The morning call., 1893-02-19
COMPETING ROADS.
Railroad Building Seems
to Prosper.
BOLINAS A TERMINAL POINT.
The Plans of the North Pacific Coast
and the San Francisco and West
Shore Lines.

Railroad building independent of the
Southern Pacific is gradually being pushed
in this State. which for many years has
been so entirely in the grasp of Mr. Hunt
ington's monopolistic system that every
mile of iron roadway not controlled by him
ard his satellites means step toward eman-
cipation.
SO much has been said about the proposed
Salt Lake road that it is only necessary TO
add that the prospects for speedy compile
ton of the preliminary arrangements for
the commencement OF work on that long
expected and much needed competing trans
continental line are now better than ever.
The directors OF this company are working
steadily and quietly toward the accom- plish-
ment Of their aims, and capitalists, who
at first were slow TO become interested in
the scheme. are gradually coming to the
front with liberal subscriptions
Then there is the North Pacific Coast
Railroad. which has recently changed hands
| and Will soon be extended as far as Bolinas,
twenty-0ue miles further than its present
! terminus.
| Leroy G. Harvey. known to the public as
| the mani pulator of the MisSiOn-Street post
Office site deal, has, together with his part
! ners III the firm of Leroy q. Harvey " Co.,
! obtained the controlling interest In the North
Pacific Coast road.
Their plan is to build as soon as the sur
veys now in progress are completed, and one
| OF the routes proposed is chosen, 10 build
! their road from a point on Richardson's Bay.
! just above SausalitO, to Bolinas, skirtiDg the
| ocean shore and presenting TO the traveller
! the most magnificent marine view obtaina-
bic IN this vicinity.
There are large number OF small farmers
| along the proposed routes who are only
| al
! TO enlarge their ranches, and as soon as they
| have the proper facilities to bring their
! products to the San Francisco markets, an
| era OF prosperity will be inaugurated through
| out that section.
Howard E. Wright, one of Mr.. Harvey 5
| partners, in speaking of the projected ex-
! tension yesterday. said that within few
| days the management will decide which
| one OF the surveys made Will be selec led,
and work Will be commenced at once.
Mr.. Wright is confident that at the end Of
| the coming summer season the road will be
! well advanced. and in about years time
| BolinaS will be the terminus Of the North
| Pacific Coast road.
1t is not intended to make any changes in
| the present condition of the North Pacific
| Coast road, and it will be in the future as 1t
! has been in the past, a narrOw-gauge line.
But orders for new rolling stock viii be
| placed, and the management proposes to
! have the best and latest-imprOyed accom-
modati0ns.
Another new road which, as it now looks,
will soon be built. is a standard gauge road
! commencing on PotrerO avenue and Twen-
ty-fifth street and running TO HalfmO0n
Bay by the way of COlma and San Pedro
Point.
The name OF this new road will be the San
Francisco and West Shore Railroad, and
Dame RumOr has it that the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad is behind
the enterprise and intends to use it as a con-
Meeting link with its present system. so as
10 have at last the much-taiked-0f San
francisco terminus they are supposed to
have been looking for ever since they built
their road into California,
The road is said TO be backed by local
capitalists TO the extent of S1.000,OO0. and
the company has bonded 1000 acres of land
near halfmoon Bay, where they expect to
find coal and oil.