Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-13
Row i'm the TranscOntinental
Association.
Charges Made Against the San
ia Fe Company.
Traffic Manager Mellen of the Union
Pacific the Complainant.
A Threat That President Marvel, Gener.
al Manager Wade or General
Agent Hynes May Be
Removed.

reporter yesterday learned that the
Santa Fe company would hear from
their recent action of anticipating by
four days the going into effect of the
orange rate of 80 cents. A Southern
Pacific official, whom it is not necessary
to name, yesterday showed a HERALD
reporter information which he had re-
ceived from Chicago from source which
is unquestionable. This stated that
General Traffic Manager Mallen of the
Union Pacific company had filed a
formal complaint against the Santa Fe
company on the ground of having vio-
lated the transcontinental agreement in
advancing arbitrarily the date of the
effect of the 90-cent orange rate.
"Will this result in demand for the
removal of General Manager Wade, or
General Passenger and Freight Agent
Hynes ?" asked the reporter.
''It most certainly WILL" was the rail-
road mans reply, "if they are response
BILE for the cut"
"But it is generally supposed that
President Marvel authorized that pro-
ceedings; would the company be asked
to dismiss him under these circum-
stances :" asked the reporter.
Most certainly, if he is the official
responsible for the smatter,' was the re-
ply; "but l don't think that the COM
pany would let any of its men go. 1t
looks to me as if for some reason of it's
own that company is anxious to
bust the association, and should not
be surprised that if this change is
pressed the company will withdraw.
and then there will be merry hades."
GoULD's KICK.
In connection with the above, the
following, taken from the San Francisco
Chronicle of Thursday, is OF interest,"
The railroad men of this city are treat
ing the matter of Gould's hostility to
the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe as a
huge joke. but railroad man from the
east, who knows somethingof the Gould
side OF the case, its inner history and
present status, says that there is sur
prise in store for the local traffic people;
that J. @. Stubbs and W. A. Bissell
cannot afford to treat the matter lightly.
and that they had better exert ali their
strength in an effort to fortify their posi-
tions. a<
issGould is in dead earnest about his
demand for the removal of the third
vice-president OF the Southern Pacific"
said the informant yesterday. "He has
gone into the case with a determination
to accept no overtures that the Southern
Pacific may make. He is out for blood
as they say, and blood he will have. He
is putting the whole force of his iron
will into this matter, and is devoting
more time to it than may be believed
here.
''The conferences that have been held
between Messrs. Huntington, Stanford
and Crocker in New York of late have
been partly for discussion of Gould's
hostility. / believe that those gentle-
men appreciate the gravity of the situa-
tion and are prepared to make sacrifices.
OF course, they do not want to dismiss
Mr.. Stubbs, but they may have to. If
after the trial before the advisory board
that body should decide against the
Southern Pacific, then Mr.. Stubbs will
have to go. The worst feature in the
whole affair for him is that under the
agreement of the presidents he could
not get into the service of any other
western line. True, he might find en-
ployment east.
"Where Gould and Huntington lock
horns in the matter is on the point of
the similarity of the case of the Mis-
souri, Pacific, where Freight Traffic Man
ager Leeds lost his position to the pres
ent case of rate cutting charged against
the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe. Mr..
Huntington declares that one case is
wholly different from the other, and
that if they are alike in any way it is
merely that they each refer to sugar.
Mr.. Gould declares that they are identi-
cal and that he has evidence to prove it.
''It has been stated that Mr.. Hunting
ton does not care for the maintenance of
the presidents agreement, and that he
is willing that the Western Traffic asso-
citation shall 60 to pieces rather than
that Gould should dictate to him. This
is not so. Mr.. Huntington has the high
est appreciation of the virtue of the as
sociation. He knows that it has kept
western railroad stocks up to figure
that they could not possibly have at
tanned without it's existence. He knows,
too, that if he refuses to abide by the
decision of the advisory board in this
matter the association will go to smash,
and that its collapse means shrinkage
in stock values all round. The breaking
up of the association would knock all
the other traffic agreements sky high
and would precipitate such war of
rates as this coast never saw before. Mr..
Huntington knows all this, and he will
avoid the trouble in every way possi-
ble."
HERR-STEwART.
G. Fred Herr is the mastodonic pas
senger agent of the Union Pacific in this
city, young man brimful of attractive
personal qualities and enviable busi-
ness qualifications. On Thursday he
was married to Miss Mary Stewart at
San Diego, young lady who, besides
other attractions, is the belle of the
Baynclimate city. They will be at home
to their friends in a weeks time.
NOTES.
General Manager Wade of the South
-ern California was off to Coronado yes
terday, to remain till Monday.
Beginning tonight, the Southern Pa
cific overland trains to and from Ell
Paso will make connection at Redlands
junction with the motor for Redlands.
General Dodge, president of the Rio
Grande and Western, is at his home at
Colorado Springs. He sent ex-Mayor
Workman recently a quantity Of Mani
tou-springs mineral water as sample of
Colorado product.
Louis Wilson, Scotchman, was
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