not hereafter pay any COM
mission or any remuneration In any form what
sOever Tor or In connection with the sale of over
lahd lc"ets eastward, or the sale or trans Allan
NC business outward aud prepaid TO any person
DINER than bona-1dr passenger or ticket
agent or emp0ye of 4 railway company, regu-
larry appointed and receiving regular salary as
such.
seeond-That II at any time The Southern
racine Company or the Atlantic and Pacific
railroad Company obtain sufficient evidence To
warrant them or either OF them IN enforcing the
penalty as herein requested against any agent,
we VIII not pay such agent. or his assistants or
clerks any commission whatsoever during the
tme he Is not recognized by The initial roads,
ana that we VIII not recognize said offender as
an authorized agent OF any transports ton com
pany.
Violations have been reported time and
again, yet no trouble has even been taken TO
secure evidence against the accused. Ar
tlcle OF the agreement says:
That upon complaint hereto OF violation OF
thIs agreement meeting shall be called OF all
parties 10 The agreement, and, when assembled,
vote snail be taken to decide whether or not
any violation exists, and a ma j0rity Of the MEN,
Defs present at tire meeting called for that pur
pose shall decide tie question as put
ELECTRIC HEADLIGHTS.
The Southern Pacific Company is about
to make very nterestin experiment in the
matter of electric headlights for locumo-
uyes. The system will be a new one for
Pacific Coast roads, but has been worked
successfully on many Of the Eastern lines.
La Indiana the method has become quite
general, aud nearly every road entering ln-
dianapolls has several electric headlights in
service. 1t Is said that the new lights will
reveal to the engineer objects on the track
at distance OF mile, and the princi pal ad-
vantage Of the new method is of course the
lesSening OF chances for accident. The eX-
pense of running the light is small. Very
little steam is required from the locomotive,
and the carbons, which last eighteen hours,
cost less than 20 cents per 100.
a through tOurist-car service has Just been
established by the Rock Island and Wabash
roads, between st. Louis and San Francisco
west-bOund. Excursions will now leave st.
Louis weekly for this city and run through
without change.
WILL REA REPORT ON Monday?
A decision is expected IN the case of r. G.
Sheath, President of the Consumers Ice
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