The herald., 1897-06-05
Valley Road Cuts Are Met
Promptly
RATES FROM CHICAGO WEST
IN DAILY DANGER OF THE PRUN-
ING KNIFE
The Interstate Commerce Commission
Flooded With oomplaints-Pro-
posed New Roads in Illinois
,socIated Press Special wire.

AS4OCldt6O ErcBS 0poClal WlIcs
SAN FRANCISCO, June 4.-The VAL
ley roads rates from San Francisco ara
Stockton to all points south Of Fresno as
far as Hanford have been met by the
Southern Pacific, which has announced
a reduction on all class rates. The new
rates show in. some cases considerable
cut, and in some instances the Southern
Pacific company has not yet come down
to the Valley road roates. Between
Stockton and Hanford the rates Of both
companies are the same. Between San
Francisco and Hanford the Valley rates
are lower In classes two, three and fou..
The cuts made by the Southern Pacific
in its effort to hold trade range from Is
cents to $1.10 a ton.
The Valley road is grading south Of
Hanford on the main line and south Of
Reedley toward Visalia on the branch
line. The big bridge over the Kings
river near Reedley Is nearing compile
tion. 1t has three spans Of $50 feet eacn
and at each end short span and trestle.
The roadbed from Stockton south to
Fresno is thoroughly settled and bal
lasted, so that the speed of trains has
been increased to forty miles an hour,
and the trip is made In one hour less
time than when the road was opened.
1t is reported that the Southern Pacific
and Union Pacific and Chicago and
Northwestern have entered into COM
pact by which they hope to get much Of
the business between northwestern
points and Chicago which the Oregon
Short Line and the Denver and Rio
Grande have Joined hands to secure. 1t
Is said that the Southern Pacific intends
to transport passengers south to Sacra-
mento, thence east via Ogden to Chi
cago. In consequence Of these transac-
tions a sharp cut in rates between north
western points and Chicago is looked
for. The Southern Pacific has not met
the cut of the Pacific Coast Steamship
company Of IS first class and $3.50 Sec
ond class to Portland.
PROJECTED RAILWAYS
= SPRINGFIELD. ILL.,, June 4.-Articles
OF Incorporation we're filed with the Sec
retary OF state today by the Chicago
Terminal Tfanefer Railroad company,
authorizing it to build two railway lines
from Chicago west to the Mississippi
river, another line from Chicago to East
st. Louis, another from Chicago to the
Ohio river, and another from Chicago to
the Indiana and Illinois boundary line
through Kankakee. The capital stock
is $50. 200, 900. Among the incorporators
are Willial Allen Butler, Jr.. Yonkers
N. r.; Edward Adame. Henry Burge,
Alfred s. Heidelbach, Colgate Hoyt,
New York; Samuel Reinslie, Kemper K.
Knapp; Henry s. Hauley, Edward s.
Harson, Frederick e. Paradis, Edward
r. Knowlton. Mark Breedin, Jr., and.
William s. Mallette, ali of Chicago. The
fee for fling was $4,000, the largest sum
ever received for an Incorporation in the
United States.
A FLoO OF COMPLAINTS
CHICAGO, June 4.-The interstate
commerce. commission, at the sitting.
announced their determination to
hear evidence on the complaint Of the
American Warehouse association against
sixty -seven railroads It was stated,
however, that the complaints must be
made more specific, and 1t was finally
agreed that ninety days should be taken
in which to amend the complaints. 1t
developed that the warehousemen are
not alone after the grain storage feature
Of the railroads. but all other sorts OF
storage. Secretary Thompson Of the as
ISOLATION asserted, as an instance, that
the railroads have been favoring the
sugar trust by carrying sugar in storage
at various depots over the country, and
that about 300 900 barrels of sugar have
been carried for months in one city
presumably New York. He says that
this storage has saved the trust thous-
ands of dollars. to the injury Of regular
warehousemeh.