Los Angeles herald., 1890-10-07
IMPORTANT MOVEMENTS.
Railroad Schemes and Subdivisions oi
Ranches To Make Boom.

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Some little anxiety is feltin California
touching the reported combination
between Huntington, Magoun and
Gould to head off any other roads get
ting across the Sierras. The anxiety
ought to be quickly allayed. Such
combine is contemplated, no doubt, and
in part formed, but it is verv doubtful if
it can ever be put in operation, and not
bit doubtful that it can never be sue
cessfully maintained. 1t is like all such
attempted structures, it will break by
its own great weight. The Importance
of the Pacific coast traffic is so
overwhelmingly immense that all the
roads that now are this side of the Mis-
souri, river must reach out for it. The
gobbling up of the Colorado Midland,
and the attempt to control the Rio
Grande route by the Santa Fe, are
heavy blows aimed at the Rock Islands
aspirations to get further west. But
such schemes as these always fall
through. If the three systems named
above should form such a combination,
the effect would be to do all the other
roads out of all coast business. The natu-
raj result of that would be to force those
roads to combine in self-defense, and by
a great united effort, by hook or by
crook, to forge their way to the Pacific
shores.
Yesterday the first installment was
actually paid over by the. Terminal
people, for the purchase of Rattlesnake
island. The sum paid was $60, 900. or a
little more than one-sixth of the total
purchase price, which is 100000. This
looks like earnestness on the part of
the Terminal people.
A. H. Denker is jubilant over the
prospects of the beautiful foothill coun-
try. The Westinghouse people seem
dead in earnest about operating the
Los Angeles and Pacific railroad by
means of electricity, and it is expected
that work will begin at a near day.
But it never rains but it pours,
and the present seems to be
aperiod of absolute deluge in the way
of development in this section. Now
come the Edison people, with very
definite proposition to hitch on to the
end OF the Pico Heights electric road
and extend that line straight through
Mr.. Denker's ranch and that of John
Wolfskill, pass above the soldiers home,
and so reach Santa Monica and the sea.
1t is thought that this scheme, too. will
succeed.
In view of these facts, and certain
that the coming winter is to be an act
i've one in real estate, Mr..
Denker has subdivided the beautiful
Rodeos de slas Aguas into 10-acre
farms, and he will pipe water all over
the 80, 900 acres and put it on the mar
ket little later on.
Mr.. E. st. John, general manager OF
the Rock Island, who has been here for
few days, visited San Diego yesterday,
dined last evening here with his friend,
the agent of the road in this city, pop
ular Fred. W. Thompson. Last night
he went out to Pasadena over the Ter
minal tracks, to pay visit to Mr.. r.McNally
at Pasadena. Mr.. McNally is son of
the famous railroad map publisher
of Chicago. Today Mr.. St. John will 60
aast in his special.
All the preliminaries for the transfer
of the Pomona and Elsinore road have
been completed. 1t is not exactly a
transfer, but Captain John Cross joins
forces with the old company, and will at
once complete the road and put it in op-
Grafton The papers will be signed and
filed in San Bernardino next Thursday.