Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-13
General Gieanings.

A Sunset excursion Will leave
the city tonight.
DR.. Wing is acting as doctor for the
Santa Fe system in this city during
the absence of DR.. Fremaine.
An engine ran off the track in the
Southern Pacific yards yesterday and
caused temporary delay of business.
The long talked Of extensions and
additions to the California Southern
wharf at National City are to be made
forthwith.
DR.. B. G. Rowell has been appoint
3 Division Surgeon of the Santa Fe
system, with headquarters at San
Bsrnardino.
The Shasta excursion season opens
on June 1st, when special train
with dining car attached. is to leave
San Francisco.
The Janney coupler is being intro
duced by the Pennsylvania Company.
Where it is used, couplings can be
made without brakemen going in be-
tween the cars.
The orange shipments from River
side this season have reached 658 car
loads, or 1877 ,814 boxes. 1t is antic-
pated that 700 carloads in all will be
shipped from that point.
The Pullman people propose to put
on another vestibule train daily each
way between Chicago and New York,
and will build the coaches as soon as
they get their New York and st Louis
line equipped.
Mr.. G. II. Palmer, telegraph oper-
ator at the California Central station
at Riverside, has been transferred to
Santa Ana. Mr.. U. p. McHenry, OF
Carlsbad, will go to Riverside to fill
the vacancy there.
The Emmert patent car-seat has
been adopted by six roads. Among
them are the Grand Rapids and Ind
diana, the Chicago and West Michi-
gan and the Chicago and Alton.
The Atchison system of carrying
tools, water buckets, etc., in chest
underneath tile coach is much ad
mired. In the case of accident it is
much easier to get at them than from
the SIDE under the old method.
Owing to the, Coleman failure it is
announced; that the railroad from
Livermore to the coal mines eight
miles from that town will not be con-
structed. The surveys have been all
completed. Mr.. Coleman is largely
interested in these mines.
1t is authentically stated that a syn
dictate of American and European
capitalists intend to speedily con-
struct the proposed underground rail-
way beneath New York city. The
expenses will be very heavy, as a
large porti n OF the line will have to
be cut through solid rock.
The officials Of the Santa Fe's new
Chicago line have made requisition
on the Brotherhood OF Locomotive
Ebgineers and firemen for one hun
deed crews to run its trains. The
requisition has been honored and the
places will be filed from the men
who left the Burlington on February
27
The vestibule trains W lich the
Atchison, Topeka q Santa Fe are run
ming between Chicago and Kansas
City represent an investment OF ST.
000,0 Each train is lighted by
electricity and heated by steam from
the locomotive. Every modern i'm
provement and convenience known to
railroading has been introduced.
The Gus Williams theatrical troupe,
which appears at the opera house this
week, is credited with having pur-
chased the longest mileage ticket ever
issued. There are sixteen persons to
be conveyed, and the ticket covers
1927 miles, going from Chicago to
British Columbia, Puget Sound, Salt
Lake, San Francisco. Los Angeles,
Kansas City and returning to Chic
ago.