Re: Xonstruction in the canyon
Author: mook
Date: 07-06-2015 - 13:35
OK - good research - I didn't have that available this morning. Still wonder which rancho they took the land from, but Congress could do that at the time.
So it's not Rails-To-Trails specifically, but has similar effect if the feds ever want to do something with it - unlikely IMO but as you say, never way never. A "quitclaim" by the railroad to Alameda County just means that SP (and by succession UP) itself is out of the picture in terms of being able to reassert ownership - doesn't do anything about deeper owners. For practical purposes, though, the county has full control.