The morning call., 1891-11-25
ALONG THE RAIL.
The Traffic Association Engages
Headquarters.
How Uncle Sam Has Thrown Cold Water on
the Prospects of the San joaquin Valley
Railroad Company

The Executive Committee of the Traffic
Association has engaged headquarters at
IA Sansome street. For the present two
rooms will serve the purpose. and these are
located over the Wells-Fargo Bank build
ing. commanding good view of Suffer and
Market streets.
j. NJ. Leeds will take possession to-day.
1t is understood that one of the first mat
tiers for consideration by the association is
the question of local freghts. Data con-
corning this subject will be collected as
rapidly as possible. and then the State Rail-
way Commission will be asked to order
reduction.
AN INTERVIEW REQUESTED.
A committee of the State Board of Trade
has requested an interview with the Traffic
Association, which will probably be held
to-day. This is pursuant to the recent
action of the State Board of Trade in re-
ferring to the committee the resolution Of
Tyler Beach indorsing the Traffic Associa-
ton, and offering to that organization its
cooperation and assistance. The5members
of the con. mittee desire to ascertain just
what the Traffic Association is, and what it
is organized for, before reporting favorably
on the resolution. And this is what they
seek to ascertain in tier interview.
The committee consists of j. A. Morrissey
of Stockton, J. S. Emery of Oakland and A.
A. Hubbard OF Butte. 1t was generally nE-
der stood that the meeting of the two COM
mittees would be held at 10 o'clock yester-
day morning, and all three gentlemen
named were In town at that hour. But
owing to some hitch President Stetson had
not been notified, and the meeting had 10 be
postponed.
UNCLE SAM STEPS IN.
The San Joaquin Valley Railroad will be
formally opened for traffic tomorrow. This
line extends from Fresno to POllaSky, a
distance of about TWENTY-FIVE miles, and was
built for the purpose of tapping the rich
lum Der region Of the Coast Range Noun
tains.
The United States Government, however,
has seriously ipterfered with the prospects
of this road within the last month by clos
ing the land for entry, and thus cutting off
the most important item of traffic This
was done to protect the watersheds of the
San Joaquin Valley, and from the decision
there is no appeal, so the new feeder of the
Southern Pacific will content itself with a
few wheat shipments and now and then a
box of grapes. The local shipments viii
b. pay for the oil used on the locomotives, sSi
how the road is going to run in the face of
facts as presented above is what no one can
understand.
KILLED AND INJURED.
The statistciAn of the Interstate Com
merce Commission calculates that during
the year ending in July of this year 1892
railroad employees were killed and loops in
jured. OF these 167 were killed and $50
injured in collisions, and "a Killed and 45
injured in highway crossings. OF the
killed 1879 were trainmen, 229 either switch
men, flagmen or watchmen, and 564 other
employees. Ten per cent Of the railroad
employees of America were injured. 1t is
rather desperate calling.
Alex +. Marchand of the Baltimore and
Ohio is about to retire from the city passen-
ger agency of that road. He will open an
agency of the American Ticket-brokers'
Association in conjunction with Ii. X.
Duffin of Los Angeles.
Assistant General Superintendent Pratt
of the Southern Pacific received telegram
from Division Superintendent Whited yes
terday denying the story of an attempted
train robbery near PiXley on last Saturday
evening.
HAVE COME TO STAY.
The Phillips Excursion Agency brought
in 125 tourists yesterday. and the fact that
they all hold single trip tickets is good evil
dence that they have come TO stay. Many
have already contracted for land in South
ern California, while Others will find homes
in the north.
The Order Of Railway Telegraphers has
sent circular TO all operators here calling
on them to stand by the principles Of the or
ganiZation. 1t remarks that the Southern
Pacific Is about to make every operator in
ito CmpiON manu- dluudNlt uUI W SupDOIL llI6
order.
r. j. Duncan has resigned as General Su-
perintendent of the Union Pacific. the resig-
nation to take effect on December 1st He
will be succeeded by ". S. Deuel. of the
Denver and Rio Grande. Deuel. and Mana
ger Dickinson of the Union Pacific were
brakemen together years ago.
Special Agent kretschmar OF the Inter
state Commerce Commission is in Omaha.
de will soon come to California
The Denver and Rio Grande Directors pro-
pose to reduce their offices and agencies 10
make reduction in EXPENSES of $4,000
month, or $4,000 year.
RATE WAR.
The Western Traffic Commissioners have
rate war to settle. The Missouri Pacific
will not consent to the Commissioners ut
ting the Kansas City Cincinnati rate via Chi
cag0 on the rate-sheet. rate of SIS via
st. Louis has been met by the Chicago roads.
The first of the fall excursions OF the Ray
mond d WhitcOmb Company will be due
here to-day. The party is a large one num-
bering over $50 souls.
General Agent Hitchcock of the Onion
Pacific returned yesterday from Los An
geles.
General Superintendent J. A. Fillmore of
the Southern Pacific has returned from
Bakersfield.