Los Angeles herald., 1891-11-21

For the first time in several seasons
the Southern Pacific railroad is this year
able to furnish all the cars that are
needed in this, the height OF the ship
ping season, says the San Francisco Ex-
aminer. The capacity of the road, how
ever, is taxed to the utmost. Railroad
business in the west differs little from
the east. There are seasons when the
side tracks are full of empties, and
there are times when every car is NOV
ing. Take the entire freight business
for one year, averaged month for month,
and it is found that the Southern Paci-
fic has twice the number of cars necessary
for it's transportation. But the actual
business will not adjust itself tn at way.
and every autumn the CRY for "more
cars" travels up from the entire length
of the Southern Pacific system. With
the number OF. freight cars of all classes
owned by the Southern Pacific the traffic
could be satisfied even at its highest,
but the distance which the cars have to
travel in the eastward journey keeps
them away long time, and the balance
of the trade going always toward the
east naturally the supply at this end is
exhausted and is replenished only by
hauling the empties across the conti-
nent. Last fall when the wheat men of
the San Joaquin were clamoring for cars
the side tracks east were full of them.
The freight business during the pres
ent season has been enormous. The
Southern Pacific has never before made
so gre at an effort to get business. Trav-
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Union Pacific and other lines have just
they get shipments over their lines
with the greatest difficulty. The
Southern Pacific is giving service
OF thirteen days to- New York from
all the southern part OF the State,
and is taking the bulk of the business
that went last season to the Santa Fe.
Specials out OF San Joaquin valley have
absorbed that trade so completely that
outside lines are begging for what they
got easily enough last year. The
Southern Pacific never had 30 large
force of trainmen, and all crews are
working extra time. N
Whether or not the possible coming in
of competing line has anything to do
with the renewed energies of the South
ern Pacific, they have been renewed,
and the shippers of the state have never
before had 30 good a service at this
season Of the year.
The threatened trouble with the train
men of the Atlantic division of the
Southern Pacific has not yet come, and
the officials at Fourth and Townsend
streets say that they do not believe it
will. Trouble on the division has be-
come common of late, brought about, it
is said, by the unpopularity of the
general manager of the division. The
trainmen have not yet made any de-
mands upon the main offices or laid
their grievances before them.
NOTES.
The Southern, Pacific company is pre-
pairing new time table. The east
bound overland will, by it, arrive here
at 6 40 a. m. and leave at Z 40 a. M, in
stead of as now at 5 10 p. m.
The arrangement of the new time card
Of the Southern California railway,
which goes into effect Sunday will be
very satisfactory to the Los Angeles
people. The service between Los An
geles and Azusa has been still further
improved by the addition of two new
trains, one OF which arrives in Los An
geles at 7 :45 p. M, returning leaving
after close OF the theater at II p. M.
This will be known as the theater train.
The new card also gives five
daily trains between Los Angeles
city, and San Bernardino and River
side. Four daily, and one daily except
Sunday, between Los Angeles and Or
ange, which, with others, makes total
of forty-eight trains arriving and de-
parting from Loa Angeles via the Santa
Fe route each week day. This extern
sion of the train service is good indi-
cation of the growth OF business and the
popularity OF the line with the travel
ing public. Attention is called to the
new train leaving Los Angeles at 505
pm. for Riverside and San Bernardino;
also to the earlier arrival OF the evening
train from San Diego, which now reaches
Los Angeles at 7:15 pm, instead OF 8
pm. as formerly.