Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-20
A TOUR OF INSPECTION.
An Important Railroad Magnste
Visits Town.

An Important Railroad Magnste
Visits Town.
General Edward f. Winslow, President
of the st. Louis and San Francisco Rail
way Company, and Vice-Plesident of the
Atlantic and Pacific Road, arrived in the
city two days ago from his headquarters
in New York City, and registered at the
Hotel Westminster. He was accom-
panied by General Horace Porter, Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. Armory, Jr, Miss An
drews and Mrs. Frost, and has been
making tour Of inspection over the lines
in which he is interested. A HERALD
reporter succeeded in obtaining an inter
view with the visitors previous tatheir
departure on the II O'Clock train Jester
day morning for San Francisco. General
Winslow is very gentlemanly-looking
individual OF about fifty years of age,
and in answer to the reporters request
for railroad news, said s1nilingly that he
did not think that he had anything OF
interest to the public.
~ simply wanted to lock over the
Atlantic and Pacific Road" said The
General, "and see what improvements
were necessary; hen, again, my friends
and | were desirous of making trip to
California, SO we combined business
with pleasure, and here we are. The
traffic into this State has been 80 unpre.
cedently heavy during. the past
six months that it became
evident to us that some changes were
necessary SO as to better accommodate the
pressure. At Albuquerque we will have
to make additions TO the machine-shops
and we must also put more motive
power on the road for the present service
is quite inadequate"
''Is there any truth in the rumor that
the Santa Fe has purchased the interest
of the st. Louis and San Francisco Road
in the Atlantic and Pacific? ?"
"Not word of such a statement is
correct" said the General, emphatically,
"and it must have originated with some
very imaginative reporter who probably
misconstrued something that he over
heard.'
"What are the relations between the
Santa Fe and st Louis roads regarding
the Atlantic and Pacifc?"
'Well, the st. Louis road owns 81 per
cent. of the stock OF the Atlantic and
Pacific. The st Louis line at present
ends at point in the Indian Terri
tory about 100 miles from the Texas
line OF the Santa Fe and about six hum
dred miles from Albuquerque. We are
pushing ahead little all the time, but
we are in no hurry to connect with the
A. & P. at Albuquerque, because we
have a thirty-year traffic arrangement
with the Santa Fe, by which we are de-
tered from han Hing transcontinental
business west OF Halstead, Kansas. So
you see We would gain very little by ex-
tending our line to Albuquerque at pre-
sent, though we will of course, probably
do so some day."
"Has the Atlantic and Pacific or the
st. Louis Road any interest in the new
California line which is to be built from
Rodgers on the Atlantic and Pacific to
Antioch"
"None whatever As understand it
that line is purely matter of private
enterprise, the bonds, | believe, being
placed in England. As far as know the
Santa Fe has no intention OF building
up north can say positively that we
have none at present"
At this moment it was announced that
carriages were at the door to convey the
party to the depot, where special ca
was in waiting, so the reporter thanked
his informant and at once withdrew.