Los Angeles herald., 1891-04-02

IL mas Deen expected CnaJ EreSluenC
G. P. Huntington, OF the Southern Pa
cifc company, would pass through this
city today on his way to San Francisco,
to attend the annual meeting Of the
stockholders OF his company, and that
he would spend day in the city. Ad-
vices received yesterday make it ap-
pear probable that Mr.. Huntington has
changed his plans. for it was rumored
in railroad circles that he had gone to
Chicago, and that Mr.. Towne, who went
to Ell Paso to meet his chief, will return
today alone, and that Mr.. Huntington
will go to San Francisco via the Central
Pacific.
MR.. STRONG AND THE MEXICAN CENTRAL.
A railroad man from Chicago, who
arrived in the city yesterday, brought
the news that ex-President Strong of the
santa Fe company, is very likely to be
elected president of the great Mexican
Central railway system, at the approach
ing meeting Of the stockholders. Mr..
Strong has numerous friends in this city
who will be delighted to learn that he is
likely to again take an active part in
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important system as is the Mexican
Central.
This road, while not included in the
Santa Fe system, is in some ways affili-
ated with it, and many of. its heaviest
stockholders are also holders of Santa
Fe securities. The line is 1870 kilos
long, extending from Ell Paso del Norte
to the City OF Mexico, through the center
of Mexico.
PENNSYLVANIA ROAD ExCURsIoNIsTs.
The third Pennsylvania railroad COM
pany's Southern California excursion
arrived yesterday afternoon over the
Santa Fe road. Mr.. D. M. True, the
able local agent OF the company, met the
party at Williams, Arizona, and re-
turned to this city with them. He
states that all were delighted with the
trip and with this part of the world.
The excursionists travelled in one of the
superb trains of vestibuled Pullman
cars, made for the Pennsylvania COM
pany. in which they were as luxuriously
placed as they would have been in the
best hotel in the country.
The following is list of the arrivals :.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Allison, Miss Car
rie NJ. Allison, Miss Nellie j. Allison,
Port Carbon, Pa; Miss Annie Boor-
man, New Brunswick, N. j.; Mr.. and
Mrs. E. P. Burton, Mr.. Maurice G. Bur-
ton, Miss Sarah j. Corlies, Philadel-
phia; DR.. and Mrs. S. j. Damon, Miss
Fannie +. Damon, Bridgeport, Ct.
Mrs. +. N. Fsncher, Havana, N. Y;
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Gillingham, Phila-
delphia; DR.. and Mrs. j. II. Grimes.
Baltimore, Md; Mr.. and Mrs. f. B.
bard, New Haven, Ct; Mrs. S. H.
Read, Providence, R. l.. Mr.. and Mrs.
W. W. Snow, Miss G. A. Snow, Miss N.
E. Snow, Ramapo, N. Y; Rev. Charles
r. Strong, New Brunswick, N. j.; Rev.
and Mrs. Milton T. Vanderveer, Am
sterdam, N. Y; DIR. William Winter,
Philadelphia.
A Pennsylvania railroad excursi on
arrived yesterday afternoon consisting
of ITO people.
The derailment of freight engine
yesterday at Gila City delayed Secretary
of War Proctor's special train.
A carload OF green peas and tomatoes
will be shipped to Chicago from Glen
dora today. They viii be packed in an
iced refrigerator car.
The state railroad commission will
leave San Francisco for Pasadena on the
9th inst.
w. H. Snedeker, the general agent of
the Rio Grande and Western, is in the
city.
< A daily average of between seventy
and one hundred carloads OF oranges are
being shipped east from Southern Cali
fornia.
Mr.. Richard Gird, it is now stated by
persons who are in a position to know,
has decided to abandon the idea OF
building his beet belt railway on mar
row gauge plan, and will construct it, if
it is carried through, with a standard
gauge.