Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-06-07
RAILROADS
STAND BY
THE CITY
San Francisco Is to Maintain
Its Pre-Eminence In
the Export Line

(San Francisco Examiner, May 6 1906 }
Traffic Director j. c. Stubs Of the
Hartman roads is doing a most i'm.
pdtant thing to conserve the trans
Pacific trade of San Francisco. Through
his many influential avenues Mr..
Stubbs has already reached the large
trade centers of Europe, China, Japan,
and the eastern section of the United
States, and laid before their large com.
mercial associations and shipping bu'
reaus positive and detailed statement
showing that in no way have San Fran
cseo's facilities for loading ship
ments to and from the Orient been inn
paired in the least. Among other
things, Mr. Stubs has let it be known
all over the world that the overland
roads centering in this city have their
tracks, warehouses and freight sheds
intact the same as before the fire; also
that the wharves and docks of the
trans-Pacifc steamer companies, which
connect with the railroads, are un-
harmed.
Since 1897 San Francisco has had a
Joint Oriental service consisting of
an arrangement among three the fol-
lowing steamship lines: Pacific Mail,
which is owned by the Southern Pa.
cifc; Occidental and Oriental, which
is owned by the Southern and Union
Pacific roads, and the Togo Kisen
Kaisha, a japanese company, which
is owned by the Asano syndicate of
Toxic. Both the Southern Pacific
and Santa Fe roads have a traffic ar
rangement with these steamer lines,
and in the past eight or nine years
their shipments through the port of
San Francisco have grown to large
These steamer lines are to main
tain their joint agreement and also
their traffic arrangements with the
Southern Pacific and Santa Fe. Stubbs
and R. p Schwerin, on behalf of the
Hartman and representing the South
arn and Union Pacific roads and the
Occidental and Oriental steamer lines;
President E. P. Ripley of the Santa
Fe, and Assistant General Manager
W. II. Avery, as the repres sentative of
he Asano syndicate, have all agreed
% pull together and conserve the
Irans-Pacifc trade and pre-eminence of
his city. In addition the Asano syn
heate, which recently commenced to
,uild two new and large steamers for
is line, will rush them to completion
md run them in and ont of this port,
egardless of the recent fise.s
Messrs. Stubs, Schwerin and Harri.
nan think this positive and definite
greement of the interested railroads
nd steamer lines settles the question
f San Francisco 8 trade with the O-i.
mt favorably and safely and that
here will not be any diversion of ship
nents to other Pacific Coast ports.
"San Francisco" said Mr.. Stubs
esterday, twill not lose her pre.emi |
ence as the great Oriental t.ade port |
+ the Pacific coast All the interest.
d transportation lines, both rail and |
gater, will continue to act Ia unison,
nd will see to it that trans-Pacifc
rade of this port is conserved in ev.
~ respect. And they can be relied
pom 70 successfully attain this end for
he very good reason that they have
he same facilities at their command
ow that they had before the fire. We
ave let the shipping world and trade
enters know this condition of affairs
nd therefore they will quickly realize
hat the reasons which have in the past
aused them to ship through the port
San Francisco still hold good OF
purse, the local commercial eommuni.
y can see the importance of holding
ais trans-Paeifc trade and will see in
another reason why the city will
uickly rehabilitate itself as a great
iipping and trade center.
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