The herald., 1898-01-18
LOCAL RAILWAY NEWS
POSSIBLE ADVANCE IN COST OF
REACHING KLoNDIKE
New Time Table to Go Into Effect on
the Santa Fe This Week-The
California and Eastern

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tation to the Klondike will soon be in
creased as the war which has prevailed
in San Francisco for Seattle, Portland
and Puget sound and Columbia river
points generally Is over. and the old
rates by both rail and steamer have
been restored. The cut rates between
San Francisco and Portland have been
So and $3.50 and to the sound ports $S
and "a. These, on the twentieth inst,
will be replaced by $12 and IS to Portland
and SIS and $S to sound points. The war
has been on for two years and hereto
fore has not been Of such interest as
now, when the tide of travel has set In
stronger than ever before to the places
named. The through rates to Alaska
will remain untouched, but to those
| gold seekers who intend to go to Port
| land or Seattle to outfit the change will
make considerable difference. This will
be of benefit to San Francisco and Los
Angeles as it will be cheaper for pros
peetive miners to buy their outfit in one
or the other of those places, preferably
Los Angeles, and make the through trip
to Alaska.
CHANGE IN SANTA FEE TIME
The Santa Fe company will on Thurs
day next put into effect new time table
in which there will be some important
local changes. There will be an entirely
new train put into service between this
city and Riverside, leaving that place
at 2;53 p. m. arriving at San Bernardino
at $40 and at this city at $3.50 p. m,
new train will also leave San Bernardino
L. a. I'D nron non W
ing the former place at S:20 and arrlv-
ing in this city at 6. p. m. There
will be few minor changes in the over
lands but their time will only be changed
minute or two.
THE CALIFORNIA AND EASTERN.
There does not seem to have been any
further definite news about the plans OF
the projectors of the California eastern
railway, the little spur which now ex-
tends from Marvel on the Santa Fe IA
cific, to Vanderbilt mining camp, ana
which has been one of the roads which
were always to be, but never was pullt
to Salt Lake City At the ONCE OF
General Manager Siebert in the Stimson
block yesterday, it was said that the
work of extending the line as outlined
some weeks ago, to Good Springs, would
commence probably in about a months
time. but absolute information couiu
not be given.
1t will be remembered that the prin-
cipal owners of this line, who reside In
Denver, announced some weeks since
that they had secured the money to build
to Good Springs, and intimated that the
CARRYING on of the work to Salt Lake
xx,;fI q nnSSihilltleS.
NOTES AND PERSONALS
Superintendent j. A. Muir of the
Southern Pacific company has returned
from his trip of inspection over the des-
ert portion of his division, where the
light rails have been replaced with
heavy steel, to allow of the use OF large
engines.
Freight traffic over the Southern Pa
cific has reached more extensive
point than ever before known in the
history of the line. In most of the yards
it has become necessary, for the frst
time. to put on crews to work at night |
as we'll as in the daytime, keeping up
a constant loading and unloading OF
cars.
The steamer Minola is at Port Los An
geles unloading a cargo of coal for the
Southern Pacific.
The Southern Pacific company is ship |
ping about fifty cars of oranges week,
and it is presumable that the Santa Fe |
is doing as much.
R. r. Richards, general agent OF the
Chicago and Northwestern, is in the
city, looking after his share of the or
ange trade shipments.
II n
Traders Dispatch Is in the city and will
make quite stay in Southern Callfor-
mia, looking after the interests of his
concern.
"Bill Nye" of the railroad world, who
is really E. B. Myers of the Baltimore
and Ohio is here on a short business
trip.
The general officers of the Santa Fe
are consulting about a number OF i'm
to be made in the line DUR
ing this year. Chief Engineer Fred |
Perris and Division Superintendent
Beamer are now in the city, assisting in
the consideration of some of the plans |
The joint meeting of the Western Pas |
senger association, to be held in Chi |
cago on the 26th, will be of great i'm
portance to all western lines, in view
of the competition for the Alaskan traf-
fic. The Canadian Pacific railway has |
refused to come to any compromise |
terms, and it is likely that it will not be |
represented at the meeting, but will ig- |
more its conclusions, in which case there |
will be a likelihood of a merry war.
The passenger service over the Santa |
Fe, via Barstow, to Randsburg COM |
menced yesterday. There was a good |
sized passenger list.