The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-09-12
SOME LOCAL RAILWAY NEWS.
Pushing Work On the Pasadena
Electric Line.
The Benson and Fairbanks Eoae
Extension in Arizona.
The storrs Electric Line-rhe ssaroh'
light on Mt. Lowe n succssss
Rapid Work In Arizsnas
General Items.


the big bridge for the electric railway
across the Arroyo Seco, just the other
side of Caravans. That is to say, lum.
Der Is being hauled out to the ground to
put in the new structure. 1t will take
a month to build the bridge, and by the
time it is ready for trains the line be.
tween it and Pasadena will 0s about
completed.
Regular trips to Garvanzs are now
being made. The fare is 5 cents from
the city limits. When the line is built
to Pasadena 1t will be divided into three
sections, fare being collected from each.
1t will make the cost to Pasadena but 10
cents. Manager Clark stated yeste rday
that small power house would be
built just this side OF Pasadena to fur
nish the power for operating the new
line.
Judging from the amount of business
over the road to GArvsnza Sunday, the
new line will make good financial
showing.
THE NEW sToRRs ELECTRIC LINE.
A well-known local railroad official
told HERALD man yesterday that he
had the utmost confidence in the new
Storrs Electric railway, franchise for
which has already been secured, from
the Santa Fe depot across the city in .
diagonal direction. The gentleman
would not say who the actual hackers
of the promoters were, further than they
were eastern people and not now in the
city. In about 80 days, he said, they
would return to Los Angeles with every
detail completed, ready for active con-
struction. Tho line will open new
territory and will be about four and
half miles in length.
AN ARIZONA EXTENSION.
Work on the Benson and Fairbank ex-
tension OF the Arizona and Southeastern
railroad is progressing satisfactorily. and
it is expected that connection will be
made In about three weeks.
The end of the track is now at the
California wash, whore tracklaying OPP
erations are awaiting the completion OF
the bridge, which, 1t is anticipated. will
be done within day or two. The
bridge is 100 feet long.
The bridge across the San Pedro. 100
feet long, is in course of construction,
and it is thought it will be ready for the
rails by the time the track reaches it. or
within a day or two aftsrward. With
the San Pedro crossed il will be a mat
ter of only q few days before the track
will be laid into Fairbsnk. Regular
trains between Benson and Bisbee will
be running in October.
THE sEARcHLIGHT TRIAL.
Professor loves searchlight was oper-
ated for the fret time from the top Of
Mt. Lowe on Monday night. To those
who were on the mountain it is said to
have been grand sight. The bright,
penetrating rays of light we're thrown
upon Los Angeles, and objects great
way off were brought out in bold relief.
THE MoNRovIA CHANGE.
The new time card on the Monrovia
branch of the Southern Pacific will cre-
ate quite q change. The train which
now leaves Monrovia at 4. m. will
leave at z 40, arriving here at 500.
Will leave here at s 80 inatead OF S:15
and arrive at tho other end at 8 80. The
next train leaving Monrovis will be at
AS and arrive here at 1925. The
greatest change will be in an accommo-
dstion train which will take the place
of freight, and will leave here at IL 40
aud arrive at Monrovia at l2:45.
LOCAL NEWS NOTES.
General Passenger Agent Thompson
of the Southern California will return
from Chicago this afternoon.
The Southern Pacific company has
issued an order to baggagemen that
henceforth, owing to repeated COM
plants, they must not make any charge
for handling bicycles where the owner
hiss no other baggage checked. A wheel
must be treated a. baggage.
A special train will leave Santa Mon.
lea at 6 80 p. rn. on Friday and Satur-
day. in order that visiting sportsmen can
return to this city after the days
shoot.
Railroad graders on the new Arizona
railroads are having much trouble by
losing their stock by horsethieves. 1t is
laid to Mexioans.
]. S. Judd, contracting freight agent
OF the Union Pacific, 10 in town.
J. II. Benedict of the st. Joseph and
Grand Island railroad of Missouri, ia in
the city on pleasure trip.
H. P. Aldrich, the we'll known rail-
road man on the Atlantic and Pacific at
the Needles, is at the Hollenbeck.