Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-25
THE RAILROAD KINGS.
A Short Talk With Colo.
mel Charles CrOcker.
THE PARTY GOES TO SAN DIEGO
Everything Reg garding the Pro
posed Extension will be Fin
ally Settled Now.

Yesterday morning at nearly IL
O'Clock train No. IL from San Fran
cisco arrived in this city, being nearly
three hours late. Attached to its rear
end was the directors car of the
Southern Pacific Co., and in this car
was Second Vice-President Charles
Crocker, General Manager A. N.
Towne, Third Vice. President Charles
F. Crocker, and Division Superinten.
dent E. E. Hewitt. This party of
prominent railroad gentlemen came
to this city with the intention of meet
ing Mr.. G. p. Huntington, First Vice.
President and General Agent of the
Southern Pacific Co. and President of
the Newport News and Mississippi
Valley Co., to talk over various
plans for the improvement of the
Southern Pacific Company. Mr..
Huntington was expected to arrive
there yesterday at o'clock, but owing
to change in the programme, he
concluded to stop at Cotton and wait
for Colonel Crocker and party to meet
him there and go at once to San Diego
Accordingly when Colonel Crocker
arrived here wait of only a few
minutes was made, until an engine
could be brought around from the
rou, d-house, when the car was taken
at once to Cotton, where it waited for
the arrival oil MIR. Huntington. Be-
fore the special train left, however,
the HERALD's representative stepped
into the presence of Colonel Croeker
and Mr.. Towne and asked for
short interview. Mr.. Crocker
laughed when the request was
made, and said he was about to leave.
In answer to the question as to what
they were going to do down here this
time Colonel Croker said: ooh! we
are ju-t looking around. We came
down here to see what was going on,
and to meet Mr.. Huntington, and
show him our places" "What is the
principal object of the visit?" was
asked.
"Why," said Colonel Crocker, ''Mr.
Huntington has had some idea OF
spending his money down in Texas
and that country. and we propose to
persuade him to spend it here in
Southern California"
81 understand you are going to see
San Diego to settle upon the proposed
road to that place?"
Eyes, sir; wo are going there for
that purpose, and propose to settle the
mat er then"
"Have you selected any particular
route ?"
ooh, es, we have several routes in
view, though we have not positively
decided on one. That, as 1 said, will
be decided in San Diego"
"What is the most favorable route
thus far surveyed?"
"Well, can not say positively. ]
don't like to mislead the people, and
will not tell you until everything is
positively decided upon-then if you
are around l will tell you all. One
route from Santa Ana down through
the San Joaquin Ranch and along the
coast is a pretty good one, though,
mind, don't say it is better than 9TH
ers we have surveyed"
"What was the object of your recent
purchase at Long Beach ?"
Cannot man buy anything in
this country without everyone wanting
to know what it is for ?" said the Col
enel, with a laugh. "Why, 1 liked
Long Beach, and bought some prop
erty down there. That is reason
enough, is it not? ?"
"But." said The HERALD's repre-
sentative, II would like to know if
you contemplate any railroad build
ing down there or any other develop
ments ?"
''Well, we are building down there
now; what more we will do 1 cannot
now tell you. We will probably do
something, though"
By this time the engine had been
compiled on and the newspaper man
took his leave. The party went to
Cotton and down to San Diego in a
special train.