The San Francisco call., 1897-12-12

arrived Ogden on time, "a times; less than
thirty minu tes late, times; more than thir ty
minutes late times
This Is an absolutely correct record, and no
objection to your using same if you find ii adj
vIsable. As will be seen, our record is better
than Union Pacific why are we exception
ally criticized? Union Pacific train l yes
terdGv and to-day four hours late each day.
Ours on time one day, forty minutes late the
other WHAT brings up this question al this
time? southern Pacific record good.
F. A. WADLEIGH.
The Union Pacific did not rest long un-
der the imputation that the company
operating the road from Omaha to Ogden
was advertising an impossible schedule.
a message went To General Manager
Dickinson to the effect that Fillmore had
cAlIei him liar. The speed records re-
Gently made by the Union Pacific dispute
the assertion that the regular schedule is
last
In the yellow building the officers of the
Southern Pacific are expecting to hear
that Manager Fillmore mas been called
down from his high horse. Ii is said that
he assumed considerably more authority
than the operating department had
right to exercise when he informed the con-
meeting roads that they must come to his
terms. General Pas enge- Agent Good
man had little 10 say when the Union
Pacific and Rio Grande people asked him
If he thought the Southern Pacific was
treating the connecting roads IN a decent
manner. The fact was called to Mr.. Good
mans mind that the Denver and Rio
Grande and the Rio GrGnde Western
brought to the Southern Pacific so per
cent of the last named cOmpany's Chris
tian EndeavOr passengers.
This bus ness was developed mainly by
the roads connecting with FIllmote's line.
The little Rio Grande Western. operating
34S miles of road, from Grand Junction 10
Ogden, pad out $1,000 for advertising in
the East the Christian Endeavor event.
| The representatives of the connecting
lines at Ogden fancied that Fillmore was
engaged in a small piece OF railroad bu.i-
ness when he sought to throw the blame
for DELAYS on the roads east of Ogden.
Delays of the past were cited. and 1t was
called to mlnG that the Southern Pacific
was once blocked so that no trains could
run for period OF two weeks 1t was re-
marked that a capable and resolute man
in charge of the work of lifting the block
ade would have had the road oIen in two
days.
Mr.. Goodman disclaims all RESPONSE
bility for the attack, and so the operating
department has the controversy in its
own keeping. It is broadly limited that
some explanation or retraction must be
made. A close watch is being kept on the
record a. Ogden. On December it hap
! pened that the Southern Pacific train
! from San Francisco was ten hours late in
arriving at thai point.
WHAT particularly gals the representa-
| tives of the connecting lines is the ingrat-
| ltude OF the Southern Pacific. The roads
east of Ogden are spending money TO pro-
mote tourist trave. They are providing
! passengers with hrst-ciass accommoda-
tions and doing everything that pro res
sive and up-to-date railroad managers
ought 10 do to encourage regular passen-
ger aud excursion travel to California, yet
| if their trains are a few hours late, the
| Southern Pacific which gets the lions
share of the profits of the business raises
a protest and threatens TO leave without
giving a single thought to the conven-
ience and comfort of the passengers. 1t
! costs little more for fuel and wear and
tear to run a train at a speed of thirty
miles an hour than it does TO poke along
on an average schedule of the Southern
Pacific, hence Fillmore declares that the
fast running m ust cease.
The Denver and Rio Grande and the Rio
Grande Western may bring the Southern
Pacihc the bulk OF the latter's traffic, yet
| the connecting companies are not held in
much Iavor at the yellow building The
good Move ember record cannot be disputed
in the office OF the Southern Pacific, but
December records are cited to show that
the Rio Grande Western trains have been
| four or five hours late several times this
! month