The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-06-14
4 NEW RAILROAD.
The San Francisco and Atlantic
Heard From.
Rumors That Within Sixty Days the Construc-
tion Of Competing Line Will
Be Commenced.

nc Sbu IlduCioCO anu AbldLAAS 1NuhhNJ
Company, which proposes 10 give this city
relief from railroad monopoly, has incor-
pOrated.
Starting from Oakland and running to
Stockton and along the east side Of the San
Joaquin Valley, the road will, tits promised,
fern a connection with two overland lines,
and run as far south as Los Angeles.
Five hundred thousand dollars have been
subscribed for the road already, so say the
articles of incorporation. Eastern capital
has been enlisted in the enterprise, and will
see it through TO a successful termination.
The road will run through the counties of
Alameda. Contra Costa, San joaquin.
Stanislaus. MERGED, Fresno, Tuare and
Kern and into Los Angeles. The estimated
length OF the road is 800 miles. The amount
Of the capital stock of the corporation is
$50, 900, divided into 100000 shares Of
SlC0 each.
The names of the incorpOrators are as
follows: Frederick Homer, Lyman G.
Parke, Green Majors, A. JudsOn and Il. Z.
Harding.
Mr.. Homeris civil engineer. Mr.. Parke
is a member of the firm of the Pa!ke q Lacy
Machine Company, Green Majors is a real
estate man, A. Judson is a mining man and
X. 1. Harding IS an attorney.
y NJ. Holmes, who has been connected
with several railroad enterprises in this
State during the past few years, is inter-
ested in the new company as one of its man
ayers. Mr.. Holmes said yesterday that the
company had secured control OF the valu-
bic surveys Of the Stockton, Fresno and
Southern railway enterprise from Stockton
south, via Fresno, TO a point near ViSalia,
and that the survey was complete from
Stockton to Oakland
I'VE are going to build a frst-class rail-
road, said Frederick Homer, land we in
tend to get at the work as soon as possible
We have no connection with the Hayward
enterprise. That is a very good scheme.
but we are not in any way interested in it.
/ hope they will build their road, as we
shall certainly build ours. California can
not have too many railroads. Judging from
the present temper Of her people"
The line Will be standard gauge road
and will operate its own ferry line from this
city to Alameda. 1t is intended to make the
run from here TO Los Angeles in u hours,
and work on the new road ii is said will be
commenced within 90 days.
Second Glass Fare.
The second-class fare cut announced by
the Atchison road from Kansas to points
in California has as yet not been put into
effect, and ii is now stated that it will be
put in operation tomorrow for the first
time
speculation IS Tile as 10 whether lU6
Southern Pacific will follow suit and reduce
its rates or abolish the present high
commission business, by which the New
York agents are getting over 60 per cent OF
all the secOnd-class tickets for California
they sell There is no doubt but that the
AtchSon's cut is being seriously considered
by the Fourth and Townsend people. The
Southern Paeiic's officers, when seen yes
terday, said that their action depended en-
tirely on what the Union Pacific and other
roads affected by the reduction would do
aboutit. The rate of S14 so viii be only for
travellers westward bound, and many seem
To- think that ii may be the means of bring
ing a lot of undesirable emigrants to this
State, who, after their arrival, Will not be
able TO earn their living.
The men who are at the head Of the pro-
posed San Francisco and Great Salt Lake
Railway a re not Inclined to do much talking
about their project They simply assert
when inteTrogated that the work Of con-
stTuctiOn is going on right along and that in
due time it will be completed as planned.
The reason for avoiding much publicity is
that the promoters Of the road are meeting
with much opposition from the Southern
Pacific Company, and are therefore not will
ing 10 disclose their plans.
SUMNER TOURS.
The Canadian Pacific Railway has just
issued a 172page handsomely illustrated
book on Summer Tours" containing a
vast amount OF information valuable 10 IN
tending eXcursionists aud travellers Tours
| on the Pacific Coast are specially mentioned
! and described. The first monthly Eastern
excursion over the Canadian Pacific from
! this city TO points east will leave here on
! Thursday, June 16, at reduced rates.
J. r. Tilley. for long time the local pas
| senger agent of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad, has resigned to take a
! similar position with the Union Pacific, IN
der ID. W. Hitchcock, the San Francisco
/ general agent for the road, vice II. T. Burke,
| resigned.
The Coils line Of the Southern Pacific to
| Fresno has been completed and the city of
| OF Taisins is now connected with Coils by
q short branch of II miles length. 1t is the
intention OF the railroad company to run its
through passenger trains between Fresno
! and Tracy, which will cut off MERGED,
| Modesto and other towns on the west side,
or so to speak sidetrack them. Their only
railroad connection with the rest Of the
world will be hereafter by local trains.