The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-03-04
WEARY OF A WAR.
Santa Fe Officials Seek
for Peace.
Want the Old Rates Restored Pend
ing Further OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Is Rapidly Increasing.

The Santa Fe Is evidently becoming
weary OF the rate war already. and the
wires between this city and the East have
been kept pretty busy for some hours past
with CORES pondence between President
Reinhart of the company mentioned and
Vtce-Presldent Croker of the Southern
Pacific.
Mr.. Reinhart opened the telegraphic
C. mmunication yesterday by message to
MIR. Croker, in which it was proposed
that the circulars boz cOtting the Santa F.
business, recently issued by the Southern
Pacific, be called off and rates restored to
their former status pending visit which
Mr.. Reinhart will make 10 this coast next
month, and when, he said. he bad no doubt
a satisfactory settlement of present diff
cul;ies could be arranged.
The reply of Vice-President Croker
was not Of nature that is likely to prove
agreeable to the Santa Fe officials. He
stated that as a prrlmi airy move to fur
Their negotiations the Santa Fe should ac-
knowledge the S uthern Pacific's right to
the side ride. about which the trouble
originated. and that upon that basis The
troubles might be settled.
The possible weakening If the Santa Fe
road will prove a surprise 10 those who
have all along boosted about the ability Of
a road in the hands of a receiver To sus-
tain a fight. But there is another reason
ba of all this 10 which the sudden
change of front, upon the part of the
Santa Fe, from aggressive warfare to that
Of a petitioner for peace. may be attributed.
Ii Is an open secret that the aim of MIR.
Reinhart and his associates is Ia get the
Santa Fe out Of the hands of a receiver as
sOGn as il is possible. To do this will re-
quiTe the expenditure of q large sum of
money. which the rnad must necessarily
earn, and wi a fight OH its hands IN
which there is possibility, al least, that
rates will 20 away below the actual cost
of transportation, the outlook for making
any money is indeed slim.
OF course the Santa Fe IS in a position
where ii has only its operating expenses
to meet in case OF an emergency, but the
| continuation of a war means the postpone
meDt of relief from Teceivership. The
/ Southern Pacific ufficias know this, anu
TO that fact may possibly be attributed
the apparent c0mplacency with which they
| view the Conflict.
There is another factor in the matter
which has a strong bearing. and that is the
| local fares which the Southern Pacific will
secure from newcomers from the East
! These will amount TO no uncomfortable
sum in the aggregate, and will go far
! toward remuneratIng the Southern Pacific
! for the reduction made in It's through
rates. But with the Santa Fe ii Is differ
ent. The receipts from local fares would
amount TO but little, ana thus If the
| through rates should go below the actual
cost Of transportation il would have no
| source of revenue such as the Southern
| Pacific will possess.
Still another feature of the situation is
| not figured upon by the casual observer.
| The Santa Fe Onlv has access TO the south.
| ern portion OF the State, and as il is abso-
! lutely necessary that il should make Its
low rate applicable to San FRANCISCO as
| we'll as Los Angeles il must paw the
Southern Pacific the local rate from con-
Meeting points 10 this city. All California
except San Diego. and IL is not included
among tie places to which the Southern
Pacific rates apply.
The ticket brokers still continue to sla IN
the rates, and yesterday were quoting
Kansas City ana Omaha Ope-way tickets
al SIS 40. and rate of S13 to Denver. If
| the through rates should take another
slump tue regular agents say that tn. re
wouldn't be anything left of the brokers'
offices but The furniture.
| ScipiO Craig of the Redlands Citrograph.
| who is 10 the city, says that Southern Cali
iornia is full OF Eastern people. The no.
tells are all full. The Eastern people are
now beginning to go home by way of San
Francisco.
The sale at the Southern Pacific ticket
offices yesterday must have been at least
300. AT Oakland UPWARD of 100 had been
sold by nom.
The new rates must remain in force for
at least ten days. as the interstate CON-
merce act requires that notce of ten days
shall be given before rates can be raised.
A notice Of three days is required before
| they can be cut.
To-day the cut-rate tickets over the
Santa Fe system will be on sale at the
company's local office. The rates over the
| two rival lines are the same to all points
In the East. The Southern Pacific does
not sell through tickets To San Diego. as
the Santa Fe has the only road to that
point, and the existing contract between
the Southern Pacific and the Atlantic and
Pacific does not apply to San Diego busi-
ness.
The unused tracks" of the Market
Street Railway have at least served one
good purpose, in that they have prevented
a serious interference with travel on the
Geary-street line ocrasioned by the block
| ade of that street at the scene of the late
nre: The street railway company has
track on Grant avenue upon which
all cars are now run and turned around
1or the return TRIP.
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