Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-29
The "Herald's" Assertions Will
ALI Prove Correct.
The Electric and Cable Roads Bat
tie Increasing in virulency.
The Electric Men Preparing for Retalia-
tion The Southern Pacific at
Redlands = Other News
of Interest.

s NlCtuUe pduId lAOliiCa IduClOS, duu
the plan OF building a commercial wharf
at the cafion.
This statement was questioned and
ridiculed by number of slow-going con-
temporaries, and was said to have no
foundation. The HERALD, however,
knew just what it was about, and can
now add that on Monday the negotia-
tions reached such stage as to warrant
the statement that the bargain was virtu-
ally concluded, at that developments will
soon be made to establish the accuracy
of the HERALp's information beyond
any doubt.
The statements made by this paper
regarding the purchase OF the ranches,
the building of the wharf at the cafion,
tae extension of the Southern Pacific
road from its present terminus along the
beach to the cafiOn, and the develop
ment of a big shipping business, were all
made on the very best of authority, and
will all prove to be exactly true. The
HERALD will laugh best in laughing last.
THE RAILROAD WAR.
The fight between the electric and the
cable railway companies is likely to as
sumo more serious aspects in few
days. The electric people have adopted
the policy of going right along with their
work, and not making any reply to the
attacks made on them, but some of the
individuals in the company are getting
very indignant at the somewhat per-
sonal features of the affair, and are pre-
pairing to take the matter into the courts
in way that will be at least intensely
disagreeable if nothing more to their
opponents and their abettors. Legal
battles are even more expensive than
newspaper campaigns. SO the campaign
will probably result in victory for the
side with the biggest. sack.
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC AT REDLANDs.
The Redlands correspondent of the
San Bernardino Times-Index of Monday
says: The citizens met with the South
ern Pacific officials Saturday morning in
the assembly room of the city trustees
and discussed the right of way matter.
During the course of the conversation
reference to the maps established the
fact that when Redlands was first laid
out right OF way was reserved for a
railroad along Water street to Tenth,
but through some lapse there is piece
some 800 feet in depth Immediately east
of the present terminus of the motor
road at Orange street and the point
where Water street begins again. This
property was purchased some time since
by Brink Morris, and negotiations for
it's transfer to the railroad can easily be
consummated at any time. At the
meeting the Grafton folks expressed
themselves as strongly IN favor OF the
extension, while the downtown con-
tingent, with firm determine
ton to prevent, if possible, cutting of
the business section in two and conse-
quent serious depreciation OF values to
adjacent properties and business inter-
ests proposed that If an extension was
contemplated another route than the
one at first suggested be taken. In
conformity with that idea they sug-
gested a line paralieling the Santa Fe
track about 800 hundred yards south of
the latter track through an alley which
eventually passes through the Wilson 4
Fairbanks addition. A committee, con-
sisting OF Messrs. Glover, Truesdell &
Feraud, was appointed to look into the
matter and report.
1t is rumored that the Southern Pa
cific road will, says the Riverside Press,
extend the Redlands motor through
Yucaipa to Beaumont, which affords
better, if longer grade, than by San
Tmoteo caf1on.
sTANFoRD's OPINION.
A San Francisco Examiners special
dispatch from Menlo Park, published
on Monday, is as follows: Senator Stan
ford said to your correspondent tonight
that the death of Mrs. Hopkins-Searles
would have no effect upon the existing
status of the Pacific coast railroad
affairs.
"Mrs. Searles certainly owned very
large interest in the Southern Pacific
railroad" said Senator Stanford, "but
her death will have no more effect upon
the management of the road than the
death of any other stockholder would
have. She did not have, and her estate
will not have, controlling interest in
the Southern Paeific. OF course, no
body without a controlling interest could
expect to make any change in the man
agement of the road.
II know there has been some talk
about the removal of Mr.. Towne and
other changes, but it was only news
paper talk. There was nothing more in
it so far ae know"
"Do you know whether Mrs. Searles
made will?" was asked.
.'Yes; she left WILL" was the reply,
but do not know any of its provi-
sions. do not know to whom she left
her stock. Ipresume that her railroad
stock will 60 to her executors for present
management, but that will make no
more difference than if she were alive.
1t is to be supposed that the executors
will manage the stock for the best inter
ests of the estate"
Do you know whether Mr.. Searles
will have ultimately the management Of
the Hopkins railroad interests?''s
II do not know what may occur as to
that, but do know that Mr.. Searles
never has had anything to say about it.
Mrs. Searles has managed her railroad
interests entirely through New York
agents, and Mr.. Searles has never ap
peared in such matters at all. You may
say" continued Senator Stanford, .sthai
80 far as I can see the death of Mrs
Hopkins -Searles will have no effect
whatever upon the manage ment or con-
troll of the Pacific railroads in which
she held stock. Further than that
know nothing Of her affairs"
IS NOTES.
General Manager X. H. Wade, OF tht
Southern California railroad company
will return from the east on Friday.
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