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Show TO SHUT GOULD RORD OUT Of LOS ANGELES IS SCHEME ALLEGED LOS ANGELES. Cel.. Nor. H. Foreclosure Foreclos-ure prooMdlng were commenced yesterday against the Bakarsfleld A Ventura Railway company to secure payment of mortgagee amounting to (2.000.000 held by tbe late Eben Smith, who waa president of the company. com-pany. The action brlnra to a cHma the affairs of a railway venture that waa the pet scheme of Major H. M. Russell, who says be will fight the foreclosure to the end. Major Russell says that the action Is but another move to keep Gould and bia Western Pacific Railroad out of Los Angeles. He denies the rumor that Senator Clark haa bought the controlling Interest In the Bakers-field Bakers-field & Ventura railway, but on tbe other hand, admits that It is tba belief that Senator Sena-tor Clark is trying to gain control for tbe purpose of building a railroad from Los Angeles to Ean Francisco. According to the trustee's notice of sale made public by tbe Title Guarantee and Trust company, tbe property .of tbe Bakerfleld Ventura Railway company will be sold at public auction In tbe blacksmith shop of the company at Oznard December 15th. |