Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-21
UUT In The CULD.
The Southern Pacific Euchres
the Santa Fe Company
And Secures the Advantages of
RedOndO Beach Wharf.
An Interesting Railroad Agreement
Just COnclued.
The Redondo Beach Road Not Sold-An
Amicable Agreement With the South
ern Pacifc-The Rapid Transit
Company to be Benefited.

The Southern Pacific company has
not bought, and probably will not buy,
the Redondo Beach railroad, as was
stated some days ago by morning pa
per- That statement was based on a
little knowledge, which is dangerous
thing in news matters. The story was
founded upon the fact that the Southern
Pacific and the Redondo Beach COM
pany have been negotiating for some
time, but not on matter OF sale.
These negotiations have now been closed
and the result of them is, that the
Southern Pacific has euchred the Santa
F6 company out OF the splendid busl-
ness which is being built up at Redondo.
The former company has long realized
that the Santa Fe at Redondo had greatly
the advantage over it at San Pedro. The
lighterage charges at the latter place are
high, Redondo is nearer Los Angeles,
and as a bluff it was announced that
the company would build a wharf at
Santa Monica and make that compet-
ing point. The bluff did not work,
though, and early last week a PROPOSE
ton was made by the Southern Pacific
company to the Redondo Beach COM
pany, which was accepted.
The Southern Pacific will build a
switch from it's Santa Monica road to the
Redondo lines depot on Jefferson street,
and a traffic arrangement has been made
by which it will secure the freight busi-
ness from the Redondo line by transfer
at that point. The latter line can haul
the freight to the junction and turn it
over to the Southern Pacific at less than
is charged at San Pedro for lightering.
The Redondo company has arranged
to tear down the right branch of it's
wharf and replace it by one on a level
with the main wharf, and construct
two branches about rs feet apart, thus
making plenty of ship berth room be-
tween. This improvement will be done
at cost OF about 100000.
AS the agreement now stands, the
Santa Fe company is out in the cold, as
regards steamer freight, for it has no
right to put its cars on the wharf at
Redondo beyond the main pier. Gen
eral Manager Wade is now in San Fran
cisco and it is presumable is there en-
deavoring to straighten the matter out.
By this agreement it is stated by
those who ought to know, that the San
Gabriel Valley Rapid Transit road Will
be enabled to form a junction with the
Redondo Beach line, without securing
right Of way through the city and a
franchise, for the Southern Pacific it is
asserted will grant it the right to lay a
third rail on its track upon Alameda
street, and on the new switch up to the
Redondo depot, so that soon through
trains from Monrovia to the beach viii
be announced.
Three of President Huntington's right
hand men inspected the route OF the
proposed switch to the Redondo depot
on Friday and approved it. They were
General Manager of the Atlantic System
of the Southern Pacific J. Krutt-
schmitt, Private Auditor William Mohl
and Superintendent OF Track W. &. Cur
tbs. They drove over the route in car
riages and were well pleased with the
prospect of securing the same advan-
tages as if they had direct line to Re-
dOndO