Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-09
An Important Meeting of the
Board of Directors.
DIR. Bryant's Suggestions for
California on Wheels.
The Report of Committee on the Salt
Lake Road.
The Dunkards' Observation-Disclosures to
the Permanent Exhibit-Other
Matters.


Captain A. w. Barrett acted as secre-
tary. Some resolutions passed by the
Kansas City Commercial Club with re-
gard to the interstate commerce bill
were read and filed. A letter from DR..
J. H. Bryant with regard to the Califor-
mia on wheels was read and filed.
The committee appointed at the last
meeting to confer with James ]. Evans
about the Salt Lake railway scheme
made the following report, which was
accepted and fled
Los ANGELES, CAL, May +, 1890.
To the President and Board Of Directors of
the Chamber of Commerce.:
GENTLEMEN--The committee appointed
by YOU to confer with Mr.. Evans with
view of obtaining from him certain in
formation regarding a transcontinental
road, which it was thought could be in
duced to come to this city, and to cor
tives of said railroad, with view of
agree to build to this city, beg to state:
That your committee met Mr.. Evans
in the office of the secretary of the cham
uuested; upon motion of Mr.. Denker,
Major George H. Bonebrake was made
chairman of the committee, and l. H.
Polk secretary. Mr.. Evans then gave
the information that road called
the Utah, Nevada and Califor-
MIA railroad had built and had in course
of construction something like 300 miles
south from Provost City, in Utah. that
Provost City was the western terminus
of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad;
that the people connected with this en-
terprise were abundantly able financially
to complete it that the president of the
company was Frank F. Tiernan; that
the attorney and counsellor was Judge
G. o. French; that the financial agent
and director was James H. Bacon, presi-
dent of the Bank of Salt Lake, Salt Lake
City; and that Charles D. Moore was
the chief engineer; and that the address
of all the gentlemen named was care of
the above bank at Salt Lake City.
That the headquarters of the COM
pany were at Provost City; that James
H. Bacon was the party to whom
all communications relative to the pro-
jected extension of the road to this place
should be addressed. Mr.. Evans further
stated to the committee that Charles D.
Moore, the chief engineer of the COM
pany, visited this city and San Diego
several months since in the interests of
his company, and that while here be-
came acquainted with E. E. Hall, who
could perhaps give the committee some
information with regard to Mr.. Moore
and the company. Thereupon, on mo-
tion of Mr. Polk, Mr.. Hall was added to
the committee, and subsequently noti-
fled thereof.
With the above facts in our possession
we have written Mr.. Bacon in the fol-
lowing terms:
Los ANGELES, CAL, May 5, 1890.
james III. Bacon, Esq, President Bank of
Salt Lake, SAT- Lake City, Utah:
SIR-We, the undersigned, have been
appointed by the chamber of commerce
of this city a committee to communi-
cate with you (who, we understand are
the financial agent OF the Utah, Nevada
and California railroad), with a view of
ascertaining upon what terms your COM
pany will agree to build it's road to this
city, and to one of the ports near by,
either San Pedro, Santa Monica or Re
dondo. We are satisfied that our
people would be inclined to make
your company liberal conces-
way into and through the city to the
ocean, and could promise you the best
wishes and cooperation of the board of
council. We are also of the opinion
that sufficient funds could be raised by
the people of this city to almost en-
tirely. if not quite, pay the expense of
obtaining the right of way and terminal
facilities, providing that they could OBJ
tain in return for such concessions cheap
coal for manufacturing and domestic
purposes from the line of your road, and
ample facilities for the transportation of
our products of fruits, wines, etc., at rea-
sonably low rates.
We are now having prepared and will
send you statistics showing the products
of this county, the number of thousands
of carloads OF fruit, wines, etc., particu-
larly oranges, that are shipped from this
and neighboring counties yearly, which
!. statistics will enable you to form a cor
rect idea of what may be expected as
east-bound business by road coming to
our country.
We particularly invite expert investi-
CATION for the purpose OF satisfying your
selves upon the points to which your at
tention is directed, and we promise that
this committee and the chamber of COM
merce of this city will afford to your rep
resentative all possible aid to further such
investigation.
In this connection we would also state
that we are in possession of some infor-
nation regarding a mountain-pass which
will be worthy of some attention and
consideration on the part of your engin-
eers.
OF course we do not know what you
have done to this end, but the pass OF
which we are informed is one that can
be used to much greater advantage than
either of the three that are now used
by railroads approaching this city. The
matter of the pass is one that we
think worthy Of special consideration,
as it will save an expenditure of
an immense sum to your company in the
event Los Angeles is reached as from
the information we have received, the
mileage would be less and the grade
through the said pass would be some
thing like 80 per cent. less than those
that either Of the other roads are oper-
ating, the least of which is 116 feet to
mile as maximum. The mountain range
to which we allude is the Sierra Madre,
which must be crossed by any road
coming to Los Angeles.
II there are any points to which you