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The record-union., 1893-09-25
MtarelluttepqH.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

SEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RE
y ceived by the Board of Trustees of the
State Normal School at Los Angeles. Cal,
until 10 O'Clock A. NJ. of SATURDAY, Octo-
Der A, 1893, for furnishing the materials for
and doing the work OF erecting new build
Ing tor the State Normal School at Los An
geles Cal. as provided tor by an Act OF the
Legislature, entitled "AD Act TO provide for
the construction and furnishing of an addi-
tIonai school building for the use of the State
Normal School at Los Angeles, Cal, and to
appropriate money therefor" approved
March 9, 1898.
Bids will also be received, as required by
law, as follows:
For the furnishing of the materials for and
doing the mason and iron work.
For the furnishing of the materials for and
doing the carpenters and plaSterer's work,
And for the furnishing OF the materials for
and dong the plumbing, gasfitting and heat
Ing work,
And for the furnishing of the materials for
and doing the Timing, galvanized iron and
stating work,
And for furnishing the materials for and
doing the painting and granting work,
And for the furnishing of the materials for
and doing the electric work,
Will be separately received, and separate
contracts tor furnishing such materials and
doing such work will tie received and made as
set out In this notice.
'No proposals shall be considered unless
accompanied with a bond of said proposer
equal to ten per cent. of his proposal with SUI
ncient Suretles, conditioned that ii said pro-
posal shall be accepted the party proposing
Will duly enter into proper contract, and
faithfully perform his or their contract or con-
tracts, in accordance with said proposal"
All bids must be sealed and be directed to
the President of the Board of Trustees OF the
State Normal School at Los Angeles CAL
and must be Endorsed bids for State Normal
School Building"
The right to reject any and all bids is re-
served by the board.
Plans and specifications can be seen at the
Offices of Preston & Locke, architects, rooms
80, 40 Al, Bryson Block, Los Angeles, CAL
No bond viii be considered IN which the
sureties have not justified before Notary
Public, or other proper officer, In double the
penalty of said bond.
JOHN MANSFIELD,
President Board of Trustees.
EDW. PIERCE. Secretary. s11-td
The record-union., 1893-09-25
,E,,xA AtaDinner

q furred or coated tongue-it proves that
you're bilious. In that case you should carry
In your vest-pocket a small sealed vial of these
Pellets. They are anti bilious granules.
which act in prompt and natural way,
without gripping. So beneficial and lasting
is their effect that the makers can afford
TO guarantee that they will give you salts
faction, OF they'll return your money.
The record-union., 1893-09-25
swimming Baths Meeting.

The annual meeting of the stock holders
of the Sacramento Swimming Baths As
ISOLATION, which was postponed from the
18th inst, will be held at the baths this
evening at o'clock.
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Notice to water-Takers.

All persons indebted to City Water
Works after October l, 1893, will be delin-
quent, and the additional penalty of 81 to
$40 will be charged for turning off and on.
NJ. CoFFEY, Clerk.
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There's no case of Catarrh so hopeless
that DIR. Sage's CatarIh Remedy cannot
cure. The makers viii pay $500 reward
for any incurable case.
The record-union., 1893-09-25
EVERYBODY'S COLUMN.
Correspondence OF Interest to the Gem
ernl Public.

Under this heading the RECoRD-UNIoN will
publish short letters from correspondents on
topics of interest to the general public. The
matter in these communications will be IN
derstood TO represent only the views of the
writers. All communications must be &C
mpanied by the name OF the writer, not for
publication unless so desired, but as a guaran-
tee of good faith -EnS
The record-union., 1893-09-25
5arnl- estate, Ctr.
EDWIN K. ALSIP & CO.
HAVE
FOR SALE

A beautiful home of five rooms, bath and
other conveniences. High basement can be
finished. Lot S0x105. All street work done
ana accepted. Curling planted TO blue grass
and majestic maple trees tor shade. The
whole most desirable purchase. Location,
among the BEST is Fifteenth and streets.
Terms, only 81 800; balance in four years at
per cent. per annum.
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The City Finances.

City Auditor Young makes the follow
ing report of the receipts and disburse-
ments of the city for the week ending
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We have concluded TO put the Louisiana
Tract on the market again after having with
drawn it for one year. We will take 500
cash on each lot and allow the remainder OF
purchase money TO stand for thirty months
with interest at per cent. per annum, or we
will exchange for good property in the city.
The Louisiana Tract is Undoubtedly one of
the best subdivisions outS,d. of Oak Park.
No one can see it and not be convinced of The
truth Of this statement.
The record-union., 1893-09-25

A house of six rooms and good fence. To
be sold to be removed. Price, $3.50. it is
worth your while to see us soon about this as
this is the first al. The "early bird" don't get
up late-he fools the worm.
The record-union., 1893-09-25
SACRAMENTO BANK.

