The morning call., 1893-11-16
A BIG EXTENSION.
SaCramentO-Street Line
to the Park.
WORK TO BEGIN AT ONCE.
Four Miles of New Road Being
Built.
SURVEYORS IN THE FIELD.
Comprised of EngIishmen Interested
in the Proposed San Francisco
and Atlantic Railway.
WORK TO BEGIN AT ONCE
SURVEYORS IN THE FIELD.

The new Market-street Railway CON-
pany is at work extending its facilities for
handling the local travelling public, and
besides the Broadway and Eddy-street
lines, which are now under construction,
work will be commenced upon another
line Immediately. The new route will be
an extension of the Sacl lamento-street line
to the pars, and will run on Sacramento
street to Lake, on Lake TO Sixth avenue
and along Sixth avenue to the park. There
Will be over two miles of new line included
In the Sacramento-street extension, and
added to the mileage already under con-
struction on the other two lines named il
will make total of over four miles of new
road. The early construction of the Sac
ramento-street line is desirable, on account t
of the large increase OF travel anticipated
when the Midwinter Fair opens, as 1t is
expected that the street railways will carrv
very large proportion of the travel to
the grounds, the increased fare and round
about way Of the Southern Pacific being
obstacles TO that cOmpany's securing a
very large patronage from this class of
travel.
There is very large freight and passen-
ger travel on the Southern Pacific at pres
ent. large proportion of the latter being
from the East. There is no change in the
matter of rates. however, although the
Southern Pacific and Atlantic and Pacific
officials are giving good deal of their at
tentiOn to the amount of travel which the
Canadian Pacific is securing by Its recent
reductions. Thus far the Increase secured
by the latter line has not reached those
proportions which the other parties to the
fight think of sufficient import to require
decisive action upon their part. Whenever
ha har flo md hot
ciable amount of the travel which usually
follows its lines is being DETECTED to the
lines of the Canadian Pacific by reason of
the recent cut, then, and not until then,
may reduction by the company pc looked
for.
The local passenger association held its
weekly meeting yesterday afternoon and
accepted the Withdrawal Of those men,
hers whose action has been noticed in
these columns.
Major Arbuckle, of the Judson Excur-
sion Company, is back from a visit to-the
East.
Frederick Homer. manager of the San
Francisco and Atlantic Railway, which
has surveyed line between this city and
Los Angeles. says a corps of English en-
gineers is going over the route, taking
photographs OF the scenery, noting the
advantages and disadvantages of construc-
tioD. and in fact gathering information Of
every feature bearing upon the proposed
new line. These engineers we're in the
city few weeks ago and during their stay
IN this locality made trips over Alameda a
County. going from Oakland to Stockton,
consuming several days In the trip, and
then starting up the San Joaquin Valley.
They are accompanied by MeSsrs. Alberger
and Barton, civil engineers. The purpose
of the engineers, Mr.. Homer says, is to as
certain whether any changes in the route
are advisable. From letters that he has re-
ceived heifiuds that the engineers find the
country much better than he had pre-
which were barren few years ago, are
under cultivation. The productiveness of
the San Joaquin Valley is visible to the
engineers, and the ease with which the
railroad can be constructed is apparent.
Il think" said Mr.. Homer. that the ac-
tual construction of the line will begin
soon after the engineers complete their
work. They are going along very care
fully and thoroughly and may not reach
Los Angeles for some time.
1.-The railroads are already discussing the
question of rates for the Midwinter Fair in
San Francisco and are proposing excur-
sions from the East to California, includ-
ing special trips to the Yosemite and the
big tree groves. Their experience in con-
nection with the Centennial ana the
Worlds Fair ought to teach them that
they will be the gamers, financially and
otherwise, by establishing from the very
start a reasona able schedule OF prices for
the winter fair instead of waiting as they
have done heretofore until forced to make
the proper concessions to the public. -
Kansas City Star.