Los Angeles herald., 1890-06-09
NEWS OF THE RAIL.
LARGE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS
CARRIED TO THE BEACH
Visit of the Union Pacific Officials to the
Milford Division-The Southern Paci-
fc's Proposed Connections.

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fc's Proposed Connections.
Isaac Baylis, of Rosamond, who was
in the city yesterday, says that party
of nine railroad surveyors in the emp 10y
of the Santa Fe recently started north
from Mojave, with the intention of run
ming line to Tiburon, on San Francisco
bay. They will be out five months and
before they left Rosamond they secured
teams and supplies to be used during
that period. The proposed route lies to
the west of the Southern Pacific, through
rich grain country. 1t takes in the
Beale ranch as was expected.
The people of Antelope valley are
much elated at the prospect of new
road through their country. The crops
in that vicinity are excellent and extern
sive improvements are in progress in
the way of bringing water to unculti-
waited land. With new railroad in
process of construction, for the survey
ors are, it is said, soon to be followed by
graders, something Of boom is likely
soon to take place.
The travel to the beach yesterday was
the largest yet this season. The South
ern Pacific ran number of extra cars
on its Santa Monica trains and they
were we'll filed. Redondo Beach at
tracted large number of visitors
Five Sunset specials passed through
the city yesterday on the Southern Pa
cific, comprising about eighty cars filled
with the products of California. They
go to New Orleans, whence the freight is
sent by ocean steamers to New York.
Five trains containing ffty-six cars
filled with soldiers, horses and military
supplies passed through Los Angeles
yesterday on the Southern Pacific on
their way to the San Carlos reservation
in Arizona.
A recent number of the Salt Lake
Tribune gives the following account of
the visit of President Adams and the
other Union Pacific officials to the Mil
ford division of the road
The Union Pacific magnates made a
long run, but short trip to the south.
Forty and fifty miles an hour was the
rate of speed, and the ride seemed so
easy that Vice-President Holcomb said
the ties were good enough for some
time. and the new ones could go on the
Phoebe extension. This made the Utah
division people vince, for they had set
their hearts on putting in the new ties
between Salt Lake and Milford. How
ever, Mr.. Holcomb may have been fool
ing the boys. At all events, they hope
so. The special reached Milford and
Frisco bright and early, and all hands
were up to greet the rising sun and
hear the ROSTERS morning ode
to the same. Mr.. Adams be-
ha
ten generations, of course had Boston
griddle cakes, and washed the same
The party examined the Horn Silver
grounds, and spent short time at Mil
ford investigating the preparations being
made there for the extension work. 1t
was ascertained that the ties would be
in sooner than expected, and that when
they were delivered the track would go
down at the rate of two miles day.
According to officials who went down
with Mr.. Adams, nothing was said
about extending the Nevada Pacific
below Clover-valley junction toward
California, but he wanted the line COM
pleted to Phoebe as soon as possible. In
fact, it was very indefinite when any
thing would be done south of the junc-
ton.
The party reached this city at D. m,
and continued north, with Mr.. Mellens
car "03'' added. They go to Logan and
over Cache valley today to consider the
general outlook up there and the work
of standard-gauging the Utah North
ern. Mr.. Dickinson went to Ogden
with his car ''05' last night, to con-
tinue east this morning. General
Ticket Agent Lomax was in town from
Omaha yesterday, but did not stay. The
Evanston board of trade want Mr. Hol-
comb to stop there for medicine talk,
as Evanston wants the road to do more
for the town.
The Pomona Times in recent article
reviews the various lines by which the
Southern Pacific could build into San
Diego, and after disposing of the exten-
slons from Yuma, Cotton and Santa Ana
as impracticable, says:
The only other route that has been
talked of is that over the line of the
Pomona and Elsinore, route by the
way, which has scores of things to rec
ommend it. The grade on this line is
the easiest by which road can be con-
structed into San Diego, and therefore
the cost of construction would be far less
than by any of the other routes men
toned, or any other that could possibly
be selected. The line throughout the
entire extent would tap All empire of
maSnliicently rich country, which would
rapidly develop under the influence of
railroad communication, and which
would furnish an enormous amount of
business every day in the year.
We are in q nosition Tn knOw that this