The herald., 1897-11-19
Randsburg Road Ready for
Business Soon
ONE APPOINTMENT MADE
SHARP COMPETITION FOR
ORANGE SHIPMENTS
New Machinery for Santa Fe Oil
Wells-Tourists Coming to the
Coast-Railroad Notes

Southern California and Santa Fe Pa
ciflc railways. announces that the new
Randsburg railroad will be open to pas.
senger and freight traffic not later thar
December 5th. A large force Of men and
teams is rapidly completing the new
road. At present but five more miles
are yet to be built. The depot improve.
ments and increased switching facili-
ties at Kramer have about been COM
pleted and work Is expected to be COM
menced in few days on the new depot
at Randsburg.
The personnel Of the new office force
Of the road has not yet been announced
and the selection of men to fill the vari-
Gus positions is being looked forward
to with. much interest among local rail-
road men. One appointment, however
is announced, and that is e. H. Stagge
who will be general freight agent and
auditor, with headquarters at Rands-
burg. Mr.. Stagge is at present an ac-
countant in the auditors office. of the
Santa Fe Pacific railway in the Brad
bury building. He was formerly with
the Atlantic and Pacific at atAlbuquerque,
and he has many friends all along the
line who are glad to learn of his promo :
ton. 4tt s.
ADDING NEW MACHINERY f
General Manager Nevin and his Sec
retary. Mr.. Henderson, are back from a
trip to Fullerton, where they inspected
the oil wells of the Southern California
railway company. New and improved
has recently been added there
for the development OF oil and indica-
tions are that within a short time this
company will be one Of the leading pro-
ducers of Southern California. They
have a large tract of land leased in that
and are already producing
like 300 barrels per day. 1t is
their intention to continue the work of
until the supply is ex-
hausted. This road uses 800 barrels daily
in their locomotives.
AFTER ORANGE SHIPMENTS
AS the season for orange shipments
eastward approaches, competition for
the business among the many eastern
railroads becomes more keen. All east
ern railways have representatives on the
Pacific coast. who are ever on the alert
for both eastbound freight and pas
senger business. During the past few
days quite a number Of these men have
arrived here from San Francisco, and
yesterday the following came in, but
left later for a business and pleasure
trip to San Diego: Charles Miles. trav-
cling passenger agent of the Chicago,
and st. Paul railway: Ma
lone j ce. travelling passenger agent
0f the Missouri Pacific railway; E. A.
Cooper. travelling passenger agent Of the
Chicago and Alton; Jay Adams. tray
cling freight agent Of the Nickel Plate
system: Amos Burr. in the same capac-
ty with the New York Central, and D.
W. Hitchcock. general freight agent of
he Union Pacific railway.
CULLINGS FROM THE RAIL
Several large new locomotives are ex-
oected to arrive here in few days from
he machine shops at Sacramento. which
will be used by the Southern Pacific rail-
'oad between here and Yuma.
The Southern Pacific company is again |
oing rushing freight business since
he quarantine was raised on the Sum-
ct route. Many cars of freight which |
we're due here several weeks ago are
low arriving. M
City Passenger and Freight Agent F.
Y. Thompson Of the Rock Island route |
eft yesterday for San Diego, for a few
ays.
D. Burkhalter. division superintendent |
the Southern Pacific company's San
oaquin division, arrived yesterday from |
bakersfield and is the guest of Super
1tendent J. A. Muir.
The westbound transcontinental |
reight tariff. which has recently been
evised. will become effective on Decem-
er 18th.
H. L. Drew, who for many years was
l Superintendent Thorne's office of the
'exas and Pacific railway at Dallas,
exas. arrived here yesterday. After |
pending a few days in Los Angeles he
oes to Vancouver, B. c., to resume rail-
oading.
The California Limited due here to-
borrow evening over the Santa Fe will
ave about fifty wealthy eastern tour
IT'S aboard, who are coming to spend
ne winter in Los Angeles.
The new depot for the Southern Pacific
ailway at Highgrove, near Riverside,
now ready for occupancy.
The Southern California railway is
uilding new and more substantial
ridge over the. Santa Ana river.
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