The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1913-06-02
From Southern End of State
to San Francisco by Troll
ley Service de Luxe Is
Plan of S. P. Subsidiary
System-Will Push Move
Delayed by Unmerging
ENTIRE COAST TO
BE JOINED BY WIRE
Eureka Included in Exten-
sion to North, and This
Means Connection With
Portland-Harrirnan Off
Gals Forced to Meet Com
petition of Hill Interests

From San Diego to San Francisco by
electric service de luxe and then some.
is the plan of the Southern Pacif1c's
subsidiary electric system
The unmerging, as told in The Call.
OF the Pacific Electric company, the
Peninsular Electric and other lines that
have been part of the Southern Pacific
system, Will go further. In about two
years a complete string of electric
communication will have been COM
pleted between San Francisco and San
Diego, and later this extension will in
clude Eureka, and this, of course
means Portland.
Paul Shoup Of the Pacific Electric
railway of Los Angeles was in this
city few days ago in connection with
the extension of the electric system
Of the Hartman lines. While the Har-
r1man system operates to all intents
and purposes Independently of its
electric lines it is known that that the
plan is to have the roads connect up in
one great electric service that will
cover the entire coast from Portland to
the Mexican border
ELECTRIFY ENTIRE COAST LINE
The Southern Pacific has just COM
pleted an extension of its lines from
ranging for service from Pomona to
San Bernardino via. Rialto A branch
road is being built from Riverside 30
Cotton to take the place of the steam
. line between those cities and there is
mile of track to be reconstructed
from Urbita Springs to Cotton that will
complete the haul from San Bernardno
west. From Arlington the Pacific Elec-
trie win build to San Jacinto, or will
have to face competition with a COM
pany that has already made arrange
ments to get into this field. From San
Jaeinto, or southeast of there, line
is projected to San Diego
The Pacific Electric, or the Southern
Pacific company, owns the electric lines
of San Jose. Fresno, Stockton. Santa
Barbara, and many other coast cities.
The purpose of the company is to
electrify the entire coast line from San
Francisco. through TO San Jose, Sa-
Hnas. and then on to Santa Barbara
and Los Angeles. The old steam rail-
road viii be entirely done away with.
The connecting links will be improved
TO the extent that heavy tracks will
be put in and an arrangement for a
10 hour service between this city and
Los Angeles will not be a thing Of
the very distant future
MERGER SUIT DELAYS PLANS
During recent conferences In San
Francisco, and other conferences in
Los Angeles. between Hartman system
officials, it was decided that an all
electric system would be necessary to
offset the competition that the coast
route would sooner or later have to
face The question was whether it
was advisable for the Hartman lines
to make an announcement OF their
plans. 1t was decided that il might
take considerable time and expendf-
ture of much money before the system
that has been the dream and ambition
of Mr. Shoup, who is general manager
OF the HdClHC ElCClllSy ali It's
kindred systems, could be realized.
At this particularly important period
the unmerging suit against the
southern, Union and Central Pacific
railroads came up. Plans were tempo
rarjly upset, but Judge Lovett said
that the plans as outlined by General
Manager shoup were good and that
when it became a possibility to sep
arste the electric and steam roads from
the management in New York and San
Francisco and place them under sep
aratc control it might be possible to
UrinS about the desired end-the all
electric coast route.
HILL TURNING TO ELECTRICITY
At the Los Angeles conference 1t was
decided that the time had come when
electric power would be the motive
power for railroads that would best
south of Los Angeles will within the
next year or more be electrically oper-
ated. Everything north OF Los An
geles will have the same trend. From
Portland to Eugene, on the line of the
Shasta route the Hill Interests have
Installed the Oregon Electric and they
are working southwark. The Hartman
interests have acquired water power
rights on this same line and have made
extension into klamath Falls that will
soon be electrified From Grants Pass
! TO Cold Beach, in Oregon, both Hill and
ar~I.4
rights ~yay, and from Crescent City
10 Gold Beach has been surveyed a line
that is said to be part of the extension
of the Eureka line, now building from
WiIletts to the city of the redwoods.