The record-union., 1892-07-28
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EDS. REcoRD-UNIoN: Please inform an
old citizen if street car company has a
right to refuse to stop for a passenger
unless the latter sees fit to run to a dis
tant street corner in order to get aboard.
SACRAMENTO.
If there is no local law on the subject
custom must determine; and this differs
with cities, and in cities upon different
streets. When horse-cars ran in this
city they stopped anywhere to take on or
let of passengers, but they were for
hidden to stand across a street, hence the
further crossing" regulation. but when
IL comes to the middle of the blockn
question, we cannot understand why the
passenger should not be picked up
wherever he halls a car on outside or
| residence streets, but this could not be
the rule on business streets. We think
| II legal test were made it would be held
that street car company is bound to take
| up and discharge passengers anywhere
upon street, subject to reasonable regu-
iatlons. Now, is it reasonable regulation
on outside streets to compel one to walk
half block to take car? We think not.
w Y Scill uiloSISGdIlI nOW ii street
railway that the company puts small
value upon may be so operated as to dis
courage the taking of passengers except
at crossings. Thus its car can be run on
better time and fewer number used, so
that cost of operation will be minimized
at the expense OF accommodation to the
public, but we should think that on resi-
dence streets such policy would not
be held one of good service such as
street railway ought to give and by law
Is required to give for the privilege of
using the streets OF the city.
EDS. RECoRD-UNIoN: Is it true, or
was it only rumor and speculation, that
| railroad is to be built from Russian
territory on the Pacific Ocean through
Russia to connect with European rail-
ways? B. L. c., Woodland.
The project has long been talked of,
but is now really to be undertaken by
| Russian capital. The road will be COM
pleted in about five years. 1t will run
from Vladivostak to Moscow, 5000 miles.
The Russian Government backs the en-
| terprise, and 200 miles of the road, from
Moscow this way, has already been con-
/ Structed. Engineers are at work on the
survey on the Pacific side already.
| EDS. RECORD UNION: Can you give
through your information column the
process for crystalizing figs?
A SUBSCRIBER, Rainbow, Cal.
Will some correspondent kindly give
the desired information?
EDS. RECORD UNION: What country
has most money in circulation per
capita? What is the rank of the United
States in that respect? What country has
the lowest per capita circulation?
ALBERT, Weaverville.
l. France 2. Sixth. 8. Central Amer
lea. France has SAB IL; Cuba, Hayti, etc.,
ISL; Netherlands, S2S IS; Belgium, SIS 53;
Australia, $50 75; the United States,
$25 81. Central America has but 81 cents
per capita.
EDS. RECORD UNION: VIII you please
state in your paper if there were two
kinds of quarters made in 1858.
| w. B. j., Sacramento.
The data is not at hand to enable us to
reply. 1t will be necessary to address a
skilled numismatist or the Treasury De-
partment. We will endeaver to ascertain
for you.