Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-05

Director Stillman of the Southern Pa
cific has the distinction of having made
the record for fast railroad time in
| Southern California. He travels in q
special train OF three cars, and on Fri
day left Redlands for this city. The
special was in charge OF Chief Train Dis
patcher Col. Bob Hamilton, and, under
his direction, made remarkable run,
considering the fact that a por-
ton of the track was new road
which has been operated for only
few weeks. The total running
time between the depot at Redlands
and the Arcade depot in this city was
eighty-three minutes. This included
five full stops, one at Redlands junction,
one at Cotton, one at Pomona, one at
Ramona, one at the Terminal roads
crossing and one at the Mission cross
ing. At a low estimate these five stops
took up eight minutes, which would
make the actual running time for the
seventy miles, seventy.five minutes.
The locomotive used was one OF the reg
ular eight-wheeled passenger locomo-
tives of the Southern Pacific company.
That this time can be made regularly
there is no question, owing to the
splendid roadbed of the Southern Pa.
cific, and the strict discipline which
prevails on the division of that system
in this part eff the state. 1t is indica-
tive OF what the company can do if it
wants to, and what the travelling public
would like to see made a feature of all
its local trains. At present the South
ern Pacific holds the speed record.
HUNTINGToN's CLOSE CALL.
President Huntington was born lucky
which verifes an old proverb, for he
was also born poor. He always travels
in special train and at slow rate OF
speed, and is always eidetracked at dark,
and does not proceed again until day
light. This is not because he is nervous,
for he is not, though he is certainly
nervy, but is because of Mrs. Hunting
toms timidity. However he does not
need to take 80 many precautions for
there evidently is sweet little cherub
who sits up aloft on the smokestack of
his locomotive and looks out for him.
He left here on Sunday for the north,
and yesterday he reached the Tehachapi
country. His train dashed through one
tunnel after another, and at last en-
tered the gloom of tunnel II. The train
had barely disappeared in the tunnel
when tremendous landslide occurred
at the entrance which it had just passed,
thousands of tons of rocks and earth
falling down the mountain side,
burying the track and mouth of the
tunnel. The entire traffic of north and
south bound trains was suspended for
about twelve hours, but Mr.. Hunting
ton suffered no delay. He had missed
the landslide by few moments and
bowled along merrily while the regular
trains were all sidetracked on account of
that very same slide. There are num-
Der of proverbs about luck, and the
kind of people it favors, but none of
them seem applicable to Mr.. Hunt
ington.
II. E. Huntington passed through
here last night on his way to San Fran
cisco, where he will be prominent fg-
ure at Fourth and Townsend streets.
He is nephew of President Hunting
ton, and is also lucky.
S. B. HYNEs' RETURN.
s. E. Hynes, general passenger and
freight agent of the Southern California
railroad, returned on Saturday from the
meeting of the freight committees OF
the Transcontinental association at Coro-
nado. 1t was learned that at the meeting
no raises of rates were proposed, but
number of reductions were spoken of.
The matter of reduction OF rates on
beans and California fruits was largely
discussed, and was referred to the gen
eral meeting of the association to be
held in Chicago on the 10Th instant.
Mr.. Hynes and Mr.. Semore recon-
mended that permanent reductions be
made on both articles.
The committees considered 439 differ
ent propositions, and left no unfinished
business.