The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-13
SAN JOAQUIN ROUTE,
Course of the Peoples
Road After Leaving
Stockton.
THE LINE MAPPED OUT.
1t Will Strike StanislauS River
Southeast of Burnett
Station.
THE LINE MAPPED OUT
WOMEN ARE RAISING FUNDS
Valuable Assistance Given the
Project by the Fair Sex
of Stockton.

| STOCKTON, CAL, April 12.-Plans were
received here to-day from San Francisco
| showing the route of the valley road from
the Stanislaus River. This is the first
authentic information received by the sur
veying party here, and the route mapped
out is not that printed before.
The line, according to the instructions
received to-day, runs parallel with the
Mariposa road southeasterIy for several
miles until it strikes an angle in that road
where it crosses large tract belonging to
Rosenbaum & Crawford of this city. Here
it defects trife and runs in a straight
line to the southeastern corner of the
county, where Jacob Meyer has large
ranch.
The road passes through some very valu-
able farming land, but the owners of all
the large tracts are in thorough sympathy
with the project, and some have already
made generous subscriptions, so there is
no doubt that the rights of way to the
Stanislaus River can be easily obtained.
Among those through whose land the
road will pass are: G.. s. Ladd, S. A
French, Rosenbaum & Crawford, +. G.
Galgiani, Mrs. A. Muenter, J. K Doak,
Andrew Wolf, J. V. Mondon, A. McNeilly,
S. Vanner, A. Chidester, G. S. Hall, II. l..
Poyner, James Leighton, ]. w. Gam, Mrs.
P. B. Ewing, L. Bassillio, ]. L.Payner, n. b.
Sperry, E. c. Smith, John Morey, Mrs. l.
Brennan, Hannah Brennan, the estate of
j. W. Jones, James w. Jones, Alice D.
Jones, D. L. Jones, N. S. Harold, L. l..
Huntley, Stockton Savings and Loan So
ciety and Jacob Meyer. This will cut sew
eral large tracts in twain, among them
those of J. K. Doak, Andrew Wolf, A. Chi
dester and H.. ]. Chalmers. These men,
however, have come forward with grants
of the right of way.
The line of the road will run past the
schoolhouse in section IA, township
south, range east. 1t strikes the Stanis-
laus River, according to the new map, five
or six miles southeast of Burnett, station
on the line of the Oakdale branch of the
Southern Pacific road, between Stockton
and Merced. This would indicate that the
road will not run to Modesto, which was
intimated by Engineer Storey when here.
He stated then that it might not go to
that point, but to some place midway be-
tween Modesto and Oakdale.
1t is possible that this route may be
changed, If any engineering difficulties are
found in the way, which is hardly thought
probable.
The surveyors have about finished their
work inside the city limits, but still make
their headquarters here. A week from to-
morrow there will be monster picnic at
Goodwater Grove, just outside of Stockton,
which will be given by the ladies' commit
tee of the Stockton Commercial Associa-
ton to help the fund they are raising for
the road. The Stockton Athletic Club has
taken hold of the project, and will hold its
field day exercises in conjunction with the
picnic, so the affair will probably net con-
siderable money, and Stockton will take a
half holiday on that afternoon.
Tomorrow all the schoolgirls in the city
will go out among the homes to solicit
subscriptions for the fund being raised by
the ladies.
The committee appointed by the Com
mercial Association to make a comparison
between the city assessment and the sub
scription list to the valley road has the
names of 160 persons assessed at over
$10,0 600 each who have not yet contributed
anything to the fund. They will be waited
upon and asked to give their proportion of
the amount to be raised, which has now
very nearly reached the required sum.
Companies and B, Sixth Regiment,
N. G. c., will hold military carnival next
Monday night, the proceeds of which will
go to swell the fund of the new road. Liv-
ing pictures, representing war scenes, will
be shown.
Stockton has never been so thoroughly
enthusiastic over anything in all its his
tory.