Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-05-21
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Mach Ado Absut Eothing-Ths Champion
Caaard-LOs Angeles tho Coming Sec.
tisa.
DEAR HERALD: While solacing
myself with the impression. which
I mud on every hand, that Los An
geles 10 the coming section, l have
been little disconcerted by Ger.
tain eloquent and energetic LEAD
efs In the Express about the "Mo-
jAve cut.eff"-so called. Being
In San Francisco, and with the
SOURCES Of authoritative opinion
within easy reach, I was Of course
interested to the extent Of finding
ont Just what there is in all this
sstsmpest In teapot" Az the re-
suit Of my inquiries I discover that
the newspaper paragraph referred
60, and which was the basis Of the
oomments Of the Erpress, resulted
In . very hearty laugh at the head.
quarters of the Central and South.
syn Pacific Railways in this city.
Railway men, when they are ex.
cited, occasionally indulge In
splenetic expression, a. times, just
- the good people themselves do.
Probably when the San Fernando
tunnel was approaching compile.
tion, with Its heavy inroads on the
railway pocket, Col. Crocker, or
some other representative of the
Southern transoontinental route,
may have dropped an ill.natured
word or two about that most ex.
psnsive undertaking. But the man
who thinks that this company did
not carefully count the cost before
It entered upon that colossal enter
prise 10 simply wild;-is, in fact, a
candidate for Stockton or Napa. /
take great pleasure in assuring the
readers of the HERALD that ii the
tunnel should cave in tomorrow it
would be dug cut at once, aud with
the energy characteristic of this
road. While Col. CrOcker Is trot.
ted out ~ the author Of this latest
canard, that gentleman enjoyed
one Of his heartiest laughs at the
\ revamping of the old and stale bug.
bear, which owed all its circula-
tlon originally to the vivacious
6oipio Craig, late of Cotton news
paper. That gentleman starved
out ct Cotton on his "cut.off" hal.
Inclination while, as a matter of
fact, the word has never been in.
troduoed into the parlance of the
railway circles at San Francisco.
4 GENUINE APPRECIATION OF Los
ANGELES.
Not only does the Southern Pa.
el6c Railway not contemplate any.
thing inimicsl to Los Angeles, but
its managers are to-day intent
upon projects which are
< pregnant with development
for our section. II there is
one thing upon which that
corporation is honestly and zeal
ousIy intent it is upon developing
the utmost resources of the harbor
OF Wilmington. Whether the
Nsssrs. Crocker & Co. will not
ultimately ,also, concentrate their
efforts upon developing all there is
latent In Santa Monica, is a matter
which will be told, in time. But
Of one thing readers of the HERALD
may be assured, this sagacious
company was far more largely in
flusuced BY the harbor advantages
of Los Angeles county than by the
subsidy we gave 1t to influence it
In selecting for it's road the route 1t
formally adopted and now proposes
20 stand by. Every effort which
our people shall make to induce
the national government to i'm.
prove the harb0r of Wilmington
will be warmly seconded by the
Southern Pacific Railway. Not
X only that. but the company stands
ready to put its hands in its pock.
ets and supplement governmental
appropriations In the work of devel-
oplpg that harbor. The next thing
K on the tapis ie the extension OF the
Z railway to deep water in Whining
ten. You will find that this work
vill bs speedily begun and satis-
I r.faetorily completed. 1 have no
leeitstion In saying that il the
UhsIe country looks as fAvOrabIy
upeu Los Angeles as the Southern
Pacific Railway does, our beautiful
\ eewn will soon rejoice In a popula.
eeou Of at least twenty-five thous-
md.
THRY WANT SOME OF 1T.
The fact is that the Central and
eoethsrn Paolnc Railway mag.
netss have lately developed a de-
1 clgo 10 own . portion Of our county.
i. ~ Cr00kor, franaaction NTH