The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-07-10
ALONG THE RAIL.
Annual Reports of the Southern
Pacific Branches.
Train Ticket Agents to Be Abolished-ver
Dull Times in Ticket and Passenger
Business-Indio Fruits.

The Southern Pacific Company has filed
the annual reports of the following seven
branches OF its system with the Railroad
Commissioners: California Pacific Railroad
Company. South Pacific Coast Railway Com
pany, Northern California Railway Com
pany, Northern Railway Company, Central
Pacific Railroad Company and the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company.
The company was organized on March II,
1884. The following are details of the sys-
tenn: Number of stockholders, 100; number
of miles of road operated under lease on the
Pacific system, 1888; capital stock outstand-
ing, S116.074, $50: floating debt, $3.50 S4S,
including matured Interest coupons unpaid {;
total liabilities, 1850, 719; gross earnings of
the Pacific system, S34, S57, 7O9; Atlantic
system, S13, 344, 2S5; surplus from operation
and other business investments. s., 407, go
The Pacific systems net earnings from
p passenger revenue are S12, 459, 694; net
freight earnings, S21, 064, Sos. The Southern
Paclhe employees number Il. SOL earning in
salaries Sl99O2, 3S2. During the past year
1906 2S3 passengers and G,292,C69 tons Of
freight were carried.
DON'T FEAR THE FLOOD.
The Southern Pacific's officials at Fourth
and Townsend streets stated yesterday that
they entertain no fears that the water flow
into the Indian Wells depression of the
Colorado Desert will endauger their lines.
The water in the Colorado River is rapidly
decreasing. Even if the water was to con-
tlnue pouring into the desert at its highest
past Tate, II would take three months to
reach the lowest point of track along the
desert, giving ample time to move the line
IL the flow should prove 10 be beyond stop
ping.
No estimates for a new line have been
made by the company's engineers, as there
is not considered to be any danger of q new
one being Needed.
Within the next few weeks the Southern
Pacific Company will abolish the train
found wanting. The conductors salaries
VIII be raised. and. as guarantee, each
conductor VIII be put under bonds.
THE NEWS DOUBTED.
The tele graphic dispatch from Cincinnati
published IN yesterdays papers that a. E.
Huntington, General Manager of the New
port News and Mississippi Valley Railroad
Company, had resigned, and was to come to
this city on September 1st, to become Assist
ant General Manager of the Southern
PACING Railroad ut salary of 1000 year
was news indeed to the Fourth and Towns
end streets officials. They all stated that
they knew nothing at all about it beyond
seeing the publication. The dispatch looks
little far-fetched, especially as TO the SAL
airy, which Is just double what the General
Manager himself gets
The Southern Pacific Company's freight
delivery depot at Fourth and Townsend
streets has been doubled in capacity to ac-
commodate the public. All the old build
lDgS have been consolidated into one, new
anneXes built, and staircase opened on the
king-stIeet end, by which receivers of
freight can walk over the entire roof and
descend without trouble into each section.
without running any risks from teams and
engines.
FINE FRUIT.
Some fine figs and grapes have been re-
ceived at Fourth and Townsend streets that
were grown at the cOmpany's station Of
lndio, some 100 miles west of Yuma, on the
Colorado Desert. Indio is twenty-three
feet below the sea level, and is one OF tie
hottest points along the entire line. Plenty
OF water and rich soil produced this early
fruitiOIl.
Business both in passenger and freight
circles is reported duler than ever known
before. One prominent Montgomery street
agent said that less Eastern tickets are
being sold now than for sixteen years past.
Last year III this time the ticket sales were
double what they are now. General
quietude In all branches of business on the
Coast Is assigned as the reason OF the de-
preston.
TICKET RATES.
Although lots of rumors are flying around
about cuts IN passenger rates East when
traced up they are found TO be without any
foundation. Open sales 10 Chicago are still
SO first class and $50 second. Sealpers
eier tickets 10 Chicago, second class, al SIS,
but they arr CAPPED ones.
ID. W. Hitchcock, Passenger Agent of the
Union Pacific, has been elected a Director
OF the Oriental and Occidental Steamship
Company.
w. A Bissell of the Atlantic and Pacific
VIII return to-day from AN extended trip TO
the East.