The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-24
NEWS or THE RAILWAYS
LONG BEACH WANTS ALAMIToS
ROAD EXTENDED
NO RATE WAR HEREAB0UTS
It May Commence, However, at Any
Time-Huntington Leaves the
Railway Commission

The people of Long Beach are agitatins
the matter of getting the Southern Pacific
to extend it's branch from the main line to
Santa Ana to Alamitos to Long Beach. The
Alamitos branch is only occupied by traffic
| during the beet harvest season, while II
| 1t was extended to the coast 1t would be
the means of taking quantities of people to
the beach from San Bernardino, Redlands
and Riverside, quicker than any other
route offered, and would make Long Beach
the most accessible place from the interior
| for pleasure seekers.
| 1t is probable that a committee Of Long
Beachers will be formed to act in the mat
ter and help to bring it before the railway
company in a way that will secure consid-
Grafton for the plan.
Huntington Goes East
| C. P. Huntington surprised the state
railway commission by leaving the state
for the east on Saturday. The commission,
| or at least some of the members, claim that
this is an evasion of the process of the
commission citing him to appear as a wit
ness. and talk of contempt proceedings,
while his supporters claim that he had full
and had perfect right to go.
No Rate War Here
While the Southern Pacific has entered
into the war on overland rates, by putting
it's Shasta route into the cut rate roads
list, in order to stand off the Canadian Pa
cific slash of rates to the northwest, this
has not brought Southern California into
the war zone. The local officials do not
seem to think there is much chance for
the cutting to reach this part of the state,
though they admit that the combined
steamship and railway rate from here 20
the east by way of the Canadian Pacific
has cut into their business considerably,
among those travellers to whom the saving
of ten or twenty dollars is of more i'm
portance than the saving of a few days
time.
However, those who have had experience
in such matters hold that there Is every
likelihood that in few days time the rates
from here to New York and Chicago will be
cut down one-third or more, going on the
theory that railway war is much like
any other-it is hard to predict where the
battle center is going to be or where 1t will
stay.
Losing Their Railwayphobia
The people of Riverside seem to be COM
ing to a realization that it will not pay to
fight railway simply because 1t is a rail-
way, and the press of that city is treating
the Southern Pacific's new request for a
franchise through the city most temperate
ly The beautiful depot being erected by
that company, the perfect bit Of road they
built, and other substantial improvements
have brought about change of sentiment
towards giving the company in reason
what 1t asks. The city trustees are eau
toned, very properly, to insist on provi-
sions securing the city efficient train serv.
| ice and good equipment. When the South
ern Pacific's present branch from Pomona
to Chino is extended farther to Riverside,
| the full significance Of the movements of
| the company in and about that city will
become apparent.
Notes and Personals
Fifty-two carloads of rails for the
Stockton and Tuolomne county railway
have arrived from the east, SO that track
laying will commence at Stockton the end
of this week.
The Santa Fe Pacific has made change
in it's standard Of time. Heretofore the
trains have been operated on mountain
time on the Santa Fe Pacific, while at Bar
stow the change to Pacific time was made,
making difference of an hour there. This
occasioned so much inconvenience that the
Pacific" time point has been moved to
Seligman, Ariz., 800 miles east of Barstow.
Malone Joyce, the travelling passenger
agent for the Missouri Pacific railway has
| been in the city for few days past.
| The Pasadena board of trade has select
ed the following to serve as the railway
committee for the year: Warren J. Rich
ardson, E. P. Boynton, Edmund Loskett,
Edwin Stearns, Colin Stewart Thomas L.
Hoag, c. c. Brown.
The Santa Fe company is doing all posi-.
BILE to show the people Of Riverside that II
| has great interest in that city. 1t has re-
Gently put up an imposing Flagstaff at the
depot, with q most handsome banner. 1t :s
also putting its line in first class condition
| One of the most remarkable evidences OF
| railway mans hold on a community was
shown by the spontaneous action of the
business men of San Bernardino. who have
presented w. A. Mitchem, who has for
many years been the Santa FEES agent at
| that place, with a signed testimonial OF
their appreciation of his fine qualities and
| regret at losing him.
The contractors who are working at the
| gap on the Southern Pacific's coast line
between Elwood and Surf have put all
their available force of men and teams al
work, doubling their rate of progress.
| Auditor Crazy of the Santa Fee Pacific
who was injured by a runaway team last
week, is mending rapidly.
| General Passenger Agent ]. J. Byrne Of
the Santa Fe Pacific is in San Francisco
He is expected back Thursday.
| r. R. Richie, the general agent OF the
Chicago and Northwestern, arrived here
yesterday for few days stay.
The Santa Fe Pacific officials assert tina
| they have received confederation Of tn,
steamship line from San Diego to the
| Orient, placing 1t beyond any doubt an as
sured fact.
General Manager Nevin Of the Santa Fl
has returned from an inspection trip Of tn,
line, which he reports as in first class con
| dition.
SUNDAY SCHOOL INSTITUTE