Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-20
The Railroad Retrenohment.


SAN FRANCISCO, June 19th.-Colonel C..
F. Croker, of the Southern Pacific Com
panv, said to-day, abiding to the recent
designations of officials of the Southern
Pacific Company. that the simplifcation of
the system had made it possible to dispense
with the services of several gentlemen.
The advantages derived from bringing the
lines under one management, though an
ticipated, could not be realized at once, i'll
April last 1t was foreseen at the time of
the consolidation that it would be possible
to dispense with the services of some, and
that was one purpose of the move. The
falling off III business had enabled the
company to curtail some. As to business,
ii had been affected by the general depreS-
Sion There had been a falling off from
the receipts of 1882 and 1883, but the re-
ceipts far exceed the expenses. The South
ern Pacific CompanyS lines are now earn
ing money.
Run Over ard Killed by Trains.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 19th.-Mary A.
Fuller aged years, was run over by 10.
cal train in Alameda this afternoon, and
Instantly killed
L. g. Larue, assistant foreman Of the
railroad yards at Oakland. was run oven
this evening at the foot of Peralta street by
backing freight train, and instantly
killed.
Another Boy Accidentally Shot.
PLAoERvILLE, June 10th.-Ye sterday
| afternoon, while two young lads were out
hunting at Gray's Flat, near Single
| Springs. q rifle in the hands of one was
accidentally discharged, the bullet hitting
the other. Thomas Merry. of Colusa a
| thirteen year-old grandson of Allen Gray,
who has been visiting his grand parents for
several weeks past. The ball passed through
and badly shattered the ankle, making a
very painful and dangerous wound.
The Press Association.
ST. HELENA, June 19th-The members
of the Press Association, to the number OF
| fifty, came up here to-day from Napa Soda
! Springs, and We're entertained at King
grove with an elegant lunch by the Napa
Valley Wine Company. Speeches were
made by Colonel Barnes, Charles Krug and
other gentlemen. and the occasion was gen
orally enjoyed.
| A Miscellaneous Cargo.
PoRr COSTA, June 19th.-The ship Crown
of Denmark. which has been here eighty
DAYS awaiting a cargo, finally leaves here
| tomorrow morning with the most miscel-
laneous lots ever loaded at Port Costa, as
| follows Yucca fiber, tallow, cotton, bOraX
-four, wheat, wine, honey, salmon and aba
| lone shells.
The Drowned Boys.
CoURTLANp June 19th.---The bodies OF
| the two Filter boys. who were drowned in
| the Sacramento river near here Tuesday
were recovered to-day, and sent to San
| Francisco for interment.
a Thir;y-foot Fall.
SAN JOSE, June 19th.-About 5 O'Clock
| this afternoon John Peters, employed at
Landrums ranch, about two miles from
this city, was attempting to tie the wind
mill, when he fell to the ground, a distance
| of thirty feet. He struck on his feet, but
sustained a severe conclusion of the spine,
and is threatened with paralysis of the
extremities. His condition is precarious.
Sudden Death of Contractor.
STOCKTON, June 10TH. e. Matthews, a
contractor, died suddenly from an attack
of apoplexy this evening.