The morning call., 1893-08-06
THE STOCK IS UR
Davies New Ferry Line iii
Great Favor.
RAILROAD MEN ARE ANXIOUS
Employees of the Southern Pacific
Fear Further Changes -Passen-
ger Rates Are Quiet.

the force OF its employees and cutting down
expenses on all sides the Davie Trapsper
tation Company is moving along in a de-
gree OF prosperity that cannot but be
gratifying to its stockholders Fr fact ,he
stock in the enterprise is said % be taking
quite boom, as transfers OF it are relabiy
reported in which the price at which II
was disposed Of was far in advance Of the
par value.
At the rooms Of the company on Market
street evidences of the is.ases fs!t 81 iisg
public in the success of she undertaking
are plainly manifest. The object Of many
callers is to invest theic mon ~ ii the
company, and the purchasers Of stock are
not confined to any particular class. Men
evidently 10 affluent circumstances commin-
gle with those who apparently are In the
less prosperous walks of life, bat eli share
IN the desire TO be directly interested 10 an
enterprise so manfeStly beneficial alike 10
the public which it serves and The men
who have their money behind 1t.
At the Southern Pacific offices the gues-
ton was asked III several quarters what
steps the company would take. i any. IN
the matter Of reducing fares or the Terry
line. One official stated mat the matter
had not been given consideration, whtie
another in an equally explicit manner sald
that the subject had been under cons ider-
alton, but that no definite course or action
had been decided upon. From these re-
marks the natural CONCLUSION is deducted
that the railroad company feels the effect
of competition offered by the new ferry.
and is seeking some plan 10 either success
fully meet it or destroy 1t entirely.
In passenger rates no change Is noted
since the last cut by the Canadian Pacific.
The Northern Pacific officials said yester-
dav that their road would not meet the
rate. as the long voyage by steamer neces-
sary on the former route would more tnan
concordance the slight difference in
fare in the minds of prospective tourists.
The colOrs James Stan hars lhe ans
tralian oarSman, will wear IL MS riiasS.E.
with Jake Gaudaur. for which he is row
in training at Detroit, were Oh exhibition
for time at the Burlington office yestsT-
day. They consist of a cap, shirt and pair
OF trunks, made Of the finest silk, and were
sent in care of agent Mckay 70 be for
warded to their destination.
The employees in various PASSENGER and
freight Offices in this city viii meet in e
lively contest on the ball field this after
noon al Laundry Farm. All The boys are
taking much interest in the game. which
is the second of lis kind this season. and
many or their friends are making arrange-
ments TO see the sport
The Hamburg American Packet Com
pany has established il new rate Tor ply
sicans and dentists who wish &c attend
the worlds congress of those professions
to be held IN Rome, Italy. the middle OF
September. The reduction Is p per cent
of the regular rate, and gives the traveller
the privilege of going by way OF London,
Paris or Hamburg
John II. Martin. an old and well-knQTn
railroad man, formerly with the Big -FOUR
aud residing at Indianapols Ind, is the
present manager OF the h0 pert Manteii
company and is In the city.
Employees of The Southern cine are all
on the anxious seat as re possible
new drc riopmYnts relative % cGsets,,5sssss
In force pr time of labor.
General Superintendent Fillmore said
yesterday that the published changes in
the working forces and train service Of the
road had been going on for some SIX
months past, as has been noticed from
time to time. He stated that no further
changes were even contemplated at
present.
Nevertheless there is much apprehension
felt among conductors. brakemen. station
agents along the line, and other working
forces. One conductor, in speaking of
what he seemed to think was a possible
effort on the part of the company to re-
duce their wages, said:
The boys won't stand a cut-rhat is
certain. IL the company attempts any,
thing Of that kind there will be tls-up.
sure am running train on the coast
division, and l never, in an experience of
over six years on the road, knew it to be
doing the business that it has at present
All other branches Of the road seem to be
in the same prosperous state Judging
from the remarks OF men working on
them, and consequently there can be no
legitimate reason Tor a decrease in wages
The road has not even paid us for
work in June yet, aud when the middle of
August comes it will be two months and
of the condition of mind and purse the
men are IN from that fact. The cutting
down of working forces and train service
of course makes the work Of the men re-
naming Just that much harder, and all Of
us are constantly Oh the road. giving the
married men little time with their fam
lilies.
"When Stanford was alive the boys had
some sort of show. as he had been a work
ing man himself and was in sympathy
with that class of people, but now that he
is dead and Huntington is running the road
things are nightly changed.
Every Intelligent railroad man knows
that the enormous bonded Indebtedness OF
the road is what eats up its income. and
we also know that it is solely to keep dp
the payment Of dividends to its stOckhold-
ers that causes the present curtaiment in
expenses. No. the boys won't stand cut
you may rest assured of that. Many of
Us CUuiuI Uc LuuCu WUISc Ou IL we were
out Of work.
Ticket agents along the line are all paid
in commissions on their sales, and as their
allowance is small cut would be of great
import to them.
Talk about the road being hard up"
said another conductor, ''it seems that it
IS able now and then TO scoop in another
line, as, for instance, the electric road in
Oakland which it purchased short time
ago. Money can always be found for pur-
poses of this kind. The Southern Pacific
is bound to have trouble, sooner or later,
with its employees The same tactics are
at work now that were employed year or
so ago, when 1t mad trouble with the
operators and the company endeavored to
compel them 10 sign an Agreement not to
have anything to do with the Order Of
TeIegraphers. When y man is discharged
or laid off now you will find that he is
memb Der Of some labor organization, and 1t
is evidently the intention of the company
to gradually weed out all such obnoxious
persons"
The Duchess Of Buckingham has written
letter to Tom Mckay, the Burlington
representative here, thanking him and
other officials for courtesies extended her
during her recent trip through this coun-
try. She also mentions Julius Clerfayt,
her guide thr0upn Chinatown and GOV.