The morning call., 1890-08-06
ALONG THE RAIL.
Speed on the Berkeley Trains
Will Not Be Reduced.

Soon after the accidental death in March
last of John Brown, who was struck BY
Southern Pacific train at West Berkeley,
the Trustees of that town addressed COM
munication to General Manager Towne,
calling his attention to town ordinance
prohibiting the running of trains within the
town limits faster than eight miles per hour,
and respectfully requesting the Southern
Pacific Company in the future to observe
this ordinance. Mr.. Towne replied that
should the company be compelled to reduce
the speed of its trains to eight miles per
hour the efficiency Of the local service would
be materially reduced, also that the trains
could not be run to connect with the half
hour boats without increasing the service,
which could not be done, as the local sys-
tenn as operated is not paying institution
and would not warrant any additional eX-
pense.
Since then the Trustees have been con-
sidering the matter, carefully feeling OF
public sentiment meanwhile, and have now
decided that the ordinance regulating the
speed of trains shall only apply to the main
line trains which run through West Berke-
ley. They have, however, asked the South
ern Pacific to put electric-alarm bells at all
crossings on the local line, and this the
company will do at once. While the matter
was under consideration many of the resi-
dents of Berkeley fearing that the Trustees
would attempt to enforce the ordinance and
thus impair the present service, circulated
petition protesting against such action.
Before many had signed it the intention OIL
the Trustees became known and the prayer
was suppressed.
All Sin, Chinese contractor for the
Union Pacific, yesterday engaged crew oil
one hundred laborers for work at Rock
Springs, Utah. and two hundred more Will
be shipped north at once for work on the
Union Paciic'S line from Tacoma to Port
land. The Northern Pacific is about to
send several hundred north, while tile Santa
Fe people have engaged large numbers for
work on the M0jave extension, so that on
the whole, the demand for Chinese labor
seems to be exceedingly active 1t is estl-
mated that within the next TWO weeks from
1900 to 1000 Chinese will be employed on
construction by the railroads in this State
and the north, and it is a matter of con-
lecture what the frutmen will do when the
railroads have absorbed all the cheap labor.
Surveying work on the Denver-Salt Lake
branch Of the Pacific Short Line which will
run from Sioux City to Ogden, via Denver
and Salt Lake, is progressing at rapid
rate. The road will pass through tine but
almost wholly undeyelOped country. 1t
abounds in all kinds OF minerals, coal being
in lneXbauStlDlS quantities. IL Will have
great and undisputed territory to draw
from. The new road will be $40 miles
shorter than the Union Pacific from Denver
to Salt Lake and $50 miles shorter than the
Rio Grandchildren route.
Chief Engineer Hood of the Southern
Pacific Company left yesterday for Mar
tineZ TO confer with the Citizens Committee
of that place relative to the right of way
for the construction of railroad from Mar
tineZ down through San Ramon Valley, to
connect with the old Central Pacific line at
a point near Livermore.
The Salt Lake Tribune says : The
Southern Pacific will advance the San
Francisc0-Salt Lake rate on cement from
IS to IS cents per cwt., in carload lots,
after August 9th. This will stimulate the
new cement factory in this city and very
likely start up the industry elsewhere in the
Territory, so that ere long the Southern
Pacific will cease bringing cement.
kilograms to Superintendent Fillmore OF
the Southern Pacific state that the terrible
transforms in Arizona continue with un-
abated fury. Between Dragood and Benson
the damage has been heaviest and large
force of men is busy on repairs. Ii the rain
continues twenty-four hours longer serious
trouble is anticipated.
Hon. r. Burke, an Irish traveller who
has been doing the Pacific Coast for the
past month, is about TO return East, and
for the trip has engaged the palace-car
Riva of the Northwestern. After making
tour of the New England States and Can
ada he will leave for Europe.
The eighteenth expedited fruit-train of
the season left Sacramento for the East
yesterday Owing to the failure OF the
fruit crop in the East California fruit is in
good demand, and the frult-growers are
jubilant
Peter McGlynn of the San Francisco and
North Pacific was expected to arrive here
yesterday afternoon over the Northern Pa
cific.
o. E. Jones of the Northwestern left yes
terday for the East, in charge Of one of the
largest excursions of the season, over the
Chicago and Northwestern.
A. Ottinger, the ticket-brOker, will leave
to-day for Manitou Springs. He will be ac-
companied by his family.
Stephen Gage of the Southern Pacific
will leava tO-mOrr0w fnr n trim tn Ynsamita