The record-union., 1893-07-22
speclal to the REcoRp-UNIoN.


SAN FRANcIsCo, July 21.-M. H. De
Young. President of the California Mid
winter International Exposition, re-
ceived letter to-day from Richard Gray.
General Traffic Manager OF the Southern
Pacific Company, making the following
propositions in regard to freight and pas
senger rates:
The Southern Pacific Company will
transport from all points on its Pacific
system articles for exhibition at the Cali
fornia Midwinter International EXPOSE
ton, this arrangement to apply only to
articles for exhibit, and not for sale or
use. Shipments for the exhibition will
be waybilled to San Francisco at regular
rates, consigned to the exhibitor, and the
charges collected on delivery. When re-
turning the consignees or exhibitors
must surrender to this company's agent
the expense bill showing the charges to
San Francisco, accompanied by certiti-
cate of the Secretary or other designated
officer of the exposition, setting forth
that the property has been on exhibition,
and has not changed hands, when the
consignment will be forwarded to its
original shipping point free of charge
At the same time all charges for trans
pOrtation to the exposition will be re-
funded.
"Consignees or exhibitors who have
paid freight charges on articles that at its
close are found to be worthless by reason
OF their perishable nature, on surrender
OF the expense bill, accompanied by
certificate of the Secretary of the EXPOSE
ton setting forth that the property has
been on exhibition, and not changed
hands, and is unfit for return transporta-
ton, will receive from this company's
agent the amount paid for transportation
OF property to San Francisco.
ION freight originating at Chicago
and other Eastern cities we will join our
connections in making as favorable rates
for your exposition as were made for the
Worlds Columbian Exposition at
Chicago. We have taken this subject up
with our connections and hope to be able
to give you a definite and favorable
response at an early date.
Fox overland passengers to San Fran
cisco and return we will recommend to
our Eastern connections, and will ioin in
making one tirst-class fare for the round
trip. Your committee understands that
Jhis company cannot make overland rates
without the concurrence of Eastern lines:
between San Francisco and all points on
the Pacific system of the Southern Pacific
Company, west of Ogden and FL Paso
and south OF Portland, inclusive, for
distance exceeding 800 miles from San
Francisco, one-half first-class fare. that
is, one way rate for the round trip; for
distance of $50 to 300 miles from
San Francisco one and one-fifth fare
for the round trip; for the territory
inside of radius of $50 miles from
san Francisco, one and one-thlrd fare for
the round trip, the minimum charge of
81 tickets at the above rates to be for con-
tinuous trip; no stop-over to be allowed
either way, such tickets to be nom
transferable; signature, form. etc. to be
oountersigned for return trip by repre-
sentatives of the Southern Pacific Com
pany located on the fair grounds for this
purpose; return-trip tickets to be limited
for stay in San Francisco of ten, seven
and five days, respectively, according to
the above distances, and five, four and
three entrance coupons 10 be attached
thereto and sold with the railroad ticket
in accordance with the above, such en-
trance coupons, when presented to the
management of tho fair, to be redeemed
by the Southern Pacific Company.
1--WE will also charter special cars car
rying sixty passengers or tickets as a
maximum per car at the following rates:
Between San Francisco and points 200 or
more miles distant, seventy-five cents
per car per mile each way; for points ly-
ing between 200 and 100 miles from San
Francisco, eighty-seven and one-half
cents per car per mile each way; for dis
tances inside of 100 miles, 81 per car per
mile each way. Ifrun on regular trains
there will be no charge for engine serv-
ice. If run as specials there will be no
charge for engine service if there are five
chartered cars or more in one train"