The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-05
The Santa Fe Has Been Spanked
and Sent to Bed
PROMISES TO BE A GOOD BOY
The Southern Pacific Is Happy and Still
Has Its Rebate Checks
A New Freight Tariff the Santa Fe's
Arizona Line Phil Armour Becomes
Shipper Of Fruits-Notes

The passenger rate war is over unior-
tunatcly fer the people, there exists IN
this country an institution known as the
Transcontinental Association, of which
one Mr. Caldwell o: Chicago is the chair
man. This association is supposed to
handle all passenger traffic and ID act as
pencemaker between railroads inclined 10
go to war. and if they won't listen to the
peacemalIer then the association cnalr
man is supposed to turn this refractory
railroad over his knee and spank IL
soundy.
That is what Mr. Caldwell has done to
the Santa Fe and General Passenger
Agent Byrnes and his executive ofhcer
here, Mr.. Gregory, are rubbing the sore
spots and wiping their eyes and promis-
ing they will never do SO any more; while
the bad boy of the Southern Paclilc IS sit-
ting on the fence and laughing at tte
pockets full and bullying out with rebate
checks.
The mistake that the Santa Fc made
was in announcing an open cut OF S2.5U on
business East and West and vice versa.
They had grown tired of having business
taken away from them by the southern
Pacific rebating all the way from SZ.o0 TO
s. so on the ticket, and made up their
minds that the bushwhacking business IN
passenger traffic must stop ana II rates
were to be cut, the cut must be MADE
openly. IL is true that the Santa Fe has
had Il chip ON is shoulder Tor some time
and the whole country wanted to see the
Southern Pacific, knock It off. 1t would
have resulted in a cut-rate war tnat
would have brought thousands OF people
to California and the railroads would
have made money even at reduced rates.
The Santa Fe was willing, and started the
wal, but the Southern Pacific ran crying
to Caldwell, telling him big boy had hit
them and they wanted him TO stop the
bad boy throwing stones. Then Cald-
we'll went out after the pugnacious KID.
He found him and this morning the
Santa Fe will announce to the public that
"on and after this date the S2.5o cut
does not count and rates from east to
west or west to east will be the same by
any and all roads.
There was proviso, however, that the
spanked Santa Fe made Chairman Cald-
well adopt as portion OF his report on
the matter, which was, in brief, that II the
Southern Pacific was caught cutting rates
by rebate through connecting lines, then
the Santa Fe should tell Caldwell and
the Transcontinental Association to 60
to Florida and eat fozen oranges, and
would proceed to make rates to suit them
selves.
In truth 1t is shame tnat tne coaches
and sleepers should run to and from the
Coast half filled. 1t costs the companies
no more to haul a coach or sleeper full of
people than it does to haul it half filled,
and a reasonable rate from the East
would bring every car out here full to
overhowing.
But anyhow, the rate war is off. The
manifesto goes forth today from the Santa
Fe offices, and that settles it, for just
now, at least
The office boy was gloomy when he told
the reporter about it, and all he would say
was: Il suppose dat S. p. kid will be put
tin on frills cause we's beat. Well, | |
don t care, l can lick him, anyhow; you |
hear me shouting"