The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-01-06
ON TO SALT LAKE
FINISHING TOUCHES BEING PUT
ON RANDsBURG ROAD
Heavy Fruit Shipments Over Both
Transcontinenta1 Lines-West-
ern Union Gets New Line

There are roads galore now, which are
to be built to Salt Lake City in the i'm
mediate future. Martin Marsh left last
night for Kramer to oversee the finish
ing Of the work on the Randsburg road.
This will be done on the 10th, he stated,
and the line will be turned over to the
railway company for operation. His
firm will then commence the construc-
ton of a 2000-foot side track at Barstow
for the fifty-stamp smelter to be erect
ed there at once. Mr.. Marsh said as he
left: There Is no question but what the
Randsburg railway will be continued to
Salt Lake City. The men who have the
control of it will need such line, and it
was with this end in view that they went
into the enterprise. cannot tell when
the work will be done, perhaps at once,
perhaps not for six months; but that is
the destination Of the line. 1t will not
be built to Keller to a connection with
the Carson and Colorado, as was stated
the other day, but it is more than proba-
BILE that the Keller road will be contin-
ued to Randsburg."
Yesterday H. c. Dillon, one Of the
owners of the California and Eastern
railway, which extends from Marvel on
the Santa Fe line to Vanderbilt, stated
that he had received word from Presi-
dent woodbury. Of the line at Denver
that the road was now ready to build
fifty or sixty miles Of track needed to
take it to the Good Springs mining camp
country, and that the prospect of it's
being constructed to Salt Lake City were
never brighter. At the Office of General
Manager Siebert of the road in the Slim
son block the same information was
given out. The date Of commencing the
work had not been set, but 1t was said
would likely be inside Of few weeks.
NOTES AND PERSONALS
Freight business on the Southern Pa
cific has increased so rapidly of late As
sistant Superintendent Prior has had
to put on a night crew at Cotton, keep
ing up the work Of forwarding orange
specials night and day. Fruit ship
ments have been steadily increasing and
both roads are straining every resource
Of cars and engines to keep the packing
houses clear.
President T. M. Murphey Of the Santa
Fe, Prescott and Phoenix road and Gen.
eral Counsel Kritzipger Of the same lima
and Of the Monon route left yesterday
for the east in their special car
L. s. wilkinson of the Newport rail-
way has been quite i'll for some days and
is still in a very precarious condition.
The Southern Pacific company intends
to make several changes in its track at
Redlands. 1t has secured option on the
property needed to afford 1t direct
route from the bridge across Lytle creek
to the motor line depot and the track on
E street will likely be abandoned. Large
freight and passenger depots are con-
templated.
The Western Union Telegraph compa-
ny evidently believes that the Rands-
burg line is to be worth while following.
for yesterday 1t purchased the telegraph
line Of the road extending from Kramer
to Johannesburg. wires, poles and all the
paraphernalia. The resolution author
izing the sale was adopted at the annual
meeting of the directors held on Mon
day.
After the 23d instant the Santa Fe lin
tied train between this city and Chicago
will make three trips a week instead of
two as heretofore. It will leave here for
Chicago Sundays. Tuesdays and Fridays
at a. M, and will arrive here on Tues
days. Thursdays and Saturdays at $3.50
p. m.
The Santa Fe has now put into service
a through tourist car from this city to
New York. 1t will leave here on every
Tuesday.