Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-30
THE RAILROADS,
Work on the Southern Pacific
Coast Line.
Will the Santa Fe Take the Los An
geles and Pacifics
Another Santa Fe Kite-shaped Track
Possib1e--The Coast Line-A
Santa Fo Excursion
Party Arrives.

From negotiations which have been
under way, since the arrival here Of
President Marvel of the Santa F6 COM
pany. there is reason to expect that an
understanding may be reached whereby
that company will acquire the Los An
geles and Pacific road to Santa Monica,
which would put it in position to do
the largest part of all the seaside traffic.
With kite-shaped track taking in San
ta Monica and Redondo the Southern
Pacific would have to be content with a
small portion OF the business.
THE COAST LINE.
Mr.. William Sandercock has concluded
his labors for the Southern Pacific, for
the present, has discharged his forces,
broke camp and returned to the bosom
Of his family, says the San Luis Obispo
Tribune. He seems to feel much natural
regret at having to suspend oper ations,
possibly because OF the lucre which
might be realized, but also because he
had gathered together q fine band of
workers who could build roads with great
rapidity, and further because every days
work seemed to bring the road go much
nearer. He has constructed about three
miles of grades, which afford access for
loaded teams to either end of the first
six tunnels, 80 that whenever the COM
pany is ready to proceed they will be
able to do so on all parts of the tunnel
ing at once. Nothing has been ascer-
tanned as to the probability Of early COM
mencement OF tunneling. though the
same feeling OF hopeful certainty ap-
pears to prevail among the railroad men.
More carloads of lumber are now ar
irving and being added to the stocks
now on the ground, which already ex-
ceed in amount million feet. Two
watchmen are constantly employed to
building additional culverts between
Santa Margarita and Boronda's.
SAN DIEGO AND THE SANTA Fk.
San Diego people keep bowling at the
Santa Fe company because it has not
rebuilt its Temecula cafion line to that
place, ealleging that Los Angeles mer-
chants are getting all the trade of San
Diego county that belongs of right to
them, because the freight traffic has to
be done via Orange between San Diego
and points on the northeast part of that
county.
Los Angeles merchants are undoubt-
edly getting the wholesale trade of San
Diego county away from the merchants
OF that city, because Los An
.geles is the commercial center
of Southern California, and the
trade centers here of its own accord.
As matter of cold fact the records show
that during the year preceding the
washing out Of the Temecula cation road,
at that time even Los Angeles merchants
did the bulk Of the business with the
stations on that line. Az it is now the
same records show that Riverside freight
business exceeds by the year that of San
Diego. The San Diego merchants have
just az good facilities now for doing
business with points on the defunct
caflon route as ever, for the railway
company gives them the same freight
rates via Orange and Riverside that
were formerly in force via the caflon
route, though the mileage is from one
third to one-half longer than by the old
route.
CLIMATE REFUGEES.
A Santa Fe route excursion party,
which left Boston June 23d, arrived yes
terday with the following members:
Misses Kate and Lizzie wilkinson,
Mrs. w. H. Fisher, Mrs. L. Lark, Bos-
ton Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Lovely, Con-
cord, Mass; Mrs. E. Berricott, Keene,
N. H.; Mrs. M. E. Hollen, Edward Hol-
len, South Bend, Ind. Mrs. L. Snyder,
Indianapolis; Mrs. L. r. Wainwright,
Miss L. r. Wainwright, DR.. Edwin v.
Schmidt, D. Buzzell, Chicago; Miss Es-
telle Cory, st. Louis; Mrs. J. A. Farrell,
New York; Mrs. Susan Stewart, Lamar,
Colo.; Mrs. A. D. Hall, Nevada, Mo. !;
Mrs. A. s. Fowler, Mrs. Jennie Baker,
Hon. Chas. Griffin and wife, Indianap-
oils; Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. 1. Reynolds,
Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Peck, Kansas
City; Rekrap W. Selrshc, New York.
A RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION.
The Southern California Railroad
company absorbed two OF its important
branches by consolidation yesterday.
The papers were filed in the county
clerks Office, and the companies consol-
idated with the parent corporation are
the Santa E0 and Santa Monica ra wav