Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-10-12
RIGHT OF WAY.
An Interview with NIr. fl. ID. La
Motto.

An Interview with NIr. fl. ID. La
Motto.
Mr.. H. D. La Note, the experienced
and courtly right-of-way man of the
Southern Pacific, is in the city. Mr.. La
Motto has just travelled over the gap in
the new coast line between Ellwood and
Templeton, so HERALD man called on
him to get few reliable pointers on the
subject.
"I understand that a large force of
men went to work to-day on the
Templeton end," said Mr.. La Motto.
"They have been transferred from
Pacific Grove, where reser-
voir capable of holding 8S,O00,000
gallons is being made by the Southern
Pacific to afford a water supply for the
residents of the Grove. tits about eight
miles from Monterey, and is a magnifi-
cent piece of work, as you can imagine,
when tell you that $500 men and 200
horses have been at work on it for the
past two months. 1t is a purely arti
fetal reservoir, and the intention is to
have it finished by the 1st of next month,
60 as to get the benefit of the rains of the
coming season. It was one of the last
projects of Mr.. Charles Crocker, and was
planned with all the vigor that charac-
terized his schemes. The men will be
sent from the reservoir to the Templeton
line as fast as they can be spared"
SOME DIFFICULT WORK.
"The work ahead of US on
that piece of road is simply
stupendous. Between Templeton and
San Luis Obispo in the Cuesta Canon,
tunnel one mile long will have to be
constructed, and there is another one of
1900 feet in the Gaviota Pass. Chief
Engineer Hood says that there is harder
work to be confronted than was the case
in the Siskiyous. As regards the time
that it will take to build the road, think
that you can safely say it
will be nearer eighteen months than
year. The tunnel below Templeton will
in itself take about year, although of
course this depends good deal On what
into. If it is earth, there will be the
labor of putting up square timbers every
two feet, besides a lot of tagging, where
as if it is in sandstone none of this will
be necessary and work will progress
more rapidly. Should solid rock be en-
countered, the company will bring down
its magnificent plant that was used in
the Siskiyous, which is unquestionably
the finest in the country. 1t is of COM
pressed air, working diamond drills, and
takes great deal Of machinery to oper-
ate."
THE COUNTRY TRAvERsED.
"The section of country intervening be-
tween Templeton and Ellwood is remark
ably fertile and the narrow gauge road in
operation there cannot attempt to handle
the grain crop this year which is stacked
up in warehouses, on platforms and
every available place. Then the Arroyo
Grande is the famous bean country and
land there is worth $500 an acre. Be-
tween San Luis Obispo and San Ynez
the road will run through fertile valleys
all cultivated and settled up by pros
porous community"
THF RIGHT OF WAY.
"The right-of-way has not yet been all
obtained for the route at this end is not
yet decided upon -Four or five
different surveys have been made and in
each case enormous sums are asked for
right-of-way, so the matter requires some
consideration. l have been much
amused by the statements in many pa
pers about the rightof-way through Ga
viota Pass, which has been said to be-
long to every railroad company which ap-