The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-06-25
The Valley Road Files Its
Freight Tariff
THE RATES ARE VERY LOW
But the Road Is Not Yet Open fol
Business
The Rates Are Temporary end May Be
Changed After the Formal Open
ing Of the Road
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 24.-The Sar
Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Rail
road company today filed copy of its
first freight tariff with the board OF
railroad commissioners. The document
placed on file is in the shape of type
written letter prepared by Traffic Man.
ager Moss and contains rates only on
grain and grain bags over the eighty
two miles of road now completed. Traf-
fic Manager Moss in the leeter to the
commissioners explained that the COM
pany was not yet prepared to open its
line for general business but in order to
satisfy the shippers now inquring for
rates he deemed it advisable to submit
rates on grain and grain bags to the
railroad commissioners in advance to
the general tariffs, which have not yet
been completed and which will not be
ready for issue until the company can
approximate the date on which it will
be practicable to announce that the COM
pany is properly equipped for business as
a common carrier. The figures quoted
are as follows:
Rates for grain to Stockton, in cents
per ton of 1000 pounds, to apply to car
load shipments not less than $4,000
pounds:
From Burnham, II miles, go cents.
From Escalon, % miles, 80 cents.
From Caluston. 80 miles. $1.10.
From Empire, 81 miles, Sis.
From Hughson. 81 miles, SIPS.
From Elmwood, 43 miles, s1.40.
From MERGED, 81 miles, s1.7o.
From Geneva. IS miles, $3.50.
From LIE Grand, 50 miles, S1.S5.
These rates will include switching to
all warehouses to which access is pro-
vided for the cars of this company.
Rates on grain bags (burlap) from
Stockton in cents per ton of 1000 pounds
applicable to carloads not less than $4,000
pounds:
To Burnham, IS cents.
To Escalon, $1.10.
To Clauston, s1.2O.
To MERGED s4.05.
To Geneva, $3.50.
To lie Grand. $465.
1t is stated at the office of the valley
road that these rates are only made to
accommodate such traffic as may be
offered prior to the formal opening of
the line for general business and may
or may not be the rates which will be
fixed in the general tariffs of the COM
pany.
The grain rates established by the val
ley road are somewhat less than the rates
at present charged by the Southern Pa
cific company. Traffic Manager Moss
used the new grain tariff adopted by the
railroad commission as a basis of the
rates he established. There is only one
station on the line on the valley road as
far as it is now completed where that
road touches the line of the Southern
Pacific, and that is at MERGED. The
rates adopted by the railroad commits
sion from MERGED to Stockton is 81.
per ton Mr. Moss placed that rate IN
his grain schedule and used it as basis
on which to make the rates from inter-
mediate points hayward.
The Valley road announces that the
grain rates include switching to all
warehouses to which access is provided
for the cars of the company This con
cession means a still further saving to
shippers of Is cents per ton. for that is
what the Southern Pacific company col
lects for switching charges in the city
of Stockton.
Therates on grain bags as established
by the Valley road are considerably less
than the rates charged by the Southern
Pacific The rate from Stockton to Mer-
ced as established by Traffic Manager
Moss is S5.05 per ton on carloads. The
Southern Pacific company's rate between
the same two points in carload lots is &c
cents per 100 pounds or Sc per ton.
President ]. C. Stubs said today
that the Southern Pacific company
would the rates established by the San
Francisco and San Joaquin Valley rail-
road.
Il have not seen their rates" he said
but as general proposition we have ilC
alternative but to make the same rates
from the same points, or from points
near enough to the stations on the line
of the Valley road to be competitive
points. The Valley road proposes to dc
all switching in Stockton without extra
charge to the shipper, whereas it has
been our custom TO collect charge of l,
cents per ton for that service. 1t goe:
without saying that this fact will b,
taken into consideration in the readjust
ment of our rates"
THROUGH RATES.
CHICAGO, June 24.-Notice was giver
by the Omaha road today that it vii
apply through rates allowed to the trans
continental roads out of St. Paul to Sa,
Francisco via Portland and the oceal
rate from that point to San Francisco
This will make the rate of the Oman.
through Council Bluffs $3.50 higher thai
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