Los Angeles herald., 1891-11-09
THE RAILROADS.
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Progress of the San Francisco
Traffic Association.
Merchants Eager to Join in Its
Benefits.
A Batch Of Interesting Gossip and
Notes.
Henry willard Due Here soon-The Re-
dondo Branch OF the Southern
Pacific Rai1road-west
Redlands.

San Francisco is meeting with great
success. President Stetson said to a
Chronicle reporter ON Friday regarding
the canvass made among the merchants:
ave did not have single refusal.
Nearly all the merchants seemed eager
to place their names on the book. l
went to three of the heaviest shippers
in the city, one after the other, and each
signed without word as to the expenses
of the concern. Each said he was glad
that the movement had been started,
declaring that the association was badly
needed. A letter was sent to me this
morning by one of the leading mer-
chants saying that he was pleased with
the way in which the organization of
the association had been effected, and
that he wanted the membership book
sent to him at once. Some lines of
trade have not yet been invited to enter
the association, but all will be before
long, as the work of canvassing for
names will be steadily pushed.
NOTES.
Henry Willard is due here in day or
two.
The Cotton correspondent of the San
Bernardino Times-Index says: "R. R.
Mcleod, the Southern Pacific engineer
who spent several weeks last summer
on the job of surveying the road between
the Southern Pacific line and Redlands,
is here again. He says the work of
building will begin Immediately. The
contract has been let and he is here to
camp on the line and oversee the work
for the company. The junction will be
made at Nahant switch, about a mile
east of Mound City. They expect
trains to be running within two months.
The right of way has been purchased,
and the contractor is already engaged in
getting his material on the ground. 1t
will now be in the power of the conf
pany to divert from us much of our i'm
portance as railroad center, and it be-
hooves the authorities of our town to
consider the situation before subjecting
the company to any more petty annoy
ances."
The contract for the grading of the
Southern Pacific extension from it's
main line between Nahant and Brook
side to Redlands has been awarded to
Bright & Crandall, OF San Bernardino,
who will begin work next week, and it
will require but short time to COM
plete the grading and track laying. In
side of thirty days we may expect to see
the Southern Pacific running cars into
our city. The contract for the grading
covers only that portion of the work
west from Redlande. The contract for
theextension to Grafton will be awarded
later, probably by the time work on the
present contract is completed Red
lands Citrograph.
While Roadmaster Mulvihill, of the
Southern Pacific, was taking boat ride
on Salton lake last week couple OF
Mexican section hands went to the
warehouse on shore and commenced
fooling with shotgun. They didn't
know it was loaded, and one of them
got his face full of shot. Mr.. Mulvihill
took him to the Los Angeles hospital
for treatment.
A. N. Towne and Timothy Hopkins
were in Beaumont Sunday, on their re-
turn from the east. Mr.. Towne is in
terested in Beaumont, being the owner
of eighteen acres of land here. While
here he ordered new switch to put in
the Beaumont yard.
Grant Brothers, the railroad contract
ors who are now building line of road
at Yuma, will put their entire force on
the branch between Nahant and Grafton
as soon as they have completed their
present contract, which will be some
time in December. Beaumont Senti-
mel.
In regard to the petition recently for
warded to the Southern Pacific officials
asking that the name of Mound City be
changed to West Redlands and that the
| junction be named Redlands junction,
the company has agreed to name the
junction as desired, but will not consent
to change the name of Mound City, there
being reasons why the change is not
practicable. However, the offer is made
to give Nahant any name the citizens of
this section may desire, and we again
| urge the railroad company to stick to
the name proposed by this paper year
| or more ago, West Redlands. Wewould
also suggest that all that section hereto
| fore known by the double name of Mis-
sion and Old San Bernardino be included
in the section to be designated West
Redlands. That territory is naturally
tributary to Redlands, and the name
suggested will give it distinctive loca-
ton besides the reputation OF Redlands
will prove beneficial to the territory in
question, and closer union of interests
will be established with this city, Red
lands Citrograph.