The San Francisco call., 1896-03-31
SPECIAL BERRY TRAIN.
= New Departure for the Beneft of
Oaklanders.

OAKLAND, CAL, March 30.-A COM
mittee OF Oakland produce merchants re-
certify called on the railroad company in
regard to quick transportation between
Watsonville and Oakland during the berry
season. They received reply to-day read
irg as follows:
This company contemplates this season.
for the first time, putting on a special
3 berry tram to serve that locality, leaving
Santa Cruz about P. NJ, reaching Watson
vile about or 80 P. NJ, San Jose about
9 or 10 P. NJ, coast division to San Fran
cisco, reaching here about A. NJ, and it
will be quite agreeable and convenient to
handle not only your Watsonville, but
any business you may have between
San Jose and San Francisco on that train
into San Francisco.
OF course, it will be necessary in pick
ing up way shipments to load them all
into the Oakland car, as we win not have
force available to transfer at San Francisco
station. Ferryboats run all night-hours
somewhat irregular, depending on traffic
moving in either direction. However. our
operating department tell me that it is
reasonable to say to you that, as a rule, we
will be able TO deliver this particular
freight at Market-street station not later
than 80 A. NJ, this after conference with
Master of Transportation Richardson, al
though we cannot so guarantee, nor can
we assume liability for failure to land this
property at the hour designated. How
ever, every reasonable effort will be made
in that direction.
New School District Divided.
OAKLAND, CAL, March 3O.-The peti-
tion of residents to have the Redwood
school district divided and new district
formed, to be known as the Geyser Creek
school district, was denied by the Board
Sf Supervisors.
he petition to change the boundaries
yreen and May school districts was
I'd after it had been so altered as to
te the forty-hve acre ranch of J.
S. The change is to put into Green
part of May district.
petition of parents to have a
Lockwood School district cut
i formed into a new district
known as Beulah, was recon-.
favorably by the County Superin-
Iowever this was the last meeting
h action could be taken in time for
4 levy, and the law requires that a
seek must eiapse between the presenting
of petition and action, and so the matter
had to rest
Small Sum for Charity.
OAKLAND, CAL, March 3O.-Some
weeks ago the Board of Supervisors passed
resolution appropriating $50 for the
Ladies' Cooperative Society's Home,
which suffered recently from nre. On
motion of Supervisor Church the sum was
cut down to $25 The ladies wrote to the
Supervisors disdaining to accept the
smaller sum.
This afternoon a resolution was adopted
at the meeting of Supervisors correcting
the minute of March 8, when a resolution
was adopted donating $25 to the Ladies'
Cooperative Aid Society from the county
:nfir1nary fund, so as to make it read from
the county general fund. Before voting
for il Supervisor Church asked why it was
necessary to max the change, as they had
refused to accept the donation. Clerk
Jordan replied that the ladies had changed
their minds and decided to take what they
could get.
New Rates for Copyists.
OAKLAND, CAL, March 30.-The Super
yisors to-day adopted a new schedule of
rates to be paid copyists, to go into effect
April l. The rate To be paid for copying
old records in the County Clerks and
County Recorders Office Will be, for deeds,
mortgages and similar books, cents per
folio Tor indiees, registers of actions and
similar books. 10 cents per folio.
The present rate of 6 and cents per
folio respectively was established on
recommendation of the late Grand Jury
and resulted in the young men engaged
at the work only earning about $50 a
month. which Supervisor Johnson styled
starvation wages.
Goes to Jail.
OAKLAND, CAL, March 30. = James
Marshall gave himself up at the City Prison