The San Francisco call., 1899-05-13
WITH
WORK ON The GAP
Railway Builders Not
Withdrawn.
H0LLISTER ESTATES CLAIM
DEMANDS AN ARCHWAY OVER
A HIGHWAY.
H0LLISTER ESTATES CLAIM
Action of Landowner Dreyfus in
Blocking Construction Is De-
nounced in Santa
Barbara.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SANTA BARBARA, May 12-The
Southern Pacific coast line right of way
through the great Hollistef estate, that
is one obstacle responsible for the en-
barge that C. P Huntington threatens
to put on railroad building, hinges on
the willingness of the railroad people
to pay $4,000 to construct an archway
over a roadway on the Santa Anita
ranch. ]. T. Richards, attorney and
trustee of the estate, in a written state
ment says the Southern Pacific has
been given twenty-five miles of right
of way over the ranch on condition that
it will build this archway to enable pas
sage from one side of the road to the
other. There will be a deep fill, prob
ably forty feet, near the ranch house,
and it is under this that the arch is
wanted. The railroad people have re-
fused fatty to build the arch, but fall
back on the Santa Barbara County
right of way committee to settle the
dispute and give them free passage
through the county, the Hollister es-
tate included. Members of the Hollis
ter family declare they will not yield
to the demands of Huntington, as the
damage to the property will be far
greater than the cost of building the
way over the lands is estimated to be
worth $4,000, which they have agreed
to give.
In answer to the Morning Press tele-
gram to c. P. Huntington. asking
whether or not the report was true that
work had been stopped, the following
message was received late this even
ing:
Morning Press, Santa Barbara: No
truth in the report
c. P. HUNTINGTON.
The Southern Pacific Company, al
though threatening to discontinue the
work of construction, has had almost
full force at work all day. The COM
pany's officials here have circulated re-
ports that it is due to the actions Of
Louis G.. Dreyfus and the Hollister es-
tate that Huntington is about to sus-
pend work. They to-day made public
the Dreyfus letter to their contractors
and give it out that unless Dreyfus
came to their terms the road would
stop at his property three miles north
west of Ellwood Dreyfus letter reads:
You are hereby cautioned against tres
passing on my property, the Eagle Can
yon rancho, and you are notified not to
enter thereon. The Southern Pacific
Company nor any other company has no
right of way across the said property,
where the surveyors of said company
have surveyed a route for a railroad bed.
You are also notified not to cross any of
the said lands, unless proper authority be
obtained from me, nor to attach your
stock to any fencing on the premises, nor
to camp on any part of the property, or
on the county road crossing the said
property, which road is my property, ex
cepting for the purposes of road to be
used by the general public. If you dis
regard this notice you are notified that
you will be held responsible for all dam
ages.
This letter was forwarded to railroad
headquarters on May s, and immediate
ly letters came from Huntington to the
right of way committee here. Dreyfus'
action has been the sole topic of con-
versation on the streets to-day and sew
eral attempts to hold an Indignation
meeting have been made, although not
successful. This evening Dreyfus.
when seen by The Call correspondent,
again denied that he had in any way
hindered the company. He said it's at
torney called on him several weeks ago
in regard to the right of way through
his property and he gave his terms,
which have all been ignored by the
company. He has received no COM
munication from the railroad officials
up to this time.
Public opinion is against Dreyfus, but
at the same time it considers that
Huntington is attempting a big bluff on
the people.