The San Francisco call., 1896-02-13
MORE AFFIDAvITs.
Three New Ones Have Been Filed by
the Southern Pacific Railroad

tne southern Pacific Ra1ir0ad
Company.
Copies of three additional affidavits,
which the Southern Pacific Company will
attempt to make part of the record in
the suit it has brought to enjoin the Rail-
road Commission of California, have been
served upon the defendant.
One OF these.is made by +. S. Douty Sec
retary of the Pacific Improvement Com
pany. The salient points OF it are as fol-
lows:
Said company Pacific Improvement Com
pany) constructed that portion of the Central
racine Railroad commencing at Delta and run
nfng nj thence to the northerly line of the State
contract with said Central Pacific Railroad
company. the actual amount paid in cash
tof "a ana as the cost OF original construction of
40. All of the materials. labor ma.
chinery and appliances used in said construc-
tlon were obtained at the lowest market rates,
aiai ana strict economy was observed by said Pa
cltc improvement Company in every respect
IN ana about such construction.
In the affidavit of w. 6. Curtis affiant
states that since the hearing before the
Pacific Railway Commission the cost of
the Southern Pacific Railway has been in
creased by the construction OF better
lnents to the value of $564.379; that since
Pacific Railroad of Arizona the relocation
and rebuilding of portions of the road and
other betterments have added So, ,020, 600 to
its cost.
He further states that betterments have
ADDED 81, ,035, 900 to the cost of the Northern
Railway since its construction; that the
San Joaquin Valley Railroad, now a por-
ton Of the Central Pacific Company's s
lines, cost not less than an average of
$50, 600 per mile. He adds that all labor
and material were obtained at the lowest
market rates.
+ George T. Klink, formerly a clerk and
accountant in the office of the late E. H.
Miller Jr., made an affidavit in which he
said:
= The cost of the Government-aided
Central Pacific Railroad line from San Jose to
us eastern terminus near Ogden to June 80,
1870, was $48 ,663, ,748 10. Since the
construction of said line there has been ac-
qulred by said Central Pacific Railroad Com
Dany the following described lines of rail-
roads: Roseville to Redding. 152 miles, which
cost for construction in cash $3, ,S95 500; Red
ding TO Delta, 38 miles, which cost in cash
$3,051, ,S16 IL; Delta to State line, 10Y miles,
which cost $4 $40 40; total, $11, ,2S7, ,726 IL.
There have also been acquired by said COM
pany the San Joaquin Valley Railroad the San
francisco, Oakland and Alameda Railroad and
the San Francisco Bay Railroad.
He then states that the San joaquin
Railroads estimated cost is $4,560 600 and
that the San Francisco, Oakland and Ala
media Railroad and the San Francisco Bay
Railroad cost 81, $50, 127 85; that the bet
terments to the Central Pacific Railroad
from July 1, 1870. to December 81, 1884,
amounted to a total of Sic, ,675, 252 7S; that
from April 1, 1885, to November 80, 1895,
the Southern Pacific Company had made
betterments to the Central Pacific Railroad
amounting to s., ,697, 1928 65; that the Cen
trail Pacific Railroad Company has ex-
pended for improvements on its several
railroad lines between the years 1892 and
1895, not included in the foregoing state
ments, the sum of 81, S91, ,S47 So; and that
the entire cost Of the. existing railroad
property of the Central Pacific Railroad
Company is at least $87, 306, $50 96.