Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-27
NO SETTLEMENT
YET IN SIGHT
TRI-R RAILWAY DIFFERENCES
STILL EXIST
AGREEMENT is IMPROBABLE
Failure Of Five Days Discussion In
San Francisco Regarded as
Final Effort, at Least for
the Present

Senator W. A. Clark may be called
upon to make good his threat to tap the
territory Of competing roads which are
making 1t extremely dlsagreeable for
the Salt Lake management in Los An
geles.
After five days of discussion as to
whether the Salt Lake is to have the
same terminal and switching facili-
ties in Los Angeles as those enjoyed by
the initial lines by an understanding
between themselves, the officials Of the
three roads, meeting in San Francisco.
have done nothing.
Situation Unchanged
The situation does not bespeak peace
in the Hartman and Clark railroad
families.
The Santa Fe has simply demanded
that whatever is given to the Salt
Lake, considered by the Santa Fe as
a Hartman proposition, must be du-
plicated by the Southern Pacific to the
Santa Fe at San Francisco.
Placed between these two extremes
and sure to lose a portion of It's trans
continental business by going to either,
the Southern Pacific is in q hesitating
mood.
Assistant General Freight and Pas
senger Agent Parkyns of the Southern
Pacific returned yesterday from San
Francisco, where he has been in at
tendance at the meetings.
There is no change in the situation"
he said. II have not the least idea
how it is going to come out"
Salt Lake Rates
If the Salt Lake has not gained
switching concessions in Los Angeles,
it has gained in rates, which will be of
much benefit to Los Angeles shippers
having markets in Butte and other
Montana points.
1t was decided at the meeting that
the same rates shall be in effect from
Los Angeles to the common points of
Montana as those now in existence be-
tween those points and San Francisco,
a concession which will mean thou
sands of dollars to Los Angeles mer-
chants. Through passenger rates
have also been decided upon by the
three roads.
Upon the decision of the Southern
Pacific as to whether or not it will
permit the Salt Lake to have access
to the business along its lines will de-
pend in a large measure the routing
Of the citrus fruit shipments next sea-
son.
The Ogden Gateway
It's stand against the Salt Lake is
said to be in protection of the Ogden
gateway, by which a large portion of
its fruit shipments are made, giving
a long haul and profit for the Southern
Pacific and Union Pacific railroads.
The Southern Pacific assures citrus
fruit shippers of a schedule of ninety
three hours to Salt Lake, but it is said
that it is not successful in making that
time More often, according to this au-
thority, the fruit does not arrive in
Salt Lake until the fifth or sixth day
after shipment.
The Salt Lake has a seventy-two
hour schedule and can shorten that If
necessary to sixty hours.
Four million dollars hang in the bal
ance to be fought for by the three
roads entering Los Angeles. Should
the Salt Lake get to the packing houses
on the Southern Pacific lines, prefer
ence would be given them in view of
their short haul and fast time, a con-
dtion which the shoppers have desired
more than that of lower rates.
Should the Southern Pacific open it's
resources to the Salt Lake, the Ogden
gateway for the routing OF citrus fruit
and much other freight is doomed" !"
say Los Angeles freight men.
Meanwhile the conditions of the past
three weeks continue to exist. Yester-
day carload of potatoes in a South
ern Pacific car was brought into Los
Angeles over the Salt Lake. The con-
signment was bought by local dealer,
who In turn contracted to deliver it at
Imperial, on the Southern Pacific.
He obtained the rate between the tN }
points. but when he said the car was
ON the rails of the Salt Lake, the
Southern Pacific refused to have any
thing to do with it. He was forced to
unload the car into another standing
on the Southern Pacific rails.
These conditions are affecting the
Salt Lake. as in the case of perisha BILE
goods, handling is detrimental.