The herald., 1897-11-06
Oil to Be Permanently Used
on Locomotives
PROPOSITION MADE TO EXTEND
THE ELECTRIC ROAD
The Railroads Refuse to Contribute
Money for the La Fiesta in Los
Angeles Next Year


Judging from the way the Southern
Pacific and Southern California rail-
ways are building storage tanks and
procuring options on oil lands at differ
ent points along their respective lines,
they have about decided to permanently
use oil instead Of coal for fuel in many
Of their engines. The former company
now has about thirty locomotives
equipped for burning oil and 1t is re-
ported that others are to be treated like
wise. These locomotives consume about
400 barrels per day, most Of which Is
purchased from local producers. The
passenger engines on the company's
road between Yuma and Indio have just
commenced burning oil. 1t is claimed
that Superintendent of Motive Power
H. ]. Small, at Sacramento. is SO we'll
pleased with oil as fuel that If suffi-
cient supply can be obtained the use of
petroleum will in time become general
on the lines in Southern California and
Arizona.
The Southern California Railway COM
pany has now about sixty engines using
oil as fuel and their daily consumption
averages 800 barrels. The company has
three flourishing wells at Fullerton, but
these do not begin to supply its needs
They buy largely in the Summerland
district and also from local producers.
The Los Angeles Terminal Railroad
company also has many of it's engines
fitted up for oil burning and are more
pleased with it's use than coal. They buy
exclusively in the local market.
SUNSET LIMITED PASSENGERS
The following passengers arrived via
Southern Pacific on the Sunset limited
yesterday evening at o'clock: Agnes
Kimball, Miss D. Ryley, Mrs. l.. l..
Aughlint. Miss Mabel Dewitt. e. w. De-
Witt. Ella Dewitt, Chicago; j. Bum,
Bloomington, ILL.,; Mrs. E. Schellery ST.
Louis; @. Honig, Mrs. d. Honig, J. Fitz
Gibbon. Mrs. McCormic, Katharine San
chez, B. NJ. Drow, c. Rivers, A. Muelbor.
Sophie Gender, l.. Boyd, Clara Knell,
st. Louis; Mrs. Emerson, II. Hennicker,
Little Rock; ]. F. Smith, Dallas; E.
Grove, Lillian Lawrence, Ell Paso.
THE ROADS WONT PUNGLE UP
Both the Southern Pacific and the
Southern California Railroad companies
have decided definitely not to contribute
any money for Ia Fiesta next year. This
will be severe loss to the annual carni-
val, as each OF the roads have heretofore
contributed $500. The officials state that
they do not get sufficient return from
their subscriptions, and that times at
present do not warrant n renewal of
their llberality. Both roads, however,
according to the officials own state
ments, are doing more lucrative busi-
ness at present than for several years
past.
THROUGH BUSINESS RESUMED
Chief Clerk Frank Oakley Of the
Southern Pacific general freight Office
received information yesterday that the
yellow fever quarantine against the
Southern Pacific at New Orleans had
been raised, and freight and passenger
business east-bound would be resumed,
except to Montgomery and Mobile. The
sunset route, via Algiers, is also
now opened, and from henceforth
through business will be increased ma
terially, as thousands of tons of freight
have been held at southern points for
weeks on account of the quarantine.
WANT THE LINE EXTENDED
General Manager c. w. Smith of the
Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric rail-
way, was yesterday waited upon by N.
c. Carter. with a proposition to have the
road extended from Pasadena to Sierra
Madre, distance of six miles. His pro-
posal was to the effect that the residents
and land owners along the route and
In the vicinity of Sierra Madre shall
build the line and transfer it to the COM
pany, providing the latter would operate
1t. General Sherman, president of the
line. in conversation with a reporter
last evening, stated that a similar prop
osition had been made several months
ago, but as yet no plans were being con-
sidered for an extension eastward. He
thought that in time the road to that
point might be extended, but not in the
near future.
CULLINGS OF THE RAIL
The initial excursion of the Phillips &
Co.-Rock Island company, over the sun
set route, via Fort Worth, will arrive
here from Boston tonight with eighty
six passengers on board.
Judge Sterry, solicitor for the Santa
Fe Pacific railroad, has gone to Wash
ington. d. c., to look after several i'm
portant land claims in which his road is
Interested.
Fred B. Henderson, chief clerk in Gen.
eral Manager Nevins' office, is back from
trip to Fullerton, where he inspected
the Southern California railways oil
wells, and which he reports doing fine.
n. w. Decker, air brake expert for
the Southern Pacific company, arrived
here yesterday on an inspection tour.
His headquarters are at Sacramento
Master Mechanic Patrick Sheedy of
the Southern Pacific railroad returned
last night from trip to Indio.