The San Francisco call., 1909-05-12
PACIFIC MAIL
NO COMPETITOR
FOR RAILROADS
Government Shows Steamship
Company Does Not Affect
TranscOntinentaI Lines
I. Hartman Blamed for Failure to
Arrange for Oriental COnnec-
tion With San Pedro

OF the sujt against the Hartman
merger TO demonstrate that the Pa
oifc Mail steamship company had
ceased 10 he a competitive factor in
the Pacifc-Atlsntic freight business.
Al the same time il was brought out
that a plan on the part OF the Clark
road 10 compete for The traffic OF the
orient had been nlpPed in the bud.
The Clark road oiflc:aIs had been nego-
tiarfDe with the Dollar steamship
company for trans Pacific connections
a. san Pedro. but The idea was aban-
donc6 after II came under the eye OF
the Hartman officials
That the Pacific Mail vessels We're
tubs was the testimony or A l.
scott. president or the Pacific hard
ware and steel company that they are
-'ouu OF dafe" was the statement of J.
J. Williams agent for the Panama
railroad
RAILROADS DO NOT COMPETE
beside the broadsides at the Pacific
Mail the governments representative,
d. A Severance sought TO establish
The fsct that the Union Pacific and
the southern Pacific had ceased to
compete
scott testified not only 10 the mad
cquate facilities or the Pacific Mail,
hut told Or changes in tariffs and
rautfngs after the acquisition Of the
Dnion Pacific by the Hartman in
terests-
Testimony was introduced by Sew
erance 80 show that the Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific had been COM
petitors for Atlantic seaboard freight
e-Tv- hl-,
they had acted in accord For this
purpose G. +. Hsvens OF Murphy,
Grant & Co. and A A Watkins Of
". ". Montague & Co were called TO
the stand. J. H. Cooper. assistant man
aeer Of the Pacific Coast steamship
company. and p. NJ. Goodall Of Goodall,
Perkins & Co. told OF the service be-
tween san Francisco and northern
ports bv the steamship routes.
RIVAL ROUTE ABANDONED
The chief witness At the afternoon
session was H. c. Mccartney. princi-
Pal assistant engineer OF the Western
Pacific. Mccartney served under Nir-
sfI Bogue when the latter was chief
engineer Of the Union Pacific Later
Mccartney was employed by the san
Pedro line (tbe Clark road in running
The survey through Nevada
he placed his men in the field the
surveyors Of the Oregon Short Line
appeared on the scene and began TO
run lines There was difficulty be
tween the two parties, and some
time later the Oregon Short line men
we're withdrawn and Mccartney was
given instructions 10 run two lines
parameiing each other
Mccartney testified further that IN
1892 he received orders TO disregard
rhe double route and survey a single
line giving it the most advantageous
location possible. This he did and IN
eer this survey the San Pedro line was
built
Severance endeavored to make II ap-
near that the single line had been built
- the result of an agreement between
rbe san Pedro line and the Oregon Short
Line. This viii be substantiated later
bv copy Of the contract between Clark
and Hartman.
CANYON FOUND MARROW
Judge X. r. Kelly, chief counsel
Tor the san Pedro road, assisted Judge
Iovett and Peter T. Dunno in the ex-
aminatioa Of the witness. They sought
TO make il appear that il had been
found impossible TO construct the two
lines through the narrow canyon and
that the second line had been aban-
doned for engineering reasons.
A y. Shepard, secretary and general
manager OF the Pacific Improvement
COMPANY. and formerly general freight
agent of the Southern Pacific. objected
10 the persistence with which Sever
ance piled him with questions as to the
Union Pacific.
u am not here TO speak for the Union
Pacific" replied Shepard. Il am here
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limited knowledge. The Union Pacific
can speak for itself
SoI ITHERN PACIFIC DOMINANT
Severance showed through Shepard's
testimony that the Southern Pacific
had handled the bulk OF its freight by
water from New York to New Orleans
and thence 10 san Francisco by rail.
The witness stated that the Southern
Pacific was always the dominant factor
IN rate making. Severance again tried
10 show that the Union Pacific, if in
reality q competing line, could route
freight 10 Portland and~thence by boat
10 san Francisco. thus eliminating the
Southern Pacific. Shepard said that ne
did not regard such routing as practic-
able.
stanley Dollar OF the Dollar steam
ship company. which operates vessels
10 oriental ports, stated that he had
opened negotiations with the San Pedro
line FOR trans-Pacifc service but that
after the question was referred TO w.
d. Bancroft OF the oregon Short Line
hy the officials Of the San Pedro line,
the project was abandoned. In the
agreement. as tentatively drawn, San
Pedro was TO be the main port OF call
Further testimony as 20 the routing
of Westbound freight was given by A.
G. Rufolson. president of a local sheet
metal factory.
j. p. Williams. local agent of the
Panama railroad, said that the vessels
operated by his company on the Allan
tic were far superior to those run on
the Pacific by the Pacific Mail The
latter, he said. were out Of date. II
was brought out that the boats on this
side consume 25, 30 and 35 davs in
reaching the isthmus while those from
New York make the run in six davs
Williams testified that II required fre
qnently IS days 10 bring freight from
New York. il requires but 10 DAYS to
get the freight from New York TO the
Pacific side OF the isthmus.
The hearing viii be resumes this
morning and It is expected that it will
be- concluded before night.