The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-18
TRAVEL TO
THE PACIFIC.
Passenger Agents Adjourn to
Meet in Chicago.
A Bright Outlook for Tourist Excursions to
acknowledgements of Silk and
TeG-Railroad Notes.

81 IN crest OF result.
Alter au i formal "a k on the subject of
"a unlimited tickets and second-class rates
Awest-b uad it was decided to d-fer action
-caJiuI these aud o her subjects until the
power and -cope Of the association should
be defined by the Western Traffic Ass0cia-
uyn. now holding a meeting in Chicago. An
adjournment WIS accordingly taken until the
-Gth, when the association viii again meet
in Chicag
Between internal dissensiOn and hostility
encountered from the outside it is evident
that the newly organized Western Traffic
As citation Will have hard time, with lit
Tie assurance Of very long existence BY
many it Is construed as a direct violation of
the ,aw prohibiting pooling, and wiki that
view Representative Anderson of Kansas
las introduced into the House Of Repre-
seuiatveS resolution instructng the Inter
Stale Commerce c mmis>ion to inquire into
the new association and find out whether
the United states possesses power to secure
an enforcement Of law and a punishment of
tie conspiracy, and if not, what further
legislation is necessary.
There are four meetings Of the Advisory
Board of this combination per annum. Two
VIII be held in New York, VIZ: the first and
tiId, leaving the second and fourth for
their duties in the West will live in the
N.st nj f there should be a Chief Com
missioner he viii live in Chicago. II has
Teen practically decided that Roswell Nj !ler
Of lhe Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul,
VITO has presided at the meetings in New
York. .: Il. be the first President of the new
association. lie viii serve without salary.
Ii the pans OF this organization are carried
our as uut iued James +. Smi h. who left on
Friday evening for The East. viii give up
the craftsmanship OF the Ir@nscOntinental
Association 10 +. p. Nming.
Smith, however, viii sill retain the prtsi-
Ctucy Of the Trans lSSOurI Association.
=. r.. ~ aIker, WHO Is LOW at the head OF
Jue Interstate Railway Association, 1t was
intended to sheye, but NJ Walker who
resigned his place a interstate Commerce
Commissioner 10 accept his prtsen. office,
WIS sIIrWd enough 20 require three years
contract al So, coo a year, as a condition of
accepting the place. 1t has year and a
halt u -Un, and the managers thought that
taey SHOULD not waste $4,000, So they will
asp int him Commissioner Of the South
Western Association.
HEAVY EXCURSION BUSINESS.
Carroll Hutchins, agent OF the Raymond
* W AltcOmO Excursion Agency, has opened
- winter Office On Montgomery street. lie
says that the outlook for a heavy business
il the tourist line has never been better,
and at the agency viii probably bring at
least 1860 persons from the East during the
year
"'Uur business on the Pacific Coast" said
he. els rapidly increasing. When 1 COM
meucei work for the company, six years
ago. there were only two winter excursions
L. California; now we make eleven such
Tips, besides the spring parties. We shall
bring many here as we did last winter
% though tie financial depression in the
East has taken the place Of the grippe as
drawback. Iue first two winter parties,
which lett the L st November 18Th and De-
cember llth, respectively, are much ahead
IF last wear numbers. These eXcursioui,ts
aie stiu in tie southern part Of the State,
Oat VIII lie up here later.
~ he December party was twice the size
OF ta- one starting at a corresponding date
=.l-i year. The PARTY which started for Cali
ruIa last Monday includes $50 persons.
Sky If the party viii 90 nom san AntoniO
10 Mexico but the entire 100 are ticktted
Tor California, and all viii come here this
winter. Ninety viii reach Riverside on the
2otu inst. y party left by way Of Chicago
over tue Rock Island and Sante Fe routes
Yesterday which includes 100 persons.
THEY viii reach the Raymond one week
from next Saturday. Otuer parties in the
um. date futgTe were and are T. start by
way If tie Santa Fe on January l5th, Feb
iuuy i2.h and March 9TH, ard parties To
NE 10y New Orleans and the Southern
Pacific have these starting dates: January
18Th, February 81 and March 10th. The
pa-ty starting February Sd will take in
Mardi G.as at New Orleans"
tie Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange, he
said:
They are all business men, and many of
them heavy dealers in fruit and produce.
Some Of the members are large importers
90! foreign titruS fruits. The trip has been
brought about through tie agency of some
Of the members who have previously been
IN California in our parties. They, upon
their r~turn East, have talked about Cali
ftTnia until they have awakened the in-
fHTTSt d their blSluPsS Associates. The
party comes under our management, but the
initiation Of the excursion rests with them.
We merely manage for them, having Lad
larger experience IN that kind Of business.
q" These Boston business men will be alb
sent taITty-two days on their round trip,
leaving the East February 4th. They will
gI'-see all the way. They VIII come by
The way Of New Orleans and the Southern
Pacific r0ld, and they will take ID prominen
California points like Riverside, Los Auge-
Jos, Pomona, Redlands, Fresno, San Jose,
Monterey, san Francisco and Sacramento.
They Will return by way Of the Central Pa
ciAc and Denver and RIO Grande roads"
RAILROAD BUSINESS IMPROVING.
The business Of the railroads is improving
slightly with The new year, and several spe-
cIaI freight trains have recently been sent
Esst On the time of one Of the abandoned
overland freight trains. The freight car
lied j. mostly general merchandise, though
occasionally a carload or two Of oranges
come up from the south and are sent through
ou passenger time. The Southern Pacific
Company has lost all the tea and nearly all
tie business OI transporting silk that was
formerly sent over lis lines, aud in the south
the Atch- son, Topeka aud Santa Fe route
has taken most Of the orange transportation
business.
Three years ago the Southern Pacific Com
pany had monopoly OF the tea and silk
transportation, and when two OF three ship
loads would come IN, special after special
was sent across the continent on passenger
time. Much Of this tea and silk was sent
in bond across the continent, and very often
these freights would make better time than
the United States mail. When there was
only carload or two they would be at
tacned TO the regular overland passenger
trains, ana so the Southern Pacific Company
managed to have monopoly Of this trade.
But OF late the Northern Pacific has capt
ured nearly all this business. and it is only
an occasional load that now leaves Long
Wharf, where all the great tea and silk
sillp5 used TO unload. The AtchiSon, To-
peka and Santa Fe in the south is capturing
the orange traffic, and the Southern Pacific
has only the general merchandise of Cen
trial California to carry.
NUMBERING ALL RAILWAYS
By recent order Of the General Passen-
ger and Ticket AgentsFand Accounting Off
GERS Association, every railway in the
United States and Canada will hereafter
have a number, which Will be Autographed
on the face OF its tickets. The Canadian
an - - wi LHeiH dcllc OZ9,
Southern Pacifc's $50, and Union Pacifc's
g25.
A. D. Wilder, Superintendent Of the West
err Division Of the Southern Pacific, left
yesterday for a trip to Mexico, accompanied
by his wife During his absence the West
ern viii be under the charge Of G. H.
Thompson, assistant to Mr.. Wilder
An increase in the clerical force at the
Office IF Division Superintendent A. d.
Wider at Oakland pier has been necessitat-
ed by additional work. incidental TO the re-
cent addition to the Western of several
branches and the California Pacific Diy-
sion.
General Superintendent Fillmore is visit
lug the Citrus Fair at Marysyille.
TRYING EEL RIVER COAL.
The San Francisco and North Pacific Rail
road has been experimenting with Eel River