Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-20
THE RAILROADS.
RIGHTS OF WAY ON THE SOUTH
ERN PACIFIC COAST LINE.
Points Where Condemnation Suits Will
Have to Be Brought to Settle the Mat
ter-Notes.

The situation OF the right of way for
the Southern Pacific company through
Santa Barbara county is about as fol-
lows, says the Santa Barbara Press A
right of way has been obtained from Ell
wood to the San Luis Obispo county
line, with the following exceptions:
Through the property of DIR. j. l..
Ord in Casmalia caflon, distance OF
two and half miles. DIR. Ord is will
ing to sign deed, but his daughter
holds contingent interest in the land,
and she will do nothing.
B. Hazard, FL Captain ranch. Mr..
Hazard has signed contract with GER
tain conditions, which the railroad COM
pany has declined to accept.
Bruno Ariella, part of Ell Captain
ranch. Through this land the railroad
company has the right of way, but they
now demand depot site.
Besides these cases there are four
pieces of property where friendly con-
demnation suits must be brought in or
der to dispose of interests of decedent's
estates, or minor heirs, as follows: Es-
tate of A. Tagazzoni. Guadalupe; es-
tate of McReynolds, Lompoc; Guthrie
minors, Guadalupe, and the interest of
minor heirs of the late Colonel Hollis
ter in Santa Anita ranch.
All these condemnation suits will be
brought as soon as the railroad company
furnishes the committee with the exact
location through each tract of land, and
this information is expected daily.
Wright & Day have now nearly COM
pleted the abstracts of title for the en-
tire route. and the contracts already OBJ
tained'are in the hands of Judge r. B.
Banfeld, the railroads attorney.
cAPITALIsMc ExcURsroMsTs.
What is called San investors excur-
sion" arrived on Monday at San Ber-
nardino from the east. They were in
charge of Mr.. Charles w. Greene, the
financial agent of the Bear Valley I'M
provement company, and are now In
specting the region in which that con-
cern is interested. The party will spend
pass Saturday at San Diego, spend
Tuesday in this city. The members are
as follows:
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Montgomery,
Taunton, Mass. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Kimberly, New Haven, Conn. Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Graham, West Haven,
Conn. Mrs. M. Hines, Brooklyn, N. Y;
Mrs. M. Ii. Gibson, New York city; Mr..
o. w. Powers, London, England DR..
Paul @. Skiff, New Haven, Conn. DIE.
A. Gaylord, New Haven, Conn; Mr..
Warren G. Greene, Providence, r. l.;
Mr. John L. Getman, ,Gloversville, Wy;
Mr.. Selah A. Hull, Meriden, Conn. Mr..
Walter A. Main, West Haven, Conn;
Mr.. Charles w. Greene, Murray Hill
hotel, New York city; Mr.. Charles T.
Barber, Southbridge, Mass.
NOTES.
Assessments on the San Gabriel Valley
Rapid Transit company's stock are be-
ing rapidly paid.
The boycott OF the Chicago and Alton
is an admitted failure, says the San
Francisco Chronicle. The company has
had no difficulty in sending its passen-
gers east. The Chicago and Grand
Trunk and the Nickel Plate afford all
the necessary egress from Chicago, and
the st. Louis and Kansas City, Ohio and
Mississippi and the Baltimore and Ohio
do equally we'll by the road out of st.
Louis. A very Important aid to the
company has been the working of the
ticket brokers, who are very numerous,
both in Chicago and st. Louis, and have
left nothing undone to push the sale of
the tickets of the road.
Before the winter it is planned to
raise the Southern Pacific track east of
Yuma, so there will be no further dam
ger from floods. During the past winter
over twenty-five miles of track east and
west of Yuma were badly washed. En-
gineer Hood has completed preliminary
surveys, which, if carried out, will raise
the road-bed east of the town consider
ably above its present height. The
bridges at Los Angeles, which have
been temporarily repaired, will be re-
placed with substantial structures.
At the recent meeting in Chicago an
innocent appearing resolution was
adopted which may result in cyclone
among Pacific coast agents. 1t was sub
mitted at Jay Gould's dictation and in
dorsed the long-talked-of ''joint-agency'
project, contemplating combination at
western points, such as San Francisco,
OF all West Missouri railway lines. 1t
is expected that more will be heard of
this before long.
General Passenger Agent E. L. Lomax,
General Agent D. w. Hitchcock and V.
A. Schilling, of the Union Pacific, are
touring Southern California in the COM
pany's interest.
JIG. Stubbs and G. F. Smurr, of the
Southern Pacific, are inspecting the
coast division, which has recently been
brought more directly under their super
vision through its being merged into the
general system.
The Southern California road will run
excursion trains from all points west of
San Bernardino and Riverside and north
of Santa Ana, to Redondo on Sunday.
The rate will be one fare for the round
trip. The K. of P. band of Riverside
will give two concerts.
A carload OF coal was forwarded yes
terday for the locomotives of the nickel
plate route, the Hollywood and Ca
huenga road, which will be soon op-
Grated.