The herald., 1893-09-17
THE SANTA FE MEETS THE CUT.
The Present Status Of the Rail
way War.
Southern Pacific Officials Give Their
Point of View.
General Passenger Agent Thompson OF
the Southern California Announces
the New Rate on His Lines
for Next Tuesday.

the railroad war eeemD to have par
TALLY subsided. The Santa Fe on Tues
day will meet the Southern Pacifc's $15
cut, but viii not go under it, so states
General Passenger Agent Thompson of
the Southern California railway.
Mr.. Crawley OF the Southern Pacific
said there were no developments. He
had heard that the Santa Fe would
meet their rate on Tuesday, but did not
know what course would then be pur-
sued.
The following from the San Francisco
Examiner gives the Southern Pacific
point of view:
There can no longer be any doubt that
cut rate war between the Southern
Pacific and the Santa Fe route has been
inaugurated. Confirmation of this was
announced yesterday when the Santa
Fe people gave notice of their wish to
withdraw from the Passenger Aseocia-
tion of San Francisco and Oakland.
"We did not take this step to demor-
alize rates." said Chester H. Spurs, as
sistant general passenger agent of the
Atlantic and Pacific railroad, "but SIM
ply as a measure OF self-protection. We
don't want o fight and have never
wanted fight, but we want to be in a
position to meet any cut that the oppo-
siticn may make. If it were possible
to keep the contest confined to the
southern country it might not be neces-
sary for us to take our present action,
but it is idle to talk about such a thing.
''In order to restrict the cut to the
southern country it would be necessary
for the Southern Pacific people to send
all their passengers over the southern
road, and it is not likely that their
Omaha connections will submit to any
thing like that. Besides, they can't
help giving the same rate out of Sacra-
mento that they do out OF Los Angeles,
and that will be sure to make cut oi
at least $3.50 out of this city.
IF they think they can come into oui
strong territory and do as they please.
they are mistaken. l understand they
will make cut of $4 in few days. Il
they do, our people will do the same
and will follow them right down to the
FlaHt notch"
MR.. GOODMAN is GRIM.
T. H. Goodman, general passenger
agent of the Southern Pacific, smiled
grimly as he said: II don't think that
company ia exactly in the position to
make fight. Our only cut will apply
to the southern country. Tney an
nounced their reduction of S4 yesterday
and on Monday we will meet it,"
The trouble was caused by the South.
ern Pacific carrying passengers to Chi.
cago and giving them privilege to visit
San Francisco, which the Santa Fe
folks declare was equivalent to conces.
sion of "a, and announced their determ-
ination to meet it, and to keep on meet
ing any further reductions attempted by
the Southern Pacific in their direction.
1--WE will give them all they want oi
that" said Mr.. Goodman, when that
phase of the subject was suggested.
''We'll not only meet their cut but wei
60 under Them"
NEW LINES PROVIDED FOR.
The drawing up Of the new mortgage
to cover all the lines of the Southern
Pacific Railroad company south of this
point was completed yesterday. From
it is obtained specifications OF the new
| lines contemplated and in course of CON
struction. They are as given below:
Beginning at Kings City, in Monterey
county, and running generally easterly
to Lewis creek, Monterey county, the
estimated length of which is Is miles.
From Paso Robles, San Luis Obispo
county, southeasterlv to Carriso plains
56 miles.
From San Luis Obispo, southeasterly
to point on the Santa Ynez river at
Santa Ynez Mission, Santa Barbara
county. so miles.
From a point at or near the mouth of
Lompoc to Santa Ynez Mission, 81
miles.
From San Buenaventura, Ventura
county, easterly TO Hueneme plains anu
| San Fernando to Los Angeles. 20 miles.
From Ontario, in San Bernardino
county, southeasterlv via Chino and
South Riverside to Elainore, Riverside
county, Al miles.
From San Bernardino southerlv via
Cotton and Riverside to South River
side, miles.
From Declez in San Bernardino coun
t7 southerly to Declezville, miles.
From Redlands junction easterly via
Redlands and Grafton to Yucaipa valley
San Bernardino county,s15 miles.
Motor junction, 8 miles.
From Coils, Fresno county, easterl,
to Fresno, Is miles.
From Mendoza, Fresno county, south
eas .erly through Fresno, Kings and Kerr
counties to Lokern, Kern county, III
miles.
From Lokern, easterly to Rio Bravo
Is miles.
From Stevens, Kern county, eaeterly
to Bakerfield. 10 miles.
From Lokern, southeasterly to As
phalto, 10 miles.
From Stevens, southerly via Sunse
asphaltum beds and thence in genera
easterly and northerly direction to Pam
pa, 56 miles.
From Fresno, hortheasterly via Pol
lasky, on the. San Joaquin river, to c
point near the head of the San Joaquin
river in MADEIRA county, rs miles.
From Montpelier, Stanislaus county
easterly and northerly to the Yosemite
valley, Mariposa county, 02 miles,
Work on the line to make the con.
nection below Santa Margarits is still
going on.
Willie McCarty, small boy, was
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