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Show RAILWAY RUMBLES- The People of Los Angeles Anxions for a Road. The people of Los Angeles, Cal., are more than anxious to have railroad communica- lion witn idis city and are now working on the Santa Fe officials. The trustees of the proposed road, the Salt Lake & Los Angeles, An-geles, held a meeting on the 13th inst. and Colonel Daniel Freeman, a representative of the company, was informed that if the citizens citi-zens do not come forward with $100,000 by April 1 all money subscribed will be returned re-turned and the board will make a personal canvass of the southern counties and endeavor en-deavor to raise from $500,000 to $1,000,000 for the Santa Fe if that company will agree to build the road. Headlight Flashes. A plan is on foot to consolidate all the railway agencies in San Francisco and thus have what is called a union office. Chicago lines will meet today in the Central Cen-tral traffic rooms and agree on how terminal charges on exposition goods are to be billed and collected and also to determine the responsibility re-sponsibility lor delivering property. Exposition Expo-sition managers announce they will receive goods beginning November 1. . The Boston & Maine has declared a dividend divi-dend of $4 per share, payable November 15. The Lake Shore line lacks but fifty-six miles of being double-tracked all the way from Chicago to Buffalo. Regular troops are now being transported to Chicago at the rate of one cent a mile. The Grand Trunk and Wabash are each paying $10 commissions on every passenger from Chicago to England or European ports. The Atchiion is preparing to make a great change in its California train service. |