Los Angeles herald., 1891-02-26
THE WORK OF REPAIR
THE CONDITION OF THE RAILROADS
AS REPORTED YESTERDAY.
A Train For San Francisco Will Prob
ably Leave Tonight-The Condition of
the Santa Fe-The Rapid Transit and
Terminal All Right.


condition for traffic again. The South
ern Pacific company is using every pos
sible means to get into shape again, but
even yesterday very little definite infor-
nation could be had.
Several construction trains were sent
out yesterday on the line to San Fran
cisco. and it is hoped that passenger
train for the north will leave by to- o-night.
1t was said yesterday that if it did not
leave this evening, it would surely start
tomorrow morning.
1t was also thought that train for
Cotton would leave this afternoon or
early tomorrow morning. The line to
Ell Paso will probably be cleared by Sat-
urday night.
The San Pedro line was open for traf-
fic yesterday afternoon at O'Clock.
The Santa Ana branch is still closed,
and is likely to remain so until Satur-
day or Sunday. The bridge over the
New river is'gone, and all the pile-driv-
ers are needed ON the main line, so that
it will have to wait.
While no word has been received from
the Santa Barbara branch, there is no
doubt but what that will be open as
soon as trains will be able to reach Sau-
gus, on the main line.
THE SANTA FE.
A train over the Santa Fe succeeded
in reaching Duarte yesterday morning.
At the general offices it was learned
that a report had been received from the
Atlantic and Pacific, stating that that
line was clear from Barstow to the east.
No definite statement as to when
trains would reach San Bernardino from
this city could be had, any further than
that it was hoped to reach there by to-
night or early tomorrow morning.
1t was also expected that the San
Diego line would be -open tonight. A
train left San Diego last evening for
Oceanside. intending to work it's way to
this city as soon as possible.
The bridge at the Ballona junction
was made passable yesterday.
About the Orange and Riverside
branches nothing definite could be
learned, nor about the Temecula cailon
route.
THE RAPID TRANSIT.
The only entire railway system in
Southern California which is in condi-
tion for traffic is the San Gabriel Valley
Rapid Transit road, which yesterday re-
sumed train service according to sched-
ule.,
On Saturday Mr.. S. P. Jewett took
charge of the management of the line
under the receivership of w. G. Kerch-
koff. Mr.. Jewett took hold of the road
at 2 O'Clock Monday afternoon, finding
it badly washed at Sunny Slope and
Santa Anita, and he pitched in, and
with the aid of Roadmaster Monroe, by
Tuesday night he had the line in condi-
ton, and yesterday train service was
resumed.
THE TERMINAL.
General Manager Burnett, by great
amount of hard work and vigor, sue.
ceeded yesterday in resuming train SER
vice to Pasadena, and expects today to
resume traffic on schedule time,
The narrow gauge to Glendale is still
Knocked out, and will not be in running
order probably until tomorrow.
SAN DIEGO PASSENGERS ARRIVE.
Five days time to make the trip from
San Diego to Los Angeles is reminder
OF old times, but such was the time
taken by passengers over the Southern
California road who arrived in this city
yesterday. They left San Diego on last
Saturdays train and got as far as SAINTS
Ana, where they were tied in by wash.
outs. There they stayed until yester
day, when they were brought to towr
by coaches furnished by the Santa FL
company. The list of arrivals is as fol
lows: J. D. Spreckels, Messrs. Jacoby
and Latham, Judge Wilson, L. M. Stan
ford, Mr.. and Mrs. Goodsell, w. F
Saunders, 7. j. Taylor, A. @. Fish, G.
| E. Atwood, Captain Taylor, Miss Sells
Ford Harvey and party of tour, F. B
Goodrich, A. w. Marsh, Mr.. and Miss
Hide, Messrs. Lehman and Shields.