TIME OLDEST SAVINGS BANK IN THE
i city, corner Fifth and j streets, Sacra-
mento. Guaranteed capital 100000; paid
up capital, gold coin, 100000 Reserve
fund, $50 679. Term and ordinary deposits,
$3.432,o94. Loans on real estate July l,
1898, So, 56S.7SS. Term and ordinary de-
posts received. Dividends paid in January
and July. Money loaned upon real estate
only. Information furnished upon spplca-
ton to w. p. COLEMAN, President.
ED. r. HAMILTON. Cashier.
The record-union., 1893-09-25

How Sacramento Appears to Visitors
OF the Present Day.
The morning call., 1893-08-06
TWELVE DEATHS.
An ObsCuring Element in
a Will Case.
Three Judges and Many Litigants
and Witnesses Have Died Since
the Suit Began.

AS demonstration that time serves to
obscure facts in long legal controversy.
owing to the deaths of many importa nj
persons concerned in. or associated with,
the litigation. the Terwilliger will case OF
Portland, Or, which has taken up an
other days attention of the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals in this city. is
peculiar. Since the suit was begun, four
years ago, no less than twelve persons in
terested in the case have died, including
three Judges who have sat upon the case in
the United States Circuit Court, and one
attorney.
The first to pass away was Judge Sabin
of Nevada, who was assigned to hold cour,
in Oregon during Judge Deady's absence,
about the fail of 1890 Then Il. T. Bingham,
who was associated with his brother, E.
w. Bingham, in the prosecution Of the case
for the Greens, was killed while fishing on
the ocean beach on August u, 1891.
lie was washed off some rocks and
dashed against them by the surf. Judge
Sawyer's death followed. He had heard
the case all through, but passed away be-
fore he had ad a chance to file any writ
reargue the case before Judge Hawley.
Judge Deadly, who had heard the discus
sion of the point Of jurisdiction raised by
a demurrer which he finally oyerrule0,
passed away in the spring of this year.
Mrs. Julia Viola Richardson, herself the
sole legatee of the disputed PhilInda Ter-
williger will. died suddenly of heart dis
ease in July, 1892, about three weeks be-
fore Judge Hawley arrived in Portland to
hear the argument upon the theory of
forgery; and in less than a week after
Jndpe Havley declared lis decision hold.
ing the will to be forgery, James Ter
wilger. Philinda's second husband and
the father of Mrs. Richardson, passed
away at the age of 81 years.
1t is claimed by counsel for the appel
lants that he had kept the will in his Gus
tody for seventeen years. His death oc-
Cured on September 8 last A few weeks
later John Orvis Waterman. who wrote the
will, and the only witness who testified to
having seen Philinda Terwillieer sign the
document, went to his long sleep. Mrs.
r binson. the former wife Of Solomon
Terwilliger. has also died during the suit.
as have four other witnesses, one Of them
being Henry C. Hyde of this city. who
gave expert testimony as to the signatures.
.Jnhn Terwilliger, the brother Of James,
died in 1882, long before the suit was COM
mrnced.
When it is considered. therefore, that
the action was brought to compel tho de-
fendants-James Terwilliger and the
Richards0ns--tn produce the will, on the
ground that the longer the defendants
kept it in their possession the more
difficult It would be to prove its invaldiiy,
because of lapse of time. and the disturb
ing factor of death, the position OF tho APP
pellants seems to have been pretty well
established by a long series OF exempliica-
tions.
The morning call., 1893-08-06
How do you make any money ?" 1 asked

