Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1911-01-10

days ago, is contained in state.
ment made by T.. l.. Lomax, traffic
manager of the Western Pacific in
Les Angeles, and printed in a spec.
ial dispatch to the Chronicle. In
cidentally this is also in line with
the statement heretofore published
that the railroad properties of F.
M. Smith, now extending from To-
nopah, New, to Ludlow, Cal, will
be used as a nucleus for this pro-
posed extension of the Western Pa,
eific
All this means that the United
Properties company, the $200,000,-
600 merger recently incorporated in
Delaware by f, M. Smith, w. S.
Tevis, R. G. Hanford and associates
of this city, which will eventually
absorb the F. M. Smith railroads,
will expend vast amount of money
in building railroads in California
and in other development work.
Lomax says, in his Los Angeles
interview, that the Frisco system
proposes to expend $100,0O0,000 in
extending it's lines to the coast, that
the Rock Island is also headed this
way, and that the Goulds are anx-
ious to build from Salt Lake to Los
Angeles. OF course, when Lomax
says the Goulds he means the West
err Pacific, so far as the general
public is informed, the Goulds are
still supposed to control that road.
AS a matter of fact, the Western
Pacific is no longer controlled by
the Goulds, and there is good and
substantial reason for the assertion
that the control of that great prop
erty has passed into the hands of
]. j. Hill and his associates. It is
interesting to note that Lomax casu-
ally mentions that Hill is DESTROYS
of extending his lines through Cali
fornia to the Gulf of Mexico, and
that the Goulds-m meaning the West
ern Pacific Intend to build south
from San Francisco through the
San joaquin valley.
The United Properties company
will at once begin the construction
of line from Oakland to San Jose,
using the line of the San Francisco,
Oakland and San Jose railroad for
that purpose. This road will later
be extended south through the San
Joaquin valley to Bakersfield, and
Eventually to Los Angeles. 1t rlay
be taken as settled that the Hill
interests are behind this program
and that when the road, when COM
pleted to the southern California
metropolis, will form an important
link in the Hill-Western Pacific sys-
TEN in California.
There are several available
routes by which Los Angeles can be
reached after leaving Bakersfield.
One of these, which is looked upon
with considerable favor, crosses the
Tehachapi mountains through the
TETON pass, touching at Santa Bar.
bara.
Another route from Bakersfield to
Los Angeles, via Santa Barbara, is
by way of the San Emildio pass,
which lies about fifteen miles west
of TETON pass. The distance be-
tween Bakersfield and Santa Bar
bara by this route is only about
ninety miles, and all heavy grades
can be eliminated by constructing a
short tunnel Practically every foot
of land over which the road would
be compelled to pass, should the
San Emidio route be chosen, is
owned by the Kern County Land
company or the government. w. S.
Tevis, one of the principal promot-
SAo anu o0OChnOlu0IS VI Tic OulI0u
Properties company, is also presi-
dent of the Kern County Land COM
pany.
The right of way through the
holdings of the Kern County Land
company, which covers by far the
greater portion of the distance,
would have to be purchased. For
that reason the TETON route may be
preferred as the cheaper. There is
still a third route through the
following the old post
road, and this is said to be even
more desirable in many respects
than either of those described.
The directors of the United Prop
critics company will not admit that
they contemplate building to Bak-
ersfeld; neither will they admit |
that the merger is affiliated with
the Hill interests. They do admit,
however, that the San Francisco,
Oakland and San Jose road will be
extended to San Jose and perhaps"
later to Los Angeles. They will not