The morning call., 1891-11-01
SHIPPERS FAVOR
THE " SUNSET"
Southern Fruit Men Have De.
serted Eastern Roads.
The Cut-Rate War Goes Merrily On and the
Fare to New York Has Been Forced
Down to Less Than $50

The Southern Pacific Company is hand
ling nearly all of the Southern California
fruit crop this year over the ''Sunset"
route quite an unusual thing and something
which the local representatives of other
lines do not at all understand. Last year
very large quantities of this class Of freight
went over the Union Pacific, Rio Grande
and Rock Island via Ogden on the north
and via the Texas Pacific and the Santa Fe
on the south. But now, for some unAccount-
able reason, the Southern shippers have
gone over to the Sunset route. and the
company Is sen ing out an unusual number
of special trains. The latest left Fresno on
Friday night with forty-ive carloads of
raiSins. - ~
How shippers of Fresno have been in
duced TO send raisins destined for points in
Ohio and Michigan over the Sunset" via
FL Paso and New Orleans. against more di-
rect routes is question that Eastern freight
agents cannot and Southern Pacific agents
will not answer There are strong. hints
as to substantial concessions in the form of
rebates and free transportation, but moth
ing is known for an absolute certainty. In
the meantime Eastern freight agents in.
Southern California are having little or no
business and the Southern Pac ific men are
very glad of it. 81. -. II.
TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS. ri:
new bond issue of S412, 600 will be made
by the North Pacific Coast road. This fund
is required in order to make several desired
improvements. Among the changes being
considered for the betterment of the road is
the building Of a new transfer boat by
means of which loaded freighr-cars can be
carried from the Sausalito terminus of the
line to tile belt line ferry slip at the foot of
Lombard street. The company will have
spacious freight sheds put up on some of the
nnY,fp xan Int halo ri nc to ha Stafa
or on property itmay acquire. 1t is also pro-
posed to put i'll a new slip and erect suitable
railroad buildings at Sausalito for the ac-
commodation of passenger and freight serv-
ice. -. =. -. r. =
The new time schedule of the Southern
Pacific, which will take effect to-day, has
been changed slightly since it was made up
week ago, and now reads as follows:
The Southern overland, now leaving here at 3
p NJ will hereafter leave al O'clock The Al
Iantic and facihc train Will leave at the same
time. The time OF arrival viii T, main as at pres
eut. S:45 p. NJ ---.: ~
leaving at Z p. NJ, viii hereafter leave at
O'clock. II will arrive here at l1:45 A. NJ in
stead OF 9:15 A. NJ as at present.
Tie Oregon Express VIII leave al P. NJ, in
stead of al 8, and arrive at S:15, as at present.
On The coast division, besides miner l1 changes;
2.30 O'clock instead OF $3.50. %.
=. FALLING OFF IN TRAVEL.
a falling off OF east-bpund passenger BUSH
ness during the past two months has driven
the local agents to desperate straits for Sc
curing business. and rates are being slashed
in manner that is rather amusing to the
travelling public A S15 cut on the rate TO New
York is no uncommon thing these autumn
days, and tickets to this point were disposed
OF Yesterday for SAT 80, against $685. the tar
if figure The Santa Fe has thrown off the
veil of secrecy, which is supposed to- be
necessary in successfully working this bust
ness, and as IA result some of the other
offices are suffering a lack of patronage.
The Seuthern Pacific people are making a
rretpnse of investigating the recent charges
Of rate-cutting against this line, but moth
ing very startling is looked for as a result
of the inquiry.
NORTHERN PACIFIC EXTENSION. -.
Tie ttack-laying on the extension of the
Northern Pacific to Ocosta on Gfays Harbor
is nearing completion, and. If the bailasting
is not delayed, the company Will probably
| run trains over the line early in December.
The entire road has been graded and the
track will be laid on n short distance near
+ 0costa. The bridge of the Chehalis River is
not yet finished. and the opening of the line
will depend largely on The completion of
that bridge. survey will probably be
made soon for a short branch to the north
side OF .GIays JHarbOr TO Aberdeen. =.
1t is rumorcd that Mike WEIGH of the
Texas Pacific will soon be promoted and as
signed IN Eastern territory.
E. A. Ford, General Passenger Agent of
the Pennsylvania Central, lett for the East
last evening.
Freight Auditor c. j. Wilder of the South
ern Pacific has returned from New \ ork.