The herald., 1898-06-16
NEWS OF THE RAILWAYS
UNION PACIFIC A DISTURBIN G
ELEMENT IN CUT RATES
Stop-Overs Allowed at Omaha and
Kansas City-S. P. Adjusts Its
Franchise at Riverside

There is more trouble for the railway,
who have had to fight the Canadian Pacifi,
in the matter of overland second elias!
rates for they have been attacked by one
of their own number, and if they retaliat,
they will be likely to precpitate slashing
of rates which will be far from profita biz
for all concerned.
When the recent cut was made, putting
the American lines on an equality with the
Canadian road, 1t was stipulated that the
| tickets should only be good for a contin-
uous trip and that no stop-overs should be
permitted. To obviate the chances of
scalping the rebate plan was adopted, by
which the purchaser of the ticket paid the
full price of passage al the starting point
receiving rebate at the end of the trip.
which made the reduction. This was in
tended to and would have prevented the
| hated ticket scalpers from benefiting from
the cut as the requirements obliged the
traveller to so to the agent at the point OF
| destination the moment he arrived and get
| the rebate or else be out the full fare.
| This is all knocked on the head by the
action taken yesterday by the Union Pa
cific which issued notice to its agents from
General Agent Hitchcock of San Francisco
that they should instruct all ticket buyers
that they could have five days stop-over
at either Omaha, where the exposition is
being held, or at Kansas City the latter
place always insisting on having the same
privileges that are extended to Omaha.
To show how this will work in the inter-
ests of the scalpers 1t is only necessary to
state the prices of the regular and cut
rates to Omaha and Chicago. The price of
| pl iclre OF m GY,,a hoi lie fror
Omaha to Chicago the rate is $3.50 so that
the man who buys second class ticket to
Chicago. wishing only to go to Omaha. via
he Union Pacific, paying s445O for it when
he gets to Omaha. can stop off there and
sell his ticket to Chicago, having five days
in which to make the sale. the portion he
has to sell having cost him only $3.50 and
possessing value of $3.50 More than
this, this stop-over privilege is especially
made applicable to all classes of tickets
thus throwing aside al the restrictions Of
time that have been placed on the many
varieties that have been issued with limi-
tations of one kind and another.
Southern Pacific at Riverside
The Southern Pacific and Riverside city
councilmen appear to have arranged all Of
their differences at last, in an amicable
way which is good for both parties con-
cerned and especially so for Riverside, for
while the business of that city is important
to the railway company the corporation 1t
is known has certain plans and improve
ments arranged for which will be of the
utmost Importance to that city and all in
terested in it. The company agreed t.
waive all rights granted to it under the or
dinsnce giving its access IN Tenth stree
rassod nv tho old hoard which wos tb,
matter at issue between it and the new
board of trustees. and accepted new
franchise which will give it the right to ono
track across the street in question.
While nothing official has been said on
this subject it is more than proba BILE thai
this action will lead the company to at once
construct the branch from Chino to River
side. making Of 1t an extension of the
branch from Pomona. thus forming what it
is thought will soon be made the main line
of the Sunset route to the east and placing
Riverside on that line.
Wharfs at Santa Monica
If looks as If Santa Monica were TO have
a nlenituds of wharfs This season for no
sides the one which has been commenced.
bv General Manager Clarke of the electric
railway H e. Huntington. who there
q few DAVIS ago. is said to have offered to
luiId one eight hundred feet long. on the
site of the present old wrecked wharf
providing the people would subscribe 5000
to the project. The offer has not been well
received bv the citizens. who seem to favor
building one of their own. far enough away
from the Southern Pacifc's site $ covered
nv their franchise to make it an entirety
indenendent proiect
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