How dc you make any money ?" asked
rsisin-shipper yesterday.
I'VE make precious little, and can only
make thai By losing some at the start. We
GO into the market, offer raisins at a ridic.
uiously low hgure, conrae, for few ship
ments ct that rate. and so discourage i'm
poriers. Then. when We learn they have
made no contracts with Spain to speak of.
we can raise the price"
Thus the robber rates compel the ship
pers 30 trckery la order TO make a little
profit. To-day the Southern Pacific is
carrying sugar to O certain point in Mis-
souri, for Sl10 carload. They are doing
so because, by a roundabout way, COM
petition compels them to. Is there any
money in IL? Certainly, or they would not
be buruening thar locomotives with the
load. The raisin-grower. caught in the
arms Of the octopus. must hand over $3.50
on every ten tons to get bis goods to mar
ket. The sugar planters out of the reach
of the grasp pay S1lo; difference of $40
what co 10 petition does, and this Is what
the people Of the San Joaquin Valley and
indeed the whole State say they must have.
While on this subject Of sxsortion it NAV
be as we'll to go q little further into details
The subject is an intensely in ieresting one
II is like going ever defau ter's books and
seeing where he has robbed his employers,
for railroad should be . servant TO the
people, not an owner and master Of them.
In this matter OF rates will quote man
who knows what be IL talking about, for
he has had ten years experience with
southern Pacific methods. When he first
came to Fresno he was agent lor Wells.
Fargo & Co.. then ne wsnt into the hous.
of Lewis, Einstein + Co., the second
largest in the county. Mr. Neuhouse, the
person referred to, now 7 - charge OF the
firms grocery department..
From the standpoint o. merchant,
he canddly admitted, mnsf say shat We
would not be directly benefited by the ad-
vent of a competing line. We DO not pay
the freight. All such charges ara borne by
the producer and consumer. As middle
men we are not 80 much Interested. But
as residents Of the valley NC are as much
pleased with the proposed road as any one
and will do all In our power 70 ald 1t.
The morning call., 1893-08-06

ern Pacific in Fresno County does not ap-
ply to passenger traffic. AS Shylock in.
sisted upon his pound Of flesh. so this
monopoly insists upon its three cents a
mile. Its trains are crowded and they are
moving gold mines. Standing In the depot
at Stockton the other DAY overheard this
conversation:
whats the fare to Fresno?"
"Three dollars and seventy-fiye cents. Z"
whats The distance"
"One hundred and twenty-five miles"
Great Scot! Out East they don't have
such rates"
II know it," replied the ticket-seller
''but there there are other railroads: here
we have a monopoly"
That's the keynote. and It is beinp
struck so continuously that it is ringing ali
over the State.
From Stockton to Sacramento, distance
only little over fifty miles. the fare 10
ST. 70. From San Francisco to Sacramento
the fare is So 80; water Competition from
San Francisco to Stockton holds it down a
little. And SO it goes. These arc only
examples. bits OF tariH Charges taken at
random.
Fresno and Tulare counties hid fair tn
be the best feeders to he San ,loaouin
Valley railroad. San J,aouin Conntv
through Stockton will be one termina
ana Kern County through Bakersfield the
other. or Fresno County II can safely be
said that great future lies before it. and
competing line Of railroad is the key
needed to unlock that future. Had any one
promising fruit country he would have
been considereda fit subject for an insane
asylum. Irrigation was tried and with
results that surprised every one. convert.
ing many thousands of acres Of the once
drrarv. almost worthless desert into a rich
and most productive garden.
The arabic lands Of the plains of Fresno
he added msny thousand acre. 'n o, ma. may
tered valley lands amid the foothills on
either side of the plain, both east ana
west, afforuing some Of the choicest ,o ~nD
lions. especially for fruit culture. tina,
can be found in the State. Al preseni
there are in the county about 1000 miles Of
public irrigating canals. and covering. or
The morning call., 1893-08-06

county alone could support rallroao
$ wonderful the business that 10 uon ,9
from this section and the hgures arc "e'i
worth perusing." ,sou
Where can such figures be obtained =!
Il don't know. A year ago Que ut we
papers here published in us Ne" Tear
edition a table for 1891, and everybody
was surprised at the showing Last
v inter thew endeavored t. secure similar
statistics for the year 1892. but they were
not obtaInable The Southern racine. l
think. saw such an enormous increase
over the ve.r before that they did not care
TO give them out. especially as new rail-
road was being talked OF and they did not
care to give others an mixing into the
business"
This table il was necessary to have, and
II ia here even in full In THE CALL. 1t
WAS dificuIt 10 get. but is none the less
reliable In fact the figures were fur
nisned by the auditor OF the freight de-
rar'ment of the Southern Pacific, but not
for HE CALL.
These figures hsve never been made
nublc and will bar a careful analysis.
The law comnels the Southern Pacific to
publish its tariff of freight rates and dis
piav the same In its Offices. From this
tariff can be obtained figures which, CON-
bined with those In the table. will give an
astonishing result. To go through the list
would make a tiresOme article, so to take
one instance: The freight on rnisins from
Fresno to any Eastern point Is S26 ton.
The table shows that in 1892 there were
shipped from the city sof Fresno alone
The morning call., 1893-08-06

