Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-10-17
THE RAILROADS.
The Southern Pacitic's Phe-
nnmenal Business.
Some Interesting Features OF
East-BOund Freight.
PugnaciOus Fillmore and the Rail-
road Photographers.
The Pacific Coast Sending Hops to Eng
land and Wine to France-A Great
Output of Products.
News Notes.

The freight business now being done
by the Southern Pacific road is some
thing phenomenal. 1t has been impos-
sible to get cars enough to supply the
demand, and special freight trains are
dispatched as frequently as the enor-
NOUS traffic will permit.
Some OF the shipments are texts for
books full of sermons on economic fea-
lures of California, and trade features.
For instance, yesterday a special train OF
eighteen carloads OF raisins passed
through here for the east. Another in
cident was five carloads of hops con-
signed to London, England. Perhaps
the shipment of the most Importance,
and one which is full of opportunity for
comment. is that OF ten carloads OF
California wine, billed to Marseilles,
France.
From six to nine special freight trains
are dispatched eastward daily, and Off
Gals state the road in its whole exist
ence never began to do as much and as
profitable business as at present.
PUGNAcIoUs FILLMORE.
Chief Thurston, of the order OF Rail
road Telegraphers, left the city last
evening for the east, says Thursdays
San Francisco Chronicle. He was here
for over month. Before departing he
said that his labors were successful in
every particular save one-his attempt
to secure recognition for the order by
the Southern Pacific company. This,
however, does not discourage him. He
believes that a large number OF coast
telegraphers will be in his organization
before the end OF the year.
Before going Mr.. Thurston had final
interview with General Superintendent
Fillmore. He laid the grievances of the
operators before that official, and the
reply received from him was as follows:
1--WE cannot recognize your organiza-
ton, and shall not do So We are TAX
ing good care of our operators, and are
satisfied that they will enjoy as many
benefits under the present system
as they would through your or
der. Your men object to our stu
dent telegraphers. Many of these are
the sons of old employees OF our COM
pany, some of them cripples who are
depending for their support upon the
earnings of their children. We do not
propose to push them aside for any or
ganization which you or anybody else
may effect. You have given instruc-
tions to your men to lie to our division
superintendents, and say they do not
belong to your organization, and you
have given them withdrawal cards to
further the deception.
These cards have been shown to our
superintendent, but we know who the
members of your order are, and we will
have none of them in our employ. We
will discharge every one of them. If
your organization were beneficial Or
der, intended to aid its members in time
of sickness or disaster, the case would
be different, but its sole policy is to die
tate to us what we shall do regarding
our operators. The men are taxed for
no good whatever, and the money they
pay into your order comes out OF the
company's funds indirectly. When we
want you to help US to run our business
we will send for you, but not until that
time"
Col. Fred Crocker and his party left
this city yesterday morning at 80 for
the north. While nothing more official
was learned about the results of his trip
than was printed exclusively in yester-
days HERALD, it is stated by those who
ought to know that his inspection of the
coast line route will result in its speedy
completion to Santa Monica, and that,
as soon as the road can be built all traffic
will go by that route.
Three thousand carloads of dried fruits
are now awaiting shipmentin this state.
The producers say they will not send
them forward until better rate than
$3.50 a hundred pounds is made by the
Transcontinental association. Raisins
are moving only slowly for the same
reason, being given the same rate.
Canned goods are moving very freely,
the rates being 81 and $1.20, which the
producers regard as reasonable.
d. W. Hitchcock of the Union Pacific
has gone to Chicago.
The San Francisco and San Mateo
Railroad company is closing deal for
the sale of its bonds. An offer of So
cents on the dollar was recently made to
the company by local firm OF fnan-
ciers, but was refused.
G. f. Holton, claim adjuster of the
Atlantic and Pacific, is here from Albu-
querque.
The Southern California has built a
switch at Santa Ana, uniting its track
with the Santa Ana, Newport and Sun
day Observance R. r., which makes
some people think that the big company
has absorbed the little one.