The San Francisco call., 1904-02-04

OAKLAND, Feb. 3.-The route or
the Western Pacific Railroad through
Alameda County has been settled.
More deeds have been filed and they
show the route and show by what line
the Western Pacific will find it's way
from the San Joaquin Valley to tide
water on the Oakland side of the bay.
The Western Pacific will absorb the
coal road that extends from Stockton
to Tesla. The line of the franchises
secured by the company in Oakland
shows the route from the foot of Union
street along Third, into East Oakland
and along Twelfth street, from Thir-
teenth to Twenty-third avenues. Re-
Gently deeds were filed that show
the route of the road from Dublin up
the Redwood Canyon, but the connect
ing links were not known until noW.
ROUTE is KNOWN.
The route can now be definitely an
nounced. The line of the coal road
from Stockton to Tesla will be used
and a tunnel through Corral Hollow
Pass will be built 1t will be about
1000 feet long. The line to Livermore
is almost straight from the western
portal of the tunnel and the depot site
has already been secured in Livermore,
ern Pacific Company. From Liver
more the line to Dublin will be almost
straight, following the line of the old
overland road from Stockton.
II was thought that the road would
reach the western side of the hills,
through the Haywards Pass into Hay
wards but the town of Haywards will
be left upon the sidetrack. Before the
summit is reached in the HayWardS
Pass the road will swing northward
through the old Redwood road and
along the banks of San Leandro Creek.
1t will cross Crow Creek and Gull Creek
and will follow the line of one of the
oldest sections of Alameda County un-
til the old Redwood Schoolhouse is
reached From there the road will
swing westward and will cross the di-
vide with a tunnel about 800 feet long
and drop down the western slope of
the Contra Costa hills, back of Laun-
dry Farm.
TWO OPTIONS OUT.
This is the only point where the
rights of way have not been completed
and it is said that there are two op-
tions out, one for the line now oper-
ated by the Leona Heights branch of
the Oakland Transit Company and one
for an Independent right of way. The
tunnel through the hills will be on the
IICNSlOh pltCG dllu tie AlllC oMAu6O
down the hillside through the Hews-
ton place and several big tracts now
controlled by the Realty Syndicate
and into Fruitvale at the junction Of
East Twelfth street and Fruitvale ave-
nue.. where the franchise from the city
of Oakland ends.
The people of Haywards and San
Leandro are disturbed over this sud-
den change of the overland route, but
the statement is made by those who
are interested in securing the rights
of way for the road that the people
of Haywards wanted $4,000 for the
right of way through that city and
San Leandro wanted as much more,
and that the road was compelled to
abandon its plans in that direction and
go up the eastern side of the hills and
cross nearer Fruitvale.
The Oakland City Council has OBJ
jected to the slowness with which the
new road completed its work. Valu-
able franchises were granted through
the city of Oakland and just enough
work was done upon these franchises
to hold them for a year. The City
Council has notified the new road that
it will have to begin its work in earn
est or steps will be taken to~revoke
the franchises. AS yet no answer has
been received from the railroad. 1t is
generally believed that the amount
spent for rights of way in this county
is guarantee that the road is going
to be built.