The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-05
NO DECISION REACHED YET
Trouble Between the Southern
Pacific and Engineers.
4 Proposition to Build Railroad
srom This City to Bakersfield.
The Chamber Of Commerce Asked to Call
Affecting OF Its Members and Send
Committee to San Francisco.

Locomotive Engineers all day. No final
decision has bssn reached. The South
ern Pacific company refuses to recede
from its position, and its officials an
nouncsd that the cut in wages would be
enforced.
Arthur hes advised the engineers not
to strike, and it is understood that halt
OF the members OF the brotherhood
favor following his advise. Others are
vigorously advocating strike and sue
ceeded in having appointed a sub.com-
mittes to confer with the executive
committee OF the A. r. U. AS result,
the engineers announced that the A. r.
U. representatives. agreed to sustain the
engineers in case OF strike.
THE OBJECTIONABLE REDUCTION.
The opinion among railroad men in
this city yesterday prevailed that the
railroad company would not recede
from its position and that Chief Arthur
would refuse to order strike.
AS far as the engineers in this section
are concerned. the proposed reduction
Is said TO be go small as to make q con-
troversy on that subject unworthy Of
serious consideration.
The engineers on the local run from
Santa Monica, for instance, receive I'M.
der the new achsdule Sc per day, in
Dtesd OF So 50 per day. For thia amount
OF wages they are actually engaged only
six hours per day in active work and are
enabled to take two meals with their
families and spend everv night at home.
Ga the run between Yuma and this
city, the railroad has put on three
crews instead of four. By this arrange
msnt the engineers have only one day
lay over in thie city ia place OF two as
heretofore, but the hours of labor have
been reduced to nine. Instead OF re-
ducing the pay, the wages OF the
engineers in this service have been in.
creased.
J. G. Stubs, third vice. president; G.
+. Smurr. general freight agent, and T.
H. Goodman, general passenger agent
of the Southern Pacific, arrived yester-
day in a private car to show the beauties
OF Southern California to j. g. Schriev-
er, traffic manager; 8. F. B. Morse, gen
eral passenger agent. and w. &. Nei-
meyer, general western freight agent, all
They visited Port Los Angeles. Redlands
Mount Lowe today.
TO MEET sPRECKLsE' LINE.
A meeting was hold last Saturday by
. number OF gentlemen interested in
the Antelope Valley railroad and others
who desire to see competing railroad
built between Los Angeles and the San
Joaquin counties.
AS a result. the following petition to
the chamber OF commerce was drawn
up:
To the President and Honorable Board OF Di-
rectors Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce;
GENTLEMEN We, the undersigned citizens
and taxpayers OF Los Ange,es county, realizing
that the pi esent is a critical moment in the on
ward march OF progress in the history OF this
city would respectfulIy request that you call a
meeting Of all the members OF your cham Der
to discuss the exp diency OF sending a commit
tee at once to consult with Messrs. Spreckels
and his associates, who are at this moment en-
gagged in raising money to construct COM
petitive railroad from San Francisco bay to
bakersfield, and ask them to make their fran
chise broad enough to extend that line to Los
Angeles, and assuring them Of such financial
a d as is right aud fair in connection with so
important an enterprise.
Believing that this is a matter of great i'm
portance we earnestly urge your favorable and
INN late consideration.
TINS petition is being circulated among
the business and financial men and is
rtcsiving a large number of signatures.
1t will be presented by committee to
the directors of the chamber OF COM
merce at their meeting tomorrow even
ing.
Since San Francisco has taken such
q determined Stand in this NATTER said
one of the signera yesterday" it be-
comes necessary for the people OF Los
Angeles to take hand. At present our
me chants are prosperous, business is
bette. than ever in this city and not
much attention is paid to the future.
But let the Spreckels line be built and O
competing line operated between San
Francisco and the San joaquin and five
years from now our merchants will dis
cover that their business and interests
have been materially injured by this
move. San Francisco has for many
years turned deaf ear to the demands
OF competing line to the San Joaquin
counties, but now that city is in such q
state Of decline, it's business in
terssts have suffered to such an
extent that the merchants and
capitalists are compelled to build the
road to save themselves from utter
ruin.
1.-THE competing line as proposed will
be OF but little benefit, however. to those
fruit growers who desire to ship their
products east. In order TO reach the
eastern market they must use the South.
ern Pacific from San Francisco. and
would be az much. If not more, at the
mercy OF the octopus as ii no competing
line existed. 1t is different, however.
With Los Angeles. II line were con-
structod from Bakersfield to this city
the shippers would be entirely inde-
pendent of the Southern Pacific and
would ship from here Wis the Santa Fe
Fs route.
II do not think that Spreckels will
aid US any, but it 10 we'll to ask him and
see what he Gays. From Los Angeles
north to Bakersfield is the most expen-
sive part OF the line, but if San Fran.
Disco refuses TO aid us it will be the duty
OF our merchants to put their hands ia
their pockets and build this part OF the
line. And II we fail in that, The Mathews
bill will settle ell diffioultisr."
THE OPENING OF THE PHOENIX LINE.
TIE three days celebration OF the
openirg Of the Prescott, Phoenix and
Santa Fs line has been postponed until
March 18th. The late rains have re-
tar6ed the work OF construction, and
the road will not be completed until the
end OF this month. Special excursion
trains will be run into Prescott and
Pfenix from this section. 90 we'll as