Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-18


CALIFORNIA.
Further Reduction in the Force of Rail
road Employees.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 17th.-The South
ern Pacific Company has found it necessary
to further reduce its operating expenses. 1t
has been retrenching largely since the LIST
of January last, but its economic measures
have not Kept pace with the shrinkage in
business. Since the beginning of 1885
$500 employees, in round numbers, have
been asked to resign. This large reduc-
ton included men in subordinate positions
chiefly, and in every department
of the company all along the main and
leased lines. Urgent necessity compels
the managers of the company to curtail
the expenses still further, and within the
last few days it has been decided to abolish
several departments, and to dispense
with a number of prominent men
who have been connected with
the company since its first days.
Among those who resigned their positions
on the 10th inst, or who will resign on the
LIST of July. are w. H. Porter, General
Auditor of the Central Pacific and leased
lines; Edwin NJ Railton, Master of Trans
portation: O. c. Wheeler General Baggage
Agent; William Hood, Chief Engineer of
the Central Pacific; Colonel George +.
GRAY, Chief Engineer of the Southern Pa
cific: Mr.. Scupham, Mineralogist; Mr.
Withheld, Superintendent of the Hum
boldt Division, and the Master Mechanic of
the Humboldt Division. A number of
clerks will be retired with their chiefs,
and the shops at Terrace have been closed
Still further reductions are contemplated,
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explanation of this is that business of all
kinds has fallen off The actual traffic
of five months of this year is far
below what it was estimated it
would be, and the receipts for some
months have been much less than
the expenses. 1t is stated by a prominent
man connected with the company that
within the last eight days the expenses
were over 100000 more than the receipts.
In Nav the expenses were 900 more
than the receipts, and in April the differ
ence was very large on the wrong side.
Such heavy deficits demand Immediate at
tention. When the company was rapidly
growing in its number of miles and i'll its
volume of business, many positions We're
created which have become less necessary
now, since the extending OF the lines has
ceased and the traffic diminished. The
Central and Southern Pacific Companies
have employed a relatively larger force to
transact their business than the Eastern
roads that have been subjected to sharper
competition.
The San Francisco Schools.
SAN Francisco, June 17th.-The Board
of Education tonight adopted resolution
not to reopen the schools until July 18th,
thus saving, as they think, an extra half
months salary on each teacher. 1t is be-
lieved, however, that the teachers Will
finally recover the full amount.
journalistic Change.
SAN Francisco, June 17th.-The AHd will
say tomorrow that General Walter Turn
bull retires from that paper, having dis
posed of his interest in it TO ex-Lieutenant-
Governor Johnson.
Martha Wilson Acquitted.
SAN Francisco, June 17th.-Martha Will
son (colored), who has been under tr al for
perjury in the Sharon divorce case, was
acquitted to-day. The jury was out only
fifteen minutes. Surprise is expressed at
the verdict, as Mrs. Wilson confessed hav
ing perjured herself; but the jury, it is
stated. acquitted her on the aground that the
statements in which she committed perjury
were not established
1.-THE Fourth" at San Luis Obispo.
SAN Luis OBIsPo, June 17th-A mass
meeting was held here last night, and meas
ures taken for proper observance of the
4th of July, in connection with the opening
of new hotel, which will take place at
that time The sum of 500 to detray the
expenses was raised in few minutes.
Suicide in Plumas County.
GREENv1LLE, June 17th.-Last evening
John Phelan, an old resident of Piumas
county. suicided at townsville by shooting
himself in the head with q pistol. No
cause for the deed is known. He leaves a
family Phelan once kept u hotel in
Jamison City.
knights of Pythias Picnic.
NEVADA, June 17th.-The Knights of
Pythias picnic to-day at Storms ranch was
q grand success. Three thousand people,
from all parts of the State, were present.
Prominent among the visitors from abroad
was ex-Naval Officer Watson. The games
and amusements were carried out and
closely contested, and no accident or I'M
pleasant incidents occurred. The day
amounted almost to a general holiday here.
The State Treasurer in Libel Suit.
STOCKTON, June 17th-D. J. Oullahan,
State Treasurer, has sued James i. Nor
rissev. of this city, for $4,000 damages for
the E'gcaiag .Ba3, when Oullahan failed, a
statement to the effect that his assets were
nominal.
Residence Destroyed by Fire.
RED BLUFF, June 17th.-A fire occurred
on Jefferson street at s o'clock last night.
totally destroying William Middleton 5 resi-
dence and furniture and partly burning
Mrs. Thomas Prices residence. The loss
is about So coo; partly insured.
Found Drowned at Santa Cruz.
SANTA CRUZ, June 17th.-The body of
man was discovered floating in the bay
this morning, and shortly afterwards il
was washed upon the beach by the tide
1t had apparently been in the water for two
or three weeks, and all attempts to identity
it by the features were useless. The COro-
ner, ON investigation, found in one of the
pockets of his clothing a medal of the Santa
Clara County Pioneers, marked Emile c.
De Brambilla-No. $50, 1917" A French
man going by the name of Brambilla is re-
ported to have been seen here few weeks
ago. He is believed to have been resi-
dent of San Jose, and paper-hanger by
trade. His clothing was weighted with
stones and his death was evidently de-
liberate one, whether by suicide or other
wise.
Murderer Sentenced.
FRESNO, June I7th.-In the Superior
Court to-day a. &. Scott, who was con-
victed of murder in the second degree, for
killing Jesus Fales, was sentenced TO ten
years Imprisonment at San Quentin.
The Tulare County Bank Closes its Doors.
TULARE Cry, June 17th.-The Tulare
County Bank at this place closed its doors
voluntarily to-day. Financial mismanage-
ment upon the part of the Cashier is the
cause. The proprietors of the bank are
men Of means, and Will pay the depositors
in full in a short time.
The California Southern Railroad.
DAGGErr, June 17th.-Twenty-fve cars Of
steel rails passed here to-day for the track
layers of the northern end OF the California
Southern Railroad. About four miles are
laid at this end, and some eighteen miles
graded.
ARIZONA.
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