Los Angeles herald., 1891-07-14
THE RAILROADS.
Williamson Dunn Leaves the
California Road.
The Belt Road Likely to Reach
Santa Monica.
The PicO-street Line Likely to be
Built to the Beach.
Williamson Dunn Takes Position With
the Denver and Rio Grande.
Excursionists Arrive.
Notes.

One of the most amiable, and at the
same time able railroad men in Southern
California is Williamson Dunn, who for
many years has held the position Of gen.
eral agent in this city for the Southern
California railroad. He has been most
successful, 80 much so that he has re-
ceived several most tempting offers from
other roads. These he has uniformly
declined, but the Denver and Rio Grande
made him such very tempting propo-
sition, that he accepted it and resigned
his position with the the Southern Cal
ifornia. General Freight and Passenger
Agent Hynes OF the latter company yes
terday issued circular accepting the
resignation, and abolishing the Office.
The duties which Mr.. Dunn attended to
will hereafter be done under the juris-
diction of Mr.. Ed. 7. Chambers, the
First-street depot ticket agent.
ON TO SANTA MONICA.
The Belt electric road company on
Saturday completed their negotiations
with the Vernon people and in consider
alton of $4,000 subsidy, agreed to at
once change the Vernon road from horse
to electric power. The road itself was
consolidated with the Belt line some
weeks ago, but the company could not
see it's way clear to electrizing it, as the
business from it hardly warranted that
expense, but the 200 subsidy has set
tied the matter.
Belt company officials were yesterday
in consultation with some of the direc-
tors of the Santa Monica railway and
Terminal company, whose plan to build
to Santa Monica from either this city or
Inglewood was exclusively announced in
Sundays HERALD. One of the Electric
road officials told HERALD reporter
that his company looked very favora bly,
on the project of the Santa Monica road
building from their terminal of the Pico
street electric road, and of operating
the whole line by electricity. This
would be the shortest possible line to
the beach, would have easy grades and
in fact would capture the bulk of the
passenger business.
FROM THE EAST.
The following excursionists arrived
yesterday via the Santa Fe:
Professor Wendell Skeil, Cincinnati,
o.; A. D. Webb, Jefferson City, Mo.
Charles w. Young, Mr.. and Mrs. Abram
Yeager, Indianapolis, Ind; Christina
Cochin, Chicago, ILL.,; Mrs. L. M.
Thompson, Valparaiso, Chile; Mr.. and
Mrs. A. L. Cadd, San Bernardino, Cal.
Mrs. Martha Davis, St. Paul, MINI.
Henry Howe, Mr.. and Mrs. Edison
Howe, Edgewood, ILL.,; Mr.. and Mrs
Scott Bethurum, Higginsville, Mo.
Fanny L. Skein, Kansas City, Mo.
Frank Longstreet, New York city, N.
Y; Robert S. Tail, New York city, N.
Y; G. W. Parker, Chicago, III.
NOTES.
Richard Gird is building spur track
of'the Chino Valley railroad from the
sugar factory to a point on the east side
of Central avenue and short distance
south of the factory, where he will build
cattle sheds and yards having a capacity
of 1000 head of cattle. This road will
be used to transport beet pulp from the
sugar factory to the sheds, where cattle
will be stall-fed and fattened for market.
The possibilities of this branch of enter
prise are greater than might at first be
imagined. Mr.. Gird has some 5000
head of cattle on the ranch and sup
plies markets all over Southern Califor-
MIA with beef. With the added facilities
of stall feeding on beet pulp he will be
enabled to furnish the very best of beef
to the public-a fact that will be gener-
ally ppreciated.-[Champion.
Railroad men at the Arcade depot
were amused yesterday at an article
headed Missed Husband, in the Times,
purporting to be an account of an Incl
dent at the Arcade depot. The story
was printed in the HERALD six weeks
ago, the day after the affair occurred.