The herald., 1894-03-02

California, but everyone seems TO nave
lost sight OF the fact that California is
indebted to the Santa Fe for the oppor-
tunity afforded homeseekers, excursion
lists and others from the east to make a
visit and see our great country. But the
people of California will, no doubt, in
the future, as in the past, show their
appreciation Of all the Santa Fe has
done Tor them.
'The Santa Fe, not having line OF
its own into Northern California, was
unable at first to give that territory as
good facilities in securing immigration
as 1t was to Southern California, it hav-
ing its own line to the latter territory,
but their good feeling for Northern Cali
fornia, az we'll as Southern California, is
shown by the fact that they applied their
reduced rates to the most extreme
points ON their line reaching to Northern
California, but not quite so low as to
Southern California; but later the re-
duced rates have been extended by the
Santa Fe to Northern California points.
ut 10 claimed by the Southern Pacific
company that the Santa Fe has taken
arbitrary action in the matter of re-
ducing rates, while the true situation is
simply that the arbitrary demands made
by the Southern Pacific company forced
the Santa Fe to take action to protect
its territory in California.
For some time pact there has been
an agreement between the Santa Fe and
Southern Pacific companies, permitting
tickets being sold from the east to North
ern California via Los Angeles and vice
versa, and for which the Santa Fe paid
the Southern Pacific company certain
agreed amounts from time to time.
Finally the Southern Pacific company
demanded full local rates between Los
Angeles and destination for all business
delivered to them. This the Santa Fe
has paid in order to give passengers des-
tined to Northern California the privj-
lege OF visiting Los Angeles and the
southern portion of the state en- route.
"a short while since the Southern
Pacific company served notice on the
Santa Fe, canceling these arrangements
for through rates and divisions via Los
Angeles and Barstow, to and from North
ern California points, without any par.
ticular reaEons being assigned therefor.
When the matter OF keeping open the
Los Angeles Barstow route to and from
Northern California was brought up,
there were such conditions coupled with
it by the Southern Pacific company that
for good reasons could not be granted.
1.-THE Santa Fe said to the Southern
Pacific that it would only ask that the
same basis of divisions should apply via
the Los Angeles route to and from
Northern California, as was accorded to
the lines through Portland to California.
II the lines through Portland paid local
rates to the Southern Pacific company
for San Francisco and other California
business, the Santa Fe would pay the
same from Los Angeles. II the lines via
Portland paid less, the Santa Fe was to
pay proportionately less from Los Ange.
les. And 1t was further offered by the
Santa Fe that it would accept the same
percentage off of local rates, Los Angeles
to San Diego and return, for business
delivered it at Los Angeles by the South
ern Pacific 90 was allowed from Los An
gelea north by the Southern Pacific
company.
SIT was further stated by the Santa Fe
that, 80 far as round trip tickets to Cali
iornia were concerned, they would con-
sent to such tickets reading in either
direction via Ogden and destined to Los
Angeles, San Diego or other Southern
California points being honore6 through
San Francisco, on condition that tickets
coming west via the Santa Fe and deg
tined to San Diego. returning via Og-
den, should be honored via San Fran
cisco. But the Southern Pacific COM
pany refused to arrange on this basis,
the object being to have the tickets to
California and return read to San Fran
cisco instead of to Los Angeles, San
Diego or some other Southern California
point.
"The so-called side ride from Barstow
to Los Angeles, thence to Mojave, Of
which mention has been made in various
newspapers regarding this trouble be-
tween the Santa Fe and Southern
Pacific is altogether myth. This is no
side ride, never has been and never can
be termed such.
There are many methods OF ticketing
business throughout the country at
large, whereby the business diverges
from one junction point and takes vari-
ous lines to some other junction point,
whore it is all concentrated and goes
east from there. This ia no side ride,
but simply a different route between the
two junction points. The side ride Of
which the Southern Pacific company
has said 60 much refers to an old matter
Of passengers holding tickets to San
Francisco via Mojave having been fur
nished with tickets from Barstow to
Los Angeles and return to BarHtow, and