The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-23
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

Ned Murray, who came down from his mine
at ORC Elmo in Siskiyou the other day, was
telling about the bad quality OF the whisky
they used to have over in Sawyers Bar before
the wagon road was built over Salmon Noun
tain. "Over at the Black Bear mine was an
Arkansawyer named Billy Ford, who had been
cutting timber for the Black Bear, and felt at
home. Once, the day before Christmas, he
went into the superintendent Office and said:
Want to get some money; want thirty or forty
dollars; like to 60 over to the bar and get good
and full; / amt been good and full since last
Christmas; of course, I've been on one or two
little jamborees - Fourth of July and such
hmes-but that amt what want; what want
is to get good and full SO I'll feel as If l done
my duty and go back to work having some re-
spect for myself How do you know when
you're good and full, BillyT asked the superin-
tendent. oh, easy enough; soon's that Saw
yers Bar whisky begins to taste good l know
must be blamed drunk"
Louis Dean of Reno, one of the big cattle
men OF Nevada, who is stopping at the Russ,
was telling last evening about some OF the adj
vantages OF competing railroads to the cattle
business. "The charges for carload of cattle
from Reno down to the Bay, distance OF $50
miles," he said, "is $40. The charge from
points 300 miles further East, or over twice as
far, is only SIS car more. 1t would probably
be more than that if the traffic would bear
it. Down south, from Capistrano not far from
San Diego, we were charged some time ago
1928 for each car to San Francisco, but from
there to Denver, which is over twice as far, we
were charged no more for the cattle-cars, al
though they were thirty-sfx feet in length,
while those over the Southern Pacific here were
only twenty-seven feet long. There was COM
petition East Now that the profits in cattle
raising in Nevada have come down very much
competing roads and reduction in freights
will make great difference to u.s."
Road Commissioner Marsden Manson has
been up to Tehama County with Mr.. Irvine, at
the request OF the county authorities, to assist
and advise them as to carrying out their work
in building a road from Red Bluff to Manton
Yesterday speaking of the work of the COM
mission he said: "The law is broad and well
drawn, and contemplates work tending to be
useful to every country home in California. 1t
is OF great Importance to the State, and was
very glad to see the CALL start the proposition
to build the boulevard down the peninsula.
We are here now to get from the Southern Pa
cifc authorities rates for the distribution of
bodybuilding material from Folsom to what
ever points it may be required. We expect to
investigate the geology of every county to find
the most suitable and accessible bodybuilding
material, and to look into the various water
supplies for the purposes of sprinkling and
watering the roads"
They we're talking about the counties in Cali
fornia in which there are no railroads at the
Lick yesterday, and some one said that Sierra
was one of the benighted. 'What, Sierra?"
said NJ. n. Mead, who is an ex-Sherif and ex-
Senator of that county. 'Why, Sierra has two
railroads, the Central Pacific main line and the
Nevada, California and Oregon Railway"
But when the matter was looked into, 1t was
found that the Central Pacific overland line
had one and three-quarter miles of track in
Sierra passing across the southeastern corner,
without any station in the county, while the
California, Nevada and Oregon Railway had
three-quarters of mile over the northeastern
corner, with one station in Sierra at Evans
place for passengers for Long Valley.