The morning call., 1891-11-18
RAILROAD MATTERS.
New Motors Ordered by the Flee.
trio Company.

Fifteen strong names were added to the
membership list OF the Traffic Association
yeste rday and the ball is rolling smoothly
ard rapidly, gathering support and recog
milton all along its course. The cO-Opera-
ton Of the dry-goods houses has given the
promoters Of the movement much encour-
agement.
1T is fact" said President Stetson yes
terday, that Murphy, Grant & Co. and
Levi Strauss have signed the membership
roll of the association, and this inspires US
with great confidence and satisfaction, since
those firms are locked upon as the leading
and representative houses among the whole
sole dry-goods merchants. and the mere fat
that those firms have identified themselves
with the Traffic Association Is excuse for the
others to DO so. This is very important
acquisition for the association, as there Is
NOW practically no class IF firms or indus
tries OF any consequence that has not affi-
lated with us. The lumber merchants have
not been seen to auy extent, but we do not
anticipate any hesitation from them. We
now have 105 responsible firms who have
signed the membership roll. and all are
large, Influential and wealthy establish
ments that will pay"
A meeting of the association will be held
either to-day or Friday and the question of
selecting traffic manager will again he dis1
cusSed. Many of the members are in favor
OF delaying this appointment until the first
of the year, while others are in favor of
selecting a manager at once This appoint
ment will be mnde with great care, and In
all probability California man will be
chosen.
The electric road people have encountered
another bugbear in the grace at Twenty
frst-street hill. This was supposed to be a
per cent incline and motors were ordered
accordingly AS work progressed, however,
the grade at this point grew to II per cent,
and now the New Y ork Electrical Com
pany, which furnished the first motors, says
that it will not guarantee them for anything
over grade of per cent, so ii has been
necessary 10 order number OF new ma
chimes. TraLk-laying is progressing rap
idly between COlma and the Holy Cross
cemeteries, and work on the new power
house is being pushed. The officials of the
line say that itswil be put in operation by
the first of the new year.
A special train will be put on Saturday at
the disposition of the horticulturists attend
ing the weeks convention at Marysville.
The plan is for the train load of visitors to
run first to the Palermo orange colony and
thence to Oroyille, where lunch will be
served and the party driven about. The
train will their proceed down to the Col
mena colony, south Of MarysVille and posi-
bly, will afterward go across the river
among the orchards. OF Suffer County.
+. n. BelliSle, Master Car-builder, and
H. McKenon. Master Mechanic, of the
Southern Pacific. have written to the Su err
vsors complaining of the nuisance by the
backing up OF the filth in the Channel-street
sewer. This is caused by the contractors
dumping at the mouth of the f1ood-gates
the sand taken from the sewer. Over 100
men employed in the Southern Pacific Com
pany's shops are complaining OF the
nuisance.
Richard Gray, General Traffic Manager
OF the Southern Pacific left on the steamer
City OF Rio on Saturday for a trip to Japan.
he was accompanied only by daughter
The trip is taken for the benefit Of his