The morning call., 1893-08-05
CUT IN EXPENSES.
Railway Clerical Forces
Get Less Pay.
WOES OF AN EX-SPOTTER.
Reduced Rates for Shipments OF
Raisins and Dried Fruits-Heavy
Traffic in Fruit.

The retrenchment In expenses. so notice.
able in the Eastern railroads nowadays,
has apparently struck the local ofhces III
this CITY with full force. at least that was
the purport of q statement made to a CALL
man last evening.
Twas to the effect that the Rio Grande
ana Western, Union Pacific. Chicago, NIL
waukee and ST. Paul and Burlington offices
here have already received notices OF re-
duction in pay of the clerical forces. and
the other roads will in all probability fol-
low this example.
1t is not known as yet whether the move
will embrace a reduction in the working
forces also.
Another feature included In the changed
state of affairs will be the discontinuance
OF the railroad Offices at Melbourne. sgd
ney and Adelaide, Australia, and at China
and Japan points, which have heretofore
been under the control of the Pacific Coast
agency Of the Burlington.
This last step was rendered necessary by
the decreased business done at those
points. Steamship lines that have been
tablshed from Tacoma and Vancouver
TO those places have very materially re-
duced the travel that formerly came by
way Of this city. and the consequent cur
with the loss Of traffic.
just how far this inauguration OF
economical measures will extend it is i'm
possible to state. Railroad representatives
here, however. will not be surprised in the
move as the complaints of dull times and
poor business come from all the lines.
The roads will be compelled to take some
action looking toward a reduction in ex-
penses. and a lowering Of wages and
decrease Of rolling stock In service are
naturally the first steps in tnat direction.
The freight officials at the Southern
Pacific Offices are III dilemma. A car
losd of freight was recsived here from
party in New Y rk consigned to an Oak
land firm. Just before the arrival of the
freight the 0 ,kiand firm failed in business,
and the railroad officials telegraphed this
fact to the consignor only to receive In
return that bis business was in liquidation.
The railroad company. meanw lille, has
the goods on It's hands and what DISPOSE
ton TO make Of them is a puzzle.
Southern Pacific freight officials say no
reduction has been made in the local force
of that department in eleven years and
ihat none is contemplated at present
Several days ago mention was made in
The CALL OF move on the part OF the
ralsin-growers of the State TO obtain re-
duced rate TO Eastern points in order that
they miaht proftaby SHIP their crops.
The Southern Pacific Company has finally
granted this request and established a rate
of 81 per hundred to New York for raisins
and dried fruits packed in boxes and
shipped from San Francisco. The former
rate was ST 40. which is still retained for
raisins and dried fruits packed in sacks.
This move was made in order to meet the
competition by the water routes.
Jay Adams, travelling passenger agent Of
the Chicago and Alton, located at Los
Angeles, was in the city yesterday en- route
10 Portland.
Tom Mckay yesterday negotiated pas
sage for Messrs. Coates and Harris, two
wealthy capitalists and bankers from Aus
tralia, and several gentlemea accompanying
them. over the Burlington route. The gen.
temen go to Niagara Falls, but will stop
at number of intermediate points of in
tsFest.
The Phillips excursion to Chicago to-
day has booked sixty passengers from this
city.
Sharp, the 'spotter," who was for so
long 4 time nuisance about the Rosalie's
dock and who was punished by an irate
passenger for his impudence. has caused
the arrest Of Captain Davie and Robert
Craig, this man who whipped him, on a
charge OF assault and battery. Craig is
night Waterman for the Whitney Express
Company in Oakland and is not, as has
been reported, in any way connected with
the DAVE Transportation Company. As
for Sharp himself, the fellows conduct
was the cause ef common remark and COM
plant abou, the dock among passengers.
The officials OF the ferry line made no OBJ
lection to his learning his bread and but
ter" Ton which ground Sharp excused his
actions when he had the difficulty by
counting the patrons Oh the line. In fact
they say there is another man on watch
now who fuifills that duty unmolested.
But Sharp's plan was to ntmidate
workmsn, it is claimed, by insinuations of
| possible loss Unemployment If they patron
| Zed the line; to impertinsntly ask the
names and addresses of passengers. jotting
them down. ostentatiously. In a book
when he secured them He defiantly
| boosted to Captain Bassett one day that IL
| the 'Davis crowd had any goo0 men they
could trot them OUT or words to that
effect.
He was particularly insulting not only
| to all the officials of the line, but to many
of the passengers. calling the latter five
cent beggars," etc. 1t was this remark
that aroused the ire OF Craig.
/ As for Captain Davies part in the ARRAY,
| if it had not been for him Sharp would
! have been much more severely punished
than he was. as Dsvie pulled Craig away
! from Sharp, and compelled him to cease
| furnishing the fellow.
| Patrick Skeedy of Oregon has assumed
the duties of both Henry McKerrow.
master mechanic, and f. n. Bellisle. mas
| ter car-repairer. recently on the coast
division of the Southern Pacific.
Shipments of fruit East are reported as
very heavy at present, 1850 cars having
already been sent out from Sacramento
this year, an increase over the same period
last year of 450 cars. Failure to sell to the
Gamers this year compels growers TO dis
pose Of their crops in this manner.