Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-18
Prognostications About the
s. P. From Riverside.
Why Is 1t Extending Its Line
to Grafton
The Southern Pacific's Redlands
Suits Settled.
A Pointer From y Riverside Paper-The
Southern Pacific Coast Line-A
Sunday Observance
Roads Pass.

The Riverside Phoenix in its last issue
does some shfewd railroad prognostica-
tion, as follows:
The news comes from Grafton that the
Southern Pacific people, having COM
pleted their line from Nahant to that
place, as originally designed, are build
ing right on in the direction of the Santa
Ana cafion. Nobody seems to know the
destination of the extending line of rail-
road, though it is surmised that it is
either Bear valley or around through the
Yucaipe valley into Banning. In either
case there is cause for congratulation
over the operations of the great railroad
company. If il is building into Bear
valley it will open the way to one of the
finest natural summer resorts in the
world; if it is bound for Banning,
through Yucaipe, it will open up one of
the richest sections OF country in South
e1n California. The time is ripe for both
the transcontinental roads that traverse
Southern California to send out feeders
into the interior valleys, and if the
Southern Pacific don't soon extend its
Chino line into South Riverside and
Riverside, we miss our guess.
REDLANDs RAILROADS.
THE suits brought by the Southern
Pacific company to secure a right OF
way over certain portions of the line be-
tween here and Grafton, on trial AZ San
Bernardino the past week, have all
been settled, says the Redlands Citro-
graph. :.
The question between the Santa Fe
and the Southern Pacific as to the
ownership of certain portions OF the
right of way has not been settled.
On Monday party of Southern Pa
cific officials came over the new line in
q special Grain. They were Vice Presi-
dent Crocker, Chief Engineer Hood,
General Superintendent Fillmore, Cen
eral Master Mecnanic Small and MIR.
Foster, auditor of the motor power and
machinery department; Mr.. Muir, as
sistant division suerintendent, and
Messrs. Wallace and Brown, depart
ment Of maintenance of way. Messrs.
Crocker and Hood were closeted with
Chief Engineer Tashiera for short
time. The matter of depot was dis
cussed, but no decision reached.
The tracklaying is completed to Orange
street, and the rails will be laid TO
Grafton as fast as possible. G. H. Eaton,
the agent, ia here and has his quarters
in coach. The road will probrbiy be
in operation during the coming week
Rediands will be made coupon station
with tickets on sale to all points. This
with the recent addition of coupon
tickets to the Santa Fe Office gives us
4 l. I tnr
San Bernardino in this line.
the belt line is completed and the
new timetable will go into effect Sun
day. There will be change of service,
but Just what it will be we are unable
way around the circle. Our town will
now have the best railway connection
with outside points, there being three
roads with good number of trains each.
THE SOUTHERN PAcIFIc's COAST LINE.
OF the Southern Paciic's coast line the
San Luis Obispo Tribune says:
The last report with reference to- the
contract again settles it that the work
has been actually let. This time we
learn that Mr.. Strowbridge, celebrated
all over the coast as the chief builder for
the Southern Pacific and Pacific I'm
provement companies, has been awarded
the contract. The conclusion is at once
jamped at that the Southern Pacific
company itself, proposes to build the
road, and that the numbers of men who
have been flying about here are either
badly sold or will simply be sub-con-
tractors. In any event, however, the
road will be built, and it is of small con-
sequence to our people who is to do the
work."
THANKs--WE PASS.
The Santa Ana-Newport Sunday OBJ
servance railway line has the heartfelt
thanks OF the Standard editor for pass
over their line for the next year, at all
times, Sunday excepted; so the pass
reads, says the Santa Ana Standard.
Gentlemen of the management, accept
our thanks. We appreciate your road
and your company. We appreciate
your management, your principles and
politics. The last time we went over
yonr road, when we were in hurry one
Sunday, we admired the excellent man
ner in which it was built. The ties were
well laid, the rails solidly fastened,
the culverts strong and the bridges SUBJ
stantial. We pronounced it absolutely
safe-for footman. Next summer, when
we expect TO travel over it again on
Sunday without incufring the risk of
being run over by trains, we hope to be
able 10 extend to you the same high
compliment that we do now. AS an in
spector of railway ties we are an un-
doubted success, and will be pleased in
the future, as we have been in the past,
to do justice to your Sunday observance
hne though we foot it over the track
every Sabbath.