Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-10-13
THE RAILROADS.
Colonel Croker Driving
Down the Coast.
He Is Inspecting the Coast
Line Extension.
The Terminals Proposed Line of
Wharves at San Pedro.
Probability That the Southern Pacific
VIII Soon Build From Santa Mon
lea North-The Prescott and
Phoenix Road,

1t is believed that the Southern Pa
ci6c company will in few days COM
mence active work on the completion
OF the present terminus of its coast line
to Santa Barbara.
Colonel Fred Croker left San Fran
cisco few days ago over the coast line
and went to it's terminal. He and his
party then left his car and took convey
ances, intending to drive over the pro-
posed line, being due in Santa Barbara
today.
General Manager A. N. Towne will
arrive at Saugus on the train from the
north today and 60 thence to Santa Bar
bara to meet Colonel Croker and confer
with him on the details of the route,
1t is possible that the two may then
proceed down the coast from Santa Bar
bara to Santa Monica and make thor
ough inspection of the proposed extern
sion from the Santa Monica ranch to
Santa Barbara.
This step has been kept very quiet;
none OF the officials in this city would
admit yesterday that such was the case,
but the information is undoubtedly cor
rect and can be relied upon.
THE ELECTRIC ROADS PROGRESS.
The University section of the Belt
Electric road is rapidly nearing compile
ton. The poles and wires are all up to
the end of the line, and there are but
about twelve blocks more OF track to
be laid. The ties are down for all but
four blocks of it. The course of the cleo.
trio road at University Place, after leav-
ing Hoover street, is down DIN street to
McClintock street; down McClintock to
University station, where it crosses the
Santa Monica branch of the Southern
Pacific railroad. 1t then goes south on
Vermont avenue one block; thence east
on Agricultural street one block to the
gate of the race track, where it ends.
With the completion of this road.
University Place will have four lines
of travel to the city, making it especial
ly fitted as residence suburb OF the City
of the Angels.
THE TERMINALS SAN PEDRO WHARF.
Today General Manager Burnett, of
the Terminal Railroad company, will
apply to the supervisors for franchise
to construct wharf on the east side of
San Pedro harbor, described as fol-
lows:
Commencing at point in the easterly
harbor line of San Pedro harbor (desig-
mated on the surveys by the United
States engineers as wilmington har-
Dor, ") established and approved by the
secretary of war on the 2Sth of July,
1891, which point of commencement is
distant two thousand 10000 feet, meas
ured on said harbor line, southerly from
its most northerly point, and two hun
dred and twenty-three (223) feet distant
in westerly direction, upon line
drawn at right angles with said harbor
line, from the single work breakwater
constructed by the United States gov
eminent; thence running southerly and
southeasterly along the said harbor line,
as it curves, one thousand (1000) feet to
point VIII ich is distant, upon line
drawn at light angles with said harbor
line, one hundred and ninety-eight 1881
feet southwesterly from the said single
work breakwater; thence northeasterly
at right angles with said harbor line
seventy-fve (75) feet; thence north
westerly and northerly and parallel
with said harbor line and at uniform
distance of seventy-fve (75) feet there
from to a point in the aforesaid line
drawn from the point of beginning at
right angles with@ said harbor line
thence westerly along said last men
toned line to the point of beginning.
THE PRESCOTT AND PHGNIX ROAD.
The Phoenix, A. T., Gazette prints the
following roseate story;
Colonel Sims arrived yesterday from
the east. The colonel stopped in Chi
cago and had a personal interview with
f.. M. Dickey, who assured him that the
Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix railroad
company would positively build their
road on to Benson, and to some point on
the Colorado river. He was shown a
dispatch from d. B. Robinson, stating
that work would begin at once on the
Ash Fork end OF the line and would be
pushed through to completion.
Colonel Sims has returned to Phoenix
to stay and is very enthusiastic over the
outcome of the territory. He says Ari-
IONA is being talked OF in all parts OF the
east, since this railroad movement
started and this, with statehood dawn
ing upon US, is going to make things
boom. There is no doubt that the Santa
Fe, Prescott and Phoenix road Will bulld
to the Colorado river to meet the San
Diego, San Quintin and Yuma road that
is being built.
NOTES.
The county supervisors have granted
the Southern Pacific company fran
chise for a railway along the county
road between lots Sc and rs, rancho San
Bernardino, from Curtis's corner to the
northeast corner of section 3D. Red
lands Citrograph.
L. Tasheira, of the Southern Pacific
company, is in the city this week, lie
reports that he has secured the right OF
way to Grafton, except across the prop
erty of two persons. The right OF way
is also secured for the route to connect
with the main line at West Redlands.
The work of construction will probably
be begun soon.-T Redlands Gazette.
Chief Engineer Gibson, of the Santa
Fe, Prescott and Phoenix railroad has
ordered Contractor Toohey to push the
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