Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-02-28
LAST NIGHTS NEWS.
Especial to the Herald by the Western
union Telegraph Company.l
Pacific Coast News.

Pacific Coast News.
Iaere~s"d Bu.iucss at Yama-Ore
weather.
YUMA, Feb. 27th.-The business
Of the Southern Pacific Railroad
has so increased that they have
found it necessary to erect an ad-
ditional warehouse for the accom-
of the Arizona traffic.
Within the past ten days upwards
of 800 tons of freight has passed
Yuma for Colorado river
points, aside from an immense
quantity for inland points. Two
car loads of mill machinery ar
rived this morning for the Pinal
Mill and Mining Company. Min
ers generally seem pleased with
the prospect. New and rich devel-
opments have been made recently.
Inland travel is increasing, and
the stage company have again put
on four horse coaches.
To-night's train takes out Zoo
pounds of Silver King concentrat-
ed ore, valued at 500 1000, and 300
pounds of silver nuggets from the
King mine, worth $40 a round;
also, Is tons of Castle Dome ore,
shipped to Oakland.
Light rain showers and south
east winds have prevailed to-day.
1t is now clear and calm.
Damaging Raias In Oregon.
PORTLAND, Ogn., Feb. 27.-The
past weeks have been so contln-
uously stormy that farming opera
tions In the country, like trade in the
city, have been very sluggish and
have mado but little progress. Re-
ports from the interior state that
the large quantity of rain which
has fallen has proved quite damag-
ing to many wheat fields. Those
on fiat lands which have been
drowned out. are not the
only fields that have been injured,
for in some places, hiliy lands have
been badly washed. The reports
are probably somewhat exagger-
ated.
The storm, ia San Luis OOisps.
SAN LUIS OBIsPo, Feb. 27th.-
The roads throughout the country
are in such q condition from the con.
tinuous rains that travel is impeded
and business very dull. Rain to-
day has fallen in torrents. The
streams are high and considerable
damage has been done. One bridge,
built by the county year ago at a
cost of $4,000, at San Simeon, is
swept into the ocean; another at
Cayucos is gone and two miles Of
railroad track is entirely washed
from its bed. Although much
damage has been done the boun
teous rain, which now is over 2E
inches, is going to have very ben
eficial result, insuring two gsot
years growth of grass. The grair
is beyond all that could be antlci
pated. The farmers in the South
ern part of the county are urging
the extension of the railroad. Ii
consequence of the promising sea
son one hundred thousand acres o
land will be offered to settlers ii
small tracts at prices ranging from
IS to 500 per acre.
Windlsouth, with a steady warn
rain.
Legislative - the Railroad Ques
ton la both Houses.
SACRAMENTO, Feb. 27.-SENATl
-Pierson submitted concurrer
resolution requesting the Califor
MIA Congressional delega ton to OPP
pose the bill in Congress abolishins
the office of u. s. Surveyor Gene
raj in the States and Territories and
to transfer all business to Wash.
ington. To Committee on Fedora
Relations.
Smith, of Los Angeles, presented
a joint resolution quoting from thu
Republican, Independent and Dem
ocratic State platforms of 1875 or
freights and fares, closing with tn,
expression of the opinion that it i!
the duty of the Legislature now il
session to regulate the freights ant
fares now in use on Railroads.
Morton moved to refer the resolu
lions to the Committee on Corpo-
rations. A long debate follow ed
mainly relating to remarks Of Sen
ators on theArcher bill oftwo year.
ago. Ultimately the resolution wa
| ordered printed and made the spec
ial order for Saturday.
The Senate took up the bill pro
viding for a State appropriation o
$685. 900 for the training ship James
town. On the roll call for fina
passage, the vote stood, ayes 49,
noes 10. McCoppin changed from
no to aye and gave notice Of recon
sideration.
ASSEMBLY. - Murphy, of De
Norte, moved that the House e
into Committee of the Whole t.
consider the railroad bills-Assem'
bly, bills 225, 226, 227 and 541.
Waters objected to any parlia'
mentary tactics to prevent q cal
of the previous question.
The ayes and noes were called
and resulted: Ayes So, noes SO. Mo
ton lost.
Murphy moved to consider al
the bills at once. The House ther
took up the Transportation Com
missioners' bills in order. The
Clerk read No. 225, an act amenda'
tory of and supplementary to al
act entitled an act to provide for
the appointment Of Commissioners
of Transportation, to fix maximum
charges for freights and fares and
TO prevent extortion and discrim'
ination on railroads in this State,
approved April 10, 1876.
Halle in the Chair. Pending the
reading of the bill, the House took
recess. After recess the Clerk re-
sumed the reading of railroad bill
No. OBS. After the reading of the
bill, with the amendments of the
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