Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-10

the county, and the council of the city,
that they, as soon as possible, pass Or
dinances requiring all railway compa-
MES having tracks in this city to place
at every street crossing a Waterman and
an automatic gate, such as are in use in
the leading cities OF the east, and that
the principal road crossings throughout
the county be similarly protected.
Passed.
A third resolution that it is the sense
of the chamber that Los Angeles should
be made port of entry with bonded
warehouse for duitable goods in order
that our merchants who handle i'm
ported articles may not be subjected to
the delay and expense occasioned by
the present arrangement, was also
adopted, and committee of three was
appointed to express to the proper au-
thorities at Washington the wishes of
the chamber of commerce in the mat
ter.
Mr.. Germans fourth and last resolu
ton involved a demand on the post
master.general for an important reform.
Under the present system of handling
the mail, when the matter due to arrive
at Los Angeles at 7:l5 am. and at Sta
ton G at Z 20 am. is from one half an
hour to one hour late, it is sent to the
main office, and is there delayed and
not received at Station Q until 10 am.
to the great inconvenience of many of
our leading business houses. 1t was
therefore
Resolved, That it is the sense of the
chamber of commerce that the matter
intended for station G. should, In case
the train is late, be conveyed by special
wagon direct from the depot to that sta
ton, thereby giving better service to
the business houses in that vicinity.
Mr.. Garvin offered resolution OF
coincidence, which was passed, as fol
lows:
Whereas, 1t has pleased Divine Prov
idence to remove by death our respected
fellow member, Thomas E. Fraser, OF
Banning, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the people of Southern
California, together with this organiza-
ton, have sustained severe loss by the
death of a valued and useful citizen /;
and be it furthermore
Resolved, That copy of these reso
lutions be sent to the family OF the de-
ceased, to the Banning Herald and to
the newspapers of this city, and be
spread upon the minutes of this meet
ing.
Mr.. Gervaise Purcell read short
paper on the Temescal tin mines. In
substance, he said: "This historic
metal, which was used in adjoining the
shield of Achilles, is now found in Eng
land, Saxony, Bohemia, Blanca, MaIac-
ca, Australia, South Dakota, Southern
California and Mexico. The principal
deposits are in Cornwall, although re-
Gently enormous deposits have been
found in Malacca, which promises to be-
come the greatest tin producer of the
world, unless Southern California beats
it. In Cornwall the ore assays 2% per
cent per ton, the miners are paid 8315
cents per day, and the mines pay 60
dividend every three months. The tin,
under those circumstances, after pay
ment of duties and all expenses, is sold
here for $2l520 per ton, or 20 cents
pound.
sin Temescal miners average So 80
day, the ore having TX per cent of tin,
SO that the cost of production is about
the same as it is in Cornwall That is
the Temescal tin now finds a market in
San Diego at 23 cents pound.
THE property OF the company con-
sists of $4,000 acres with thirty lodes of
ore, of which only one has been worked.
It has been found that the further down
the mine goes the better is the ore. At
the same time the water accumulates so
that there will be no trouble on that
score. Consequently, the mines may be
expected to become permanent. Until
last June only liz tons had been
produced, while now the output is about
s tons per month, and with the new
machinery just put in, it is hoped to
take out one ton day"
Mr.. Purcell closed with reiutation OF
the charges that none but imported men
were employed at the mine, and that
the truck system was there in vogue.
The chamber than adjourned.