The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-08-13
now MORE RAILROADS WILL PAY.

Our neighbors of the Record Union no
doubt consider themselves adroit in trying
10 throw dust in the eyes Of the public by
assuring us that the sea routes must iniure
the business of the railroads, hence new
ones. cannot be built, that such low rates
as sailing vessels are now taking freight
around the Horn for must cripple the rail-
roads This is sophstry, and sophistry of
the Shallowest kind. The cheaper freight
is brought around the Horn the better it
will be for California and San Francisco.
II the Quantity OF merchandise going from
and coming to San Francisco by way of
Gaze Horn was doubled, which THE CALL
urges would be the case very soon if we
could rid ourselves Of the outrageous sub
Sliding schemes of the railroad company,
and interior rates were even tolerably fair,
we claim that tile business Of the railroads
Tadiatng from the city would be greatly in
creased. There would be double the guam
tty Of merchandise distributed from San
Francisco. and probably much of it would
20 TO remote localities. Even with q mod
eTateiy nigh rate Of freight we could control
the trade at least as far East as Salt Lake
City, and in certain commodities further
East. This increased business would 20 to
tie railroads. Weclaim that with reasons Bile
freight rates TO and from San Francisco
railroad business leading from San Fran
cisco 10 the interior would be greatly
increased Our railroad managers are now
cripDing San Francisco and California, and
they are also iniuring all Of the territory
west OK Salt Lake City. OF course, we
know shat Stanford 81 Co. could not make
as much money out Of California with
an opposition railrOad as they have
been doing while holding every avenue
Of approach to San Francisco to Cypress
is with excessive rates. Railroads radiat-
ing from San Francisco, If constructed as
they can be now for reasonable sum of
money will prove profitable. OF this we
have not doubt. The railroads which we
have at tie present time-we mean the
Central and Southern Pacific railroads
have oeel plundering schemes. The Gen
eral Government was plundered, the in
habitants OF this city and State have been
plundered, and we may say ali Of the terri
tory situated this side Of Salt Lake has
been pluudered. The men engaged in the
enterprises let contracts for building the
roads from themselves to themselves.
making probably S150,O00,OO0 by the under
handed work, and this they call honest
California wants railroads permeatng the
entire State. We want railroads reaching
eastward surely as far as Salt Lake. THE
CALL published a map a few days ago
marking out lines for railroads through in
terror regions which would speedily pay if
constructed. These lines would cross the
mountains by better routes than does the
Central Pacific. And as for the Southern
Pacific, it is not of any benefit to any por-
ton II California except that situate near
Los Angeles and south of that city. The
managers OF the Central and Southern
Pacific Railroad companies are now making
final struggle in order to hold this city
and State in subsection, in order to make
500, G0,00o or more to divide among them
selves, but The CALL predicts that they
will fail In air anor.o