The Arizona sentinel., 1895-03-23
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 Six years ago in February Mayor Carlson was battling against great
 odds down on San Diego's water
 front. The incident in connection
 herewith will not be gone into in
 this item, excepting the one rela-
 tive to how the "L. A., $. D. and
 Yuma Railroad" was operated.
 The two large locomotives owned
 by Mayor Carlscn's road were not
 Ill his possession, and consequent
 y they were as if the never existed.
 His lawyer having advised him to
 operate his railroad by stearn and
 thus hold the franchise, caused
 him to search high and low for a
 locomotive of some kind, large or
 small. But 1t seemed that none
 could be secured for either love or.
 money. Finally little old one
 rusty and unused for two years,
 was found upon the old Park Belt railroad, in the city park, and it was leased for twenty days at $S per day. The first night President Carlson and Secretary Dixon, the engineer and fireman, worked past midnight, but the engine would not move. The second night, after hard work, at midnight, the engine moved, then she went quicker, and soon she was steaming along at a rapid pace, with bell ringing and whistle blowing, down Sixteenth street into D street and down the latter to the water front Unan- nounced the iron horse surprised the denAens out at the midnight hour, and as 1t rushed down D street to the bay, it seemed en en- zine ofmystery, pufing columns of black smoker and fiery sparks rushing out of it's smokegtack. Finally despite injunctions, ditch ed cars and Instructions, the little engine was got on to the track of the Los Angeles, San Diego and Yuma railroad. It blowed it's whistle and proceeded pushing flat cars of rails and ties out to the end of the road which was being ex- tended towards Roseville. But that night the engine was burnt by some unknown person, too malic- ious and coWardly to live. The cab and all woodwork were burned en tirely off, and fittings and gauges were destroyed. Charred, un- slightly and damaged, the little en- zine presented Q pitiable sight. But the next morning President Carlson, Secretary Dixon, <Engi-, neer Gedney and Fireman Powell, ! set hard to work, and by noon had the fittings, gauges and machinery so that the engine would l run, and at noon that day the It. 5le engine, damaged and unsightly went steaming out to the end of the track, with President Carlson, Sec 'etary Dixon and friends. Quickly l ,he balance of the essential work of | ;racklaying was completed, little special Engine No. 7 of the "Los Angeles, San Diego and Yuma Railroad" was operated over the 'oad to It's fullest limit, the fran ,hise was saved, and before further extension could be made, the en- zine was prohibited being further operated and was ordered returned 70 the Park Belt line by an in
 unction and court order combined 1 # Judge Ross of the United States court at Los Angeles. It was re- turned in compliance to the order If the court, but was immediately bought by the Newport and Santa Ana Railroad and with a new cab on and repaired it soon went to Santa Ana, from which point it las ever since been running to Newport Landing. It did its work. It might have done more good work at San Diego. But court orders, injunctions, etc, pre- vented. The franchise was saved and the little engine did it.-San Diego World.