The morning call., 1893-11-07
CAUSED THEWRECK SUNDAY.
He Gave. What Is Known as a
slap" Order.
ABOUT. ThE PASSENGER WAR
No Developments Yesterday, but
Some Action by the Union Pa
cific is Looked For Soon.

The accident on the Central Pacific near
Saliva a station eighteen miles east of
.Beno.. Sunday morning, in which two
:frai7bs trains colljded in cut and six men
7,,,or.. lItle0. was due il now appears to
tho criminal carelessness of an employe Of
.t6e company.
The train-dtspatcher at WadswOrth had
.efy,n the two trains, Nos. and TO- going
in opposite directions, orders to pass Sal
via. OF what is technically termed LAP"
order. The man claims it was due to an
oversight on his part.
Wrecking crews worked all of Sunday
night 10 clearing away the debris from the
track, and yesterday noon the trains were
running as usual The negligent dis
patcher was summarily disch arged by the
company. and it is now probable that he
may be held responsible by the jury inves-
tigaung the case.
George Holterhoff, assistant to the treas
urer of the Southern California Railway,
is III the city and staying al the Palace.
Some Of the streetcar employees are wor-
ried good deal by a rumor in circulation
that the new company will adopt a differ
ent uniform from that now worn by the
men. In interviews with several of them
yesterday the men said that the adoption
of a new uniform was not objected TO SO
much as the fear that many of them would
becompelleG TO purchase new suits, while
they still! had in their possession blue un-
iforms bought al a cOmpaI atiVely recent
date and still in a good state of preseTva-
ton. The additional and unnecessary ex-
penSe was what they objected to-
When Secretary Willcutt was asked for
ihformation regarding the matter he said
that the su beet was new one to him. If
there had been any talk Of the adoption of
q new uniform be certainly had not heard
of Il. although he admitted that such a
thing might happen. However, he said
the men need have no apprehension that
the company would adopt rule which
would prove burdensome to them in this
respect. If such move should be deemed
expedient notice of such contemplated
action would be given for r sufficient
length of time prior to Its adoption 10 a. How
she men to prepare for it.
II. ;. Thompson. general passenger
agent of the Southern California Railway,
Isl the city.
The announced reduction in rates by the
Canadian Pacific has caused az action as
Yet upon the part of the other roads in
teTested i'm the fight. Mr.. LomaX of the
. Z ni0n.. Pacific has been keeping the
wires pretty hot between this city and
Omaha relative to the matter, and it is
very probable that his road will take de-
clslve action by Thursday, when its men,
bership in the Western Passenger Asse-
CITATION expires.
The Santa Fe officials are also preparing
a. surprise for their competitors, great
naany people think. This road> certainly
se6nJs to be in by far the best position 10
go into a fight for the Eastern traffic. 1t
has its own line from Chicago clear
Through TO Majave. and by an agreement
with the Southern Pacific is granted a rate
from that place to this city Of about So.
;'EhiB would be the entire outlay it would
be Compelled to make in the event of It's
entering the field, move which Ii Is hard
: to- see now how 1t can be avoided.
: En- fact, the outlook is prOpitiOus for a
very pretty war before the matter is
finished up, and however much the South
ern:P acifc may desire TO keep out of the
Inua1dle il is more than likely that it Will
be found an active participant in the con-
,.fffct before the fight is much older.
1.-The subcommittee of the executive CON-
:Liitte6 of the TTaffic Association, which
wal appointed to devise means to increase
the capital stock of the North American
:. Navigation Company met with Traffic
Manager Leeds yesterday morning. Some
; assGTa Rces have already been received by
:. tfl g. subcommittee. The most important
work the Traffic Association has on hand
ia The continuance of the North American
Navigation Company's line. When the
money necessary 10 assure such a con-
tinUance has been raised the next step will
be 10 work for the construction of the San
Francisco Stockton and San Joaquin Rail-
q. road.
=. A rate Of 60 cents per 100 pounds on
canned goods has been made by the Cana
dian Pacific between San eFrancisco, st.
Paul. Minneapolis, Saltwater. Mimi. ana
,E0mmOD points.
=: w. 5. Parker, the Mexican Central agent.
who hass been engaged in the work of
nteTesting the merchants of this city in
tine Mexican trade. left for the City of
Mexico last night. lie is hopeful of organ
Sling an excursion of California merchants
to. tfat section of country.
=: Work ON the Broadway electric line.
from Montgomery avenue ont, was actively
Commenced Yesterday, ground being broken
and-a large force of men being engaged In
the work Superintendent Lynch says
it will be pushed to an early pletion.