Los Angeles herald., 1891-11-06
THE RAILROADS.
Work Commenced on the Los
Angeles and Pacific.
1t Is Expected to Be in Opera
tiOn in Two Months.
Items About Number Of Railroad
Matters.
Two Puget Sound Lumber Companies
the Purchasers-The Terminal-Prog-
ress of the Peninsula Line-A
Riverside Electric Road.

The new owners of the Los Angeles
and Pacific railway, or of its remains,
commenced work reconstructing the
road on Wednesday, by placing gang
OF men at work in the vicinity of the
Sisters hospital, on the reconstruction
of the track. The details of the transfer
of the property from the stockholders
and the receiver, Hon. Herman Silver,
are all completed, but the technical
part has not yet been consummated.
The fact that work has been commenced
shows that the new owners mean busi-
ness.
The principals in the new deal are two
Puget sound lumber companies, who
have heretofore been shut out of Southern
California by the combine among the
other dealers.
The road, which, it is expected, will
be in condition for traffic in about sixty
days, will be operated as general pas
senger and freight line, the benefits the
two lumber companies expect to obtain
being merely incidents of the dicker.
THE TERMINAL.
General Manager Burnett of the Ter
minal road, yesterday said to HERALD
reporter. that his road would be ready
for the chamber of commerce excursion
on Saturday, to Long Beach, but that
regular traffic to that place would not be
commenced for several days after, as 1t
would first be necessary to construct
turntables at the Long Beach end.
A RIVERSIDE ELECTRIC ROAD.
A meeting of the directors OF the
Riverside and Arlington street railway
was held yesterday afternoon, at which
Attorney Mcintyre reported that. the
case of VIM. Finch against the company
had been decided in Finch's favor, but
the damages allowed were only $137,
instead of $1,000, the amount sued for.
This decision is satisfactory to the COM
pany, as we understand it, and will stop
all further litigation. 1t was decided to
investigate new mode of propelling
power, now in successful use in some
eastern cities, and if found practicable
to adopt it here. The power is cleo
tricity, and the dynamo is situated in
the center of the car, not occupying
much space. We hope it will prove sat
isfactory, and that before long cars will
be running down the avenue propelled
by electricity. We also hope the city
officials will soon make arrangements to
own an electric light plant and furnish
our citizens with light at about cost.
-TRiverside Press.
THE PENINSULA LINE.
r. A. Graham of the Peninsular rail
way was seen today, and in answer to an
inquiry as to what was being done at
this end of the road, remarked: "We
are not doing anything just now."
swell, why not? asked the reporter.
II will tell you," replied Mr.. Graham.
"We have 1876 men and sixty teams at
work at San Quintin now, and we ex-
pect to have the first section of twenty
four miles of road north of San Quintin
graded and the track laid and train
running daily over the road by Decem-
Der 1st. When that is finished, por-
tion at least of the men will be trans
ferred to this end of the route and work
will be pushed without further delay.
think l will be able to set 100 men and
fifty teams at work south of Tia Juana
ny DcCcIu DtT lSI.
PREPARING FOR SNOW.
The Southern Pacific has issued set
of rules governing employees on the
Yuma division, extending from Los An
geles to Arizona. Rule 40 provides that
no person shall be permitted to ride on
engines except men in the road and
track department. conductors of snow
plows. etc. The latter is wonderfully
wise provision. Think what a terrible
thing it would be if the conductor of
the festive snow plow was not allowed
to ride on the engine as it YEARLY toile
through the icy plains near Salton and
Indio. The report that snow sheds are
to be built near Caliente and Mammoth
Tank is unconfirmed, but Yuma is pre-
pairing for the snow storms OF this win
ter, and ample accommodations will he
afforded to the army of snow pillow con-
ductors that will mass ere.-[Banning
Herald.