Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-03
RAILROADS.
They are Coming our Way if We Will
Of Them

They are Coming our Way if We Will
Let Them.
From Milford to Phoebe, Nevada, is
145 miles. The Union Pacific has
graded 12O miles of this distance, and
there are rails at Milford to iron %
miles of this road, but the track cannot
be laid, because no ties can be obtained.
III the ties could be had. the whole dis
tance would be operated at once.
This would bring the new road
145 miles towards Los Angeles,
it's intended terminal point on the Paci-
fic, that is if we will let the road get
into this city. San Diego would pro-
badly give $1,000,000 for such a road,
and grant it all the facilities it would
care to ask for.
The Chicago Herald of the 9th, ulti-
mo has this to say about the efforts of
roads to reach Los Angeles, in reference
to the Pacific Short Line.
Behind everything else and resting on
the success of the Milwaukee & St..
PauPs attempt to secure control of the
road, is another powerful transconti-
mental alliance. The Oregon Short Line
and Utah Northern railway-the Union
Pacific's western auxiliary line-ls
building from Ogden southwest to Los
Angeles, and proposes also to reach San
Francisco and break the monopoly
which the Southern Pacific now has at
that city on all existing rail lines lead
ing north, south or east from the
golden gate. This has reused
the anger of the Southern Pacific Com
pany, which stands ready to throw off
its Union Pacific connection for any able
bodied competitor. Should the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul secure the Pacific
Short Line the present plan, which has
passed through all the preliminary
stages, is to form a closer alliance be-
tween the Milwaukee & ST. Paul and the
Southern Pacific, shutting out all the
latter's connections at Ogden. This
would also take in the Pacific North
west, as the Southern Pacific now has a
line from San Francisco to Portland and
is building to Puget sound
1t has been thought that the Missouri
Pacific was behind the new combination
between the Colorado Midland and the
Rio Grande Western. A we'll informed
railway man of this city says it is the
Rock Island road that controls the sit
uation there. The following from the
Salt Lake Tribune seems to confirm that
view-but after all, the Missouri Pacific
and the Rock Island are the same:
w. j. Lawrence, the newly appointed
superintendent of the Colorado Midland,
who takes his position next Monday,
leaves the Rock Island with fine rec
ord. He went to Colorado Springs when
the road was built to that point, as su-
perintendent Of the western division and
has gained high standing among the
officials of the road. The Midland is a
road that requires good railroad man,
as it is all in the mountains and requires
constant attention. Mr.. Lawrence is sup
posed to be the best man that could have
been selected for the position.
The Locomotive Fireman's Magazine
estimates that the membership of the
various railway orders are as follows:
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
10000; Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men, $4,000; Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen, 10000; Switchmen's Mutual
Aid Association, 5000; Brotherhood OF
Railway Conductors, 1000. OF these all
but the first named are members of the
Federation, thus giving that body a
membership of $4,000. The order of
railway conductors, before the Roches-
ter convention, estimated their member
ship at 10000.