Daily Los Angeles herald., 1881-03-18

In - great . degree as San Fran
cisco, q Pacific Coast terminus Of
the new transcontinent road, he
said that they certainly were. He
could assure US that road would
very shortly be built from the
present terminus Of the Whining
ton branch to deep water In the
haIbor. 1t would be done either
by his company or by somebody,
and that coon. Before returning to
San Francisco he intended to 60
down and inspect tho barbor, with
q view to noting the advances
which had been made there since
he last saw 1t. With proper ener-
gy, and the rightfui governme ntal
expenditures, Wilmington would
play an important part in the com.
merce Of this Coast.
In concluding this portion Of our
interview, we may state that Mr..
Towne enteftains very sangutne
views as to the future of Los Ange.
les county and that if his senti.
ments are an index Of the views Of
the companies he represents they
are cordial in the extreme towards
our people.
THE RAILWAY VIEW.
1t will not perhaps be amiss il
we round up this article with
the substance Of some remarks Of
Mr.. Towns's about the policy Of
the railways with which he is iden-
tilted. He says that, contrary. to
the ideas which are industriously
propagated In many quarters, the
policy OF these companies is to
steadily reduce the rates of freights
and fares, and that their whole or.
ganization 10 shaped towards that
end. Thus, both the Central and
Southern Pacific Railway have one
General Superintendent, one Cen
eral Passenger Agent, one General
Baggage Master, one Bridge Build.
or, one set Of legal advisers, and so
on. The economy effected by this
system can only be understood, he
says, when the fact 10 borne In
mind that in Massachusetts, with
about the same mileage as in the
Pacific Coast system, there are fifty
railway Presidents, Superintend.
ents and other officials. With all
the outcry which has been raised
about high rates of fares
on this coast, notwithsta nding
the sparseness Of our populs.
tion, they are only small
fraction OF a cent higher than
those which exist to-day in Massa.
chusetts and other Eastern States,
and even between London and
Paris. They will be lowered as
often as feasible. The disposition
which animates the railway com.
papy In its Intercourse with the
people could not be better shown,
said Mr.. Towne, than by the com.
pany's course after they had bought
out the Oakland ferry and the rail-
ways on the other side Of the Bay.
To-day the company were carrying
fifteen thousand people daily be-
tween San Francisco and Oakland,
on superb ferry boats, in splendid
cars, q distance of nine miles, for
the sum OF i've cents for the round
trip. The accommodations were
as good as could be found In the
world, and the fare was 90 low that
no one has had the hardihood to
ask for q further reduction. 70 the
argument that, while considering
the scaut travel on tbs railway be-
tween San Francisco and Los An.
geles the rates were low enough,
but that there would be more
travel II the rates we're lower, Mr..
Towne replied that that was . mis-.
take. It was nm error, too, to sup.
pose that there was large immi-
grant element seeking to reach
California. There was no such els-
ment. The men who landed at Castle
Garden came there destined for
farms in Kansas, Nebraska and
the other northwestern States. The
Southern Pacific railway, by CON.
plsting its road to tho Gulf Of Mex
leo, and putting on steamers be-.
tween some gulf port and Europe,
hoped to secure such an element,
and whom they had secured it they
would bring the immigrants to the
Los Angeles valley and the other
valleys of California at the very
lowest rate at which they could af-
ford to carry him. This eoneum-
nation, 90 dsvoutly to bs wished,
would be brought about In at least
eighteen months, and much sooner
II the steel rails can be procured In
season.
We shall finish these cursory
notes of travel in to-morr0w's HER.
AID by giving the Impressions OF
Tucson derived during . visit of .
few hours Duration.