Los Angeles herald., 1890-06-19
The Denver and Rio Grande
Coming Out.
Is Jay Gould the Power Behind
the Scheme?
What Railroad Man Said About 1t
Yesterday.
Railroad Rumors from San Bernardino.
Work on a Line from Santa
Ana to Newport.

An experienced railroad man said yes
terday: The Union Pacific will have
to move if it gets to the coast ahead of
one of its competitors. That is the new
Denver and Rio Grande. The road has
recently been enlarged to a standard
guage and opened to Salt Lake. AS the
road runs now it makes quite detour.
1t runs directly south from Denver to
Pueblo. At Colorado Springs it has
branch running directly west to Salida.
Here are two branches, one a narrow
gauge, still through the Grand caflon,
and one, the Colorado Midland, going
almost north to Buena Vista and Lead
vile, thence west by Glenwood
Springs and Grand Junction to
the crossing of the Green river.
This is the Rio Grande Western road,
from Grand Junction. The narrow
gauge through the Grand caflon is being
made standard gauge, and the work on
this will be complete in a short time.
Then the through business of the road
will all 60 by that route from Bpena
Vista to Grand Junction. Now it is a
very significant fact that these three sys-
TENS, the Denver and Rio Grande, the
Colorado Midland and the Rio Grande
Western are all about to consolidate and
become one system. Look at this map
and you will see that the Missouri Pa
cific and it's connections eastward lie
right behind this system from Denver
west. tell you there is where the Rio
Grande Western gets all it's backing. Jay
Gould is behind all this movement. Now
from the crossing of the Green river care
full surveys have been made southwesterly
to the head waters of the Virgin river,
and along that stream to where it unites
with the Colorado river, above the
Needles. These surveys have but one
objective point, and that point is Los
Angeles. You will see. The interests
am speaking of will get road in here
even before the Union Pacific from Salt
Lake."
Railroad Building.
A recent issue of the Santa Ana Blade
says:
Tomorrow morning the work of grad
ing the new line of railroad between the
city and the Newport Lumber Company's
wharf will be commenced. Work will
be started on the Newport end of the
road and pushed in this direction as
rapidly as possible. All the material
has been purchased for the construction
of standard gauge railroad.
It is anticipated that material neces-
sary to the laying of the track will be in
readiness to commence work in about
three weeks, and all other work will
be under headway during the next thirty
days.
Nf ,xy,11 h.Nt ta,.
miles, such stations as are necessary and
of use to the road being made as time
and occasion will require.
The work of extending the wharf will
also commence tomorrow morning, the
depot, warehouses, etc., receiving atten-
ton when the rolling stock is on the
ground.
No definite determination as to the ex-
act location of the terminus in this city
has been arrived at as yet, but the prob
ability is that as it is to be of standard
gauge. 1t will connect with one or the
other of the two roads.
Pile driving for the building of the
bridge over the Sonta Ana river will be
commenced during the week, so that by
the time the rails tnow on the way) are
received, work of laying them can be
commenced at once.
1t is expected by the projectors of this
enterprise that the building of the road
will be of great benefit to the city. 1t
will give Santa Ana a seaport, and as is
not the case now, goods may be received
from the north at much reduced rate
from that charged via San Pedro and
Los Angeles. Santa Ana will be the
terminus, and the shortening of the time
between here and the beach will be of
great benefit to eXcursonists. OF course
the building of the road will necessitate
the construction of hotel and other &C
commodations for visitors.
In many ways will the county be the
winner; quick method OF shipping
fruit and agricultural products being by
no means the only advantage derived.
San Bernardino Rumors.
The San Bernardino Courier says:
The Southern Pacific company is sure
to run in here, and that, too, without
doubt, before the year is out. The line
they are surveying is from the Brown
tract, south of Joseph Browns house
through the Ralph tract and to con
nection with the main line about mid
way between the depot and round-houst
in Cotton. They are now negotiating
for depot grounds on the Brown tract
and they want the northwest block, cor
ner of First and E streets. This viii
give them excellent facilities only two
squares from the business center of the
city, and convenient for the travelling
public and for the handling of freight
The city street-railway already extends
to the corner and the E-street road
passes the grounds. They will erect q
commodious and neat passenger depot
and good, substantial freight depot.
The latest thing in the way of motor
news is that the Southern Pacific Com
pany has made bid for the Redlands
line, and the prospects are favorable fol-
the acceptance of the bid. The com
pany has franchise for standard
gauge, and the road would be at once
widened, as would also the Harlem
road when it passes into the hands o
the Southern Pacific. The Redland'
road now enters the city alongside the
Brown tract, SO that there would be lit
tie trouble in changing to run into thu
depot.
If the Southern Pacific purchase
both the Harlem and Redlands roads i
will undoubtedly build, some day, ;
connecting link, SO as to enable them tt
encircle the valley. At all events the.
will hr,,1J on avfano;oY, to tho Ho rlar