Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-26
WHY MANvEL COMES.
HE PROPOSES TO INVESTIGATE TIE
ATLANTIC AND PAOIT1C ROAD.
It Has Been Thorn in His side-Pomona
People Trying to Make Dicker With
the Santa Fe--Notes and Personals.


President Marvel, OF the Santa Te
company, is due in this city this week.
His visit to Southern California is
chiefly made with a view to tackling the
demoralized Atlantic and Pacific road.
The condition OF this line has caused
more adverse criticism on Mr.. Manvel's
administration than any other matter,
and he intends to straighten it out if
possible.
The Atlantic and Pacific is under the
general management of D. B. Robinson,
as expert railroad man as
there is in the United States.
But he has been handicapped
by NOV having money enough to put his
roadbed in good condition, nor has he
had sufficient motive power. Other
drawbacks be has had to contend with,
are several incompetent. subordinates,
whose influence was such as to make it
impossible to discharge them. Mr..
Robinson has done all that could be
done, according to the opinion of able
railroad men, with his road, but in con-
sequence of the bad condition OF the
line it has long been necessary for the
Santa Fe to turn over to the Southern
Pacific immense quantities of freight for
transit as far as Deming, where it WAS
taken on the Santa Fe main line. This
seemed to many large stockholders a
bad state of things, as simply working
up business for the company's great
rival road to handle. It has also made
merchants chary of giving the santa Fe
company business, for freight, when it
has come over the Santa Fe and Allan
tic and Pacific, has general
ly been indefinitely delayed. The
same is the case with passenger
business. Altogether this state of things
has given Mr.. Manvel's opponents a
strong subject for argument, and he has
decided to view the situation and apply
some remedy.
1t is not likely that Mr.. Robinson will
be superseded, for it would be hard to
find man who could equal him. Some
of the lesser officials OF the road are
likely to lose their heads, and the
chances are that the roadbed will be
thoroughly repaired and additional loco
motives supplied.
THE POMONA SITUATION.
The Pomona people are still very much
worked up over losing the Chino branch
fthe Southern Pacific. A committee
Of prominent citizens, among whom were
ex-Sherif A. T. Currler and HI. A. Pal
mer, waited on Manager Wade of the
Santa Fe Saturday, and discussed the
possibility of inducing his company to
build from North Pomona to Pomona
over the line of the North Pomona mo-
tor railway,
The right of way for the extra land
necessary to make tire curves bigger, the
road itself, and 5000 subsidy, it is said,
will be given to the Santa Fe company
if they will take the road, transform it
into regular railroad and extend it to
Chino.
Pomona man in the city Yesterday
said that the. feeling in that city againet
the Southern Pacific is very strong. and
that all the freight will hereafter be
given to the Santa Fe. In fact, sort of
freight boycott has been declared against
the Southern Pacific. There are indica-
tions, however, that the statu quo will
resolve itself into an entente cordiale
before long.
THE COAST LINE TO SAN FRANCISCO.
The completion of the coast line to
San Francisco seems to be indefinitely
suspended. A writer in the Santa Bar
bara Press speaks of the situation as
follows:
''The stumbling block in the way of
closing the gap between Ellwood and
Santa Margarita is this: Many of the
ranch owners through whose property
the road is surveyed, refuse to give the
free right of way unless certain condi-
tion are complied with by the railroad
company. The railroad company have
informed the committee that they cannot
accept conditional right of way, and an
effort is now being made by the commit
tee to induce these ranch owners to
eliminate all conditions from their right
OF way contracts. There are many ranch
owners along the line who have given
the right of way without conditions, and
are anxious to do all in their power to
complete the closing of the gap. There
are others who demand payment for
damages to their property. This part of
the difficulty has been overcome in q
measure by the assessment-althoug
not wholly-because of the indifference
manifested by large majority of tax
payers in and|but Of the city, who have
failed to hand in their assessment script
TO members. of the committee Unless
there is more generous response for
money, and q renewed awakening OF our
people to the Importance OF speedy
closing Of the gap, our dreams Of future
greatness for our young city will vanish
into thin air"
NOTES.
General Superintendent OF the South
er1l Pacific A. N. Towne returned to San
Francisco yesterday, leaving Mrs. Towne
in this city to watch over her sick son.
A Raymond excursion leaves FL Paso
over the Southern Pacific for Southern
California on Monday. ~
w. H. Davenport, late with the Union
Pacific, has been. appointed commercial
agent Of the Denver and Rio Grande
railroad, having charge of freight and
passenger business Of the road for
Southern California.
The Southern Pacific put on two
special freight trains yesterday to the
east. ~
q. H. Clark, general agent OF the Dem
yer and Rio Grande western railroad,
with headquarters at San Francisco, is
in the city.
Hon. J. +. Crank yesterday stated to
. HERALD reporter that the work of re-
organizing the cable road com pany was
progressing very satisfactorily. Mr..
Crank will leave for Chicago very anon