The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-02
WOULDN'T BUY 1T.
Southern Pacific Does Not
Want the Oregon.
Time.Card Changes - The Canadian
Pacific Trouble - North American
Navigation Company's Affairs.

The Southern Pacific is not casting
covetous eyes upon the property of the
Oregon Pacific Company as has been
rumored lately. In fact Vice-President
Croker says bis company does not want
the road at any price.
1--WE would not take il as gift" said
he, "if it carried with it the responsibility
of running the road and paying its ex-
penses. The fact is that the road as it
exists at present will not pay under any
management. We have been approached
by gentlemen interested in the road who
have endeavored to convince US that the
acquisition OF the property would be bene-
fetal to our company, but we fail to see it
in that light. You may say that the
Oregon Pacific will not become a part of
the Southern Pacific system"
The winter time card which went into
effect on the narrow-gauge road yesterday
Will cause the withdrawal of the Sunday
train to Santa Cruz for the season. The
hunters train will commence running to-
night, leaving at IL AS. and going as far as
Los Gatos.
Second Vice-President Stubs of the
Southern Pacific disputes the accuracy of
the statement that the Canadian Pacific
has been doing the bulk of the eastbound
week before last the Can adian line car
ried thirty-nine through passengers W lille
the Southern Pacific handled 135, and last
week the former had twentv-four while the
latter ticketed through 161. Mr.. Stubs
adds that while no agreement has yet been
made with the Canadian road the outlook
seems favorable for a satisfactory concln-
sion of the troubles.
General Superin tendent Fillmore re-
ceived telegram yesterday from the
division superin tie ndent at Bakersfield stat
ing that 200 tramps were In that city who
were bound south and asking for instruc-
tlOns. This is one feature of the trans
pnrtation problem which Mr.. Fillmore
doubtless would like the division superin-
tendents to solve themselves.
Traffic Manager Leeds says that the
entire efforts of the association are new
directed 10 the work of raising the $780,
600 which has been decided necessary to
further push the interests of the North
American Navigation Company. He says
that so far 1t has met with very good sue
cess. No effort has yet been made to Sc
cure subscriptions outside of this city.
Mr.. Leeds So d that the proposition for the
people of the State to raise $1,000, 600 and
go into the steamship business had often
been discussed. and that he hoped some
day to see the plan put into effect.
h. ii. Hinton, who represents the Panama
Railroad TN this coast, in an interview yes
terday had this to say concerning the re-
newal of arrangements Of the Panama
Railroad Company and the North American
Navigation Company upon the expiration
in May next of the existing contract be-
tween them:
ut would not be business-like for us to
talk at this time about renewing the con-
tract, which does not expire for some
months. l can say, however. that the
same cordial feeling for the North Amer
lean Navigation Company which the Pan
ANA Railroad Company has had from the
first still exists. So far as l know there is
nothing to prevent the renewal Of relations
between the two corporations. 1t is, OF
course. possible that there may arise some
necessity for notifications in the terms of
agreement, for both parties may find some
thing to suggest"
.How about negotiations with the Pa
cifc Mall?" was asked
Mr.. Hinton did not believe that the atti-
tude of the Panama Railway Company
toward the Pacific Mail has been altered.
Nothing that he has heard leads him to think
that the Pacific Mail will have any effect
upon the relations between the Panama
Railway Company and the North Ameri-
Can Navigation Company.