The San Francisco call., 1896-03-31
THE CALIFORNIA RAILWAY
It Is to Be Transformed From a
Steam to an Electric
Line.
To Be Extended and Its Main Ter.
minus in Alameda-Some Pow.
erful Motors.

ALAMEDA, CAL, March 3O--Arrange-
ments have been made and work will be
commenced forthwith to transform the
California or Laundry Farm Railroad from
a steam road to an electric. The western
terminus is now at Fruitvale, but it will be
extended to Alameda and will be at Park
street and the tidal canal. The tracks will
remain as they are and the wire carried on
iron brackets from single line of poles.
Three large cars are being made at Newark
for this traffic especially, and each will
have an electric motor of 125 horsepower,
capable of hauling very considerable
train.
Wheeler, superin tendent of the line,
who has resigned his position and ex-
pected to leave the road tomorrow, will
remain a month longer, while the improve
ments and changes are being made. 1t is
expected the road will do a big business
this year in the way of picnlcs. 1t is
believed by some that transforming this
road into an electric line means its extern
sion, as it may readily be extended now,
while as a steam road the cost and work
would have been prohibitive.
Travelling Tradesmen.
ALAMEDA, CAL, March 30.-Jerome
D. Vosburgh, Nelson Nelson and William
Kruger started on wagon trip to Tuo-
lumne County this morning in search Of
employment. They found that it would
be cheaper to travel in wagon than on
the train, and they expect to pay their ex-
penses of living on the way by doing
whatever work that may be offered. Vos-
burgh is a locksmith and the two others
are plumbers. All are somewhat expert
enced in carpenter work. A tent and
cooking outfit were carried. The men ex-
pected to camp at Walnut Creek tonight
Municipal League Officers.
ALAMEDA, CAL. March 3O.-F. II. Nc.
Cormick has been elected president of the
Municipal Ownership League, DR.. E. S.
Clark vice president and B. G. Brown sec
retary. The other members of the execu-
tive committee are Green Majors, E. A.
Van Schmidt, George e. Plummer, J. j.
Tobin and Herman Krusi. A committee
has been appointed to collect data regard
ing municipal ownership IN other cities
and to keep up correspondence and ex-
change information that VIII tend to help
along the project of municipal ownership.
Unfortunate CANNES.
ALAMEDA. CAL, March 30.-Pound-
master Joseph drowned twenty-four dogs
of all pedigrees and conditions to-day.
lQSy QdQ Dech III iPouhN0u dhu uODOQy
had appeared to redeem them. Some
seemed to be valuable animals and prob
ably were pets whose owners did not
know of their bad predicament. The dog
ordinance in Alameda is strictly enforced
and the result is that the dog nuisance is
very considerably abated.
A Child Injured.
ALAMEDA, CAL, March 30.-Th in
fant son of Henry Won der Heyde in some
manner this evening fell and received an
ugly cut in the face. He was playing
about a house adjoining the home OF his
parents at Encinal avenue and Walnut
street and must have fallen. The wound
was sewed up by surgeon, and what
created some excitement at first was soon
quieted down.
Major Ryan's Lecture.
ALAMEDA, CAL, March 3O.-Maior 7.
C. RYAN lectured at Linderman's Opera
house last night under A. P. A. auspices
His subject was "Under Which Ffag?''
The lecture was reported in The CALL
when recently delivered at San Francisco.
Alameda News Notes.
ALAMEDA, CAL, March 3O.-The Lii
brary Association of Central California
will hold convention at the local library
on April 10.
The Triangle Club will give an enter
tainment at the Unitarian church parlors
on Saturday afternoon for the benefit of
the Sunday school library.
Editor James w. Travers of the Encinal
has announced that his paper wlll be en-
a rvod