The herald., 1896-08-02
Japanese Steamship Managers
Are Still Undecided
A CONFERENCE TO BE HELD
San Prancisco's Claims to Be Urged
for Consideration
Western Roads Turn Their Attention to Coal
Rates and Tumble In Predicted.
Baync'inats Branch
Associated Press Special Wire.


SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. Third
Vice President J. c. Stubs of the South
ern Pacific company has been summoned
home from vacation trip to Santa
Monica to meet Sachiro Asano, presi-
dent of the Japanese steamship COM
pany. Togo Kisen Kiasha. Monday. Mr..
Asano has delayed his departure for
London pending this conference.
It is understood that President Craig
of the chamber OF commerce and Manag-
er Curtis of the Traffic association will
also be present at the conference.
Freight Agent Smurr says that the
Southern Pacific would meet Mr.. Asano
halfway in any proposition to induce
him to make this port the terminus for
his steamers.
CUT ON COAL.
CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-The warning freight
officers of the western roads have turned
their attention from grain to hard coal,
and big tumble in rates on the latter
commodity from Chicago to the west is
threatened. For some time past the ma
jor part of the hard coal shipments from
the east have been going around Chica-
go via Peoria and the smaller towns Of
the south. The Iowa Central. in COR
nectioa with the Lake Erie and Western
and other western roads into Peoria has
captured the bulk of this traffic for
Iowa points. The Chicago Great West
ern has resolved to get slice of the bust
ness. ard today announced that on next
Monday-it would cut 22lk cents per ton
off the rates from Chicago to Hampton
Marshalltown and Manley Junction,
Iowa. Corresponding reductions will be
made to other Iowa points.
THE CANYON ROUTE.
SAN DIEGO. Aug 1.-The members Of
the state board of railroad commission
ers were in session here today for the
purpose of hearing the complaint brought
against the Southern California Rail-
road company for abandoning the line
known as the Temecula canyon road,
(which has not been used since it was
washed out in 1891. The complaint is
brought by an organization known as
the Property Owners union. which con
tends that the railway company has
broken its promises to this city, for
which a heavy subsidy was paid. The
company denies that it made any prom
ises in regard to the Temecula road. and
claims that the subsidy was not paid to
it, but to another corporation. At the
hearing today very little was accom-
plished beyond the statements of the OPP
posing parties and a general discussion
involving the question of the subsidy.
The case will be resumed on Monday
and may last several days.
AFRAID OF SCAIPERS
CHICAGO, Aug. 1.-Officers Of the
| Western Passenger association are MAX
ing vigorous efforts to prevent scalping
of the cheap rate tickets to be placed on
sale in this city next Tuesday. The
chairman of this organization gave the
following to the press today:
IAN understanding has now been
reached with regard to the fire chiefs
meeting at Salt Lake City, whereby the
special reduced rate of $50 from Chicago
and $27 from st. Louis will be used as a
selling rate only not to be rendered to
all connecting lines in the sale of tickets.
Steps Will be taken whereby the chair
man Will be given descriptions of all
tickets sold for this occasion, so any
tickets which may be purchased by
brokers and transferred from the orig
| inal purchasers will be refused for pas
sage"
MORE STEAMSHIPS.
DENVER, Aug. 1.-Word was received
at the Office of the Gulf road today that
the North German Lloyd Steamship
company would establish line of freight
and passenger ships between Galveston
and Bremen. Germany. The first two
ships of the line will be of 1000 and 1870
tons register, and equal to all but the
first-class Atlantic liners. The rates
| both for freight and passengers, will be
| lower than from North Atlantic ports