The San Francisco call., 1910-03-09
PULLMAN CAR RATE
AT FORMER FIGURE
New Schedule Providing In.
crease RemOdeled and Old
Tariff Restored

Through an agreement reached yes
terday between the state railroad COM
| mission and representatives of the
in California recently raised under the
new schedule will, with single ex-
ception, be resored to the former tariff
The change will become effective as
soon as the necessary clerical work
can be accomplished and the new sched-
ules published
The agreement, which eliminates a
long series of conferences and hearings
upon the subject. was reached yester-
day afternoon, when Attorneys Il. G.
Coogan and George II. Pippy and Dis
trict superintendent G. Lincoln of the
Pullman company, representing the
company. appeared before the railroad
commission for final consideration of
the question
SINGLE HIGH RATE REMAINS
The only rate among those which
were raised in the schedule which be-
came effective January "a that is to
remain as higher tariff Is that from
Oakland mole to Dunsmuir and Shasta,
which is to continue at 80 instead of
$1.50. This change was insisted upon
by the Pullman company as both fair
to itself and in compliance with in
terstate rules, and long table of COM
parative rates was filed to show that
the 50 rate is only on par with rates
prevailing for like distances in various
parts of the country.
The distance from San Francisco to
Dunsmuir is 292 miles by the shortest
route, and 1t was urged that the density
of traffic is much less than in other To-
los L. e.
a like distance. Among the routes of
like distance where the 81 rate prevails
the company cited st. Louis to Chicago,
292 miles; Chicago to Detroit, zS4 miles;
Chicago to Toledo, 234 miles; Detroit to
Buffalo, $50 miles; Cleveland to Cincin-
natl, 263 miles; Detroit to Cincinnati,
271 miles; st. Paul to Des Moines, 302
miles; Denver to Leadville, 276 miles.
The claim was also made by the COM
pany that objection had been raised to
the difference between local and inter-
state rates between San Francisco and
Portland under the former $1.5O sched-
ule to Dunsmuir. The through rate to
Portland is IS, while the local rate from
Dunsmuir to Portland is SO. making
the former fare based on the two local
rates only $3.50
NO INCREASES PLANNED
In connection with the agreement
reached yesterday, none Of the rates
which were reduced when the present
schedule went into effect are to be
raised, only the higher rates being re-
ouced. Under this adjustment rates as
whole throughout the state are lower
than before. The new adjustment of
seat fares is to remain as it stands
This schedule is based on multipIes of
cents instead of % cents as formerly.
The minimum seat rate is now 25
cents for so miles or under, and in
creases in multiples of cents at the
rate of a " cent mile. The rate for
go miles would therefore be 80 cents
instead of so cents as formerly, and for
20 miles would be 80 cents instead of
so cents.
The railroad commission yesterday
passed a resolution asking the attorney
general for an opinion as to whether
the commission would be justified in
beginning suit to secure a reduction
in rates between San Francisco and San
Jose.
The date for the hearing of the case
of the harbor commission of Los An
geles against the Southern Pacific and
the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt
Lake railroad to secure a reduction in
rates between Los Angeles and San
Pedro was set for April Is in Los An
geles.