Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-15

President James Campbell, of the
Santa Monica Wharf and Terminal Rail-
road company, was in the city yester-
day. He stated to HERALD reporter
that his engineers were already at work
setting the grade stakes on the line from
Inglewood. Work will be commenced
so that the line will be built in time to
do its share of next summers business.
There is nothing to be gained in open
ing it for traffic before June.
NABoDs COMING.
As exclusively announced in Tues
days HERALD, Col. Fred Croker of the
Southern Pacific and General Manager
A. N. Towne are due in this city today
or tomorrow. They have been making
a trip over the proposed coast line of the
Southern Pacific to San Francisco via
Santa Barbara.
SAN DIEGO STILL KICKING.
San Diego is still in rage at Presi-
dent Marvel and General Manager Wade
and the whole Santa Fe bureaucracy. A
gentleman from that city yesterday told
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against what the people in that town
call the injustice Of the company is so
strong that delegation of citizens have
been selected to go to Topeka and at
tend the meeting of the roads directory
which occurs on the Doth, and there to
make strong and prolonged kick at
those officers and their policy towards
the city OF bay n climatenboom.
Eyactlv what tho dplnua ti0n will do
mand, the HERALD's informant did not
know, further than the general offices
should return to San Diego, that
all trains should run there entire, and
that the Temecula canon route will be
rebuilt.
THE TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION.
The Traffic association met yesterday
morning at II o'clock, says the San
Francisco Examiner of Tuesday.
1t was agreed that in the expected or
ganization the members shall pay $3.50
month as dues, and, with the calcula-
ton that there will be from 1000 to 1900
members in the affair, there will be $780,
600 or SAC, 900 year for expenses guar
anteed.
Moreover, the results of the conference
with the representatives of Fresno and
San Jose and Los Angeles were placed
before the committee, and it was agreed
that in the proposed executive commit
tee there should be members from the
different committees in the interior
towns, who should have power to nego-
tiate all business connected with the
enterprise in these towns, such as the
securing of the right of-way in various
counties which at present possess the
key route for second through CONT
mental road to San Francisco.
AS the committee secures hundreds
on new signatures the idea of rival
system grows. At least, the merchants
on the committee have agreed that re-
lief from excessive rates must be rapid
and that it must not depend on the
building of branch road within three
or four years. This is why many of the
merchants depend upon the idea of 6
committee rather than upon traffic
mar ager to rule affairs.
RAILROAD TELEGRAPHERs.
Grand Chief A. D. Thurston, the head
of the order OF railway telegraphers
came from the east to San Francisco tt
organize the order. The Southern Pa
cifc objected and discharged a number
of men who joined. Mr.. Thurston on
Monday called on General Manager
Towne, The result he stated to the Ex-
aminer as follows:
''In my interview with Superintend
ent Fillmore l was not only unable tc
get any satisfaction but l was unable
even to discuss the merits OF our order
his reply being, 'We don't propose t.
have YOU come out here and interfere
and dictate to us. We propose to run
our own road
"When l called on General Manager
Towne, on Wednesday last, was led tc
suppose from the pleasant manner il
which he received me and discussed this
matter that there would be no trouble
whatever in settling our differences, bu
l regret to say my negotiations have
failed utterly.
zone thing has surprised me since
coming here" concluded Chief Thurs
ton, "and that has been the unprece
dented enthusiasm shown by the opera
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