The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-24
VALLEY ROAD BUSINESS,
The Directors Held a Session
of Much Public In
terest.
ROLLING STOCK AND TIES.
erty by the Salt Lake Com
pany.

The directors of the San Francisco and
San Joaquin Valley Railway held a pro-
longed session yesterday afternoon, at
which several matters of general interest
were discussed and acted on. Every men,
Der OF the board was present and entered
into the discussions with considerable
ardor. Chief Engineer Storey and Attor-
ney E. F. Preston were in attendance all
through the meeting. The chair was occu-
pied by Claus Spreckels, president of the
corporation.
Probably the most important matter to
be acted on was the transfers of surveys,
maps, engineering equipment and prop
erty of the San Francisco and Salt Lake
Railway Company to the valley road as
gift 1t will be remembered that several
months ago about thirty wealthy and pub
| lic-spirited men of San Francisco COM
bined and subscribed $1,000 each to survey
| line of railway from this city via the
Beckwith Pass to Salt Lake City. Their
engineers made survey from Fruitvale
| station, East Oakland, through the Ala
| media hills by tunnel near Livermore, and
| thence to a point on the Straits of Car
quinez between Antioch and Martinez.
| At this point Sacramento Junction was
| planned and piece of land for depot ia
cilities was secured by payment of de-
post. The main line continued on to Sac
ramento Oroville and toward the Beck
with Pass, being surveyed as far as
Marysville. The other line was run to
| Brentwood, Contra Costa County, where it
| turned and went direct to Stockton, to
which city surveys were made. Engineer
| Kennedy sounded the tule marshes and
reported that piling could be made a sue
cess through it. He accepted surveys of
an old enterprise from Stockton to Bakers
field, with maps and engineering data on
suits of this valuable work were yesterday
formally presented to the valley road d.
rectors in the following letter:
To the San Francisco and San Joaquin Vduey
RdiIlUdu Company: We, the undersigned con-
tributors, by which the surveys, instruments
and properties pertaining to the San Francisco
and Salt Lake Railway were secured, recogniz-
ing the fact that the construction.of the San
Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway is
project in accord with that we sought to pro-
mote in the San Francisco and Salt Lake road
proposition, do hereby donate to said corpora
ton, tht San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley
Railroad Company, for the use and purposes OF
said railroad, all OF the surveys, property and
assets belonging to US now as contributors TO
the San Francisco and Salt Lake Railroad en-
terprse, February H. 1895.
F. L. Castle, by Walter F. Castle, executor;
Abbey NJ PARROT, by C. H. de Guigne Thomas
Magee George Whittell, NJ. A. de Laveaga, Z.
F. Preston, James B. Stetson, Antoine Borel,
Albert Miller, Louis Sloss, Jacob c. Johnson,
Robert Watt L. II. Sweeney Daniel Meyer,
Joseph A. Donohoe, by J. A. Donohoe Jr.; B.
F. Durham, L. l.. Baker, by Wakefield Baker,
executor; Alvinza Hayward.
The offer was accepted with thanks, and
the directors found themselves in posses
sion of extensive preliminary surveys and
many valuable maps and drawings which
can be utilized by the chief engineer and
can save the expenditure OF considerable
money.
Attorney Preston read an agreement be-
tween the people of Stockton and the
Valley Railway Company providing that
the directors shall not deed away the prop
erty about to be acquired for rights of way
and terminals in Stockton. The directors
thought that some amendments were nee
essary, and consequently referred the mat
ter to a committee, composed of Robert
Watt, Charles Holbrook and E. F. Preston,
with instructions to report back at the
next meeting. The spirit of the agreement
was, however, quite acceptable to the rail-
way company, and just as soon as some
technical objections in the way of legal
phraseology are removed it will be signed
and given the Stockton committee.
This is merely matter of showing our
good faith to Stockton" said Director J.
B. Stetson. "Ihat city has been deceived
more than once by railroad projectors, and
while assuring US OF their full confidence,
want legal agreement so that everything
may be done in regular fashion"
The committee on rolling-stock reported
that it had studied the subject of locomo-
tives and fiat and box cars, and recon-
mended that three engines, 100 hatcars and
fifty boxcars be purchased. After some dis
cussion the board decided to advertise for
bids on three locomotives of sixty-five tons
each, with airbrakes, air-drivers, 4000-gal-
lon water-tanks, and built for standard
gauge of feet 81 inches. The engines
will have 56-inch drivers and cylinders 19x24
inches. and must be of standard make.
with latest Improvements.
Specifications of cars are to be sent to all
the principal car-manufacturers in the
country. with requests for estimates to be
furnished without delay. 1t was also de-
cided to advertise bids for tieplates.
Director Stetson reported for the COM
mittee on ties, and his report was ac-
cepted. the board adopting his recommen-
dation to buy redwood ties SKI inches and
feet long. The board decided to adver-
tise for bids on ties sufficient to construct
100 miles of railway. At the rate of 10000
to mile this amount will be fully 300, 0O0
Bids for the full amount, or any portion
thereof over 10000 or 10000, will be ac-
cepted. The ties must be delivered as re-
quired, within the next ten or twelve
months as fast as the rails arrive from the
East.
The directors ordered box at the Trust
Company's safe deposit vaults in which to
store the various valuable securities trust
deeds and other documents which are
rapidly accommodating
Chief Engineer Storey went to Stockton
on the evening train to go over the ground
surveyed, and to consult with his assist
ant, Engineer Graham, and the Stockton
citizens committee.