The morning call., 1893-10-31
WILL PUSH WORK.
Two Thousand More Men
). to Be Employed.
ANEW LINE TO OPEN MAY /.
The Southern Pacific Will Not Grant
:, the Petition of the Unemployed
i; for Free Transportation.

+ Times will be lively from now on until
>fhe 1st of May down about San Luis
ObTspo, where the Southern Pacific Com
:pany is extending its road from Santa Mar
garits. Il. T. Huntington said yesterday
Iii at the company will prosecute the COM
Pletlon of the work with vigor. it being
expected that 1000 men would be given
employment In order to finish the work by
the time mentioned.
J.. There are only sixteen miles of unfn-
=: shed road between Santa Margarita and
San Luis Obispo, but the road to be conf
:; pleted is difficult piece Of work. There
are seven tunn els within the distance
named, and the grading alone of the line
will cost about 81 100000. Some weeks
ago large decrease was made in the
force of men employed. the cause being a
scarcity of money; but now it appears that
: difficulty has been surmouDted, and many
:of the now large army Of unemployed
about the city may be able to secure en-
:ployment
Every effort will be made to have the
work done by May l, and in the event of
success celebration is to be held IN San
= Luis Obispo in honor of the achievement
=: From Elwood, the present terminus Of
the Southern Pacific, northern division, 10
San Luis Obispo work will probably be
commenced just as soon as that now in
h and is completed. This latter route. when
finished Will form one OF tue most delight
full routes on the coast. 1t will follow The
ocean line for almost the entire distance
between the points named, aud will prob-
a by become the most popular route TO
Los Angeles and the south from this city.
::''Fhe body of 100 or more Of the unem-
ployed who, through the Salvation Army,
chi frs fot in
TO New Orleans or other southern points,
will not succeed in their effort. Vice-Presi-
dent Crocker said to CALL reporter yes
teriiay that the granting OF such request
was simply an impossibility, and that such
a course would be 10 establish dangerous
precedent.
Only individuals, and isolated cases at
that" said Mr.. Crocker, will be granted
such privilege, and IN those instances we
must necessarily be assured that the appl-
cant is sure of employment at the place
which he desires TO reach. just think OF
the position our road would be placed In II
IT. BECAME generally nolsed about that we
were caIryin men who were out OF work
for nothlng. The situation would simply
be appalling"
another official said that he attributed
much of the large influx Of impecunlous
travellers at present TO the publication OF
san francisco paper that these men could
ride free.
"0ur policy in this respect has not
changed IN the least" said this gentleman,
and We propose 10 do just as we always
have done and as every other road in the
country is doing-that is to charge and
collect fare from all passengers. That is
what We are doing business for. The fact
that we have allowed several large gangs
of men TO ride over our road does not
necessarily cause it to follow that
we shall allow every man who comes
along and says he is out of money
and employment to enjoy the same
privilege. In the few instances where we
have admitted of this class of travel it was