Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-27
THE RAILROADS.
The s. P.'s New Track
Arrangements.
THE NEW LINE TO Ell MONTE
New Rates Announced by the A.
and P.-WOrk ON Local Lines.
Depot Gossip.

Although the Wolfskill depot will be
completed in about month, it will prob
ably be late in the fall ere it is opened
for traffic. The reason for this is found
in the fact that the outlet to the main
line to the south has not yet been COM
menced, nor is likely to be for some
little time to come. This track will, it is
remembered, after leaving the Wolfskill
depot run south to point two or three
miles this side of Florence, and then turn
and run in an easterly direction through
the Monrovia and Kellogg property,
then across the Nadeau Vineyard and
DIR. lannon's ranch and over the Los
Angeles river and across the Laguna
ranch to Ell Monte, where it will connect
with the present line. The right-of-way
has been secured all the way except over
the Laguna ranch, where Mrs. de Baker
demands 5000, 900 for the privilege of
allowing the road to cross, on the plea
that the land destroyed is worth 500, 900
to her and the damage to her other prop
erty she estimates at 100000 more.
The Southern Pacific, however, do not
intend to pay any such demands and
have therefore entered condemnation
suit, which will be heard and disposed of
in the courts here in September next.
Should the result be as anticipated, in
favor of the company, work will at once
be commenced on the new line, and it
will be rushed through as speedily ''as
possible, but on the other hand if the
suit is decided against them, they will
propably seek an exit in some other di-
rection. In this state of uncertainty as to
procedure it is therefore evident why the
work has not been commenced. When
the new track is built the passenger
trains to and from the East will all enter
and leave the city by it, leaving the
present line between the San Fernando
street depot and Ell Monte for freight
and local traffic. 1t has been thought
by some that the single track along Ala
media street will be insufficient to convey
all the trains to and from the Wolfskill
depot but the company thinks otherwise,
and there will be no changes there at
present. The present depot on San Fer
nando street will be maintained
as way station and for
freight purposes, but the overland
trains will only call there, making their
layover at the Wolfskill station. The
railroad eating-house will therefore be
removed to the new building, where it
will be run by the present caterer, Mr..
Reinhart, though it is said that the re-
freshment contractors in the northern
part of the State, Messrs. Stackpole &
Lincoln, are endeavoring to obtain the
premises.
OTHER CHANGES.
Regarding the tearing up of the track
on San Pedro street and the opening up
of new route between this city and
Park Station, on the Santa Monica line,
it is probable that work on this will be
commenced shortly as both the gentle.
men who holds a contract with the
company to that end and the residents
along the thoroughfare named are anx-
ious for the change. An official who has
just returned from San Francisco says
that Mr.. Crocker is very anxious to have
work commenced on the shops here as
soon as possible as ne thinks that it is
necessary that they should be in opera
tion. Regarding the Pomona and Elsi-
more road the HERALD's informant stated
that the company has evidently no idea
of commencing construction on that road
at present.