The San Francisco call., 1905-04-06
SOUTH TO HAVE
A NEW OUTLET
E. FL. Hartman Plans Direct
Line From Mojave to Town
of Haztn in Nevada State
WILL HURRY THE WORK
Route Will Include System
of Carson and Colorado
From Keller to Churchill


The Southern Pacific Company is
soon to have another outlet to the East
from Los Angeles. Work upon the
project is already under way, and with
in year it is expected that the new
route. which will connect the Southern
part of California with the Central Pa
cific in Nevada, will be in operation.
Yesterday the law department of the
Southern Pacific Company filed with
the County Clerk articles Of incorpora-
ton Of the Nevada and California Rail-
way Company. which is capitalized for
S15,000,000. OF this amount s457,00 is
subscribed, William +. Herrin, chief
counsel of the Southern Pacific, being
credited with 1927 900, Assistant Chief
Counsel P. F. Dunno with $1,000, Chief
Engineer William Hood with 1921, 900,
Treasurer n. T. Smith with $1,000 and
Joseph L. Willcutt with a similar sum-
The articles of Incorporation set
forth that the new company proposes
building a road from Hazen, Churchill
County, Nevada, southwark to "a point
on the Mojave Desert" and a branch
line Of twenty miles from
Churchill, a station on the Carson and
Colorado road. to Mound House sta
ton, situated on the Virginia and
Truckee Railroad. The outline of the
purposes of the new company as given
in its articles of Incorporation are rath-
er indefinite in that they convey the
idea that the promoters of the road
have a gigantic construction scheme
before them, whereas 1T is Harriman's
intention to effect connections between
Los Angeles and Hazen with the aid of
the Carson and Colorado road, thus ne
cessitating the laying of trif1e over
200 miles of,track.
Briefly, the Hartman plan Is as fol-
lows: The proposed cutoff between
Hazen, on the Central Pacific line. and
Churchill on the Carson and Colorado
road, work upon which is already under
way, will be completed under the di-
rection of the Nevada and California
road. and while this work is in progress
the company will start the construction
of an extension of the Carson and Colo
rado road from its present southern
terminus at Keeler. The course of this
extension will be in a southwesteriy
direction for a distance Of about 120
miles, eventually connecting with the
main line of the Southern Pacific at
Mojave.
WORK TO BEGIN SOON.
It was said by the railroad officers
last night that the construction will be-
gin at once and be hurried through as
fast as the material can be sent to the
front While the building Is proceed
ing a large force viii be engaged to
broaden the entire system of the Car
son and Colorado line to a standard
gauge, so that the new route will be
ready to handle freight at the earliest
possible time. The main object of
connecting the Carson and Colo
rado with the Central Pacific on the
north and the Southern Pacific at Mo-
lave is said to be the overcoming Of
the excessive grades at Hazen, the re-
Heving of much of the. freight traffic
congestion on the coast lines between
here and Los Angeles and to also af-
ford the southern part of California
quicker service for freight destined
for points in the Middle West and the
East. not convenient to the Sunset
route.
With the completion of the Hazen
cutoff. which means a saving OF about
sixty miles of running, the Virginia and
Truckee road, which is owned by ID. o.
Mills and his associates, although oper-
ated practically under the direction Of
the Hartman officials, will cease to be
an important factor in railroad traffic
business over the Carson and Colorado.
which will then be feeder to the Mills
road instead of the latter being the me-
dunn for transferring freight from the
Central Pacific to the Carson and Colo
rado.
TO MOVE FREIGHT.
The proposed branch line of the Cali
fornia and Nevada from Churchill to
Mound House will be about twenty
seven miles long and will be construct
ed simply to facilitate the handling of
local freight.
It is expected that before the new
route between Hazen and Mojave has
been completed the Hartman syndicate
will have possessed itself of the Tono-
pah Railroad, which is now being fed
by the Central Pacific over the Virginia
and Truckee and the Carson and Colo
RADIO lines, a system of transportation
that has provoked much dissatisfaction
owing to the fact that the Tonopah
road is inadequate for freight ship
ments destined for the new Nevada
mining camps. A several months
blockade on the latter road, which is
owned by a Philadelphia syndicate
headed by John Brock, was recently
raised by General Manager Calvin Of
the Southern Pacific, and since then
the latter company has been piling up
freight at the terminus of the little
road. where another blockade is threat
ened. According to reliable reports now
in circulation Hartman has given
Brock to understand that he must sell
his line at fair price to the Southern
Pacific or the latter will parallel 1t next
wear. Brooks experience In managing
a railroad has not been a happy one,
and it is said that he Is seriously con-
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