The San Francisco call., 1913-08-17
PLAN TO BETTER
PENINSULAR LINE
Will Establish Service From
Los Gatos to San
Francisco

F. E Chaplin, vice president and gem
eral manager of the Peninsular rail-
way. with headquarters in San Jose.
came 10 San Francisco yesterday 10
confer with Paul shoup, in charge OF
electric internrban service for the
Southern Pacific relative to Peninsular
service between Los Gatos and San
Francisco. 1t is planned TO operate
trolley cars over the Southern Pacific
tracks between Los Gatos and 4Palo'
Alto and to give a direct night service
to san Francisco, beginning about Sep
tember Is.
When the steam road changes from
its summer to its winter schedule.
said Mr.. Chaplin. "the Peninsular rail-
way will take over the line operated
bv the Southern Pacific between Los
Gatos and Palo Alto and operate 1t
electrically"
T. J. Freeman, vice president of the
Texas and Pacific railroad. with omces
in New Orleans, arrived here yesterday
over the Western Pacific and left last
night for Los Angeles.
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A B. Mcdonald has been elected vice
president of the Southern Pacific rail-
road Of Mexico.
The western racine new
steamer Edward T. Jeffery has begun
regular service between San Francisco
and Oakland and in connection with
the Western Pacific and Denver and
Rio Grande train service.
The transportation club of San Fran
cisco will meet in the Palace hotel
Saturday afternoon next to hear pro-
posals from the Palace and st. Francis
20 o1s
The Southern Pacific company is as
serted to have purchased the Terminal
railroad in Marshfield. Ore, which will
give ii a strip Of water front line the
whole length OF the western side OF
Coos bay
Agents OF the Santa Te are reported
TO be securing options on property for
branch line, which, II Is said. will
be built from the Alta district through
the General Grant national park and
the lumber district about Hume.
The Paiaro Valley Consolidated rail-
road has applied 10 the railroad conf
mission for permission TO lease a short
branch track of the watsonviiie Rail-
way and Navigation company near Wat
sonviIie This lease Is desired In order
that the Pajaro Valley Consolidated
railroad may haul all OF the sugar beets
turned over TO II for shipment by the
watsonviile Railway and Navigation
company.
The railroad commission has given
the Northwestern Pacific railroad until
October II to file with the commission
the tariffs ordered in as a result OF the
recent investigation into the reason
sbleness of the rates of that company.
The railroad commission has rem
dered a decision permitting the North
ern Electric Railway company 10 con-
struct its main line track at grade
across four streets and undergrade
across two streets on Its proposed cx-
tension in the city of Vallejo. The or
der requires the Northern Electric 10
construct Its bridge across Santa Clara
street in Vallejo. not at right angles
TO its tracks. but with an alignment to
conform with that of Santa Clara
street
In order to provide an economical
transportation outlet for the product of
its mine in the Ajo district, the Calumet
and Arizona Mining company Is about
to construct a railroad from Tucson TO
its property. distance of S5 miles.
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The cutoff line which the Houston and
Texas Central is constructing between
Giddings and Stone City, Tex. will be
finished and placed I'm operation about
October i. This will connect up two
Southern Pacific lines and establish
new through route between San An
tonic and Dallas.
The construction of a railroad be-
tween sIagda1ena and Ensenada, lower
California. Will be started as soon as
peace is restored in that part of Mex
ico. according 20 l. b. Royse. repre-
sentative Of Il British syndicate recently
granted = concession by the Mexican
government for the proposed line Pre-
limiHary surveys OF the route are now
being made. The road viii be about
80 miles long and will give lower Cali
fornia railroad connection with the
more interior portions of Mexico. The
new line win join the Southern PacInc
at Ma agdalena