The herald., 1898-07-14
NEWS OF THE RAILWAYS
SANTA FEE HAS A SUN-BURNED
FREIGHT CAR
FREIGHT RATES REDUCED
Southern Pacific Meets the Reduction
From This City via the Sunset
Route-News Notes

The overland eastbound freight tariff,
which was to have gone into effect on the
10th instant, Will have to be modified on
account of the action Of the Pacific Mail
Steamship company in reducing rates. To
a layman this action Is far from being
clear, for 1t Is popularity supposed that c.
P. Huntington Is the controlling spirit OF
the steamship company as we'll as of the
railway corporation. Why he should cut
rates on the one line to force the other to
meet them is not exactly clear. but there
is doubtless some good reason for It, or 1t
would not be. 1t Is possible that the Pan
anna Railway company has had something
to do with the reduction. as the steamer
rates may have been so prohibitory of busi-
ness as to cause a revolt against Its rulings.
The steamship company has made its
rates from San Francisco, which are vir-
tually the same as from here, applicable at
once. and the Southern Pacific yesterday
came out with similar reduction on the
articles which It would be likely to feel the
loss of from competition.
The following are the new rates Of the
steamship company, the first figures being
the new ones:
Barley lin bags), Coo, 40c; beans double
sacked), COO, 4Oc; bone black, zoe, 4Oc; bo-
rax, 60c, 340c; brandy in cases (strapped),
soc. 75c; brandy in wood, Toe, Coo; fruit.
dried Qn strapped boxes) 55c, 45c; fruit.
canned I'm strapped boxes). &C., 4Oc; ore
(chrome or magnanese), 4oc; peas double
sacked). Soc, 4oc; quicksilver. coo. SOC: rice,
eOc, 4Oc; seed, mustard 55c, 4Oc; tallow. Coo,
40c; wine in cases (strapped), SOC. 75c; glue,
60c, 4Oc.
For wine in wood In lots less than 500 bar
rels the freight charge will be CSC; more
than 500 and less than 1000, 621sc; over 1O0e
Soc. All these rates are for hundred
weights.
An advance has been made in tariffs from
New York, Boston, Baltimore and points
common with each other to San Francisco.
The new class rates are: First $3.50; sec
ond, $3.50: third, $1.3O; fourth $115; fifth.
s1.O5; A, $1.05; B, Sc; c, Soc; D, 500; e, zoe.
The new transcontinental rail rates for the
same classes are in orders IS, $3.50, 1920,
$3.50. $1.65; 81 go. $1.25. $780, CSC. These class
tariffs are also westbound.
According to the statement made yester-
day by Chief Clerk Frank Oakley of the
Southern Pacific freight department in this
city his company has at once met those
rates by the following ones applicable to
eastbound shipments from this city as well
as San Francisco. These rates, 1t is I'M
derstood, apply. so far, only to the South
ern Pacific's Sunset route, as Mr.. Daven-
port, the general freight agent for the
Union Pacific here, said yesterday that
they would not be accepted now by his line.
Carload lots of fifteen tons: Borax, Soc
canned salmon. 50c; rags 60c; wool, 4Oc
rubber junks, Coo: quicksilver, TIC: wine in
wood, 45c; glue, SOC. These rates will go
into effect the same day as does the new
overland eastbound general tariff, which is
applicable to all overland roads. July 18th.
Another Freight Car un-Burned
When the Santa Fe officials read the &C.
count IN The Herald yesterday Of the
Southern Pacific having a freight car set on
fire by the intense heat Of the desert al
Mammoth tank they felt very much chag-
rined at having let their rival get away
with them In such a manner. and Ed Cham
bers wired to all the desert agents on his
line asking them to oil their Thermometers
and make Old Sol burn car forthem.
When The Herald reporter visited Chief
Clerk Walker Of the superintendent's office
he found that oftentimes rather morose
gentleman smiling to beat the band. i've
got some news for you today" he joyously
remarked, ''the Southern Pacific IL not "a
warm; there are other lines - warm a
theirs. They needn't think they are the
only people who can have sunburned
freight cars. We have. or rather had, one
this morning ct Amboy, Just east Of Bar.
dad. 1t was found afrs this morning, and
was an burned up before w could do .
thing to It. II was loaded with msrchan.