Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-11
CL|NCH DETAILS
OF BIG R. R.. DEAL
S. P. Takes Possession of Newly
Acquired Lines on
January
IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE
New Method Planned for Getting
Interurban Cars Into
City Depot
IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE

Final details of the gigantic railroad
deal by which the Huntington inter
ests trade their holdings in the Pacific
Electric railway to the Southern Pa
cific for the latter's interests in the
Los Angeles Railway corporation were
consummated yesterday, the officers
of the two companies remaining in
conference until 7 o'clock last evening
in order to finish their work.
According to the terms Of the deal
the Southern Pacific will hereafter op-
crate the Pacific Electric and that sec
ton of the Los Angeles and Redondo
railway beyond Hawthorne while the
Huntington interests will own and
control all Los Angeles city car lines
and the Los Angeles and Redondo line
as far as Hawthorne. officers of the
Pacific Electric announced after the
conference last evening that the full
details of the transaction would be
made public today.
1t is said that the change in owner
shin of the interurban lines does not
contemplate a change in the present
policy of the companies in the man
agement of departments. Henry e.
Huntington, president of the Pacific
Electric and the Los Angeles and Re-
dondo, personally stated that the
Southern Pacific would continue the
operation of the lines taken over by
If in the same manner as they have
been operated by the Huntington in
terests and that it would continue the
improvements now under way and car
ry out those contemplated.
BIG MEN IN CONFERENCE
Those in conference yesterday in
cluded Henry E. Huntington, William
r. Herrin, Paul Shoup, Epes Randolph,
Howard Huntington and w. z. Dunn.
Resides these, officers of the engineer
ing and auditing departments were re-
porting to the conference throughout
the day, giving figures concerning the
holdings and assets of the roads. Those
in the conference refused to give out
the date set for the Southern Pacific
taking control Of the lines but 1t is
generally believed 1t will be January
/. On and after that date the Los
Angeles and RedOndo railway will go
out of existence and will be operated as
q part of the Pacific Electric system.
In all probability the latter company's
station at Sixth and Main streets will
be made the terminus for the Redondo
line.
Among the changes which probably
will be carried out by the Southern
Pacific is the operation of interurban
cars from Pasadena and the lines north
of the city TO Jne SlNln street SldlloI
via san Pedro street A franchise has
been asked for already along the street
mentioned. The object of such a
change is to relieve the congestion on
Main street and allow better time be-
ing made over the lines running north
At present, during the rush hours
from twelve to fifteen minutes, about
the same time as it takes to run from
the city limits of Los Angeles to Pas
adena is consumed between Sixth and
Main and First and Main streets. With
the interurban cars operating in san
Pedro street a great deal of this time
would be saved, according to officials
of the company.
Should such q change be made, the
cars will be run into the station at
Sixth and Main from the Los Angeles
street side. it is said, AS the level of
Los Angeles street is considerably low
er than Main street, this would neces-
state building an underground sta
tion, and it is believed that If such is
done all cars will be operated through
the Los Angeles street entrance.
The conference will meet again to-
day to begin taking the actual steps for
transferring the holdings of each fac
tion to the other.