The morning call., 1892-12-02
SIMPLY A TOOL.
That's What They Call
Morgan.
MERCHANTS OPINIONS.
Disgust at the Experts
Report.
LEEDS PREDICTED 1T ALL.
He Said the Whole Proceeding Would
Be a Farce, and SO IL Has
Proved.

business men in the city yesterday.
There were no more surprised and dis
guSted men in thu community than the
members of the Traffic Association.
With view of eliciting an expression OF
opinion on the question, several members
of the executive committee were waited
upon by CALL reporter yesterday.
Barry Baldwin, chairman of the executive
committee, said:
well, you know, in the first place. l am
utterly opposed TO the whole proceedings
''As to the Zee of $4,000. l don't care who
the man is. it is grossly exorbitant. do
not know who Mr. Morgan is, but surely he
is not such an extraordinary man as to en-
title him 10 such an immense fee for the
service he has performed
ale has apparently been picked up by
the Southern Pacific Company to prepare a
report for il.
"Why. he has run no risk. and whatever
remuneration he is entitled to has been
easily earned. he is not like merchant.
who. in earning similar amount would
naturally run considerable risk from loss
of capital invested.
"The Governor of the State gives his
valuable services for less remuneration than
that. 1t is altogether absurd"
Alvinza Hayward did not mince matters
in speaking about the report His remarks
were brief and to the point.
THE whole thing" he said, "Should be
treated as farce and with the contempt il
deserves
THE people of the State must not be
called upon to pay one cent for report
gotten up by the Southern Pacific. through
the Railway Commissioners. to suit its own
purposes"
but IL the report were q legitimate one,
would not the fee of S20,0 600 be exorbitant?"
81 concede nothing. There should be no
Ifs. The whole thing is farce and stop
right there. The State must not pay one
cent.
"Why should the people of the State be
made to pay for lot of blarney to the rail-
road people? Isn't that what il all amount.
TOP"
Frank Dalton Of Dalton Bros. 3OS Davis
street. expressed the opinion that the fee of
$4,000 was perfect outrage.
II can tell you one thing" he said. that
he VIII get no $40, goo if my vote in the Traffic
Association can do anything to prevent it.
Il don't hesitate TO say that the report
has been gotten up by the Southern Pacific
people and Morgan has been made to put
his name 10 1t. That's what it looks like TO
me.
Whats the use of talking about it.?
Why. the whole thing should be treated
with contempt"
Eugene f. Beck of w. T. Beck & Co.. 1l2
California street. r;diculed the whole affair.
"The charge Of $4,000" he said, SIS
utterly ridiculous. He might just as well
have made il $4,000 while he was at it.
1.-The report itself is entirely one-sided. 1t
is all in favor of the Southern Pacific and
there is nothing favorable TO the merchant
or producer.
1T is easy for man to prepare a mass OF
figures for the purpose o I misleading people.
as they don't understand them. can make
up a statement in the canning business
which to one not in the business would ap-
pear quite fair and reasonable, but at the
same time it would to an expert bear diff
ferent construction.
at is nonsense for the Southern Pacific
to say that their lines In the interior are lot
paying. 1t is like man pullinga $50 piece
out Of each OF his vest pockets and saying
be hasn't enough money to buy q square
meal.
''As an illustration of their charges / may
say that Tin can be brought oil the way
from Liverpool to this city at the same rate
as the Southern Pacific charges from here
to TuIare.
"a carload of ice from Nevada can be laid
down here for $50 freight, but to send it
from here to Fresno would cost $3.50.
From Los Gatos TO San Jose, a distance
of II miles, we pay for certain articles
cents pound and from Los Gatos to San
Francisco, ffty-five miles, we pay cents
pound, only cents for the extra forty-three
miles.
1.-The reason for the discriminate is be-
cause there is no competition between Los
Gatos and San Jose, but between San Jose
and this city there is decomposition by
water.
"There are many other instances, and
you can see how ridiculous il Is for the rail-
road people to say that their interior lines
don't pay.
''The lack OF railroad competition is ruin
Ing this State. so long as the railroad
monopoly exists capitalists will not invest
money in the State.
ut would astonish you were l to tell you
how few merchants there are who would
subscribe for competing line, either by
rail or water, for fear Of incurring the
wrath of the Southern Pacific"
L. l.. Baker OF Baker 81 Hamilton, corner
Pine and Davis streets. said: Il am amazed
at the experts charges and at his coneu-
sions. don't know who Mr.. Morgan is,
and he does not appear 10 be known to the
people here.
1.-The problem 10 be solved is. Who really
appointed him and what object is 10 be
gained by his Teport?"
f. w. Van Sicklen. 116 Market street,
was very emphatic in his statement
The report. he said. is nothing but
ombination of excuses that the merchants
Of California have been treated to for some
years back.
"Mr. Morgan Is either tool, knave or
fool. i don't care which you accept.
Ellis report is just what Mr. Leeds told
the executive committee Of the Traffic AS
sceiation it would be.
"There is nothing in IL more than what
has been contained In Mr.. Huntington's
letters. and u will fall as fat upon the pub
lie as they did"
Robert Watt of the Langley & Miebaels
Company, First street. said:
"A!l have to say 10 that those who en-
ployed Mr.. Morgan should pay him and
send him home
Il don't regard his report as of any value
whatever. 1t IS weak in many points, and
was evidently made to bolster up the
Southern Pacific.
Fancy comparing the population per
square mile OF California and Illinois al re-
CARDS being tributary to railway lines The
conditions are entirely different as between
the States.
mo. haven't had time to give 1t careful
consideration. 1t would. think. be waste
OF time"
A. S. Hallidie. president of the California
Wire Works, and an ex-member of the ex-
ecutiye committee, said In his quiet but
f0rclble manner: II have always looked
upon the Railway Com mission as an incu-
bus. and having this fee of $4,000 added
seems to me to be piliDg it on too nigh.
II doubt the constitutionaliy of the COM
mission and will gladly bear my share Of
testing the question in the courts.
The report contrasts PENNSYLVANIA In
iolo Win Dan francisco OF to-day. showing
that we are nearly twenty-three years be-
hind the age. 1t states that the rates in
Pennsylvania were the same In 1870 as thew
are here now.
About the $4,000 fee? Why, / looked
upon it IS joke when saw 1t In the papers