Los Angeles herald., 1892-05-15
AMONG THE RAILROADS,
Southern Pacific Trainmen's
Demand.
They Want to Be Paid Only by
Mileage.
Aband onment OF tho Lower California .
Project-Rediands and the South
ern Pacific .Railroad's
Main Line.

A session OF railroad men was held on
Friday, says the San Francisco Chron-
icle, at Fourth and Townsend streets, to
discuss the grievances of the trainmen.
Nearly fifty officials were present, in
cluding A. N. Towne, J. d. Richardson,
Grand Master Clark of the order of con-
ductors, and Chief Wilkinson of the
order of trainmen. There were also
thirty-two members OF the grievance
committee present. The schedule pre-
pared by the railroad officials as An an
swer to the demands OF the trainmen was
read. The most important item in the
document was that touching the
subject of wage rates, a method whereby
the men desire to be paid mileage rate
only, that is, say cents mile for all
work done, and doing away with regular
salaries and additional pay for extra
work. The officials offered as an objec-
ton to this that it would prove entirely
unsystematic and would also cause
great inconvenience in keeping accounts.
There were many objections made to the
schedule by the officials of the brother
hood present, and soon it became ap.
parent that more conferring would be
finally settled. Another conference
will be held in few days. The end
looks as far off as ever, as every day
something new crops up to cause dis
cussion. The latest is the demand for
pay by trainmen for "deadheading"-a
that is, travelling to take charge of an
engine or train.
THE WORK ABANDONED.
fha
abandonment of the construction OF the
Lower California railroad by the En-
glish company which owns the conces-
sion of the old International company.
The Sun of that place says: 1.-THE
steamer Carlos Pacheco arrived yester-
day morning from San Quintin via En-
senada with ffty-one passengers and no
freight except 500 silver dollars con-
signed to M. Romero. Among the pas
sengers were Chief Engineer W. q.
the Peninsular railway. These gentle
men have just returned from tour of
inspection of the Peninsular railroad,
including the section already con-
structed and also the survey. The en-
tire survey has been approved by the
Mexican inspector and the plans have
been forwarded to the City OF Mexico,
where they are now being inspected
by the government. The tracklay-
ers and other laborers on the road
having also finished their work at San
Quintin returned on the steamer, 80 that
now there is not single employee OF
the Peninsular Railroad company at San
Quintin. The locomotive and ten freight
cars are comfortably housed for the sea-
son in the engine house recently built
by the company at that point"
''Well, are there no watchmen or en-
ployees of the company stationed at San
Quintin p asked reporter of Mr..
Earle.
"No, not at present." replied that
gentleman. Continuing, Mr.. Earle then
said: "You see Mr.. Graham had much
larger contract with the Peninsular rail-
road company, but at the time the con-
tract was made the company expected to
60 right ON with the construction of the
road. Since then, however, new COM
plications have arisen and the directors
have been compelled to shut down, tenn
porarily. :"
REDLANDs ON THE MAIN LINE.
The Cotton correspondent of the
Times-Index, speaking of the Southern
Pacific extension to this place, says:
"By the way, the Redlands folks resent
calling this road a branch; they declare
that it is the intention Of the company
to build through to Banning, and that
they find much easier grade than over
the present route, and that inside of
year Redlands will be on the main line
of the Southern Pacific company of Ken
lucky, by G., sir Seriously, it looks
as if they were right. These are facts,
that they have the road-bed graded
past Redlands and that much easier
grade can be had from Grafton to Ban
ming than the present grade from Brook