The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1915-12-28
FOR THE
WESTERN PACIFIC

The setting aside of more than ten
million dollars for extensions in Cali
fornia by the reorganization plan of
the Western Pacific Railway company,
has at last, it is believed, unlocked the
door which hitherto has shut out the
company from growth and prosperity,
says the San Francisco Chronice.
While no definite information would
be given out yesterday by c. M. Levy,
general manager for the receivers of
the road, it is taken for granted
throughout railroad circles that just as
soon as the money is available great
activity will be manifested by the
Western Pacific engineering depart
ment, and the work will be begun in
earnest to construct the feeders and
sidings which were the chief feature Of
the dreams of the roads founders.
One of the first extension lines will
be a road down through the Santa
Clara valley from Niles to San Jose
and perhaps as far south as Salinas.
For years the Western Pacific, like
rootless and branehless trunk, has look
ed with longing eyes toward this fer
tile and productive section of Califor-
MIA, with its fruit and farm industries.
Only about eighteen miles intervene
between Niles and San Jose.
simultaneously with the building of
the San Jose branch it is believed that
the Western Pacific will begin to send
out radiants from Stockton into the
San Joaquin valley southwark, through
that territory of which the late Senator
Stanford remarked that parallel roads
might be built every ten miles apart
and still find profitable transportation.
II is known that the present manage
ment is anxious to penetrate the rich
delta country, or island stretch, be-
tween the Sacramento and San Joaquin
rivers, and it is pointed out that feed
ers will be built there.
Feeders will also be built, it is stat
ed, from Sacramento into the rich fruit
and farm country thereabouts. There
was a suggestion that the Western Pa
eifc might acquire the Northern Elec-
tric system, but this, it is said, would
not be feasible, inasmueh as the rails
of that system parallel to large ex-
tent the Western Pacific 3, which ac
quisition would probably be found con-
trary to the law.
While the figures have not yet been
made public, it is known that the COM
pany's report for November shows the
most gratifying results in the history
OF the road, and is taken to be an in
dieation of what the road can do in the
way of handling business if it is given
the opportshity.
| There is a strong belief that there
will be no change of the present local
management under the leadership of G.
M. Levy A great improvement has
been noticed in the business of the
road since the beginning of the home
rule regime. The affairs of the road are
row directed from San Francisco. It is
understood that this system of man
agement will continue, with an enlarge
ment of Office space in the Mills build
ing and an augmentation of the office
force.
The first work to be done will be the
building of extensions in California
Ultimately it is programmed to build
a line from Winnemucca northeast into
that rich and practically untracked
country of Idaho on a line with Boise
and Butte. Still later there will be ex-
tensions and feeders built in Utah. 1t
is confidently expected that as soon as
the new branch lines are under opera
ton in California, the prosperity of
the road will begin. With the construc-
ticn of feeder lines will also begin the
erection of station houses and freight
and passenger depots.
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