The herald., 1898-04-22
LOCAL RAILWAY NEWS
SOUTHERN PACIFIC FAST
FREIGHT TO CHICAGO
Valley Road Celebration-Discrim
ination Against Pacific Coast
Shippers-General Notes

The announcement is officially made that
the celebration OF the completion of the
valley railway to Bakersfield will be held
on May 9th. w. B. Storey, the superin-
| tendent of the road, and A. D. SCHNEIDER,
| the general passenger agent, together with
| Director C. H. Payson, are now in Bakers
| field comforting with the committee of citi-
zens orl the details Of the event.
The valley railway has secured as de-
pot in San Francisco the Sausalito ferry
slip the harbor commissioners having ar
ranged the matter at their last meeting
Fast Freight to Chicago
The reason for the recent visit to Ell Paso
of General Manager Fillmore of the South
ern Pacific company has at last come to
light in the shape of good news for this city.
It appears the Mr.. Fillmore went to that
CITY for the purpose of consulting with
General Manager Doddridge of the Mis-
souri, Pacific road, and Vice-President
Thorne of the Texas Pacific, and the plan
of putting on fast freight train from this
CITY to Chicago, via the Southern Pacific
line was discussed, and an agreement
reached. The train will go over the lines
mentioned and will make quick and close
connections for Louisville, Cincinnati and
other interior points.
The freight flyer will commence opera
tions on the first of the month, and will
make the trip to Chicago regularly in sew
en- days, or as it is claimed in thirty-six
hours less time than is now used. 1t will be
a. daily service but the time Of departure
and arrival has not been announced.
Notes and Personals
The engineers at San Bernardino, when
they heard of the death of Engineer Clifford
as a result of the Orc Grande train rob-
berry, at once asked permission to form
posse to hunt the missing robber. They
could not arrange to go. If ever they had
cantured the man there would not have
been any cause to have tried him, though
an inquest would have been in order.
Joe Simmonds, an engineer in the Santa
Fe Pacific service, while running a freight,
was injured on Tuesday at San Juan Cap
istrano by falling from his engine. He was
brought to this city and sent to the hos
pital.
Freight Discrimination
The Merchants and Manufacturers asso-
citation has received word from the San
| Francisco office of the Manufacturers and
Producers association of California con-
tanning the report of their traffic commit
| tee This shows the immense discrimina-
ton practiced against manufacturers OF
the coast, because of the great difference
| in freight rates on east-bound as compared
with west-bound goods, the former being
excessive.
1t is clearly proved that on shipments
from San Francisco or other coast points
to interior places, the rates are 20 to 100
percent higher than the west-bound rates
on the same commodities when shipped
from Chicago or New York.
Another complaint made is that cars can
be shipped from New York or Chicago and
stopped en- route and opened and part of
the load taken out, thus giving the ship
per the benefit of carload rates on less than
carload quantities.
Data is asked for on this matter so that
the whole situation can be laid before the
interstate commerce commission at its
meeting in Milwaukee on May 10th.