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PACIFIC COAST.
Passenger south aud East

fAsbenkeFb HOuth nuu As"Se
MODESTO, CAL, April Following
is list of south. bound passengers pass
ing here this evening:
\ + Tewell, Mrs G, Jones, A NJ
Gray, Helen NJ Grey, j Stinson,
A j Williams, Miss Nora Smith, 5
+; l. Corella, Mrs c Merritt,
Oakland, Mrs + l. Carr. Galesburg, III;
J S Belknap. s J Hogg, Manchester;
Charles Kopler, w Jay Smith, q +
Fargo, s f; II Nixon and wife, Tucson;
ID Cuthbert, Alameda Sidney Lacy,
w Hay, Los Angeles; f II Clark, 3
Priestly, s +; u Vosburgh, Chicago; G
Walker. Los Angeles; W Hayes, San
Jose.
Bills introduced I'm the Assembly
SACRAMENTO, April LIN the Assem-
bly,, Wallace introduced the following:
Bill to amend Section 10, Article XIII,
of the Constitution, relating to the .as-
sessment Of railroad property; bill to
provide for taxes upon the income Of
railroads which shall fail to pay their
property taxes; an amendment to Sec.
tion 3, Article XIII, of the Constitution,
relating to the assessment of land; a bill
prescribing method of valuing and as
sessing railways, road beds and rolling
stock of railways; bill amending Sec
ton 4, Article XIlI of the Constitution,
relating to mortgages and deeds Of trust;
an act to provide an income tax in GER
| tain cases.
speech by Judge Wallace.
SACRAMENTO. April l.-Assemblyman
Wallace made an exhaustive speech this
afternoon on the resolution introduced
in the Assembly by him. He at great
length expatiated on the subject of the
| title, ownership and control OF railways
being vested in the State.
Deficit in Drury Melone's Ac-
counts.
SACRAMENTO, April There is an
other furry in the Comptrollers office.
A deficiency of several thousand dollars
has been discovered in the accounts of
| Drury Melone, who was Secretary of
State from 1871 to 1875. 1t appears
that word Of the examination Of his
accounts reached Mr. Melone some
days ago, and he Immediately notified
the Comptroller that he was ready to
make good any deficiency which might
be found to exist. The Comptroller
was unable to give him any definite
reply, for the reason that, even at the
present moment, the clerks have not
| footed up the accounts and are unable
to state what is the amount of the de-
felt When they reach result, Melone
aoys he will pay up at once. He is
Il man OF means aud the State will lose
nothing. The loss was caused by the
defalcation of one or more deputies,
none OF whom had given bonds to the
secretary for the honest discharge OF
their duties.
The Railroad commissioners BE-
fore the Assembly Committee.
SACRAMENTO, April AT half past
seven the Railroad Commissioners APP
peared before the Committee on Cor
porations. Mr.. Carpenter, speaking for
himself and Mr.. Humphreys, referred to
the resolution charging himself and his
colleague with incompency and derelic-
ton of duty, and demanded that he lie
heard in his own defense and that he be
permitted to summon witnesses before
he was called upon to furnish informa-
ton to the Committee.
On this, Commissioner Foote was
called and sworn. In reply to various
questions he testified that at the first
meeting OF the Board which he attend
ed, he moved resolution fixing a
maximum of three cents mile for
passengers. He had arrived at this
figure from a study of the reports of
Judah and Beckwith and Poor's Man
ual, and had come to the conclusion that
three cents would be fair 81 have
always held in opposition to my col
leagues, that roads which were subsi.
died by the government in money aud
land should be considered differently
from roads which were not built partly
with p Bile money. don't think
maximum OF three cents mile would
involve a reduction OF over ten per cent
in the receipts Of the Central Pacific.
Goodman Is said to have stated that
the reduction would amount to 5000, 900
year. don't think he said so. On
the South Pacific maximum of three
cents would cause quite reduction in
local rates. There are many places
where the rates are six and seven cents,
and even higher. / am sure that q re.
duction in fares would lead to an in.
crease Of business, which would compen-
safe the companies for the reduced price
of tickets. There should By max
I'm on second as well asffrst class
kfeihs Ihc compapiea a Cauld tirat