The morning call., 1891-08-30
NOTES FROM
THE RAILROADS.
twenty-five Carloads of Pickles
for San Francisco.
Great Northern Fast Passenger Schedule
Report of an Insolvent Road-Fishing
Camps on the Canadian Pacific.

The insolvent Los Angeles and Pacific
Railroad Company has filed a report with
the Railroad Commissioners. 1t has been
in the hands OF receiver for over one year
and not in operation, but an adjustment of
the debt is now being made and it is ex-
pected to be again opened up for traffic
within the next three or four months. The
company was organized August 81, 1883,
and the authorized capital stock Is 81, 16O,- :
600. Seventy-nine thousand dollars worth
of per cent bonds have been issued to
cover thirty years. The assets are S99I4,-
400, and the funded and floating debts $780,
600 and S99,434 respectively.
1t Is expected on good authority that the
Rock Island will build an independent
branch. giving it direct entrance to the
Worlds Fair grounds.
The train agent system on the big Four
Will be discontinued.
PICKLE MEN AGITATED.
The local pickle men are somewhat ex-
cited over the fact that a shipment of
twenty-five carloads of pickles will leave
Pittsburg tomorrow for San Francisco. 1t
is the first shipment ever recorded, and the
local dealers do not know what to make of
1t. The Eastern firm has been given a rate
OF S125 car, while the Pacific Pickle Com
pany of San Francisco has to pay about q
third more on east-bound shipments.
The Canadian Pacific has opened series
OF fishing camps along the Kootenay River
in Idaho, and ordered the issue of special
fishing tickets" from the Vancouver office.
Superintendent Fillmore of the Southern
Pacific left last evening for Carlin, New.
FAST PASSENGER SCHEDULE.
General Agent Connor of the Great
Northern has Issued q circular calling at
tentlon to the fast passenger schedule re-
Gently adopted by the Union Pacific, Sout h.
eTRPacifc and Great Northern. BY this
change between Ogden and Butte, Mont, a
direct connection is established between
San Francisco and all points in Montana
reached by the Great Northern line.
Freight traffic over this road is increasing
rapidly.
Carl Clarke. late of the Rio Grande West
erD freight-office in this city. has estab-
lished a freight bureau. He proposes to
secure better rates on freight east bound by
Offering heavy shipments than can be OBJ
tanned by shippers from regular representa-
tives OF the various lines.
The Santa Fe and the Texas Central are
engaged in passenger-rate skirmish which
may develop into big fight.
POCKET GUIDE.
The Pocket Railway, Stage and Steam-
ship Guide of California and Street Direct
ory of San Francisco is a neat and handy
publication issued by number of local
railroad men. Jones Of the Chicago and
Northwestern and Mention of the San Fran
cisco and North Pacific are managing the
enterprise.
The Louisville and Nashville recently at
tempted to put colOred brakemen on some of
its trains. The local assembly of the Broth
erbood of Railway Trainmen protested, but
to no purpose. The white men have, how
ever, made matters SO uncomfortable for the
negroes that they will probably not be able
to retain the place.
The Missouri Pacific road has issued or
ders to all conductors to take up scalpers'
tickets and to keep a sharp Lookout for
them.
c. M. Barnes of the Rock Island has re-
turned from Chicago.