The morning call., 1893-05-25
ANOTHER TRICK
On the Part of the Great
Monopoly.
DELAYING OREGON BUSINESS.
Oregon Pacific Shipments Transferred
to the Southern Pacific Side
tracked for Days.

The Southern Pacific Railroad has found
new way to kill competition.
For some weeks past merchants of Sar
francisco who have shipped over the
lines of the Oregon Pacific to Southern
Orrgnn have suffered great inconvenience
by delay to such IF their freight as Is
routed via the Oregon Pacific aud South
ern Pasific
1t appears that the monopoly has been
ttempting 10 harass San Francisco mer
chants into avoiding the Oregon Pacific
by delaying shipments delivered to 1t by
the latter line at Albany and Harrisburg
for Southern Oregon.
The monopoly would like to get out Of
receiving the Oregon Paclic's freight alto
gether. but the interstate commerce law
compels It to handle shipments from con-
nectng iues.
For the past three weeks complaints
have been pouring in that carloads OF
goods transferred to the Oregon and Cali
fornia line by the Oregon Pacific have
been sidetracked for several days at @
Time; that cOnSigneeS will be forced to &c
To the opposition company and say: 1--WE
cannot ship by your line any more. We
believe in competition, but our goods
must 90 through on time. Hereafter we
VIII be obliged 10 ship via the Southern
Pacific"
San Francisco merchants who have suf-
Tered from delay through these practices
OF the Sonihern Pacific should bear in
inind that complaints should be made not
at the Oregon Pacitic's office. but at Fourth
and Townsend streets.
Don't forget it. merchants OF San Fran
cisco! The Southern Pacific is resorting
to petty trick to keep you out of legitl-
mate field for labor. If you ship by the
Oregon Pacific and your goods are delayed,
go right to MIR. Smurr with your COM
plaint
big grocery firm shipped some goods
from this city TO Ashland via the compet-
Ing route some weeks ago. The goods
TOOK ten days to travel over 140 miles of
the Southern Paclfic's lines in Oregon.
Southern Pacific officials were so sur
prised at the setback Huntington's little
scheme to unload Pacific Mail stock re-
celved Yesterday al the hands OF the Pan
ana Railroad that they had not sufficiently
recovered their compOsure by o'clock last
evening TO lmpart even one disturbed
thought to members OF the press
II there Is anything in the world, other
than an opposition steamship line. South
ern Paclhc Official hates II is reporter on
an anti-monOpoly paper. They know that
the truth Is going 10 be told whenever one
OF this fraternity is seeking information.
Mr.. Huntington and the press agents
were not heard from yesterday, and it Is
rnmored that Fourth and Townsend has
given up all hope of dlsposing of its steam
shin bonds.
Notwithstanding that the monopoly 5
generals Will not speak on the subject of
the cut rates which it proposed to give
Portland TO the detrlment of San Fran
cisco, the work of compiling such sched-
u'e and consulting with tho general super
intendent OF the company's system in the
north regarding the demand for new
tariff there goes cheerfully on.
At the Pacific Mail steamship dock it is
rumored that still another steamer will be
taken off the Panama run, but the report
could not be verified.
There is not enough Central American
freight in sight f"r the company's Panama
steamers TO fill tugboat. On the other
hand, Central American shipments by the
steamers of the North American Naviga-
CATION Company. which are due here in tire
early part of June and July, will more
than load both vessels If they decide to
stop at way ports on their DOWN trip.
Traffic Manager Leeds stated Yesterday
that he did not believe that Huntington
could buv controlling interest in the
Panama Railroad.
The new tariff OF the Pacific Coas,
Steamship Company will be out by June |.