The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-08-20

tary who hes come to see about estab-
fishing a steamship line to that port.
Their correspondence has probably had
more to do with causing this. new move
than all other causes.
Globe is excited over the prospect of
a railroad. Hon. Thomas Hayes, the
silver-tongued orator of Kentucky, who
is heavy railroad magnate. is now at
Tucson. He purposes to build rail
road running from the old pueblo IN
northerly direction and touching the
immense coal beds of the San Carlos
reservation. soon to be thrown open.
Excellent progress is being made in
the construction of the new telephone
line between Springyille, in the Tule
river mountains, and Visalia. Active
work began July 18th. The company
was organized at Springville, and
funds for the enterprise have been
raised by the sale of scrip at dis
count of 10 per cent. The line when
finished will tap Porterville, Lindsay,
Exeter and Farmersyille.
Mr.. Williams. of the Corral Hollow
Road says that it will be several weeks
before the road will be ready for for
NAL opening At the mines seventy car
penters are at work OH the great bunk
ers being built to receive the coal as it
comes from the mine. The great struc-
ture is 40 feet long, 20 feet wide and
So feet high. The mine is some dis
lance above and the coal will be sent
down a chute into the bunkers whence
it is taken into the cars below.
The crop of grapes in the Sonoms
Valley is light, being about 40 per
cent of an average yield, and every
cellar in the district is empty. With
capacity for handling 10000 tons
Of grapes this season, win emakers are
confronted with the fact that there
are not over 10, 900 tons Of grapes in a
district which ordinarily produces four
times that amount, Sellers expect $25
per ton. but big buyers avert that they
will not pay over $40.
Santa Barbara has framed new
charter, which divides the city into
seven wards, provides for the election
of a full set of officers, including a
Mayor, limits the creation of mum.
cipal indebtedness to 10 per cent of the
assessed valuation Of property, gives
no salary to the Mayor, Councilman,
School and Library Trustees, and re-
STREETS all contracts to one year, en-
powers the Council to establish an cleo
trio light, telephone and telegraph con-
duit or pole line system, and water
works, enables the Council to grant
street railway franchises to the highest
bidder of the greatest percentage of
gross receipts, payable monthly, and
limits taxation to so cents ON the 81.
With booming cannon, ringing bells
and blowing whistles, Oakland's In
dustrial Exposition was thrown open
to the public last week, and even be-
fore the great noise had subsidized the
immense floor space at the exposition
buildings was crowded with visitors
from all parts of the county. Unlike
last years display, all the exhibits
this year are located in the main annex
and the north annex of the main
building. Refrsshment booths and
reception headquarters of the leading
societies of Alameda county occupy
floor space, and the latter, during the
life of the exposition, will be set aside
for the entertainments that will be
special features of the big show given
from day to day. Four thousand
people attended ON opening nj yht.
The exposition will remain open until
August 80.