The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-06-15
LEEDS FIGURES.
The Traffic Manager On Wheat
Rates.
a Cunning Reduction OF Tobacco Rates,
With a Negro Concealed in the
Woodpile

Manager Leeds of the Traffic Associa-
ton WAS busy yesterday with a newly
sharpeued pencil and big sheet of yellow
paper, which latter was covered with rows
upon rows of figures
The traffic manager was piiing up COM
parsons between the Kansas freight rates
on wheat and those charged by the South
eTn Pacific Company, in refutation Of the
peculiar tabulatiOn of rates placed 10y MI
Beckman before the Railroad Commissioners
at their recent meeting.
They would not allow me to talk to
then" said Mr.. Leeds, between figures,
and l now propose TO send them COM
municatiOn correcting Mr.. Beckman's queer
tables Of freight rates"
Then warming up TO his subject the COM
piler commenced to consult his yellow
paper and to point out many startling diff
ferenees. which plainly demonstrated that
California wheat growers are being over
taxed about $500, eco a year and shat their
Kansas competitors have just that much
financial advantage over them
There are 3l6 stations on the Southern
Paelhc'S schedule within the wheat-COn-
tTibuting belt. Tie farthest one of these is
go miles distant but the average distance
from Port Costa or San Francisco Is 1877
miles. The average rate charged per ton is
s. SO5, while the average charge for the
same weight and distance II Kansas is
s. 81.
WHEAT RATES.
Up ~ 30-mile distances the rates are ali
right ana even lower than those Of Kansas,
but from the largest Wheat-cOntTIbuting
centers 20 the bay the schedule prices jump
higher and higher IN the most eTTatic and
unaccOuntable way.
q The highest rate for a distance Of go
v1flaE CHARGED in fha f-raC homer q 10 50
SIS 20 The kentucky corporation at Fourth
and Townsend makes the California farmer
pay 81 40 for the same distance.
Again the Kansas rates advance only 20
cents between 100 to go miles, while the
local difference between these two dis
taHceS is 50 cents.
The advance between 100 10 200 miles in
Kansas is So cents, but the Southern Pacific
raises their rate for these distances 81 "a.
Mr.. Leeds table shows a great mum Der of
such glazing differences. and when lie has it
completed II will furnish interesting reading
for the Southern Pacific people and the
Railroad Commission.
The announcement that the people who
are interested in the building of the San
Francisco and Atlantic Railroad have in
cOrporated their company and will soon be
ready for business was hailed with much
satisfaction yesterday by business men and
others, Tor II has been Well-knOwn fact
for many years that sucn a project was on
foot, but although il has several times been
neariT brought 10 a successful issue ciTcum-
stances over which lis promoters mad no
control turned out TO be unsurmountable
obstacles.
1t is, however, now cOrfdently asserted
that MesSTs. Homer, PaIke, Majors, Juds0n
and Harding have secured the financial
backing they needed and VII. build their
road at once, at least as far as CrameT,
where they expect to touch the Atchison
system
There is also every reason TO believe that
the Great Salt Lake road people mean bust
ness, and thUSe who are we'll informed say
that California capital IS ready in sufficient
Quantity 10 guarantee the building Of that
road.
The Young Ladies' Institute is denounc-
Ing the Southern Pacific Company, because
that corporation has refused TO make any
reduction Of rates for the delegates to the
Institutes annual convention.
DISCRIMINATION.
The Southern Pacific has of late made
some special freight rates on tobacco aud
cigars for q few San Francisco shippers.
1t is supposed that this was done In oppO-
sitiOn 10 the Traffic Association ana in an
attempt 10 p0pulaTiZe the only San Fran
cisco railroad among the merchants.
These reductions went into effect quietly
on May %, and are as follows:
From San Francisco % Fresno the rate on
cigars, which was formerly 81 49, and the
4
per 100 pounds, was reduced 10 70 cents per
100 pounds the rate for carrying tobacco
and cigars TO be the same per Zoe pounds /:
from San Francisco TO SIssOn tile former
rate on cigars was 81 81 per 100 pounds, and
the rate on tobacco was 81 so per 100 pounds,
and the rate for both TO bacco and cigars be
tween these points is now 81 20 per 100
pounds.
There is, however much discrimination
shown by the railroad, and many of the
smaller shippers are still charged the old
rates
". a. Hamilton. the general agent for the
Chicago and Northwestern in Los Angeles,
is in this city on a visit.
Amos Burr, the travelling agent for the
Vanderbilt system, left yesterday for a
short trip south.
A force of meE went to work on Thurs
day on the Bakersfield and San Miguel Rail
road at Bakersfield. 1t Is expected that
the work on the road viii be continued until
the mountains are crossed and the c0nnec-
ton al San Miguel is made