The herald., 1895-04-13
OUTLINE OF THE SURVEY
Preliminary Work Started by the Valley
Road
The Line Will Parallel the Maripess Road for
Some Distance---Descrlption
of the Route

STOCKTON, April 12.-It is now known
definitely where the preliminary survey
will be run for the Valley road after it
leaves Stockton. For the first time the
surveying party has secured information
as to what course it will have to take
through the county to the Stanislaus
river.
The line as mapped out runs parallel
with the Mariposa road for several miles
until it strikes an angle in that road,
where it crosses through the land belong
lug to Rosenbaum & Crawford. Here it
defects tribe and runs in q straight line
to the southeastern corner o. the .coun ty,
where Jacob Meyer has large rancn.
The line of the road will run right past
the school house in section IA, township
south. range east.
After leaving Stockton the line will pass
through the land belonging to the follow
ing named persons: G.. s.. Ladd, s. A.
French, Rosenbaum & Crawford, F &.
GaIgiani. Mrs. A. Muenter, J. X. Doak,
Andrew Wolf. j. V. Mondon, A. V. Nc
Nelly. S. Nanner, A.. Chidester,. G. s.
Hall, III. l.. Poyner, James leighton. !.
w. Gam, Mrs. P. B. Ewing, L. Bassillio,
J. l.. Payner, n. B. Sperry, E. G. Smith,
John Nor v. Mrs. 1. Brennan, Hannah
Brennan estate of J. w. Jones' Alice d.
Jones. ID. l.. Jones, n. s. Harold. L. l..
Huntley. Stockton Savings and Loan So
ciety ana Jacob Meyer.
This will cut in two several large tracts,
chiefly those of J. X. Doak, Andrew
Wolf, A. Chidester and p. J. Chalmers,
all of whom are enterprising enough to
come forward with grants of right
of way. 1t is barely possible that
some change may yet be made in case
any engineering difficulties are found in
the way, but that is hardly likely.
The road will cross the Stanislaus river
about four miles southwest of Burnetts.
through which the Oakdale division of
the Southern Pacific line passes.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 12.-Governo
Budd and Mayor Sutro met with the board
of harbor commissioners today. As u re-
suit of the conference the lease of the
China Basin to the San Francisco and San
Joaquin Valley Railway Company, with
various proposed amendments, was turned
over to Attorneys f. S. Stratton and f..
F. Preston to be redrafted. Mr.. Strattun
represents the state board cf harbor COM
missioncrs, and Mr.. Preston the San
Joaquin Valley Company.
The lease will probably be reported to
the harbor commissioners in ten days.
Governor Budd said he wanted some
thing put in the lease to compel the COM
pany to build Il certain length of the road.
Otherwise it might begin work i'll six
months and stop, having fulfilled the
legal conditions, and the committee WAS
instructed to include Il mileage proviso in
the lease.
meeting of the directors of the San
Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Rail-
way Company was held yesterday morn
ing to audit bills. The bill for the first
2OOO tons of steel rails angle bars and
spikes was ordered paid, as was all Office
and contingent expenses up to the first
-uf the month.
SANTA CRUZ. April CLAUS Spreck-
els. who was at his country residence at
Aptos this week, said that he intended to
lengthen the wharf at Aptos so that his
ships could load from there. as he con-
templated making shipments from there
instead of Moss Landing, as at present.
He intimated that the Valley road would
be extended to Santa Cruz and up the
coast to San francisco.