The herald., 1898-04-20
SOLDIERS Due TODAY
NEWS MATTERS ABOUT THE
LOCAL RAILWAYS +.
Immense Cattle Shipments Under
Way-Freight Tax on Orange
Growers-News Notes

The soldiers will be here today on their
way to New Orleans and glory. The train
of fifteen freight cars. six coaches ana one
sleeper left Oakland at noon yesterday
with the Preside regiment. emorrow vbg
with the Preside command, or part OF
them: another train will leave tomorrow
at about the same time. They should ar
rive here some time between this MORN
ing and noon. The stop will not be long,
however, though there will be an oppor-
tunity to offer the boys welcome and show
them that they are the people nowadays.
The last time that Col. Shafter and his
command were here they did not have any
thing like picnic. as the followers Of Mr..
Debs were making things lively.
Although their time in this city will be
limited, the boys In blue are not to be ne
elected as the chamber of commerce has
arranged to distribute among them several
wagon-loads of fruit. Donations of or
anges, apples, etc, may be left at the cham
ber up to 10 o'clock this morning.
Railways and Oranges
The speech made by Scott Chapman of
San Gabriel at the last meeting of the
fruit growers convention has attracted
widespread attention, and with reason. Mr..
Chapman showed the remarkable fact that
the railway companies, In the shape OF
freight money, had received from his or
ange ranch the sum of $500 for transporting
the fruit. Such an assertion is stunning.
But he followed 1t up by showing that
another fruit grower. Mr.. Overholtzer of
Covina, paid the stupendous amount of $500
per acre. Such tax is something that can
not and will not be endured. Neither one
of the men mentioned got anywhere near
that amount as returns from their work
and capital. The sums mentioned form
an unanswerable argument that the trans
portation companies are getting entirely
too much of the returns from the sales.
The growers ought at least TO demand that
the railways divide with them.
Immense Cattle Shipments
Both the Santa Fe and the Southern Pa
cific are going to have about all they can
do in the way of cattle shipments. The
Southern Pacific is sending train load after
train load of starving creatures from the
dried-up pastures of Santa Barbara and
Ventura counties to where they can get
subsistence. Then both roads are bothered
about finding cars for bringing fat cattle
from Arizona to the California markets.
That territory is loaded up with the finest
cattle for beef that has ever been the case,
and the market for all kinds of things to
eat has been and will keep up to high
water mark.
Notes and Personals
The Santa Fe has commenced to haul in
timothy hay from Kansas. which may re-
suit in lower prices for fodder. 1t is
thought that the imported hay can be sold
for SIS ton.
Assistant General Passenger Agent H. X.
Gregory of the Santa Fe Pacific has re-
turned from Whipple barracks, in Arizona.
where he superintended the shipment of
the troops from that place to st. Louis.
By way of the Maricopa, Phoenix and
Salt River railway the Southern Pacific
is sending fast freight to Phoenix.
DIR. P. G. Cornish, the chief surgeon for
| the Santa Fe Pacific, has been touring Ari-
zona.
General Superintendent Van Wrinkle of
the Big Four railway left yesterday for the
north.
Mrs. H. E. Huntington was a passenger
to San Francisco yesterday in her special
car.
President Ripley of the Santa Fe has left
Santa Barbara for Chicago, with his party,
composed of Mrs. Ripley. Miss Ripley, Miss
Townsend, Miss Montague. Miss Clark,
Miss Peloubet and Miss Baldwin.
The entire wool clip of Chino is being
freighted to this city by team, this being
cheaper than railway freight.