The herald., 1893-09-14
IT LOOKS VERY LIKE A WAR,
The Santa Fe Makes a Four.
Dollar Cut,
Which the Southern Pacific Says 1t
will Meet.
General Passenger Agents Or Both
Lines State Their PoiHts of
View - Notes aud
Personals.

There seems to be every indication OF
a lively rate war between the Santa Fe
and Southern Pacific companies, as in
dicated by a dispatch from Chicago
published in yesterdays HERALD.
While officials of neither road will
talk very much for publication, their
views as privately expressed are very
decided as to the merits OF their case.
Mr.. ]. NJ. Crawley, the assistant gem
eral freight and passenger agent of the
Southern Pacific company, spoke as fol-
lows about the case yesterday:
"There ia no rate war, and certainly
the times are not propitious for one.
The Southern California railway has
made cut of 81 on all their first class
tickets to eastern points. That cut, If
1t may be so called, takes effect today.
We will no doubt meet it. The reason
assigned for this reduction op the part
OF the Southern California railway is
that the Southern Pacific company
claims the privilege, and exercises it, of
sending passengers who leave Los Ange-
les for the east by the way of San Fran
cisco or Port Costa, if we 30 desire and
the passenger has no objection. Here
tofore we made q email charge for the
additional service from Lathrop to Port
Costa or San Francisco and back to Sac
ramento.
This side trip increases the distance,
but it is often ssked for by passengers /;
and, as we have to compete with the
/ Canadian Pacific, which road secures
passengers from this territory, and
many of these passengers 90 by the Ca
madam Pacific because it gives them an
opportunity to stop at San Francisco, we
grant it.
The Southern California railway
claims that we should not exercise this
privilege. though they exercise the
same privilege on round trip tickets,
giving free rides to Las Vegas or Santa
Fe Springs. and even to Denver. They
have reduced their first class rates s4."
General Passenger Agent Thompson
of the Southern California railway said {:
1.-THE trouble lies just here. Hereto
fore the Southern Pacific company has
charged passengers for the east who de-
sired to 90 to San Francisco s4more than
if they went by way of Lathrop and Sac,
ramento. At the time OF the chamber
OF commerce excursion they offered to
take the party east via San francisco
for the regular rate or less the custom
ary 81 charge.
1--WE protested against this, and they
replied that they would only use it in
particular cases, but that meant prac-
tically that it was abrogated when it
could be used as an inducement to pas
eengers.
"We asked them to suspend the cut
until we could get together and see If
the matter could not be arranged, but
they declined, and We decided to meet
the cut, and accordingly filed our notiti-
cation with the United States commits
sionere, and it went into effect today"
"Whst will do if they make anottes
cut? Well, never cross bridgeountil
l come to it. When they make another
reduction will tell you whasaIs@iil
de-" 81 9nfbl
NOTES. 4su4 .GIs9
General Manager X. Fl. Wade, OF the
Southern California railway, retirped
yesterday from a business trip to Chi
cago. 4t g.
Assistant General Passenger Agent II.