The morning call., 1892-06-12
FREIGHT And FARES.
Excessive Rates on Ferns and
Palm Trees.
The Chicago Fairs Directors Costly Expert
Railroad Eotes-Ths Southern
Pacific After the Merchants.

The National Directors of the Chicago
Worlds Fair decided some time ago TO eur-
chase large quantity Of palms and terms
TO be used in decorating the Fair grounds,
and California plants in that line were 10
be given the preference. Shortly aiterward
an agent selected and bought five carloads
of yariegated Palms and ferns in Southern
California and dispatched them TO Chicago
rs an advance shipment. When the plants
arrived at their destination the Board OF
Directors were horrified to find that the
freight charges on the lot amounted TO S5VOO
more than the value of the goods.
Orders were Immediately given to stop
the purchase Of decorative plants Ia Call
fornia and In future supply the fair grounds
with ferns and palms from Florida instead,
which means that the excessive freight
rates Of the Southern Pacific Railroad de-
priye this State of being able TO exhibit one
of its most charming resources to the visitors
of the Columbian fair, and that the owners
of luxurious nurseries in Southern Callfor-
MIA will not be allowed to sell their plants
% the commission that originally desired
them.
In connection with this deplorabe fact
comes the announcement from Chicago that
the Transcontinental Traffic Association
has decided to bring exhibits TO tie World 5
Fair at half rates aud return them at the
same hEure
THE COMMISSIONERS REQUEST.
This action WAS taken at the urgent re-
quest Of tie California Commissioners, VINO
claimed that a reduction Such as proposed
formerly, that is To take exhibits to the falr
at full rates and return them free, would
not benefit this States exhibitors who send
peFishable goods such as fruits, produce
and flowers
The roads who have agreed to the above
new rates (One-half each way embrace all
the lines in California, Oregon, Washing
ton Idaho and Nevada. They are: Atch-
Ison, Topeka and SANTA Fe; Northern Pa
cific; &outhern Pacific; Union PacInc;
Great Northern; Missouri Pacific; Denver
and Rio Grande; Texas and Pactc; At
lantic and Pacific: Chicago, Rock Island
and Pacific: Colorado Midland: Galveston.
Harrisburg and San Antonio; Oregon Rail-
way and Navigation Company; Oregon
Short Line; Oregon and California; RIO
GTande and Western 81. Louis and San
Francisco; Southern California.
Agents of tile Southern Pacific Railroad
are canyasSing the city aud are trying to III
duce merchants who are members OF the
Traffic Association TO abandon that organl-
ZatiOn. Special Inducements IN the way OF
reduced rates are being held out 10 the
merchants if they consent TO withdraw
from the Traffic Association, whose puT-
poses are pictured as pernlclous by tile
Southern Pacific agents.
THE NEW STEAMER LINE.
The new steamer line between Van
cOuYeT, in British Columbia, and Hong
Kong, which will connect at the former
place with the Northern Pacific. has COM
menCed operations, the first steamer leav-
ing China on May y.
There are three steamers each flying the
English flag employed by the new company,
e. = ~ D..
al OF them formerly OF CunaTd and Gui0n
lines English capital control the enter
prise, and Sir w. q, Pearce OF London is
president of the company.
Tomorrow the sale OF special rate tickets
from California to Chicago for the Demo
cratic convention viii commence. The
tickets must be used for a continuous passage
on the trip East, and are good only on trains
arriving at Chicago on June - and 29, the
return trip is limited to 80 days.
The rates are by the Central, Southern or
AtChisOn $40, by the Northern Pacific $50.
Commencing yesterday, hereafter, until
the close Of the season, special fast freight
train for the transportation Of fruits, YeGe-
tables aud high class freight will leave
every night at L O'Clock from the S3cra-
mentO depat for Chicago.
The Tun from Sacramento to Ogden will
be made IN q hours, and to Chicago in I'D
hours. so that the fruits will arrive on the
morning Of the fifth day in Chicago in time
for the regular daily auction sales. The
train will make very few and brief stops at
places where fruit is ready 10 be shipped,
such as Colfax, PenTyn, Newcastle and
RocEin.
At B0ca the Mountain Ice Company will
ice the TefrigeratOr-cars.
The hour of departure from Sacramento
has been set for midnight, iD order to give
tie fTuit-gr0weTs a chance to get the crop
gathered during each day, and packed and
delivered at the depot in time for the fast
freight. The rates viii be the usual freight
Tate Of 81 25 per lC0 pounds 10 Chicago.