El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-12-27
ORANGE
SHIPMENTS
Through Ell Paso Controlled
BY the Santa Fe
AND SOUTHERN PACIFIC
Nav Cut Out the Texas And Pacific
Reported Scheme To Control
the Business.

Frequent note has been made OF the
immense shipments of oranges through
Ell Paso this fall and winter. The great
er part of these have come In over the
b p, and have been sent east over the
Texas & Pacific. The shipments In the
spring months are expected to De
greater yet, and now 1t looks as though
me T. 81 P. was to be cut out OF them
altogether.
A circular letter has been received
in Ell Psso from the Transcontinental
Freight bureau, which has its besd-
quarters in San Francisco. The letter
states that as the initial lines (South-
ern Pacific and Santa Fe) guarantee the
through rate, they reserve the exclusive
right to route all orange shipments
ami that all consignments offered with
directions to send by a specific route
will be rejected.
This means that the grower or ship
per must send his fruit over whiche yer
California line the com bibation OF rail-
roads may direct, and that once his
shipment has been delivered to either
of those lines he cannot designate
which of their eastern conr ectlons
shall complete the haul to destination.
Even among railroad men 1t Is sd
mitted, according to the San Francisco
Examiner, that there is crest doubt OF
route a shipment without the shippers
consent. 1t is said there are but one
or two decisions on this point.
Heretofore the Armour and Earl car
lines have routed the shipments when
once beyond the terminals of the
Southern Pacific and Santa Fe. They
have been Obtaining rebates from the
Eastern connections of the two roads
mentioned for throwing business to
IN INN,
we're in the habit of giving part OF
these rebates to the Southern Pacific
people, who consented in return to let
them route their respective shipments.
All rebates having been cut off. the
Southern Pacific and Santa Fe having
resumed the right to route all orange
business, means, they insist, that
Armour and Earl have absolutely no
say, and therefore cannot accept or
pay out rebates as of old.
The Santa Fee threate ned to kick
over the traces unless the Armour aud
Earl car-line people were stopped
from receiving rebates from the Ell
Psso connection of the Southern
Pacific. The Santa Fee has line of
its own to Chicago. By giving rebates |
she Ell Paso connection of the Southern |
Pacific was practically cutting rates |
against the Santa Fe on shipments |
from LOS Angeles I'd OQlc6RO.
In the case of FL Paso it means that |
the half hundred cars and less q day |
of oranges which have been going via
the Texas & Pacific will probably be
continued east from here over the G.
b. & s. A., the Southern Pacifc's own
line.
"Orange shipments ere q bit slack
now, but will pick up again in a week |
Or so. Eighty-ive per cent. of the
oranges shipped through Ell Paso,"
said Freight Agent Mccarthy of the
'erred heretofore to the Texas & Pa
cifc.'
1--WE are going to keep our share of
he business" said Darbyshire of the
Texas & Pacific, sin spite of this agree
nent of the S. p. and Santa Fee. Our
cad gives gateway the s. P. cannot
lfford to lose, and ifthey shut out from
Is, obviously the quickest and best
quite to Chicago and the northern and
,astern markets. retaliation would fol-
ow along other lines of freight"
81 was in San Francisco at the time
he agreement was made, and 1 know
ts nature. The secret of the whole
natter is tn at this is the first step of a
eneral scheme, first to abolish
ebates, and then to do away with the
'ruit Car companies altogether.
iSturailV, toe rCaos lnteresteu prefer
DING this kind of business directly
18th the shipper themselves.
The Santa Fe has $50 refrigerator 9
ars of it's own. Jointly with the
outhern Pacific it has leased ], $50 5
arl cars and like number of Armour
srs. By the terms of the lease the 2
arl and Armour are paid by the two 9
,.lroads go much a mile for the use of
le cars. This lease. together with
,e routing privilege, virtually makes
lie $500 Earl and Armour cars the y
of the Southern Pacific and Q
BID ts Fee, in the opinion of the officials .
those roads.