The herald., 1898-03-12


Nevin. general manager OF the Santa Fe
Pacific Railroad company. with Its tuclo-
sures. has been handed to me to answer.
/ have to advise you that the Santa Fe
Pacific Railroad company. operating line
from MoJave to The Needles. CAL, was IN
corporated by an act of congress, approved
March 8. 1897, which gave to 1t the same
rights as were given to the Atlantic ana
Pacific Railroad company by the act OF
congress approved July 27, 1866. Among
other rights which were given by congress
itself were the rights conferred by the
thirteenth section, which, so far as the
matter l write to you about Is concerned,
reads as follows:
Section 13. And be it further enacted
that the directors of the said company
shall from time to time fix, determine and
regulate the fares. tolls and charges to be
received and paid for transportation of
persons and property on said road or any
part thereof
In view of the fact that the Santa Fe
Pacific Railroad company is acting under
direct authority from the United states
in fixing its rates and charges. i declines
to submit to the jurisdiction Of IT, Horor-
able Board of Railroad Commiss - OF
the state of California concorn.na ny
question of its rates for carriage ard 'tans-
portation of persons or property. and it,.
therefore. declines to answer the complaint
of the San Francisco brewers, limited,
filed before your honorable body. Very re-
spectfully yours,
c. N. sTERRY Solicitor.
ENGINEER HOOD HERE
Engineer William Hood Of the Southern
Pacific company is in the city on official
business. This does not prevent him from
being welcomed by his large circle of
friends who always make 1t point to greet
him and entertain him on his too infre-
quent visits.
Mr.. Hood. in talking with a reporter said
that he knew nothing about the immediate
construction of the road on the coast line
ceived any word regarding the matter and
he did not see how anyone could get orders
without his knowing it. No word at all
had been received from c. p. Huntington
and until such instructions came it could
not be said that there was anything def
mite about the undertaking. When asked
how long the work would take, providing
it was prosecuted as rapidly as could be
done. he replied that much depended on the
number of men who sought their fortune
in the Klondike, as the exodus to that
place would make quite an impression on
the supply of labor.
NOTES AND PERSONALS
AS a result of confusion in the setting Of
switches in the Santa Fe yard yesterday
morning, switch engine No S6 was bumped
into the pit of the turntable by some fiat
cars which should have been on another
track. Fireman Arthur Dole was on the
engine at the time but as he saw the cars
coming down upon him he had time enough
to jump to place of safety. The affair Is
being investigated by the superintendent
office the carpet of which is being severely
worn.
The steamer Orizaba will leave Redondo
tonight at 10 o'clock for Lower California
and Mexican ports. She gets little freight
here as the merchants do not seem to like
the long credit system prevalent in Mexico.
Mrs. II. Z. Huntington and Mrs. Wig
more are at Pasadena in the private car Of
Mr.. Huntington.
E. E. McCloud, assistant general passen-
ger agent of the Rock Island road. is in
the city. He wifi remain here over Sunday
General Agent Sanborn Of the Burlington
system arrived in the city yesterday and
will remain for some time.
President j. C. Ives of the Burlington,
Cedar Rapids and Northern railway, ar
rived here yesterday in his car with a
party of ten friends and went at once to
Coronado.
]. C. yelling. the vice-president of the
Illinois Central, arrived in the city yester-
day, going to Coronado last evening.
Over twenty-five feet of the Santa Fe
company's wharf at South Santa Monica
has fallen to pieces. The structure is rap
idly going to decay.
The Santa Fe is experimenting with the
Burk headlight with a view to its adoption.
1t is smaller and cheaper than those now
in use and gives more light.