Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-05
RAILROAD NEWS.
A Chat with General Sup.
erintendent Fillmore.
PROSPECTS FOR SAN PEDRO.
The Switchmen's Strike Salts.
factorily Settled-Depot
Gleanings.

General Superintendent Fillmore, OF
the Southern Pacific, is on tour Of
observation in Southern California
and Is travelling in the special car
"Buenaventura," accompanied by his
family and Mr.. Jerald, Travelling Train
Auditor. A HERALD reporter yester-
day afternoon had the good fortune to
run across Mr.. Fillmore and requested
the favor Of an interview, which was
graciously accorded.
"IIII:ass las any decision been arrived at
regarding line into San Diegc?'
queried the scribe.
"None at all, as far as ] know
was the response. eve are building
out as far as Tuetin, but beyond that
point nothing has yet been settled.
Overtures have been made to us by
the Pomona and Elsinore people, but
the matter is still in allegiance. II
can safely be said, therefore, that the
route. or even the road, to the point
you mention is still an open question. y
"Can you tell me what improve
ments are intended at San Pedro 2"
said the HERALD man.
"Well, we will start in to work on
the new wharf there at an early date,
in fact the material is already in
course Of construction for it. It will
be very large affair, being 1000 feet
leng in deep water and built on iron
piers. A large coal-bunk will be con-
structed on it with capacity Of from
10, 900 to 15 900 tons, and will be fixed
30 that golfers can discharge their car
goes into it direct, thus avoiding the
expense Of lighterage. Five tracks
will connect it with the yards, which
will be increased far beyond their
present capacity. The work will be
commenced at q very early date and
will be pushed through without de-
lay
''It is intended, then, to make San
Pedro coal rort," said the scribe.
Precisely so, and from it we will
draw our supplies for this part of the
country and Arizona. Our ships will
bring down the coal from the north,
and store II here in similar manner
as at San Francisco"
How about the coal Question:, i.
not . ano os one for the Southern Pa
ciic at the present moment" said the
reporter"
mo, I think not; we may have
been little cramped, but not to
amount to anything, for we are con-
tinually opening up and making ar
rangements for new sources OF supply
as our contracts run out"
"Is this extension from Huron that
is being built intended for one Of the
new sources Of supply that you refer
tor"
"No; the mine that we shall tap by
that line is simply intended to supply
the requirements OF the San Joaquin
valley and our local business. We
are pushing up the work as soon as
possible, as we have great deal to do
this year."
"Will the work you have in antici-
patton include double track from
this city to San Pedro?'
"No, think not. The only double
tracking We contemplate at present is
between oakland and Port Costa,
and that is absolutely necessary, be-
cause of the enormous traffic between
those points. You will get your
double track here by and by, when it
is really needed"
"What other work do you allude
to, then? ?"
"Well, we intend making vast i'm
provements at Fresno, where we will
put up new depot and freight house,
besides making an alteration to the
roadbed there. We intend to COM
plete our Capay Valley Railroad, and
will have it done in time for us to
haul next seasons fruit crop. We
are building down the west side OF the
San Joaquin valley, and besides all
this, we have a number of small ex-
tensions in process of construction,
and others in contemplation"
''How about our new depot on the
Wolfskill tract?"
That, of course, will be completed
at as early a date as possible. The
ironwork is all made, and should be
here by this time, if it is not already
on the ground. We are giving this
work pre- minence over all others, and
have standing instructions to get it
done as soon as possible"
"And will the new line round by
the foothills then be constructed 2"
THAT cannot say, as no decision
has yet been reached regarding it."
"Can you tell me anything about
the establishment of the railroad
shops in East Los Angeles ?"
eyes, we expect to commence work
on them as soon as we complete our
plans. We intend to give you very
fine building, after the style of the
Sacramento shops, though of course
on smaller scale at present as addi-
tions can be made as the necessity
arises. From these shops we will re-
pair and handle all railroad work be.
tween Sumner and FL Paso, leaving
the Sacramento works more for the
Central Pacific business"
lis the freight blockade really over
on the road7"
eyes, it can safely be said that the
line is clear again. We have been
very much hampered for the want of
motive power, but this trouble will
soon be at an end. We ordered 1870
engines some time ago from the East
of these, twenty-five or thirty were
delivered last week, and We expect
ten or fifteen more Immediately. The
remainder will come in at the rate OF
ten or fifteen a month until the order
is completed and will be strung out at
all the needed points along the road. "
"Will you remain long in this part
of the country ?" asked the reporter in
conclusion.
''No. l shall leave tonight for Santa
Monica, where / will probably remain
over night. / will then visit Long
Beach, Wilmington, San Pedro, Whit
tier, Santa Ana; in fact all the branch
lines, and will return to San Francis
CO about Monday"