The herald., 1898-03-05
NEWS OF THE RAILWAYS
NO DEVELOPMENTS YESTERDAY
IN THE RATE WAR
The Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe
Stand Pat-Santa Fe Paternal-
ism-The Alleged Pool

Tho overland rate war continued uh-
changed yesterday, neither the santa re
nor the Southern Pacific making any re-
duction in their prices. The Pacific coast
Steamship company had dozen or mere
Messengers for Victoria by Its steamer
Yesterday and the office was well nlled
all day with inquirers about the Cahaoiah
Pacific cut and the details OF the Trip
Unless the Southern Pacific and santa re
meet the cut soon there will be an emu 10
| all Klondike business for this state as an
of the trade from the east will so via VIC
toria- II is thought that the Canadian Pa
cific will make a further reduction To-Day
when it will be impossible for the Ameri-
can transcontinental lines to MAINTAIN
their present tariff any longer.
THAT ALLEGED POOL
The San Diego chamber OF commerce mas
selected a committee to work IN con1unc-
| ton with the committee from the city
council of that city and the city attorney
| to investigate the charges that the santa
Fe company and the Southern Pacific COM
pany have entered into pooling arrange
ment which injuries that city. The cham
| her of commerce committee consists OF
Arthur G. Mason W. L. Frevert. l.. L.
Boone, G. NJ. Hawley and A. Keen. Ihe
duties of the committee are TO f1rst ascer-
tain If the pool really exists, and If 1t does
| to bring the evidence before the interstate
| commission. The members of the COM
mittee, while they seem to believe the pool
does exist, do not appear very sanguine
about the possibility of proving 1t TO the
satisfaction of court.
SANTA FE PATERNALISM
The Santa Fe is introducing more and
more of the paternalism that has hereto
fore characterized the Southern Pacific
company In its dealings with its employees.
new order has been issued which makes
it an objectionable crime for any employe
to owe any money. For three years or
more past the Santa Fe has observed the
rule that If three garnishments were
brought against a man he should be dis
charged, but now that ruling is made more
severe, for employees have been warned
that they must promptly pay their doc
tors, coal, grocery and other bills and that
an outstanding liquor bill will be in'itself
cause for dismissal.
NOTES OF TRACK AND TIE
President Leighton of the Terminal yes
terday stated to reporter that the matter
| of extending his line to Pomona was max
| ing fair progress. though he complained
that there was too much manana about
the way OF doing business to please him.
There does not seem to be any room for
doubt that the line will be built very soon
now.
Detective c. c. Crowley of the Southern
Pacific force has captured c. T. Callaghan
and Joseph D. Waterman. who burglarzed
the depot of the Maricopa and Phoeniz
railway at Phoenix in January last and
stole 5000 worth of Southern Pacific tick
cts. The two were found in Chicago and
arrested there by Mr. Crowley. At the
time they took the tickets they stole a
ticket stamp and so were enabled to sell
hot cnot1 oil p1Onp their
men had been employed by the company.
Car thieves are annoying the Southern
Pacific at Riverside. They are adroit
| enough to select bonded cars for their dep
| relations.
The graders of the valley road have
reached Bakersfield and the track layers
are only twelve miles away