The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1896-07-16


from the railroad station at San Fer.
nando, on the Southern Pacific Rail.
road, and about the same distance from
Hueneme.
proposed electric line ON Fourth street
San Francisco. A large force was put
ON the work, and it is expected the
road will be constructed within week.
The track will be extended across
Market and into Ellis, making a con-
tinuous line from tie Park to the
Southern Pacific depot on Townsend.
Kern county has foundry that will
compare favorably with any small
establishment in the country. 1t was
started up last week under the most
encouraging circumstances. 1t is a big
one-story frame building, sufficiently
large to accommodate all the work
that will be needed in the county fol
some years to come, including all cast.
ings of any shape and size up to 5000
pounds in weight.
The total output for the year-nine
months-was 4,233, 116.44 gallons.
In the manufacture of this wine there
was used 1927 ,9O9.S gallons OF
brandy, upon which no tax was paid
to the Government As the tax on
brandy is 81. 10 per gallon, the general
Government practically contributed
toward the building up of the wine
making industry in this State during
the past year the grand total sum of
81, 1870, 700.7S.
The Olmypic Club athletes of San
Francisco met defeat at the hands of
the Multonomah Athletic Club of Port
land, Ore, in contest of thirteen
events. by score of 81 points to A.
The Olympics were somewhat crippled
through the absence of their crack
Splinter. Phil Wand. r. w. Edgren
saved the day. carrying off all the
weight-throwing contests. Brunton
of Stanford also made splendid
showing.
The Tacoma firemen will not walk
out. as they had intended They re-
manned firm in their decision to do
until business men secured promise
that they would remain ninety days if
paid their June salaries, amounting to
$1,000, at once. A meeting of business
men was called and in thirty minutes
$4,000 was subscribed. Everything
indicates that inside of the specified
ninety days the warrant debt will be
funded and Tacomas finances placed
on solid basis.
The Chino ranch is in the hands of
receiver. The immense estate, con-
sisting of $4,000 acres of land, with
the growing crops, its two water sys-
TENS. the Chino Valley Railroad and
all the personal property which went
with the ranch, are now in the keeping
of S. +. Zombro of San Bernardino, he
having been appointed receiver. The
complaint asking for his appointment
was filed by Richard Grid, formerly
the owner of the property and to whom
it is about to revert by default of pay
ment by the Chino Ranch Company
and G. H. Phillips, who contracted to
purchase the ranch two years ago.
G. M. Cotterman, J. M. Johnson
and J. H. Richardson, chief clerks in
the Railway Mail Service at Ogden,
Los Angeles and Portland, respective.
ly, are in San Francisco under instruc.
lions from Division Superintendent
Flint, for the purpose of discussing
with their chief ways and means foI
increasing the efficiency of the service.
This is the annual conference, held al
the end of the fiscal year, to determine
the appropriations necessary to carry
the mails for the ensuing year, which
commences July LIST. The result of the
conference will not be made public
until the Department at Washington is
in possession of the superintendent :
annual report.
The latest Investigations in the Los
Angeles oil field have confirmed former
reports to the effect that the district is
being rapidly exhausted. Nine months
ago one firm had daily product of
800 barrels. This output has been
gradually decreasing until at the pres
ent time it does not exceed 70 barrels
per day. In scores of other instances
the product of wells has dropped from
80 to 80 barrels each per day to ~ to
20 barrels each. There is much specu-
lation as to the time when the field
will become practically exhausted. A
few producers believe that within two
years very few wells will be pumped,
and these for only few hours each
day. But this does not imply that the
fuel oil industry in Southern California
is waning. New fields are being de-
veloped and the territory of the Los
Angeles district is being extended
The demand for fuel oil still exceeds
the supply, and the total product in
storage has been reduced from 10 900
barrels to $4,000 barrels during the
past sixty days.
CANADA'S NEW CABINET.