Los Angeles herald., 1890-04-23
WILL THERE BE A NEW DEPARTURE?

The expected arrival in Southern Cali
fornia of Mr. Coils P Huntington, and
the recent presence in this section OF
Mr.. j. A. Fillmore, the General Manager
of the Southern Pacific Railway, is
giving rise to much speculation as to the
future plans of that powerful corpora
ton.
Mr.. Fillmore has always been great
believer in extending the Southern
Pacific in all practicable directions, SO as
to fully occupy the field to the exclusion
of Eastern corporations. If his counsels
had been accepted in the past, the Santa
Fe would probably not have found it so
easy to get such a strong foothold in
the southern country. Energetic, enter
prising and sagacious, Fillmore is one of
the big and progressive men OF this
tremendous system, which represents
$150,000,000. Doubtless his visit here
was connected with schemes of local
railway development and extension of
which we shall shortly hear great deal
Mr.. Huntington, the new President of
the Southern Pacific Railway, is, above
all things, railway man, and a very
capable and far-seeing one at that. As
to his plans we are not left in any
doubt. He has announced it to be his
purpose to build feeders to the Southern
Pacific. He correctly says that there
are many beautiful and productive val
leys that ought to have railway facilities,
and the probability is great that they
will be provided on a large scale. All
the indications point to the immediate
completion of the coast line, which will
be pushed across the gap which sepa-
rates its present termini in Santa Bar
bara and San Luis Obispo counties
This will be great thing for Southern CAL
ifornia, and, indeed, for the whole State,
and it will be OF incalculable benefit to
Los Angeles. The new route will at
once spring into high favor, and will ad-
nit of shortening the time between Los
Angeles and San Francisco to fifteen
hours or less. In addition to the less
ened distance, and shortened schedule,
the more delightful climate will make it
the favorite route between the Golden
Gate and Los Angeles.
The presumption is also strong that
the Southern Pacific will be extended
from its present southern terminus in
this county to San Diego. Mr.. Hunting
ton is understood to favor this extension.
and it is the legitimate rounding out of
the Southern Pacific system in this end
of the State.
Mr.. Huntington signalized his arrival on
the Coast by the statement that he had
sold large blocks OF his Chesapeake Rail
way stock in order to admit of his taking
up his residence in California. As he is
a man OF indefatigable energy, and work
is a second nature to him, we can un-
doubtedly confidently look for gigantic
operations in the line OF development on
this Coast.
1t would be happy thing for Califor-
MIA if Mr.. Huntington's plans should
also embrace the idea of stimulating i'm
migration to California by making low
rate of fares from the Missouri to this
State. There would be positive states
manship in such departure. 1t would
pay the railway company in immediate
money by the greatly increased volume
of travel, and it would lay the founda-
tions for great prosperity both to the
State, the Coast and the corporation in
the future. A siXty-dollar rate from the
Missouri river with six months stop
over privilege would infuse new life into
California, and be signalized by a great
increase in the receipts of the Southern
Pacific Railway.