The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-09-28
AN AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN.
The Traffic Association Pre-
pairing to Do Better Work
Than Ever.
MR., HUNTINGTON STACKS SPEED.
Passenger-Traffic Combination Be-
tween the Southern Pacific
and the Southern.

News that reached Southern Pacific
headquarters yesterday from Mr.. Hunt
ington's special train was to the effect that
the party were in no haste to reach this
City, and were coming west from Ogden
by the easiest stages that could be ar
ranged.
Mr.. Huntington was Joined at Ogden by
H. E. Huntington and r. P. Schwerin
Reports that reach here indicate that the
Southern Pacific president is in the best of
health and his three score and ten years
seem to have told little upon his remark
able vitality. He is just as full of plans
and projects as ever, is interested in all
details of railroading and eager to see all
points of interest along the way. 1t is
understood that the party will go from
Truckee to Lake Tahoe and spend Sunday
there, and then reach this City Monday
evening.
The Traffic Association is out for aggres-
sive missionary work, with a view to max
ing the organization more powerful than it
has ever been. Within the next week or
ten days every downtown merchant who
does any freight shipping OF Importance
will be called upon by member of the
association and invited to cast his fortunes
with the association. The committees Just
appointed to carry on this aggressive cam
paign include B. F. Durham. Wakefield
Baker, E. Ii. Kittredge, W. r. Wheeler, G.
NJ. Yates. A. J. Marcus, S. Dinkelspiel, ].
F. Littlefeld, Henry Michaels J. A. Fol-
ger, II. A. Williams, c. II. Schmidt, ].
Curtis, E. A. Phelps and L. H. Bonestell.
- These are all good workers and all enthusi-
astic for the upbuilding of the association.
There is great deal of work for the as
ISOLATION to do. One thing that Traffic
Manager Curtis has in mind is the water
ways of the State, and he is at present
greatly interested in the outcome of the
visit of the Congressional delegation to the
upper waters OF, the Sacramento and San
Joaquin rivers. 1t is an old topic, but one
of telling interest-this making navigable
the natural transportation routes-and the
association cannot do more to endear
itself to the hearts of all producers of the
big valleys than by following up this line
OF work with aggressive earnestness.
The latest report from Claus Spreckels
and Mr.. Whittier of the directorate of the
San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley
road is that they will return from their
European trip about November !. They
went abroad with a view to interesting
foreign capital in their project, but Just
what success has attended their visit no
one here has vet learned.
Agent Poston of the Southern Railway,
one OF the great systems of the New South
has quartered himself in the basement of
the Croker building. He has brought
with him from the East patent folder
warranted to induce patronage in any city
In the world. Because San Francisco is so
cosmopolitan, he believes it ought to work
here. 1t is printed in thirteen different
languages. The report is that he has been
rehearsing the Russian portion of 1t with
view to trying it on at the next meeting
of the Local Ticketmen's Association,
where ora:ory Usually takes skyward
flights. The southern road is pushing
organization, and just at present while the
Atlanta Exposition is in progress Mr..
POston has assurance OF doing very re-
spectacle amount of business.
1t is open talk that the Southern Pacific
and Southern Railway have entered into
sort of partnership to scoop in passenger
traffic during the winter months. The
Southern Pacific's new Sunset Limited
train Will lure travellers to go East by way
of New Orleans, and thence a fast train of
the Southern Railway will take them to
Washington by way of Atlanta.
Senator Chandler of New Hampshire is
fighting the proposed pooling agreement
between the trunk lines, as the big roads
between New York and Chicago are
termed. In doing this he and Attorney
General Harmon have been having some
peppery correspondence. In his last pub
lished letter the fighting Senator Chandler
wrote the Attorney General:
The promptitude with which you have as
sumed in behslf of the railroad conspirators
that their coming trust combination is a sue
cessful evasion of the criminal laws of the
United States is only equaled by the celebrity
with which Commissioner Morrison has de-
cided that the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion knows nothing whatever about the noto-
rious pooling agreement ana cannot possibly
find out anything until it has gone into opera
ton. Thus President Cleveland's subordinates
relegate the preventive laws against trusts and
Inonopolies to innoeuous desuetude II re-
mains 10 be seen what the chief magistrate
himself will do.
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