Los Angeles herald., 1892-01-15
THE RAILROADS.
A Race of Roads Towards
the Pacific.
What Chicago Paper Says of
the Matter.
The Chicago and Northwestern Stir
ring Things Up.
Move That May Make the Santa Fe
Build to 5an Francisco-Ex-
cursionists-News
Notes.

morning prints an article to the effect
that the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad will in the spring commence
its long-cherished project Of an extern
sion toward the Pacific which, stopping
temporarily at Ogden, will ultimately
reach the coast. 1t owns the Elkhorn
and Missouri Valley road, which runs
from the Missouri valley to Fort Casper,
Wyoming. about $50 miles.
The new extension is to be from Fort
Casper toward Ogden, about 400 miles.
The road will open up oil and coal fields
which are said to be largely controlled
by the Vanderbilts and the Standard
Oil people. The Times asserts the
Northwestern people have been gather
ing material along its western end for
some time preparatory to pushing this
line. The cause of the immediate ag-
.gressive movement is the receipt of
what is considered reliable information
that the Gould party has taken up the
old scheme of Charles Francis Adams
for the extension of the Union Pacific
from its present terminus in Utah across
Nevada and California to San Francisco.
The Times asserts that the Union Pacific
also contemplates breaking its alliance
with the Northwestern and joining
forces with the Rock Island, in which
Gould has secured a heavy interest.
These various considerations, says the
Times, have forced the Vanderbilt in.
terests to become aggressive in self de-
a Of h tar
are to be pushed with all possible speed
to an Ogden connection with the South
ern Pacific. The new line will develop
one of the finest spots in the west and
it will he a struggle of Vanderbilt
against Gould and the Standard Oil
company. The Times also thinks the
changed conditions of the Rock Island
Union Pacific alliance and Northwestern
Southern Pacific com mbinations will force
the Atchison to extend its lines into
Northern California and San Francisco.
MORE ExcURsIoNIsrs.
On Wednesday night the following
named arrived, forming Santa Fe
route excursion party:
R. HI. Fletcher, Nova Scotia; w. H.
Burrill, Willard Brand, L. T. Smith,
p. Holian, J. NJ. Whittier, Boston,
Mass. J. Connor, Providence, r l.;
r. E. Jones, w. X. Garmo and wife,
Boston, Mass. B. E. Sanborn and wife,
j. B. Sanborn, D. w. Sanborn. Haver-
hill, Mass. Mrs. j. Clifford, St. Albans,
VT; III. H. Rice and wife, Ms. Belcher,
Pennington. Me- D. Henckley, Boston,
Mass. R. E. Braun and wife, Newbury-
port, Mass. j. Swesey, Chicago, Ill. !;
George d. Hayes, Philadelphia, Pa.
Kate A. Marshall. Mary M Marshall,
Boston, Mass. j. Read and wife, Chi
cago, Ill. Mrs. M. Killmer, Syracuse,
N. Y; Mrs. II. M. Wheeler, G. Emer-
ick, Chicago, ILL.,; Thos. Cooler, John
Goellero. Sioux City, Iowa; Mrs. Ii.
Cretts, Mrs. o. G. Smith, Kansas City,
Mo. /; M. Hosteller, Des Mones, Iowa ;
W. S. Bernard, Topeka, Kan. Mrs. G.
McEldowney Monett, Mo-. j. w. Daily
and wife, Jacksonville, ILL.,; George
Kriechelt, St. Louis. Mo-; Maria Potter
and sister, Fredonia, ILL.,; Samuel
Hiestand, st. Louis, Mo-, and d. De
Witt and wife: Trinidad, Col.
NOTES.
The Electric road is fast building it's
East Los Angeles line.
By an error of the types, the word
Redondo was in Yesterdays paper used
in place OF Redands. in reference to the
approaching opening of the Redlands
branch OF the Southern Pacific system.
Superintendent Fillmore and the
other officials who accompanied Vice
President Crocker of the Southern Pacific
company to Ell Paso, a few days ago, re-
turned yesterday and went to Santa
Barbara.