The morning call., 1894-10-24
Traffic Association Men
to Join Hands.
CAREFUL ABOUT CANDIDATES
Their Executive Committee Must
Be Good.
CANADIAN PACIFIC COMPLETES.
1t Will Take Canned Goods East
Lower Than the Southern Pa
CifiC Rate-No Passes.
CAREFUL ABOUT CANDIDATES
PACIFIC COMPLETES.

The annual meeting of the Traffic As
sociation will be held this afternoon in the
rooms of the San Fran cisco Board of
Trade. Isaac Upham, president of the
association, will occupy the chair, and
nearly every member of the executive COM
mittee will be present
All day yesterday considerable interest
was taken by members in the election
which takes place at this meeting, as
great deal depends on the men elected to
carry forward vigorously the work that is
being done by the association.
An executive committee will be elected.
and at subsequent meeting this commit
tee will select its officers for the year.
With the prospect of a competing railroad
in the San Joaquin Valley before the as
sociation, it is stated that only the most
enthusiastic and active men will be sue
cessful in the election. The canvassing
committee OF the proposed road has di-
verted its thoughts for day or two from
subscriptions 10 stock in the enterprise to
campaigning for officers who can be trusted
10 keep up the Traffic Associations fight.
The Canadian Pacific announced yester-
day that it will enter into competition on
November l for carrying canned goods to
Chicago and common points on the Mis-
souri, River from San Francisco. A rate
Of 20 cents has heen made against the
Southern Pacific 70 cents per 100 pounds
on carload lots of $4,000 pounds. This
means that the Canadian Pacific will carry
canned goods from San Francisco by the
fast steamers of the Pacific Coast Steam
ship Company TO Vancouver, B. c., and
thence across the Canadian Northwestern.
connecting with the 500" line and run
ming the freight on to ST. Paul, Minneapo-
l., Chicago and common points at Sl2
carload less than the Southern Pacific can
afford to carry the same goods over the
most direct line without second hauling
And yet it has been found necessary by
the Southern Pacific TO raise the rate on
California shippers from so cents to 70
cents PER 100 pounds.
On Novemb Der the Chicago and Alton,
in connection with the Iron Mountain,
Texas and Pacific and Southern Pacific,
will establish daily line of Pullman
drawing-room and sleeping cars between
Chicago and California, by way of ST.
Louis. Last year the Alton made its effort
TO populaTiZe ST. Louis as gateway for
travel between the East and California by
running through tourist cars, and the re-
suit was so satisfactory that the service
will be- extended this year.
According to statistics in the freight de-
partment of The Southern Pacific Company
shipments of green fruits to Eastern cities
by rail this year show an increase of fully
% per cent over those or last year, and
there is still an immense quantity of fruit
to be sent away.
Regarding the action of the executive
board of Western and Southwestern lines
at a meeting held in ST. Louis, No., Octo-
Der Is. on restriction of passes the Globe
Democrat says:
ITO this agreement the Southern Pacific
is likewise To be patty, and that COM
pany was represented by Vice-President
Stubbs. The agreement covers the terri
Tory within the wide jurisdiction of the
Western Freight Assoc alton and the
Western trunk lines committee and probs-
bly, before it becomes effective the Utah
lines and all the Southwestern lines will
cooperate, so that all lines west and south
west Of the Mississippi will be united in
strong effort to cut down the pass list for
1896"
1t is expected that when Vice-President
Stubbs returns from the East an active
policy against free passes will be lnsi-
tuted. This c0InbiE alton was hailed with
delight, and now what may appear to
many travellers as OverbeariDg economy
will ba met with every day. Either trav-
cling will be greatly limited or the Golfers
of The ticket-offices will De enriched to an
astonishing degree. Passes are not to be
used to Influence business in any way, and
the only grounds left on which to secure
free or reduced transportation are political
or personal. But the old-fashioned dicker-
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