REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS FOR THE YEAR 1889. OFFICE STATE BOARD OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS, JAMES FINLAYSON vs. SAN FRANCISCO AND NORTH } At a regular meeting of the Board on above date, complaint of James Finlayson vs. San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad Company was read. The Secretary was directed to notify the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad Company to be present on January 29, 1889, to show cause why rates had been raised. COMPLAINT. Mr. V. W. GASKILL, Secretary Railroad Commissioners: SAN FRANCISCO, January 17, 1889. DEAR SIR: I would like to draw the attention of the Board to what appears to my mind to be an act of injustice to the shippers of brandy by the San Francisco and North Pacific | Railroad Company (the Donahue line). Within the last few months the carload (of ten tons) rate from Healdsburg to San Francisco has been raised from $33 to $46 per car. Is there not a clause in the new Constitution of California prohibiting railroad companies from raising their rates after having once lowered them. The highest rate that I have paid in the past five years has been $35 per car. I am respectfully yours, JAMES FINLAYSON, On March 15, 1889, a regular meeting of the Board was held, at which meeting the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad Company appeared in answer to complaint of James Finlayson and filed the comparative statements which follow. These comparative statements showing a reduction of 88 cents per ton since the western classification took effect on July 23, 1888, and being a reduction of nearly 20 per cent on former rates, the complaint of James Finlayson was dismissed. COMPARATIVE STATEMENTS. SAN FRANCISCO AND NORTH PACIFIC RAILROAD. STATIONS, OLD FREIGHT TARIFF. NEW FREIGHT TARIFF. 1. 2. 3. 4. A. B. C. D. E. M. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. A. B. C. D. E. 100 100 100 10 12 100 100 100 150 100 100 100 100 10 12 100 100 100 100 100 10 10 140 100 100 166 150100 140 140 10 12 160 140 120 233 Hops, Wool Lime Salt Grapes Live Stock... Sheep Wine.. Flour Wheat STATIONS. 15 San Rafael-San Bruno 85 Cloverdale-Aptos Guerneville-Millers Sonoma-Mayfield Glen Ellen-Lawrences.. Wheat, flour, wine, grapes, salt, lime, hops, Sheep and live stock dollars per carload, |