The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-26
SANTA f WILL FIGHT
The Southern Pacific Brought
About the Trouble
at First.
OVER AN EXCURSION TICKET.
Decks Cleared Here for the Fray
and a Flyer to Be
Started.

The Santa Fe Railway officials have
started out upon the warpath. and this
time the object of their aggressive cam
paign is the Southern Pacific Company's
overland passenger business.
1t was q little thing that aroused the
Santa Fe mems ire, and though of appa-
rently trifing moment, in the eyes of rail-
road men it was breach of courtesy ex-
tended by one company to another, and as
such is sufficient grounds for retaliation.
When the Half-million Club excursion
was about to leave San Francisco for Los
Angeles, Mr.. Perkins of the Santa Fe pas
senger department here acting under in
structions from the general passenger
agent of his company, went to the South
ern Pacific offices and asked for a pass on
the excursion train. His purpose was to
induce members of the party to travel over
the Southern California Railway as far
down as San Diego, where the people had
in contemplation a grand reception to the
club and its friends. The Santa Fe was
very DESTROYS that the Half-million Club
people should see such places as Pasadena,
Redondo, the kite-shaped track, etc. But
il appears the Southern Pacific people were
of a different mind on that point.
Anyhow representative of the Santa
Fe was denied a pass on the train. He
was told he could travel with the excursion
if he bought a ticket the same as any
other individual, which proposition was
not accepted. The result was that there
was no proper opportunity afforded to In
duce the eXcursionlstS to extend their
route into Santa Fe territory.
The news of the refusal TO allow Santa
Fe agent transportation on the train was
telegTaphed to General Passenger Agent
John J. Byrne in Los Angeles. a day
later it reached the ears Of General Passen-
ger Agent 7. H. Goodman of the Southern
Pacific Company, who, on the first Oppor-
tunity offered, apolOgiZed to Assistant
Passenger Agent Speares of the Santa Fe,
saying that if he had known of the request
it would not have been refused.
Still the Santa Fe officials have smarted
under it, and yesterday one of them stated
that the company had already begun TO
consider the question of making a hard
fight for Southern Pacific passenger bnsi-
ness
I'VE have transferred nearly all the Of
flee details of our local passenger business
to Los Angeles" said he, thus relieving
this office of considerable work and giving
II chance to enter unhampered in an open
field for this business. We are running
through cars daily to Chicago in four days
and i've hours without change, and have
equipments and appointments that are at
least equal TO anything in the railway line
going out of California. We have as much
right to the Southern Pacific road to Mo-
jave as the Southern Pacific Company it
self, as that is expressly provided for in
the contract.
The latest move on the part of our COM
pany Is a proposition to put on a train
from Los Angeles direct TO Chicago, that
will make forty-five to fifty miles an hour
right through, or the whole distance in
something like two days and half, which
has never yet been heard of. This train is
to be fitted out in excellent style, and
neither money nor pains viii be spared to
make it equal, if not superior, to the Sun
set limited in point OF elegance and com
fort for travellers.
cit will come through Barstow, where
connection can be easily made with Mo
jave, at which place the two daily trains
coming north to San Francisco can be
taken without any delay. We are getting
a move on and mean business that will stir
up our com DetitOrs"