The herald., 1895-02-26
EVERYBODY IS REJOICING
Salt Lake Railroad Plan
Talked About
MERCHANTS SEE PROSPERITY AHEAD
They Express Their Timely
Views Very Freely.
GEORGE L. ARNOLD'S IDEAS
Thee Committee to Go to Sacramento
0, Leaves Tonight
A Meeting Held Yesterday and Details
Arranged
s
yne Project Assuming Tangible Forrn-The
Plan of Action That VIII Be Followed.
Legislators to Be Appealed To
vne Project Assuming Tangible Forn-TFe
Plan of Action That viii Be Followed
Legislators to Be Appealed To

The special dispatch from Sacramento,
published in Yesterdays Herald, was
talked about all over the city yesterday.
Groups of people could be seen all over
town during the day, and every one IA
vored the issuing of bonds to build the
line.
Last evenings Express had the follow
ing upon the subject
Special Telegram to the Express.
Capitol, Sacramento, Feb. 25.-Assem-
semblyman Bulla today introduced a bill
to allow Los Angeles to bond for the Salt
Lake railroad. By mistake of some one
no bill was sent to Senator Mathews, and
as today is the last day, there is no posi-
bility of introducing a bill in the Senate
now. Possibly the Mathews bill might be
amended to meet the requirements of this
measure, which would give better chance
OF passing it. J. f. G.
Mayor RAIDER was shown the above dis
patch this afternoon. He said the PROPOSE
ton OF trying to get the consent of Sem
ator Mathews to substitute the measure
sent up from here for his railroad bill, has
already been fully discussed, and every
effort will be made to that end. 1t is not
known here yet whether Senator Mathews
will consent but there is strong hope that
he will, and this would put the bill for the
Cincinnati plan in excellent shape, with
prospects of early passage.
The committee of twenty will COM
mence work in favor of the measure in
both House and Senate tomorrow or
Wednesday"
The meeting of the committee appointed
to go to Sacramento in the interest of the
local bill to allow Los Angeles to build "a
road to Salt Lake City was held in the
directors room of the National Bank of
California at o clock yesterday morning
Those present were Colonel J. M. G. Mar
bic, Captain Cross, Nathan Cole, jr., and
1t was agreed that each member of the
committee should have sufficient funds to
pay the expenses of his trip to the capital.
Colonel Marble said he coudn' go last
night but would leave this morning or
this afternoon on the first train. Captain
Cross announced that he had a substitute
in Sacramento already, but was willing to
send another one. 1t was finally decided
to send Messrs. Langley and Cole of the
committee to sacramento tonight. 1t was
also decided that Colonel Marble, who goes
at his own expense, should also go along.
Whether one man or ten goes to the
Legislature to urge the passage of the
Cincinnati plan, they go backed by the
signatures OF over two thousand OF the
solid business men of the city, who urge
the passage of the bill to tax the people of
the city and county and build the road.
In other words, men will put up money
TO build a railroad that is needed when
they refuse to spend time and money to
go to Sacramento to urge the passage of a
bill which they consider has the weight of
their influence already. Besides that.
many of the business men argue, and not
without reason, that one or two active
men can do as much as regiment with
the legislators.
After it was decided that the men Sc
lccted by the committee should go to Sac.
ramento, to be followed by Colonel Mar-
bic, the question of the advsabilty of
urging a special or a general bill was dis
cussed, and 1T was agreed that the special
bill should be urged first, and then Los
Angeles should do all it could to aid
general bill of the same tenor.
A telegram was sent to Assemblyman
Bula, telling him that the committee
was going with two thousand names to a
petition to pas the bill and that six
times that number of signatures could be
obtained in day.
Last evening it was announced that
Messrs. Cross, Marble, Workman, j. f.
{ Humphreys, Nathan Cole, Jr., and Mayor
RAIDER, will leave tonight for Sacramento,
to do what they can toward assisting in
the passage of the bill.
Mayor RAIDER is very enthusiastic. Ii
he can possibly get away he will go. So
far he has helped the committee in every
way possible, and says that ii Los Angeles
gets that transcontinental road it will
take two Mayors in a short time to attend
10 the citV's businpSs