The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-08-09
The Nevada Southern Has Good
Financial Back ing.
An Important Railroad Building
Across Arizona.
Landslide On the southern Pa
cific Delays the Overland
Trains for Several
Hours.

tue report from the Denver papers. o
make the matter esaily understood. it is
but necessary to take map OF Nevada
and Utah and trace the present,line OF
the Utah Southern from Ogden down to
Milford, where it is now operated.
From Milford TO Phoebe the distance is
ITO miles. This latter stretch Of coun-
try has ali been graded ready for iron,
and has been in this condition for some
time. A short while ago it WAS sol d
under attachment and bid in by Capt.
j. r. de la Mar. 1t is now his inten-
tion to lay rails on this ITO miles and
equip it at the earliest possible moment.
When it is com p.eted there will remain
but 100 miles still to build to make a
connection with the Nevada Southern,
now at Vanderbilt. This will chow how
easily this road can be built to Salt
Lake. In fact it is for the moet par +
already built
Bearing on the same subject, the
following extract from a letter from
the Nevada Reduction company's Den
YER ot1ice to an interested party in this
city, will prove Of interest:
"We are very hopeful of get
derbilt and be able to restore our train
ceeded in selling the gold mines at Fer
gueon to Capt. j. r. de La Mar. This is
going to be great help to the various
enterprises. as MIR. de la Mar lie man
of abundant means and of great energy
aRd successful in mining operations. He
will erect q stamp mill at Ferguson and
mt nm oil nynv N, outa Thia will
lead to further prospecting of the coun-
try south of there, in Meadow valley
and in the Muddy valley"
In addition to Mr.. de La Mar, who
will 60 in TO aid MIR. Blake ia the Nevs-
da Southern, there are W. II. Clark
son, formerly of the Union Pacific; Isaac
Trumbo, representing some Mormon in
terests, and +. III. b. Cla6ins, the New
York banker. With this backing be-
hind the enterprise there seems to be
no longer much doubt OF the early COM
pleton OF the line into Los Angeles.
Mr.. Blake is at present in New York,
completing negotiations.
AN IMPORTANT ARIZONA ENTERPRISE.
The northern part of Arizona is just
now enjoying a very prosperous period.
One OF the most important factors in aid
OF this prosperity ia the building OF the
Santa Fe, PRESCOTT and Phoenix rail way.
which will have a total length OF 200
miles when completed, and connect the
northern part with all Its mines and
timber with the southern portion and
its agricultural resources. In the build.
ing OF this line the utmost activity now
prevails, and it ia expected by January
lat it will be completed. 1t runs from
Ash fork, on the A. and p, through
Prescott and down to Phoenix. 1t is
now in operation 20 miles south of Pres
colt. and is doing very fine business.
f. M. Murphy, the president of the
company, is now in town, partly on
business and partly ON pleasure. He
stated, in talking with HERALD repre-.
sentative, that he looked for very pros.
porous times in Arizona from now on.
The building OF the road will aid very
much in developing the mines in the
northern part OF the state. Some of the
latter are very rich in gold. The Con-
gress mine, in which he was large
owner, has just been sold to @. d.
Armes of Youngstown, O., for 81 900, 900,
and is being operated very largely.
There are other large properties which
yield good revenues. and this new road
will develop many more.
Mr.. Murphy thought that it would
assist Los Angeles very materially. In
fact, he was down here to secure mate
rial for his road, and had purchased q
large quantity of Oregon fir with which
to put in their bridges. The pine that
they have is rather too soft for the
greatest durability. The development
of the mines will also require much in
the way of supplies from Los Angeles,
and lead to very general good results,
commercially speaking. Mr.. Murphy,
who is accompanied by his wife, is stop
ping at the Westminster, and may re-
main here several days. While here they
will visit Catalina and other points of
in tereHt.
DELAYED BY A LANDSLIDE.
The train due to arrive yesterday
morning from San Francisco at 7 80 did
not arrive until 2:30 p.m., owing to the
landslide aJ tunnel between Lang and
Ross stations above Ssugus, as exclusive
ly announced in yesterdays HERALD.
The cars did not come through, a trans
fer being made around the tunnel. The
train for the north, leaving at 2 o'clock,
left nearly on time and expected to 20
through without delay, the slide having
been cleared up.
BUT SIXTY PER CENT AT WORK.
Master Mechanic Sheedy, OF the s. P.
Co., stated yesterday that he was work
ing but about go per cent OF full force.
They were reasonably buoy on the two
sections Tor which he supplied the mo.
tive power, but many contemplated i'm
proveInants befIre the strike had been
reconaidereA, or continued for the time
being. 1t IS probable that within q
menth or ak weeks a larger force will
be at work, however.
NOTES.
Mrs. r. W. Thompson, Jr.. and Mrs.
Alexander Hope, who have been visit
ing Los Angeles, left last evening for
their home at Fort Worth, Texas. Mrs.
Thompson 10 the wife OF the assistant
baggage master at Santa Fe.
H. V. Brindrern. father Of the city
ticket agent. H. q. Brindrern, of the
Santa Fe, arrived yesterday from En-
poria, Kan, on q short visit.
The special excursion on the Santa Fe
leaving heretofore on Wednesday, now
leaves on Thursday. 1t carries tourist
sleepsrs and goes through to Boston in
charge of regular agent.
Travel to the westward begins to show
some signs OF increasing. Passenger
Agent George f. Tincher, OF the Santa
Fe, says that he locke for a larger travel
to this CITY than was enjoyed Last wear.