Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-04-11
RAILROAD NEWS.
An Interview With the Visiting
y. II. Officials.

y. II. Officials.
Messrs. I. E. Stillman, Hopkins
searles and Richard Gray, of the South.
ern Pacific, who have been looking very
thoroughly over Southern California dur.
ing the past few days, in the special
Directors Car "San Carlos" left for San
Francisco on last nights train. A
HERALD man had the good fortune to be
at the depot when the railroad magnates
arrived yesterday afternoon from Pasa-
dena and, on requesting an interview,
was invited into their comfortable car
Mr.. Hopkins.Searles who is pleas
ant looking gentleman apparently
about As years of age, does not attend
much to railroad matters personally,
Mrs. Hopkins-Ssarles' interests being all
in the hands of her attorney Mr.. 7. E.
Spillman, who, at the recent convention
at San Francisco, was appointed a di-
rector of the company. He stated, how
ever, to the scribe that he was more i'm
pressed with Los Angeles every time he
saw it, adding: Gwen this rain does
not damp my enthusiasm. We have
had delightful drive this afternoon.
continued he, 'and have visited Pasa-
dena, the Santa Anita Ranch, Shorb's
and, in fact, all of your show places in
that part of the country. You need not
be afraid to call this section an earthly
paradise, for no cne who has ever seen
it will question the statement"
Mr.. I. E. Stillman smiled when the
reporter asked him for some railroad
news, but said that he was quite willing
to answer any Questions and to give any
information in bis power. When asked
the object of his trip, he replied: "Well,
in company with my wife and Messrs.
Searles and Hopkins, 1 have
been looking over all of the South
ern Pacific lines in this part of
the State. cannot say, however, that
it has been with any particular business
object, for had had any l would have
waited for Governor Stanford, who will
soon be here, and would have made the
trip with him. Being just appointed a
director, however, am anxious to ad-
quaint myself not only with the work
ings of the road, but also with the pro-
jects mapped out, SO that when they
come up for disposal shall not be work
ing in the dark. There are good many
propositions on the tapis for this end Of
buO oIdtO, uuQ I'LL LII ldNOT vi bn6IA, :,
for l think that this section can
stand all the development we can give it.
The wharf at San Pedro for instance, is a
big thing to undertake, but we will carry
it through some day, for we will not
throw away the money we have already
put into the venture. As to the coast
line, we'll, l would not care to cay
whether l am in favor or not of its being
pushed through at once. 1t q colossal
piece of work to handle, and will entail
the expenditure of a vast amount Of
money"
"When will Governor Stanford be
here ?" asked the HERALD man.
"Some time next week, l believe" /"
was the answer. ~ shall miss him
here though, for Mr.. and Mrs. Hopkins
Searles and my wife and I will leave the
coast day or two before he arrives.
Mr.. @. P. Huntington will, however, re-
main until his arrival, and, as under
stand it, for some time afterwards, also" :"
What truth was there in the rumor
that an attempt has been made to re-
move the offices of the company to New
York ?" asked the scribe.
"None at all. The subject never even
came up during the meeting of the direc-
torate, and as far as | know was never
broached, except in the newspapers. We
are all perfectly satisfied, at least know
am, with the present policy and man
agement of the road, and no changes will
be made at present in any direction"