wharf. but the Stockton and CopperopoIis
road ch rged toll of IL cents per ton be.
cause it was hauled eight blocks to the
main line"
This experience Of Mr.. Neuhouse's is
similar to that of Others who patronize the
com peting line by water. or course. the
road with peculiar title is only side
track of the Southern Pacific. Engines
aud cars of that line run over 1t continual
ly. When rates are quoted from S Ockton
they simply mean ION board cars at
Stockton main depot" If these cars
have to be hauled eight or ten blocks, then
an extra charge is made In the manner
stated. 1t Is really a pen atty put upon
those who dare use com peting line. such
as the navigation companv's Is.
Five or six cars loaded with freight were
being hauled from the wharf the other
evening. The engine was marked Cen
trail Pacific" and the cars labeled
Southern Pacific" When the train came
to q standstii approached the cab of the
engine and asked the man at the lever:
What line j. thisc"
Southern Pacific" he replied in a
scornful way. the tone Of his voice imply
Ing pity for one so ignorant.
us 1t the main line?" 1 again ven.
tured.
Main line! No. its a switch. and this
"a switch engine"
- But somebody told me this was the
stock ton and Copperopolis line"
&c, Al this his face broke into broad smile.
nm msbody,s been giving you." he said.
., Say Bill" turning to bis fireman.
here's good one. This Is tho Stockton
ana CoDperopoli road we're running on
u ., 70 tho station. Guess we had batter
All the while that the engineer, fire.
man ana brakeman were switching cars
Over U1 me side track drrks in the Southern
,, ao,mc cmce were adding Is cents ton to
tn stockton and Copper opoiis Railroad"
Ihere Is no spot in America so we'll
adapted to railroading as this San JOAQUIN
Valley From Stockton to Bakersfield. a
distance OF 23O miles. 1t is almost dead
level. There is one mile, believe, be-
tween stockton and Modesto, where rise
The morning call., 1893-08-06
FARMERS AROUSED
They Demand Relief From
the Monopoly.
A NEW ROAD WILL HELP.
Millions Taken From Their
Pockets.
RUINOUS RATES ARE CHARGED.
San Joaquin Valley Forced 10 Con-
tribute Cash for Capitalists,
Lobbyists and vuitures.
RUINOUs RATES ARE CHARGED.

Farmers in the San Joaquin Valley
annually pay $4,000 coo more IN
freight charges than d. farmers IL the
same territory in Kansas.
The freight on raisins from the San
Joaquin Valley to points East is $2s 4
ton.
On syrup from Chicago TO Stockton,
about 1000 miles, 90 cents a hundred.
On sugar from Stockton to Fresno,
1875 miles, 65s4 cents a hundred
FRESNO, Aug. 6-The raisin belt joins
with all in the San joaquin valley IN an
appeal to the Traffic Assoeia ti0n of Cali
fornia that it hasten the preliminary work
of the new railroad and push 10 through
so that the letters Of the Southern Pac &c
monopoly may be broken and the region,
up to the present crushed and dwarfsd by
robbery and extorion, may grow as nature
wiled it and as the people wish. They
want to see rival locomotives running side
by side with those of the power that now
is; they want to see other freighteaT
loaded with their products for marke.
and being carried at rates that Will fur
nish profits both to the carrier and the
shipper.
The time is ripe for the peoples line tC
be laid and If San Francisco merchants
only do their duty there will not be 8 mo-
ments he station in the action of every
man along the line from Stockton K
Bakersfield. San Joaquin. Stau.slaus, Mer
ced, Fresno. Tuiare ana Kern countie:
are open for tie railroad and it can nos
The morning call., 1893-08-06
MORE SOUTHERN PACIFIC EXTORTION

With competing lines and lower rates more
people will buy goods in San trancisco anu
have them sh pied direct. out at tne same 9
time the lines will build up the region, SO L
think we would lose nothing. 1es, VIII
tell you few instances OF Soutnerh racine
extortion. though, mind you. the expense
does not fall on our shoulders. we ado II
to the price of the article. ana thus the
consumer pays the freight"
These words Of this level-headed mer-
chant will doubtless prove an sye-opener
to some people. Yes. Mrs. Brown or Mrs.
Black of Fresno. whenever You pay for a
hound of sugar you are paying certain
amount Of extortionate freight charges.
..Ouite recently" continued Mr.. Neu-
house. Il contracted for a carload Of syrup
from q Chicago house. The rate was made
through from Chicago to Stockton. and
wa. 90 cents hundred. From Stock ton
to Fresno the rate was 65% cents. just
think, a rate Of 80 cents for 1000 miles and
65A cents for 100 miles! The reason is
plain. From Chicago | could have shipped
my syrup by the Union Pacific. Northern
Pacific or Canadian Pacific via Portland.
Tacoma or Victoria to San Fran cisco.
From there it could come BY river to Stock
ton. Thus there were competing rates to
that place. But from Stockton to Fresh o
the Southern Pacific has US in its grip and
makes US pay"
Another instance, please?"
well. the rate on sugar now from San
Francisco to Fresno is SIS ton. or $3.50 a
carload. The Southern Pacific at the same
time is shipping sugar to points along the
The morning call., 1893-08-06

