The morning call., 1893-03-02
VERY MUCH ALIVE.
False Stories About the
Salt Lake Road.
1T WILL SURELY BE BUILT.
How Clique Tried to Use the Traffic
Association as a Pillow to
Fall Down On.

Sensational rumors to the effect that the
project Of building the San Francisco and
Great Salt Lake Railroad has been aban-
doned were circulated yesterday. but upon
investigation were found TO have but little
basis.
The story as given out was that the Traf-
tc Associations refusal TO indOrse the
consolidation act before the Legislature
was deathblow to the Salt Lake road and
that therefore the latter will never be built.
III the Salt Lake road is dead ii is about
the llyellest corpse you have ever heard
Of" said Barry Baldwin. the president of
the Traffic Association, yesterday TO a CALL
reporter. and then he tersely declared the
whole story a fabrication of one man vino
is trying to pose as public benefactor,
whose benevolent plans were foiled by the
wicked -maBipulatlons of the Traffic Asso-
clatlOn.
'The fact of the matter is," Mr.. Baldwin
put Ii. that the Salt Lake road was always
strongly supported by our organization and
we VIII continue to support it until the road
IS built and beyond the need of assistance,
but Mr Steele, who considered himself the
Whole board OF directors, wanted us TO In
dorse bill before the Legislature whose
provisions were so utterly against our prin-
clples that we had TO refuse his request.
Now he says we have killed his road"
Other members of the Traffic Association
talked in similar manner and many stated
that the apparent i'll success of the Salt
Lake road was due to bad management.
They talked and talked ana did nothing
In the way OF raising money!" said one
man, "and when they found that Mr.
Steele could not succeed in interesting capi-
tallsts, because his way OF trying TO do il
did not strike q responsive chord among
the men OF money, they began TO look
around for some easy and plausible excuse
TO get ous OF the scheme.
when the Traffic Association refused to
l9dorse bill which, II passed, would give
the Southern Pacific Company even a
greater monopoly on California trade than
they now have, Messrs. Steele and CON-
pany saw their long g-sought-fOr opportunity,
and they now use the Traffic Association
SIMPLY as pillow to tall down on, so as to
soften before the public the effect their
hasc0 doubtless has.
but tile Salt Lake road is all right. It
will be built without the assistance Of those
who have clearly shown their inability TO
accomplish anything in that direction"
a number of similar expressions were
heard, and The CALL man was satisfied
that the great piece Of news Of the downfall
Of the Great Salt Lake road was untrue and
circulated in the Interest OF one man and
his clique only.
The Traffic Associations executive COM
mIttee's monthly meeting which was TO be
held yesterday, was postponed until Mon
day, p. NJ, In order that Traffic Manager
Leeds, whose arrival from New York is
expected on Saturday. may be present.
The passenger agents of the Western lines
Will have general conference in this city
tomorrow, The principal object OF which
will be to consider Worlds Fair matters and
the details OF travel connected with the
great Chicago exhibition.
Major j. b. Lauck, the new traffic agent
M ba AaTfF Eaf !Fn, ,fsaf
has com menced to ship exhibits to Chicago,
the first carload, containing the choice wood
collection recently exhibited in the Pavilion,
leaving here on Tuesday.
1t will, according TO Major Lauck's es:i-
mate, take about 145 freightcars Of ten tons
each to ship all the exhibits in care of the
State Commission to the Worlds Fair.
Exhibitors prefer TO have their goods sent
by the commission, because in that way
they escape the payment OF freight charges.
The commission will favor no particular
route In making Its shipments, the best and
quickest service being the only con-
sideration.
All except the most perishable goods will
be Transported during this month, and it is
calculated that ten days will be the average
time fer ordinary freight to reach Chicago
Special rates on some particularly bulky
freight Will lessen the expense consider
ably, especially freight on tree5, of which
there VIII be about ntty carloads.
Some Of the Southern California orange
trees are fifteen feet high, with spread of
eight or nine feet, weighing about 1900
pounds, and. the ordinary tree rate being
S340 car, their TRANSFORMATION will cost lots
of money unless rate concessions are made.
The Southern Pacific Company has lately
put the steamer Herald on passenger aud
freight service between this point and
Vallejo in opposition to the steamer Suuol,
which is run by Piper, Alden & Co. This
firm has for long time carried on a vig0r-
| Gus competition with Mr.. Huntiugton's rail-
road TO Vallejo.
Il is evidently the intention of the South
ern Pacific Company to drive the SunOl out
of business, and to that end the Herald
charges only twenty-five cents fare, but the
service provided by the opposition is so far
superior, and the motives Of the Fourth and
Townsend people are so transpare that
the public persistently refuses to patronize
the slow and unsafe Herald.