Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-05-27
THE BOARD OF TRADE AND TIE CLOSED
RAILROAD


ton:
The Board Of Trade of the City of Sacra-
nento desires to make public expression con-
corning tie unfortunate condition in which
the SACRAMENTO and Placerville Railroad line
Is now placed.
Consequent upon litigation that appears to
be very far from approaching its conclusion,
the road has been for two years and more In
the hands Of a receiver appointed for the evil
dent purpose Of operating 1t, but which pur-
pose he has wholly failed to carry out.
The road il one OF the commercial lines OF
great importance to the trade OF this city
| By reason of its closure, the trade and busi-
ness of this city suffers, and the failure to
operate indicts pecuniary loss upon the mer-
| chants and manufacturers OF Sacramento;
| Great as ia this loss, it is not to be compared
| to that visited upon the citizens making this
| complaint-the people represented by this
/ Board and the residents Of FL Dorado county
and the people dependent upon the road Tor
| transportation OF the products OF the SOIL.
! Relying in good faith upon the operation
| Of this railroad. the people along Its line and
in all the section affected by it, made invest.
ments and prosecuted industries, IN all OF
which the element of value had close rela-
| tionship to the continued and regular opera
ton of the railway, and heDce to tall to DO
so is to punish a people who have had no
share or part in the quarrel that has brought
about the litigation now hsmpering the road.
| Ia the opinion of this Board to continue
receiver in power whose acts prove conclu-
sively that he does not intend to operate the
road, is to infict public injury, and Is, In
our Judgment, a judicial proceeding that
amounts to a denial of public justice by I'M
wsrrantable delay to press to q conclusion the
litigation making that officer necessity.
| While this Board takes no side in the case,
and must he presumed to know nothing con-
| corning the legal status OF the relative rights
of the parties, yet to it, it is inconceivable
how either side to the contest can be injured
| by the operation Of the road pending the pro-
ceedings in the Courts. This Board suggests
that the litigation referred to is now in its
| third year. and that the failure of the Court
to compel the parties to bring their issues to
trial, and to work release of the road from
ruinous quiescence, a reproaeh to our
| judicial system. No sufficient reason has
| been made public for delay, which, judged
| by the past, the people may reasonably con-
clude will extend into the indefinite future.
This Board hereby extends its sincere SYM
patty to the people of Ell Dorado and Anna
dor counties. who are made, by the closing of
the road, the innocent victims Of tedious and
inexplicable delays of the law.
| SUICIDE.-Y Yesterday morning the citizens
of Sacramento were Mortified by the news
| that at o'clock that morning Charles w.
Rapp, a prominent merchant and highly
esteemed gentleman, had taken his own life
| by shooting himself though the head with a
| large-sized Smith & Wesson revolver. The
| occurrence took place at the residence IF
deceased on Tenth street, between K and l..
L. G. Humphrey was passing by at the time,
and hearing the shot went into the house,
| and in an upper room found chastity sight.
| The deceased was lying on the floor, the
pistol near him, with one chamber empty,
and blood was scattered over the carpet
He found a terrible wound in the
right temple and another where the ball had
passed out on the opposite side of the head.
Life was already extinct. Other persons
came in Immediately, and Coroner Vermilys
was sent for at once. Appearances indicated
that deceased stood before mirror when he
fred the fatal shot. The bullet was found
upon the floor in the room. Deceased had
just eaten his breakfast and was preparing to
go down to his business as usual, and no one
realized that deceased was in any way de-
spondent or out of his usual frame of mind.
Thursday he borrowed the pistol from clerk,
saying he was going to shoot rats At that
time there was nothing in his conduct to lead
anyone to suppose that anything was wrong
with him. Before leaving the store that day
he complained of being unweu and of suffer
ing from q headache People who met him
Thursday say he was in his usual jovisl
cheerful mood. Nothing is known of the
causes that led to the rash act, although sew
ersl rumors were ahoat concerning that point.
Coroner Vermilya took charge of the body.
and will hold an inquest at 1U o'clock A. NJ.
70 hapaasaA uaa q At Of
aged As years, and was q member of the
Knights Of Honor, and has resided and been
engaged in business in Sacramento about
twenty years. He leaves widow, but no
children.
WANT TO GET OUr.-Ross and Cooke, the
confidential persons mentioned in yesterdays
issue Of the RECORD UNION as having been
arrested for being implicated in the matter of
pawning a counterfeit gold bar to a China
man at Truckee, want to get out OF jsil. In
pursuance of this wish their attorney, l. s.
Brown, filed their petition for writ of
habeas corpus, and Judge benson directed
writ to issue, returnable at 10 o'clock this
morning, to Chief OF Police Ksrcher, direct
ing that officer to produce the bodies of petit
TONERS in Court. This writ has been duly
served and its order will be obeyed by the
Chief, who will make return to the writ that
he holds the prisoners under and by virtue of
warrants duly issued upon complaints charg-
ing them with having committed the crime of
grand larceny. They will doubtless be re-
manded into the custody Of the officer to
await their examination upon the charge.
Fantasies first gun for the Fourth
of July was fired by the fantasies last
evening. A large number of prominent citi-
zans met, and determined to celebrate the
coming Fourth of July on grander scale
than ever before attempted. Invitations are
to be extended to people from the country to
take an active part in the procession. Officers
were elected as follows: Gus. Weimaun,
President; r. Dale, Vice President w. F.
Griggs. Secretary; ID. DeBernardi, Treas
urer Executive Committee-H. w. Tayler
J. o. Hector, Jake Smith. N. S. Bennett, j.
w. Willen, f. Ruhstaller, Frank Smith,
Robt. Cooke, N. N. Denton Sergeant.at-
Arms, VIM. Gait.
CONTRACT LET.-Yesterday the bids for
the alterations and repairs to the Metropol-
itan Theater were opened at the Office of
VIM. Hamilton, architect The following
bids were submitted E. A. Bower, SIS. 491;
M. Madden. SIS. 054; Swain & Hudson,
Sl4, 600 A. NJ. Gray, S14,09l earle & Croly,
S12, 975. The contract was let to earle 4
Croly. Work will be commenced on the 55h
of June, and the building finished complete
by the LIST of September.
DEATH OF A PIONEER. Yesterday the flag
at Pioneer Hall stood at half-mast, news
having been received here that Samuel Put
nam, member of the Sacramento Society Of
California Pioneers, had died at Auburn. He
will be remembered as having kept lumber
depot at K and Fifteenth streets, some years
ago, during which time he made many
friends in this city. Subsequently he re-
moved to Auburn, aud opened hotel, and
has since resided there.
To THE STATES BAsTILE.-Deputy Sheriff
Tompkins, of Nevada county, took to Folsom
Frenchman named Maurice Penelon, aged
90 years, who goes to serve a lifetime i'm
prisonment for murder in the first degree.
DAINTY Sheriff Joe Oin teok to Folsom h