Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-25
THE IRON HIGHWAYS.
The Southern Pacific Paint-Shops
Coming Here.

The Southern Pacific Paint-Shops
Coming Here.
A very important piece of railroad
news came from the Southern Pacific
yesterday. General Superintendent ].
A. Fillmore passed through the city
Yesterday, on his way from Ell Paso to
San Francisco. He announced that it
had been decided to move the paint
shops of the road from Deming to this
city. The building at Deming is 100 by
100 feet in size. 1t will be taken to
pieces and transferred to this city. 1t
will be set up on ground owned by the
company directly in the rear of the car
shops on Buena Vista street.
This removal brings about 100 more
men with their families to this city,
who will be employed at the work of
painting cars. Heretofore the car-paint-
| ing has been done at Sacramento for the
cars OF this region. Now it will be done
here. Inasmuch as the removal from
Deming will bring all the work which
was formerly done there, and to it will
be added that which has been done for
the southern part of the state in Sacra-
mento, it constitutes a very important
and advantageous change for this sec
ton.
The Pomona Times says that it has it
on good authority that turn-table will
be put into the Southern Pacific track
at that point and the Cotton local will
stop at Pomona, and in the morning re-
turn to Los Angeles. 1t is said that the
local passenger traffic beyond Pomona is
not large enough to warrant running
the train on to Cotton.
Five Sunset specials passed over the
Southern Pacific on their way east yes
terday.
|, w. II. Holabird, travelling freight and
passenger agent of the Santa Fe, has
recently returned from a trip through
the Grand cafon of the Colorado, where
he was engaged on the survey of stage
routes to be used for excursions from the
Santa Fe road. Mr.. Holabird has re-
signed from his present position, the
resignation to take effect on June 1st.
Amos Burr, the San Francisco agent
of the Vanderbilt lines, who is stopping
in this city, yesterday received tele-
gram from Carlton G. Crane, the Pacific
coast agent of the system, announcing
that George Francis Train had arrived
in Portland that morning and had left
for Tacoma at noon. He came in a
special train over the Union Pacific and
Oregon Short Line
Straws continue to blow in this direc-
ton, which go to indicate that some
road, either the Santa Fe or Union Pa
cifc, is figuring on building toward San
Francisco. General Beale, the owner of
the La Liebre ranch, recently brought
out the representatives of an English
syndicate to look over the land, with a
view to subdividing and improving it,
He has returned to the east with these
representatives and is in conference
with railroad people. 1t is believed that
this proposition involves the building of
a railroad through the ranch. 1t is
known, moreover, on good authority,
that an appraiser representing the Santa
Fe road has been at work among the
ranches above Mojave, in the San
Joaquin valley, reporting upon values
with view to arranging for right-of-
way.
The recent acquisition of the st. Louis
and San Francisco line by the Santa Fe
makes it necessary that a new general
manager should be chosen for that line.
1t is rumored that the authorities of the
Santa Fe are looking in this direction
for their man. 1t is limited that the
place may be offered to X. H. Wade,
the manager of the Southern California
road. 1t is also reported that consider
able changes are likely soon to be
brought about in the list of leading
officials of the Atlantic and Pacific line.