Los Angeles daily herald., 1890-01-09
ON THE STREETS.
Gossip About the Several
Railroads.
CLAIMS OF CAPTAIN PARCELLS.
His Suit Against the City Other
Items Of an Interesting
Nature.

Freight business is very lively just at
present on all of the transcontinental
lines running into this city. The recent
blockade has at last been entirely raised
and trains are beginning to come in from
all directions and to depart as fast as
they can be reloaded and dispatched.
The shipments of oranges are as yet not
very large. The season will not really
begin until the LIST of February. A few
! cars have been sent North from River
side to supply the needs Of the alleged
Northern Citrus Belt" None have been
sent East as yet. The Santa Fe has
about 100 carloads of freight still lying at
Barstow, which they are shipping into
this city as rapidly as it can be sent over
the line.
Passenger business between this CITY
and the North still continues large, az
there are many people who have put off
intended trips until the track should be
in better condition and there should be
less risk of delay through rains. Tourist
travel from the East is light. A small
| Warner excursion got in from the East
on the Santa Fe Tuesday night. 1t was
made up of the following people:
| For Los Angeles-James McElroy,
Denton Auer, May LIE Van, Frank
Hentry, A. Hentry, Flora Hentry,
Charles H. Grierson, A. A. Burrows,
Eliza Scott, Leslie Riggin, Eugene
Riggin.
For San Francisco-E. E. Odion, J. J.
Parmely, J. B. Phillips, Mrs. +. B.
Phillips, T. S. Kirby, NJ. F. Stiles, James
Kelley.
For Santa Barbara-Mrs. Stewart.
For San Diego-Patrick Lecture, F.
M. Oliver, Mrs. 1. NJ. Coluurn, j. B.
Harris, Mrs. Dalglish, Alexander
Dalglish.
For San Bernardino-E. B. Evans,
Mrs. E. B. Evans, - Evans, r. M.
McKin.
| A Phillips excursion went East yester-
day. in charge of J. A. Crosby. A
Walters excursion of one car also left
the city for the East.
The Santa Ana line of the Southern
Pacific opened yesterday and trains will
run regularly hereafter. The other
branches Of the Southern Pacific are all
right, and the trains are all running,
except that those from the North get in
an hour or two late. A dispatch in yes.
terday's HERALD, from San Francisco,
stated that it was the intention of the
company to build an entirely new line
through the Soledad caflon, locating it
higher up on the side of the hills out of
the reach of the stream which flows
through the pass. This will do away
with the necessity of building SO many
iron bridges.
The rumor that the Southern Pacific
is going to make q vigorous effort to head
off the Union Pacific from building
to be credited by the best
authorities on railway matters. It
is claimed that it would be in many
ways to the advantage of the Southern
Pacific to have the Phoebe connection put
in-thet it would mean cheap coal and
would increase the freight business of
the Southern Pacific to the Southeast.
1t has been stated from several good
sources that a contract has been entered
into in advance between the Union and
Southern Pacific for the supply of coal at
this point to the latter road. A promi-
nent Southern Pacific official is authority
for the statement that fuel constitutes
one eleventh of the running expenses of
the road. At present the road uses coal
from Australia. 1t has been estimated
that with the connection established be.
tween Pioche and this city coal could be
brought here for about one-half its pres
ent cost. 1t is not improbable that this
consideration may outweigh the fact that
the compilation of the road will give the
Southern Pacific new transcontinental
rival.
IL is reported through the dispatches
that Mr.. Mellon cannot be present at the
conference at San Francisco owing to his
serious illness. 1t is not necessary to
suppose that the conference must be
about the matter of the extension of the
Union Pacific, as there are numerous
traffic matters which may be under con-
sideration.