Show = = = = = = = = 11 NEED LOCAL BRANCHES The Santa Fe to Penetrate Several Sections I SIGNIFICANCE OF NEW PROVES Little Roads First to Bo Taken Into IL the Fold Then by Constructing less Than Three Hundred Miles ti the Santa Fe Would Be Into Nevada i t Ne-vada and on Its Way to Oregon and t S Utah To Rival Southern Pacific Union Pacifics New Block System L S Railroad Notes 1 I The telegram from San Francisco Z yesterday denoting the possible sale of the California Nevada to tho Santa Fo has some Interesting features from standpoint aside from the value 1 a news r of the property for water front and Tho California Ne loll ferry privileges 1k vaJa has Its starting point at Emery the bay shore a few miles OTf4iJ ville on Tcfl northeast of Sixteenth street station Oakland It runs through north Oakland Oak-land now called Golden Gate and Berkeley to Orlnda park In the Contra + 4 t for I Costa hills wltn j an outlet beyond I the San Joaquin valley and other portions t por-tions of California that the 1 It was also stated yesterday i new California Midland project was lfl also lucked by the Santa Fe and the lOt two lines might connect p Judging from the outlined route of I j the Hart project California Midland 00 I connection could easily be effected I with the California Nevada and the I new line would tJsus be assured of a bay iir I terminal and entrance to San Francisco would then be easy t f The Santa Fe when it entered San I Francisco greatly strengthened Its position po-sition but the battle was but begun as I earning the Southern Pacifics great AlIr I capacity comes from its many local On 1 branches and side corporations The 1 Santa Fe needs local feeders In Call I fornia more than anything else and 1 ever since its advent to San Francisco I It has been quietly at work with that end in view If it could purchase the 1 I California Northwestern it could reach + s 1 the north and with the latest project i broached Its lines would be working toward j 1 to-ward Nevada thus starting to duplicate Ift1f dupli-cate all Southern Pacific lines e The California Midland is projected m to pass Reno Nov Here enters another WI t feature of tho new agitation A deal I has been made with the NevadaCall fornlaOregon Railroad company for ft the extension of its line from Termo t Cal to Summer Lake Or The Ne 1 vadaCallfornlaOregon road starts D 801 from Reno on the Central Pacific 306 1 miles from San Francisco and runs I northwestward crossing Into California J J t and terminating at Tcrmo which Is 130 s r I miles from Reno Eighteen miles of new line arc under construction between rd9 I be-tween Tcrmo and Madeline and It Is c said trains will run on this extension 1 before tho end of this year From there 100 the distance to Albert Lako Is about 120 I miles and to Summer Lake It Is thirty Hfffil I 1 miles further About half way between be-tween Madeline and Albert Lake on the direct line Is the town of Lakevlew Or which has a large trade from the Upper Goose valley and an extensive A r I agricultural grazing and mineral LLU f region in southeastern Oregon Thus by Acquiring the California I Nevada tho California Northwestern the Nevada California Oregon and by connecting them the Santa Fe by constructing less than 300 miles would k I hay a system from Chicago to San D Francisco via Los Angeles with a U branch north to the Mcndoclno lumber 1 region a branch eastward to Nevada and a route that could be used to Salt Lake and a branch from Reno up Into 1 Oregon Of course the railroad men laugh at ci 111 the Jim crow roads ever amounting ry L l to anything but all the same the llttlo 1 roads Joined make big roads and when cm penetrating a rich section the main line c2i Is greatly benefited While it Is true lCM I that the California Nevada Is only Jt twentythree miles long and never 11 yxx runs a train yet it has a franchise that h IJ d 1 very valuable and a fututre that Is unlimited If backed by the Santa Fc |