Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-06
IN THE WOODS OF PLACER.

Water ply-Manufacture of Pulp
Sharp, the Stage Robber.
George W. Towle, of the firm of Towle
Bros, lumbermen, at Towle's station, on
the Central Pacific, in Placer county, is in
the city.
In speaking of the water supply in the
mountains, he said it was very short and
by the latter part of next week their mills
will have to shut down. This will all be
remedied next year, however" he re-
marked, "as we have increased the capacity
of our reservoirs so that we can store an
almost unlimited quantity, and will have
all that is required until the winter rains
come. The lumber trade opened brisk in
the spring and there has been a fair trade
all season."
THE PULP BUSINESS.
Are you still in the pulp business ?"
Yes. We are shipping on an average a
carload day to the paper mills at Stock
ton"
Would it not be good investment to
put up paper mills on the grounds where
the pulp is made?"
1T undoubtedly would. for the cost of
fuel, ETC., at Stockton is not less than s3,-
600 per month, all OF which could be saved
by the substitution of the water power that
is running to waste at Alta. That, of it.
self, would be handsome dividend. But
they have a valuable plant at Stockton.
and il is not likely, for the present, at least,
that they will locate in the mountains The
mills were originally located at Stockton
for the purpose of making paper out of the
tule that surrounds the Slough City. This
proved a failure. Pulp can be made out of
oil Ejn1a of La, l,,t
exclusively tamarack, which makes a very
superior article. To make the paper upon
which the RECORD UNION is printed they
use seventy per cent. tamarack pulp and
thirty per cent. OF rags"
THE CARSON ESCAPE.
Sharp, the highwayman, who escaped
from the Carson penitentiary some weeks
ago, has been loafipg around one of our log.
ging camt 8, remarked Mr. Towle He came
into the camp after the loggers had gone
out and secured good square meal. Hewa
quite hungry and very footsore. From the
description given by a couple ofthe men who
saw him, there is not the least doubt in the
world regarding his identity He did not
seem to relish the close scrutiny he was
given by the men, and did not tarry long.
Word was telephoned to the office at Alta
and from there telegraphed to the Auburn
officials, but before they arrived the bold
stage-robber' had moved on, and is prob
ably now on the coast.
lone day as the long train was going to
the farther edge of the forest, the engineer
in passing a large pine tree saw the brim of
mans hat. He stopped the engine, re-
yersed and went back and invited the
stranger to get on and ride. The robber
declined the invitation with thanks, saying
be was going in the other direction. The
engineer tried to coax him to get on, saying
that in few minutes they would be going
back in the direction be was travelling.
Sharp was too sharp for them, however;
he smelt a good-sized rodent, and, doffing
his hat with sinister smile and pleasant
good day, he disappeared in the brush 1t
was lucky for him that he did not get on
the train for if he had he would have
been run into Alta and captured, sure"
DO you suppose that it was Sharp who
| robbed the Forest Hill stage last week."
We'll, some were of that opinion, but
| the officers say it was not. They seem to
have located the individual who tried to
initiate the ''Po s, and it is asserted that
he is no other than quite prominent cili-
zen of the town of Auburn. He has not
been arrested yet, but the officials, so they
say, are weaving G network of evidence
about HIM that seems to be conclusive"