The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-23
ALONG THE RAIL.
A Northern Terminus for the San
Joaquin Valley Company.

By October list the extension Of the Cali
fornia and Nevada narrow-gauge road from
Orinda to Maple Grove, on the Moraga
ranch, will likely be completed. Contracts
call for the finishing of bridges and conf
pleton of track-laying by that time. Grad
ing and filling was flushed some time ago.
Maple Grove Is about two and a half
miles from OEinda Park, otherwise known
as General Theo. Wagner's place, and
is thirty miles from this city. The
road runs through one of the pref
test valleys in the State-the Sobrante
or San Pablo Creek valley. The late A. j.
Bryant of this city found out its beauties
long ago and located his country home there.
Messrs. Warnecke, Gray, Cannon, Laveaga,
Rowland and others have picturesque places
also, and w. W. Fo0te is about to fix up
ranch here. The extension to Maple Grove
will be preliminary to the putting on the
market of portion of the Moraga ranch OF
over u, COO acres. The road is projected by
devious route through San Joaquin and CAL
averas counties to Bodie. Why this route
is chosen only its projectors know. 1t has
been said that the Denver and Rio Grande
has friendly interest in the little road.
There is little possibility of a consolida-
ton of the freight departments of the
Gould lines in this city, as has been talked
OF for the past five weeks, and more espe-
cially since Mr.. Luce of the Missouri Pa
ciic was appointed to a position in the
freight department of the Union Pacific.
This appointment and the failure of the
company to name a successor to Luce as
General Agent gave rise TO the supposition
that the long talke d-of scheme of consoida-
ton would be consummated. The principal
reason why the proposition is not feasible
one lies in the fact that there is great diff
ference in the value of the properties which
1t was proposed to consolidate, and Gould
has said, so it is reported, that he would
never allow his pet property. the Missouri
Pacific, to form any consolidation, either for
the promotion o. passenger or freight traffic,
with any other line in the country.
The San Joaquin Valley Railroad Com
pany has purchased several hundred acres
OF land at Antioch, Contra Costa County,
known as Marsh Landing. Surveys for
rellroad have been made from this point to
Rodgers, station on the Atlantic and Pa
clhc road, part of the Santa Fe system.
The property purchased by this company at
Antioch is hrSt-ciaSS site for a railroad
terminus. and is situated at the head of Sui
sun Bay. near the confluence of the Sacra-
mento and San Joaquin rivers. For dis
lance of about three miles it borders on the
river east of Antioch. A Mr.. Minot, who
was on this Coast about year ago as agent
for the AtchiSon, had the whole place sur
veyed, and for a time it looked very much
like town. But Minot was killed in rail-
way accident in Pennsylvania, and since
nothing has been heard of the Santa Fe in
this vicinity.
General Agent D. W. Hitchcock of the
Union Pacific has returned from fishing
trip with Jay Gould in the north, and says
that there 10 no truth in the report that he
VIII De General Passenger Agent OF the sys-
tenn in place of Mr.. Lenox, the incumbent.
Mr.. hitchcock left last evening for Omaha.