Los Angeles herald., 1890-06-08
RAILWAY INTERESTS.
PRESENT CONDITION OF OVERLAND
FREIGHT BUSINESS.
Better Business Than a Year Ago-The
First Barley-Extensive Field Fires.
Santa Fe Proposed Extensions.

The railroads are doing very good
freight business for dull season. The
outgoing freight is considerably larger
and includes greater variety of stuff
than a year ago. The outgoing freight
just at present is composed of potatoes
and other vegetables, WOOL small
shipments OF fruit and miscellaneous
products. The incoming freight
is chiefly manufactured articles
and miscellaneous merchandise. A
large part of the wool clip is pressed
here and shipped east from this vicin-
ity. The shipping OF honey will begin
soon, to be followed by barley. OF this
latter one carload rolled, has already
been sent from Perris, San Bernardino
county, to San Diego. 1t was delivered
i'll San Diego in less than thirtysiX
hours after it was growing in the field.
The railway men say that there has
been marked falling off in the course
of a year in the importation of meat,
butter, eggs, cheese and farm products
OF all kinds. The exporting of certain
lines of vegetables has materially in
creased. The prospect appears to be
very good for lively business in this
line next winter and spring.
The warm weather which has pre-
vailed through the week has caused
travel to the seaside and mountains to
increase rapidly. The Southern Pacific
has made preparations for heavy travel
TO Santa Monica today.
Five trains Of soldiers and army hor-
ses and supplies will pass through the
city today on the Southern Pacific. 60
ing from Walla Wala to Arizona.
There will be fifty-six cars in the ex-
pedition.
Field fires continue to prevail along
the line of all the roads leading into
this city. 1t is reported that several
hundred acres Of barley has been de-
stroyed between this city and Santa
Monica. Standing on the hills one can
see fires burning in all directions. Many
trees will be destroyed, but as yet no
cases have been reported of the burning
of buildings.
The Railpay Age, which is q carefully,
edited and well-informed Chicago rail
way journal, inclines to the view that
the Santa Fe intends to build from Mo-
jave into San Francisco. In its last is
sue it says:
An extension from Mojave, Cal, north
to San Francisco, distance OF nearly
400 miles, was one of the definite plans
OF President Strong's management, and
considerable money was spent in actual
construction work on such line under
another name The contract OF the
Atchison Company with the Southern
Pacific Company gives the former the
right to run its trains over the track OF
the latter from Mojave to San Francisco
if it desires, But this is under restric-
tions in regard to local traffic, and it is
not at all improbable that the great
Atchison Company, which already has a
terminus in the extreme southwestern
corner of California, may also determine
to push its line to the growing metrop-
oils Of that state.
OF other proposed additions to the
great Santa Fe system the Age says:
An unfinished line of the Atchison
pointing straight toward Colorado
Springs now ends in Western Kansas.
nearly 200 miles from its proposed ter
minus, and eventually this enterprise
may be carried through. The compile
ton of line between Chicago and st.
Louis involves the construction of about
l40 miles OF road, and this seems to be
quite within the possibilities. Several
extensions in the great state of Texas are
demanded, and the plan of the St. Louis
and San Francisco for an extension from
its present terminus at Sapula, Indian
territory, westward toward Albuquerque
may very likely be partially if not wholly
carried out. New branches and exten-
sions OF those already existing in every
state and territory which is now reached
are certain to be called for and required,
in order to keep pace with the growth of
the country, so that it is easy to imagine
the Atchison system adding hundreds
OF miles to its lines every year by con-
struction, to say nothing of other posi-
bic purchases, and so becoming a sys-
tenn of even 10000 miles or more almost
before it can be realized.