The San Francisco call., 1909-05-13
PECULIAR ROUTING
FOLLOWS MERGER
Witnesses Tell How COMPETE
ton Between Union and
Southern Pacific Ceased
Freight Rates Arbitrarily ADJ
vanced on California Products
to Eastern Points

More testimony as to the inferior
service OF the Pacific Mail company
and general description Of the ror+-
ing methods of the big shippers of
san Francisco occupied the time vester-
day in the hearing begun by the gov
ernment to dissolve the Hartman
merger. More than a score of Wit
nesses were called, and they invariably
repeated the fact that the active COM
petition between the Union Pacific and
Southern Pacific for local freight had
ceased after the amalgamation of lqa1
X U. Guyatt, chief clerk of tho ITnion
racine, stated that his company's share
oI the transcontinental business had
greatly increased after the merger.
MANY WITNESSES HEARD
The witnesses examined were: E. H
Prentice, district freight and passeng ger
agent of the Southern Pacffc; f. G.
GiIlespie, secretary of the Pacific coast
machinery dealers associa ton: W. D.
san born, general agent of the Chicago
harrington and Quincy; George Lang,
an automobile dealer; r G. Guystt
enlef clerk OF the Union Pacific; John
AcEwlng, traffic manager of Durham
Carrlgan Hayden; W. L. RoIph. secre-
tary OF the Griffith -Durney COMPANY.
e X Morse. secretary of the American
trading company; Isidor Jacobs, presi-
dent Of the California canneries com
pany; c. H. MichaelsNof the Langley
MichaeIs company wholesale drug
gists; I. B. Settle. traffic manage for
the c Clemens Horst hop company:
Frank J. Rankf of the California wine
association; Charles s Moses a wool
dealer; Thomas Denigan, also a wool
dealer; n $ Koshland of the wool firm
OF > hoshland & Co; Julius Wolff q
dealer in canned and dried fruits; A.
Rosenberg aud H. R. Lippman. ship
pers OF dried fruits; A. z. Fisk of the
{ y Smith lumber company; J. G.
Melvin. traffic manager for the Cali
fornia fruit Gamers association; J. O.
Bracken OF local freight agency; Ed
ward s. Ray. an importer and manu-
fseturer of stoves
RATES ARBITRARILY ADVANCED
incidentally c. A. Severance. attor-
ney fer the government. took occasion
TO show that freight rates had been
arbitrarily advanced 10 eastern points
on California products
The witnesses with unanimfty de-
clared that they could not use the
Pacific Mail boats with advantage. The
poor service and the great time con-
SuIheu IN making lne trip 10 Panama
they ascribed as the cause. NJ S
koshland said that he had sent
cargo forward by the Pacific Mail re-
Gently. as he considered II cheap stor-
age.
Severance also developed the fact
that in order 10 defect freight from
the Southern Pacific TO the Denver and
Rio Grande tracks ii was necessary for
the shipper AZ this point to obtain a
Denver and Rio Grande ear. or to
make special arrangements with the
Southern Pacific officials. The freight
was taken over the Union Pacific tracks
without preliminary negotiations.
That the northern routes were avail
able for California products bound for
eastern points was developed through
the testimony of II. E. Lippman of
Rosenberg Brothers & Co. and Frank
J. Rank OF the California wine asso-
citation. In former years some freight
had been sent to Vancouver by water
and taken thence by the Canadian Pa
cific At present some cargoes are
routed by boat 70 Puget sound and
from there go forward on the Northern
Pacific or the Great Northern.