The herald., 1896-07-17
MORE REDUCTION OF RATES
Will Follow the Formal Opening of the
New Road
"arehousemen Do Not Take Kindly to the
New schedule-The q. A. r. En-.
campment Rates

SAN FRANCISCO. July 1e.JTrafic
Manager Moss Of the San Francisco and
San Joaquin Valley railroad today filed
communication with the secretary of
the board of railroad commissioners.
reading as follows: 1 have named a
rate of $1.S5 for ton of 1000 pounds for
carriage of lime from Stockton to Mer-
ced In carload lots of twelve tons and up
ward. This is in advance of our regular
tariff sheet, which hope to issue before
long.
This rate on lime is made in competi-
ton with the Southern Pacific's rate of
s2lo per ton between the same points
and gives an idea of the basis on which
Traffic Manager Moss is calculating the
rates to be established in his regular
tariff sheet.
That the formal opening of the Valley
road for freight traffic will result in a
general reduction in freight charges in
the San Joaquin valley as far south as
the valley road is completed would now
seem to be an assured fact. Within two
weeks. or as the Valley road is in a posi-
tion to handle general merchandise Mr..
Moss will file his regular tariff sheet with
the railroad commissioners. As has al
ready been announced this will be some
where In the neighborhood Of August 1st.
by which time the company expects to
have two more locomotives set up and
ready for service. The new tariff Of the
Valley road will contain no commodity
rates. The bulk Of the business will be
handled by class rates and Mr., Moss
has figured out that his line can AFFORD
to make these rates much lower than the
rates now charged by the Southern
Pacific company. The greatest reduc-
tions will be made in the lower carload
classes and the average reduction in all
classes will be not less than 20 per cent.
The warehouse men of Stockton do not
take kindly to the reduced grain rates
made by the Valley road. w. B. Harri-
son or the Farmers union warehouse
and Manager Gillis Of the Union Trans
portation company, who is also inter-
ested In the same warehouse, called upon
Mr. Moss today to protest against the
recently established rates to San Fran
cisco. They argued that the rates as
established would operate to the disad-
vantage of all Stockton warehouses. 1t
costs 10 cents per ton to unload grain
from the cars to the warehouses and
they argued that unless the through
rate TO San Francisco was advanced that
much grain would go through to San
francisco and they would lose the stor-
age. The Stockton papers have had
considerable to say on the same subject
but Traffic Manager Moss refused to be
converted to the belief that the Valley
road should protect the business of that
city.
G. A. r. TICKETS.
CHICAGO, July 16-The roads of the
central passenger committee have is
sued their instructions regarding the
sale of tickets to the encampment of the
G. A. r. at st. Paul. The rules provide
for the personal Identification of the
holder of the ticket before the Joint
agent at st. Paul. No ticket will be ex-
tended for the return when the holder
cannot reach his destination prior to
midnight of October 10th.
1t is reported, but not confirmed that
upon the reorganization of the Northern
Pacific, General Manager Kendrick will
retire and be succeeded by Traffic Man
ager Hannaford. Other changes are
mentioned but no positive information
regarding them can be had at the pres
ent time