Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-06
THE RAILROADS.
The Terminal Nearly Ready
to Make a Proposition.
A Promised Result of Coal at
Six Dollars.
A Number of Interesting Railroad
News Notes.
The photographers to Confer Today with
the Southern Pacific San
Diego RumOrs-News
Notes.


A corporation has been formed re-
Gently of the same men who are inter-
ested in the Terminal road, for the pur-
pose of developing the Utah coal mines.
This is a significant straw. The railway
company will want the people to assist
in the extension OF the line; if the result
will be coal at Sc a ton, Los Angeles
could afford to build the line and then
make present of it to the company.
CONFERENCE WITH THE TELEGRAPHERs.
A conference between representatives
of the Order OF Railway Telegraphers
and officials of the Southern Pacific
company has been arranged to take
place at Fourth and Townsend streets
on Tuesday, says the San Francisco Call,
and at that time an attempt will be
made to adjust the pending difficulties.
The organization is not very strong
one on this coast, being less than two
months old. The telegraph people
claim that the company is trying to
wipe the order out of existence by dis
charging several of the promoters.
They go so far as to affirm that all
Southern Pacific division superintend-
ents have been instructed to dispense
with the services OF organized operators
wherever they may be found. Assistant
General Superintendent Pratt, who has
charge of this branch of the service, de-
MES that there is any intention on the
part of the company to interfere with
the telegraphers as an organization.
1T is true" said he, in speaking of
the matter yesterday, "that we have re-
Gently discharged several operators.
But they were not discharged for be-
longing to any union. In fact never
heard OF such an order until read OF it
in the papers recently. If Mr.. Thurs
ton has been informed of our intention
to prevent the organization from getting
a foothold on this coast, as he states,
why, then, his information is incorrect"
THE PENINsULAR ROAD.
Information has been received to the
effect that the surveyors of the Peninsu-
lar railway ran line from Tia Juana to
the head of the bay, last week. 1t is
said to be the intention OF the company
to build the connecting spur from the
Coronado track to the National City and
Otay, which will be replaced by heavier
rails, and by this means the line will
soon be completed to the Mexican bor-
der. Work on the line north from San
Quintin is progressing rapidly, and the
Carlos Pacheco on her last trip took
down lot of supplies for the workm en-,
also ten wagons, ten sets of harness and
a lot OF scrapers, all consigned to Con-
tractor Graham. This outfit, in con-
nection with what has gone before, will
enable Mr.. Graham to work large
force OF en.-[San Diego Union. s.:==ss-s.
= RAs 1T LOOKS ON PAPER. -: -.
The railroad survey recently made for
the line from Temecula to Vista is found
to be great improvement over any OF
the previous surveys, being at least three
miles shorter and having no very heavy
grades. At the point where the old line
goes into the Temecula canon the pro-
posed short line will cross the cafion on
trestle and bridge seventy feet above
the stream. The road will be all built
on high ground, far from danger of
washouts, and will be an improvement
in every way over the old line.-[San
Diego Union.
The new time table of the Redondo
road went into effect on the Redondo
line yesterday. The trains do not run
quite so often but very conveniently for
persons going either way. The new
route has been completed and trains
went over for the first time Sunday.
BIDS OPENED TODAY.
In few days the railroad builders
will take possession of Santa Monica,
and the extension of the Southern Pa
cific road at that place will be COM
menced.
This morning the bids of the con-
tractors, who have offered to do the
work, will be opened at the San Fran
cisco offices OF the company, and the
award will be made. 1t will be but
matter of few days then, before the
city by the sea will be a busy place.
NOTES.
Washouts on the Santa Fe have delayed
freight. The washouts are in New
Mexico.
w. H. Euydmr has been appointed
contracting freight agent of the Union
Pacific, vice A. 2. Massey, resigned.
The railroad commissioners have de-
cided to visit Latrobe on sthe 18th inst.
to investigate the Miller and Bryant
case.
The California Press association left
yesterday for Shasta. The party will
travel on special train north of Red
ding.
The electric road yesterday put in the
wires and connections with the cable
company's tracks at Fourth street and
Broadway.
Boston annexed to Los Angeles by a
continuous rail and through line of tour