Los Angeles herald., 1891-12-11
THE RAILROADS.
THE TERMINAL ROAD TO HAVE A
TELEGRAPH SYSTEM.
1t Is Being Built by the Western Union
Company-A Mysterious Railroad Cor
poration-News Notes.

The Western Union company is now
busy distributing poles and preparing
to erect a telegraph system over the en-.
tire system of the Terminal Railroad
company. The work is now well under
way, and win be completed in few
days.
THE TELEGR APHERs' STRIKE.
On the eastbound Southern Pacific
train which left this city Wednesday
there were twenty odd telegraph oper-
ators, who were take the places OF the
strikers in Arizona and New Mexico.
Others were sent in fir ON other points,
and by noon every place was filled, and
train orders were being sent and re-
ceived as usual Many of the strikers
are anxious to get their places back,
and there is little doubt that the affair
is all over.
A MYSTERIOUS CORPORATION.
The Examiner says: There is much
speculation as to the power behind the
San Francisco and Eastern Railway
company that was incorporated last
Monday. The road will begin at Rogers
and will enter the San Joaquin valley
through TETON pass, going about mile
west of bakersfield and through Han
ford. This route was originally sur
veyed by the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe road about two years ago, and
the headquarters of the civil engineers
were located in Bakersfield. After
leaving Hanford the track was to
parallel the Southern Pacific road, but
bend would be made near Whites
Bridge and the Santa Clara valley would
be entered by way OF Pacheco pass.
The route of the company incorpor-
ated last Monday does not contemplate
this bend. but will terminate at some at
present unknown point on the Alameda
shore.
The Chronicle says: The filing OF the
articles OF incorporation of the San
Francisco and Eastern railroad caused
much comment among the railroad peo-
pie. The Southern Pacific officials say
they regard the project as land boom
ing scheme, but others declare that it is
to result in the long-looked-for
competing railroad. When w. A. Bis
sell OF the Atlantic and Pacific was
asked yesterday if the line were being
backed by the Santa Fe he said he did
not know. He knew some of the gen.
tlemen whose names appeared as incor-
porators, but he did not know them to
be railroad men. Everybody interested
in the new project is very yclose-mouthed
about it. 1t is being engineered by Nc
Afee, Baldwin & Hammond, the real
estate firm. J. r. Howell, who is down
on the list of incorporators as having
subscribed $479,000 toward the capital
stock, is the book-keeper of the McAfee
concern, and @. L. Weller and H. j.
Brady, two other incorporators, are
local attorneys. The route of the pro-
posed line covers very nearly if not
quite the same territory that is crossed
by the San Francisco and San Joaquin
line, OF which l. l.. Wilbur is president.
NOTES.
w. G. Hazeldine, attorney OF the A.
and p. railroad, is in the city.
B. Campbell, general western freight
agent of the Union Pacific at Portland,
arrived here yesterday.
D. Burkhalter, the superintendent of
the Los Angeles division of the Southern
Pacific, was in the city yesterday from
Mojave.
The Pacific improvement company has
advertised for bids up to December 81,
1891, for the grading of two tunnels, one
5000 feet long and the other 1400 feet, on
the first four and half miles of the
Southern Pacific road south of Santa
Margarita. Bids for the remaining 125
miles from Santa Margarita to Elwood
will be called for hereafter.
The Southern Pacific company are
daily giving evidence that they mean
business in their movements in and near
Santa Monica. A force is still grading
north of the cafion on the beach. An
other gang" of men are now busily
engaged in putting in three culverts to
tap the main waterway, and the large
culvert is to be extended several hum
dred feet. A large quantity of fishplates
and bolts also arrived on Monday even
ing. No work is being done on the tun-
mel, as the matter of right OF way is not
yet settled. However, as we stated last
week on the authority of Senator Jones
himself, everything will be satisfactorily
arranged. -[Santa Monica Outlook.