Weekly journal-miner., 1910-09-28
SANTA # AFTER GOLDEN CATE
 TRAFFIC
Ripley Lines To Compete For California
 Travel

southern HaclIlC ID uldhe IIdlllc agreement permitting the Santa Fe company to use the Hartman system tracks from Los Angeles to Mojave, to compete for the San Francisco passenger travel. the Ripley line is preparing to make a bid for a share of that rich traffic by operating trains over its own roadway, via San Der nardino and Barstow. The Santa Fe line into San Francisco is about 70 miles longer than the Southern Pacific but with its new rOadbed on the Valley division and double track fa- cilities into Barstow on this division, the Santa Fe officials believe that they can operate trains between Los Angeles and San Francisco on a schedule of about fifteen and a half hours. or only one nour and a hall over the Southern Pacific.
 Such seedule would give San Der nardino and points within the valley and Riverside better service to San Francisco and northern points than the Southern Pacific.
 In Los Angeles the proposed move of the Santa Fe is reported by the Examiner as follows:
 "For the tIrst time in the history of California arrangements are being made for competing passenger trains between Los Angeles and San Fran traffic field against the Southern Pa cifie, which is making a mint of money on its two north and south trunk lines between California's two largest cities, namely, the one through the San Joaquin valley and the one via San Jose and Santa Barbara.
 "These two trunk lines handle seven daily through trains and yield big profitA
 Following the final refusal of the Southern Pacific to make an agree ment with hte Santa Fe permitting the latter to use its tracks between Mojave and Los Angeles, so that the Santa Fe could run through passen- ger trains between Los Angeles and San Francisco, the Santa Fe has de- eided to use its own tracks from Mo fave via BarstOw and San Bernardino, to Los Angeles, for that purpose, be- ginning next May or June, by which time many improvements on that DOT tion of its California lines will have been completed.
 ''This is a more roundabout route than the Southern Pacific, being 70 miles longer But the Santa Fe peo- pie think the travel between the northern and southern parts of the state heavy enough to warrant such a service. They figure that they can put on fifteen and one-half hour train as against the Southern Pacific 's fourteen hours for the Owl. For many points in Southern California, like Redlands and San Bernardino, the proposed train will be as quick as the Owl, as the people of those towns have to consume over two hours coming to Los Angeles, when they want to take the Owl. The Santa Fe train will be as direct, if not more direct, for places like Redlands and San Bernardino.
 ''This proposed train service will probably be the means of the West ern Paeific's getting the privilege of an exchange passenger traffic on through Overland tickets to and from San Francisco. The Southern Pacific controls the north and south passen- ger situation at present, and is re- fusing to make joint rates with the new Gould line. The Santa Fe can do nothing for the Western Pacific in that direction until it begins running this new service.
 'sTne Santa Fe owns line from San Francisco to Bakersfield. Between the latter place and Mojave, where it meets its main line again, it has traekage rights over the Southern Pacific.
 ''It is understood that this contract was made for 99 years, the Santa Fe paying half the cost of that sec tion of the road and half the an- nual cost of operation. The Southern Pacific granted this traekage eonces- sion when it realized that the Santa