Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-13
PACIFIC ELECTRIC
TOCONNECT WITH
Los ANGELES LINE
Old Steam Road to Palms to Link
Systems Under Manage
ment of the S. P.
FREIGHT GRIP STRENGTHENED
250 New Cars Ordered, and Con-
soIidation Will Make Stronger
Bid for New Business

AS the first improvement under the
new Southern Pacific management
and as the first step Steward placing
the Pacific Electric and the Los An
geles Pacific lines under one head.
the two lines will be connected within
a few weeks. The Southern Pacific's
old steam road between Los Angeles
and Palms, station on the Venice
line of the Los Angeles Pacific will
be used as the connecting link.
The old steam line extends from the
Arcade station to Santa Monica. Part
of it, from Palms to Santa Monica,
has already been turned into an cleo
trio road, and 1t was announced yes
terday from the office of Paul Shoup.
vice president of the Pacific Electric.
that the remainder of the line would
soon be put in shape to accommodate
electric cars, and that it would be
used primarily as a freight line to
facilitate freight transportation from
the Los Angeles7Paciflc lines to the
Pacific Electric and the Southern Pa
cific. 1t is believed, however, that
this step is being taken to unite the
two companies and that within a short
time they will be officially consoli-
dated.
The new line will join the Pacific
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Beach system somewhere below Sew
enth street, making it possible to run
electric trains directly from the Los
AngeleS-Paciflc lines to the Sixth
street station of the Pacific Electric
or the Arcade station of the Southern
Pacific.
Work will be commenced at once
changing the line from steam to cleo
trio, and it probably will be in opera
tion within few months. An order
for $50 new freight cars has been
placed by General Manager Mcmillan
of the Pacific Electric, part of which
will be used on this new line, the re-
mainder being for use on the new San
Dimas line. which will be completed
to the county rock crusher within a
few days.
TO WIDEN REDONDO TRACKS
The second Improvement to be un-
dertaken by the Southern Pacific in
its management of the Pacific Electric
lines will be the widening of the Los
Angeles & Redondo railway to stand
ard gauge and the building of con-
Meeting track between the lines of this
company and the Pacific Electric, in
order that cars running on the former
may make the Sixth street station a
terminus. 1t was stated yesterday
that this will undoubtedly be done, but
that as yet the route of the connect
ing branch has not been decided upon
and will not be until engineers of the
company have ans opportunity to
make report on the most favorable
route.
The work of building and refltting
these lines is under the direction of
Vice President Shoup of the Pacific
Electric. Shoup, although a COM
parative stranger in Los Angeles, has
l. - a. a. x.,tAL
ing the electric lines centering in this
city, through his connection with the
Southern Pacific. For the last few
years he has been the active head of
the Southern Pacific's electric lines in
Southern California, and in that ca
pacity was in constant touch with
Henry e. Huntington in building and
improving the Pacific Electric
Shoup has been instrumental in Sc
curing the improvements that are now
being made on the Los Angeles-Pacifi
lines. Among these improvements are
the reballasting of the Venice short
line, the rebuilding of the Sunset bou-
leVard lines to Hollywood and Cole
grove and the proposed rebuilding of
the coast line from Santa Monica to
Redondo Beach.
ONE MANAGEMENT THE AIM
With these improvements made, the
Redondo Beach line standardized and
the Los Angeles-P Pacific and Pacific
Electric connected by the old S. P.
steam road. it is believed the inter
urban lines will be put entirely under
one management and be operated as a
single system, instead of two, as at
present.
The control of the electric lines will
give the Southern Pacific a firmer grip
than ever on the shipping at Los An
geles harbor, and it is said that 1t was
primarily to secure this control that
the recent change was made. 1t is
believed that in the future the electric
roads will make much stronger bid
than formerly for freight business in
the territory served by them, and that
a number of regular freight trains
will be put in operation. This is
borne out by the fact that the $50 new
freight cars have been ordered for
immediate delivery.
In regard to the rumor that the pur-
chase of the Pacific Electric by the
Southern Pacific would result in a
marked change in the policy OF the
management Shoup said yesterday:
1.-The rumor is without foundation,
for it is our intention to adhere to
the present policy of operation. In
supportS of this statement it might be
we'll for me to point out that for a.
number of years the Southern Pacific,
represented by Mr.. Herrin. has had a
half interest in the Pacific Electric
and has Joined with Mr.. Huntington
in making improvements on the lines"
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