The herald., 1898-03-17
NEWSOF THE RAILROAD
MORE GOSSIP ABOUT FILLING
THE COAST GAP
THE SANTA FE'S DAM SYSTEM
Storage for Water Which Is Worth
Money-Railroad Building in
Arizona-Personal Mention

OF the gap IN tne southern racine 5 cOdS
line between Elwood and Surf. The lates
information Is that Chief Engineer Hoo
and the contractors are making thorough
inspection of the work to be done, and tn
contractors, Messrs. McMurtrie & Stone
have several times of late made the state
ment that they expected to be soon hirins
all the men they could get.
Edward Ivison of Santa Barbara, who
seems to be devoting his time to making
Mr.. Huntington unhappy by writing him
letters showing how badly he is treating
the people who gave the right of way fol
the line, has received another communica.
ton from the Southern Pacitic's president
in which, with his usual adroitness, he
says nothing in polite way. In return
Mr.. Huntington wrote at the beginning
of the month that Il think the work wi,
be continued until completed, and we shall
certainly increase our force considerably
but just when it will be completed cannot
| say, for do not know. 1 hope the con-
struction will go on hereafter so that you
and your people will have no desire &c
| complain"
THE SANTA FE'S DAM SYSTEM
| The Santa Fe company has about COM
pleted the most elaborate and expensive
system of securing a water supply by
means of storage steel dams. The final
stroke was put last week on the last of
| these dams, that at Johnson canyon, near
| Ash Fork. The structure is forty feet
high and backs the water for distance of
| 5000 feet When the dam is filled it will
provide two years supply.
| The dam at Seligman is the largest that
the company owns. but 1t has SO far re-
| mained empty and water has to be hauled
to that station from Ash Fork. When it Is
once filled it will also hold a two years
supply. The dam at Walnut canyon is also
still empty but it is thought that it will be
filled in a month or so by the melting
| SHOWS. 1t requires fourteen miles of pipe
to connect this dam with Angel station.
The pipe line from Johnson's canyon is
seven miles long to Ash Fork and from
Seligman canyon to Seligman station, six
miles.
The total cost of these dams is s15O,o0O
but one years use of them will repay this
sum-. The reservoir at Williams was the
first one and was an experiment which
led to the construction of the others
mentioned, for 1t is figured that it has
saved its cost to the company every year
lHdt IL mas DeeIl III use,
BUILDING IN ARIZONA
In no other place in the union is there so
much railway construction going on as is
now the case IN Arizona. This is in con-
sequence of a law adopted by the last
legislature eXempting all roads from taxes
which shall be commenced in a certain time
from the date of the act and on which a
stated minimum amount of work Is done
yearly. This has caused active building
operations on six new roads in that terri
tory, all of them apparently good business
enterprises and several of them backed by
the Santa Fe company.
NOTES AND PERSONALS
Despite the low prices growers keep on
shipping oranges as fast as they can be
sent east.
Superintendent John Denair of the Santa
Fe, on whose division was the Fairview
tunnel. at the burning of which he was
seriously injured, has recovered enough to
leave the hospital and is attending to his
duties.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Raymond and
large party of relatives and friends will
arrive here from Boston in a few days Mr.
Raymond is the head of the noted eXcur-
sion firm.
A Raymond excursion party Of sixty will
arrive here on the oath.
E. l.. Lewis, the local representative of
the Burlington, sent his first excursion
east yesterday, consisting of about twenty
five people.
First vice president E. D. Kenna of the
Santa Fe returned to the east yesterday
via the Southern Pacific.
E. ]. Bailey of the Hudson River Dav
line Of steamers is in the city advertising
his boats.
The Santa Fe company has abolished the
position of general master mechanic. the
last official, Richard English, having re-
signed. George w. Smith will perform
the duties of the place under the title of
superintendent of machinery, with head
quarters at Albuquerque.
The death of w. f. White Yesterday NJ
Chicago removes from the service of the
Santa Fe one of the few of the old general
officers of the company who understood
and were in sympathy with Southern Cal
ifornia. Mr.. White was passenger traffic
manager and stood in the very front rank
of railway men. He has been with the line
ever since it entered California and was
always in line with anything that would
NC VI peHelil " lllIS part OIL tne country.
w. F. c. Gibson, an engineer on the
Needles division of the Santa Fe, was re-
Gently seriously hurt while out driving
with some friends during a visit to Albu-
querque. Engineer Lanhardt undertook to
drive him about the city, but could not
manage the horses, with the result of an
upset and severe bruises for Gibson.
General Passenger Agent J. j. Byrne of
the Santa F'e Pacific says that this CITY is
becoming a suburb of Chicago as about
every third person he meets on the streets
nowadays comes from that city.
The Southern Pacific company wishes an
other franchise in Riverside, south along
Market street from the terminus of the
present track on Tenth street as far as tha
arroyo and thence along some feasible
route to connection with the line on the
east side of Pachappa avenue This would
give the company belt line around all the
business part of the city and would permit
trains to come in on Market street from
the north and go out on through the loon
and Pachappa avenue.
1t is reported on good authority that the
Santa Fe intends to put on compartment
cars on its trains between this CITY and
Chicago. These will be similar to the Eng
lish railway carriages, consisting of isolat-
ed suites of sleeping room and a bath.
The experiment will at first be tried with
three of the cars.
A. S. Grieg, who has for many years been
trainmaster of the Santa Fe and Prescott