The record-union., 1894-02-27

| that the through overland rates will be
very much demoralized by the action of
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Com
pany which has. by circular, announced
a cut in the passenger rates between
Missouri River points and California,
because the Southern Pacific, as is claimed
by the officials of that company, would
not agree to boycott San Francisco.
The Atchison Company refused to al
low the Southern Pacific to ticket passen
gers between Los Angeles and Eastern
points by way of San Francisco, not
withstanding the fact that the Atchison
Company claimed the privilege of ticket
ing passengers between San Francisco
and Eastern points by way of Los An
geles, and has been allowed to do so.
The immediate cause of irritation re-
lates to the failure to adjust this small
matter, but as each party to the contro-
versy deems itself in the right, it has in
tensified other disagreements until the
breach has continually widened. The
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe system
has given notice throughout all the East,
and the notice is official, that on March
| lSt irSt-clasS passenger rates from the
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and San Diego will be so for single trip,
or S35 80 for the round-trip, frst-class,
unlimited ticket. The rate at present is
! $50 for the single trip and $50 90 for the
round trip, connecting at the same points.
The Southern Pacific to-day, through
| Vice-President Stubbs, gave notice to all
| Eastern connecting lines, including Iowa
lines. Union Pacific, Missouri Pacific and
Rio Grande, to take passengers after the
| 1st of March from the Missouri River to
Sacramento, Marysville, Stockton, San
Jose and San Francisco at $40 for single
i trip, frst-class unlimited ticket or $50 90
for roundtrip ticket.
The beginning of the disagreement re-
| lated to privileges OF ticketlng passengers
from Eastern through points to San Fran
cisco by way Of Los Angeles over the
routes of the AtchisOn, Topeka and Santa
Fe and ticketing passengers from the
! same Eastern through points to Los An
geles by way of San Francisco. The
Atchison carried their through passen-
gers to San Francisco by way of BarstOw
and Los Ang3les instead of by the most
direct route by way of Moiave. a passen-
ger purchasing ticket in Chicago for
| single fare could go 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
single round-trip ticket by the Atchison
sold tickets to Los Angeles through San
| Francisco, or by way Of that city, or back
| by way of San Francisco.
The Atchison demanded that the
Southern Pacific Company discontinue
this practice, and send all passengers for
Los Angeles by way of Sacramento.
| Stockton and LathrOp and the San oa-
quin Valley, claiming that tickets sold to
Los Angeles by way of San Francisco
required detour Of route inconsistent
with the theory of through line.
The Southern Pacifiec 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 that the
privilege granted Of allowing tickets 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 Francisco.
The Atchson then demgnded that the
Southern Pacific charge ST extra for the
privilege of carrying passengers to Los
Angeles through San Francisco. This
the Southern Pacific refused to do as it
would give the Atchison 81 leeway in
competition an amount sufficient to di-
vert travel.
| c.. p. Huntington. President of the
Southern Pacific Company, was seen to-
| day by an Associated Press representa-
|
ground of disagreement, said that the
| two propositions were so completely
analogous as to be beyond dispute,
equally equitable to both companies, and
the demand of the Atchison 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 refused to even
negotiate on the subject.
| He continued: About most things
| there are some reasonable grounds for
differences of opinion, but concerning
! this matter there is not q shadow of rea-
sonableness in the demand of the Atchison
| system" 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 minds that it was fair, he would
make the concession. They declined the
challenge.
The Atchison system threatened rate
war unless passengers were carried to Los
Angeles by way of Stockton and Lathrop,
| instead of by way of San Francisco, or
! unless the additional rate already mem
| toned was charged. The Southern Pa
cific retaliated by Withdrawing from the
| compact whereby the Atchison was en-
| titled to send passengers to San Francisco
by way of Los Angeles. The Atchison
| rate of $40 for single frst-class ticket
from the Missouri River to Los Angeles,
Alojave or San Diego, and the Southern
| Pacific has met this cut and established
an equally low rate.
The matter excited general interest and
comment in this city to-day, and the be-
! lief is entertained that full fiood-tide of
immigration will ensue. Speculation is
| rife as to whether a further cut of rates
will be made by the Atchison system.
| Huntington of the Southern Pacific COM
pany elected the answer that the South
ern Pacific Company did not propose to
90 out of business, but intended to carry
passengers and freight from the Missouri
| River to Pacific Coast through points.
j. c. Stub bbs, Third Vice President and
General Traffic Manager of the road, was
seen to-day, and in response to an in
quiry confirmed fully the above state
ment adding significantly that while the
Southern Pacific Company did not bring
on rate war. and while he regarded the
cut as an instance OF reckless railroad
management, yet, at the same time, he
joined other officers of the company in
the belief that the State needed reinforce
ment of its industrial population, and
that those who are attracted simply out of
idle curiosity TO travel, because it was
cheap, would visit California TO see the
Midwinter Fair, and they would neces-
sarily want to see the rest of the State.
The Southern Pacific Company believed
that it was fully equipped for continue
ton of hostilities for any length Of time