The herald., 1897-12-02
RAILROAD BUILDING
WORK NOW UNDER WAY IN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
More Excursionists From the East.
Notes and Personals of Interest
to Men of the Rail

Grant Bros, the railroad contractors,
who have been working a big force on
the Ventura and Ojai roalroad, now un-
der course of construction in Ventura
county, yesterday sent a large number
of their men to Bakersfield, where they
will commence work on forty miles of
roadbed for the San Francisco and San
Joaquin Valley railroad company. Work
will also be commenced in a few days
by the same firm upon five miles of track
for the Southern Pacific company, which
Will be branch from Montalvo. Ventura
factory. 1t is expected that the Ventura
and Ojai railroad will be completed by
January 1st. The roadbed is now all
graded and the work of laying rails has
just been commenced.
MORE TOURISTS ARRIVE
Another Phillips Rock Island excur-
sion arrived here yesterday morning
from the east in charge of J. L. Stanton.
Those in the party are:
Mrs. Anna L. Hadley Mr.. L. Towner,
Boston. Mass; Mr.. w. Lockwood, Rut-
land, VT; Mr.. A. D. Lyon, New York
city; Mr.. S. M. Dodge, Utica, N. Y; Mr..
L. Smith, Buffalo. N. Y; Mr.. Ira Noyes,
Springfield. Mass; Mrs. E. Heath, South
Norwalk, Conn.,; Mr.. G. Goegel, New
York city; Miss Florence, Miss Gladys
and Miss Bertha Holnathney. Jersey
City, N. J.;Mrs. E. S. Lake. Miss Lake,
Detroit, Mich; Mrs. w. E. Wallace, Miss
Wallace, Boston, Mass. Mr.. l. w. Glea-
son, Miss Fannie Gleason, Miss Nellie
Gleason, Miss Marion Gleason, Miss Nell
lie Ryan, Washta, Iowa; Mr.. A. V.
Marigold and family, Miss L. A. Payne,
Mrs. c. ]. McPrague, Sioux City, Iowa;
Mr.. F. F. Horton, Miss F. F. Horton
Pawnee City, Neb.; Mr.. A. Dove, New
York city; Mr.. Charles L. White and
family, New York city; Miss Estelle
Killings, Philadelphia, Pa: Mr. A. Gus
man, Mr.. r. Openheimer, Chicago, Ill.
Mr.. A. c. Perry, Topeka, Kan; Mrs.
Mary Palmer, Chicago, ILL.,; Mr. Charles
R. Belman and family, Mr.. S. Spicer,
Miss Spicer, Mr.. Charles o. Sculls, New
York city; Mr.. Isaac Hansen, Mr.. C.
Belchor, Delwein Iowa; Mr.. l. D. Davis,
Miss Davis, Blissfield, Mich; Mr.. I. Lacy,
Mr.. j. Lacy, Jamesport, Mo-; ]. A. Ham,
ilton, Miss Hamilton, Arthur Rene, Mrs
H. Rene. Chicago, ILL.,; Mr.. C. P. Hill,
Miss H. Hill, Colorado Springs, Col; Mrs
S. A. Finch, Minneapolis. Mimi; w. l.
Finch, W. B. Sutherland, St. Paul,
Mimi; w. G. Lacy, J. S. Lacy, Sioux
Falls, Iowa; Marion Brumell, Miss
Brumell, Mrs. NJ. Brumell, St. Paul,
Mimi; Mr. ]. A. Banta, Mrs. ]. A. Banta,
West Superior, Wis.
NOTES OF TRACK AND TIE
Information reached Santa Fe-Pa-
cific headquarters in this city yesterday
that heavy snow had fallen all along
the line in eastern Arizona and western
New Mexico.
An unusually heavy downpour of rain
occurred at Monrovia yesterday after
noon. A portion of the track of the
Southern California Railway company
was damaged, thus delaying trains two
hours.
c. w. Colby, Pacific coast agent for
the Eric Dispatch freight line, yester-
day came down from San Francisco to
look after future orange shipments.
General Passenger Agent ]. Francis
Of the Burlington system of railroads.
arrived here yesterday from Omaha,
Neb.
w. D. Sanborn, general agent for the
Pacific coast for the same line with
headquarters at San Francisco, is also
in the city.
The Mount Lowe Railway company
yesterday exhibited on the streets a
mountain pine tree sixteen feet high
known as the fir pine. This was done in
order to set Alright the report that no
pine trees grew along this line of rail-
way. The officials maintain that hun
dreds of these trees are to be found about
Alpine tavern.