The San Francisco call., 1896-02-25
Livermore's League of Progress
Helps the Corral Hollow
Line.
TREADWELL WORKING SLOWLY
But 1t Is Considered Certain That
His Company Will Build the
Extension.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL

SUo broadway, Feb. "a. !
There is a keen but quiet fight being
wsged as to who shall be first to connect
the Corral Hollow mines with tidewater
at Oakland. Capitalists all agree that the
road is necessary adjunct to the develop
ment OF the mines, ana as millions are be-
ing spent in the Hollow it is not likely
that the projectors are going to sacrifice
one-haH their prospects for the sake OF
forty miles of road.
The Nandercook company that essays
to build an electric road from Oakland to
Llvermore will organize tomorrow. The
papers Of incorporation were to have been
filed to-day, but they lacked the signature
of one of the five directors and the filing
was postponed.
The new line has been quietly doing a
good deal of work in regard to rights oil
way, and is now in such a position that
even should the Supreme Court reverse
the Superior Court in regard to the fran
chlse already granted Vandercook over
certain public roads, the company will
still be able to construct nearly the whole
road over private property, as rights OF
way have been freely granted.
The promoters of the new road have
been trying to obtain an exclusive con
tract from the Corral Hollow Coal Com
pany to carry all the coal that leaves the
mines for Oakland. The greatest oppon-
ent to the contract was John W. Coleman.
His death, few weeks ago, has somewhat
facilitated matters, and the new road is
now organized. The movements of the
new company have been somewhat cecil
Grated by the possibility that some other
company may get in ahead.
The Corral Hollow railroad is coming to
the bay. That is the opinion of San Fran
cisco fnanciers, and the report is not de-
MED by the officers of the San Francisco
and San Joaquin Coal Company, who are
building the road from the coal mines to
Stockton.
If it is to be extended" said one of
these gentlemen yesterday, "it will be
under the name of another corporation,
and it is likely at the same time that the
Santa Fe will be constructed TO tap the
San Joaquin Valley road at Bakersfield" J."
Another member of the coal company
suggestively remarked: "We have thus
far expended about s4oO, 900, of which $780,
900 has gone into the railroad from Corral
Hollow to Stockton. The road is broad
gauge and substantially built 1t is not
likely that we should have gone to this
expense merely for the purpose of trans
porting our coal. The distance from the
mine to Oakland is less than forty miles.
and there would be no great difficulty in
obtaining the rights of way. There have
been two propositions suggested. One is
to tunnel through the hills to Livermore
and the other to pass through the Corral
Hollow canyon. I won't say, however,
that the project has been decided upon"
The Livermore League of Progress is
working hard to secure an extension of
the Corral Hollow road to the bay, and at
its last meeting it pledged itself to assist
the new railroad to obtain the right of way
through the valley without cost, The fol-
lowing resolutions were unanimously
adopted:
ResoLued, That the League of Progress OF Liv-
ermore Valley recognizes fully the Importance
to the Livermore Valley of the work now being
prosecuted by the Alameda and San Joaquin
Valley Railroad Company, and that this league
declares itself ready and anxious to extend
every effort possible and practicable to aid and
encourage the extension OF the railroad
through the Livermore Valley to San Francisco
Bay; and to this end be it further
ResOlued, That this league urges the farmers,
landowners and citizens to organize for the
purpose OF procuring the right of way for such
road through the valley.
Landowners who will give the right of
way through their possessions to the Ala
media and San Joaquin Railroad have been
asked to advise the secretary, J. D. Nc
Kown, of the league Immediately. 1t is
not yet determined which OF many avail
able routes the new road will take through
the valley. Morris d. butcher has offered
Mr.. Treadwell deed to a block of land
300 feet square within the city limits of
Livermore for depot site for the new
road.
1t is very evident that there will now be
a direct line from the coal mines to Oak
lands wh aryeS