The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-07

co aud Stockton. warren * MAlley,
wealthy and prominent contracting
firm, propose cutting into the river
trade with a fleet Of four barges, which
will later he increased 20 six, contracts
for two additional ssels having
already been let. In recent inter-
view Edward Malley stated that his
firm had no intention of driving out I
competition, and did not propose to bid .
for small trade, handling only great
bulks Of freight No passengers will
be carried by the company's vessels.
It is expected that rate war will fol-
low the opening Of the new line, but
for that Warren & Malley are fully
prepared.
Superior Judge Towner Of Orange
county has rendered a decision in the
noted case Of the Tustin Fruit Associa-
ton VS.. the Earl Fruit Company, in
which the former brought suit against
the latter for an amount alleged TO be
balance due on tbirty-two carloads Of
J oranges which the latter handled for
the former on commission during the
season Of lS94-95. From the evidence
the court held that the relation between
the parties TO the suit was as vendor
: and vendee rather than that as prin'
cipal andd agent, and that the inten-
Z ton was that the fruit should be deliv-
cred t. o. b. at Tustin. This had been
4 carried out and the defendant had paid
the prices that had been agreed upon
every Saturday night.
= The lima-bean farmers of Ventura
and Santa Barbara counties, having
grown tired of the old method of dis
: posing of their produce through the
agency of middlemen, have formed al
organization, and propose to go into
u the commission business on their OWL
5 account The association claims e
U control 80 per cent of the total output
of frijoles, and proposes to bull thu
T market in the future. Its first demand
/, is formulated in the following ters'
d bulletin: "No beans for less than s:
per hundred The question of thu
0 hour is, what will cultured Boston
/. have to say when the news caches thu
O modern Athens?
n The high tides at Los Angeles re
Gently have done considerable damage
IS to the boulevard at the plaza and at tn
o crossing near the public fountain
!, where big guleh is washed, the sal
q water passing entirely over the boule
ward and forming q pool on the oppo
!. site side. Longshoremen say the tide
o a few mornings ago were the higheT
4 they have seen for years. At Carpin
~ terra considerable damage has als'
"a been done to the breakwater and side
track at the asphalt mines. The angr.
breakers created fearful undertov
} which sucked ont to sea everything tina
n was washed loose.
: The Los Angeles rolling mill ha
= suspended operations and it is n ques
~ ton if the fires will be lighted fo
some time to come. The mills ar,
er situated near the Santa Fe depot. anC
IL represent $l31, 900 paid up capital
a The plant is a superb one. The mills
n have been under disadvantages 70,
70 some time. The steel trust recently
raised the price of steel billets t,
, almost prohibitive figure, and tn
:, advance in freight took away wha
- little margin of profit was left. Their
4 were 1850 men employed who wcr
y, thrown out of work by the closing ant
20 what they will do if the place does no
reoIen no one can tell