Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-04-17
RAILROAD NEWS.
a Million and Half to be Expended
The San Joaquin Valley.

san francisco Chronicle, April 10th
e. r Huntington talked with Chronicle
reporter few minutes yesterday about the
new schemes of the Southern Pacific Com
panv for railroad extension.
es," he said, in reply to q question,
we will build to San Luis Obispo and will
probably begin the work soon. The peo-
pie OF that town seem incliued to treat US
fairly. When we went down there last week
We asked for rights of way, grounds for depot
and other buildings, and also for the clos
ing of che or two streets. | think this will
De granted and we will then begin work.
We shall not, however, rush the extension
of the line, but will proceed IN an econom-
ical and practical way. 1t will take about
two years to finish the sixteen miles of
road from Santa Margarita to San Luis
Cbispo, and it will cost all of 81 800, 600, for
there is great deal of tunnel work and
some heavy grades to master. South of
San Luis we will get along easily enough,
for there are a good many miles of what
railroad people call pleasant work. No, it
has not yet been determined whether we
VIII build along the seashore or further in
land Three or four surveys have been
made. and we will choose the most feasible
one when we get down that far"
How about San Joaquin valley con-
strGction ?" was asked.
We are going to lay steel on our new
grade down the west side of the valley and
will build an east.side line, probably start
ing from Oakdale and running south to
Quilt below Fresno"
. Is not the Stockton, Fresno and South
ern Railroad Company going to build in
that territory ~
have heard sonnet ling about project
OF that kind, but you may rest assured we
will build there, for we have got the steel
on the way. AS for the opposition scheme,
i know little about it. | know great deal
about our business but don't know much
about other peoples. We couldn't afford
to let foreign line get in there ana we are
going TO build that road ourselves | don't
care what any other company does'
Superintendent Bassett of the coast d.
vision of the Southern Pacific Railroad
says the new Del Monte limited will begin
running about april 18th. 1t will run as
an extra train. and Will reach Monterey in
three hours and ten minutes. A new time
table for the season will go into effect the
same date. The first morning train for
Saa Jose will leave this city at 7:25 A. NJ
and arrive at San Jose at 92S A. NJ. The
earliest morning train a. present reaches
San Jose at 1925 A. NJ. The new arrange
-aent will give San Jose six daily passenger
Coast and Hevwsrds lines run three times
each daily. This will give total of twelve
trains between San Francisco and San Jose
each day, making that town the best-served
place for passenger trains in this State out
side of San Francisco and other bay towns
". Seward Webb's special train has ar
rived in Los Angeles with its party Mr.
Webb Is President of the Wagner Palace
Car Company, and brother-in- law of the
Fanderbilts. His train is said to be the
finest that ever ran to this coast. The
train will be here in a few days.
S. W. Knapp, Division Superintendent
OF the Southern Pacific Company at Ogden,
was in the city yesterday.
Trains began running to Ukiah yester-
day. Stage connections are made at that
point for Mendocino City, Sherwood valley
and Blue Lakes, aud at Cloverdale for
Lakeport. Stage connection will be made
at Hopland for Lakeport in short time.
The fall immigration scheme of the
Southern Pacific Company to encourage
Fasteners TO enter the MERGED valley, is
working very well, according to reports
from New York. On the first day of the
opening of the immigration Office there for
that purpose the people in charge received
lS5 callers and us letters.