The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-12
UNDECIDED ON A ROUTE.
Doubt as to the Valley Roads
Course After Leaving
There.
WOMEN AIDING THE PROJECT.
They Are Diligently at Work Raising
Funds for the Competing
Railroad.

STOCKTON, CAL, April 1.-THE sur
yeyors who are running the lines for the
Valley road have about finished their work
in this city. They reached the inter
section of California and Taylor streets
this evening and will finish their labors
here tomorrow.
Assistant Engineer Graham said tonight
that it was not yet settled just what course
the road would take after leaving the city.
A preliminary survey will be made from
the end of Taylor street to point on the
stanislaus River just opposite Burneville,
in Stanislaus County. This may be the
final line of the road, but the question of
finding a convenient place for bridge
across the Stanislaus will cutquite figure,
and if more feasible route is found
another survey will be made.
Another thing which seems undecided
is whether the road will run to Modesto or
to point midway between that place and
Oakdale. There was to have been mass
meeting tonight in the Yosemite Theater
to endeaYur to complete the stock sub
scriptions, of which there are now about
enough to make sure of the full $100, 900
promised by the city. This meeting was
postponed on account of the death of Mrs.
Weber, whose estate is the largest contrib
utor to the cash fund for the road. In
stead joint meeting of the ladies' COM
mittee and one from the Stockton Com
mercial Association was held in the rooms
of the association to fix on plans to raise
the balance of the cash fund required.
The ladies have been very active, the lead
ing social lights of the city having given
UP everything else to devote their time to
raising money for the road.
Senator B. F. Langford addressed to-
nights meeting, making a stirring speech
in favor of the new road.
He was followed by ]. D. Peters, one of
the leading merchants of this city, who
showed Just what Che San Joaquin Valley
had exported in the years past and what
Stockton's share of the great valley trade
was.
The other speakers were P. A. Buell.,
president of the Commercial Association,
Mayor Mccall and Thomas Thompson of
Santa Rosa.
Mrs. Slaughter of the ladies' committee,
on behalf of her co-workers, promised that
the ladies had come to stay with the work
until every cent of the money necessary
for the completion of the cash fund had
been raised. There is now no possibility
of doubt but that they viii succeed. Some
thing like $4,000 is already in sight, and
the ladies expect to clear between $2500 and
$4,000 from their edition of the Mail. Be-
sides this number of wealthy men who
have been holding back are coming for
ward at the last moment, when they see
that the securing of the road is an assured
fact. Then, again, the committee ap-
pointed to purchase the land needed have
succeeded in getting reductions on the
prices originally set upon the properties,
and $4700 has already been knocked off
the asking price for some of the lots that
were the hardest to buy.
Another mass-meeting will be held in q
few days to clean up the balance required
for the cash fund.