Los Angeles herald., 1892-07-16
THE RAILROADS.
PRESIDENT CLARK TALKS OF THE
UNION PACIFIC.
He Says the Road Will Not Be Ex-
tended to San Francisco.
News Notes.

| The San Francisco Chronicle of Friday
says: s. H. II. Clark, general manager
OF the Union Pacific railway and frs I
vice-president and general manager OF
the Missouri Pacific, arrived in this city
yesterday morning. He is here to con-
fer with the official of the Southern Pa.
cific company in regard to transferring
freight bound to the orient from the
Union Pacific line. Mr.. Clark is tall,
elderly man, with strictly business air
about him. He speaks with frankness
that impresses his hearers with the idea
that he says what he means. He said /:
IT am here to learn what the Central
Pacific people will do in regard to pro
rata on freight bound to China and
Japan. cannot say anything definite
as TO our having made an arrangement
with the Northern Pacific people. They
could handle our freight from Portland
in conjunction with tn cir new steamship
line to Tacoma"
Gas to the extension of the Union Pa
cific road from Salt Lake City to San
Francisco l can only say that there is no
plan to do so at present or in the near
that have been circulated. Two surveys
were made under the previous admins
tration, and were only for the purpose
of looking over the ground. Another
survey party has been sent to the Mis-
souri, Pacific within the past two weeks.
1t was sent by certain San Francisco
parties, and its work is to find route
by Honey lake and the Pitt river coun-
try in Northern California. These sur
veys do not mean anything very en-
couraging at present for those desiring a
competing transcontinental road"
NOTES.
The Transcontinental association has
made $55 rate from the Pacific coast
for the Knights Templar conclave, which
will begin at Denver on August 9th. A
$50 and $35 rate has been made from
Idaho and Montana. The tickets will be
good for thirty days, and will be on sale
August Sd. The excursion will leave
San Francisco August 4th. About 150
Knights will 60 from Central and North
ern California via the Rio Grande
Western. In this part of the state
the Los Angeles. San Diego and other
communicates will form party of their
own.
Over 1000 men are at work at present
on the extension of the Great Northern
to Puget sound, and it is expected that
it will be finished by January 1st. A
line of steamers will be put on to con-
meet with San Francisco. This will
make direct line from San Francisco to
Buffalo, via the great lakes. The Great
Northern will then be a rival of the
Southern Pacific company for New York
business
The Visalie Railroad company has
filed it's answer to R. @. Shively's COM
plant. All the companies in the state
have now answered except two or three
short northern lines.
Alexander Mackie, cashier of the At
lantic and Pacific company, arrived here
yesterday.
Assistant General Passenger Agent j.
M. Crawley of the Southern Pacific COM
pany will shortly put on sale round-trip
tickets from points north of Los Angeles
as far as Mojave to Santa Monica, San
Pedro, Long Beach and Wilmington !;
also to Ventura and Santa Barbara at a
rate of one and one-third. This will no
doubt assist all of these resorts, and at
the same time be strong inducement
for the towns between Mojave and Los
Angeles to enjoy the seaside oftener
than has been the case in the past.
The Santa Fe company has construct
ed sidewalk from the Santa Monica
depot to the beach.
Engineer Hawgood OF the Southern
Pacific company has forwarded to Santa
Monica 100000 worth of creosoted poles
for use on the wharf. The roadbed is
being ballasted and the fifty-pound rails
are being replaced with seventy-ive-
pound steel.