Los Angeles herald., 1890-07-03
THE RAILROADS.
Surveyors at Work on the
Wilson Peak Line.
The Plan Said to Involve I'M
pOrtant Connections.
Various Other Local Railway Notes
and Personals.
An Assistant for MI. Hynes-Grapes at
Yuma-A Freight Car of Indians.
Fast Orange Train.

A party of surveyors are at work on
the Sierra Madre mountains above Pas
adena, running line for the railway to
the summit of Wilson's peak. A COM
pany was recently formed, with A. N.
Towne as president and E. F. Spence as
one of the directors. A considerable
amount of Chicago capital is. said to be
interested in the scheme, and it is said
that the work will be pushed as rapidly
as possible.
An article appearing in the HERALD
about six weeks ago gave full state
ment of the details of the plan which is
now being carried out. The road will
begin at the end of Lake avenue, two
miles north of the center of Pasadena.
1t will be about twelve miles in length,
with a grade in no place sleeper than
400 feet to the mile. The estimated cost
of the road is 100000. The route has
been inspected by prominent engineers,
and is declared perfectly feasible.
The height OF the mountain is 1920
feet, and at the summit it is proposed to
place the E. F. Spence telescope, for
which the largest lens ever constructed
is now in process of making in Paris.
1t is a part of the plans OF the COM
pany to erect hotel at the summit,
which will be a popular resort during
the summer season and doubtless have
many visitors during the winter. 1t is
said that it is also part of the plan to
establish connection between the Will
son-peak road and the San Gabriel
Il, ,oL~ I.
this city. AS Mr.. Spence is the chief
owner in the latter road, and as it will
be no small object to the Wilson-peak
Railroad Company to bring their passen-
gers direct from the city, it is not i'm
established. 1t is said also that the
same company will make an effort to
secure some sort of a connection
dondo Beach. The former could be
readily secured by the foreclosure of the
Los Angeles and Pacific, which is wait
rouse it from it's present lethargy.
General Passenger and Freight Agent
S. B. Hynes returned from trip to San
Diego yesterday morning. Mr.. Hynes is
presently to have an assistant in the
person OF 7. A. Whitmore, who was re-
Gently appointed assistant general
freight agent of the Southern California
road. This is an office created to relieve
the pressure of work which has of late
fallen upon Mr.. Hynes. Mr.. Whitmore
is an old friend OF Mr. Marvel, having
been with him in the Manitoba road
Before this last appointment he was gem
eral agent of the Santa Fe at st. Louis
Assistant Division S1nerintandent
Muir, of the Southern Pacific, received
yesterday large lot of grapes from
Yuma. They are thoroughly ripe and
have an excellent flavor. The season is
about a month in advance of the season
here.
At 10 O'Clock last evening a freight
car containing fifty Indians arrived in
the city on the Southern Pacific. These
are the bucks and squaws who are to
take part in the Fourth OF July celebra-
ton. The railroad provided the car
and transportation for the crowd.
w. B. Biddle, former assistant general
freight agent of the Chicago Santa Fe
and California road at Chicago, has been
appointed assistant freight and traffic
manager of the Santa Fe system under
J. T. Hanley.
One of the last cars OF oranges to leave
the state arrived in Minneapolis few
days ago, having made the trip in six
and half days. 1t was sent over the
Union Pacific and Northwestern roads.
Thomas Bakewell, of Riverside, was the
shipper, and he was so much pleased at
the time made that he sent fine box of
oranges to John Hechtman, the local
agent of the Union Pacific in this city.