The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-09-22
ALONG THE COAST.
interesting Occurrences From all
Over the Coast.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONDENSED.
A Number OF Miscellaneous Jottings
Hrieny and Curtly Told In This
coiamn.

OGutt grown bii AnCilNaH ocAa ."
on sale in San Francisco.
II is estimated that the Yakima
county. WASH, hop output this season
will be 16. 900 bales.
The receipts Of the Mexican National
railway for the third week in August
were $lO5, 410.92.
At Pendleton, Oregon, Callahan, Of
st. Paul, Mimi, bought 220O lambs
and 100 ewes at s2.25 head.
At Ellensbnrg, Wash, 100 cars have
been engaged for the shipment of
sheep to Eastern points, principally
Chicago.
The Crows Nest railway in British
Columbia has been surfaced to Bull
head and trains are running to Gran
brook.
Electrical appliances sold to Mexico
in June amounted TO f23, 62l, an IN
crease of over 20 per cent over the
previous June.
The contract has been let for grading
the first four miles OF the eastward ex-
tension of the Sierra railroad from
Jamestown, Cal.
The Colorado river bottom south Of
Yuma, Ariz., is annually covered for
miles with wild hemp, which is sus-
ceptible OF commercial use.
The sugar beet crop tributary to the
jacksonville, CAL, factory is estimated
at $4,000 tons. The factory started
on its autumn run last week.
Salinas, CAL, is furnishing lime rock
for the jacksonville and Spreekels fac.
tories. Three quarries have been
opened ON the Gabilan ranch.
The custom house receipts for the
port of San Francisco for the month OF
August amounted TO 1867 273.49, the
largest receipts for single month in
the records Of the department.
The California Cotton Mills, Oak
land, CAL, have increased their capital
stock to $685. 900. During the last
three years there have been expended
sis0, 900 for new machinery etc.
Some time ago the CHILEAN Govern.
ment offered bonus OF e24 900 to any
firm or company which should estab-
fish an iron foundry in the Republic.
Thus far no one has sought to earn
this grant.
Mr.. Thomas of Los Angeles, CAL, goes
to Honolulu, U. S. A., to raise oranges
for local consumption and vegetables,
ste, for the United States Pacific coast
line during the close season thereon.
The Santa Fe Office has been advised
that the steamer Belgian King, of 1879
tons register, has been secured by the
California IL Oriental Steamship Co.
to ply between San Diego, CAL, and
Asiatio ports.
The report of the Northern Pacific
railway for the year ending June s0th
shows net earnings Of $l2, 1884, 347;
reserved for continuity OF dividends
on the preferred, 1000, 900; surplus
forward, 1887, 703.
From San Francisco last week one
ship, destined for Liverpool, Eng,
carried 1885 cases of canned fruit,
10, 25S cases of canned salmon, l9,4lS
centals of wheat, 2,S20 centals of beans,
and 2,726 sacks Of beeswax, the cargo
amounting 10 1894, 964.
The first half Of this year shows an
increase in Mexican exports to the U.
s. of over 10000, 900. The total
exports for the period reached $l5,-
000,00 Imports showed an increase
of nearly 81 900, 900, of which the U.
s. furnished over 5000, 900.
A $4,000, 900 mortgage from the
Spring Valley Water Works TO the
Union Trust Company of San Francisco
has been filed. The mortgage covers
all the Spring Valley property. and
secures 1000 bonds of 81 900 each.
Attached to the instrument are
$4,000 worth of revenue stamps.
Enrique G. Creel OF chihuahua,
Vice-Pres. of the new chihuahua q
Pacific railroad, Mexico, says that the
road needs 1000 more laborers. the
labor question being the only one that
hampers it at present. Mr.. Creel ex-
poets the road to reach Guerrero by
March of next year, and it will be
three years before it reaches the Pa.
cific.
Eucalyptus oil is being manufac.
tared at Garden Grove, Cal. The
crude oil finds a market with some
railroads for the polishing of brass
work; the refined oil is used for medi.
cal purposes. One ton of eucalyptus
leaves yields from five to nine gallons
OF oil which, when refined, is worth
81 q pound. One gallon OF the re.
fined oil weighs eight pounds.
At Los Angeles, CAL, recently, was
a rush at the land Office to place filings
on the 200, 900 acres of land thrown
open to settlement through the decis-
Ion recently made in the overlapping
land grant cases. The land extends
from Pasadena to Tehachapi Pass
Places in the line sold for big sums.
People had been waiting in line for
three days.
At recent meeting of the directors
OF the Pacific Cable Co. plans were
considered for establishing cable con-
nection with the Philippines, the
Asiatic coast, Japan and Australia, via
Hawaii. Surveys for duplicate cable
via Sitka and the Aleutian islands
were ordered. J. A. scrymser, presi-
dent OF the Pacific Cable Co., will sail
from Vancouver for Japan soon.
The total assessment roll OF Cali
fornia for '9s, rs made up from the
rolls Of the various counties, foots up
n $50 s62, BAL, an increase of about
$40, Ooo, 900 over last years roll. The
following amounts must be raised by
California This year; ss,658, COZ for
NE GENERA! fund, t2,sl4, 86s for the