The herald., 1894-02-27
And the Knife to the Hit
Before 1t Is Over.
Passenger Rates Slashed With
a Vengeance.
The Atchison Cut Promptly Net by
the Southern Pacific.
From the Missouri River to CaIifornts
Terminals for S20-Round Trip,
S35 5O-Further Reductions
Looked For.


By the Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 26.-It Is likely
that through overland rates will be very
much demorslizsd by the action of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe COM
psny, which has, by a circular, an
nounced a cut in passenger rates be-
tween Missouri river points and Califor-
mia, because the Southern Pacific, as is
claimed by the officials OF that company,
would not agree to boycott San Fran
cisco.
The Atchison company refused to al
low the Southern Pacific to ticket pas
sengers between Los Angeles and east
ern points by way Of San Francisco, not
withstanding the fact that tie Atchison
company claimed the privilege of ticket
ing passengers between San Francisco
and eastern points by way of Los Auge-
les, and has been allowed to do so. The
immediate cause of the irritation relstes
to the failure to adjust a small matter,
but as each party to the controversy
deems itself in the right, it has intsnsi-
fed other disagreements until the
btonOA Ahb Cuntiuuniiy Wluou0Qs
THE ATCHIsoN's CUT.
The Atchison system has given notice
throughout the east, and the notice is
official, that on March lat, first-class
passenger rates from the Missouri river
to Mojave, Los Angeles and San Diego
will be 500 for single trip, or $35 30 for
a roundtrip first-class unlimited ticket.
The rate at present is $50 for single-trip,
and s65.50 for round-trip connecting the
same points.
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC MEETS 1T.
The Southern Pacific today, through
Vice-President Stubbs, gave notice to all
eastern connecting lines. including Iowa
lines, Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific
ana Rio Grande, to take passengers
after the first of March from the Mis-
souri, river to Sacramento, Marysville,
Stockton, San Jose and San Francisco at
$40 for single trip frst-clses unlimited
ticket, or $3.50 for round trip ticket.
BEGINNING OF THE TROUBLE.
The beginning Of the disagreement re-
lated to theprivilege OF ticketing passen-
gers from eastern through points to
San Francisco by the way of Los An
geles, over the routes of the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe, and ticketing
passengers from the same eastern
through points to Los Angeles by way
of San Francisco. The Atchison carried
their through passengers to San Fran
cisco by the way of Barstow and Los
Angeles. instead of by the most direct
route by way of Mojsve. A passenger
purchasing ticket in Chicago for q
single fare could 60 from Chicago by the
Santa Fe to Los Angeles, and thence to
San Francisco; thus both Los Angeles
and San Francisco could be visited on a
single round trip ticket by the Atchison
system. The Southern Pacific company
sold tickets to Los Angeles through San
Franciaco, or by the way OF that city, or
back by way OF San Francisco. The
Atchison demanded that the Southern
Pacific company discontinue this prac.
tice and send all passengers for Los An
geles by way Of Sacramento, Stockton
and Lathrop and the San Joaquin val
ley, claiming that a ticket to Los An
geles by way OF San Francisco required
detour of route, inconsistent with the
theory OF through line.
TIE SOUTHERN PAcIFIc's REPLY.
The Southern Poetic replied that the
Atchison system, by the same principle,
would be obliged to carry its passengers
directly from Chicago to Mojave and
thence TO San Francisco. and the pTivi-
leqe granted of allowing q ticket to be
sold to Los Angeles was detour OF
equal magnitude to that claimed to be
exercised In the way OF selling tickets to
Los Angeles via San F.ancisco. The
Atchisop then demanded that the
Southern Pacific charge 81 extra for the
privilege of carrying passengers to Los
Angeles through San Francisco. Thu
the Southern Pacific refused to do, as 1t
would give the Atchison "a lee way in
competition, an amount sufficient to
divert travel.
THE ArcBIsoE's sTUBBoRNNEss.
G. z. Huntington. president of the
Southern Pacific company. was seen to-
day by an Associated PTess represe ta-
tive, and in stating this ss the initial
ground of the disagreement, said that
the two propositions were SO completely
analogous as 10 be beyond dispute,
equally equitable to both companies,
and that the demand of the Atchieon
system upon the Southern Pacific to
boycott San Francisco WAS too Obviously
unjust TO be entertained; that when the
proposition WAS presented to him he re-
fnsed to even negotiate on the subject.
He continued: about most things
there are some reasonable grounds tor
differences OF opinion. but concerning
this meter there is not shadow of
ressonableness in the demand of the
Atchison system"
HUNTlNGToN's PROPOSITION.
He further stated that he had assured
the managers OF the Atchison system
that if they could convince him that
they believed the proposition to be fair;
that If they entertained the opinion in
their own minds that 1t was fair, he
would make concession. They de-
clined the challenge. The Atchison eye.
tenn threatened rate war unless pas
eengers we're carried to Los Angeles by
wsy OF Stockton and Latbrop, instead
OF by way of San Francisco, or unless
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