The herald., 1894-09-23
A GREAT SAVING TO new YORK.
The Opening of the Tehuante-
pee Railroad.
A Saving of More Than 100 Miles
Over the Panama Route.
Tho Opening OF the Maple Avenue Line.
Progress to Pasadena-Pams
to San Frau ucisco-9en-
ernl Railroad News.

L. Mendelson, one of the directors Of
the San Diego chamber OF commerce. is
in the city in the interest of new line
of steamers from Southern California
ports to Tehusntepec, away down in the
southern extremity of Mexico.
A new railroad line has just been
completed across Mexico from the city
of Minatillan, on the gulf OF Mexico, to
Tehuantspec, on the Pacific. distance
of $50 miles. The gulf or Atlantic ter
minus is IL miles up the river Coatza-
coalcos, where very nice port 10 formed
ers now land.
Mr. Mendelaon says 1t is the object
to put on two steamers OF about 800
tons each to ply from Los Angeles to
Tehuantepec and work up q trade, not
only for Southern California products,
as an interchange Of products raised In
Southern Mexico, but to establish line
through to New York. so that goods
now sent via Panama to San Fran CISCO
will come by a shorter route direct to
this city and San Diego. He states that
the distance is ll84 miles nearer to New
York than by Panama. and the time is
but % days. or about the same as re-
quired by rail.
at is time" suid he, "that close re-
Southern California places. San Diego
does not desire now, if she could do so.
to enter into such an arrangement single
handed. Neither does she overlook the
importance of Los Angeles, as it is re-
cognized on all sides that this city has
the commercial supremacy.
II have spent many years in the ship
ping trade with Mexico, and know the
importance of the trade that awaits the
undertaking of that kind. The country
through which the Tehuantepeo railroad
runs produces coffee, bananas, pineap-
pies, fine woods and many other pro.
ducts which are extensively imported
into this country. They now 90 to San
Francisco and then, after paying tribute
to that city, are shipped to us. We
ought to break away from San Francisco
and open independent relations on our
own account"
The gentleman said that ii eastern
steamship companies could not be in
duced to supply the service, he was in
favor of putting them on by local
company. He knew that few people
Realised the Importance OF the matter
and ha was now here to work up interest
ana explain ruUufruurluu vu utzu uu nine H6
men OF this city.
THE ELECTRIC LINE IMPROVEMENT.
The Electric railway company have
secured the franchise for using Fift b
street, from Regent to Spring, and the
fret OF this week work will be COM
msnced on double track up Fifth
street. The object is to allow the Maple
avenue line to get into Spring street.
The latter has all been laid for the mar
row guage system, clear through to the
railroad the other side of Thirty-third
street, and within two or three weeks
the old broad gague cars will be taken
off and the regulation kind sent out
from Spring. AS soon as this connec-
tion is made the cars will cease running
on Wall and Los Angeles streets to the
plaza.
Work will be commenced in laying
rails for the narrow guage system out
to Vernon very shortly. 1t has not
been decided yet il those cars will run
up Fifth street from the Arcade depot,
or as at present, on Wolfskili avenue to
Second and thence up that street to
Spring.
Twenty cars of ties and 13 cars
OF poles for the Pasadena limo have ar
rived and work is now very active on
that line from Garvanzs to Pasadena.
The contractors are pushing the bridge
across the Arroyo Seco at Garvanza.
SPECIAL MILITARY TRAIN.
On Wednesday the Southern Call.
fornia railway will send q special train
to San Diego, leaving here at 4 p. M,
upon which will go the Seventh regi-
ment, N. g. @. In addition to the SOL
der boys, the Golden Gate of San Fran.
cisco, the Ontario band, and eeveral
others from various surrounding towns.
The Twenty-fourth Infantry Mexican
band will also come up, and will proba.
bly, join the special train here for ths
south. The Ninth regiment will be at
San Diego.
NEW TUaBoA FOR REDoNDo.
On October 1st the tugboat Sea Witch
from San Francisco will arrive at Re-
dondo to 60 into service for the Rsdondo
Railway company. She is q very large
and powerful tug, and, owing to the in.
creased shipping it has BEEN found me-
cessary to procure vessel of this char.
acter TO move ships about the bay.
PASSENGERS BY STEAMER.
The following passengers went to San
Francisco from this city on the steam
ship Corona. which sailed yesterday
from Redondo and Port Los Angeles:
Miss NJ. W. Gardner. A. A. Maybe. II.
Hyrchman, e. Q. Fitzpatrick, A. Kins-
graf, L. L. Foster, A. NJ. Edelman, r F. |
Watson, E. L. Stimson, Miss j. Spur |
geon, Miss VI. Barrett, Miss G. Green, I
A. Haas. Mrs. .. freeman. @. f. Mer-
ritt, z. Dooley. Miss M. Collins, Mrs. M.
J. Caldwell. Rev. Z. P. Black. Rev. L.
r. Snyder. j. Henzs, III. l.. Williams. I.
Bailey. Miss M. Beliord, Mrs X. Bslford,
Q. l.. Shina. 0. H. Boye. w. I. Garoick,
]. Ralph. Il. r. Schirwinski. Col. r. b.
Treat, Miss NJ. Noonan, &. Zinerman.
LOCAL MENTION.
]. t. MCCARTHY, Pacific coast agent OF
The Wabash system, of San Francisco,
IS in town for few days.
X. H. Wade, general manager OF the
California railroad. is at Coro-
nado beach.
w. &. Fuller. general purchasing
agent Of the Santa Fe, lett Friday even
ng for home