Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-05
NEWS OF THE RAIL.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS ABOUT THE
IRON HIGHWAY.
San Francisco Wants Another Trans
continental Road-A Loop of the South
ern California, Union Pacific Move
ment.

The San Francisco papers are endeav-
oring to start a railway boom in that
city in the hope of securing another
transcontinental line. 1t was proposed
to start a subscription list and raise
half million of dollars OF subsidy. 0.
D. Baldwin led off with an offer OF sc, 900
towards such sum.
The annual meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the Santa Fe will be held next
Thursday at Topeka.
Eight Sunset special trains. filled with
California products passed through the
city yesterday on the Southern Pacific
en- route for New Orleans and New York.
About a week ago the Santa Fe Off
cials sent out corps of engineers to
survey railroad line from San Bernar-
dino up through Highlands via the
asylum site, then over to East High
lands, thence across the Santa Ana
river to Mentone to connect with the
Redlands branch. This road when
built, will complete the loop and circuit
of the valley, so that train can leave
San Bernardino and swing around the
valley, visiting all important points,
travel twenty-five or thirty miles and re-
turn to that city by different route.
Union Pacific Movements.
A recent number of the Riverside Press
says:
Our citizens need to keep an eye out
regarding the operations of railroad men.
1t appears certain that the Union Pacific
engineers are deeply impressed with the
route through the Morongo pass. 1t
will be compelled to take either of two
routes from the neighborhood of Ban
ming, one taking the road into San
Jacinto valley-and thence to San Diego
from which a road could be run
through Riverside and Chino to Los
Angeles. This would probably be the
shortest and most profitable to build
but strong effort will doubtless be
made, and this by parties who effect re-
suits by work rather than talk, to get
the Los Angeles division run to the
north and west of us, with the San Diego
line branching at Pomona. This latter
would make cork-screw-li ike line, which
would not suit the San Diegans, and
ought not to be considered by men who
are building roads for dividends.
A committee of our citizens should
have this matter in hand to examine
into, in order to present to parties inter-
ested the advantages in the way of busi-
ness which Riverside valley offers. The
development sure to be made within a
short time in the San Jacinto, Perris
and Chino valleys will make such line
one of the best located in the State for
profitable railroading.
Atchison Affairs.
In the Wall-street letter OF the Rail
acay Age, the following appears: Vice
President Rinehart, of the Atchison
company, has returned to the East after
making an extensive tour over the COM
pany's system to California, in company
with Messrs. Magoun and Barring. Mr..
Rinehart reports the country to be in a
lines of the road. The road is doing an
excellent business and is in splendid
order. The entire equipment and roll
ing stock is in constant use, so heavy is
the traffic demand, and the traffic is
steadily increasing with the growing
prosperity of the territory tributary to
the road. Mr.. Magoun and other mem
bers OF the party are still on the road,
and it is not expected that they will re-
turn east for month yet. Atchison
stock and bond issues have been partic-
ularly strong for several weeks past, and
the benefits to the road which were an
ticipated as result of the reorganiza-
tion of the property promise to be more
than fulfilled. The voting trust has not
yet been completed, but no intimation OF
its failure is given out. On the contrary
stock is being deposited daily in favor
| of the scheme