The herald., 1898-02-08
AN EXCURSION BEING URGED
A GREAT RUSH OF BUSINESS ON
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC
Progress in Repairing the Santa Fe's
Tunnel--A Brakeman's Hand
Mashed-Railroad Notes

e is now a question Of only a very shor
time when that city will experience th
!, satisfaction of being independent of th'
Southern Pacific. The track layers ar
within ten miles of the advance graders
There is plenty of iron on hand, bu
there has been some difficulty in getting
ties rapidly enough to enable the mer
to keep up with the graders. If this de
lay is counteracted at once, and the
bridge timbers arrive on time 1t II
thought that the road will be completed
into the town early in March.
This has caused the papers of that city
again to take UP the question of large
excursion from this city. The Southern
Pacific company has been asked to make
q rate Of S. for the round trip, but as YET
has not responded. The people of the
place are ready to give the visitors q
warm welcome and to provide them with
drives, barbecues and full opportunities
to see the city and the neighboring
country. Mr.. C. E. Day of this city
has taken quite an interest in the mat
ter and will accelerate it as much as
possible.
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The Santa Fe will soon have its own
road again, for the burned-out tunnel
at Williams is almost cleaned out, only
about thirteen feet Of it remaining filled
with debris. All of the material needed
for timbering 1t and the steel plates
for it's lining are ready and will quickly
be placed in position as soon as the place
Is cool enough to admit the workmen.
Mr.. Walker, the chief clerk to the gen.
eral superintendent of the Santa Fe.
yesterday stated that the company
counted on using the tunnel for traffic
by Friday. The fire is all out and the
limestone does not seem to be disinte-
grating any more.
The company's loss, direct and indi-
rect, from this accident will be likely to
amount to something in the hundreds of
thousands of dollars.
THE SOUTHERN PACIFICS BOOM
The Southern Pacific continues to have
business piling up on it's counter faster
than it can take care of it. Four weeks
ago it had only fourteen freight train
crews, and now 1t has running full time
thirty-two crews and would put on
more If 1t could work them to advantage.
Mr.. Pryor is still employing railroad
men as fast as they apply and can show
that they are capable, but it is not ex-
pected that the rush will keep up after
this week, unless something should
happen to the Santa Fes tunnel again.
Five of the best of the Santa Fe's en-
gineers who were laid off on account
Of the blockade of that road are tempo
rarily at work on the Southern Pacific,
having yesterday morning successfully
passed their examinations. They will
remain until their own road is again
open for traffic.
HIS HAND SMASHED
One of the new brakemen employed
in its sudden demand for men by the
Southern Pacific. had his hand badly
smashed at Mammoth Tank yesterday
while trying to make a coupling. His
name is v. E. Ron. He came from
Santa Ana recently, and went into the
service of the road as what is called
Student" and was at once put to work.
He was found to be capable and was
made brakeman. He was too slow in
getting his fingers out of the way Of the
draw-head, however, and got his hand
caught. He was taken at once to Yuma
for hospital treatment.
RANDSBURG RAILWAY SUED
The Randsb2Hg railway continues to
have trouble wYh the claimants of prop
erty that it has used for it's line. The
latest litigation of this kind is the suit
brought by E. w. Little of Bakersfield
against the road for lot in Johannes
burg, and for damages for its retention
by the company. He claims that the
road took the lot without any right
or authority.
A NABOB HEREABOUTS
General Manager Frank Trnbell of the
Union Pacific company is in Southern
California loking about the country in
a very detailed way. He was at San
Luis Obispo last Tuesday, and has
taken the rest of the time to work his
way to this city. What he Is doing here
and how long he will stay are not known,
but his presence has been sufficient to
set the gossips at work again on the old
story of the Union Pacific's intention of
building to this city. On leaving here
he will go to Denver.
NOTES
T. J. Helm, general agent of the Den
yer and Rio Grande road, is expected to
be in the city this week, coming from
Denver.
Assistant Passenger Agent Fl. X.
Gregory of the Santa Fe has recovered
from his recent illness, and is again at
work.
F. w. Mahl, the mechanical engineer
of the Southern Pacific, went through
the city yesterday on his way to New
York.
]. ]. Byrne, the general passenger
agent of the Santa Fe in this city, has
returned from his trip to the burned tun-
mel at Williams, Arizona.
Mrs. c. A. Driscomb, wife Of director
of the Pennsylvania railway, passed
through the city last evening on the
way to her home in New York in her
private car.
The town will be full Of tenderfeet to-
day, as besides the regular overland
trains which will arrive loaded to the
platforms, there will be two limiteds
crowded with passengers, and six-car
Raymond and Whitcomb excursion.
Redlands and Riverside have ar
ranged with the Southern Pacific to
have that roads 'inside track" trains
met by committees of the chambers of
commerce of the two towns once a week
and given plenty Of time to be shown
about the city and taken to places of
interest bv the neoDIe Tt,;c min ~.