The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-08-08
Filed by the Valley Road Traffic
Manager
THE S. P. MUST COME DOWN
To the Tune Of Two Million Dollars q
Year
San Diego Citizens Firmly Believe Thst the
-. japanese Steamers VIII Stop At the
Silver Gate
Associated Press Special Wire.

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SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. Traffic
Manager John Moss of the Vailed road
Will file with the board of railroad COM
mssioners tomorrow a copy of his gen.
eral freight tariffs, applicable to all
kinds of shipments that may be offered
to the new road. They consist of two
schedules of class rates based upon the
western classification of freight rates.
One of the schedules makes rates from
San Francisco to eleven stations on the
new road, namely Burnham, Escalon,
! Clauston, Empire, Hughson, Elmwood,
, Gracey, MERGED. Turner, Geneva and Lee
grand The old schedule contains the
rates from Stockton to the same points.
The rates are fully % per cent under
| those of the Southern Pacific company
The latter has no alternative but to re-
duce its figures to the same level In
doing SO the Southern Pacific will In the
| first place lose between 81, zoe, 900 and So
! 100000 in annual revenue as compared
with the profits San Joaquin valley ship
ments have yielded during the past few
! years. In the second place the Southern
| Pacific will sustain a still greater loss
| by having considerable amount of the
shipments into and out of the valley d.
verted from that road to the new line.
Just what his diverted traffic will mean
| in dollars and cents cannot be stated
until the new road has been in business
as a general freight carrier for six or
| twelve months. That the loss in revenue
in this way will be very great to the
Southern Pacific is generally admitted,
and of course 1t will make a desperate cf-
fort to hold as much of the business as
it can.
The following table shows the rates
between Stockton and points named
Between Stockton and Burnham,
merchandise in cents per hundred
pounds; tirst-class 7 cents second class.
8. third class 8, fourth class 5, fifth so
cents per ton.
Between Stockton and Escalon H. Q,
8, 7, S1.20
Between Stockton and Clauston L., 10,
s, Z, $1.20
Between Stockton and Empire Is. IS,
10. ., $1.60.
Between Stockton and Hughson 10,
Is, II, 49, S2.45.
Between Stockton and Elmwood %,
81, 20, 49, S2.S5.
Between Stockton and Gracey 20, 81,
26. "a. s375.
Between Stockton and MERGED 81, 30,
2s. 26, s4O5.
Between Stockton and Turner 80, 80,
80, 2S, s4S5
Between Stockton and Geneva So, SO.
81, 80, $3.50
Between Stockton and Lcgrand S5, SO,
80, 30. $500.
Between Stockton and Burnham, car
loads. in cents, per ton:
Glass a, so; class b, So; class c, CO..
class, d. so. and class Il. 40.
Between Stockton and Escalon, $50,
Sl.05, go so, 10.
Between Stockton and Clauston, 81 90,
sl.05, 3d. so, 10.
Between Stockton and Empire, SLIGO,
s1.45. SIPS, s1.10. 81.
Between Stockton and Hughson, $3.50,
1.55, 81. 80, S115. $1.00.
Between Stockton and E!mwood, $3.50,
s1.75 s1.55, $1.30, s11o.
Between Stockton and Gracey, S3i5,
So so, $500, $40, s1.4o
Between Stockton and MERGED, $3.,5,
s.. so Sis, $1.65, s1.5O.
Between Stockton and Turner, $3.50,
$685. $3.50, $1.95. $l6o.
Between Stockton and Geneva $4.lo,
$2.75 $40, sos, s1.65.
Between Stockton and Legrand, $4.25,
81. so, 81. As, sos, $40.
SAN DIEGO HOPES.
SAN DIEGO, Aug. THE Japanese
visitors, who propose to establish new
steamer line to the Pacific coast were
on an excursion on the bay today and
expressed themselves well pleased with
the harbor here. Subsequently they held
a private conference with leading bust
ness men of this city and Los Angeles,
and it is understood that very substan-
tial inducements were held out to the
Japanese to make this port their Pacific
terminal. The Los Angeles delegation,
| which has been earnestly cooperating
with San Diego in this matter, is said
to have joined the representatives of
this city in substantial pledges as to
freight for the steamers The Japanese
| leave for Chicago tomorrow morning.
Although they are very nom committal.
IT is firmly believed here that San DieSS
| will get the prize
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