Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-12-04
RAILROAD NEWS.
A Letter About the Utah Lines.
ExcurslOm List.


A Letter About the Utah Lines.
Excursion List.
An important letter was received few
days ago by Major E. W. Jones, of this
city, President of the Chamber Of Com
merce, from Thomas Taylor, Of Cedar
City, Iron county, Utah. Mr.. Taylor
owns quantity Of coal and iron land in
the southern part of Utah, and is an
active worker in railroad matters. The
HERALD published last Monday a private
letter from an entirely different source
with regard to the extension of the Dem
YER and Rio Grande through to Los An
geles. Mr.. Taylor's letter comes to hand
just in time to corroborate the state
ments previously published. 1t reads as
follows:
CEDAR CRY, Iron county, Utah,
November %, 1889.
T.. w. Jones, ESQ, Los angeles, Cal.
DEAR SIR-I wrote you before, saying
that / would not hurry about inducing
either road until saw which would be the
shortest line; for, although Los Angeles
may and will be benefited by the way
business of railroad, it will be helped
much more by the through business. /
will keep you posted on what they are
doing at this end Of the line.
The latest news from the Union Pa
ci6c railroad is that they have begun
grading from Milford to Phoebe, and ex-
pect to have it finished next spring, a
little over 100 miles; thence on to Freid-
burg, about another 100 miles. But this
is extending the route $50 miles further
around. If 1 understand your wants
right, you want the shortest cut. I am
sure this other company intends to make
the shorte st line from Chicago to the
Pacific Coast, and they are hanging fire
between San Diego and Los Angeles.
The Union Pacific appear to be trying to
get as far west as possible, and are evil
IDENTIFY making for q connection with the
Carson City and Colorado railroad, COM
ing to Mojave and Los Angeles, and will
then afterwards build through to San
Francisco, while do not think that the
other company is aiming at all for San
Francisco.
They are now surveying down the Rio
Virgin to its junction with the Colorado
river. This is then direct line through
q splendid mining district to Marysville.
From the latter place to Los Angeles is
the same distance as to San Diego.
There was an item recently published
in the Salt Lake Herald saying that there
was no good harbor between San Diego
and San Francisco. Can you give us
any statistics about San Pedro or any
harbor near to Los Angeles? l will have
them published here in replv.
Yours truly,
THOMAS TAYLOR.
A large Warner excursion arrived yes
terday morning via the Santa Fe route
in charge Of Mr.. A. B. Kinnan. The
names are as follows:
Della Mcconnell, Kansas City; Mrs.
G. Idler, Sandusky, O.: J. Idler, San
dusky, o.; Mrs. G. Bright, Sandusky,
o.; Mrs. Lizzie M. Urquhsrt, Boston,
Mass. Mrs. B. Plummer, Boston, Mass. |;
Miss W. Stoughton, Boston, Mass. Miss
4. B. Brun, Boston, Mass. B. Morsman
and wife, Chicago, ILL.,; G. T. Herrick
and wife. Milton, VT; @. W. Herrick,
Milton, VT; W. L. Herrick, Milton, vt. ;
T. T. Herrick, Milton, Vt. g. w. Her.
rick, Milton, VT; W. T. Mccoy. Kansas
City; A. Twombley, Boston, G. A.
Pitts and wife, Hornsonvills, Mo-; A.
Pitts, Hornsonville, Mo-; A. D. Pitts,
Hornsonville. Mo-; L. Pitts, Hornson.
vile, Mo. Miss,A. B. ..,Clark, Chicago Mrs.
E. E. Eastman, Kansas City; T. Elliott,
Minneapolis, Mimi; Mrs. W. L. Cham
berlain. Kansas City CIV. Scott and wife
Denver; Miss Mary Thurber, Lawrence,
Kan; Miss A. E. Roach, Kansas City
d. Thorpe, G. Wall. J. Callahan and
wife, Mrs. A. Bates, J. o. Morle, B. 8.
Toley, R. Burnhsm, Boston; Bertha
Wolf, Bertha Hartman. Mary Bouke,
Hoboken; P. Reynolds, Boston; Mrs. L.
Wilcox, T.. Wilcox, w. Wilcox, A. Will
cox, Lewiston, Me-; S. M. Teller. Mrs.
A. Bromley, Columbus, O.; Thos. Mar
shall, Kansas City; Chas. johnson and
wife, New York; Geo. Brown and wife,
North Fall; H. G. Williams, j. Robil-
lard, Chicago; R. G. Miner, Kansas
City; Mre. G. R. Bissell, Mrs. r. Tuez,
st. Louis; P. Lelender, Chicago.
President Marvel, of the SaLta Fe,
left San francisco last evening at 10
O'Clock and will arrive in this city today
some time during the afternoon. He
will leave some time later for Benson,
whence he will 20 down on the Sonora
line Of the Santa Fe through Northwest
ern Mexico.