The herald., 1897-12-29
HAVE ASKED FOR ESTIMATES
SPECIAL TRAIN SERVICE NEXT
SATURDAY
Chauncey Depew Is Not Coming to
Los Angeles-Notes Of Track
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was now opened for freight and passen-
ger business over the entire line, but
that regular train service would not
be inapgurated for at least two weeks,
as it is his desire to have the roadbed
ballasted and put in first-class condi-
tion befope passenger trains are run on
schedule time. Yesterday morning fifty
laborers left this city for Randsburg to
work on the roadbed surfacing and bal
lasting under the supervision of Ramish
& Marsh, who constructed the line. It
is reported that this same firm has been
requested to figure on the cost Of ex-
tending the road to the extensive borax
fields, a distance of sixty miles northeast
Of the present terminus.
General Manager Van Etten, of the
New York Central and Hudson River
railroad, a stockholder in the new
Randsburg road, and who is at present
visiting this city, announced few days
ago that the extension would be made
just as soon as business justified it. 1t
is reported that during the past few
days the company operating the borax
works has made liberal proposition to
the owners Of the Randsburg road to
extend, and the fact that the contractors
have been requested to furnish an esti-
mate Of the probable cost has given the
reported move much credence. General
Manager Van Etten and other eastern
railroad officials interested in the little
road to the new mining district contem-
plate remaining in Southern California
three weeks yet and it is probable that
by the time they get ready to depart for
the east, they will have some important
information to give out.
SPECIAL TRAIN SERVICE
Next Saturday. Jan. /, on account of
the tournament of roses at Pasadena,
both the Southern California and South
ern Pacific railway companies will in
augurate special train service to the
Crown City. In addition to their regu-
lar service several additional trains will
be pressed into service to handle the
crowd.
On the former railroad trains will
leave La Grande depot at 7:35, 8, $3.50 and
10 a. M, returning leaving Pasadena at
2, 5:25 and $50 p. m.
On the latter trains will leave Arcade
depot at 500, 9:25, 10, 1920 and 11:45 a.
M, and 1:15, $3.50, $50 and 6:15 p, m.
Both the Pasadena and Los Angeles
electric railway and the Terminal road
will also run several extra trains for the
occasion.
PASSENGERS ON THE LIMITED
The following passengers arrived at
10
Southern Pacific company at 4p. m. yes
terday:
Mrs. J. Freeborn and family, j. Brown
ing, c. Henuntue, all of Chicago; S. w.
Currier, Mrs. s. w. Currier. Miss Cur
rier, of Springfield, ILL.,; w. P. Taylor.
Mrs. w. P. Taylor, Mrs. c. Taylor, Miss
Foote, c. Irwin, J. Coffey, L. S. Korey,
w. P. Aldridge, w. s. Booth, Mrs. w. S.
Booth, Miss Abels, F. Huston, Mrs. NJ.
B. Huston, all Of st. Louis; G. Maher,
Mrs. G. Maher, A. G. Clark, Mrs. A. G.
Clark, Of Malvern, Ark; Lady Horton,
Dallas, Tex.
NOTES OF TRACK,AND TIE
The California limited arrived over the
Santa Fe from the east last evening,
having on board 72 tourists for Los
Angeles.
A party OF ffty-three people made the
trip around the kite-shaped track yes
terday. On each Tuesday special ex-
cursion train makes this trip and many
eastern tourists take advantage of it
for the purpose of seeing Southern Cali
fornia.
j. M. Hall, general passenger agent
for the Wheeling and Lake Erie railway
who has been spending the past month
in Southern California, left yesterday
for his home in Toledo, o.
A work train with crew of seventy
five men is putting the roadbed of the
Randsburg railway in good condition
as fast as time will permit. 1t is thought
the work of ballasting and graveling
will be completed by January Sth.
A telegram received here by a visiting
railroad official from Chauncey M.
Depew, president of the N. Y. c. & H.
r. r. r., announces the inability of the
latter to visit Los Angeles early next
month as contemplated.
E. Van Ettep, general manager Of the
N. Y. G. & H. r. r. r.. was the guest of
General Passenger Agent John ]. Byrne
yesterday on a trip around the kite
shaped track.
The Southern Pacific has received
during the past few days several new
passenger coaches from the Sacramento
shops, which will be used on branch lines
out Of this city.
The passenger department of the
Santa Fe-Pacific railway is at work ar
ranging for cheap excursion to Rands-
burg at an early day, probably on jan
uary 18th.