The Parker post., 1912-04-13
THROUGH RATES
TO COAST POINTS
and Passenger Rates to and From
BIythe-Big Freight Auto Arrives
to Handle Traffic.

BLYTHE, Cal, April While
the railroad question as to build
ing into the valley is not very
promising at present, preparation is
being made to give us through rates
both as to passenger and freight traf-
fic by the way of Blythe Junction,
or some point on the Santa Fe, that
will give us the benefits of rates that
would be practically as cheap as if
We had a railroad. The rates are to
Lake effect as soon as possible.
When the new rates go into effect,
for example, through ticket from
Blythe to Los Angeles via Santa Fe
will be $12.75, and a party rate of
three or more will be $500 for the
round trip. This in both cases in
cludes auto fare from the railroad
to Blythe.
The freight rate will also be great
ly reduced For illustration, the
freight on ton of lumber at present
via Glamis to Blythe is $780, and
according to the new rate it will be
delivered from Los Angeles direct %
Blythe for $1,000 per ton, or saving
Of $500 per ton.
The Santa Fe has also promised a
rate not to exceed 778 of a cent on
cotton from Blythe to the Oakland
Mills, whereas before the rate to the
railroad alone from Blythe was 1-2
cent per pound. ALI other rates will
be reduced accordingly and will mean
a saving of many thousands of dollar
a year to the Palo Verde valley and
will be great stimulus to improving
the valley.
The Santa Fe will put in an of
flee at Blythe and sell tickets and
hill out freight direct from this point
TO accomplish this a ten-ton freight
auto will be put on, and also a pas
! senger auto capable of carrying 20
passengers and handling baggage and
express and light freight
A new ten-ton auto is now at
| l:lythe Jc. and is being tested out
between Browns mines and the juno
tion and if it proves satisfactory the
sandy part of the road will be plank
ed so as to increase the capacity and
speed of the machines.
ANOTHER WELL ON MESA.
G.. D. Patterson was in Saturday
from his homestead on the Mesa and
reported that he had struck a fine
flow of water on his property at
about 152 feet. The we'll is one than
he dug and is 31a feet square and
cased with Pinch redwood. He states
that the water is of excellent quality
and the flow is very strong, in fact
they could not pump lit out fast
enough to go deeper
Mr.. Patterson is to be commended
for his pluck i'm putting down this
we'll for he has worked on it for over
year with all sorts of things to dis
courage him, but he says he feels re-
paid for his labors for this is the
first time i'm three years that he has
come ito town without water barreE
and unless one has had similar ex-
periences he will hardly know
realize how much trouble that means.
He says THAT he is afraid his team
will refuse to go onto the mesa with
an empty wagon, and if they do they
will certainly think he has lost his
mind. We congratulate him on hic
success.
SAND, NOTHING BUT SAND.
That newspapers sometimes print
articles that might have been" ,wa5
clearly demonstrated by an article
printed in the Los Angeles Examiner
Sunday week, when lit came out with
big write UP announcing how it's
Ocean to Ocean automobile in the
hands of Harvey Herrick run through
the heavy sands, ETC., without any
trouble and was awarded a rOuSing
reception at Yuma. At the time the
article was sent in the Palo Verde
Motor Transit Co. was hauling in
its auto which they had abandonded
stuck i'm the sands. Such reports. {
course, help divert traffic over tha
road but lis the cause of much trouble
to innocent people, who rely on such
reports, but who upon making the
trip find to their sorrow the differ
ence.
BLYTHE BRIEFS.
Posters are out announcing a dance
at the Pfost building at Rannells on
Friday the 18th
Mrs. Lace c. Hemphill returned