The herald., 1898-02-22
FURTHER FACTS ABOUT THE
COALITION
BABcocK
NEvIN VERSUS
Rate to Randsburg Reduced-Bakers-
field and the Valley Road-Notes
of Interest to Railroaders


Pacific company in the division OF the cit
rus fruit shipments and the local passeh'
ger business. This was denied oy MT
Nevin, but the Union stands by It's guns
and on Saturday Mr.. Nevin went 10 tne
City of Grief and tried to stop the pupiica-
tions and to interview the people on the
subject, hoping that he would be sustaiheo'
He took Judge Sterry with him. put' ac-
cording to the paper, met with so ht'ie
success that he at once turned about ana
came back to this city.
While In San Diego Mr.. Nevin and F. ).
Babcock had an interview which the latter
gave out for publication. as follows:
Now, Mr.. Nevin.' 1 said. do you pre-
tend to me that there is no such pool! Do
you dare deny it?'
"I will neither deny nor affirm it, was
his significant reply; but he added there
is no proof of any such pool
"If you deny the existence of the pool,
I said. I will see that you get proof. You
know that there is such pool and you
dare not deny it. ID"
According to the published interview,
Judge Sterry then took hand. anc seems
to have talked in a way that in the dlpio-
matte service would have cost him his po-
sition, for ultra frankness, not to mention
threats not clothed in parliamentary IAN
guage. He Is reported as saying:
''Supposing there is pool in Southern
California? There is no state law against
1t. And don't you know that the laws OF
the state and the charter OF the Southern
California Railway company would permit
it to practically double your rates, charge
you cents per mile for passengers and
make your streets green with grass?
That last figure of grass green streets
II, 81 ,tax, txrvor n
1t. About twenty years ago identically the
same words were used in a meeting in
this city by a Southern Pacific nabob who
could not have his own way in everything
he wanted, and now the grass grows green
over him but the streets of Los Angeles
are fairly free from vegetation.
In the same paper ]. E. O'Brien, who
owns the Hotel Brewster of that city, is
quoted as saying that he knew on the per-
sonal authority of one Of the largest own
ers of the Santa Fe that there was secret
combination between the Southern Pacific
and the Santa Fe. This was a year ago,
shortly after the time that the agreement
is said to have been made.
DR.. r. NJ Powers. the president of the
chamber of commerce in San Diego. is
quoted as saying that 1.-The whole people
are united in opposition to the present
discriminating management, and are de-
an effort to secure the justice and proper
treatment to which they are entitled"
The war is evidently on for weeks and is
liable to break out at any time in this city.
RANDSBURG RATES
The Santa Fe, through the efforts of the
able general passenger agent. ]. j. Byrne,
and the general freight agent, Mr.. Cham
bers, has at last reduced the freight and
passenger rates between this city and
Randsburg SO that the people there are
now satisfied. The passenger rates for a
time were higher than those charged on
the stage line which ran from Mojave In
connection with the Southern Pacific. Mr..
Byrne and Mr.. Chambers were appealed to
and asked to make an equitable rate. which
they have done. Both of these gentlemen
possess the savoir faire which avoids irri-
tation and wins friends.
THE VALLEY ROAD
The progress of the Valley road to the
south is being watched with great interest
by merchants hereabouts, for it is felt that
on its future depends largely the securing
of the business of the Bakersfield region,
which, under Southern Pacific domination,
has heretofore gone mainly to San Fran
CISCO The heavy shippers here think that
when the Southern Pacific finds that the
Valley road is really competing with it in
doing the business for that region from
the north. the former company will make
such concessions to the people of Los An
geles as will give them the trade to this
city, to the exclusion of the northern men
From this direction the Southern Pacific
will have a monopoly of the traffic, while
from the north it will have to divide.
The new road from the north is now
within couple of miles Of Bakersfield and
Is entirely graded to that place, the delay
i TO 20 -,
ties, supply that was promised not hav.
ing come to hand. The delay is caused by
so many of the coasting vessels being
turned to the Alaska trade that there are
not enough left to properly take care Of
the lumber business for California from
northern ports.
The people of Bakersfield are anxiously
awaiting the completion of arrangement.
for the talked-of excursions from this city
from which they expect much benefit. Tht
rate will be about IS for the round trip
and the excursionists will be taken car,
of by the Bakersfield people on their ar
rival.
NOTES OF TRACK AND TIE
A derailed freight car at Mojave, whicl
got across the passenger track, delayed tn,
southbound overland trains for severa
hours yesterday.
The Southern Pacific company is con
stantly increasing the force of men a
work on the gap in its coast route al
rapidly as room is made for the laborers [,
get foothold. The officials talk as If th
intention was to complete the line as fas
as it can be DONE
The Valley road is using 500 carloads O
gravel a week to fill in the depot site
along the line A landscape gardener ha
been employed to do nothing else but de
sign the proper laying off of the depo
grounds and the arrangements of tn
parks at such places.
The easterners have no trouble abou
getting up their f1estas. Mr.. Byrne, tn
| general passenger agent of the Santa Fe /
this city, has received banneret from tn
Mobile and Ohio, announcing the route t
the carnival cities, New Orleans, Memphis
Birmingham and Mobile. The circular
printed in the coiors of the fiesta, red, gree
and yellow.
General Agent Fred Thompson of tn
Rock Island route has returned from hi
tour of the northern part of the state.
| An agent for Edison's kinetescope took
| picture of the Santa Fe limited Will
passing Santa Anita at the rate of 90 mile
an hour 1t was success and will be e3
hibited all over the country.
| Hugh B. Rice, the agent for the Paciil
steamships, says that there is to be an e2
| odus of excursionists to the islands an
Japan this summer.
| General Passenger Agent Byrne of tn
Santa Fe is arranging for an excursion I
Randsburg at an early date, when a rat
of only IS will be charged.
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