The herald., 1897-10-14
SERVICE BY STEAMER
FROM PORTLAND TO PORTS IN
JAPAN
The Union Pacific Resumes Business
With the Oregon Short Line.
Baggagemen in Session

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 1S-Beginnine
Sunday, October 31st, new steamship
service will be inaugurated from Port
land, Ore, to Yokohama and Kobe, Jap
an, and Shanghai and Hongkong, China
The line will be run in connection with
the Oregon Railway and Navigation
Company.
Three steamships will constitute the
service-the Braemar, the Mogul and the
Pelican.
They will leave Portland in the order
named approximately every three
weeks. beginning with the last day OF
the month. The new transpacfic ser
vice will be known as the Northern
Pacific Steamship Company, Portland
line.
THE INCIDENT CLOSED
CHICAGO, Oct. 13.-The Union Pacific
gave. notice. to all of its connections to-
day that it had resumed business with
the Oregon Short Line by sending them
word to resume the sale of one-way and
round-trip tickets via the Union Pacific
to points in Oregon over the Oregon
Short Line at the Short Line rate in eX-
istence before October 9th. This means
that the fight between the two roads is
over for the time being at least. The
roads of the Western Passenger asso-
citation are much elated over the settle
ment ST the trouble between the roads,
;t.f hat 1tv1ih ff,
the membership of the Union Pacific in
the Western Passenger association ard
a consequent diminution of the chances
for trouble in western passenger rates.
MEN LAID OFF
OAKLAND, Oct. 13.-Fifty men en-
ployed liz the car repairing department
Of the Southern Pacific company have
been retired without pay. The COM
pany announces that the men were laid
off because there is car shortage which
is attributed to the yellow fever quaran.-
tine on the southern division f3avin g
tied up large number of cars.
A change in. the harding of through
freight has been announced by the
Southern Pacific company. In future
all freight south of San Jose will come
going to San Francisco, and thence
across the bay to the Peralta street
yards
MADE, A STIR
PORTLAND Or, Oct 13-The settle
ment of the difficulties between the
Union Pacific and the Oregon Short Line
created stir in railroad circles here
today. The dispatch conveying infor-
nation Of this settlement was interpret
ed here by Union Pacific officials as
meaning that through business over tn.
Short Line and the Oregon Railway and
Navigation company to Portland was
to be resumed but o. r. & N. officials
deny that any agreement for resump
tion of through traffic over their road
by way of the Union Pacific has been
made.
BAGGAGE MEN MEET
DENVER, Colo, Oct. 12.-About sew
| enty roailroads We're represented in the
annual convention of the American A -
sociation of General Baggage Agents
which was called TO order today by Pres
! ident f. J. McWade of the PennsylVa-
MIA railroad. Among the subjects to be
discussed are the subject of securing 2
uniform state regula tons regarding
transportation of corpses and the hand
ling of baggage from yellow fever dis
| tricts.
COMPLAINT DISMISSED
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13.-The rail-
road commissioners today dismissed tlit
complaint Of August Muepter of Stock
ton against the Southern Pacific. HI
charged that the railroad was Illegally
collecting a higher fare for passenger
who paid cash on the trains than from
those who bought their tickets at th'
regular ticket Offices In dismissirag tn,
| complaint the commissioners said tina
there is law in California permitting
railroads to charge 10p per cent additiona
where passengers failed to procure tick
cts before. boarding trairE.
A SIERRA SCHEDULE
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 13.-B. 7
Booze, general freight and passenger
agent of the Sierra Railway company
has issued a new schedule of freight an(
passenger rates from Oakdale to James
town and intermediate poiMs on it.
line effective October 25th, all of which
are considerably lower than the rate!
! heretofore charged.