The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-11-03
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
Important information Gathered
Around the Coast.
ITEMS OF GENERAL INTEREST
A Summary Of Late Events That Are
Rolled Down to Suit Our Busy
Readers.

Palo Alto, CAL, has voted to issue
$40, 600 sewer bonds.
Near Chino, Cal, are daily quarried
20 tons limestone.
Hawaii, u. S. A., proposes to quad
ripple its sugar output by 1902.
The Northern Pacific Railway is
completed to Hoquiani, Wash.
The MeCloud River, Cal, Railway
is.being extended TO Bartles.
Washington estimates the total hop
crop OF the State this season al 80, 900
bales.
Spokane, WASH, Portland, Or, and
San Francisco are now connected by
long-distanee telephone.
Myrtle logs are shipped from Marsh
field, Or, to San Francisco by S. r.
Davis for the Union Iron Works for
blocking in the new dry dock.
-Four lime kilns are kept steadily
burning at Roche Harbor, Wash. A
shipment Of 5000 barrels OF lime was
recently loaded from that point.
The San Francisco Il San Joaquin
Valley Railroad viii pass into the
hands OF the Atchison, Topeka Il Santa
Fe Railroad about January LIST, 80.
Blair & Barnes, Valley Center, Cal,
are bottling rattlesnake oil. They re-
Gently captured 60 snakes in one den.
Each snake nets them rs cents.
The Tacoma, WASH, Mill Co has an
order for 1000 Nj feet OF fir lumber for
shipment to Hamburg, Germany, and
includes 200 NJ feet ships decking.
The San Francisco Harbor Commits
sioners will charge the California State
Board OF Trade $ll5 per month for its
new quarters in the Ferry building.
The Mt. whitney Electric Power Co.
il diverting water from the Kaweah
river, Tulare, CAL, to furnish power
and light to visala, Tulare and Porter
vile.
Yield Of dry wines in California this
year is estimated 5000, 900 gallons, as
against $1,000, 600 gallons last year.
Sweet wines, it is figured, will show
one-half the production OF '97.
The Northern Pacific will build a
short line between Missoula, Mont,
and Pasco, WASH, making cutoff and
saving over 100 miles OF distance in
the line between st. Paul and the
coast.
The report OF the director OF the Geo.
logical Survey upon the production of
crude petroleum Tor the year 1897
shows that California yielded | $685.
All barrels, an increase OF 51.93 per
cent over that of 1896.
Total tonnage OF beets delivered at
the Chino, CAL, factory this season is
IS, 900 tons. The season closes Novem.
her 10th with probable total Of 3d.
900 tons. The sugar content of the
beets averages IA per cent sugar.
The Carbonate, Wash, coal mines
shipped 5000 tons during September,
beating all previous records. Roslyn
had held the record with $4,000 tons.
The Carbonate mines owned by the
Southern Pacific Railroad Co. are run
ming full time and employ 600 men
averaging 1920 day wages.
During June, July, August and Sep.
TENDER, '98, there were shipped from
Washington 8028 cars lumber. The
increase in lumber shipments from
Washington has been more pronounced
this year than that of shingles. The
first nine months of '9S show 1873, 424,.
900 feet, as against so, A 900 feet in
the corresponding months of '97.
d. +. Brown, general agent Pacific
Railway and Steamship Co., Hong
kong, says the Oriental trade of the
last five years should more than double
in the next five years owing to in
creased transportation facilities and to
the close relations that will have to
exist hereafter between this country
and the Orient, as the result Of hold
ing the Phippine islands.
One OF the results of the survey OF
the mouth OF the Yukon river this
summer by Capt Pratt OF the Coast
and Geodetic Survey is to add an area
of $500 square miles to Uncle Sam s
domain. Capt. Pratt found that the
south mouth Of the Yukon emptied
into Boring sea, twenty-five miles
farther west than has been supposed.
In addition to this, it was found that
the whole coast line from Cape Dyer
almost TO st. Michael is farther west
than is shown on the maps.
There are in California six counties
which sustain local tax rate exceed
ing " - Mariposa, Mono, Plumas,
Sierra, Trinity and Tuolumne. All
are mining counties in which large
amount OF money is expended annually
in repairing and maintaining roads.
There are in the State eighteen counties
which sustain general rate of over 81
that is to say a tax rate OF over 50
when the State rate is included. The
highest rate is in Sierra--$3. The
lowest rate Is in Freeno--county tax.
SO cents; total for State and county,
Si.06. High tax rates in the mining
counties have always been a feature q
California government. The amount
Of assessable property in these counties
ia small and great difficulty is expert
enced by assessors in getting taxes. Ii
some mining counties there are large
quantities Of Government land which
cannot be assessed, and 10 procure
money for the maintenance OF govern.
ment high values is placed upon prop.
erty worth holding.
TO Buy Mexican Land.
City oil Mexico.-- HI Mundo an
nonnces that q syndicate with 500, 0O0,-
600 capital has been formed In New