Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-22
Miscellaneous Local Happen
ings Yesterday.
A Very Important Piece of
Railway News.
The Meeting of the Board of
Education.
Affairs in the Chamber of Commerce.
Those Who Helped to Decorate
the Exhibit.

About week ago James j. Evans, a
railway man of this city, returned from
a visit to Salt Lake City. He brought
the news that new road, i'll addition to
the Union Pacific, was seeking to come
through from Salt Lake to Los Angeles.
He said that large sums of money had
been subscribed for the enterprise by
Salt Lake capitalists, that right-of-
way had been secured for some distance
through towns in Central Utah. and
that surveyors were now at work on the
line as far as into Nevada. The HERALD
has, at different times, published letters
from Thomas Taylor, of Cedar City,
Utah, and from citizens of Provo and
Nephi, announcing that another road
and striking for Los Angeles. The peo-
pie back of this undertaking are now
about ready to reveal themselves.
Mr.. Evans informed Major Jones and
several other citizens who have inter-
ested themselves in railway develop
ment OF what he had found out,
and the consequence was that two days
ago telegram of about 200 words was
sent to Salt Lake banking house, ask
ing for more definite information. 1t
then developed that Mr.. Evans had
been made the agent of the company,
and the following letter was sent by him
to Major Jones and the other inquirers
yesterday:
Los ANGELES, Cal, April q, 1890.
Z. W.. Jones, President Chamber of Com
merce. 4. II. Denker, j. B. Ldnkershim,
Il. n. Breed, E. III. Hall.
GENTLEMEN-Referring to our meet
ing held on the 18th inst. at the South
ern California National Bank, | have
since been in telegraphic communica-
tion with my principals in Salt Lake
City, and have now the pleasure to in
form you that your dispatch relating to
what may be done by the citizens of
Los Angeles for the purpose of Sc
curing the building of an independent
transcontinental railroad to Los Ange-
les has been favorably received and |
am further advised that should the clti-
zens of Los Angeles at public meeting,
as suggested by you, indorse your dis
patch and take the necessary steps to
carry out in good faith the conditions
implied therein, and will appoint a
committee of representative citizens and
delegate to them the necessary power to
negotiate, am authorized to place said
committee in direct communication with
the principal officers in Utah, who Will
Immediately convince your committee OF
their responsibility, intentions, etc.
Ii this suggestion is favorably enter
tanned, / would advise Thursday or Sat
urday OF this week for the citizens meet
ing. Yours respectfully
Jos. j. EVANS.
1t is believed that the movement in
this direction is connected in some way
with the recent rumored purchase of the
Rio Grande Western by the Rock Island,
and that the latter road is backing the
enterprise.
A sensational story is published to the
effect that the friends and supporters of
ex-President Strong, of the Santa Fe,
have been quietly at work securing
majority of the stock of that road, and
that at the next meeting of the di-
rectors, which is to take place May Sth,
there is likely to be some change in the
ruling powers of the organization. The
story is thought to contain several inn
Dprobable, if not impossible, elements.
Messrs. Magoun, Marvel and Pea
body, the visiting Santa Fe officials,
spent yesterday in Los Angeles. They
visited the Pavilion, where work on the
flower festival was in progress, and in
the afternoon were banqueted at the
California Club.
General Superintendent Fillmore, of
the Southern Pacific, left for the north
yesterday. The purpose of his visit was
to look into the cause of the Tehachapi
upsetting, and to make general inspec-
ton OF this part of the system prior to
the visit of President Huntington,
which is to take place shortly.