The herald., 1897-04-30
For the Benefit of Local
EndeavOrerS
LITTLE MORE THAN HALF FARE
BUT LOW ENOUGH TO BE VERY
SATISFACTORY
A New Line of Steamers From San
francisco to the Orient-Valley
Road Extension


Associated Press Special Wire.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 29.-The
Southern Pacific passenger department
issued q circular today announcing rail-
road rates to and from San Francisco
during the Christian Endeavor conven-
tion. The rates to and from this city are
as follows:
From point 400 miles or less, one and
one-third the lowest first-class rate;
from stations over 400 miles distant, one
and one-fifth the lowest first-class rate;
from Portland, 500; from Ogden, $50;
from Ell Paso, $40. Rates for these three
terminals apply to intermediate points,
where the one and one-fifth the first
class rate is greater.
NOT QUITE AGREED
CHICAGO, April ga subcommittee
of the executive committee Of the West
ern Passenger association met today for
the purpose of considering the arrange
ment for hauling the Christian Endeavor
business to San Francisco. There are
several things in the arrangements that
do not suit the Southern Pacific and it
objects particularly to the dates which
have been selected for selling the tickets.
The subcommittee will work on the
matters to which the Southern Pacific has
offered objections until next Tuesday
when a meeting of the general associa-
tion will be held and the entire matter
will be turned over to the meeting and
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tie matters finally with the Southern
Pacific.
ST. LOUIS, No., April 29-An infor-
nation was sworn to today by Michael
Kelly. a discharged conductor of the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway,
against Assistant General Manager A.
A. Allen of that road, charging him with
blacklisting. He went promptly to the
Four courts, accompanied by Solicitor
Hagerman, and filed a bond of 5000.
| Kelly Is a member of the Order of Rail-
road Conductors, and they are backing
him in the suit 1t is the intention to
make test case and see if the blacklist
system cannot be abolished.
ORIENTAL TRAFFIC
SAN FRANCISCO, April ga new
steamship line is to be established be-
tween San Francisco and Japan, to be
known as the San Francisco and Yoko-
hama Transportation Company. Month
!y service is to be established between
! the two points via Honolulu. Five first
class steamers will be operated and prob
ably a branch line will be maintained
between Yokohama and Seattle and
Portland. The first steamer of the new
line. the Hakusan Maru, left Honolulu
on April Sd and is nearly due at this
port The new company will be in oppo-
stion to existing lines across the Pa
cific.
WINTER RESIGNS
NEW YORK, April 29.-At meeting
of the directors of the Northern Pacific
Railway Company today A. E. Winter
presented his resignation as President.
He gave as reason his knowledge that
people other than those who controlled
when he was elected last June had Sc
cured large interest in the securities of
the road, and he did not believe he would
be in sympathy with them. The resigna-
tion was laid on the table.
THE VALLEY ROAD
| BAKERSFIELD, April 29.-The local
right of way committee for the Valley
road has received a letter from the COM
panys Office in San Francisco, asking
them to close up rights. of way and deliver
the deeds as soon as possible. The letter
contains this significant language:
'It is extremely probable that we will be
ready to build on this right of way before
you are ready to turn it over to u.s."
The committee has secured contracts on
all the lands needed. with the exceptions of
one unimportant piece, and most of the
money needed has been subscribed.
Chief Engineer Storey of the San Fran
cisco and San Joaquin Valley railroad, an
nounced today that trains would be rum
ming through to Hanford within four
weeks This will be good news to the
grain growers of the lower end of the San
Joaquin valley. The bridge over Kings
river is almost completed and the track is
laid to the river, twenty-five miles from
Fresno. The grading is completed to Han
ford and large number of teams and
workmen are working far as twelve
miles below Hanford on the waysto Bakers
field.
On the Visalia branch eight miles of
track has been laid and the foundation be-
gun for the bridge over Kings river at
Reedley
A FREIGHT WRECK
HOIBROOK, Ariz., April 29-Freight
train No. SO struck a broken rail four miles
west Of this station this morning, throwing
eleven cars off the track to their utter de-
molition and causing delay of nine hours
to the passenger train going west. Among
the list of passengers is Joe Boyle, man.
ager for Frank p. Slavin. who is, en- route
to San Francisco to meet Baker of Chicago
in the prize ring; also Mr. Raymond. of
Raymond-Whitcomb excursion fame, with
his wife, who are on pleasure bent as well
as with view to- business pursuits.