The herald., 1897-11-02
THE TICKET BROKERS' FIGHT
WORK PROGRESSING ON THE
ROAD TO RANDSBURG
Laborers Brought From the East to
Work on the Santa Fe-Pacific.
Track and Tie


nent railroad official last night, land we
are now doing a larger freight business
than ever before in the roads history. In
fact, we are pressed by want of cars to
handle the volume of freight eastbound.
Our books show that we did about forty
per cent more business during the month
just ended than during the same period
last year. Few people realize the
amount of California products that are
being shipped daily to the eastern mar
kets. The celery season is now at hand,
and after a careful estimate find there
will be about 500 cars of this vegetable
sent east. The potato crop is good, and
l believe there will be anywhere from
700 to 1000 cars of this product. Then
there will be at least 400 cars of cabbage;
$50 of walnuts; 300 of.honey; $50 Of raj
sins, and at least 525 Of dried fruits.
Then there Is the orange and lemon
crop, which will begin to move in a few
weeks, and which will be larger than
ever before. providing no serious wind
storm or freeze is experienced. think
there will be in Southern California H.
500 cars of oranges against about 1000
last season, and at least 5000 cars of
lemons. The crop of the latter is always
difficult to estimate, but 1t will exceed
last years output by at least one-third.
I have recently made thorough investi-
cation Of the orange groves along our
line. and never before saw the trees so
thrifty and full of fruit. The growers
are very much encouraged over the new
tariff on citrus fruits, and anticipate
larger returns per box than at any pre-
vious time. 1t is really astonishing to
see the number of new packing houses
going up all over Southern California
which is the best indication of good
times among the growers. Think, with
the close Of the coming orange season,
the growers and every one else will be
better off financially than at any time
since the boom struck the country. If
indications count for anything. our raTl-
road will do forty per cent more freight
business this season than it did the same
time last year"
THE TICKET BROKERS' FIGHT
The local members of the American
Ticket Brokers' association are once
more circulating with renewed interest
a petition to be presented to the Fifty
Soos
month, protesting against senate bill
No. 1875, introduced by Mr.. Cullom, and
house bill No. 30, introduced by Mr.. Sher-
man of New York, or any similar thereto,
intended to destroy ticket brokerage.
The ticket brokers throughout the Unit
ed States are industriously at work do
ing likewise. They will ask congress to
carefully examine into their true mean
ing and effect before the bills become
a law. Said one Of the brokers last even
ing: 1.-The bill would destroy natural
and legal right to dispose of ones own
property in the open market; it would
enable the strong railroad systems to
shut out the weak lines on thr ough bus
mess and thus destroy competition; 1t
would send citizen to prison and brand
him with infamy for disposing of his
own property, while imposing no penal
ty upon the railroad company for fail
ure to redeem tickets, as provided. Th,
business of ticket brokerage is directly
in the interest of the travelling public,
the passenger traffic is controlled al
most entirely by trusts, leaving the peo-
pie at their mercy. except for the relief
afforded by ticket brokerage. The trav-
cling public would keenly feel the effect
Of the law as we'll as the ticket brokers.
as many buy of us instead of the regu-
lar railroad ticket offices. We have able
legal talent assisting us in our warfare
against the anti-scalping bill and pro-
pose to do all in our power to prevent it
from being enacted into law"
A FULL FORCE AT WORK
There are now more men working on
the Southern California railroad than
at any time since it was built. The ex-
tensive improvements being made, such
as new bridges, road ballasting, new
ties and depots, give great many reg
ular employment. Several additional
road section gangs have recently been
put on and the working force at the ma
chine shops has been increased. The
same condition of affairs exists on the
Santa Fe-Pacif1c railroad. Recently an
effort was made here to get fifty men
for road work along this line in Arizona,
but they could not be secured. AS
consequence the desired number were
brought from Kansas and put to work.
THE RANDSBURG RAILROAD
Work Of construction on the new
branch road from Kramer to Rands-
burg is being pushed as rapidly as pos
sible Ramish & Marsh,- the contract
|ors, state that already a little over
eighteen miles of the roadbed is graded
and about twelve miles Of rails are laid.
The road, which will be thirty miles long,
will be completed by December 10th.
The building of this line at first was
doubted as a paying proposition, but
1t is now believed that it will result very
to it's owners as new
strikes are being made constantly in
the new mining district and business at
Randsburg continues to improve. The
influx of prospectors there is reported
to. be increasing daily, and the prospects
for lively times in the new camp this
winter are good.
CULLINGS FROM THE RAIL
Over three hundred people were
brought here from the east during Oc-
tober by A. Phillips & Co., excursion
agents. This Is Il third more than at
this time last year.
The Santa Fe company now sends pas
sengers through to Virginia Dale gold
mines without delay by leaving here on
Wednesdays.
General Manager Nevin and Cen
eral Freight Agent Chambers OF the
Southern California railway, are back
from an inspection trip to San Diego
General Superintendent a. 9. Wells