Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-05-09
Has the Nightmare Again.

So cordially does the San Francisco
Bulletin hate the Central Pacific Rail-
road, that it is loony on the subject of
railroads generally. Just mention the
word "railroad" within the hearing of
FITCH and PICKERING, and you at
once obtain clear notion of how and
to what extent red shirt affects
Spanish bull. The latest locomotive
spasm which those gentlemen were
thrown into was caused by the an
nouncement that the Los Angeles and
Independence narrow gauge and the
Los Angeles and TruXton roads were
about to be built. 1t was u double
dose, and like all double doses, its eff
fects were doubly terrific. The Bulle-
tin of the eth instant asserts, more in
sorrow than in anger, that "the expe-
rience of Los Angeles with railroad
companies has, SO far, been unfortu-
nate" This is followed with a reca-
pitulation of what itconsiders our mis-
fortunes. Out of respect for the But
letin's judgment, it is to be regretted
that the people of this city and county
cannot see their railroad investments
in the light of disasters. A little fur
Their on in the same article we are told
that ~ So
Los Angeles has hitherto derived its chief
support from It's business connections with
the mining districts of lnyO and san Bernar-
dino counties and the Territory of Arizona,
having been the headquarters of the trans
portation companies employed in the trade.
The branch of the Los Angeles and San Pedro
Railroad running north, built by the subsidy
bonds of Los Angeles, has resulted in the re-
moval to its terminus, San Fernando, of the
workshops, stables, and dwellings of the
Cerro GordO Teaming Company, which stead
lily employs thousand animals and about
three hundred men. The construction of the
branch in the direction OF san Bernardino
has resulted in the establishment of the head
quarters of the Arizona and san Ber-
nardino teaming companies at Spadra, the
terminus. Thus the business which built up
and supported Los Angeles has been trans
ferred 10 these mushroom towns, while it is
compelled TO assume the unfortunate role of
way station.
"Chief support is good-very good,
indeed = coming as it does from a
newspaper that assumes to know all
about our business. Looking over the
broad, fertile valley of Los Angeles;
seeing the endless grain fields, the
thousands of fruit-groves and vine
yards; glancing at our trade and foot
ing up our population, the thought
that our 'chief support goes on the
backs of "a thousand animals" to the
mushroom towns" at the end of the
railroad is more than discouraging-it
is positively disgusting. If we bad not
given the causes which led the Bulletin
to exhibit its ignorance concerning
Los Angeles and her valley, no one
could have guessed it. But the secret
is out. 1t is because we are going to
build two more railroads, and because
people may invest some money in
them, that this organ oftwo of the most
selfish men that ever damaged the
prospects of city like San Francisco,
makes the ludicrous assertion that the
chief support of a town of twelve
thousand people-a county Of twenty
thousand inhabitants-is the feeding
of one thousand animals and boarding
the men who own and drive them!
Yet the Bulletin fiatters itself on pos
sessing more talent, intelligence and
general information than all the other
papers published in San Francisco.
What a commentary on the press of
that city!