The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-05-13

were planted. they are bearing abun-
dainty.
Ii is thought at Los Angeles that
there is no foundation for the fear that
the deep-water harbor at San Pedro
cannot be constructed for the appro-
priatiou of $4,000. 900. 1t is learned
that the Pacific Improvement Company
is prepared TO file a bid within the
limit, and Banning Brothers, owners of
Catalina island. have announced that
they are prepared to put in bid for
the construction Of the haIbor which
will be inside the appropriation.
The Southern California Mountain
Water Company has erected telephone
poles ON Fourth street, San Diego, in
gross violation of the city ordinance,
which provides that poles shall be
forty feet high. etc. The company's
poles are of the toothpick variety. and
are condemned by the City Engineer.
Much wonder exists that the Board of
Public Works has allowed this viola
ton OF the ordinance without object
ing and preventing the erection Of
poles. illegally.
The Los Angeles Mining Exchange
has elected the following board Of
directors: c. White Mortimer, Dr. @.
T. Pepper. Major II. NJ. Russell, Nat
+. Wiltshire, w. Z. Hoard. 4. X.
Alexander, +. c. Garbutt. +. ID. Lam
terman and Z. l.. Allen. The electors
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, Dr. q. 7. Pepper; vice-president,
Major II. NJ. Russell, treasurer +. X.
Alexander. 1t is the intention Of the
managers to establish suitable head
quarters in the business center Of the
city where information on mines may
be had, and where it is proposed to open
a call board.
Vail e. Gates, owners of the Chino
TOWNSHIP, are planning and executing
marked Improvements for the to Tn.
Among other things they have con-
tracted for the laying Of sidewalks on
both sides Of ID street. and expect to
make further extensive contracts of the
same kind, and are urging the property
owners to join in the work. Ii is said
that Chino will soon have greater
mileage of walks than any neighboring
town, as a result of this work. The
general identifying of the town is tell
ing greatly on its attractiveness. The
building of large warehouse for the
storage of farm products is in contem.
plation.
Speaking of the proposed consolida-
tion of the lines of the Citizens Trac.
ton Company and of the San Diego
Electric Railway Company, Judge
householder says: Already the
Spreckels own 400 lots on the hill,
and If they took over the Citizens
Traction Company's line, they would
naturally fall heir to 200 lots that the
College Hill Land Association is under
contract to deed to that company after
it has continued to operate this line
for three years from August, 1896. I"
Thus the Spreckels would have 600
lots altogether, and park at the end
of the Fourth-street line.
1t turns out that the reports of ex.
tensive damage to apricot buds by frost
in the latter part of March growers
are now generally thinning their
apricots. 1t is believed that the
Pomona valley, will produce between
5000 and $500 tons Of apricots this year
against 1900 tons last summer. The
last carload of this seasons navel
oranges in Southern California went
to San Francisco market from San
Gabriel. There remains in Southern
California about 500 carloads of Valen-
oias, Harris, Tadiff and Seeding
oranges. but the season will undoubted-
ly be closed entirely by the middle Of
June.
An interesting fact regarding Los
Angeles weather has been cleaned
from the weather bureau station there.
1t is that Los Angeles has more hours
of sunshine than any country OF
Europe. The record has only been
kept since October l.. 1896. but il
shows that ont of 1861 hours which
the sun might have shone, there were
1865 hours of actual sunshine. This
is during the season when the days
are shortest and at the time Of year
when they have the most rain. There
is but little doubt that there will be al
least 1000 hours of sunshine during
the remaining months of the year.
This would give Los Angeles about
$500 hours of clear sky. The yearly
average in Spain is 5000 hours; Italy,
$500, Germany 1900 and England 1900
The Lowell observatory, which wa.
transferred from Flagstaff, Ariz., tC
Mexico early in December last, fol
the purpose Of observing the opposi
ton Of Mars, and for the measurement
of southern double stars, has been dis
mounted and shipped back to it.
original location after three months o.
remarkable service. DIR. Lee, who wa.
in charge of the observation in the
southern heavens, announces that
since January 1 more than 800 double
and triple stars have been measured
More than half were new, having
never been represented by any astrono
mer. The report will be the larges
and most important addition to tbs
southern stellar astronomy since tn,
observations Of Sir John Herschel
Full reports of their work are to be for
warded soon to the Royal Astronomical,
society at London.
Oakland Commission Men.