Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-09
THE NEW ROAD.
A General Resume of the
Situation.
THB FACTS KNOWN THUS FAB.
The Route Into This City-The Con.
tracts Let and the Work
Undertaken.

Undertaken.
The completion of the extension Of the
Btah Central road to Barstow, establish
ing Q connection with the Union Pa
eific, is matter of such paramount i'm
portance in the development Of this
section of the State that . review Of the
situation and q statement of the con.
dition in which the undertaking stands.
although something of repetition of
what has already been published, may
nevertheless prove acceptable to many
readers.
The fact that it was the Union Pacific
which was behind the effort to bring
about railway connection between this
city and Salt Lake was first made public
by an article appearing in the HERALD
OF January 5th, 1889, at which time
Mayor Bryson signed the franchise
xrsnting right of way through the city
. L. +. Scott and ]. N. Marbl Exactly
what relation this particular franchise
bears to the connection which is now
being built is still a mystery. The
holders of the franchise insist that when
arrangements are finally completed it
viii be found that the new road will run
over the line specified in their contract.
zt is asserted by others who claim to
have good grounds for what they say,
that the franchise was obtained with q
view to compelling the Union Pacific to
accept it whenever the connection should
he pat through into the city. Within a
8ow months facts are likely to come to
light which will clear up this question.
Is does not constitute q material point, as
there are several other means at hand by
which the road can get into this city.
Il ia very we'll understood for
sxanple and stated on the author
ity of men who claim to
have seen the documents that
there il in existence q contract between
the Utah Central people and the Santa
Pc, by which the new road is to connect
its track from that point to San Bernsr.
dino, and also to use the Santa Fe track
from q point just outside of this city into
. union depot. 1t is also rumored that the
Gross line, known as the Los Angeles,
6lendale and Pasadena. has come con-
noction with the undertaking and will
provide the new line with means of en-
trance if others fail. These are, how
ever, mere coDjectures. Owing to the
fact that the greatest difficulty which q
railroed is likely to experience in getting
. right of way will occur in getting into
city, that particular part of it's move.
nents is the one which Is most zsalously
ksF: secret.
Tor nearly nine months after the OBJ
tanning Of this franchise into the city by
Nessrs. Scott & Marble, for q road call
ing iteelf the Los Angeles and Utah,
nothing was done and no new facts were
developed. People in this city and at
the other end of the line began to get
discouraged and believe that the whole
thing was q mistaken rumor, with no
basis in fact. Some Of the eDewspapers of
tho town began to scof at the undertak.
ing, and declared that the city had been
duped. All this time the Union Pacific
was holding back to complete it's connec.
fions at the other end-trom Omaha to
Chicago. To compete with the Southern
Pacific, its old enemy, or ths Santa Fe, a
Late rival, it must have solid
connection clear through to Chi
cago. The traffic com bination re-
cently Effected with the Northwestern
placed the Union Pacific in position to
push on to this Coast, and the undertak-
ing was Immediately resumed.
On the 10th of last month the first
reliable clue was obtained in the arrival
in this city of V. G. Bogue, the engineer
in chief of the Union Pacific, and H. M.
Mccartney, the resident engineer of the
road at Salt Lake City. They made the
trip from Milford to Bsrstow in wagon.
While they were here they visited Re-
dondo and San Pedro. 1t was then
learned that it was the intention Of the
road to push the new connection as
rapidly as possible, and that it would be
completed inside of two years. Redondo,
Il WAS ascertained, would probably serve
as its port on the Coast.
Since that time the statements pub
lished ON reliable but unofficial author
ity have been entirely confirmed by
statements coming direct from head
quarters in Associated Press kilograms.
The contract for the first section of the
road has been let to Collins & Kirk
patrick, an Omaha firm of graders, and
the work has begun. News has salso
been received in the shape of private
telegram from Mr.. Bogue that the con-
tracts have been drawn for the second Sec
tion of the road and that work will be
begun on that as soon as possible.
The peculiar position which the Union
Pacific occupies with regard to its land
grants makes it impossible for that road
30 enter into sny new undertakings. For
that reason this road has legally nothing
whatever to do with the Union Pacific.
It is an extension of the Utah Central, a
road which runs from Ogden south to
Frisco, distance of 2S0 miles. The
directors and chief stockholders in this
line are all connected with the Union
Pacific.
Milford, the point from which the new
connection starts, is aboct seventeen
miles back from Frisco. The reason
why the new road does not start from
Frisco is that the latter place is up on q
hill and involves making considerable
cut through the grade.
From Milford tho first section of the
road runs to Pioche, 10 Nevada, dis
fance of about 100 miles. The route
from Pioche on is not yet known to q
certainty, but it is believed to extend to
the southeast to the Spanish crossing on
the Muddy river, and thence to Vegas, a
point about forty miles from the Cali
fornia State line. This is the second
section of 1l5 miles, for which the con-
tract is now about to be let.
Distracted the street.
About A O'Clock yesterday afternoon q