The herald., 1894-08-23
THE NEW MEXICAN RAILROAD.
Eastern Capitalists to Make
Investment.
Rapid Progress on the Electric Street
Car Line.
A New Style Eavslope-Hsavy Travel to
Los Angeles Is Expected This
Winter-GenerAlN News
Items.

cate OF New York and Boston capitalists
who propose to build railroad from
Guaymas down the coast of Mexico
through the states of Sonora and Sinaloa
to the city of Culiacans and thence to
the Pacific ports of Mazstlsn, San Bias.
Acapulco and to Salina and Santa Cruz,
which is the Pacific coast terminus of
the new Tehuantepec railroad. The
country through which the road will
pass is rich in agricultural resources,
and 1t is expected by the promoters of
| the enterprise that it will handle nearly
all OF the coast traffic that now goes to
steamship lines. The road will make
connection at Guaymss with the Sonora
road, which is a branch OF the Atchieon.
Topeka and Santa Fe. The Acapulco
connection will be made with the Mex
leo, Cuernavaca and Pacific road, which
is now being constructed to that point.
1t ls reported that the principal hackers
OF the enterprise are several of the Bos-
ton directors of the Mexican Central
! road. An effort will be made to secure
concession from the Mexican govern
ment In the shape of subsidy.
RAPID PROGRESS ON THE ELECTRIC.
General Manager Clark Of the electric
railway lines was seen yesterday regard
ing the extension to Pasadena. He
stated that the line would be in opera
tion to Garvanza by September 1st. and
that everything was progressing
smoothly. w. d. Larrabee is ths chief
engineer in charge. with G. A. SHIELD
rick az superintendent OF construction.
The new road will be laid with heavy
steel rails, and be as smooth and well
built as the extension along Spring
street. 1t ia the purpose to make it one
OF the finest pieces OF electric road in the
United States, with every modern equip
menv.
MIR. Sheldrick stated that poles had
already been set for long distance and
were on the ground clear out to the ar
rcyo, and that on Sunday morning he
would have men at work stretching the
copper wire. Two gangs would be en-
| ployed, one for day and one for night
The road would, it was expected, be
| opened to Pasadena by October 10th, and
! in full operation by the fret OF Novem-
Der.
NEW CARS FOR MAPLE AVENUE.
The Electric Railway company are at
work in puttiny down 40.pound steel I
rails on the Maple avenue line from
Seventh street to Jefferson. viii be
completed q week from Satui tay, ct
which time the same kind of cars az run
on the Baker block route will be oper.
ated. The Edison system will be aban.
doned for the Westinghouse, an improve
ment very much in keeping with the
general progress of the road.
NEW SET OF OFFICIALS.
Frank Trumbull, lately appointed re-
ceiver of the Denver, Lesdville and
Gunnison railway, announces the fol-
| lowing appointments for that road: T..
+. Dunaway, general superintendent; F.
Wild, jr., general freight agent; f. B.
Sample. general passenger agent; A. D.
Parker, auditor; Charles Wheeler,
treasurer; Pattison, Edsall & Hobsan,
general counsel; DR.. F. J. Bancroft,
chief surgeon E. l.. Ames, stationery
clerk. Headquarters of all the above
officials will be at Denver.
HEAVY TRAVEL LOOKED FOR.
II think this winter will see, beyond
doubt. the heaviest travel to this city
that has ever been known" said General
Passenger Agent Thompson of the
Southern California railway yesterday
in speaking of the general outlook for
passenger business. 1.-The number who
will come out will not be confined to the
class who simply travel for pleasure, /"
said be, 'but look for large percent.
age of the travel to consist of those who
come to make homes and assist in SO +.
tling Southern California"
A PULLMAN ENVELOPE.
The American Railway union OF Oak
land is sending to its friends envelopes
bearing in red ink picture of Pull
man and the words, "a. r. U. strike,
June %, 1894. Souvenir"
| The envelope is intended as a sarcasm.
The American Railway union men say
that il Pullman 10 necessary to com
| plete the makeup of a mail train, an
envelope is not mailable unless it bears
q picture Of q Pullman. This logic has
i in interior cities.
The Examiner makes the statement
| that postmasters at Sacramento and
Los Angeles would not accept letters
| inclosed in these envelopes.
| So far as this city is concerned, there
is no truth in the report. Assistant
| Postmaster Lewis was seen yesterday,
aud said that he saw nothing about the
envelope which would cause its exclue-
ion from the mail. But one such en-
velope had been received, and it was
handled the same as any other letter,
HEAVY STEAMER TRAVEL.
The following lengthy list of passen-
gers left this city yesterday to take the
steamer Santa Rosa. which sailed from
Port Los Angeles at 2 o'clock for San
| Francisco:
Miss L. Williams, z. Pettis, Miss Bessie
| Pettis, Mis- L. Pettis, Mr.. and Mrs j. E
| Peltis, Mrs. ID. R. Hinckiey, Mrs. n. j. AyIes,
| J. A, Evans, Mrs. ]. Beck, Mrs. G. II. Diers, M,
| n. Brown, A. ". Kidd G. A. Btant, B. G. II urd,
4. II. Jackson, +. K, Jackson, A. A. Hidburg
E. Mulauey, 4. J. Tnayer, Miss e. Hodgson, j.
P. Hunt, r. b. Flint. l. G. Harrison, q. Il.
| Campbell, y. Kincaid, Mrs. Z. Il. Brown, Miss
A., Hitchlng, Miss b. knight, Mrs. W. H.
Knight, F. W. Sheppard, Rev. ]. w. Park hill
| j. BeardwOod, w. e. Williams, H. Dinson, MIS-
D. l.. Parkhurst, Miss C. e. Chandler, Miss e.
5locum. Mrs. L. De- bosty, Miss r. Cohn, Mrs
4. Cohn. Miss G. L. wesf, NJ IS h. M. Prentes.
Mrs. ID. W. Prentess, Mrs. NJ. Mogan. Mrs. p
David, Mrs. H. y. Schrom, Mrs. l.. e. slattery,
! Miss A. Summerteld, Mrs. Z. Summerfeld, T.
| Coilerou. ]. Siegle, W. L. Carson, H. MaeD.
! spencer. H. H. scott II. NJ Parker, Rev. D. OF .
Hakes, A. c. Boyd, w G. Cafron, J. A. Mich
| olson, J. A. Helbring, r. M. Russell Mrs. An
ME j. Chandler, Mrs. S. Hawxhorst, Miss F.
| Gibson