The herald., 1894-10-05
LOCAL RAILWAY NEWS.
COLLISION OF A PASSENGER AND
FREIGHT TEAM.
Direct Connection with the New Mexl
can Railroad Desired by This
ssction-Phmaix and san
Diego Road.

Diego Road.
The excessive heat yesterday appeared
to have q paralysing effect on railroad
traffic. The passengers who left the
city by the various lines left because
necessity compelled and not by any
choice of their own. Freight traffic,
ALEC, was not so large as ordinarily.
Early in the day news was received
in the city OF disaster having attended
the Southern California train that left
Los Angeles at Z o. M. for Sen Bernar-
dino over the loop road. A freight train
was standing on the side track about
800 yards from the depot, and after it
had been headed iuto the siding by
some mIshap the switch was left open.
The passenger train. as u natural result,
lett the main line and oollided with the
freight head on.
While full particulars were not re-
csived yesterday, 1t is known several of
the passengers were bruised, M-s. E. A.
Rossncranz of Pomona, perhaps, the
Eost severely. Conductor w. Hikok,
oil the passenger train, suffered injury
to his head, but not of serious nature,
and this was the extent of the casual.
ties. The engine on the passenger had
the front part torn and battered, but
beyond that no damage was done to the
rolling stock.
PHOENIX AND SAN DIEGO ROAD.
Rapid progress is being made on the
Santa Fe, Prescott and PhGnix road.
This is the one that citizens OF the terri
tory hope to ultimately connect with
San Diego. They have already made
the offer that ii road is carried from
the Bay city to Yuma it will be met at
that point by the line already in a fair
way oil com pletion. Already the grad
ing south of Prescott has been COM
pleted for 90 miles. This brings the
grading TO Congress, and the track lay
ing has been finished to within As miles
Of that point, the present terminus be-
ing Kirkland. The track is now being
laid and bridges built OF the balance of
the roadbed. The force at work includes
250 men on track-laying work and in
handling material. So far the train
service has not been extended south of
Prescott. Between that point and Ash
Fork, on the Atlantic and Pacific, its
northern terminus, the road has been
in operation with George Vaughn ss
general manager.
THE TEHUANrEPEC ROAD AND THIS CITY.
The time has arrived when the mer.
chants of this city particularly, but also
every man who has direct or indirect
interest in the prosperity of Southern
California, muet make united effort if
it is desired that this part of the state
shall derive any benefit from the now
completed line OF road across the isthmus
OF Tehuantepec.
By the completion of this road Los
Angeles is brought 1900 miles nearer to
New York than by way of Panama.
Without being unduly exuberant. freight
could be delivered at San Pedro or Re.
dondo at not more than 90 daye from
New York. This city is gradually be-
coming the distributing point for the
southern counties and Arizona. Next
year a new railroad will bring Salt Lake
City almost as close as San Francisco.
and q vast extent of territory will be
opened up to the enterprise OF local
trade.
The question ia simple. Is Los An
geles and the country Subsidiary to it to
continue going to San Francisco for
COAoo aHh tiOPiOni PiOouSso lht
more economically may be delivered
direct? By taking proper advantage of
the facilities afforded by this new COM
mercial highway, avenues OF trade
would open out that would cause de-
mAnd for local products that would be
worth far more to this city and the
southern part of the state than any
amount Of spasmodio "booms." San
Diego has taken the initiative, the
chamber of commerce appointing
committee to see what can be done to
take advantage of the new conditions
afforded. By either interesting one of
the eastern steamship companies trad
ing with the gulf ports of Mexico. or put
ting on a steamer chartered for the pur-
pose by local COMPANY. direct commu-
nication could BIZ established between
Southern California and Salina Cruz. the
Pacific terminus of the Tehuantepec
road.