The morning call., 1893-03-30
FOOLISH RUMORS.
To Injure the Navigation
Company.
HUNTINGTON's ITALIAN HAND
His Attempt to Make Capital of the
Fact That the Contract Has
Not Been Signed.

Dispatches from New York, evidently
dictated by Mr.. Huntington or his allies.
announce that the contract of the North
American Company with the Panama Rail
road Company still lacks confirmation.
These Geographic reports are being
spread broadcast so as to make it appear as
if the Pacific Mail Company had still
chance to renew its former agreements with
the isthmus railroad.
There is also another underlying motive,
and that is to affect the San Francisco capt.
talists so that they may refuse to take any
shares Of the new transportation line.
AS matter of fact there is only one
thing true about these reports. and that is
that the contract has as yet not been
signed.
This is. however, due to entirely different
causes than those alleged by Mr. Hunting
toms men.
Some trifiing disparity in the wording of
the contract, with the opinion of some of
the members of the Traffic Association, who
considered that the phraseology should be
different, Is the only cause OF delay.
There is no trouble about the subscrp-
tiOns for the new line. Money is coming in
rapidly, and patronage is extended far
beyond all expectation.
The new company has already three ships
atioat. and the signing of the contract is
only Formally which Will sooner or later
be complied with.
Il is true, however, that some Of the lead
ing merchants have as yet not signed any
subscription to the Navigation Cnmpany's
funds, but their hesitancY is based only on
the influence the Southern Pacific Company
always throws around enterprises antae-
onstic to its own interests.
The Iratflc Association has Just issued
new pamphlet containing its declaration of
principles, bylaws and constitution.
The following are mentioned as being the
present members of the executive commit
tee: john +. Merrill. John L. Doyle, +. w.
Van Sicklen OF Dodge, Sweeney g. Co.
Robert Watt of Langley Michaels Com
pany, b. f. Durham of Durham, Carrigan
d Hayden Company, Isaac Upham of
Payoi, Upham 81 Co.. Ansley G. Davis of
Davis Brothers, Frank Dalton OF Dalton
Brothers, Eugene B. Beck of W. f, Beck &
Co., A. W. Porter Of Porter Brothers W.
Is. Wellman OF Welman, Peck & Co., Her
mann Bendel of Tillmann & Bendel, A. j.
Marcus of 5. II. Frank 81 Co., Alvinzl Hay
ward. Barry Baldwin of GiTvin, Baldwin &
Eyre, Charles NJ. Yates of Yates & Co., 5.
n. Griffin OF Fresno, c. Il. Settle (uresident
Of the Farmers Union, San Josp). w. Il.
WOOD of w. II. Wood Il Co. of Sacramento.
In response to the many malicious state
ments made by interested parties to the
effect that the Traffic Association is organ
lZed only Tor san Francisco interests and
that II is antagUnistic to the people OF the
interior, article III Of the constitution, as
printed in this pamphlet says:
The objects Of the association shall be for the
purpose Of regulating traffic; that The interests
and resources Of our State may be developed by
overcoming, through united effort, discrimina-
ton, Ire gUlarlty and excessive carriage charges;
10 foster our commercial interests and Industries
by developing new territory for our trade and
opening new fields for our merchants aud pro-
ducers TO distribute their goods, products ana
manufactures also TO enhance tile commercial
prosperity of tie State OF California by encour-
aging the building OF canals, Improvement OF
warehouses; aud rivers. competitive systems of
railroads, steamship lines and for such further
purposes may tend 10 develop the Interests of
our STATE.
Down at Fourth and Townsend streets it
was yesterday given out that Richard Gray,
the traffic manager, left for Chicago on
Tuesday to attend the meeting OF railroad
men to be held there next week, at which
the Worlds Fair rates will be established.
MI Gray, it is said. viii be the Sourbern
Pacific COmpRny's man at that convention.
but why a traffic man has been selected to
attend to purely passenger business nobody
seems to know Or care to talk about.