The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-10-08
TRACK BLOCKADE.
Southern Pacific Freight
Train Wrecked.
The New California Rate on the Union
Pacific Passenger Business
Very Light.

The Southern Pacific had bad block
ade half a mile east of Tamarack, this
State, early yesterday morning. caused
by the fall Of an immense mass OF rock
from the overhanging cliffs which line the
track in that locality.
The accident occurred just west Of
the entrance to tunnel 5, and about fifty
feet of the snoWshed which covers the
track there was crushed into kidding
wood and the track covered by about 800
tons Of the rock and earth.
Train I, an eastbound freight, ran into
the mass and the engine and five cars were
badly used up in the accident. The engin-
eer and fireman escaped injury by jumping
from the cab.
AS consequence Of the blockade all
trains east and west bound were delayed a
number of hours, but the officials at Fourth
and Townsend streets thought yesterday
afternoon that the damage will be repaired
by night.
General Passenger Agent Goodman of
the Southern Pacific yesterday received
the following telegram from L. l.. Lomax
of the Union Pacific:
CHICAGO, Oct 7. 1898.
T. H. Goodman: Have given following not
ice: Taking effect Monday, October 16, we VIII
put in frst-class round trip rate of $50 90 Fl ON
Fort Worth, Kansas City aud other Missouri
River points 10 California points, return limit
TO be April so, 1894. Tickets 10 be good for
passage fftern Gays in each direction east of
California. Tickets 10 be confined 10 routes
now using $50 round trip rate. Circular 10 you
in few days. f. L. LOHAX.
The fifteen days limit east of the Cali
fornia State line simply requires that
tickets SHALL be used within that time by
the purchaser, and is to prevent specula-
ton. After the traveller reaches this State
the ticket will be coed returning until
april 80. 1894.
General Agent Hitchcock of the Union
Pacific will start for Chicago tomorrow or
Tuesday.
The eastbound traffic seems 20 have
fguratiyely left the country for the time
being, and as a consequence all the agents
along Montgomery and Market streets now
have plenty Of spare time. Indeed, sew
eral of them are already on their way
East for a vacation. and one or two more
will follow this week. All of the agents
here, however. are very sanguine that a
big business will be done this fall and
winter. The best informed among them
say that this would have been the case
even if the Midwinter Fair had not been
made an additional attraction for tourists.
Reports from the East all agree that Cali
fornia is much talked-o State at present,
and the railroads are already making prep
arations to handle the traffic which is
bound to come.
The ticket-broker is source of good
deal Of annoyance and mental worry TO the
legitimate agents nowadays. With the
cessation of travel in large degree comes
the time for looking over the field, and
representatives are endeavoripg to locate
some of the alleged violations of the
agreement by members of the Passenger
Association. Ii was thought by some when
the Union Pacific recently withdrew from
the main Western Association there would
certainly be bic, and that there will
not be yet is by no means certainty.
With the coming of the fair that road will
be in position TO handle rates as 1t pleases
without the Formally of consulting its
competitors, as il was compelled to do
while in the organization which it will
leave next Tuesday. There is bound to be
a large amount of travel from the territory
west OF the Missouri River to this State
during the fall and winter. and The various
roads traversing that section will jealousy
watch every move by ttor which
is calculated to moDopoliZe the business.