Los Angeles herald., 1892-04-30
ABOUT THE RAILROADS,
The Union Pacific Extension
From Milford.
A Statement That the Line Is Now
Being Built.
The Mount Wilson Road-The Tunnel
Work On the Coast Line-Improve-
ments at Santa Aua-The Ter
minaPs Worlds Fair Car.

Mark Hllllard, surveyor of Ogden
U. T., arrived in the city Yesterday to
join the California Midland survey.
The third party of engineers start south
today under w. II. Kennedy, who comes
to California from the Union Pacific.
The Midland people evidently mean bus.
iness, as Mr.. Hilliard came in answer
to telegram stating that the surveys
would proceed at once. That the Union
Pacific is heading for San Francisco in a
cautious but determined manner has
been the opinion of many we'll informed
railroad men for some time. The infor-
nation which Mr.. Hilliard reluctantly
gave Chronicle reporter has tendency
to confirm this theory.
''Yes, the survey from Milford. U. T.,
to Los Angeles is complete and has been
for some time" said he. ''In fact $50
miles of roadbed from Milford west are
ready for track work. Work from Mill
ford out is progressing slowly, but the
faces of the workmen are toward Los
Angeles. Whatever the intentions of
the Union Pacific people are otherwise,
it is apparent that they mean to get into
Phoebe, New, as soon as possible. Since
the mining men of that place agreed to
ship $50 tons of silver ore daily if the
road would build up to that camp there
has been noticeable waking up in the
Union Pacific. This proposition was
made less than two months ago, and
work has already been begun where it
was left off when Gould gained posses
sion OF the system. the main line passes
fifteen miles south of Phoebe and runs so
directly into Los Angeles that it should
be termed short line"
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the Midland was not a Union Pacific
project, Mr.. Hilliard said it did look
that way. Virgil Bogue, the old chief
engineer OF that road, is in Omaha at
present, and Omaha is noted for nothing
if not as Union Pacific headquarters.
His mel are nearly all old linemen who
served under him while he was with the
overland company. 1t is we'll known
that the Los Angeles Terminal railway
is owned and controlled by Gould and
his associates. Its directory is made up
of Union Pacific stockholders, and even
its rolling-stock bears a striking SINH
larity to that used on the Union Pacific
road.
The Milford extension will join the
Terminal from the east and the Midland
from the north, and there is the Union
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THE MOUNT WILSON ROAD.
The number of tents which whiten the
crest Of the hill above the mouth OF Ru
BIO cafion continues to increase, showing
that work On Professor loves Pasadena
and Mount Wilson railway is being
pushed ahead, says the Pasadena Star
q hoe ahn,1t ty.ro annanoH N
grading, etc., on that section and others
are stalking out the line higher up.
The party of Chicago capitalists who
returned this afternoon from trip over
the proposed line expressed themselves
as convinced of the entire practicability
of Professor loves scheme, and gave it
as their opinion that it is projected on a
careful calculation OF its success as
strong business investment. The party
was composed of Professor Lowe, who
piloted the gentlemen Hon.A H. Sellers
and Frank Logan, capitalists, of Chicago;
J. M. Studebaker OF the Studebaker
Manufacturing company: Andrew Nc
Nally of the Chicago firm Of Rand, Nc
Nally & Co., and Calvin w. Brown, vice.
president of the Pasadena National
bank.
The contract for the cable for the first
section of the road and for the other
iron work has been signed by the Baker
iron works of Los Angeles, and that de-
partment of the construction will have
Thorough attention.
TUNNEL WORK NOT COMMENCED.
Notwithstanding all the signs, ru-
mora, reports and solemn asseverations,
the big force has not yet appeared to
attack the tunnel work, says the San
Luis Ob'spo Tribune. Mr.. Vandercock
returned last night from the ground,
having completed his second lateral
road to the tunnel line, and commenced
the third, which takes him to the
mouth OF tunnel No. 6, from
which the water will take
westerly course. This grade will be
from two to two and half miles long
There came with him Col. James Sco-
bic, who has grown rich and famous in
the service of the Southern Pacific, and
for the last nineteen years has had
charge of all the great stone construc-
tions of the company. 1t was he who
did all the work OF that kind on the
northern branch to Portland. He has
just returned from Scotland, and it is
understood that the Southern Pacific
has been awaiting his arrival to take
charge OF the work. He has spent sew
eral days in examining the ground and
continues his work in that direction to-
day. We understand that he expects to
undertake active operations at once.
AT SANTA ANA.
Still further Improvements are going
on around the Santa Fe depot and New
port line grounds. Work commenced
today on transfer switch, which will
run close to the west side of the Santa
Fe freight depot, in order to facilitate
the transferring of freight from the
Newport line to cars on the Santa Fe.
A wagon switch will be built also on the
west side for town freight.
1t has been rumored that it had been
settled that the entire Newport lumber
yard would be moved to the lumber
yard at Santa Ana, but when President
McFadden was questioned this morning
he said that no definite arrangements
had been made as yet. Three new
switches will be run into the lumber
yard in it's new location here if it is
moved.
The freight yard around the Santa Fe
is increasing in size SO rapidly and the
amount of lumber and freight handled
is so large that switch engine may be
needed in the near future in their yard
here.-[Blade.
TERMINAL OBSERVATION CAR.