The herald., 1898-03-26
MR.. HUNTINGTON EXPECTED TO
ARRIVE TODAY
NO ORANGE RATE NEWS
A Small Reduction the Best That Can
Be Expected-The Terminal and
s. p. Scrapping-Notes

AS yet the orange growers have not hear(
any good news from Monterey. The freigh
| agents there do not seem disposed to us,
any haste in the settlement of the i'm
portant question of possible reductions IL
citrus fruit rates for the rest Of the sda
son, though haste is one of the most i'm
portant factors in the case. If the reduc
tion comes after the oranges have all drop
ped from the trees the gratitude Of the
growers is not to be counted upon.
What little discussion there has beer
on the subject would seem to indicate thai
the railway men think that If they come
down a quarter of dollar on the hundred
they will be doing a whole lot. while the
growers started out with the assumption
| that unless they got rate of rs cents, a.
against the present one of s1.25 they would
not be getting enough to help them at all.
MR.. HUNTINGTON DUE
A number of the Southern Pacific gen.
eral officers passed through the city
on their way to meet C. P. Hunting
ton, president of the Southern Pacific
railway. who is expected to arrive here
this afternoon from New Orleans the
nabob making the entire trip across the
continent on his own rails. It is under
stood that he will meet President Ripley
of the Santa Fe while the latter Is here,
and the two may come to some important
conclusions about railway business In this
part of the country. The fact Of the pres
ence Of the two presidents in this part of
the state at the same time has revived the
pool story with new force. It Is said In
certain railway quarters that Ripley has
done nothing but kick since he made his
last combine with Huntington, and has
submitted protocol to Huntington for a
readjustment Of the terms of the pool"
which will enable the Santa Fe to show
some results from the partnership, some
thing which "Uncle's" shrewdness has not
enabled the Chicago man to do so far.
Mr.. Ripley is reputed to be one Of the
best golf players in the west. but he has
to learn that it is a difficult thing to
They are apt to do some driving on Their
own account.
THE PLUCKY TERMINAL
TIL little Terminal, like pert bantam,
is scrapping with the Southern Pacific
over a question Of water rates and the
charges from the coast to the city. 1t is
said that the relations of the two lines
have become so strained that General
Manager Hynes has sent an ultimatum to
Huntington, in which he threatens tol re-
fuse all Southern Pacific business unless
their differences are at once made up on
an equitable basis. This is one reason why
Huntington is hurrying here across the
continent. The trouble is all about some
differentials with the Pacific Coast Steam
ship company and Mr.. Hynes will fight
just as hard as if he was at the head of
the biggest system in the country.
NOTES AND PERSONALS
The Southern Pacific yesterday discon-
tnued the use of Tie "shoe f1y'' track at
Whitewater around the wreck of the
freight train, which occurred early in the
week.
The bandits who held up the Southern
Pacific northbound train at Goshen on
Monday night were only twelve hours late.
They were after $4,000 shipment Of gold
bullion from the Wedge mine at Rands-
burg, which they thought was on that
train, but which had gone up on the pre-
vious one. Hereafter the express company
will take added precautions against rob-
berry whenever there is shipment OF ore
made from the Rand camp
The San Diego chamber of commerce has
appointed a committee on railway build
Ing. Where, when and how are not
stated. This committee of large duties and
little results is made up of M. Sherman,
U. S. Grant, D. c. Reed, George w. Mars
ton and Phillip Morse.
A number of damage suits resulting from
the fire at the Fairview tunnel have been
The latest one is the claim of Emil Klein
wort of Albuquerque, who wants pay for
a lot of cattle which he ordered to be
sent to him, but which could net be done
on account Of the stoppage Of the line at
the tunnel. so that the company had to sell
them in this city at loss.
r. H. Vincent, the Santa Fe's agent at
Pomona, stands third among the three
thousand agents of the company in ef-
ficiency in increasing business. The COM
pany offers a series Of prizes, ranging
from $25 to $125. for increase of business in
the first and last six months Of every year.
Mr.. Vincent has just been notified by
w. H. Biddle, general traffic manager at
Chicago, that he had been awarded the
third prize of 500.
John w. Gay, general agent Of the coast
for the Raymond & Whitcomb excursions
has gone to San Francisco. Mr.. E. J. Bailey
is acting In his place in this city.
General Passenger Agent w. B. Kuis-
kern Of the Chicago and North Western
arrived yesterday for brief stay in the
city.
Charles Blglow Of the Albany day line is
in the city.