Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-04-26
SANTA re TO Spend
100000 ON NEW
STATIONS
Buildings for Freight and
Passenger Service at San
Diego to Be Second Only to
Los Angeles and Frisco.

san HefnAfdln0. Cab, April 2g..--
The santa b. viii build new frelaht
ana passenger d~pots w San Diego as
cost 81 5000. oOu. ACCORDING Ia re-
ports emanntlnE from the engineering
department ~ the road IA Los ans
seita Yesterday. Plans for the strue-
ture whICn ~ % be- the hauaeonret
Ia the state outside of the stations
planned for I.sis Auseies and san
Francisco are said 90 be ~ the gen
crni Offices for approval az tho Dfcs-
ent time.
The steady growth of traffic on the
fourth district 81 the local division
neccssitatcH the extensive Improve
fnent of facilities for handling both
the freight nnd pass.nHer business.
and work viii proceed with tho great
est rapidly when II is begun The
date Tor the commencement Of the
construction has not been announces
bat Il ~ Understood that Il viii Sc
sometime during the fnil months. Yhe
starting Of the work being held ~ ID
~ said owing TO the differences be-
tween TIN Santa re and the gan Die.
20 city council REGARDING the CLOSING
81 a street, II j.. however. practi-
cnily y certainty that tho new stations
VIII be- started before November
Changes ln tracking win be made and
unloading freight from ships 10 cars
and vice versa will be provided.
The freight and passenger depots
VIII of NOurse he separate buildings
and IN each case will be- most modern
traffic terminals.
I.ocat Freight House.
The extension and rctuadcling of
the local freight house aud the
building ~ an office building 10 house
the force under Agent " H. Holmes
VIII he q large itcm ia this years i'm
provcmcuts on the Santa he property
hurc. Plans for the work have as
ready boon approved. but u is not
known Just when the work Will he
started. Tho passenger aud freight
forces VIII be- under separate cover
and The work IN each office viii there
fore he less complicated than u D. az
the present time. The plans FOR the
freight house include the extension ~
the car loading and unloading plat
forms To Increase the capacity to for
" cars Instead OF fifteen which Is the
number that can be accommodated a.
one time now.
with the making Of san Berrnrdino
the distribution point for transconti-
mental freight billed 90 all cities and
towns In tho interior the extension OF
the property here Is necessary. Scores
Of way cars are sent out 81 the local
yards every week for San Diego, Riv-
crslde CofOnn. Santa Ana. Rcdlnnds
and other loop points and cities IN
thu west end. The distribution 81
such class 81 freight viii be greatly
llshtencd on local employees with the
Improvements contemplated.
Frnit Shipments.
between thirtysfiyc and foriy-fivc
cars 81 citrus fruit are passing over
tho Santa BE daily bound for the
eastern markets and the shipments
are running steadily Fruit men and
tho railroad officials are sanguine
over the prospects for continuance
~ shipments late into the scaeon as
tho oranges and lemons IN California
seem 20 hc holding on good and IN
many places whore the frr - touched
the groves the fruit has hoen found
to he Rond and IS not SHOWING aigne
of being damaged last night over
fftv cars ~ ornnres ana lemons
were shipped whtia several cars 81
vegetables also went out.