The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-12-04
FILLMORE HAS
DECLARED WAR
Will Force Three Roads to
Avoid Delay of Over
land Trains.
Is Tired of Making Up Time
West of Ogden and Wants
a Change.
Blames Denver and Rio Grande for
Advertising an Impossible
Schedule.

Manager ]. A. Fillmore of the South ern
Pacific is on the warpath. He declared
yesterday that he Will force connecting
Eastern roads to change their timetables,
or else he will hereafter pull west-bcnnd
passenger trains out OF Ogden on sched lie
time and leave the belated trains OF other
roads TO wait in Ogden and take the full
and deserved blame for their inability to
make their runs from Chicago on adver-
tised time.
IL am tired of these delays" he said
"and mean to put an end to them right
here They have been occurring regularly
for over three months past.
"The fault is with the Denver and Rio
Grande and the Rio Grange Western to-
cether as connecting roads and with the
Union Pacific. Ssventy-five per cent OF
the time the Southern Pacific is kept
waiting at Ogden for one or the other of
these lines. When one is on time the
other is late. If We come away from Og-
den wltho ut waiting there is howl and
it would be one howl and then the other
so We have waited.
THE Union Pacific is not so bad as the
Denver and Rio Grande, but 1t is bad
enough.
The whole cause of the trouble is that
those lines have faster schedules than
they can make. 1t is all for an advertis-
ing record: 1t is not possible for them 10
come through on schedule time except
under the most favorable circumstances
They ought TO leave Chicago two hours
earlier.
This subject has been a matter of con-
troversy between myself and the man.
ayers of those three lines for the last
three months. Each would blame the
other, but l proved that some of them
were deliberately lying, and L sent back
their several claims and left them to fight
IL out among themselves.
Il have asked them 10 start from Chi
cago earlier, but ley will do nothing.
Now l am going to 10 something.
The Southern Pacific has been getting
the blame for trains arriving here late
But know whose fault it is. We get the
record OF every day from Ogden, showing
Just when these trains get in there.
"Nlnety-hve per cent or the recent ar
rivals here on time WAS due to the making
up of time by the Southern Pacific from
Ogden to this city. But this fast running
must stop. Il is not safe in winter and
over our mountainous and rough sections
of road. l shall not permit it alter thi..
Our trains will come through on schedu e
time, but they will not take chances try
ing TO make up for the other roads de-
lays beyond Ogden.
I'VE might change our schedule so as TO
leave Ogden three or Jour hours later, but
That would bring our trains into Oakland
after the last night ferry. A srecitl boat
would have to be run; the street-cars here
would not be rum ng. and the passengers
would not be sati fed.
mo. the change must be made at the
other end, II we have 10 pull out of Ogden
with empty cars or with passengers that
arrive too late TO catch our proceed ing
regular train.
The Denver and Rio Grande, the Rio
Grande Western and the Union Pacific
may deny that they are 10 b,ame for all
these delays, but if they do deny it they
are lying, tor have the records here