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CONVENTION CONCESSIONS
PROMISE TO ADD FUEL TO THE
FLAME
The southern Pacific Company Issues
Its Summer Schedule of Rates
on 1eciduous Fruits

Associated Press Special Wire.
CHICAGO, May 5.--Some of the west
ern roads are disturbed over the pros.
pect opened up before them by the Chris
tian Endeavor convention in San Fran
cisco, and several have declared II the
matter was to be done again 1t would
be done in a manner vastly different
from that in which it has been handled.
There is no chance of the roads getting
away from the round-trip rate of $2S
which has already been made by the
lines in the Western Passenger associa.
ton, for the reason that some of the
roads are tied up with contracts which
will hold them.
The complications Of the situation are
considerably increased by the prospect
Of trouble over the intermediate rates.
A rate Of $25 one way to California will
cut all the regular tariff rates to inter-
mediate points west of the eastern line of
the state of Colorado. and with the inter-
mediate points in state of demoraliza-
tion in the rates to the Missouri river.
Then, the Southern Pacific insists on
selling eastbound tickets at low rates ut
intervals up to the middle of August,
and that means that low rates will be
in effect between Denver and Chicago
for the months of July and August. The
Union Pacific has given notice that 1t
will make, every Tuesday while the Ten
nessee exposition is in progress, a rate
of one fare plus 10 per cent from all ter
ritory tributary to its lines. This action
may have the effect of bringing down
the exposition rates generally through
out the west.
FRUIT SCHEDULE
SAN FRANCISCO, May 5.-The
Southern Pacific company today issued
a schedule of rates on deciduous fruits
to apply on all carload shipments during
the coming season. The rates are prac-
tically the same as charged last year.
and the conditions will not be materially
modified. According to the announce
ment made by General Freight Agent
Smurr, the following rates will be
charged from fruit shipping points on
the Southern Pacific railway and the
Pacific system of the Southern Pacific
company:
By freight train, to Denver. Colorado
Springs, Pueblo, Trinidad, Council
Bluffs, Omaha, Kansas City, Galveston.
Houston and San Antonio, 1925; ST.
Louis and New Orleans, $1.25; Chicago.
St. Paul and Minneapolis. $1.25; New
York, New York Jersey City delivery.
Philadelphia and Buffalo, N. Y, 81. so;
Boston, Mass, $1.56.
THE A. & P. SALE
PHOENIX, Ariz., May Sat Prescott
today Judge Hawkins in the fourth dis
trict court confirmed the sale of the At
lantic and Pacific railroad to the Santa
Fe interest, the application being prof
fered by Chairman Walker Of the re Dr.
ganization committee and by the chief
counsel of the road.
Phoenix was visited by the party this
afternoon, departure being taken this
evening for Los Angeles. where similar
application of confirmation will be made
stated that the Santa Fe would not in
terfere in the management Of the newly
acquired lines until about July /.
UNION PACIFIC ELECTION
BOSTON, May 5-An adjourned meet
ing of the stockholders of the Union Pa
cific Railway was held here today. The
annual report was accepted without
reading. The old Board of Directors was
re elected