Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-12
THE RAILROADS.
James Campbell Makes a New
Move.
He Is Figuring on a Road to
Salt Lake City.
It Looks as if the Santa Fe Was Back
ing the Scheme.
He Resigns From the Presidency of the
Santa Monica Wharf and Termi-
nal Railroad Company.
News Notes.

James Campbell, the president of the
Santa Monica Wharf and Terminal
Railroad company, yesterday resigned
his position. He was seen by HERALD
reporter, but refused to give any reason
for his action. 1t is easily understood,
though. Mr.. Campbell has always been
in the employ of or working in the in
terests of the Santa Fe company. He
went into Santa Monica, worked up the
Wharf and Terminal Railroad company,
secured a franchise and most of the
right of way, and then had the whole
business decided to General Manager
K. HI. Wade, of the Southern California
company. Having attained his purpose
he of course resigns at least that is the
way it appears.
Mr.. Campbell has done great deal to
advance the Santa Fe's prospects in
Southern California, and has enabled
that company to seriously cut into the
business of the Southern Pacific. He
built the branch to Redondo Beach he
built the Redondo Beach company's
narrow-guage line; he engineered the
Rattlesnake island deal, by which the
Terminal road has got to San Pedro,
and by which, by means of traffic ar
rangement, the Santa Fe has direct
access to that port.
He is never idle, and the reporter
who saw him asked him what he would
take hold of next.
II am going to make an overland trip
to Salt Lake." replied the canny rail
road operator, 'and am going to travel
over what would make a good railroad
line from Barstow to that city,"
Fro n Barstow?" said the reporter.
"Then you must be working for the
Santa Fe.
''No, sir; am not" was the decided
reply. II have built number of small
roads about here, which have been sue
cessful; 80 think that perhaps can
tackle bigger one." And not another
word would he say.
However, no one, least of all man of
Mr.. Campbelps experience, would at
tempt to build road from Los Angeles
to Salt Lake City unless he had some
,company's backing. Mr.. Campbell has
always had the Santa Fe's, and it is rea-
sonable to suppose that he has it now
The whole thing has the aspect OF
move to shut off the Terminal road from
building the line.
Mr.. Campbell is as experienced and
accomplished railroad man as there is
on the coast, and the mere fact that he
is going to make trip over proposed
railroad line from Barstow to Salt Lake
is proof that an important move in the
railroad world ia on the tapis. Would
not such line be of benefit to the Santa
Fe? and has not the Santa Fe been par
Inr rlx Df lofa h.
indicative straws show that Mr.. Camp
BELLS denial OF going to Salt Lake in the
Santa Fe's interests mGy be nothing
more than bit of justifable diplomacy.
CLIMATE REFUGEES.
Following is a list of passengers arriv-
ing yesterday on Santa Fe excursion
from Boston:
L. M. Bennett, wife and family, Mon
treal, Canada; H. f. Holt, Boston,
Mass. 1. I. Humphreys and wife, 1.
Humphreys, Jr., Dareham, Mass; Mrs.
and Miss Buloch, Boston, Mass. H.
Madigan, Nashua, N. H.. Miss Comery,
Cambridge, Mass. Miss Lizzie Curry,
Thomaston, Me-; Richard Robinson,
T. H. Jordan, Boston, Mass w. N.
Young, Manchester, N. H.; S. Wallace,
Lowell, Mass. l. Minot. Bath, Me. w.
A. Kifer and wife, Topeka, Kan; Mrs.
M. Barter, Kansas City; w. G. Gill
patrick, w. Sherman and wife, Topeka,
Kan.
NOTES.
G. G. Bull. agent for the Southern Cal
ifornia company at Barstow, is in tine
city.
President John King, of the New York,
Lake Erie and Western railroad, will be
here soon.
Mrs. J. B. Wright, wife of Southern
Pacific Superintendent Wright at Sacra-
mento,< is in the city.
T. III. Goodman, general ticket and
passenger agent of the Southern Pacific
company, arrived here last night.
Mr.. A. P. Tanner, who was assistant
general freight agent of the Santa F6
at Topeka, has been given the same po-
sition with headquarters at Chicago.