The morning call., 1893-07-06
THE BATTLE WON.
Davies Ferry an Assured
Success.
QUICK TIME TO OAKLAND.
The Rosalie Beats the Southern Pa
cific and Is Sure of Getting
Nearly All the Passengers.

Competition and monopoly have fought
decisive battle, and President Hunting
ton has met his Waterloo.
Early in the fight it looked as though the
opposition forces would be ontnumbered
and outgeneraled. but the fate of Napoleon
awaited the Southern Pacific. for though
it has conquered nearly the whole of the
western world. the unbroken ranks of
Oakland have downed its boldest efforts,
turned the tide of battle by a wave on the
water front of that city, and left the enemy
shattered and demoralized after a few
days fight
The monopoly laughed in its sleeve at
the early efforts of its opponents to estab-
lish lines of competing ferries between
this city aud Oakland, and prophesied that
the Davie Transportation Company
would not get passengers enough to travel
the creek route to pay expenses.
Twenty-eight hundred passengers is the
result of the steamer Rosaie's first day on
the Oakland run.
Franklin-street wharf, on the other
side, was filed to overflo wing with an en-
thusiastic thering as every boat steamed
away for San Francisco. In the busy hun
dreds that offered their nickels for fare.
the crowd saw that success marked the
efforts of the new line. 1t required very
little announcement to draw forth cheers
from the assembly, and everybody ap-
peared pleased. Merchants were pleased;
worklngmen stopped work to have look
at the Rosalie, and were glad to see it
crowded with human beings. Women
walked blocks to take trip to the
city for cents. and pretty girls
thought it a great lark to be among
the first to subscribe their mite toward
crushing the corporation that so long has
oppressed Oak land and helping to build
up a permanent steamboat service I'm ham
pered by obligations to pay its stockhold-
ers from - to Is per cent per year on the
investment.
Even the seaguls seemed attracted by
the pretty Rosalie and circled around her
in unusual numbers, IOrSaking the wake
of the railroads ferries. wherein floats of
late very little that is cast away from the
monOpOly's 40-cents-for-two-eggs restau-
rants on board steamers, as ferry travel
has fallen IF considerably. and people
now eat their meals at home, because the
Rosalie beats the Southern Pacific from II
TO Is minutes in the run from this city TO
the foot Of Broadway on every trip.
A CALL representative made the trip to
Oakland on the o'clock trip.
About 800 people took passage and the
them all on board. Nearly so per cent of
the travellers were ladies, who had been
shopping in San Francisco and were re-
turning via the opposition line, because 1T
was cleaner, cheaper and swifter than the
old boats of the Southern Pacific. Every
thing was comtor able on the R0Sal e, her
luxurious cushioned seats and well-ligbted
cabins affording pleasure to those who
patronized her, and making them feel that
it was an enjoyment to take trip across
the bay without having 10 stop To change
cars and having to breathe the vile air of
coaches that are never ventilated. because
a naughty corporation has ruled that all
windows shall be closed and tightly nailed
down.
1t is no fault Of the Davie COMPANY, but
there is one detriment which, however,
can be effsctualy remedied in time. Its
are not trained as yet to act in
as cautious a manner as the public has a
right to expect from them. 1t must be re-
membered that to the public alone is due
the su cess OF the new line, and TO the
press especially, which has devoted its
columns in an endeavor to foster an in
dustry which is an undoubted benefit to
the community, is due the news at least
To Messrs. Davie, Pomerov and Morgan
of the new company. HE CALL is in
debted for much valuable Information.
These gentlemen say that they will secure
HuOlHci Diat an oOOh 90 pOSciOiO W bCiP
the Rosale.
The Rosale averaged about nine knots
on the 3 o'clock trip and completed her
run to the foot of Franklin street in "a
minutes. About minutes were consumed
in making p landing owing to the narrow
ness of the creek at this point, which,
however, will be dredged to a suitable
depth in time.
When the steamer locked there were at
least 800 people on the wharf. about $50 of
whom returned on the steamer on her
o'clock trip to this city.
The effect Of the Davie COmpany's SER
vice has not been apparent OF tie Frank
Silva's passenger list. The Whitney Com
pany carried fully 600 ieople during the
day.
One of this corporations officers said
that he was surprised to see how we'll pat
ron zed the Silva had been.
81 have not noticed any decrease in our
passenger traffic." said he, "although ex-
pee ed that there would be somewhat of
falling off"
At present seven trips are made from
Oakland and seven from this city. Trips
will be made more frequently in the near
future.
Long live the Davie Transportation
is the motto adopted by the
Oak landers.