The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-17
RAILROAD AFFAIRS,
The Commission Still Hammer
ing ut Rates.

The Railroad Commissioners met yester-
day forenoon, with a full board present and
Commissioner Rea presiding. The increased
rates on the California Southern and the
Los Angeles and Pasadena roads, together
with the Heinlan case, were the principal
topics of discussion.
After long debate it was decided to send
Secretary Kelly 20 Los Angeles for the pur-
pose of making thorough investigation in
the matter of raising the price of commuta-
ton tickets on the above mentioned lines
These roads have already been instructed to.
restore the lower rates under which the
roads were operated last year
A REBATE ASKED.
The board sustained the report of Commits
sloner Rea in the matter OF the complaint of
G. A. Heinlan of SaG Jose against the South
ern Pacific Company. 1t seemed that the
company charged Heinlan S95 freight on
junk from San Francisco to Lemoorr, Tulare
County, the value of which was only $40
lie paid this charge under protest. The old
Board OF Railroad Commissioners did not
give him any relief, but referred the matter.
commissioner Rea reported that HeinlGn
mad oeen excessively overcharged aud sug-
gested that the board should make outa new
schedule for this class of freight, including
a reduction of 30 per cent. The Secretary
was instructed to ask the Southern Pacific
Company to make rebate of 20 per cent in
Heinlan's case and to notify the company OF
the proposed revision of the schedules.
LANDSLIDE REMOVED.
The landslide on the Southern Pacific
near Martinez, which has OccaSioned trouble
since Saturday last, has been removed. The
track was cleared at 9 o'clock yesterday
morning and all trains are moving on time.
A washout at small station called Wood
vile, thlrly-hVe miles north of Ashland,
also held the Oregon trains Saturday and
Sunday, but the break was repaired yester-
day.
The first Pennsylvania excursion arrived
yesterday with 100 touris is. The train was
a special composed of seven cars, aud will
return East this evening as a passenger
special. The second excursion in this series
will arrive here March 10TH
California on Wheels arrived at Red
ding yesterday and will leave for San Fran
cisco on Wednesday next, stopping at Red
Bluff, Chico, Woodland. Willows, Davis
vile, Sacramento, Stockton and Livermore,
arriving here on the 18th inst I. IL. Good
man IS having pamphlet prepared giving
fIll particulars of the trip, number Of
States and towns visited, mileage, etc.
PERSONAL.
Division superintendent A. D. Wilder of
the Southern Pacific arrived last evening
from visit to Mexico made exceedingly
brief by the pending difficulties with train
men.
The Canadian Pacifc's new passenger
steamer Empress of India" which will ar
rive at Vancouver May 1St on IL trip around
the world, left Liverpool on February Sth
and arrived at Gibraltar on the morning of
the 18th lust, making the fastest time on
record.
Nike Welsh of the Texas Pacific returned
from trip to Los Angeles Yesterday.
o. E. jenkins. General Western Passenger
Agent of the ROme, Watertown and Oldeps-
burg Railroad, with headquarters at Chicago.
is in town.
The Chicago. st. Paul and Kansas CITY
road (the Maple Leaf route is about to es-
tablish an agency in this city, and it is ru-
mored that Henry Cassidy, late Contracting
Freight Agent of the Atlantic and Pacific'
will be placed in charge.
superintendent Meehan of the Pullman
Company returned from Los Angeles yester
day. The Pullman party are at Redondo
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