The herald., 1895-05-07
A1ONG THE RAILROAD OFFICES

aptain Steere of the Southern Pacific
railroad got in yesterday from Oakland
Great quantities of fruits are being
shipped east over the Southern Pacific
road
Conductor Il. c. Truax of the Long
Beach local expects soon to resume his
old run
The low rates have touched Ogden. and
some think they have not yet reached
their western limit.
Judson's Chicago and Alton excursion,
numbering about forty five persons, went
east yesterday and made a jolly crowd.
rate of $40 is in effect between Dem
yer and the Missouri river; the war,
it is thought, will last about thirty days.
Resident Engineer f. l.. Swain of the
Southern Pacific, yesterday morning left
for Yuma. He will be gone several days.
J. f. Childs. general manager OF the
New York. Ontario and Western railway.
left yesterday morning for the Yosemite
valley.
c. II. Pierce, the assistant general
passenger agent Of the Atlantic and Pa
ciic. was in town yesterday. He will re-
turn home today.
J. w. Adams travelling passenger agent
of the Chicago and Alton railway, i,
here from San Francisco. He will re-
main four or five days.
Hon. J. G. Patterson, minister of mil
tia of the Dominion Of Canada, who is
visiting in Southern California, went to
Santa Monica yesterday.
r. A. Wells, superintendent at Chicago
of the Wells-Fargo express. accompanied
by his wife. went TO San Diego yaster
day. He is on the coast seeking re and
recreation.
Shrttt SiSfo mt af
ma for the Southern Pacific. has been
granted a leave of absence, necessita =
through illness. A. r. Peck will ten.
porarily till the place.
Mrs. NJ. C. Carr and three daughters of
Monmouth, ILL.,. who have spent the win
ter in Southern California, left last night
over the Southern Pacific for Yosemite
and Yellowstone park.
AL four-car Phillips Rock Island ex-
cursion will start for the east today. To-
morrow sixty-eight westbound passen-
gers will arrive by an excursion. Quite
number. though by no means all of these.
will come TO Los Angeles. The Phillips
are popular.
l.. r. Garnsey of ihe Redondo railway
states that hereafter return tickets to Re-
dondo will be Interchangeable good to re-
turn over their own rails or over those OF
and variety of scene.
Hotel arrivals at Redondo are rapidly
increasing. The Rebagliati quartette is
proving most deserved attraction, play
ing as it does during tho day and even
ings 1t is the intention OF the Rtk'ndo
railway and Santa Fe to make Recundo
popular in the widest sense of the word.
W. J. Black. the assistant general
passenger agent of the -Atchson, Topeka
and Santa Fe railroad, with headquarters
at Topeka, spent Sunday at Redondo.
Tomorrow with his wife, who IS accom-
panying him upon his western tour, he
will visit Mt. Lowe. Mr.. Byrne, ofEthe
local Santa Fe offices, will go with the
party.
The true inwaIdness OF the Denver rail'
road war, as given by railroad official, is
simple and does not amount to much;
According to the gent eman, it is pased
upon the homeseekers' xcursion tickets.
The return par. was sold to brokers IN
quantities and the railroads lowered their
rates simply to meet them. In thirty
days-the limit of the homeseskers' tick
ct, it is thought the trouble will be over.
The Redondo railway people intend to
Immediately construct new wharf at the
ocean end. which will be eighty feet III
breadth. The length as yet is undecided.
The improvement is to satisfy the demans
for hetter shipping facilities. and will
be Jointly pushed and paid for by the Re
dondo railway and the Santa Fe. De-
pending upon this work. vessels that
hitherto have not visited Redondo prom.
ise to make it a way port.