The herald., 1896-07-19
ALONG THE RAILROAD LINES
A Blow at New York Tea
Traders
FREIGHT RATES CUT IN TWO
To Divert the Great Trade to San
Francisco
The Traffic Association Olives Out Rates Of
WOOL The Salt Lake Firemen's
Reunlon-Traffic Notes
Associated Press Special Wire.

ASSOCidteu t'TesS OpeCidl wire.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 1s.-For the
purpose of diverting the great bulk of
the tea trade from. the Suez route and
the Sound ports to San Francisco, and
with the idea of making this city the
great distributing center for the whole
country in SO far as the traffic in that
commodity is concerned the Southern
Pacific company and its connections
the Union Pacific alone excepted, today
Joined in movement which is calculated
to seriously disturb the traffic condi-
tions which have for years past enabled
New York to monopolize the tea trade
Of the United States.
Freight rates on tea will be in few
days be reduced to little more than one
half what they are today. Rates that
are now $3.50 for one hundred pounds
will be reduced to 81 and the prevailing
less than carload rates of SO per 100
pounds will be reduced to just one-half
that amount, thus effecting reduction
which ranges from SO 1-3 to so per cent.
Such a slashing of rates on tea ship
ments has never been known before in
the history of the tea trade in San Fran
cisco, and local jobbers are highly elated
over what promises to be the impetus
for a rapid growth of the commercial
Importance of the city.
The lines that have joined in the low
tea rates are the Southern Pacific, Rio
Grande Western. Denver and Rio
Grande, Colorado Midland, Burlington
and Missouri River, the Chicago, Rock
Island and Pacific, Missouri Pacific, the
Southern Pacific Atlantic system via
New Orleans, the Atlantic and Pacific
and the Atchisor, Topeka and Santa Fe
railroads.
In connection with the several lines
mentioned the Southern Pacific COM
pany today issued special rate on tea
from all California terminals to all
points in the territory extending from
Colorado to Chicago and points common
Herewith, and from Wisconsin to New
Orleans The low rates will ltake effect
July 25th
No secret is made of the fact that the
low rates on tea have been made for the
purpose OF cutting into the business OF
the northern lines as much as to afford
San Francisco jobbers an opportunity
to extend their trade.
WOOL RATES.
CHICAGO. July 1S.-The board of man
ayers of the joint traffic association has
made the following rates on wool to be
in effect uptil August 18th: Wool, un-
compressed, IN carloads, minimum
weight 0,00o pounds from Duluth, Mimi,
and West Superior, Wis, via lake and
rail when originating at points in Mon
80 ~ .>;--- ,rtl, and NEST thereof
to New York. As cents per 100 pounds
to Boston, 10 cents per 100 pounds; to
Philadelphia, 43 cents per 100 pounds; to
Baltimore. AZ cents per 100 pounds.
OMAHA, July 1S.-The Union Pacific
has broken away from other western
of tickets to the annual convention OF
veteran fremen soon to be held in the
Lake city. The rate adopted by roads
in the western passenger association
was one regular fare plus 81 on the cer-
titicate plan for the round trip. The
Union Pacific also offered the choice of
divers routes west of Colorado common
points to the firemen and further allow
ed them stop-over privileges west nf
Colorado points on the return trip. None
of the other roads have as yet announced
that they will offer the same induce
nents. but it is likely that all will do So
MEETS THE CUT.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 1S.-The
Southern Pacific today met the cut in
freight rates announced by the Valley
road yesterday