The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 24, 1904, Page 35

/ LWAY - o N 55 18 SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 1904. MAGNATES CLOSE A BIG DEAL {arriman and E. P. Ripley have signed an agréement that provides for a joint control of the California Northwestern and North Shore roads by the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe companies. They have en- wherein it is provided that the two transcontinental lines will hereafter have an equal interest in all transportation projects in the rich coast territory north of San Francisco. After closing the deal Harriman | interest | 1atery Southern Pacific magnate, through the | TARRIMAY AND RIBLEY IN COMPACT Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe Agree to Build| and Jointly Operate New ! Lines to Town of Eureka PRESIDENTS ON FUTURE POLICY Great Interests Are Merged and Contest That Threaten- ed to Test Full Strength of Corporations Is Avoided ——— DECIDE The Southern Pacific Company and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company have entered into a compact, the purpose of which is to insure a division of the traffic here- after originating from the coast ter- ritory in Northern California. An rgreement to this effect was signed by H. Harriman and E. P. Ripl rep- respectively the two great interests in the former's the Union Trust Company’s ay. enting road fices in building on F President Ripley to this city to attach, his signature to the papers. The trangaction is not only made a flying trip important from a traffic standpoint, but | volves a great change in the ex conditions in the territory i railroad north of San Francisco which is cov- | ered by the compaet. It is a deal that deprives Harriman of absolute mast. of t situation in Northern Califor! for in the agreement Ripley, as pr | dent of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company, secures an equal with Harriman in the Cali- fornia Northwestern Railway and the North Shore Railroad, which have passed to the mediums of Heary E. Huntington and William F. Herrin. Hereafter the Santa Fe will have a say in all matters per- taining to the extension or construction of new railroads in Northern California. In effecting a consolidation of interests along the coast Harriman makes thes concessions to Ripley: MAGNATES' AGREEME) An interest in the Califo western Railw between thi Willits and its ville, Donahue and Sebastopol branche: An interest in the North Shore Rail- road between this city and Cazader: and its Mill Valley ana San Rafael branches. T. v city and Sonoma Valley, Guerne- An interest in the gight-of-way for. additional branches of these roads and for the extension of the California Northwestern's main line northward i.[x the directiop of Eureka. An interest in the Eureka and Kia- math River Railroad, in which Harri- man acquired a part ownership from A. B. Hammond and which, by reason of a recent decigion of the courts, con- trols a valuable portion of the bay shore around Humboldt. As a part of these concessions Rip- ley, on behalf of the Santa Fe, makes over to the Harriman syndicate: An interest in the San Francisco and Northwestern Railway, which was in- corporated a year ago for the purpose of taking over the Eel River and Eu- reka Railroad and the Pacific Lumber Company's road. An interest in the rights of way re- cently acquired by the Santa Fe for a proposed line from Antioch northward along the Sacramento River to the city of Sacramento, and equal interest in the island purchased between Martinez and Antioch, by way of which the Santa Fe purposes to establish a bay ferry service. WILL WORK IN HARMONY. Ripley further agrees to give Harri- man an interest in whatever river steamer service his road contemplates establishing for the purpose of facili- tating the shipment of Northern Cali- fornia fruits out of the Sacramento | Valley. Two hours were consumed by Harri- - ” L S H. 1 ils of the matter to his bankers, with whom he held a long conference in the local offices of his company. MODESTO CELEBRATES COMPLETION [housands of Persons Participate in the Ceremonies and Have an, Enjoyable Time in the Inspection of the Canals That Are to Greatly Improve the Territory in Progressive Stanislaus County | gt D60 % b g i | | | | | | I |1 IR 11 | [ | | 3 | | | ’ | | | i i 1 | L] | il 1 8 i | [ i | | [ | | | | | | {1 - : s + | AT 1 MODESTO TEND A