Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-18

We learn, says the Riverside Press,
that the Santa Fe company has made
reduction of freight rates on grain
from all points of the Perris and San
Jacinto valleys to tide water at San Di-
ego, Newport and Redondo, of two and
one half cents per hundred pounds. AS
this concession was made on the part OF
the company without solicitation on the
part of the farmers of the above valleys,
it shows that the company is imbued
with spirit of live and let live. This
reduction means fifty cents on the ton,
ten dollars per carload, which, when the
grain crop of the section benefited is
considered, amounts to a snug saving to
the man that has grain to sell. In these
days, when the grasping of railroad
companies is matter of considerable
notoriety, the action of the Santa Fe is
worth more than passing notice.
NOTES.
Vice President George Peabody OF the
Rio Grande Western, who is now in
this city, was interviewed on Tuesday
in San Francisco, and denied that his
road intended to build to this coast.
He said that Marysvlle, Utah, was the
last place from which to build such
road. At present the little town was
not on any line of rail. The company
owned small narrow-gauge line run
ming from Thistle on the main line to
Manti, and would shortly extend this
line without change of gauge to Marys-
vile.
Marcus Pollasky, the promoter of the
+,;
valley line, is on his way to San Fran
cisco. His plans in the east are said to
have been successful. Immediately on
his arrival he will set about the letting
of contracts. Engineers are at work on
the surveys now.
The Santa Fe intends building from
the Atlantic and Pacific to Phoenix.
The Calabasas. Tucson and Northern
road will meet the Santa Fe at the lat
ter point.
W. j. Mcdonald, contracting freight
agent of the Union Pacific at San Jose,
has been appointed to a similar position
with the Chicago, Milwaukee and st.
Paul. His headquarters will be Los An
geles.
Assistant Passenger Agent H. r. Gre
CORY of the Santa Fe took trip to San
Bernardino yesterday.
The Santa Fe is hauling an average of
fifty cars of potatoes day. They travel
as fast freight in fruit refrigerator cars.
The Santa .Fe has issued orders to
agents that a summer convention of
teachers will be held at or near Pacific
Beach, San Diego, commencing June
22d, and continuing four weeks. A fare
and one-third, round trip, is allowed.
Tickets will be issued upon the teachers
presenting their certificates to any of
the ticket agents OF the road.
1t will probably be some time before
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe will
put on its proposed dining-car service.
The new cars are backed up at Fort
Madison, Iowa. The Pullman company
claims that they infringe upon their
patent, and it is said have enjoined the
Santa Fe from utilizing them. Fred
Harvey is in the background, and after
the Pullmans get through fighting the
road he will step in and object to the in
auguration of the service, on the ground
that his franchise tor running the Atchi-
son, Topeka and Santa Fe dining sta
tions is in force and has yet four years
to run.
Track-laying began yesterday morn
ing on the Los Angeles Terminal railway
at the Mission-street crossing of the
Southern Pacific running south. An
immense quantity OF heavy steel rails
have arrived.
The Santa Fe will soon commence the
construction OF spur to the Iemescal
tin mines.
The Santa Fe is shipping cattle from
San Diego county ranges to Chicago at
the rate of fifteen cars a week.
Travel to Bear valley by campers and
tourists is increasing.
The Examiner OF San Francisco states
that on Monday Mr.. Huntington pur-
chased in Scranton, Pa, 900 tons of
steel rails at $50 ton. He says they
will be worth $40 in the fall.
The Long Beach and Alamitos Bay
railway filed its preliminary papers in
incorporation with the county clerk yes
terday. The road is to be of standard
gauge, three miles in length and will
run from the city of Long Beach to Ala
mitos bay. The directors are E. Bouton,
T. B. Burnett, James Campbell, A. w.
Barrett, S. O. Houghton, E. P. johnson
and H. l.. Bissell. The capital stock is
placed at 100000, divided into 1000
shares of $100 each, and of this sum
$4,000 have been subscribed.