to Stockton. The navigation company
quoted US rate Of 20 cents on board cars
a Stockton and we ordered 1t sent. Our
surprise was great when we found We had
to pay 80 cents from San Francisco to
Stockton IN addition to the freight from
Stockton to Fresno. Five cents of this
was accounted for as toll on wharfage.
But the other Is? Investigation showed
that the navigation company had kept
faith with US. charging 10 cents. 1t also
showed that he Is cents per ton went to
the Stockton aud Cnpperopolis Railroad.
Then We inquired what the Stockton
and Copperopois Railroad COMPANY
amounted to, ana found out the folio wing:
In Stockton the main line of the Southern
Pacific runs through tho town ten blocks
from the water front. 1t claims to
have no side track to tho wharf, but the
SPUR Is called the Stockton and Copper0p-
oils line, and 1t i. run few miles ont into
the country beyond the Southern Pacific
tracks to small town in order to carry
out the delusion. OF course, our salt was
loaded on Southern Pacific Car at the
The morning call., 1893-08-06

And il Ia being bled, bled to death by
the ieecs that has fastened upon this fair
est part of California and is now sucking
at the very vtals. Farmers and fruit
growers are being robbed of every cent of
profit and toll away in the broi'ing sun
only TO make bare liviDg-and fatten the
p,toDDs-
TaSe raisins again as an example. This
subject is brought closer to the homes OF
people in til g district than any other, and
il serves admirably TO show the doings OF
the robber corporation.
AS stated above the rae on raisins is S2S
Ton Or $3.50 carload. Spanish raislns
are put up In zS-pound boxes and are
landed in New York at from to 10 cents
box, which includes freight and insur-
ance A 2n-peund box Of Fresno raisins
costs just % eehts to place in the same
port. Figure tbs out from the above
tariff and you will see that it Is right.
Thus Fresno farmer has to ray 10 10
20 cents more on his 20-pound box
than a Spaniard has to on his 2o-pound
one.
The morning call., 1893-08-06

so proud Of the leading one of The Union.
And where has this money gone? Into
the pockets OF Eastern and foreign stock
holders, into the maws Of other corpora
tons that have been subsidized not to
start. though so greatly needed. compel
ing lines, and into the hands of persons
who have been bri5oi to foster this ini-
guilty OF keep silence regarding the great
wrong.
l, 1t a wonder that the people of the San
Joaquin Valley rise as one man and say,
"Give US a competing railroad?
Had they not been so robbed by the
great monopoly and many Of them had
their pockets turned inside out they would
be able to put up all the money then
selves. AS it is they will contribute a
go1d share of the cash and all the right OF
way necessary.
1t IS estimated that the new railroad
can make money. and good money at that.
on receipts of 5000 per mile. Thus rail-
road rates at one blow can be cut in half,
And what blow that will be
The table Of freight carried by the South
The morning call., 1893-08-06

Missouri River at S110 a carload. So
Fresno people have 10 nav $40 ton more
for sugar that is hauled 200 miles than do
those for whom it is hauled 1900 miles"
of course. there being water competi-
ton to Stockton from San Francisco aids
you some, does it not ?" asked.
Yes. a little; but even there the South
ern Pacific is up to tricks and makes all ii
can"
Mr.. Neuhouse then told something that
for bitterness and meanness exceeds any,
thing yet related. 1t was as follows: "We
figured that We could save something
shipping a carload of salt from San Fran
cisco to Fresno by using the water route
The morning call., 1893-08-06
DMW'W Vegetable
Jul OSarsaparilla

As w. S. is positively the only sarsaparilla
compounded to control constipation, insist on
Joys and don't be talked into taking any other.
jyl eodu
The morning call., 1893-08-06

1i,377 IONS of raisins. At the above-men-
roned rate the Southern Pacific took In
S3is.556 in the year 1892 on rai.ins alone
shipped from the city of Fresno. Why.
the total shipment. from this. little city
represented over S1,0O0.000 to this giant
monopoly last year. and this is only one of
the many prosperous towns in the San
Joaquin Valley. This table does not rep
resent the imports. mind you. Think of
tie groceries. the dry goods. the furniture.
the hardware, etc. that comes in. In
deed. double the figures Of the grand total
Of mat table and see what wonderful
source Of revenue the County Of Fresno is
to-day.