Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-23
RumOrs About a Santa Fe
Extension to the North.
The New Road Between Los An
geles and Salt Lake.
The Work on the Extension from
Milford South.
A List of Santa Fe Excursionists-How
the Union Pacific Is Stretching
Out in Utah.

The party of Santa Fe directors anC
President Marvel departed Monday
night for Guaymas. After inspecting
the Mexican line they expect to return
East. Various rumors have been started
with regard to the purpose of this visit
which, it is said, involves an extension
of the road to San Francisco. The only
evidence existing on this point besides
the mere fact of the gentlemen beins
here is the fact that they stopped off al
Mojaye on their way back from Sar
Francisco, and spent some time in trav'
cling about in the desert in that vicinity
1t can scarcely be questioned that the
Santa Fe has an extension to San Fran
cisco put down on its programme OF
events to come off in the next four OF
five years, but there does not appear to
be sufficient ground for the supposition
that the company intends to take imme-
diate action of any kind.
The letter from James j. Evans about
the new road from Salt Lake to Los An
geles, published in the HERALD of Tues
day, was treated to great deal of dis
cussion yesterday. A meeting to take
action on the matter will probably be
held later in the week.
A brisk demand is reported for land
by the land officers of the Central and
Southern Pacific railroads. w. H. Mills
of the former says that the inquiry for
timber lands is constantly on the in
crease. The English company that has
been buying lands in Yolo county have
taken up eleven 20-acre tracts and have
three 40-acre tracts subscribed for.
In the Southern Pacific Land Office
Mr.. Madden, the land agent, says the
land sales in April of this year, so far,
surpass those for similar period in 1889
to the amount of $17 800, a very gratify-
ing increase. The sales are mostly in
100 and 32O-acre tracts, in the counties
of Fresno, Tulare and San Diego.
The Milford Extension.
Twenty miles of rails are now piled up
at Milford.
Contractor Fitzpatrick says that his
firm will lay the track on the Union Pa
cific extension, as well as build the
road-bed, the railroad company furnish
ing the ties and rails. Track-laying will
begin about May 10th, at the latest, and
progress at the rate of two miles day,
with machine. The rails are fifty-six
pound steel, and large quantity are on
hand at Milford, but there is delay in
getting ties and angle bars. Work at the
west end has been reduced by lessening
the number of tunnels from eight to six,
the two being made open cuts. The
main line will not run by Phoebe, but
will stop thirty miles this side and turn
south, the line to Phoebe being branch.
The junction is 115 miles from Mil
ford.
The Santa Fe Excursion.
The following excursionists arrived
from the East over the Santa Fe route
yesterday morning: Mrs. w. E. Reeves,
of Omaha; Miss M. Vogt, Monroe, Wis. !;
Capt. Morrain, and wife, Boston; O..
Hoover and wife, F. Allcott, Bedford; H.
c. Hibben and family, Kansas City Mrs.
X. Bowen, New York; P. Bazare and
wife, Chicago; Jacob Switzer and fam
lily, Weedsport; Mrs. l.. Currier and
daughter, Cleveland; Mrs. E. w. Den
nison, Galesburg; G. F.. Grosvenor,
New York; w. Hunnicker, Rockport ;
Thos. Jackson and family, Salina; Mrs.
7. L. Beresford and daughter, Bay City
G. L. Morrison, Utica; J. A. Farmer,
Poughkeepsie; Miss Sallie Simons,
Milledgeville w. B. Slater and wife, Bos-
ton; Geo. Darling and family, Philadel-
phia; A. B. Sunnsit, Terre Haute
Mrs. Evisson, Princeville; Chas. I.
Murphy, Philadelphia; Mrs. L. Mer'
rick, Philadelphia.
Union Pacific Movements.
For some time, says the Salt Lake
Tribune, the Union Pacific has had its
mind set on the San Pete Valley Rail
road, the little narrow gauge affair con-
Meeting Nephi and Manti, twenty-seven
miles, and opening upa fine agricultural
country. The San Pete management
was not averse to the sale, and the bar
gain was completed last week, when the
first installment was paid over, and
within sixty days the Union Pacific will
be in full possession, and the intention
is to standard gauge the line and extenc
it down below Manti, thus opening uI
that wonderfully fertile country. A Cal
through to Manti from this city is among
the immediate possibilities, after the
gauge is widened. The Union Pacific
and especially it's very able and far
sighted local management, has taken IL
the promising resources of Utah, and nat
urally asks, why should not the Uniol
Pacific avail itself of these same? Th
roads Utah business is constantly in
creasing, and it therefore is incumben
on it to to take advantage OF its oppor
tunities and improve the service. More
over, it's Salt Lake business has in
creased so heavily within the last si'
months that additional freight hous
and yard room here is imperative. s.
Manager Resseguie has secured Vice
President Holcomb's sanction and will
build right away 50x500 feet freigh
depot corner of First South and Thirt
West streets, to cost $4,000. He will
also build or buy out $50, 900 switch
ing yard in the northern part of tn
city, and intends to have another $50, 90
switching yard in Ogden. This wi
greatly ease things here and give th
road vastly increased freight handlin
facilities. Mr.. Resseguie also has re
ceived plans for new depots at Gree
River and Rock Springs.
SAN PEDRO FIRE.