Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-18
THE RAILROADS.
SOME POINTS ABOUT THE CON
STRUCTION OF THE TERMINAL.
The Contractors Making Good Headway-
The Route-The Line to be Com
pleted by August-Notes.

The Downey Champion contains an
article from which the following extracts
relative to the Terminal railway con-
struction, as cleaned by visit of in
spection by the editor, are taken:
Son arriving at the the camp on Ger
ritos Heights, we gave our card to Mr..
J. A. Cashion, general foreman in charge
Of the works, through whose courtesy
we were enabled to obtain the following
information:
"Grant Brothers, of Los Angeles, are
the contractors for the entire job, grad
ing, bridge building, and track laying,
from the ocean terminus on Rattlesnake
Island to Los Angeles city limits.
"Mr. Cashion has at present force of
fifty teams and one hundred men in his
two grading camps. The work, four
miles of light grading, on Rattlesnake
Island has been finished and is ready for
track laying.
"a pile bridge 1000 feet long will span
the Los Angeles river near its mouth,
from the island to the mainland. From
the bridge the line of the road runs par
alIel with the beach and just behind the
first sand dunes, over a fill to the city of
Long Beach, thence along Ocean avenue
the entire length to the city limits,
thence curving north and following the
boundary line between the city limits
and the Alamitos grant, through Ger
ritos Heights, in nearly a direct line to
the county farm, the Nadeau winery,
Old Peets and Ninth street, Los Angeles.
"We found Mr.. Cashion with his main
force at work on the cut through the
Cerritos Heights. This piece of work
from the fiat land in the rear of Long
Beach, will require an excavation 2500
feet long and eighteen feet in depth.
':The fill at the north end is over a
deep ravine, which will be partly
spaDned by a 500-foot trestle bridge
forty feet high.
in length and twenty-five feet deep at
through the spur of hills known as Ger
ritos Heights. From there on to Clear
water the land is low and fill of from
three to six feet will be required. A
bridge over old San Gabriel river and
fill all the way to Old Peets will be
necessary on the route selected.
''Mr. Cashion expects to have the line
to Los Angeles ready for the rails within
two and one-half months from this date.
Leaving Cerritos Heights we drive
direct to Long Beach. Here we found
the other camp of graders at work, do
ing some light grading and filling on the
line of Ocean avenue. This portion OF
the work will be finished in few days
and the camp moved on to Cerritos
Heights"
Travel to the Yosemite is larger than
ever.
The Santa Fe now runs Sunday
excursion train from San Bernardino to
Redlands.
A petition signed by citizens of Long
Beach will be presented to the super
visors, asking them to join with the
Terminal railroad company in building
the bridge at the mouth OF the Los An
geles river, so that it can be used for
wagon travel as well as for railroad pur-
poses, thus giving a direct route from
Long Beach to Wilmington and San
Pedro.
The Examiner says that the Terminal
road proposes to reach Barstow from
Los Angeles over the Atlantic and Pa
cific roads track. (Sic.)
Santa Monicans are agitatedb by rumors
of another road to that city and COM
mercial wharf.
Chief Engineer w. F. Mcclure and
Assistant ]. @. Mcclure, of the Terminal
road, are doing fine work.
The Southern Pacific company has
offered to maintain park at Beaumont,
if the citizens will plant it.