The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-21
THE COAST ROUTE.
Engineers BOgue and Mccartney
in Los Angeles.
KEPT BUSY DODGING REPORTERS.
Los Angeles Halls the Extension of the Utah
Central With Cry of Delight
A HarbOr Outlet.


reports can be relied upon, they put in a con
siderable portion of their time lodging
ne Tspaper men. From arecentissue Of the
Los Angeles Herald the following is taken
There need be no more doubts and ques-
4idnings about the purpose of the Union
Pacific TO work its way through to the
coast in this direction. A line connecting
Milford and Barstow is now in process of
construction, and will probably be com
pleted within little over year, certainly
BY tive years. The track of the Santa Fe
will be used for time for connection with
shis city and the coast and with San Diego,
but 5Ae ultimate plan of the road is line
Of its own to all of these points.
ia conversation with reporter last Sat |
urday evening, Mr.. Mccartney said in a
very vague way that he had come over |
tue Atlantic and Pacifc''-he did not say
from where-and that he had unexpectedly |
met with Mr.. Bogue in San Diego. and that |
the two of them had come to Los Angeles |
on some private business. He admitted, |
when the fact was put to him, that Mr.. |
B0gzie had come down from Milford to
Barstow in a wagon, but he spoke Of HIM
selE ia a way to leave the impression that
he himself had come by rail.
1t now comes out that both the gentle
by WAGON FROM MILFORD
over the route which has been surveyed
They paid a brief visit to San Diego, and
got into this city Friday. The first man
they hunted up was George Wright, the
engineer, who, it is known, has been for
some time in the employ of the Union
Pacific, making surveys on Rattlesnalle
island and between this city and the coast
TIE two visitors went to the Hollenback
and took rooms there, but declined to
register, and made it very plain that they
did not care to meet any newspaper men.
Several Of the fraternity were on their
track, however, and during the two day of
their stay here, a very entertaining game
of hide-aud-seek was played. Mccartney
was finally cornered, and put through an
interview, which was a sort of a stand off.
He said nothing but his way of saving it
made il perfectly plain that something big
lay back of his affable silence.
Mr.. BOgue it appears, is just one degree
worse than Mr.. Mccartney. The latter
talks, but does not say anything; the
former does not even talk. He is known
over the Union Pacific line under
THE soBRIoUET OF "DIsMAL JENNY"
for the reason that he never smiles and sell
dom talks. All efforts to get anything out
of him proved unavailing.
she engineers passed at Redondo Beach
Mr. Bogue is personal friend of Captains
Aims worth and Thompson, and had he said
anything about his visit there, would prob
ably have alleged this as a reason The
two spent good deal of time inspecting
the Garb0r and gaining Information about
the possibilities of its development. On
Sunday the party took a tug, and after
cruising around in the waters of the Re
doHdo harbOr, they went around Point
FiryDiH into San Pedro, and back to Los
Angeles by the Southern Pacific. Sunday
sight they went north to San Francisco
Ia conversation with several prominent
railway meu Of this city, Mr.. Bogue stated
very clearly how the case stood The
Union Pacific is backing the consolidated
roads which are building the extension
from Milford, and it proposes to put the
work right through Milford is Oh the
Utah Central, 225 miles south by west from
SAILS Lake city. The extension has been
surveyed and
CEoaS- sECTIONED BEYOND PIOCHE,
IN Nevada, TO distance of about one hun
-dreI and fifty miles. There are no Difficult
ties OF any serious sort to be overcome in
the construction, and there is no reason
why the work should not proceed rapidly
The road will bring up either at Barstow
or at Daggett. The route through South
err ALdl4ltLilI Ids uOL Dttu Planned as Vet.
1t Is tbc purpose Of the company to go to
Ser Diego, and also through Los Angeles
10 RGdOndO. This means that the Union
Pacific plans to work with Messrs. Aims
worth and Thompson IN the DEVELOPMENT
OF tits beautiful seaport, and that unit
mateiY it win prove to be one of the most
dourishiug Of the ports OF Southern Cali
feruIa.
Ii viii be noticed that the scheme as out
lined necessitatcs the use, for time, at
least, of
TIE SANTA FE TRACK.
1t is understood that some time ago a con-
tract was framed and signed by the proper
representatives of the two roads, the Union
Pacific aud the Santa Fe, for the use of Ger
tain sections of the Southern California
trsch by the Union Pacific line.
The information with regard to Rcdondo
comes from an absolutely reliable source
1t Is certain that it is part of the present
plan to establish the harbOr outlet for the
roa6 at RedOndo Beach. Whether an indie
pendent line will be built or the narrow
guage road changed to broad one, is not
known, and indeed it may be questioned
whether matters of this sort have been set
tied at all. An immense element of chance
appears in all railway building, and oppor-
t1Hity rather than deliberate intention is
frequently the potent factor that brings
things one way rather than another
The fact that it was the Union Pacific
WHICH was backing the consolidated roads
liz their effort to extend the Utah Central
Was developed at the beginning of the year
Tbe1 the franchise for the
SALT LAKE & Los ANGELES
HHe was signed by Mayor Bryson. It will
be remembered that he refused 10 give his
signature to the franchise for "A road
through the city along the river bank until
he had received authoritative information
that McSsrs. Marble and Scott were merely
acting as agents for the Union Pacific The
HcTaid happened to be the first paper to
bring this fact to light, and it appeared in
d column article in the issue of January
9TH. Since that time it has been frequently
qUestiOned-no sign of work appearing at
either end of the line-wheSher the whole
thing was not d scheme to get possession
of valuable franchise for the trifling sum,
5000, which was put up as pledge one
morning paper has gone so far as to fire.
qJCEtly denOuuce the whole plan as a
''f2Le." Exactly what are the relations
between the Union Pacific and Messrs
Scott and Marble cannot now be stated.
but Il is now fact beyond peradventure
that the Union Pacific does propose to put
IN the very line which IL was then stated
they were backing. 1t is said that within
a short space Of time information will be
made public with regard to the right of way
Of the line through this city, which will
throw good deal of light on the whole
matter.
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