The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-21

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 2o.-Arti-
cles, of Incorporation of the Southern
California & Salt Lake Railroad COM
pany were filed today in the county
clerks office. The company proposes
to construct and maintain a standard
guage railroad from Needles. Cal, to
Milford, Utah Connection viii be made
at Blake with the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe railroad. thence running
northeasterly through the southern
portion of the state of Nevada to Mil
ford, 295 miles, where a junction will
be made with the Union Pacific. The
company is capitalized at S7,000,000, di-
vided into seven million shares Of 81
each. The trustees are VIM. Carlson
CT San Diego; ]. H. Clark. Butte, Mont;
j. NJ Metcalf, Omaha, Neb.; A. 3
Hotchkiss, Los Angeles, and D. =. Reed
of San Diego. OF the stock S1,000000
is subscribed as follows: w. II. Carl
son, trustee, $4,000 shares; Carlson, for
himself, 600 shares; Clark, Metcalf
Hotchkiss and Reed, 100 shares each
Frank H. Dixon, treasurer of the cor
poration. says that 100000 has been
paid into the corporation treasury.
A. E. Hotchkiss, one of the trustees
said this morning that work would be
commenced on the new road within six
months. Mr.. Hotchkiss has been
Southern Pacific attorney in this city
for several years, which would indicate
that c. P. Huntington may have an in
terest in the proposed road.
Mayor Carlson, when asked if it was
true that he had secured a deed to
the Nevada Southern, replied:
eyes"
what does it mean?"
well, l cannot say at this time"
Whom do you represent as trustee ?"
That I cannot make public. The
fact is that I cannot talk at this juno
ture and you must excuse me-
President Blake, of the Nevada
Southern was formerly president of the
Continental Oil company. and is inti-
mate with the magnates of the Stand
ard Oil company.
The gap between Marvel, the termi-
nus Of the Nevada Southern, and Mil
ford. Utah. the terminus Of the Union
Pactfc's Utah system, is $50 miles in
length, and 100 miles of this has al
ready been graded southwest of Mil
ford, leaving only 100 miles of grading
to close The gap and connect Salt Lake
and San Diego by rail The surveys
for continuing the road southwark
through San Bernardino county to
The Union Pacific, being in the hands
of receiver, cannot do anything to-
ward closing the gap between Milford
and Southern California, but the Rio
Grande Western is wide awake and
reaching out for a terminus on the
Pacific coast in Southern California.
It's president, General D. c.. Dodge
made visit to the coast about three
months ago, accompanied by General
Passenger Agent Babcock of that sys-
tenn, and General Dodge upon his re-
turn, made the news public at Salt
Lake city that his road would begin
o7iIdtrg in the spring toward South
ern California. 1t appears that he an
tlclpated his words, as a month ago
contract was let to build the first
twenty-hve-mile section southwark
from Saltna to MarysvaIe, Utah, and
Nelson & Peterson. the contractors
are now at work with big force
The line now in view between south
ern California and Salt Lake will save
9uo miles over the present rail routes
one result of its building will no doubt
De 10 force the Santa Fe to complete
It's Temecula canyon branch in this
county, thus making continuous
line from San Diego to Salt Lake over
the old Mormon trail. The road from
Salt Lake TO Milford was built nv
Brigham Young, whose intention was
TO continue 1t to San Francisco and
San Diego.
He sent colonies of Mormons on
ahead, who settled in southern CaIffor-
mia, awaiting the railroad.
There is every reason to believe that
the Southern Pacific railroad is behind
Mayor Carlson in this move It is
extremely probable, too. that the fate
of the funding bill is connected with
the Southern Pacihcs mysterious move
toward acquiring a new line between
southern California and Salt Lake. Be
yond all Interior motive, however, the
question of freights is, no doubt. caus-
ing the recent activity in railroad
building in this portion of California.
This year southern California will
ship 10000 car loads of oranges alone.
which, at the reasonable estimate of
$500 per car, will yield the railroad $780,
900 for freights on this one commodity.
No wonder there is activity in railroad
building.