The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-03-10
ALONG THE RAIL.
Another TranscOntinental Line
in Dim Futurity.
Passenger Rate Investigation-Cl Clearance Of
the Landslide at Tehechapi-Rep
Made Only Temporary.

Reticence is a supposed characteristic Of
men who buy and sell railroads. To such
| an extent has this most admirable quality
been cultivated BIZ those who handle tn e
throttle-valves Of great transportation
companies that a spirit of secretiyeness
seems to be transmitted to employees In all
| departments of the service. Angus a.
| Grant, President and General Manager OF
the Moraga Land Association, whose name
| has been mentioned in connection with sew
| eral railroad schemes during the year, is the
| latest person raised from the people by kind
Providence and thoroughly imbued with the
noble desire to give San Francisco another
| transcOntinental railroad.
Mr. Grant does not care who charges him
with this motive, and he prefers to stand
alone in his glory, scorning the assistance
of the great Atchison system, and refusing
| TO have his name mentioned as an agent of
| that corporation.
| When the little California and Nevada
was sold several months since considerable
| speculation was INDUCED in as TO who the
purchasers were. Smith, the principal
| owner, would not tell, and said so TO IL
who sought information.
| MI Grant sent for reporter on Saturday,
told him the story of the purchase, and out
lined his future policy, taking great care to
impress upon him the fact that the Atchi-
son had nothing whatever to do with the
| trade.
The road will now be extended to Bodie,
where a junction will be had with the Colo
| RADIO Midland "a part of the Atchtson sys-
tenn, where it reaches out" Asked whether
the road would be extended to Galveston,
| Mr. Grant said:
YES; a little east of Milford we will take
short cut to Gortez, then on to Alhuquer-
| que, and join the Santa Fe at WeatheIford.
| That will take US right into Galveston, and
| give San Francisco a direct line to that
| Southern port, from which she can empty
| her products into South America"
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS.
The Railroad Commissioners decided yes
| terday to meet in Pasadena on April 10th to
| hear the complaints and evidence in the
| complaint OF the city of Pasadena against
the Los Angeles Terminal Company and
| the Southern Railway Company joined as
! defendants. The answer OF the companies,
through their attorneys, denies that the
rates were raised on account Of cOmpetI-
| ton.
The Southern Pacific Company notified
| the commission that the rate from Portland,
| Oregon, to Ell PaSO would hereafter be $50
| via Sacramento.
J. C. Sherer of Los Angeles, by letter,
| called the commissions attention 20 an al
legged increase of rates by the Los Angeles
| Terminal Company from 50 cents, the round
trip, to 40 cents As a rOund-trip ticket Is
| in the nature of c0mmutatlon the commits
sion filed the communication.
| In the complaint of William Ink, Com
| missioner Beckman said he was not ready
| to report yet, He had found some trltiing
differences in rates, bnt not enough to
| amount to anything.
Charles Cameron, General Manager OF
| the Great Northern Transit Company OF
| Ontario, arrived here yesterday.
| The second of a series OF Pennsylvania
excursions to the Pacific Slope is due to ar
| rive this evening.
MUCH WORK REMAINS,
| Messrs. Pratt, Wallace and Brown of the
| Southern Pacific returned yesterday from
the south. Though the line has been put
in share to allow the running OF trains.
much work yet remains to be done before
traffic can assume its normal condition !;
and the working force has been divided
into small parties and directed to points
| along the line, where repairs made under
| pressure were necessarily hasty and in
tended oEly for temporary service. The
landslide at TehJchapi was cleared yester-
day at II o'clock.
S. VI. Irwin, Master Car-builder of the
Missouri Pacific, who has been in the city
for the past week, has left for China accom-
panied by his family.
President Burgin and General Passenger
| Agent McGlynn of the San Francisco and
NUTth Pacific left for New \ ork on Sunday
evening on business connected with the
road.
President r. R. Cable of the Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific is at the Palace
accom- panied by party OF relatives anC
| friends