The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-05
ALA + DA.

Its Residents Win Not at Present An.
tagonize the RatIroad.
The Board of Health will hold meeting
this evening, when w. F. Schultz, Inspector
OF Plumbing and Drainage, will tender his
resignation.
1t is slated by the family of Bishop Will
lam Taylor that he has sailed from New
York for his diocese in the Congo State.
Africa, and will not visit Alameda for per-
haps two years.
ID. n. Thorp. the carpenter who was
struck on the head by a Windmill last
Wednesday, is not expected to recover, He
Is unconscious from the deep cut on hi $
head, his nose is broken and the sight of
one of his eyes is destroyed.
Several trips of the narrow-gauge ferry
boats were omitted on Wednesday evening,
owing to the roughness of the bay and diff
Guilty OF passengers in landing. Several
times the lady passengers had to be landed
one by one by the employees on the boats on
account OF the violent rocking of the boat
and the rising and falling of the apron of
the slip.
The Alameda improvement Association
held well-attended meeting last evening
Columbus Bartlett presiding. The commit
tees appointed to memorabilia the Secretary
OF War to order bridge erected across the
tidal-canal cut on Park street. and to re-
quest the Oakland City Council and the
County Board of Supervisors that they take
similar action, reported that it had per-
formed lis duties and that the documents
would be forwarded to Washington to-day.
Nolumnous correspondence between the
President OF the association and the South
ern Pacific Company relative to commuta-
ton tickets was read. Complaint was made
by the association that the company refused
10 honor Communication tickets when pre-
sented by passenger taking the train in
oakland n N A ap,aAa Tho
company, by A. n. Towne. General Man
ager, replied among other things that ''tEe
Central Pacific Railroad Company in its
early history served the people of Alameda
with good and sufficient accommodations for
the amount OF earnings derived from the
traffic, but when the narrow gauge road was
built there was duplication of this service,
which has since been continued, even after
the latter property was merged into the
Southern Pacific Company, but how long
any company would be Justified in maintain
ing such an extended service of 126 trains
daily. connecting with expensive ferry lines
at an enormous loss incident to the
very low rate for Which We are
crying passengers, is very grave
question and certainly would not be
considered good business policy in any other
enterprise. just what the loss amour led to
on the standard-gauge Alameda line we are
unable at this time TO exactly determine, rs
our accounts are not Kept so that we can
SeSregate the Alameda broad-gauge portion
from the Oakland standard-gauge, but it
was probably not less than the loss on the
narrow-gauge local lines, which alone re-
suited in loss Of S166,000 for the year
1881
Mr.. Towne states that if any attempt is
made to reduce the present earnings Of the
company by requiring additional privileges
on the communication tickets the present train
system will be reduced, aud the association
after thoroughly considering the matter
came to the conclusion that 1t is to the inter
ests of Alameda not to antagoniZe the rail-
road company just at present, and the sub
lect was dropped