The herald., 1895-05-04
ArlONG THE RAILROAD OFFICES

A. Phillips, of Phillips excursion fame:
went to San Diego last evening and Will
return in few days. ...
Henry Steere. the travelling passenger
agent of the Southern Pacific. with offices
on Spring street. is expected back from
Oakland on Monday.
Fred Legrave. the Southern Pacific
agent at the Soldiers Home. has been
transferred to Compton. W. S. Bras her,
the agent at Compton, has been trans
ferred to Soldiers Home.
J. b. Kerr. vice. president of the New
York. Ontario and Western railroad. ac-
companied by James Edmunds Childs.
general manager of the same road. went
to San Diego yesterday for brief tour.
John J. Byrne, general passenger agent
of the Santa Fe at the Pacific coast end
of the line, has left the Hotel Green, Pasa-
dena, and removed with his family to
this city His new home is at 1924 Fig
ueroa street.
H. B. Rice. the Second street steamship
agent, has sold passages to Mrs. NJ. Clark
and Miss F. Layton, who will go to Homo
lulu by the steamer Australia, which sails
from San Francisco May 2lst. They will
return in six months.
The Santa Fe is doing heavy east
bound passenger business. Both OF the
daily overland trains go out loaded.
Travel this wav Is also fairly good for
this time of the year, but it is expected
to be much heavier one or two months
later on.
w. J. Black, general passenger agent of
the Santa Fe system at Topeka. who. with
his bride, is visiting California on his
wedding tour has returned from San Diego
and will go north after spending few
visit to the coast. and he is surprised and
plea Sed with the country,
A special rate of one and one.half fare
for the round trip on the certificate plan
is made by the Santa Fe road for the
California Episcopal church diocesan
meeting to be held here May 14th to 18th.
The same concession is also made to those
wishing to attend the convention of the
W.C.T.U of Southern California, to be
held in this city May 21st to oath.
The board of public works yesterday
devoted considerable time to the applica-
ton of Herman de Laguna for an electric
railroad franchise on Main street from
Spring street and Temple street junction
to Macy, to Mission road, to kuhrts and
the city limits; also from Griffin avenue
and Mission road to the city limits. This
is the same franchise once secured for an
electric line and then abandoned.
The Southern Pacific road has abolish
ed the TIuckee division and has annexed
that part of this division from Truckee
to wadsworth to the Sacramento division
under the control of b. Wright. and the
other half from Warsworth to Carlin was
attached to the Salt Lake division. By
the abolishment of this division Superin-
tendent S. W. Knapp is relieved by Super
intendent James Knapp OF the Truckee
division, who will establish headquarters
at Ogden.
The Southern Pacific railroad has begun
active operations in building branch
line from Monrovia through Covina and
Pomona to Riverside. About 200 survey
ors and laborers are in the field. Super
intendent Muir is quoted as saying that
the new route will in time be made the
main or principal route to and from Los
Angeles for overland travel from some
station near Banning. The new route
will avoid several heavy grades that the
present route has, and it will he the most
picturesque and attractive for travellers OF
any in Southern California. Mr.. Muir
believes that the new line will be finished
to Riverside by July 1st, for the material
and laborers are all ready for pushing the
work very rapidly.