Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-05-05

| The santa Cruz SUR oil April ZItn
says:
Evidently, railway building, which
doomed so merrily several years ago, Is
about to take new lease OF life; at any
rate, Appearances indicate that fact in
this portion of the state.
The presence in the field OF large
corps OF engineers along the route of the
Atlantic 4 Pacific extension lends cor
roborative effect to the statement made
to q Surf reporter by well known East
ern civil engineer who has been sojourn-
ing in Santa Cruz for the past week.
1--WE have twenty-eight surveyors
out, " said that gentleman. "going over
portions OF the old survey in some few
places, but as a general thing plating a
new survey of the route"
"How long have you been at work p
queried the somewhat astonished scribe.
Nearly fortnight. We hope to
complete field work by July lst at lat
est, and TO that end we are exerting our
best efforts. hope to have my map
out In time for the consideration OF
syndicate OF Eastern and European mon
eyed men who will take counsel on the
Atlantic and Pacific system and its adj
vancement early in November next at
headquarters.
"Are your stockholders in the new
enterprise the same as those OF yoref"
"Oh, no. You see this is railroad
business and the word is mum. But
can say that the proposed A. a Pr sx.
tension Of to-day, should certain con-
tinQencies as yet dark horse in their
T. L. A.. a. kan
ers, will without doubt 60 through"
"Where is the proposed TERMINAL"
asked the Surf man.
s.Now, young man, said the engineer,
at is an old saying that the Diety alone
knows where railway will end. cant
tell you. OF course, the ever present
object and lifelong hope of all these
new transcontinental lines, is to get ter
minal facilities at San francisco. We've
been after them for some time, and judg
ing from the activity at headquarters,
am justified in saying that terminus
there is about to be secured"
A peroration upon the part of the re-
porter regarding the valuable route
railway could traverse up the coast,
was cut short by the engineer. with the
remark
I'VE know our country and appreciate
it, and the fact that many moneye1
men are in with US shows that if bust
ness can be done the company propose
doing it.
"Have you any surveyors in our i'm
mediate vicinitys'
"No, not as yet. A corps under Geo.
f. Whitney leave San Francisco on
their way down the coast, believe.
next Wednesday"
With the above in hand, a HERALD
reporter sought Mr.. c. w. Mead and
laying it before that gentleman, asked
what be knew of the matter. General
Mead is President OF the L. A. & s. M.
R'y, which, it is supposed, will soon be
begun from this city to some point on
the bay OF Santa Monica. He said il
it was all news to him. He knows Mr..
Whitney, as one of the leading engineers
of the A. & p, but he did not know he
was in the field. That he should be
there and he not know it, he said.
was not at all strange. He said he
did know that If they were there: |
at was not for their health" 1t is |
the opinion of Mr.. Mead that the imme-
diate future will witness some of the |
greatest developments of the age in the
railroad building along this coast. He
thinks the time is ripe for great achieve
ments in this line, and that the prelimi-
naries are all made for entering upon
the work with vigor.
There may readily be found room for
two lines of railroad down the coast.
The San Joaquin valley offers induce-
ments for a second trunk line down its
broad and wide areas. There are in
small branches to be built,
ramifying into the country on every side.
The A. & P. and the connections
of that system have for some years been
seeking this coast. All signs show they
think the day for action has come and
they mean TO act. Los Angeles will be
the first to benefit from these move
ments, and her benefits will be greatest
and most permanent. That this is TO be
great city is sure.