The morning call., 1893-09-15
BREAKERS AHEAD.
The Southern Pacific Now
in the Fight.
REDUCTION VIA Ell PASO.
The Santa Fe Withdraws From the
Local Passenger Association-The
Big Street-Railway Combine.

The Southern Pacific Company has de-
termined to meet the 81 reduction made by
the Atlantic and Pacific road. and will
put the new rate into effect next Monday.
But the coming rate will have no present
effect upon this territory, as IL will only
apply to travel by way of El Paso, Tex.
However, it directly opens up the way
for future developments of interest to this
section. The object of the Southern
Pacific is undoubtedly to postpone as long
as possible any further reductions In the
rate from here than were included Ia the
$50 round trip arrangement.
Said prominent local railroad man last
night: "The Southern Pacific is now TAX
ing out of this city every night from SIX to
eight coaches loaded with flrst-class pas
sengers. This means, with the travel on
their day trains, very pretty passenger
business. The managers of the road are
out for the dollars, and don't propose TO
make any reduction until 1t becomes abso-
lutely necessary as means OF retaining
their business.
"The cut this road proposes TO make by
the l.! PaS0 route will not figure TO any
marked degree in the light that has just
been lnaugurated. Not ones passenger in
hundred wants TO 60 East by that route.
The officials of the road appreciate this
fact and are now negotiating with the Rio
Grande folks to make a similar rate by the
Ogden route. When this is done look out
for another move ON the part OF the Allan
tic and Pacific people,"
The managers of the aforementioned
road made another move yesterday after
noon which means much more than ap-
pears on its face. w. A. Bissell. the gen.
eral manager, issued instructions to the
g 3 tIo 0fDr
Midland to withdraw from the local pas
senger association. This is simply an in
dication that these roads 10 not propose in
the impending warfare to be hampered by
obnoxious agreements or restrictive rules.
Ii further means, as was predicted III The
CALL some weeks ago, that the days OF
the local passenger association are num-
bered
A gentleman well acquainted with af-
fairs about the Atlantic and Pacific offices
said last evening that that road could cer-
talnly have no use for an Organization Of
the kind mentioned when the Southern
Pacific was doing Cnderhand work without
meeting with protest.
70 the uDinitiated all this trouble and
talk about the passenger association and
the part it plays in the present contest
may appear euigmatical, and for their in
formation 1t is necessary to state that if
the local passenger association goes to
piCCGS, DIS IL uOW StSlUS very likely 10 90.
there Will be no agreement binding upon
the representatives OF the various roads TO
sustain rates. and there Will in all prOba-
bllity be inaugurRted fight fOr the traffic
hereaboutS in which the travelling public
will not be the sufferers.
On the street yesterday there was a
noticeable feeling of uncertainty and
doubt in the manner of foreign road rep
reseptatIves. Rumors were current that
rate-cuttng had already commenced in
various quarters, and it was intma ted that
the scalpers were being eovertly used as
go-between by agents who did not wish to
openly effect the sale of tickets below the
agreed schedule of rates.
Be that as it may, it is nevertheless a
fact that the scaipers' offices along Market
street yesterday had assumed an air of un-
wonted vigOr. Sales were apparently
being made in plenty. and suspicious
agents of the regular lines were on the
qui vive to ascertain If any of their breth-
rem were responsible for this unlooked- for
activity.
One thing is evident. from all apparent
facts, and that is that persons coniemplat-
ing going East can afford to wait a few
days. The prospects for lower rates are
not at all bad.
Il. ID. Mckay, Pacific Coast passenger
agent of the Burlington, returned from
the East yesterday, having accom- panied
the Chinese Minister'S party through to
Washington.
Chief Arthur of the railroad engineers
has decided that the Union Pacific was
justified in dischargiDg engineers who had
been drinking. This decision will avert
the proposed strike.
John Swope Of Pennsylvania, one of the
stockholders of the Northern Pacific Rail-
road Company, on behalf of himself and
other stockholders has begun en- action in
the Supreme Court at New York against
Henry Willard and the roads receivers for
the restoration OF money which it is
claimed the road has been deprived of by
frauds.
The rumored consolidation of the cable
street railways controlled by the Southern
Pacific Company and those of the Omnibus
line has, it is said. finally been completed.
The new system will embrace the Valen-
cia, Castro, Haight, Hayes. McAlliSter and
Fifth street lines, operated now as the
Market-street cable railway system; Park
and Ocean steam railway; Turk-street
line and Sixth street Central railway;
Mission street line (City railway; Howard
street, Third and Montgomery street lines,
and Post, Ellis and Grove, etc, cable lines
of the Omnibus system; Folsom, Fourth
and Kearny street, and Market-street
hOrsecars of the North Beach and Mission
the capital stock of the company will be
S16,000,000. divided into 160.00 shares and
the new bonds to be issued Will be secured
by blanket mortgage to cover the whole
property involved.
The Geary-street line, it is said, will not
come into the com bine wing TO the fact
that some of the heaviest stockholders
thought that the inducements offered them
were not as liberal as they deserved.
BY the terms of the agreement upon
which the consolidation is to be effected
the Market-street system will secure eight
out of every ten shares in the new COM
pany, thus controlling its operation effect
ualiy.
The number of cars run on the different
lines will be reduced under the new ar
rangement. and the time cards of parallel
roads will be so arranged that cars on the
different lines will not pass a given street
at the same moment.