Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-12
Terminal Surveyors at Work
at San Fernando.
That Roads Efforts for San
Pedro HarbOr.
The Matter Is Being Persistently
Urged in Washington.
The Terminals Annual Meeting to BE
Held Today = Santa Fe Pas
senger Rates - News
Notes.

fOrce OI surveyors campeQ ABOUT Blk
miles west Of San Fernando running sur.
veys from Burbank to Simi and Hue
meme. 1t is stated on good authority
that work is to commence as soon as the
surveys are completed. This will call
for some heavy work in the Santa Su-
sana mountains, with a tunnel about
half mile long.
This road will run through the finest
wheat-growing country Of Southern Cal
ifornia and would pay from the start, as
it would cut off all the shipments OF
cereals that are now hauled to San Fer
nando, amounting to over 1000 cars a
year, and would get the bulk OF the Simi
valley shipments that are now hauled
thirty miles to Hueneme and then by
steamer TO San Pedro.
MEETING OF TERMINAL MAGNATEs.
B. F. Hobart, president of the Ter
minal Railroad company E. G. Leonard
of Springfield, ILL.,, director in the
Denver and Rio Grande Western rail-
road Daniel Catlin OF st. Louis; Alva
Mansur OF st. Louis, all large holders in
the Terminal road, arrived here on
Thursday. They visited San Pedro on
that day and made a thorough inspec-
ton of the harbor on one OF the Ban
ming tugs. Mr.. r. G. Kerens will be
here later.
The annual meeting of the road will
be held today.
Col. George B. Leighton and Mr.. G. E.
Leighton are already here.
SAN PEDRO TN wAsJJrNnTON
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat of
March 4th contains the following special
dispatch from Washington:
A matter in which St. Louis capital
to the amount of 81 800, 900 is much in
terested is pending before the river and
harbor committee. The last congress
provided board of engineers to seek
the best location for deep.water har-
Dor on the Southern California coast
This commission recently made an elab.
. crate report in favor of San Pedro har-
Dor, twenty-five miles from Los Angeles.
The California senators and Representa-
tive Bowers appeared before the commit
tee today and offered the draft of an
amendment to the river and harbor bill
providing $500, 900 for the beginning of
the work. Ex-Governor Sheldon of
New Mexico. is here representing the
Los Angeles chamber Of commerce in
this proposed legislation.
He is the bearer OF memorial to
congress from that commercial body
showing that over twenty years ago San
as the most valuable location for deep
water harbor. AT that time an appro-
priation of 100000 was made. The
result of the work done has been to
increase the depth OF water on the bar
from eighteen inches to over fourteen
feet. A terminal railroad has been built
from Los Angeles to San Pedro harbor,
and wharves are being constructed in
anticipation that this will become a
great shipping point. About fifty St.
Louis capitalists are interested in this
terminal railway. Thew have already
invested $500, 900, and consider their
venture gilt-edged. San Pedro is the
shortest route for all the southeast to
Australia and the Asistic countries.
There are 100 miles less rail by San
Pedro than by San Diego.
SANTA FE PASSENGER RATES.
Passenger Traffic Manager White of
the Santa Fe company is still trying
hard to get official warrant for making
an emigrant rate of $143O from Chicago
to California terminal points. The
transcontinental association could not
agree to sanction the move in spite of
Whites argument that the cutting done
by Chicago lines in paying as much as
500. 70 in commissions was demoralizing
business, and the traveller might better
have the benefit of the cut than solic-
itors who sold the tickets. The COM
missioners of the Western Traffic asso-
citation, to whom White appealed the
matter, could not agree either, and now
he has placed it before the board of con-
troll. AS the board will not meet until
next month the rate-cutting situation
in west-bound second class business is
likely to remain as it is until then. If
official authority for the reduction is
not given next month the Santa Fe is
likely to cut loose on its own hook.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC PAY SYSTEM.
Every railroad employee who has
heard of the plan is pleased to know
that President 9. P. Huntington Of the
Southern Pacific company is contem-
plating the institution of new method
of paying them, whereby they will get
their monthly wages within week or
ten days after the frat of each month,
instead of waiting until the twenty-fifth
of the month or later, as they always
have done heretofore. Mr.. Huntington
has given an intimation OF such change
in a recent letter to a railway official at
Fourth and Townsend streets. If the re-
port ia true, check for each employees
wages will be made out at Fourth and
Townsend streets as soon as the monthly
nav rolls are received from all over the
system and the necessary clerical work
done. These checks will be made out
for distribution to division superintend-
ents and agents, and all employees will
receive their pay soon after the first of
tie month. This method is now in use
on the Pennsylvania system. It would
do away with the rather expensive pay
car. which rushes over the system every
month, stopping at every station and
along the road wherever an expectant
section hand is seen.
NOTES.
Carlton Crane of the Vanderbilt lines
went to San Diego yesterday to meet
the general passenger agents at Coron-
ado.
The Southern Pacific company will
commence regular passenger service to
Redlands on Monday over the fright
shaped track"
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