The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-01
ALONG THE RAIL,
Construction Work of the San
Joaquin Valley Company.

The offices of the San JOAQUIN Valley
Railroad Company have been removed from
Market-street building to Fresno, and the
President and Secretary of the corporation
left for that point yesterday. About 100
men were recently engaged in this city for
grading-work, and construction is progress
ing very rapidly. Several engines and a
large number of fiat cars are on the way TO
Fresno, the eastern terminus of the proposed
route into the timber regions of the Sierra
Nevada Mountains.
Right of way has been obtained for the
entire distance. and thu promoters of the
scheme are now looking forward to a speedy
| consummation of great enterprise. The
actual work OF grading commenced only
TWO weeks ago, with very large force near
the tracks of the Southern Pacific Company.
The contractors are Fitzgerald Bros. of Oak
land, who have the grading of the first
twenty-three miles from Fresno. The route
| from the town is in northwestern direc
ton, crossing the San Joaquin River at
Hamptonville and then straight into the
| Sierras.
The survey has only been run for a dis
tance OF fifty miles, but corps of engineers
are at work. and will probably complete
| this portion of the job within the next two
| OF three weeks. North of HamptonyilIe
| the survey runs back to the river from six
" 'oh Hiiec, tLlenCe nearing Ine river again
ABOUT seventy miles from Fresno. The sec
| uon now under contract is easy earthwork
| on the plains, but few miles beyond the
| proposed line runs through chain of hills.
| and still farther on there are about TWENTY
nVe or forty miles of heavy mountain work.
near the northern part of the survey.
From the main line it is proposed to con-
sfruct several branches. also for timber
traffic, aggregating about thirty-five miles.
bridge across the San Joaquin River will
be an important work, and there are at least
hall dozen smaller ones to be constructed
before the proposed timber route can be
completed. The company engaged in this
Work recently elected the following named
as officers: President, Marcus Pollasky
San Francisco; Viee-P President, Thomas
hughes, Fresno; Secretary, Gilbert Osmun.
fresno; Treasurer, j. c. Quinn, San Fran
CISCO, and Chief Engineer, o. T. Baron of
Fresno.
The Southern Pacific recently put in ser
vice on the southern route four new ten
wheel locomotives built at the Schenectady
Works in New York. The driying-wheels
are feet inches in diameter, with cylin-
derS 1Sx24 inches. These engines with ten
ders weigh 10000 pounds and will be used
LOT ootn freight and passenger service.
Mr.. II. e. Huntington has personally de-
MED the report that lie would leave the gen
eral managership of the Newport News and
Mississippi Valley Company TO accept DO
sitlon with the Southern Pacific.
j. NJ. Toncey, general manager of the
New I ork Central IS enjoying vacation in
this CITY. He visited Monterey Yesterday
with party of local railroad men, and viii
leave for home on Monday.
lhe party OF master mechanics from East
ern roads, which has been here for Il few
days on pleasure trip, will leave for the
East to-day iii a special car
Greed Raymond is due here about the