The herald., 1896-04-16
BondhoIders' Committee Of the
Railroad Arrives
RECEIVER SMITH TALKS
Mayor Carlson's RaiIroad Scheme Turns
Out q Fake
Instead Of Redeeming the Nevada Southern
Road he Takes Appeal From Judg.
ments Of the Supreme Court

A distinguished party Of eastern cap
italists, attorneys and railroad mer
rolled into La Grande station yesterday
afternoon at half-past one O'Clock. They
comprised the bondholders' committee
of the Atlantic and Pacific railroad and
were accompanied by c. w. Smith, the
receiver OF the road. The party have
been travelling by special train and theii
object was a thorough inspection OF
the property. Several days were spent
in the Grand Canon of the Colorado
north of Flagstaff, while en- route. The
general expression of all yesterday was
that the atlantic & Pacific road was in
prime condition, and their impression
of California was one of universal de-
| light. The party was under the su-
pervision of Superintendent A. G.
Wells of the A. and p. and it's personnel
as follows: Frederic B. Jennings, New
York counsel of the Atlantic and Pa
cific; j. d. Protst, New York. William
Bassett, Boston; Francis s. Bangs.
| president of the State Trust Com
pany Of New York; Otto Banard,
| president of the Continental Trust
Company, New York; Henry l..
Sprague, ]. q. Mccullough, vice-presi-
| dent of the Erie railroad and formerly
attorney-general of California; c. w.
Smith, receiver of the A. and P road,
and A. G. Wells, it's superintendent.
The distinguished visitors were met
| on their arrival by X. H. Wade, gen.
eral manager Of the Southern Califor-
mia railroad, and John ]. Byrne, its
| general passenger agent.
| Frederic B. Jennings, the New York
| attorney for the road, accompanied by
| Receiver Smith, at once drove to the
! chambers of Judge Ross, where they
were closeted for several hours. Car
riages were furnished at the depot and
! quite number OF the party drove
around the city while others took ad-
F! vantage of the electric cars.
| All, with the exception of Receiver
| Smith, left in their special cars at
o'clock for Santa Barbara, where they
will attend the flower festival. Mr..
| Smith went down to Santa Monica yes
| terday afternoon in his private car, No.
| 100, on the o'clock train to visit his
| family. He is suffering from a severe
cold contracted during the recent snow
storms at Flagstaff. In reference to
the recent dispatch from New York,
stating that Judge Golfers decree in
Trust company against the Atlantic
and Pacific railroad was preliminary
step toward the foreclosure sale of that
line. Mr.. Smith said that that decree
covered only the property of the road in
New Mexico, but he thought DEGREES
would also be shortly issued covering
its property both in Arizona and Cali
fornia.
rs Mr.. c. p. Huntington after that
portion of the Atlantic and Pacific
which extends from the Needles to Mo-
jave?" was asked.
IF Huntington wants that portion of
the road was the reply, he can have
IL. We are more than willing to sell it,
because we can build a parallel line to
I'LL in the gap at 80 per cent less money
than the cost of the present property
The Southern Pacific built that part of
the road originally, but Mr.. c. p
but Huntington can't control the bonds.
He probably would like to if he could,
but he can't, and If he wants to buy the
road, we'll let him put up the stuff
end he'll be surprised to see how quickly
he can own it.
The charge published some time ago
in one of the San Francisco papers that
l was chagrinned at not being elected
president of the Atchison Topeka and
Santa Fe system at it's recent reorgani-
cation, and In consequence was trying
to throw the Atlantic and Pacific road
into the hands of the Southern Pacific
is entirely false. / have no feeling in the
matter at all. but as 1 said before, il
Huntington wants to put up the money
for the road he can have it,"
The party will return from Santa
Barbara tomorrow and then go to
Coronado, after which it will return to
this city and separate, part going east
by the Southern Pacific and the rest by
way of San Francisco.
BILLY CARLSON'S FAKE
Billy Carlson, the eccentric mayor Of
San Diego, late last evening brought
his railroad boom to o lame and impo-
tent conclusion. Instead Of redeeming
the Nevada Southern road as he prom
ised in his Los Angeles theater speech,
he had his attorney, Mr.. A. r.. Hotct-
kiss, give notice of an appeal from the
judgment of the Supreme court. He
gave no stay bonds and assigns no
error. The six months period of re-
demption having now expired, the deeds
from the sheriff and receiver will be
issued Immediately to the California
Eastern Railway Company, the as
signee of the purchaser at the judicial
sales.
Judge Dillon, the attorney of the Cali
fornia Eastern Railway Company, de-
nounces this appeal as a bogus piece of
business, taken without any authority
whatever He exhibits an affidavit OF
Geo. G. Manly the Secretary of the
Nevada Southern Company, who de-
clares under oath that Carlson's pre-
tended deed, and all his pretense of be-
ing stockholder, and of acting by au-
thority of the directors of that company,
are utterly false. Instead of building
road to Salt Lake Mayor Carlson
seems to be doing his level best, Mr..
Dillon said, to prevent the California
Eastern from building one. He seems
to think this is good way to railroad
himself into congress, but the people
who really want to see Salt Lake rail-
road built will do well to give such fax
irs a chance to stay at home.
LOCAL NOTES.
X. Fl. Wade, the general manager of
the Southern California railroad, ac-
companied by party, left the Arcade
depot yesterday afternoon at o'clock
in his private car '98 to attend the flow
er festival at Santa Barbara.
Mrs. Muir, wife of Superintendent ].
A. Muir, of the Southern Pacific, with
party, left yesterday afternoon in
the private car "Carmello," to attend
the Santa Barbara flower festival.
Thomas McCaffery, who has for
many years been connected with the
dispatcher's office at the Arcade depot,
has been appointed chief dispatcher on
the Los Angeles division of the South
ern Pacific railroad.
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