Los Angeles herald., 1891-04-12
THE RAILROADS.
TERMINAL OFFICIALS PAY A VISIT
TO MONROvIA.
The Terminal Likely to Buy the Rapid
Transit Road-Southern Pacific Elec-
tion-The Presidents Trip.

r. G. Kerens, Hon. JEFF Chandler
ex-Mayor w. HI. Workman and Genera
Manager Burnett Of the Terminal road
went over the line of the San Gabriel
Valley Rapid Transit road yesterday
and thoroughly inspected it and made q
study of its location.
The reason officially given for the trip
is that negotiations are pending with
the s. G. V. road, when it changes its
gauge, to make traffic connections with
the Terminal.
1t cannot be overlooked, however,
that to a looker-on in Vienna, the very
best thing that the Terminal people
could do, would be to buy the Rapid
Transit outright and make it part OF
their system. 1t is an open secret that
the Terminal must go east. and no bet
ter line, as far as it goes, could be Sc
lected than the Rapid Transit. The
grades and curves are all adapted for
heavy freight traffic and it is several
miles shorter to Monrovia than is the
Santa Fe line. So Notwithstanding the
official reason given for yesterdays visit,
it is more than within a possibility that
the Terminal will soon buy the Rapid
Transit.
The trip was very jolly one. At
Monrovia ex-Mayoi Spence entertained
the visitors at his house, and then re-
turn was made to Arcadia, where H. N.
Unruh, the manager of Baldwin's es-
tates. royalty received the visitors, and
treated them to splendid banquet.
Mr. Snanoo vyoo mn OF Nf ,saex
and told several new stories, each OF
which had moral, and in fact man
aged the affair in his best style.
Ex- Mayor Bryson made striking
speech OF sympathy with the visiting
railroaders, in which he made the fol-
lowing statement:
81 have fellow feeling with you, for,
although it may not be known to you,
was also promoter of railway enter
prises generation before some OF you
were born. can readily sympathize
with you in your arduous efforts in en-
deavoring to reach Rattlesnake island,
for L, TOO, had a goal ahead of me over
fifty years ago, in trying to reach the
great city of Philadelphia from Colum-
bia, Pa, in the second railway enter
prise in America. l had the honor to
be the president, managing director,
conductor, engineer and brakeman OF q
- cart Of one horse power. But did
my work we'll See the expansion OF
railroad work in this country since 1 be-
gan it !"
Speeches were also made by Colonel
Il. @. Kerens, Hon. jeff Chandler, N. G.
Carter, ID. McGary and others.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC ELECTION.
The newly elected board of directors
of the Southern Pacific company held
brief session at Fourth and Townsend
streets recently and reelected the fol-
lowing named officers for the ensuing
year: President, Coils P. Huntington;
first vice president, Charles f. Crocker;
second vice president, A. N. Towne;
third vice president, j. G. Stubs; Sec
retary and controller, j. G. Lansing;
treasurer, Timothy Hopkins; assistant
treasurer, N. T. Smith; assistant secre-
tary, 1. E. Gates. The Office of finan-
cial agent was the only new one cre-
ated, and N. K. Masten was chosen to
act in that capacity.
Senator Leland Stanford made no
effort to regain the presidency of the
road, but was content to remain chair
man of the executive committee, which,
besides himself, is composed OF G. P.
Huntington, G. F. Crocker and Thomas
H. Hubbard.
President Huntington submitted a
report, in which the financial operations
for the year 1890 were stated as follows:
Gross earnings, $48, 1852 ,503.81, an in.
crease of 81, 1884, ,540.97 over the previous
year; operating expenses, $3l, ,l55, 1922
62, an increase of $74S, ,675.40; taxes and
other fixed charges, SIS, ,348, ,543.07; re-
naming after the payment of all charges
under leases, $2,377,7l3.3S.
THE PREsIDENTs TRIP.
S. B. Hynes, of the Santa Fe railway
company, has received from the Penn
sylvania railway company notice of a
change OF the itinerary of the presiden-
tial train in Southern California. 1t
does not change the time of the arrival
at or departure from Los Angeles, but it
includes trip to Riverside. The new
itinerary will be as follows: Arrive at
Los Angeles, April %, at p.m.; leave
Los Angeles, April %, at pm; arrive
at San Diego at 1880 am. leave San
Diego at IL am, same day; arrive at
Riverside at 8 80 p.m.; leave Riverside
at pm; arrive at Pasadena at 7 is
PM; leave Pasadena at IL am, April
"a, for Santa Barbara.
The party travels in special train,
composed of one Pullman combination
smoking car, one dining car, one COM
partment sleeping car, one composite
observatory car. The cars all furnished
by the Pennsylvania company, and are
all up to their high standard.