The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-18
NO TIME BEING LOST.
Track-Laying Along This Sec
ton Will Soon Be Under
Wey.
THE CORRAL HOLLOW LINE.
Arrival Of Additional Material for
the Railroad to the Coal
Mines.

STOCKTON, CAL, Aug. 17.-There will
be no more opposition to the Cora! Hol-
low road on the part of the San Francisco
and San Joaquin Railway. Chief En-
gineer Storey of the latter road is author
ity for this statement. This morning he
said:s
eve do not intend to oppose the Corral
Hollow road further. We were simply
looking out for our own interests when
we went before the City Council and pro-
tested against the granting to that road of
the franchise on Weber avenue to lay
tracks between our line and the water
front, unless we were granted more room.
Now that we are to receive the additional
$50 feet on Weber avenue east OF where
the line stops under the present franchise
we are perfectly satisfied. This will give
us plenty of water frontage for the trans
action of our business, and we shall not
oppose the other road any further. As L
said before, we were only looking out for
our own interests on the water 'front.' and
had nothing to urge against the Corral
Hollow road itself"
s'One of the San Francisco papers stated
that the Corral Hollow project was a
Southern Pacific scheme. Do you know
anything about t?" was asked. :.
Mr. Storey laughed at the idea. 81 do
not, of course, know what the future may
bring" he said, ''but L am confident that
the Southern Pacific is not now behind the
coal road"
Five more carloads of rails for the Corral
Hollow road arrived to-day, making
thirty-nine that have arrived all told.
There are still on the road thirty-two or
thirty three carloads more of rails and
four carloads of angle plates, spikes, etc.
The Valley road employees this morning
began the work of excavating for tracks on
Weber avenue. The work commenced at
Madison street, where the line as contem-
plated in its present franchise ends.
Mr.. Storey said that track-laying would
probably begin there at once, as the COM
pany did not desire to have the street
torn up any longer than possible. This
is the first grading that has been done
north of Mormon Channel. The work will
now be pushed as rapidly as possible on
both sides OF the channel. Last evening
track had been laid along all of the ma
terial for the Valley road. Another track
will be laid across the yard, running west
from the one put down yesterday.
The work of grading outside of the city
will commence Monday morning. Grant
Bros, the contractors have an outfit here
ready to begin at that time. Cotton Bros,
who have the contract for building bridges
and trestles between Stockton and Stanis-
laus River, have representative, and have
also received some OF the machinery for
bridge building. The material is fur
nished by the railroad company.
1@< Oh
are credited when the bridge or trestle in
which it is used is accepted. Monday will
be busy day both in Stockton and out
side the city limits. The grading for the
section north of Mormon Channel will
commence then, as well as on that portion
of the road between this city and the Stan
islaus River.
Chief Engineer Storey of the Valley
road returned tonight to San Francisco.
He spent yesterday and to-day looking
after the first track-laying and the prepar-
ations for the work which is to be COM
menced ON Monday.
The Grant Brothers number three, whose
initials are, respectively, A. A., John r.
and l.. A. The last named is in Los
Angeles and will not come here. The
others arrived by boat this morning and
ar staying at the Yotemite House.
"We shall require sixty-fve or seventy
men all told," said A. A. Grant to-day.
We have brought about twenty experienced
hands with us-old employees of ours.
Since our arrival many people have ap-
piled for work. There is no trouble about
all the labor we want. The work will be
done entirely with scrapers, which we now
have. Consequently the men we employ
must be able to handle horses.