The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-15
TRACK AND TRAIN.
Another Through SleepIng-Car Route
Between San Francisco and Chicago.

Another Through SleepIng-Car Route
Between San Francisco and Chicago.
Clinton Jones. Pacific Coast General
Agent of the Rock Island, yesterday re-
ceived telegram from General Passenger
Agent Sebastian at Chicago. stating that
arrangements have been completed for
through sleeping-car services from San
francisco to Chicago via the Southern Pa
cihc, Denver and Rio Grande, Rio Grande
Western and Rock Island.
The change will 60 into effect on Sunday
next and the service will be daily. From
Denver to Chicago the through sleeper will
be run on the Rock Island 'hyer," shorten
ing the time between San Francisco and
Chicago by about 10 hours. This move was
made by the Rock Island people to meet
the Union fc-Cbicago and Northwest
ern combination which has had through
sleeper on between San Francisco and Chi
cago for some months past, though on much
slower time than that now proposed by the
Rock Island schedule The other roads will
now be forced to meet the change In the
matter OF time or lose travel to petitors.
The Central Pacific Railroad elected Off
GERS yesterday as follows: Leland STAN
ford, president; c. p. Huntington, vice
president; c. T. Croker, second vice.
president; A. n. Towne. third 'vice-presi-
dent; w. Y. Huntington, treasurer; Fred
Davis of New York, assistant treasurer;
Il. ID. Miller Jr., secretary aud controller;
William II. Mahl, assistant secretary. The
only changes are in the treasurership and
the appointment of an assistant secretary
IN the person of William Mail, MIR. Hunt
ngton's railway expert.
w. '. Huntington succeeds Timothy
Hopkins as treasurer, and under the new
administration an assistant, Frederick
Davis, Will be located in New York. The
assistants in both departments mentioned
a NJ ba honn e
convenience, most of the company's busi-
ness being transacted in New York. When
the election of the California Pacific road
takes place Thomas Hubbard of New York
will be elected to the presidency made
vacant by the death of Major Richard =.
hammond.
No other important changes are antici-
pated in the elections of the several COM
panies yet to take place.
Since the new time-card went into effect
on the Western Division OF the Southern
Paclhe allowing only two trains a day to
stop at San Pablo the people of this little
burg have been seriously Inconvenience.
Formerly they had four trains day, and
consequently did not relish the recent
change, which made San Pablo stopping
place Tor the morning and evening Slcra-
mento local trains alone. Their objection to
what was considered inefficient train service
recently took the form of violent protest,
and. as result, the company has decided TO
make San Pablo stopping point for the
morning overland.
John Bubb filed a complaint with the
Railway Commissioners yesterday alleging
discrimination in rates on the part of the
Southern Pacific Company between points
IN Santa Clara County and San Francisco.
Mr.. Bubb says that the company charges
81 10 per ton on wine in carload lots from
Santa Clara 10 San Francisco and 81 90 per
ton from Mountain View TO San Francisco
a difference in distance of 10 miles. The
petitioner prays for a uniform rate.
II is stated on good authority that Turton
II Knox OF Sacramento will be awarded the
contract for the Elwood- Santa Margarita
work.