The San Francisco call., 1896-09-08
RECEIPTS OF PRODUCE.
PACIFIC COAST BONDS.

A special committee appointed by the Board OF
Trade of Santa Barbara County reported in favor
OF bonding the city to the amount of $4,000 to
provide water supply. The committee consists
of E. 5. Sheffield, NJ. B. McDutie, A. Garland and
A. B. Williams. The Board OF Trade adop ed the
report with but one dissenting voice. The use OF
salt or fresh water is yet TO be determined. The
election was set for yesterday to determine wheh-
er the bonds shall issue In certain contingencies
the amount may not exceed $780, 600.
The city OF Los Angeles has bro ght suit against
Charles f Bicknell, the Auditor of Los Angeles
County, praying the court 10 order the defendant
to draw and deliver to the City Treasurer of Los
Angeles his war ant upon the county treasury for
the sum of $500, to be deposited in the t1easury
of the city of Los Angeles in a separate fund to be
devoted the care and maintenance of the streets
in the annexed portion OF the Rosedale road dis
trct.
Nearly all of that district has lately been an
neXed 10 the city of Los Angeles and the Super
visors have lost control of it and have no authority
to eIpend any money Ipon it or to retain any
other funds which might properly have been ex-
pended upon 1t If it had not become part OF the
city.
may resume business after election, according to
the Los Angeles Record.
Bids for school bonds of the Harold school dis
trict amounting to $500 will be opened by the
Supervisors of Los Angeles County Septem Der %
at P NJ. The bonds are per cents, ten in
October /, 1896, and are Of the denomination OF
$3.50 each.
The Los Angeles City improvement bonds have
been declared valid by the Supreme Court. Ex-
tensive street work Will be at once undertaken on
Johnston street. custer avenue and other thor
oughfares.
The Ainsworth National Bank OF Oregon will
share in dividend OF % per cent from the estate
of H. l. Darr under order of the court
The affairs of the Oregon National Bank of AL
bsny have been finally wound up and Receiver
Beal has returned to h home at The Dalles
The Pasadena Gas Company has authorized an
issue of bonds to enlarge It's works and TO Law at
least ten miles of additional maius in the city
streets.
Lordsburg refused to vote school bonds. The
majority against the proposition was only 3.
Tie $13,OOJ bonds which Riverside has voted
Will be apportioned as follows: For refunding
tional school building $4,000. The bonds will oe
payable follows: $4,000 in eight years $4,000 in
nine years, $4,000 in ten years. The interest rate
is per cent
The Phoenix Gazette tells OF the transfer of
$150,0O0 worth of land in the Salt River Valley
the deal are as follows A peach, pear and apricot
orchard of 440 acres, west of Glendale, broug ht
$4,000; l00-acre orange orchard brought
$4,000. The deal was made at Chicago by w. J.
Murphy, president of the Arizona Improvement
Company. The syndicate will incorporate as the
packing ghouse to handle the fruits of Salt hiver
Valley and a cannery is also projected
Auditor Schaffer of San Diego County has mad a
report of county finances to the Board of Suuer-
visors He figures the expenses of the county for
the fiscal year 1S96-97 at $174O34 7S of which
cent for deinquencies the basis of the tax rate is
$l3,S5S, ,335 The property of the county is valued
as follows: Real estate and improvements Sl3-
463 O29; railroads, $15S,442; personal property
money and solvent credits, $1,663,649. Total,
SIS 305, ,120.
An ordinance adopted at Los Angeles makes the
tax levy 1or payment on interest and sinking
funds as follows: