The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-04-01

The problem of how TO provide for
the large number Of unemployed in Los
Angeles is being successfully solved in
a measure, by the action Of Ihe bust
ness men of the city. who, by a can
wasting for subscriptions have succeeded
in raising several thousand dollars.
This sum is TO be devoted to park i'm
provement and the work will be done
by hitherto unemployed men. those
having families to support being given
first preference.
A company is being formed TO con-
troll mines in the Summit district.
near RandsbuTg. The men interested
are: f. J. BaldwiR; c. B. Stone.
manager Of the San Francisco Brewing
Company; Fred b. b. Dexter, manager
Of Santa ANITA Ranch; James N. Brazil,
Of Denver, II. S. Myers of Tulare; II.
Wiley of the San Francisco Brewers
Association; Charles ERbert, manager
of wieland's Brewery. San Francisco;
Henry Gerhardy Of Tulare and w. II.
Hevern of Randsburg. There are four
teen mines in the group.
General Superintendent Wells of the
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad said on
his return 10 Albuquerque from trip
over the road with President Ripley of
the Santa Fe shat the contemplated i'm
pruvements along the line. when it
became the property of the Santa Fe.
would involve the expenditure Of
$500, 900 this year. The improve
ments will be between Albuquerque
and Barstow, California. Nearly 200
miles of new steel track will be laid
and l50 miles of low track will be
ballasted with volcanic cinders. The
work to be done is expected to add sew.
eIal hundred employees TO the Atlantic
and Pacific payroll. The shops are to
be greatly enlarged.
The Southern Pacific Company
has its surveyors on the grounds
ut San Pedro and is making ar
rangements to extend its tracks to
point limit II is also stated that Mr..
Huntington will rebuild the wharf
formerly built at that point and after.
wards removed. The reports of brisk
revival in business all along the line at
the harbor town are most encouraging
indeed. Real estate is particularly
active and the real estate offices with
their large corps of assistants are kept
busy locating people and closing deals.
Numerous cases are on record where
property has doubled in value. The
government work ON the harbor will
begin at no late day.
Excitement is at fever heat in Yuma
over the discovery Of big ledge of
fabulously rich gold bearing rock with
in the town site of Yuma. The vein
averages four feet in width and assays
of the rock vary from $3.50 % LAO
per ton. Mill tests OF quantities of
ore are now being made. The discov-
cry was made by B. ]. Cooke of Fish
er's music house, Los Angeles. 1t is
proposed to put forty-stamp mill
ON the property at once The report Of
the find was at first received with
sneers and expressions of doubt, as the
hills where the discovery was made
have been walked over by hundreds of
people during past years and no one
ever thought of looking for mine,
but pieces of the rock may now be
found almost anywhere in town, and
the find is the all.ahsorbing topic of
conversation.
Southern California is now reaping
rich returns from its orange shipments
10 the East. The fruit is being moved
at rapid rate. The clearing weather
after the liberal rains has made pack.
ing very advantageous, and if the fair
conditions continue two weeks longer
the shipments will increase rapidly
March is usually the month for large
shipments, and the present one is no
exception to the rule. Last week $50
cars Of oranges left Southern Califor-
MIA for the East. For the corresponding
week last year the shipments were
sSl carloads. Up to the Eth of
this month the total shipments of
oranges of this season have been s.
$40 carloads. For the corresponding
period last year the output was but
S,S6S cars. A conservative estimate of
the oranges yet TO be shipped is that
they will I'LL s,400 cars. Counting ten
cars to train it will require $40
trains TO place these oranges ON the
Eastern market. The orchardists will
make more money than for several
years back, as prices are unusually high
and firm. Seedlings are bringing So. %
box in New York, and navels as high
as $500.
The California Exploration Company
forfeited its bond ON the Maloney
property near Mokelumne Hill because
satisfactory terms concerning an ex-
tension of the bond could not be agreed
upon. The company has expended
considerable money ON the claim run
ming drifts TO the extent of coo feet or
more, but had hot reached the vein ON
the lower drift. The date for a nay.