The San Francisco call., 1897-09-22
TREVELYAu NOT
TO Be BUuKOBD
Barton Vineyard Man
ager Declares War on
Huntington.
Will Have His Freight Hauled
by Team to the Valley
Railway.
Rates on Southern Pacific
Branc Increased 272 Per Cent
Without Notice.

FRESNO, CAL, Sept. 21.-Colonel Ire.
velyen. a survivor of BaIaklava, who is
managing the big Barton vineyard OF $40
acres, near this city, for English capital
lists, is now an avowed enemy of the
Southern Pacific Company. He an
nounces that hereafter he will turn all of
the large amount of freight to the Valley
road, and that he will fight Coils P.
Huntington on every turn.
When the Southern Pacific employed
Marcus Poliasky to act as Its secret agent,
a few years ago, to build the branch ex-
tending from this city to Pollasky on the
San Joaquin River, it successfully de-
ceived the people, and Pollasky, represent
ing that it was a private enterprise, OBJ
tanned liberal concessions from the resi-
dents as well as from the Barton estate
vineyard company. Then as soon as the
rights of way had been procured free OF
charge, and the people of Fresno had paid
a bonus of several thousand dollars, the
dishonest Pollasky turned the road over
to the big corporation, he having per-
formed the services for which he was
hired.
To show his kind regard for the vine
yard company Pollasky had switch laid
from his line to the winery. An arrange
ment was afterward made to haul freight
from the winery into town at the rate of
So per carload. While this was a convent
ence to the Barton estate it was a con-
venience to the neighborhood as well, as
local shippers used the line and the traffic
was considerable.
Several days ago Colonel TreveIyan had
occasion 10 ship car of ralsins In to
Griffin & Skelley's packins-house, and
when he came to pay the freight he was
presented bill OF $8 Is instead of Sand
then the music began. The freight rate
had been raised on him over 272 per cent
without notice, either by letter or publi-
cation.
While the colonel is a most amiable
gentleman and a model of restraint under
most trying circumstances this made him
"hot." The result is that he means to
have the rasins-about $50 tons-hauled
10 this city by team, and, as the distance
is not over three miles, II can be done for
about the old rate paid the railroad, with
the advantage of having his boxes hauled
back.
[; is evident that the Southern Pacific
thought 1t had q ''cinch" on the freight
business of the winery, because the Val
ley road does not connect with it. Rates
have been raised all along the Pollasky
line. This is probably due to the heavy
loss in business the Southern Pacific has
sustained because OF the competing road
that the people of the San Joaquin Valley
are patronizing % literally. On tho POI
Iasky branch ;here is no competition and
it seems that the people dependent upon
it are to be 'souerzed' little more to
make up for the alarming general def
cheney.
The arbitrary manner in which the COM
pany treated Colonel Treyelyan in raising
the rate without notifying him and simply
presenting an increased bill has aroused
much indignatio here.
S. F. Booth, the district agent for the
Southern Pacific, was seen to-day. He
would make no statement and boldly de.
MED that the rate had been increased.
II do not see" he said, why Colonel
Trevelyan should have permitted this
story to get 10 reporters. 1t is not a mat
ter of news and should not be treated as
such.