The herald., 1894-12-30
PAsADENA'S ENTHUSIASM
BUSINESS MEN WHO COMMEND
THE ENTERPRISE
To Ala the People of tho Middle Coun-
ttee, Who Are Being Robbed by
the Southern Pacific.

PAsADENA. Dec. 29,-The business men
and merchants here are enthuaiastic
over what they term The HERALD's
brilliant fight for the commercial au-
premscy OF Lns Angeles. There seems
to be no difference OF opinion among
them on the question, as the following
interviews would indicate:
J. S. TORRANCE.
Mr.. Torrance said: 81 havo noticed
the push THE HERALD ia making on this
railroad project for the San Joaquin val
lev. think it is O great scheme II IT
can be pushed through and that IL
will be of inestimable benefit to south.
ern California. I am. however, afraid
that there will be difficulty in securing
sufficient capital to put the road through:
II, however, it can be accomplished 1t
will be a big feather in the 0sp OF Los
Angelica and Southern California.
CHARLES DUTToN.
Mr., Dutton, buyer for the Earl Fruit
company, who is thoroughly conversant
with the situation in the valley, was
very enthusiastic over she scheme.
"Yea. am heartily in favor OF this
hone that the people of Southern Cali.
fornia may bs able to build the line
from Los Angeles into the valley. Those
people I'D there are being yearly robbed
hy the Southern Pxoifio company and
have no way of helping themselvee. The
condition of affairs is shown by the fact
that they are hauling goods by teams to
San Fran cisco. / have shipped fruit
extensively frona F,esno and vicinity and
know how badly the people are cinohed.
II the line was built from Los Angeles,
all the fruit which now goes over the
North Western to Chicago would be
diverted ter the Santa Fe. which ia O
much shorter lime. By means OF the
improved cars now in use the fruit
would not be affected By che heat during
The summer and would reach the east
ern market in better condislon thsn at
present"
II. ]. VAIL.
Mr.. Vail, iormsr editor of the Star,
was warmly in favor of the road. II
consider this affair the brightest stroke
OF business ever made by Los Angeles.
That business up the San joaquin valley
ia what Los Angeles needs II she Is ever
to become great city.
there are two ways of doing business !;
one is to push the business, the other is
to let the business push you. The time
has come for Los Angeles to jump in
and push. That section is the richest
territory that Los Angeles can reach,
and is, in fact, the only large producing
district which can ever come into Los
Angeles for q market. The time is
coming when Los Angeles will be the
capital city of South California, and she
might as we'll prepare for it. San Fran
cisco is asleep and now ie Los Angeles
opportunity"
j. A. BUCHANAN.
Mr.. Buchanan, street superintendent
This idea of running road from Los
Angeles through the central part of the
state is q capital one, and The HERALD
is exhibiting much enterprise in push
ing the matter. 1t will not only prove
o splendid thing for Los Angeles but for
sll the territory lying between here and
Fresno.
Fl. C. ROGERS.
Mr.. Rogers of the Pasadena National
bank wanted to see the road built but
hought it would be difficult to interest
capital in the scheme, unless the people
OF the valley were willing to put up a
good share of the coin. He had known
of several instances of the oppression of
the Southern Pacific in Fresno and
vicinity.
W. j. PIERCE.
Mr.. Pierce OF the firm of Pierce & Co.,
jewellers. had lived for several years in
San Francisco and vicinity, and WAS con-
versant with the situation in the valley.
II have noticed that The HERALD has
done some good work in the way OF
showing along this enterprise to help
out the producers in the San Joaquin
valley.
at ia fine stroke Of business FOR Loe
Angeles if the thing can be puahed
through. and THE HERALD is deserving
OF much credit for its enterprise"