The herald., 1896-01-31
TRACK and TRAFFIC MOTIFS
Southern Pacific Progress on
the Coast Line
THE WORK WILL BE PUSHED
On Grading and Tunne!iTg Yet to be
Done
ST. Paul Eiaborates New Plan to Keep the
ii. A. r. Encampment-funding
Bill Argument
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 3O.-On Saturday
the Southern Pacific will place on sale
through tickets to Lompoc. and tickets by
way of Lompoc directly to Santa Barbara.
The rate to Lompoc will be 5000 and to
Santa Barbara Sl5, the same as the pres
ent all-rail rate via Saugus.
The new route is partly by rail and partly
by stage. The coast line, upon which
work is being pushed, is now completed to
a point eleven miles south of Guadalupe,
and at this place new station has been
established which is called Someo. 1t is
fifteen miles from Someo to Lompoc, and
over this road a line of stages has been put
on which will connect with the daily
trains and carry passengers right through
without stop. The railroad will not be
built into Lompoc, or rather, Lompoc is not
on the direct line of the road as surveyed.
That line crosses the Santa Ynez river near
Its mouth, eight miles closer to the coast
than Lompoc, following around the jutting
of Point Conception, and the point of cross
ing the river will be known as Lompoc
junction. From there. if the rights of way
are secured, a branch will be built into
Lompoc.
There is still some heavy grading and
tunneling to be done on the coast line, but
the purpose to push the work is evident,
and by neXtfall it is probable passengers
will be carried through to Los Angeles on
the coast line direct from Third and
Townsend streets and will thereby save
several hours time on the trip.
G. A. Il. TICKETS
CHICAGO, Jan. 30.--Another plan is on
foot to keep the encampment of the Grand
Army in st. Paul. A committee of cilizens
of that city has made presentation to
Chairman Caldwell of the Western Passen-
ger Association that the time limit on the
tickets shall be fifteen days, wi h the uu-
derstending that o person wishing to have
his ticket extended to thirty DAYS may do
SO by paying the difference between the
rate of ] cent per mile and one fare for The
round trip.
hartman Caldwell explained to the COM
mitee that he had no power to call spec
ial meeting of the association unless on re-
quest of two or rnore roads, but that ne
! would submit the plan to the members of
the association, and if they We're desrous
that meeting should be called he would
/ issue the call a once. Up o a late hour
| this afternoon Chairman Caldwell had re-
ceived no word from any of the association
| lines that they wished to hold another
/ meeting, and the feeling is general that no
/ request for a meeting will be made.
Rates from St. Paul to Norvh Pacific
coast points are being cut 81 by the manip-
| ulatIon of advertising tickets OF the issue of
the Great Northern road. The road has
been called upon by the chairman of the
! Western Passenger association to put an
end tc the manipulation, u less it can be
shown that it is in no way io blame.
THE FUNDING BILL
WAsHINGToN, Jan. 3O.-rhe house COM
mittee on Pacific roads today heard state
ments by John 9. Coombs of Sioux City and
-. Ill ~
Mr.. Coombs represented the credits com
mutation of Sioux City. He recommended
that any legislation on the Pacific roads be
framed so that the Sioux City branch may
gain share of the proceeds of the first
mortgage bonds of the Union Pacific, and
the original plan of congress bs carried out
by connecting Sioux City with the Union
Pacific at North Platte, Neb.
Representative Hilboru opposed fund
ing bill and favored a sale of the roads in
preference to government ownership in
case of foreclosure.
COMMISSION RIGHTS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3p.-rhe supreme
court of the United States listened to argu-
ments in two cases which bear upon the
right of the interstate commerce commits
sion to regulate interstate commerce. The
first of these eases was directed against
the Texas Pacific Railroad company and
ported ar ices at a lower rate than is paid
on domestic traffic, and the second against
the Cincinnati. Texas and Pacific and 9TH
er railroad companies, involving the right
to charge more for n short than for long
haul.
The first case was argued for the prose-
cution by simon Sterne and for the rail-
road company by Judge Dillon, and the
second by ex-senator Edmunds an n. j.
Hammond for the commission aud Elward
Baxter for the railroad company. Tue ar
gunent in the long and short haul case had
not been concluded when court adjourned,
TRUsLow's PROMOTION
SbN FRANCISCO. Jan. 30.-John L.
Truslow's appointment as assistant gen.
eral passenger agent of the Santa Fe and
Atlantic and Pacific roads in this city was
announced today. He takes the place
made vacant by the resignation of Chester
II. Speels. Mr.. Truslow has been the
agent of The Santa Elm Santa Barbara for
a number of years and about Ten years
ago was located in this city as the repre-
sentative of the Atlantic and Pacific. He
is one OF the best known passenger agents
in the state.