Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-12-29
FOR
WESTERN PACIFIC

Tie setting aside of more than ten
million dollars for extensions in Cali
foInia b. the reorganization plan OF
the Western Pacific Railway company.
has al last. it - believed. unlocked the
door which hitherto has shut out the
company from growth and prosperity.
says the san Francisco Chronicle.
While no definite information would
bc given out Yesterday by c. NJ. Levy.
general manager for the receivers OF
the ro%d. ii is taken for granted
Throughout railroad circles that Just as
soon as the money is available great
activity will be manifested hH the
Western Pacific engineering depart
mcnI. and the work will DC 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
br Il 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 a
rCotl"ss and branchless trunk, has
looked with longing eyes toward this
fertile and productive section of Cali
forna. with its fruit and farm indus
tries. Only about eighteen miles in
tervene between Niles and San Jose.
simultaneously with the building OF
the San Jose branch il is believed that
ihc Western Pacific will begin to send
OuI radiants from Stockton into the
San Joaquin valley southward. through
that territory of which the late SCna-
tor Stanford remarked that parallel
roads might be built every ten miles
apart and still find profitable trans
purtatinn. It is known that the pres
Cnt management is anxious 10 pene
tTatc the rich delta country. or island
stretch. between the Sacramento and
San Joaquin rivers, and it is pointed
out that feeders will be built there.
Feeders will also be built, it is stat
ed, from Sacramento into the rich
fruit and farm country thereabout.
There was suggestion that the West
crn Pacific might acquire the Northern
Electric system. but this, it is said,
would not be feasible. inasmuCh as the
rails of that system parallel TO a large
extent the Western PaCifC's, which ac-
Ouisition would probably be found con-
trary TO the law.
While the figures have not yet been
made public. il Is known that the COM
pany's report for November shows the
most gratifying results in the history
OF the road. and is taken 10 be an in
dicaiion of what the road can do in the
way of handling business il il is given
the opportunity.
There is a strong belief that there
will be 30 change of the present local
management under the leadership of
G. NJ. 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
arc now directed from San Francisco.
II is understood tat this system OF
management will continue. with an
enlargement of office space in the
Mills building and an augmentation OF
the office force.
The first work TO be done will be the
building of extensions In California.
Ultimately II is programmed TO build
limo from Winnemucca northeast in.
TO that rich and practically untracked
country Of Idaho OF a line with Boise
aud Butte. Still later there will he
extensions and feeders built in Utah.
II Is confidently expected that as soon
as tho new branch lines are under opc.
ration in California, the prosperity of
III" road will begin. With tho con.
struCtion of feeder lines will also bc.
gin the erection of station houses and
freight and passenger depots