The record-union., 1892-06-13
RAILROAD EXTENSION.
New Lines of Travel Through the
San Joaquin Valley.
Double Railway Service to Fresno
Branch Lines Being Built by
the Southern Pacific.

A change in the passenger service of
the Southern Pacific through the San Joa-
quin Valley will be made on July 1st By
that time the cutoff of fifteen miles from
Coils on the Tracy branch to Fresno will
be completed and the Los Angeles ex-
press, both north and south-bound, or
trains Nos. IL and 18, respectively, will
make use of it and run via Tracy, Men
dota, Coils and Fresno, instead of via
Lathrop, Merced and Fresno, as at pres
ent. The latter route, however, will be
continued to be followed by the New Or
leans express, or trains Nos. 10 and 20.
By this change, together with the ad-
dition of a new local passenger train be-
tween Lathrop and Tulare, the passenger
service will be distributed over wider
area in the valley, doing nothing, how
ever, to decrease the service be-
tween Lathrop and Fresno. because the
new local train above mentioned will
take the place of the Los Angeles express
on that portion of the main line.
CHANGE OF TIME.
On the date already mentioned the Los
Angeles express will leave San Francisco
at $50 p. NJ, instead Of at 5 p. NJ, as at
present. AT Tracy it will connect with
train l04, leaving Sacramento at p. NJ.
Fresno will be reached at 1901 A. NJ. and
Mojave at 6:50 A. NJ. At the latter place
passengers will breakfast and connections
be made with the Atlantic and Pacific.
Saugus will be reached at 9:55 A. NJ, con-
meeting with train A. which arrives at
Santa Barbara at lilo p. NJ. Los Angeles
Will be reached at ll:30 A. NJ.
Train IS, or the Los Angeles express,
northbound, will leave Los Angeles at
P. NJ. and arrive at Saugus at 3:55 P. NJ,
where connection win be made with train
~, leaving Santa Barbara at 1890 p. NJ.
Mojave will be reached at 7:l0 P. NJ. in
time for supper and for connection with
the Atlantic and Pacific. At2A NJ. the
train will arrive at Fresno and reach
Tracy at $50 A. NJ, connecting at the lat
ter place with train 103 for Stockton,
Sacramento and eastern points via Ogden.
The train will arrive in San Francisco at
S:45 A. NJ, and at the Oakland pier con-
nection will be made with train SO for
Niles and San Jose.
Both north and southwark the Los
Angeles express will have dining-car
service between Oakland and Tracy. and
a sleeping-car service between San Fran
cisco and Fresno.
A NEW LOCAL SERVICE.
The new local passenger train between
Lathrop and Tulare will leave the former
place at P. NJ, connecting there with
L p.
and with train l04 leaving Sacramento at
p. NJ. 1t will arrive at Tulare at 2:l5 A.
NJ. Returning it will leave Tulare at A,
NJ, and arrive at Lathrop at ll:30 p. NJ
connecting at the latter place with train
50 for Stockton, Sacramento, Colfax, Oro-
vile and Red Bluff; also with train "a for
San francisco, which connects at Niles
with the train for Santa Cruz, San Jose
and Monterey, and arrive at San Fran
cisco at 4:45 p. NJ.
The Yosemite sleeping-car service is to
lie handled on train 80, leaving San Fran
cisco at P. NJ, Lathrop at P. NJ. and
Berenda at $50 A. NJ, arriving at Raw
mond al $50 A. NJ.
With the Inauguration of this new pas
senger service the Southern Pacific feel
that their system is firmly entrenched
and will have the mastery over all COM
petltorS IN that part of the valley north Of
FRESNO. Having a line from Sacramento
and Stockton to Lathrop, two lines from
Lathrop and Tracy into Oakland, a line
on the west side ofthe valley, one through
us center and one on the east side down
10 Merced, about the only thing left to do
is to build down from Merced TO Sanger,
thus completing the east-side branch.
SOUTH OF FRESNO.
In the valley south from Fresno thew
already have their main line, the east side
branch from Fresno to Poso, via Porter
vile, and the continuation of the Tracy
branch from Coils to Armona, and
thence. via Hanford, to Goshen over the
Goshen branch. AS supplementing this
lower valley system, Mr.. Huntington is
already building out from Bakersfield
distance of fifty miles in a westerly di-
rection to some bituminous rock beds,
and he has in contemplation a line from
Hanford, on the Goshen branch, south to
point on the main line west from
bakersfield, and at another point on the
latter branch line will be built ND to
Mendoza on the Tracy branch. In addi-
ton, it is contemplated to build from
Poso on the main line over to San Miguel
on the coast division and to continue the
Goshen branch from Alcalde up to Tres
Pinos or Carnadero, which are points on
branch line Of the coast division.