WELCOME TO THEIR VISITORS ON THE | e )N OF THE BI EL! IN OVE THE COMPLETION OF THE | s | URLOCK IRRIGATION WORK 11 v ( many miles of small laterals), distrib-|and Turlock districts were organized. " » ©! | uting the water over 260,000 acr ex-| In effect Mr. Irish stated that these g y . ©? | cellent land, with scarcely an acre of | districts, the greatest in the United | “" = > - . ste {S\atr\ \\,‘uld stand as a perpetual | g th g | Upon this land there is now a popu- | monument to the memory of the man Ev « 2 he 1 and nm i industrious | who was the originator of the legisla- > X ging ra erica prosperous and happy. |tion. The speaker also dwelt on the = 0 ¥ ew he springing up daily. | possibilities of the county, also those The clir an ideal one—neither | of the State, and, impressed upon his | too hot in summer nor too cold in win- | hearers the fact of their priceless herit- te The soil will produca anything | age. | 2 -5 from wheat to oranges. The water 1 Mayor Williams of Stockton followed " abundant and the title to it is un-| Colonel Irish in a short congratulatory | “ 2 questioned l:rvfx of all, the title is In| gqdress. After the conclusion of the N the districts. The owners of the land | address of Judge Waymire, the band b are also the owners of the water; you| continued the concert, at the conclu- s A B B pay tribute to no one. You get m-; m of which the people witnessed a @ & water as a right and not as a favor; | magnificent display of day fireworks. : morning | thus as far it is possible on the | During this time another hugh crowd Third Ac. | face of this e you have eliminated | had repaired to the race course to see the Presidio. . |all the speculative and disagreeable | the athletic meet of teams of the San :)”" “;\ e features from the business of farming. | Joaquin Valley Academic League, in Ounill Saitation by You are within a little more than nnfl; which the high school athletic teams e Sutent (on DY hundred miles of the largest market|of Fresno, Sanger, Madera, Merced, - k and staff, and a reception at the | O the Pacific Coast, looking out upon | gastin, Oakdale and Modesto partici- o g the Orient, where half the population | pated. The teams hold .an annual . oo N " jof the world, struggling for existence | meet. Modesto has been the cup holder PRAISE FOR THE WORK. {upon an overtaxed soil, is waiting for | for the last year and in the event to- The re for ting was called to| the fruits of your industry. You are | day the Modesto bovs won out again, der by Attorney W. H. Hatton connected with that vast population | saving the championship by a safe hich there were speeches by Colonel | DY two lines of railroads to San Fran- | margin. Munn of Modesto was the ). P. Irish, C. C. Wright and Judge J. | ¢isco and by the Pacific Ocean to the | star of the event. Mugler of Fresno 5. Waymive of Alameda, wh termed | Shores of Asia and the islands of the|was the best point winner. p he “Father of Turlock Irri n Dis- | Se& In the middle of the afternoon it was Way s th Kn plete perior s th m 2 jarge part fia rock m ot igh M cubic quivalent ty pac gecond mire’s speech w se people of the Mo- gation districts great enter- th them. It is my s my firm belief, g of a prosp at will surpass an in this State. F irriga- to any other in the | ludes a rubble ma-| laid in cement =o | between solid | .-haken.“ be possible, famous roughout the civil-! iles of main canals, own stem of never e bich is cut through | it over seventy feet having a ca- of water per 115,000 miner's| to CROWDS ON TRAINS. When the excursion trains,, thirty cars in all, returned to this city the ex- pressions of admiration of the country embraced in the districts were gratif; ing. The excursions, more than any other feature of the jubilee, gave evi- dence of the prosperity of the county under the beneficent influence of water. From the car windows could be seen broad fields of luxuriant alfalfa, sleek dairy herds, orchards and vineyards, while here and there could be seen a vast grain field, showing what the county had*been before the advent of water. Immediately after noon was the re- view of the National Guard battalion by the Governor and then the muiti- tude wended its way to the park, where there was a concert by the fa- mous Presidio band and speechmaking by notables. Colonel John P. Irish of San Francisco was the first speaker, and, in glowing terms, he eulogized ® inches and sufficient to irrigate half a | the Hon. C. C. Wright, the maker of million main laterals and no one knows how eresof land(with 200 miles of | the irrigation measure which bears his and under which the Modesto estimated that over 10,000 people were on the streets of Modesto, of whom it is said 2500 were from outside of the coun- ty. At night there was a street illum- ination, two dances at the big halls and the high school teams with their school yells, the streets packed with people throwing confetti and indulging in good-natured banter, all combining to form a scene long to be remembered by the people of Stanislaus at least. At the park in the opeh afr pavilion was given another band ‘concert and | addresses by Benjamin Ide Wheeler, General N. P. Chipman and Washing- ton Dodge, all the addresses on the lines of thought suggested by the com- pletion of the greatest irrigation sys- tem in this great State. e S i The Overdue List. The vessels on the overdue list were quoted for reinsurance yesterday as follows: Lamorna, 90 per cent; Engle- horn and Notre Dame, 15 per cent; Alba, 10 per cent; Lamoriciere, 40 perl cent. by man and Ripley on Friday in the com- pletion of their combine, which it is re- ported they have had under considera- tion for a number of weeks and over which they have had much correspond- ence prior to their meeting in this city. In connection with their consolidation of interests in Northern California they have formulated a plan for the utiliza- tion of the lines in which they are hereafter to jointly control. Of this plan this much is known: Harriman will proceed to extend the California Northwestern line -north- ward from Willits, and Ripley, as soon as the weather will permit, will start the San Francisco and Northwestern southward from its present terminus near Pepperwood to a point farther south yet to be agreed on, where the two roads will be connected and thus furnish a through line from San Fran- cisco to Humboldt Bay, through a coun- try rich in redwood timber. In this way the Southern Pacific Company and the Santa Fe will gain an equal footing Continued on Page 39, Column 1. | blue ribbons_in the polo peny class. | Baywood Farm's Pasco second, control of the | nia North- | — HORSES ARE SHOWN AT BURLINGAME IN THE NAME OF SWEET CHARITY Ladies of the Fashionable Set Ride and Drive Over the Cool, Green Polo Field at Crossways Farm, Winning the Admiration and the Applause of Spectators---Interesting Jumping Competit ion e | | | - — S SO S T < PICTURESQUE FEATURES OF THE FOURTH AN. SE SHOW, HELD YESTERDAY AT F. J. CAROLAN'S CROSS- |o WAYS FARM. FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ARMITAGE ORPHANAGE—THE RIDING AND DRIVING OF THE YOUNG | LADIES OF THE FASHIONABLE SET WAS OF A HIGH STANDARD. | - In the name of sweet charity the members of Burlingame Country Club | sent the best of their riding and driv- ing horses yesterday into the show | ring. Fair maids in dainty gowns and lin trim gray riding habits drove and }rodc over the cool, green polo field at | ¥. J. Carolan’s Crossways Farm in the insignia of excellence in the ring. The show, which was for the benefit of the Armitage Orphanage, was ar- ranged hastily so that the entry was not up to that of its predecessors. There was, sufficient class to lift the affair out of the ordinary and to make it an interesting spectacle to witness. The ladies took part i.. some exciting competitions during the morning, Miss Howard winning in one class with the Carolans’ pair, Pastime and Pleasure. Mr. Beylard’s Beppo and Jacko, driven by Whitelaw Reid’s daughter, was placed second. In the single class Miss J. A. Crocker won with Digore, Mr. Carolan’s Silver Tips, driven by Miss Kirk, being placed second. The artistic polo pavilion was gayly decorated with flags and bunting and | made a picturesque background for the | well gowned ladies and for their es- corts as they moved about the lawn. Several members of Mr. Harriman's party were present as guests of the club members. JUMPERS ARE CLEVER. The most exciting competition of the day was in tle class for qualified hunt- ers. In this the eight horses entered had to clear a five-foot fence. The horses and riders have just closed a successful season with the San Mateo County draghounds and were letter perfect. The blue ribbon went to Mr. Carolan's Qui Dado, ridden by Charles Richardson. Huntsman Jerry