Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-10-27
PROM the 8. r. Chronicle. oct. 2s.l

The California Central Railroad
Company has been several times
mentioned In these columns, and
10 plans and prospects have been
partly foreshadowed. The extent
Of it's scheme and the full import.
ance Of it's prospective line to the
city OF San Francisco and the State
OF California have never yet been
fully and explicitly set forth in the
public prints. The representatives
az tho company on this coast have
been for the last five months sur
veying their line from the Cliff
House to Iron City, in Utah, where
&c will connect with the Utah
Southern, and by means OF the
Utah Southern with the Utah
Northern aud the Union Pacific.
Al Iron City will center four radi-
ating lines, to meet roads already
built In Colorado to the meridian
Of Denver, or beyond 1.-THE Bur-
lington and Missouri, which has
excited the special ire of the own
en- of the Central Pacific and caused
them to threaten to extend their
road through Dakota to the Missouri;
the Denver, Western and Pacific;the
Denver, South Park and Pacific,
and the Denver and Rio Grande.
The first OF these runs southwest
from Greeley; the second little
southwest from Denver; the third
nearly west from Leadville, and
the fourth little northwest from
Pueblo, near the line of Colorado
and New Mexico, to the point of
Intersection in the iron district.
Colorado papers of recent date
state that the last is being pushed
rapidly westward from Pueblo,
which would indicate that it will
reach its destination in advance of
the others. Other important East
ern connections will be made at
Crystal Springs in Southern Neva-
da, through the agency Of the Ari-
IONA division of the California
Central, which will be run south
east to the head of navigation on
the Colorado to meet them. That
the Union Pacific, Atlantic and
Pacific, and Texas and Pacific ex-
pect to reach San Francisco by the
California Central, is now under
stood to be definitely settled.
.nhe Atlantic and Pacific has
+ abandoned the idea of entering Cal
ifornia by way of the Mojave Des-
ert and will send all the travel
from st. Louis and points south by
this new route through Nevads
and across the Sierras near Yosem
lite. This change In the plans o
this company leaves San Diego ou
In the cold so far rs relates to dl
rect line across the continent. Tba
Nice of the Pacific coast will eithe
have to be content with tapping
the Southern Pacific at or near Col
ton, or If it desires to reach the At
lantic and Pacific, will have tt
strike boldly north into Southern
Nevada and intersect it at Silver
Peak. The Atlantic and Pacifi,
and the Atchison, Topeka and San
e. F6 are united In this great trans
continental enterprise. The har
monizing elements is the
st. Louis and San francisco
Railroad Company, which owns
three-fourths of the stock of tn,
Atlantic and Pacific, the Atchisop
Topeka and Santa F6 owning the
other fourth. Eastern capital and
plenty of il Is said to be enlisted liz
the California Central, which
stands in such an important rela-
ton to all these great trunk lines
Of railroad. The preliminary sur
veys are 80 nearly finished that the
last Of the surveying parties will
be in from Southern Nevada by
the close OF next week. They have
been so carefully made that they
may almost be said to be equiva-
lent to Q permanent location of the
line. Estimates for bridges and the
expenses of grading have already
been made. Work has been begun
near the city. The managers are
sauguine, and announce that the
work will be pushed forward to
completion as rapidly as possible.
The San Francisco and Ocean
Shore Railroad Company has
united its fortunes with those OF
the California Central, and will
henceforth labor in its interests.
BY this pleasant and romantic
route along the ocean shore from
Santa Cruz, the passengers from
the great overland thorOughfares
will find their way into this city.
The cost of construction and
equipment of the road are esti.
mated as follows:
First division, 100 miles. ....... 81, 1854 ,00C
Yosemite division, so miles. 1,s50,0OC
Mountain division, $50 miles,. -. 8,250,00C
Nevada division, 200 miles. $500. 7,217,00(
Arizsna division, 100 miles. 49,. 6,0A0,00t
The stockholders declare that
they have ample means for build
Ing and equipment, including the
receipts from mortgage bonds.
Grssnbacksrs' Platform.
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