The morning call., 1892-07-15
SHIVELY AMENDS.
The San jose Man Will Fight the
Southern Pacific Only.
Coils P. Huntington Disposes Of Some Of His
Eastern Railroad Interests-E Tricky
Transaction in Oregon.

MIR. Shively Of San Jose sprang a sensa-
tion on the people of the State of California
yesterday by Withdrawing his complaint
against all The railroad companies and filing
an amended protest, in which he concen-
trates his grievance so that the Southern
Pacih" Company alone is concerned for the
present.
In n letter which MIR. Shiyely addresses to
the Railroad Commission he explains the
reasons which prompted him in making this
change.
The letter reads as follows:
SAN JOSE, July IL. 1892.
To tho State Board ef ROtiroGd Commits
StoHers: / hereby respectfully beg leave TO With
draw and dismiss, ior the present, my complaint
against all OF the TRANSFORMATION companies OF
California, except the Southern Pacific Company.
and as 10 the said southern Pacific Company 10
hle the accompanying amended complaint.
MY reasons for this course are tue following:
first-The investigation which will be conducted
IN pursuance Of my complaint viii OF necessity
deal with each IailrOad corporation separately.
The presence OF the other railroad conn anies
during each separate inquiry would only incum-
ber The record and hamper and delay the pro-
ceedines as 10 the one under investigation.
Second-Ihe proceedings foIe your honorable
body On last Monday and the character of the
answers aud dcmurTers flied In this matter have
convinced me that the presence OF the
Slidiier ana remote railroad companies
tirs herein viii be. and IN fact is being used by
the Southern Pacific Company a means OF in
VolVlhg and delay Ing this inquiry, and preventing
your complalnaut and yourselves from reaching
lie point OF aD investigation of its fIeights and
fates within any reasonable time.
For these reasons. therefor, your complainant
hele eHy wIhdiaws and dismlsses lis complaint
against each and all Cf the transportation com
panies of California except Tie Southern Pacific
Company, without prejudice 10 his right TO re-
new his complaint against each OF said COM
panies IN due time, and herewith files his
amended complaint against the Southern Pacific
Company, ana prays that The same be served
upon said company Immediately and In accord
anee with The rules Of your board. Respectfully,
X. Q. SHINELY, Complainant.
JOHN l.. RICHARDS attorney for complainant.
THE NEW COMPLAINT.
The new complaint is virtually the same
as the one fled by Shively formerly, and is
amended only by the assertion that the
charges made by the Southern Pacific are
excessive and that grave and unjust d s.
elimination exists between classes of produce
AMI points Of shipment throughout the
State. and that the freight schedules of the
/ Southern Pacific should be thoroughly re-
Yised and classified according t. what is
known as the Western classification, so as
TO affect every class of merchandise and
every point of shipment. and that the said
freight rates and charges should be reduced
not less than 20 per cent upon existing
freight schedules.
The complaint also asks that the fare
schedules of the Southern Pacific Company
be classified aud reduced not less than 10
per cent, because they are, according to the
information and belief of the complainant,
much higher than those of other railroads
in other portions Of the country. similarly
circumstanced as TO grade. custom aud cost
Of operation.
a table showing the present freight rates
OF The Southern Pacific road as compared
with those Of various Eastern roads, is an
neXed TO the complaint.
THE SALT LAKE RAILROAD
The directors of tile proposed san Fran
cisco and Great Salt Lake Railroad have had
! frequent meetings OF late and their move
| meut is getting gradually into shape. Tie
men interested are, for reasons best known
| TO themselves only, very reluctant In max
! ing their plans public. but ii is known that
/ S3000.000 will be raised by local merchants
/ who have already signified their willingness
! to become shareholders to that extent. The
| total capital Of the road will be So. COO coo.
! but San Francisco will only be asked 10 sub
! scribe The aboyestated amount
Daniel Meyer. who is the financier Of the
| enterprise, was seen yesterday. but he had
/ nothing to say except that everything looks
! promising as far as the Salt Lake road is
! concerned.
| Two surveying parties started from Salt
! Lake City this month, one headed east, the
/ other west Both these parties are sup
/ posed TO be working in the interest of the
/ Northwestern road, of which line the san
| Francisco aud Salt Lake is now said viii be-
| come an extension when it is completed.
| The California route, which has been
/ chosen, is the one which has been SURVEYED
! from Oroyllle eastward, by way of the
! Beekwith Pass.
The annual report Of the Eel River and
| Eureka Railroad Company, which has its
headquarters in Eureka, Humboldt County.
| was received yesterday by the Railroad
| Commission. John Vance is the president
| OF this road, which is thirty miles long ami
! has 500 coo ca pital stock outstanding The
/ gFf gaK Faf hoe Exrs
gage Of Sl9l,000 and a floating debt of
| S43l, COL 90, which makes the total liabli-
Ties, S7I265l 90 The gross earnings last
were Sl20,450 Il, and the operating ex-
| penses S52,536 50. The income from opera
| ton and the total income was S679l3 Sc, and
| the figure given as the net income is
| S33 $50 g.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC SCHEMES.
A neat illustration of how the Southern
| Pacific Company is constantly at work de-
vlSng schemes whereby the peoples money
can be made TO roll into the Golfers of the
| Kentucky corporation comes from Oregon,
| and was yesterday discussed by party of
| railroad men. 1t appears that about two
| years ago c. =. Huntington purchased the
| Portland and Willamette Valley Narrow
gauge road. which is 20 miles long and runs
| from Portland, Or, 10 a place called Dun
| dee junction. Mr.. Huntington made The
| purchase for the Pacific Improvement Com
pany. which, as every body knows is only
| paid was S3l4.S22 IL was said at the time
! when the transaction was made that Mrssrs
| Stanford and CrOcker did not approve
| Of it, and that they declined to be partners
| Of Huntington in the affair. But recent de-
| velopments proved the contrary, for after a
series Of legal juggling Mr. Huntington dis
| posed OF his purchase last week to K
! kohleT, the super ntendent of the Portland
! and Willamette Valley. who bought it for
I the Southern Pacific Company for $3.50 600
| The sale was forced one, and was brought
about by Mr.. huntington in order to avoid
| the payment Of over 100000 debts which
were owed by the road To various creditors
The president of the Southern Pacific, c.
| Il. Huntington, said when he was here a
| few months ago that he intended 70 DISPOSE
gradually Of all his Eastern railroad prop
critics. and 1T seems that he told the truth
about this, for news has been received in
this city that Huntington'S interests in the
Chesapeake and Ohio road have been trans
ferred to Vanderbilt, and that tie Louis
vile, New Orleans and Texas road. in witch
Huntington also was largely Interested, has
been sold TO the Illinois Central Company
for 25,000,O00