Los Angeles herald., 1892-02-04
THE RAILROADS.
A New Development at Santa
Monica.
lrhe Southern Pacific Wharf to
Be a Breakwater.
More San Francisco Talk About the
Santa Fe's Cut.
A Row Among the Railroad Commission
ers-The TranscontinentalA Asso-
citation Is Weak-News
Notes.

The full scope of the Southern Pacific
company's plant at Santa Monica has
not yet been completely stated.
A study of the advertised description
OF the mile and quarter wharf the
company proposes to build at Santa
Monica discloses very interesting fact,
one which shows that the company will
in reality build breakwater and wharf
combined.
A study of the notice of application to
the supervisors for the franchise for the
wharf, which is published in another
column, shows that the long wharf will
be built straight for very short dis
tance, and the route then make de-
cided curve towards Santa Monica. The
extraordinary length of the pier is thus
explainable; it's 5000 and odd feet of
length will enclose large basin of water
averaging thirty feet in depth.
The wharf leaves the shore at the base
of the hills, and from these any amount
OF rock can be quarried and loaded on
the cars, and be run out on the wharf
and dumped on the outside, or from the
end OF q short pier. Thus the "wharP'
will be in reality a stone breakwater,
inside of which will be located a per-
fectlv safe horbor, all under the entire
control of the Southern Pacific company.
A harbor which will have an immense
advantage over both Redondo and San
Pedro in point of nearness to Los An
geles.
The breakwater, it is estimated, can
be built for less than 5000, 600, and it is
claimed will be the means of diverting
government appropriations from San
Pedro to Santa Monica.
The cheapness with which the work
can be done is said to be remarkable /;
without very extraordinary efforts it is
claimed that 10000 tons of rock day
can be transferred from the hills to the
ocean bed.
THE ORANGE RATE CANCELLED.
The Santa Fe yesterday announced
that it would restore the 81 125 rate on
oranges on the 10Th of the following
month.
Special joint tariff No. S3-H published
by the Southern California Railway
company in connection with the At
lantic and Pacific Railroad company,
and Atchisoh, Topeka and Santa Fe
r r. Co., effective January 9th,
1892, applying rate of 30 cents per cwt.
on oranges and lemons in carloads from
Los Angeles, San Diego, Riverside,
Redlands, San Bernardino, Cotton and
all other fruit shipping points on South
ern California railway to Chicago and
common points, Mississippi river and
common points, Missouri river and COM
mon points, excluding points in state Of
Minnesota, will be cancelled February
1kth 1900 of mh loft
oranges and lemons as published in
Transcontinental association tariff No.
35 of September FL, 1892 will apply.
This notice was sent to interstate
commerce commission by wire yesterday.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS FIGHT.
The railroad commissioners met yes
terday, says the San Francisco Call,
but there was no business to transact,
as the Southern Pacific people have not
yet concluded their labor in revising
Litchfield's tariff on ice. 1t is probable
that the new schedule will be finished
in time for the next meeting, and at this
time Commissioner Litchfield has prom
ised to present it for the consideration
of the board
Commissioner Rea Of San Jose created
something of sensation by openly
charging Litchfeld with having the new
rate sheet doctored" at Fourth and
Townsend streets. The San Francisco
commissioner strenuously objected to
this remark, and for a time it looked
like war. Finally Secretary Kelly
patched up peace, or rather had
truce declared.
THE SANTA FE's CUT.
e P. Vining, of the Transcontinental
association, has just Issued circular, in
which he severely criticzes the action
of the Santa Fe in putting into effect the
80 cent rate on oranges before the time
specified by the association, says the
Call. He says, in substance, that the
road acted in bad faith, and pursued q
course without cause or precedent. Mr..
Vining has taken the matter before the
advisory board of the Western Traffic
association, and that tribunal has now
another rock on which to split.
This trouble, together with the
charges OF rate-cutting against the
Southern Pacific, Burlington and Santa
Fe will. it is thought, be sufficient cause
for the breaking up of the presidents
agreement of year ago, which, by the
way, has always been looked upon as a
shrewd thing on the part of Gould to
raise the value of the depressed securi-
ties which had been piling up on his
hands for some time previous to the for
nation of this association.
The Western Traffic association for
this reason has never been considered
very strong organization and no one i'm
agined that it would ever prove potent
power in the maintenance of western
rates. Since its formation internal dis
sension has prevented the attainment of
its avowed objects, and present compli-
cations will undoubtedly end its brief
and unhappy existence.
SANTA FE EXcURsIoNIsTs.
The following climate refugees arrived
from the east yesterday via the Santa
Fe route, in the care OF Norman w.
Hall, the company's excursion agent:
ID. r Engey, to Santa Rosa, Cal. +; ID.
r. McNeill, to San Francisco ; Mr.. Chase
Of the Oakland police force, to Oakland
Mrs. I'll. w. LIE Baron and family, of
Sherbrooke, P O., to Pasadena; w. o.
Macgregor, wife and son, of Mount
Forest. Ont, to Los Angeles; T. f.
johnson, to San Francisco; @. j. Ed
mnnds and wife, OF Chicago. to Los An
geles; Monroe Browning of Carthage,
H.. to San Jacinto; Spencer Kirtley Of
Hardin, Mo-, to Los Angeles; j. D. and
l.. Poller of Denver, TO Los Angeles; E.
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