The herald., 1898-05-14
NEWS OF The RAILWAYS
CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE SOUTH.
ERIN PACIFIC COMPANY
EXTENSION OF THE SANTA FE
Exodus Of Cattle From San Luis
Obispo-Impossible Lemon Rate.
News and Personal Notes


There Is such thing as trop de xele in
the conduct of a campaign which will re-
suit in a deturning Of public sentiment
fatal to the outcome Of the contest which
may have been started from the highest Of
motives. 1t appears as If the men who are
fighting the Southern Pacific were about to
commit, if they have not already done co.
the fault of prosecuting their theories with
such excessive activity and such plenl-
tude Of methods as to cause more or less
sympathy with the object of their attack
For example, c. P. Huntington has for a
week or more been before the state rail-
way commission and has more than held
his own with that concern; but while this
ha irving is going on between the president
of the offending corporation and the men
of the commission, a lawyer springs out CT
his business with the purpose Of bringing
n suit against the corporation with the
end in view of having all of its franchises
and rights forfeited. The lawyer is George
w. Monteith. who was 1t is believed, once
a most formidable Griefer of the city Of
that name. He has now appeared as a
practitioner in San Francisco and has filed
a complaint against the Southern Pacific
companv before the board of commission
ers.
The complaint charges the company Win
quantity OF Illegal acts, such as the
wrongful manipulation OF STOCKS ana
ponos' the giving OF money 10 legislators
ana to various state ana county omclais,
ana aiso Oh sunsloizins newspapers
the making OF 1alse ana misleading
reports 10 the commissioners; all OF
these ana similar charges are presented
as reason why the poaro OF commission
ers should proceed at once 10 an lnvestiga-
tlon Win view OF putting INTO erect low
er passenger ana Ireient rates throughout
the state 'ohh n nooinson As the man
VINO brings the complaint anu ior "nom
MI. Mon'ei.h appears oeiore 'ne commas
| sion.
Inc commissioners see" 10 oe httle shy
ABOUT taxing up the complaint ana ex-
preseo ue.efn'iia'io,. ~ "i,u gu. "nat
attorney denerai flt1seraio tnousnt
ABOUT IT. put they granted MT. Monteitn
request 70 nave Huntington suopoenaeo 10
appear TO answer the charges oeIore ne
let LOT the east. AS tHe "atters meh-
tioneo IN the complaint are .he same as
tnose peing investigated ny the ooaro' II
Is not nheiy 'hat the stra" Will ne re-
tnresneu'
Santa Fe Extension
The Pecos Valley Co. has been we'll re-
organized, and all through the efforts of
the Santa Fe Railway company. which has
by this means gained great point in Sc
curing a new outlet and tremendous field
for new business.
The Financial Chronicle of New York
gives out information which will be found
of considerable interest. The successful
outcome OF the reorganization OF the Pecos
'aley company IS largely que 10 the Atcn-
isoh' Aopeha anu santa + railway COM
pahy anu its iriehos' VINO nave purcnaseo
an interest IN the new organization Sc
curities. "A contract mas oeen mace with
the A'chisoh iof AL interchange OF tramc
anu an agreement mas oeen maoe wnereov
1nat company mas the right TO use l4o
lInies VI tne he" hne ior Part OF through
i'ie u Aiouqueiuue' ~ M' the Atchison
paying one-nail the interest charge on the
cost Oh that portion Oh the line ana MAIN
tenahce IN proportion 10 wheeiage.
Inc conpietioii Vi the me, "nicn II is ex-
pecteo VIII oe accomplished TINS fail' Will
open up 10 .he AtcAisoh Inc largest cattle
section IN the united states' an area OF
some 'o'Voo square Hlles III new MEXICO ana
Iexas.
IL Will also give the Pecos valley, which
contains the largest irrigated area IN this
country lsome Soo'Voo acres)' access tc
market aoo miles nearer tnan by present
routes.
AT Amariilo the Pecos valley VIII con-
meet with the Union Pacihc and Denver
ana Gull systems, making direct line to
colorado and northern points
The Lemon Rate Impossible
1t would be very refreshing il the rail
way companies were once in while to
treat the orange and lemon growers of the
country with little fairness. A sample
of the way in which they impose on and