San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-15
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Disseminated
AGAINST CITY
lnden Testifies to Many
Delays in San Antonio
Freight.
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aims Gulf Coast Routs
Freight to Avoid This
City.
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austin. Tex, AoriI 15.-The out
sding feature of this mornings tes-
pny at the hearing of the applica-
TO purchase the I.-G. n. Railway
The Gulf Coast Lines was the evil
&c offered by c. b. Yandell, gen.
manager of the San Antonio
mber of Commerce, which was
San Antonio jobbers and manu-
urers have been handicapped and
riminated against, by the Gulf
st Lines in San Antonio's effort
;ecure its fair share of the trade
he Rio Grande Valley.
he high spots in Mr.. YandelFs
imony developed that there has
an almost daily delay in the de-
" of merchandise billed out of San
pnio to Rio Grande Valley points,
living both package cars and car
shipments of from seven to %
from the time the shipment left
Antonio until it reached the con-
lee. Mr.. Yandell submitted as an
bit 149 freight bills issued by
Gulf Coast Lines proving these
BIS largely ON less than carload
hipments. As each car containing
3 separte $40 shipments contained
teen or fifteen other shipments,
Yandell suggested that the delays
multitudinous.
San Antonio Loses Business.
e pointed out the futility of San
bnio's efforts to compete with
ston and New Orleans under such
lndicap in view Of the fact that
normal movement of freight into
Valley consumes from As to 90
8.
this connection, Mr.. Yandell
ed that the Chamber of Com
Ee during the last twelve months
received innumerable complaints
business men and others who
MT to buy space in sleepers from
ey points to San Antonio and
were told by the agents of the
Coast Lines that there was no
e to be had in the San Antonio
er and that it could not be had
but waiting for from two TO five
whereas, the sleepers moving to
ston were available without delay
passengers destined for that
:. Yandell intimated that the road
actually driving business away
San Antonio. A practice with
precedent, rather than put on ad-
nal sleepers to take care of 1t.
Says Two Are Competitors.
evidence of the fact that the l.
and Gulf Coast Lines are highly
betitive. Mr.. Yandcll submitted
alta which identified 50 cars con-
I'd to San Antonio firms over
iulf Coast Lines during March
were secured by them in compe-
with I.-G. n. freight solicitors.
ointed out that under the recent
c agreement negotiated by the
Coast Lines with the s. A. U. 4
ailway. the terms of which Presi-
j. s.. Pyeatt has declined to re-
on the ground that it was con-
tial. commits the latter line and
gents to route all business des-
to northern and eastern points
originating ON its line, via Odep
r than San Antonio.
Is was in answer to President
tits assurance to San Antonio
ess men that the merger would
to increase freight movement
gh San Antonio rather than de-
e II.
lould Restrain. Development.
Yandell declared at the outset
the merger would be disastrous
Iuthwest Texas. IF this merger
through he declared, lit will
repressive and tend to restrain
than develop the Southwest. 1t
a logical, normal merger with
be intent Of the transportation
merger, Mr.. Yandell asserted.
deprive manufacturers of their
routes TO which they are en-
the light of frank admissions
the executive officers of the
Coast Lines with reference to
plicies and knowing what they
been in the past" Mr.. Yandell
1T can't help but prove dis
natory and disastrous to the in
8 of Southwest Texas, the Rio
lie Valley and San Antonio, the
city in Texas"
-ious conferences were held with
lent j. s. Pyeatt and General
bit Agent j. A. Brown, Mr.. Yam
aid, to. ascertain if there would
modification of the road s policy.
hese conferences, he said, "con-
us. that we need expect no
ial change in its policy so far
scrimination against San An
is concerned. We have been
ctims of continuous discrimina-
rom the Gulf Coast Lines and
cost our manufacturers anc
s millions Of dollars. There
undreds of instances where our
5 have been denied the right to
pods in a way to compete with
IS of other centers.,
Roads Policy Detrimental.
Yandell pointed out spccifical-
t the Gulf Coast Lines have re-
to let San Antonio become a