Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-28
State Horticultural societ,

10 present Ine clattilS OF the rllt-grOWerS 10
the transportation companies. reported the /
change Of rates. as announced to the public
through the newspapers. Hatch thought
the moderate reduction made by the COM
panies better i'll reality for the growers than
if they had made the great reduction which !
the growers, asked for. He feared if The
great reduction had been made too much
fruit would have been sent too rapidly and
would have glutted the market. He moved .
that the railroads be thanked for the re-
duction made
Williamson seconded the motion, and
thought with Hatch, that a gradual redUc-
ton, and not sweeping reduction of rates,
would be better in the end for growers
-Four hundred dollars per car on fas; time
would lead every home grower, shipper
or dealer to send forward fruit at their own
loss, because tie Eastern market could not
take 50 much fruit on such short notice. 1t
Will be better to increase the supply gradu-
ally.
Hatch reattirmed his views and was con-
fident that as the trade grew and the East
was ready to take more the rate Of trans
portation would be still further reduced.
Shinn said on the view presented he
would favor the motion, but still claimed
that the companies could do the service for
much less and still make money He
hoped that the reduction would 20 on un-
til fruit is moved at some rates fifty pro-
portionate to those required for grain and
other produce.
Blackwood opposed the motion of thanks;
first, because the companies acted to their
own interest and to make money, and they
deserve no thanks. We showed them that
at the old rates shipments must cease.
Why should We thank them for the little
reduction they have made. Then they
limit the shipments by fast train to three
cars per day How can any glut occur?
We need not thank them for that This
idea of Cutting the great Eastern cities
with the paitry twenty-five tons of fruit
per day is nonsense. Then they do not
guarantee 10 get the fruit beyond Omaha.
They say they will use their best endeavors,
but if the fruit spoils on the side tracks at
Omaha the grower must lose it. l don't
feel like thanking them for that. never
feel like thanking man for acting wholly
| in his own interest. and that is what the
companies have done
Hatch said that the companies could get
! thi. year $500 each for three cars a day, as
| they did last year, and as they are willing
| to take $500 per car, it is Il concession which
| is not all in their interest.
Blacl1wood thought the companies could
not get the old rates again this year.
Williamson said they could have OBJ
! tanned the same rate easily enough.
Pryal spoke earnestly against thanking
! the companies They had not done what
! the growers asked for and were entitled to
no thanks.
De Long thought as concession had
| been made, ii was but gentlemanly to re-
! turn thanks.
Blackwood asked if growers are to thank
the railroads for asking 5000 per car for
fruit, when they take wheat for S23 per
| car? Is that difference thing for fruit
growers to be thankful for?
Shinn thought it was churlsh not 10
adopt the resolution Of thanks as All act of
| common poftness.
The Railroad Controversy.
SAN Francisco, March 27th.-A CAL re-
porter sought information from several
railroad men to-day : to the nature of the
! concessions to be cxacted from the Trans
continental Association of the Western
| Trunk Line Pool. but was unable to learn
| anything definite in regard to the matter.
The trunk line men, as has been stated.
will meet in Chicago, April ID, and J. s.
ingalls,, Pacific coast agent of the pool left
to-day to attend the meeting. The Trunk
| Line Association, before they can make
any demand toward regulating California
business, will have to withdraw from the
Pacific Coast Association, with which they
are ut present allied. The first action to
be taken at the meeting, it is thought, will
be in this direction, and then the trunk
line men can stand out and make
terms. The Executive Committee of the
Transcontinental Association has power to
receive and act upon any demands made
by the Association. The nature OF what
the eXaction of the trunk lines will be is q
secret, but ii is said to be more than proba-
BILE that it will be conceded by the Trans
continental pool. In either event it will
affect to slight extent, the tariff of March
10Th on west bound freight. The trouble
that has lately cropped up between the
railroad and steamship ticket men has
quoted down, and while one steamship
agent has declared that he will not submit
to dictation it is more than probable that
he will work in the traces and submit to
The circular of instructions issued by Arbi-
traitor Miller, to the effect that no tickets
shall be sold to New York for less than the
Central Pacific's New y ork schedule rate,
which is $40 80.
Ths Patti Opera Train-Yosesnite Travel
The Orange Crop-Deatf from 'Sky-
1arkinG."
san FRANcIsco, March 27th.-The Patti
opera train, in charge of T. w. Lee, special
passenger agent of the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy, which line fitted out the
party. will leave at midnight tomorrow,
running under special time-card The
train goes via Denver, over the Burlington
direct to Chicago, being due in the last
named city next Thursday afternoon.
Travel to Yosemite is getting quite heavy,
and on and after Monday next daily lines
of stages will be put on.
The greater part of the seasons orange
crop has been shipped, some 200 carloads
having gone East already since January.
1t is estimated that only about 100 carloads
remain to be shipped.
Hiram Patterson and Arnold Fuller were
in a saloon tonight, when they began to
skviark. during which they exchanged
friendly blows several times. Finally Full
Ter struck Patterson in the right side, jus;
above the hip. The man fell TO the floor
and died in a short time. Both men had
been friends for years. Fuller diselaims
any intent to hurt Patterson.
The Leake-McCarthy Libel Suit.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 27th.-In Police
Court No Two, this afternoon, the case OF
j. w. Mccarthy, Clerk ofthe Supreme Court
VS.. Edward E. Leake. editor of the Dixon
Tribune, was called for hearing. Clerk
Mccarthy was placed upon the stand and
testified that he had been a subscriber O
: the aforementioned paper for some time
At this point the counsel for the prosecu
t ton asked for a continuance OF the case
/ but this was objected to by the defense, or
/ account of tire number of witnesses tha
| live elsewhere than in this city, and of th'
) inconvenience ii would put them to.
5 Judge I.awler said that he would give tht
/ prosecution until o clock this afternoon t.
| file an affidavit giving legal reasons fe
wanting continuance.
/ A recess was therefore taken until tha
time.
| Counterfeiter Convicted.
RED BLUFF, March 21th.--James S. Lea
was found guilty this morning of maxim:
and passing counterfeit five-dollar gol,
!piece. 1t was adduced in the trial that de