The San Francisco call., 1904-04-24
Southern Pacific and the
Santa Fe Agree to Build
and Jointly Operate New
Lines to Town of Eureka
PRESIDENTS DECIDE
ON FUTURE POLICY
Great Interests Are Merged
and Contest That Threaten
ed to Test Full Strength
of Corporations Is Avoided

The Southern Pacific Company and
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad Company have entered into a
compact, the purpose of which is TO
insure a division of the traffic here
after originating from the coast ter
ritory in Northern California. An
agreement to this effect was signed by
E, H. Hartman and E. P. Ripley, rep
resenting respectively the two great
railroad interests in the formers Of
fees in the Union Trust Company's
building on Friday.
President Ripley made a flying trip
to this city to attach, his signature to
the papers. The transaction is not only
important from a traffic standpoint, but
involves a great change in the existing
railroad conditions in the territory
north of San Francisco which is COW
cred by the compact. 1t is a deal that
deprives Hartman of absolute mastery
of the situation in Northern California,
for in the agreement Ripley, as presi-
dent of the Atchison. Topeka and Santa
Fe Railroad Company secures an equal
interest with Hartman in the Cali
fornia Northwestern Railway and
the North Shore Railroad, which have
lately passed to the control of the
Southern Pacific magnate. through the
mediums of Henry E. Huntington and
William F. Herrin. Hereafter the Santa
Fe will have say in all matters per-
tanning to the extension or construction
of new railroads in Northern California
In effecting a consolidation of interests
along the coast Hartman makes these
concessions to Ripley:
MAGNATES' AGREEMENT.
An interest in the California North
western Railway between this city and
Willis and it's Sonoma Valley, Guerne-
Vile. Donahue and Sebastopol branches.
An interest in the North Shore Rail-
road between this city and CaZadero
and it's Mill Valley ana San Rafael
branches.
An interest in the Tight-of-w for
additional branches of these roads and
for the extension of the California
Northwestern's main line northward in
the direction of Eureka.
An interest in the Eureka and Kia-
math River Railroad, in which Harri-
man acquired part ownership from
A B. Hammond and which, by reason
of a recent decision of the courts, con-
trolls a valuable portion of the bay
shore around Humboldt.
AS part of these concessions Rip
ley, on behalf of the Santa Fe, makes
over to the Hartman syndicate:
An interest in the San Francisco and
Northwestern Railway, which was in
corporated a year ago for the purpose
of taking over the Eel River and Eu-
reka Railroad and the Pacific Lumber
Company's road.
An interest in the rights Of way re-
Gently acquired by the Santa Fe for a
proposed line from Antioch northward
along the Sacramento River to the city
of Sacramento, and equal interest in the
island purchased between Martinez and
Antioch, by way of which the Santa
Fe purposes to establish a bay ferry
service.
WILL WORK IN HARMONY.
Ripley further agrees to give Harri-
man an interest in whatever river
steamer service his road contemplates
establishing for the purpose of facili-
tating the shipment of Northern Cali
fornia fruits out of the Sacramento
Valley.
Two hours were consumed by Harri-
man and Ripley on Friday in the COM
pletion of their combine, which it is re-
ported they have had under considera-
ton for a number of weeks and over
which they have had much correspond
ence prior to their meeting in this city.
In connection with their consolidation
of interests in Northern California they
have formulated plan for the utiliza-
ton of the lines in which they are
hereafter to jointly control. OF this
plan this much is known:
Hartman will proceed to extend the
California Northwestern line north
ward from Willis, and Ripley, as soon
as the weather will permit, will start
the San Francisco and Northwestern
southwark from it's present terminus
near Pepperwood to point farther
south yet to be agreed on, where the
two roads will be connected and thus
furnish a through line from San Fran
cisco to Humboldt Bay. through coun-
try rich in redwood timber. In this
way the Southern Pacific Company and
the Santa Fe will gain an equal footing
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