Los Angeles daily herald., 1876-03-09

to the Archer bill and the Southern
Pacific railroad. Since the Archer
bill has passed tho Assembly it has
been the all absorbing topic through
out Yolo and Solano counties; coun-
ties through which the California Pa
cific road runs. The farmers and bus.
mess men have read the bill and ex-
amined it, sand they thoroughly
understand the effect it must have
upon the road. OF course you will
readily perceive by reading the 7th
and Sth classes mentioned in the bill
that no road could be operated through
that country where the principal bus
iness is the transportation of grain
and lumber. My business is shipping
lumber, and the bill will reduce the
freights on the article from two TO one
dollar per ton for carriage to Vallejo
from Dixon, 4 distance of 80 miles.
The people on the line Of that road
have become greatly alarmed in re-
gard to this matter, and | was request
ed by them to come here and make
this statement. Two years ago this
Spring the farmers from Dixon,
Davisville, Woodland and Va
caviIle held meeting, nd,
thinking the rates charged by the
railroad to be too high, sent q delega-
ton to San Francisco to try TO get
them lower. They were lowered and
are satisfactorily to ali tho parties con-
cerned. Since that time there has
been TO complaint from them. They
have built large warehouses at Wood
land, Davisville and Dixon for the
storage of grain and are very content
to pay the rates asked of them. They
are becoming alarmed for fear this bill
may pass, thus running their chances
of prosperity for some time to come,
being fully satisfied that ii the bill be-
comes q law the railroad cannot be
worked.
Mr.. Farley: Who requested you to
come here?
Answer Business men and farm.
ers of the two counties.
Alfred a. Cohen, the Attorney for
the plaintiff, then reiterated his state
ment that Stubbs' figures We're inoor-
rect and asked the Committee TO ex-
anime tie authorities already submit
ted by him.
Roads: Like that Of Mr.. Donalue,
were profitable, for there was a profit
even though it were expended in build
ing and equippins more roads. All
that was invested was not the less
gain because 1t went towards building
more rGada.
Mr.. Donahue I underptood Mr.. Co.
hen to state that the road of which |
am President paid no profit according
to my statement; said not SO. | said
/ had never got q dollar from it, but
that besides all the earnings of the
road had put in al my income from
other sources.
Mr. Farley. Have you received any
aid'from the Government in construct
ing your road?
Answer. No, sir, not q cent. 1t is
most astonishing to HE to find Mr..
Cohen here making any statement in
reference TO my road or any other rail
road FROM the fact that he himself has
been in the business from an early
day, and while in it believe got all
he could from the people for fares and
reiShts-squeezed out the last cent.
He sold his railroad and ferry to the
G. =. r. r. CO, ,and always supposed
that the trade was mutually agreeable
until l learned in conversation with
the gentleman himself that he was
not satisfied. | said it is very strange.
If you have remained III the employ
of the G. 2. X. r. Co. ever since, you
have run together for q long time, ,and
although | don't know what position
you occupy know that you have eer-
talnlY 0ffioiated for them in very i'm
portant matters. | wish to state here
that | was one Of the contractors of
the Southern Pacific railroad, and
built the first so miles. My partners
were Messrs. Newhall and p0hemus.
Inducements were held out to us to
build the road and we commenced.
Aid we were to have received froln
San Jose We never saw, and built the
first 80 miles ourselves. We then sold
out to the c. z. r. r., and Mr.. Cohen
ofliciated in the transaction for the
railroad company,
Mr., Cohen Ditil't I buy the road
for the Central Pacific as cheap as
could get it?
Mr. Donoiiue-l guess you did. AS
the gentleman assails the enterprise
in which | have been engaged so long
| feel myself justified in showing that
this is q MISTER of dispute of griev-
ance between the G. L. II. r. and
Cohen. My relations with the G. =.
X. r. are not in place here. The
Company have selected another tribu-
nal, and will meet them there or
elsewhere. ask the Committee to
determine whether the measure is
just or not and that above the motives
of the man who presses u righteous
bill should not affect that bill in the
least.
At the conclusion tha Chairman an
nounced that no further arguments
or statements in regard to the bill
would be received. as the Committee
needed all the intervening time be-
tween that evening and Saturday
to prepare their reports.
The Senate met at IL A. NJ, the
President pro tenn. in the chair. The
general file was then considered and
the bill creating the ed Judicial Dis
triot out ofthe counties of Marin, Mem
decino and Pomona was passed by a
vote of 20 ayes to noes.
The Assembly messages then COM
ing in LambourGe's bill for the better
protection of the Treasury of Los An
geles county was referred to the dele
CATION in the Senate.
The special order was then annouuc.
ed ard the Senate proceeded to con-
slider Persons bill compelling the re-
traction of libleous articles in news,
papers aud compelling writers in news
papers and serial publications to sign
their names TO all original articles.
On motion of Laine. who desired to
address the Senate upon the bills
further consideration was postponed
until tomorrow at 2 P. NJ. The bills
Will undoubtedly pass the Senate, but