The herald., 1898-11-03
NEWS OF THE RAILWAYS
HEAVY SHIPMENTS CAUSE A
SCARCITY OF FREIGHT CARS .
Santa Fe Nabobs Still in the City.
Increase in the Rate on Wine.
Notes and Personals

The beet shipping traffic ended yesterday
on the Southern Pacific, and this will re-
store l4O flat cars to the lumber and coal
trade, which has been embarrassed, as
have all lines of traffic, by the shortage of
cars. This famine of box and all kinds OF
cars is unprecedented with the Southern
Pacific, and has obliged the company 10
call on Its eastern system and get cars from
as tar away as New Orleans to supply the
need. There does not appear to be any
likelihood of let up in freight business
and while every effort is being made to Sc
cure prompt delivery of the new cars or
dered, it looks as if the shortage would
continue during the winter.
THE SANTA F'E NABOBS
President Ripley and his associate visit
ing officers of the Santa Fe spent yesterday
at the headquarters of the company in the
bradbury block,going over mass of details
regarding the past and future business of
the company. Mr.. Nevin's administration
was approved throughout, and his projects
for further Improvement of the line were
mainly indorsed. Mr.. Nevin has the full
confidence of Mr.. Ripley and seems to de-
serve 1t, for the president is an exigent man,
who knows what he wants and is in the
habit of getting it. The party will remain
here until Saturday, when they will leave
be the case, there is change in the Valley
road deal.
REASONS FOR PURCHASE
\ CHICAGO. Nov. 2.-The directors \
= of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe 4
= Railway have just issued circular to 4
= stockholders giving reasons for the pur- 4
= chase of the San Francisco and San 4
\ Joaquin Valley Railroad. i
= The directors say: 4
y "The road. in its unfinished condi- 4
= ton. with no connection south of \
= Bakersfield. and without access to San 4
Z Francisco. has earned more than its 4
\ operating expenses and taxes. Its earn \
\ ings will be largely increased when \
\ completed to San Francisco and in re- 4
\ ceipt of the through business of the \
\ Atchison system to and from that city \
4 and other points in Northern Califor- y
= MIA.
\ "If it shall be found necessary to 4
\ construct a connecting link between \
+ Bakersfield and some point of intersec- 4
\ tion with the Atchison system of Cali \
\ fornia. means therefor can be provid- 4
4 ed, either by using general mortgage \
\ bonds reserved for extension purposes 4
4 or by an issue Of bonds upon the new \
7 line. 1t is the expectation of your di- \
\ rectors, however, that such construc- \
v
\ rights over the existing line between \
= Bakersfield and Mojave for 6S miles can !
4 probably be obtained" \
NOTES AND PERSONALS
General Agent Davenport of the Union
Pacific thinks that there is some basis for
the reports that his company intends to
build the Salt Lake road soon, and consid-
ers that the fact that the company has fit
ted up such sumptuous offices here is rea-
son to suppose that they expect to make
this a terminal soon. Heretofore the com
pany has been most reluctant to spend the
smallest amount for the offices in this city,
while now their offices are equal to the
Santa Fe's or the Southern Pacific's.
Chief of the Southern Pacific Passenger
Department Charles White has settled
Pacific offices in the Douglas block. His
office is in the rear of Ticket Agent Herr's
palatial quarters. Mr.. Herr is suffering
from cold, but manages to live up to his
part just the same.
One of those mysterious moves in freight
matters that few people understand was
made yesterday by the Southern Pacific in
,aising the rate on California wine in wood
rom all terminals in this state to New
FORK and New Orleans from 40 cents to co.
t was only last spring that the rate was
'OluHtdrlly reduced Dy Une company 1fOmj
10 to 40 cents, and many dealers took ad-
'antage of it. Thinking, as has turned out
o be the case, that the rate was only tenn
'orary, they shipped all of the wine they
ould get hold of. The raise is probably
'ased on a similar action taken by the
Pacific Main Steamship company and the
'anama railway.
General Freight and Passenger Agent
luce of the Southern Pacific in this city
3 in San Francisco for few days.
The Santa Fe is building cut t-off from the
cot of Also street to a point where the
southern Pacific's Yuma line crosses the
liver. The work will cost nearly $4,000.
Southern Pacific Trainmaster and Agent
:. R. Bright at Cotton has resigned and
one to New York d. A. Bruce has been
ppointed to fill the place.