Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-04

mainly the Boston interest, but there is
an important difference OF personal IN
terest. The A. & z. is owned con-
| Jointly by the A. 7. 4 s. +. and the ~.
l.. & s. +. Each own half the A. q r,
which runs from Albuquerque TO Mo-
jaye. This ST. St Louis San fIaiicisco
road will build very important extern
sion this year II II can secure the land
grant to the A. & p, which question is
up before Congress now lt VIII be
practically the S5th parallel line.
The extension would be from Red Fork
il the Indian Territory to Albuquerque,
New Mexico. II would form almost an
air line from ST. LOUIS 20 MoIave. The
A. T. q 5. f. would still have all the
northwest through Kansas city and Chi
oago tributary to her, while the st. l.. 4
s. +. would compete with her for the st.
Louis business.
Reporter-Do you think Congress is
likely to revoke the A. 4 2. land grant
or declare II forfeited rathers
Mr.. Hobart-l do not see why they
should do SO. The territory we are
speaking of now is of no value as it is.
Without road it cannot be settled. Be-
sides, there is point about this matter
which people seem unable to take in.
Inc lands without road are offered at
u 20 per acre by the government, and
no one wants 1t at that price. Put
road through it and at once the land Is
easily sold for ". 90 per acre, so that 1t
every alternate section is given to the
builders OF the. road, the government
loses nothing.
Ranorfer--So far vou don't seem to
indicate the building OF any new road In
California.
Mr.. Hobart do not see that much
is likely TO be built here. Your State Is
pretty well supplied with railroad
facilities.
keporter--The o. ). Is not likely to
build in from Cotton!
Mr.. Hobart-No. l have told you
why above.
Reporter-Will the ). L. build from
Santa Ana to San Diego!
Mr.. Hobart do not think so.
Reporter-Will the q. o., or its
other branch, the y. 4 z: build IRON
Shasta TO the oregon terminus!
Mr.. Hobart think that 10 very
probable. Still | do not hear any more
about the sale OF the road: 1t was re-
ported lately sold to the N. +, but the
German bondholders ere said to have
objected to such transfer. 1t is likely
the q. 7. will get control OF it. and If
either get IT, building will go on,
think, although II is a hard country to
build through-from all hear the hard
est perhaps yet under taken in this
Country.
hi L have staged over every mile OF
the road and know itwell, and should
judge your view to be quite correct.
still the skill and enterprise which built
through the Grand Canon on the
same line below Roseburg, will hardly
stop at such barrier as Scott's Noun
tain, although the latter Is perhaps the
harder job. But, by the way, which
would be best tor the public, that the
N. /. or that the Y. T. should get the
roadf
MIR: Il Perhaps the public interest
would be best subssrvsd in the latter
contingency. The N. T. control the
steamers plying between Portland and
San Francisco. III they get control oil
the railroad there Will be less competi-
ton. But should the z. r secure q
through line OF rail between the two
points, the road and the steamers would
create composition,
R.-What abeas the narrow guage
from Alameda to santa Cruz aud It's re.
cent sale to Mr.. Maekay-will II be built
down the coast, and i SO is 1t to be part
Of transcontinental lines
Mr.. II Nothing has yet transpired
touching that sale TO Mr.. Mackay, nor
Of any results likely to follow from it,
II is an expensive thing to change the
guage to standard width. The bridges
and culyerts are all too light and would
have to be rebuilt in effect. l only
know the A. I. & s. F. have no inter
est IN the road or in its recent transfer;