Keating’s mount, The Bell mare, was second, and Mr. Carolan’s Scarborough, with ! his owner up, was third. W. 8. Hobart's famous high jumper Royalty was a competitor, being rid- den by a mite of a boy. The old horse | friendly competition fcr blue ribbons, [ shows his years in his whitened coat. He is also touched in the wind, but he can still jump like a four-year-old. That Mr. Hobart has not lost his knack of showing winners in the ring was evidenced when he carried off two He rode Quail in the heavy-weight class and his Irish pony Palmyra in the lightweight class. Mr. Carolan’s Sporting Duchess, rid- den by WMiss Kirk, supplied the comedy element of the afternoon. In the class for ladies’ saddle horses she showed off a lot of circus gaits not looked for in park horses. POLO FIELD AN IDEAL ONE. The judges during the day were Law- rence McCreery, W. S. Hobart, E. D. Beylard and Francis T. Underhill. ‘When a judge had a horse entered he did not participate in the judging of that class. Richard Graham, the veteran ring- master, was in his accustomed place and assisted materially in making the affair a success. The polo field proved an ideal spot for the show, although it must have given the players who were améng the spectators many pangs to see the turf of which they are so proud cut up. The summary: Best pair roadsters — A. L. Mec- Kendry's Bill Ashe and Tick Benton. Best mare or gelding over 14:3 hands and under 15:2—J. S. Tobin’s Shadow first, E. D. Beylard's Beppo second, Baywood Farm’s Echo third. Best pair not exceeding 15:2 hands —Baywood Farm’'s Eminence and Ex- cellence first, F. J. Carolan’s Prince Charming and Chieftain second, H. T. Scott’s Castor and Pollux third. Best mare or gelding under 14:3 hands—F. J. Carolan's Beau. Brummel first, Miss J. Reid’'s Lallah Rookh sec- ond, Paul Clagstone’s Sister third. Best pair over 14:2 hands and under 15:2—F. J. Carolan’s Pastime and Pleas- ure first, E. D. Beylard's Beppo and Jacko second, Baywood Farm’'s Dori- court and Echo third. Best pair over 14 hands (ladies to drive) — F. J. Carolan’s Pastime and Pleasure, driven by Miss Howard, fivst; E. D. Beylard’s Beppo and Jacko, driven by Miss Reid, second; J. S. Tobin’s Shadow and Sunshine, driven by Mrs. J. S. Tobin, third. Best mare or gelding over 14:3 hands —E. D. Beylard’s Tommy Tompkins first, Baywood Farm's Padre second. Best pony over ¥:2 hands and under 14:3—F. J. Carolan’s Silver Tips first, ‘Miss ‘Whittell's Gadfly third. Best mare or gelding over 14 hands driven by a lady—Miss J. A. Crocker's Digore, driven by owner, first; F. J. Carolan’s Silver Tips, driven by Miss Kirk, second: E. D. Beylard's Jacko, driven by Miss Reid, third. Lady’s saddle horse—F. J. Carolan's Madrone, ridden by Miss Catherine Barney, first; Miss J. Reid's Lallah Rookh, ridden by owner, second; Paul Clagstone’s Sister, ridden by Miss Kirk, third. Best mare or gelding over 15:2 hands —Henry A. Butters’ Commander first, E. D. Beylard’'s Tommy Tompkins second, F. J. Carolan's Prince Charm- ing third. Heavyweight polo pony—W. S. Ho- bart’s Quail first, F. J. Carolan’s Beau Brummel second, I. J. Carolan’'s Ras- cal third. Lightweight polo pony—W. S. Ho- bart’s Palmyra first, R. M. Tobin's Pet second, P. D. Martin's Jack third. Ladies’ saddle horse over 14 hands— E. D. Beylard’'s Tommy Tompkins, rid- den hy Miss Reid, first; F. J. Carolan’s Sporting Duchess, ridden by Miss Kirk, second. Tandems—F. J. Carolan’'s Silver Tips and Pleasure first, Baywood Farm's Chum and Pasco second. Hunters shown over five-foot jump— F. J. Carolan’s Qui Dado, ridden by Charles Richardson, first; San -Mateo County Hunt’s The Bell mare, ridden, by Huntsman Jerry Keating, second; F. J. Carolan’s Scarborough, ridden by Mr. Carolan, third. Four-in-hands shown to park: brake —Henry ‘A: Butters' Commander, Ed- ward VIL, Captain Jinks and Ginger first, F. J. Carolan’s Truth, Treason, Rhyme and Reason second. —_—————— H. J. Crocker's Daughter Dies. Florence Virginia Crocker, the 14~ year-old ‘daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Crocker, passed away at the home of her parents yesterday, The funeral will be held to-morrow after- noon at .2 o'clock from the Crocker residence, 2301 Laguna street. Inter- ment will be private. ——————————— i He may look pleasant whatever you offer, but set out "'0id Gilt Edge” whiskey and he'll - le at 320 L pleasant. ~ Wholesale at Clay sty ? -