Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-07
SANTA FE PLANS
VAST PROJECTS
HIGH OFFICIALS INSPECTING
COAST LINES
Standard oil Capital Pushes the Big
System - California Travel
Keeps Growing--General
Railroad News

InaL the santa Fe has gigantic pro-
jects under way affecting its coast busi-
ness is evident from the visit through
Los Angeles territory of officials and
directors who admit that extensive
plans for betterments are under way.
A special train carrying high officials
of the Santa Fe railway system from
Chicago and Topeka has arrived in Los
Angeles.
President e. p. Ripley heads the
party, accompanied by j. w. Kendrlck,
second vice president; George T.
Nicholson, third vice PRESIDENT W. B..
Jansen, fourth vice president and as
slstant to the president, and w. b.
Story, chief engineer of all the Santa
Fe lines A. G.. Wells, general manager
of the coast lines, and ]. ]. Byrne, as
sistant passenger traffic manager met
the party at Albuquerque.
Although 1t is given out that the trip
of the special is for the purpose of al
lowing the ligh officials to make a
thorough inspection, 1t is believed that
this visit presages matters of moment
to Santa Fe interests in California.
What Is generally understood in the
east and is admitted now in the west is
that the Standard Oil crowd have in
vested heavily in Santa Fe.
IHC putty dI present Is improve
and care for the present facilities in
order to get adequate rolling stock, new
rails and renewed equipment rather
than to branch out The system has
about as much business offered it now
as can be handled with it's supply of
locomotives and cars.
When the powerful men at the helm
have brought everything up to the
standard of supply then the branching
out and reaching after new territory
will begin.
If anything were needed to conform
this the interview credited to 3. p.
Cheney of Boston, director and heavy
stockholder, may be cited. While in
Los Angeles yesterday en- route to San
Diego Mr.. Cheney is quoted as having
remarked:
Cheney Confirms 1t
There is no question, of course. that
John d. Rockefeller and II. H. Rogers
do hold sufficient Santa Fe stock to
make them considerable factor in the
control of the road.
"At the same time their interest is
not entirely controlling, and they never
have attempted to make it so.
Our interests and theirs are very
nearly identical concerning oil proper
ties for both corporations own large
areas of western oil lands.
I'VE never, in fact, have had fight
withe the Standard Oil people on any
question. Their interests seem to be
the roads interests.
ION all questions of expansion-and
expansion4is is throbbing question in
santa Fe, scircies-the directors are
agreed. if
Our advance in California is rather
in the way of building up our present
lines than projecting new ones.
'"The rerailing of the mountain be-
tween Los Angeles and San Bernardino
is an example of the sort of construc-
ton we intend to undertake wherever
the Santa Fe route needs it.
"At the present time our chief diff
Guilty is to get enough rolling stock to
handle the California traffic.
Open Arizona Mines
Engineers are sounding the Colorado
river in the vicinity of Parker, Ariz..
seeking a foundation for the bridge
which the Santa Fe's new line, known
as the Arizona & California railway,
will construct across the stream. Frank
Murphy, who is building the road, says
that the company is preparing to eX-
pend $1000,000 on bridge near Parker.
This line leaves the Santa Fe, Pres
colt & Phoenix road at Wickenburg,
Ariz., and will join the main line at
Barnwell, Cal.
1t will open up large mineral field
one of which the mining engineers sent
into the field by the Santa Fe, previous
to the laying out of the line, predict will
be the richest mining district in the
world.
1t is especially rich in copper PROPOSE
tions, and there are in the territory
many mines only waiting the coming of
the railroad to begin development on a
large scale.