Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-11-13

tsrday called 1t the Central and
Southern Paoidel Railroad head.
quarters, corner Of Fourth and
Townsend streets, to inquire re-
garding the truth of certain state.
ments recently published In . city
journal, profssssdiy on the author.
ity OF Charles Crocker, President Of
the Southern Pacific, which were,
briefly stated, that that road would
| within two mopths form junction
with the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe lius At FL Paso; that tho
Southern Pacific was TO be pushed
on from El Pas0 to connect with
Galveston, Texas, $50 mites fur
thsr; and that . line Of heavy
freight and immigrant steamers
was to be nut on and run from Gal
weston to Liverpool. Hamburg aud
\ Bremen, 10 carry III our wheat
product and bring out i'm immigration
from those ports vt $50 per bead.
lAuded In Ssu Francisco, . rate es-
tsbfished solely to induce immi-
grafton, and by means Of which II
WAS confidently expected that sev-
eral millions Vt people Of . desira
BILE clsss will within ten years BIZ
iuduUsd to come to California aud
settle. Mr.. Croker was iDaccessi.
BILE to the interviewer, being in
New York City. In his absence
the reporter was referred to
ONE OF THE RAILROAD MAaNArEs
Even more prominently associated
Ia the public mind with Pacific
Coast railrOading than he. The
gentleman talked freely on the sub.
jset, but, with The great modesty
characteristic Of railroad maguates,
he stipuiated that his name should
not be used in any accOunt OF the
conversation that might bs pub
lisbed, saying that he made the re.
quest for personal reasons. He
said: "The statements are partly
true and partly not true, or, At
least, are premature. 30 far ~ the
c0Unscti0n with the Atchis0n, To-
peka aud eants F6 10 concerned, 1t |
10 now effected, 10 all prselicAi in
I tents aud purposes. Our road 10
graded beyond the peint where the
other 10 TO intersect II. They, like
our company, are deferred by the
l s80o VI oSU0tV OV00C4UCut uYOu .tnG
railroads having SO mum to do
that they cannot Garry the rails as
fast % they are nee ed for oOnstruo.
tion, although they are all ready vt
the rolling mile. But for THE the
junction would have been effected
before now. We are now pfActi
cally At FL Psso, although we have
yet some seventy miles Of rails to
lay to reach that point. With re-
gard to ,ss i, 55s5
THE TERMINUS
OF the road we have not yet de-
tsrmined upon the point, but all VI
US recognise the fact that 1t must
be some suitable place on the Guf |
Of Mexico. The enterprise will not
stop until IL has reached such q
terminus, and that will pr0bxhiy
BE- found at New Orleans. There
are many Eastern, Southern aud
South western roads anxiOus to con
meet with ours. We are Weighing
their. proportions, comparing the
tsrms they offer aud the advan-
takes OF communication they af-
ford. They are the AtchisV,,, To-
peka and santa FE, Tom ScJtrs
line running south west down
through Texas, and several others
reaching out towards us. The one
that seems to sfford the best Op
portunity, and which has offered
terms that are satisfactory to US, 10
the road known ~ Tom Pisrcs's,
running from Galveston west to
Sau Antonio, Texas. ne We shall
probably make our junction with
this road. Our present plan Is to
follow southeastward along the Rie
GrAnde from FL Paso to . point
about the sout wesi erD corner Of
FL PasO county, Texas, which 10
about due west from San Antonio,
and from there strike east across
Texas. When We get the road
com pletsd to Ell Paso we shall be-
gin work vt hath ends to complete
THE junction.. The distance from
Ell PAso TO SAN ANTONIO ~
Is about 600 miles. It is . favora.
bic country for railroad making,
and the work can be dOnea and
trains running over the road from
San Francisco to New Orleane, for
the Pierce road is already con-
structed from Galveston TO New
Orleans, before the close Of the |
year 1881. The distances by this
road from here to New Orleans 10
$500 miles. A glance At the map
OF our country will chow to the
most Inexperienced the advan tages
Of this route over all others.n Il
Hara tho raiIrnad maunnta firm.
cd TO the wall ami pulled down q
large roller map, tracing upon II
the railroads Of the west and south.
west. completed, building, project
I'D AUD anticipated, with y fluency
showing how frequently and deep
lily he has ponirred the ssubjecs.
The n,Atchisou, Topeka and Santa |
70, running from the Rio GrAude
northeast through New Mexico,
Kansas, etc on to the Mississippi,
aud connecting with the great
trunk lines extending from them 1
to. the Atlantic seAboard, Tom
Scott's road, running through Tex.
a., aud on DOri beast to like tm- |
portaut c0nnecli0ns, and several
ether roads tributary to the South.
ern Pacific, and traversing ths
great southwest aud middle west.
we're duly explained. Then the In |
dex flnger Of the railroad prof. sct0r
traced upon the mind ~
Ai@ FUTURE ROADS,
Yet In the embryo of conception.
for carrying the xrain and other
produce Of Washington Territory