The morning call., 1894-10-31
BROUGHT TO TIME.
To the Cliff House for Five
Cents.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC GIVES IN.
The Market-Street Lines to Make
the Reduction.
ONE FARE FROM THE FERRIES.
Result of Active Work on the
SutrO Road-An Injunc.
ton.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC GIVES IN.
ONE FARE FROM THE FERRIES.

The Market-street Railway Company
has announced a move which is calculated
to have some effect upon the construction
of competing or independent line to the
Cliff House. 1t is the introduction of that
boon for which the travelling public mas
long sought in vain-a five-cent rate from
the ferries to the Cliff House.
This move has for long time been under
consideration by the officials of the line.
but did not seem to meet with their APP
probation. Mr.. Huntington and Mr..
Crocker both asserted that at the reduced
rate it would be impossible to make the
traffic a paving one. because the travel, or
the bulk of it, was mainly on one day.
Sunday, and throughout the rest of the
week the extension from the park would
be operated only at a loss.
Mr.. Sutro's manifest determination to
build a competing line had the effect Of
calling the attention of the Market-street
lines officials to the fact that they were
threatened with a formidable antagonist.
If the proposed new line was put through
it would not only carry all she Cliff House
travel, provided. of course, that the dis
tinction in rates was continued, but what
was really of more importance. it would
catch large portion of the travel through
a territory over which the Market-street
lines now have practical monopoly.
Another reason which the authorities
of the latter company advanced for max
ing no change in rates at present was that
they were awaiting developments in the
way of electrical power which 1t was pro-
posed at some time TO utilize on this route.
1t being conceded that this method was
far cheaper than that of steam. and they
being strong believers in the ultimate sue
cess of the storage-battery system, they
simply proposed to let matters remain as
they are at present until the new motive
power had arrived at a practicable stage
of development.
Present conditions, however, caused a
change to be made in their pans, and the
introduction of the one fare of cents will
be made in all PROBABILITY on next Tues
day. There have been some difficulties
encountered in perfectiDg the details for
the change, and it may delay the matter
for day or two. but the new order of
things will go into effect one day next
week sure"
The change will embrace all the lines iu
the Market-street system and also the
Sntter and California street lines The
gentleman who gave out the information
yesterday stated that the new fare was to
have been put into effect tomorrow, but
that certain difficulties were encountered
which prevented that date being adopted
The difficulty referred TO is said to have
been disagreement between the lines
interested as to the manner in which the
earnings should be prorated.
With the introduction of the new rate
will come other changes. For the present,
at least, the steam cars now in use will be
utilized. but it will not be many months
before the electric cars will supersede the
present ones Furthermore, it is probable
that the system will include two lines to
the Cliff-one following the Park and
Ocean line and the other running out past
the park Oh the new grade now being
made.
In addition to all this there will be, neces.
sarily, good deal of new equipment re-
quired. When the old steam cars are dis
carded their places will be supplied by
electric cars of the same pattern as those
recently introduced on the Third and
Mission street lines. This refers, how
ever, to the motor cars alone, as it is said
the ''trailers" will be built with seats run
ming the entire width of the cars.