Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-26
THAT ORANGE RATE.
The Santa Fe Scoops" the
Other Roads.
1t Is Said to Be Receiving
Oranges Now.
A Statement from Southern Pacific
Agent J. NJ. Crawley.
The Santa Fo Took Action on It's Own
Responsibility-Will There Be
Rate War?-The Sit
uation.

The action of General Freight Agent
S. B. Hynes of the Southern California
road in putting the reduced orange
freight rate of 90.cts. per 100 pounds into
effect on Wednesday, instead of on
February 1st, as announced yesterday
in the HERALD, created big stir among
railroad men.
This action is what newspaper men
call SCOOP" for it places the Sants
Fe in the position of having the inter
ests of the orange shippers thoroughly
at heart.
Mr.. Hynes, when seen by HERALI
reporter, said that he had strongly rec.
commended the extension of the rate tc
March 1st, but that it would go into
effect on Wednesday. The Santa Fe
did not see any use in waiting, bnt had
acted on their own responsibility in the
matter.
is THE SANTA FE CUTTING?
1t look very much as if the Santa Fe
had inaugurated an orange war. The
Southern Pacific and Union Pacific
roads are still unable to meet their action
in advancing the date of the effect of
the orange rate, and HERALD reporter
learned yesterday from one OF the lead
ing fruit shippers of Southern Califor-
MIA that the company had offered to take
oranges at once, not waiting till Thurs
day.
Several railroad men said that Mr..
Hynes's action was tantamount to war,
and that very likely rates will be Sc
verely cut by competing lines. There's
no use talking" said one OF the oppo-
sition lines, "Hynes has, as you re-
porters say, scooped us all in great
shape. The rest of us seem to have
been caught asleep. l ought to have
caught on myself, but didn't, and the
result is that expect lot of us will
have to do lot of explaining to the
bosses to hold our jobs"
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY.
Mr.. J. M. Crawley, the freight agent
OF the Southern Pacific company, made
the following statement about the mat
ter.
"Unless l receive other advices to the
contrary the rate of 80 cents, so far as |
know, will go into effect February lst
and expire February 10Th. am trying
my best through our people to have the
rate of 80 cents extended from Feb.
ruary 18th to March 1st, This will give
shippers a full month to place theil
| fruit at the 90-cent rate. Cannot cay
whether the Southern Pacific company
will be able to bring this about or not
Would very much like to see it so.
"Please understand l do not make
this remark for glory. Salary, mo-
glory, supports me.
cit may interest the HERALD's g readers
especially shippers, to know just the re
ing the mode of changing rates. The
law provides as follows:
mo advance ehall be made in the
rates, fares and charges which have beer
established and published as aforesaid
by any common carrier in compliance
with the requirements of this section
except after ten days. public notice
which shall plainly state the changes
proposed to be made in the schedule
then in force, and the time when the in
creased rates, fares or charges will &c
into effect; and the proposed changes
shall be shown by printing new sched-
ules, or shall be plainly indicated upon
the schedules in force at the time and
kept open to public inspection. Re-
ductions in such published rates, fares
or charges shall only be made after
three days previous public notice, to be
given in the same manner that notice of
an advance in rates must be given"
THE SANTA MONICA ROADS.
1t was learned yesterday that the
franchise and property of the Santa
Monica Wharf and Terminal Railroad
company had been sold or transferred to
a corporation which was in reality the
Santa Fe company. That is to say the
agreements to convey and to receive
were signed by both parties to the deal,
and there is hardly any question but
what the transfer will be consummated.
This will make Gen. James Campbell
one of the pets of Santa Monica, for he
it is who has engineered the matter
from start to finish.
A correspondent at Santa Monica
writes as follows:
"The welcome news about the trans
fer of the Los Angeles and Pacific has
been confirmed, and in Mr.. Marcus
Pollasky of Fresno, Santa Monicans be-
lieve the man has come who will re-
juvenate the road into an existence
which will bode good to the whole foot
hill country.
sin the meantime the Southern Pacific
graders, etc., are pushing work on Their
improvements here as fast as possible
The tunnel is being pushed for all there
is in it, and the bridge carpenters are
piling up the heavy timbers and case
ments inclosing the work. The grading
of the roadbed up the beach to the spoi
selected for the wharf is being pushed
forward rapidly"
PoLLAsKY BUYS THE i. A. & P. ROAD.
Mr.. Luitweiler, when seen last might
about the purchase of the old Los An
geles and Pacific railroad, by Marcu,
Pollasky OF San Francisco, said that Mr.
Pollasky left yesterday for Bakersfield
after having been in consultation al
day with the officers Of the road. H,
has organized syndicate of San Fran
cisco capitalists who are backing him
and who have made several proposition
for the purchase of the road. Mr.. Pol
lasky will be back here in a few days
when the matter will probably be con
cluded, in which case the road will b.
at once operated.