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6 The Herald By Tut Herald Publishing Company. JOHN BRADBURY, President and General Manager. tPITORIAL DEPARTMENT: No. 205 New II isa Street. Telephone 158. John T. Gaffey Managing Editor, BUSINESS OFFICE: Bradbury Building. 222 West Third Street. 'Telephone 247. DoCQLAI White Business Manager THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1805. Will that race war in Georgia never end? Weather Clerk Franklin is up to his business. The way of the Mayor of San Francisco is hard. It is now the fashion to be a Hawaiian refugee. The women have reason to be proud of their effort. There's always trouble when an actor Itrikes Redlands. Have the San Francisco highbinders moved to this city? Hurrah for San Pedro. Los Angeles will yet have a deep sea harbor. Talk about a monkey aud parrot time- Kcad the proceedings of Congress. There's nothing like an exploding pow der magazine to settle the Chinese ques tion. San Francisco is coming to the Fiesta. She is as welcome as a competing rail road. How strange it is that alleged exiles know all about the revolution after some of the principals have confessed! There is one thing to be said in behalf of that would-be Azusa bank robber. He wants to get to the penitentiary quickly. The present Legislature may not be one of "a thousand scandals," but it can beat all predecessors for doing nothing. It looks as if Huntington's boycott against outside railroad agents will be effective. Wuat 'oes the State Legislature say? The cigarette bill is on its way to the Governor. Another dead letter. What a waste of time on James Crow legislation it is, to be sure. The new state of Washington extends the hand of fellowship to woman and says she can vote. California will not be lack ing in similar courtesy. It looks as if there is going to be another nasty mess in Samoa. Another of those hurricanes might tame the natives, but (iernian warships—never. With an up-to-date City Council and a Chamber of Commerce loaded with enter prise, Los Angeles will manage to hold a little more than her own, even if she is not made the southern terminus of the Valley railroad. The high hat bill has passed the Assem bly. If it becomes a law will the women respect it sufficiently to "love, honor and obey?" And if they do not, will the patrol wagon empty the theaters of defiant violators of the statute? Only a few months ago the proposition to submit all important laws to a direct vote of the people was scouted as an im practical innovation. The fact that the present legislature proposes a referendum is an exemplification of progress along the line of "crank" ideas and "Utopian notions." Once more superstition is compelled to gaze aghast at its own fallacy. Thirteen shipwrecked seamen were rescued from the British ship Rialto last Friday. If this sort of thing continues it will soon cease to be unlucky to spill salt, to raise ajt umbrella in the house, to break a look ing glass or to kiss a cross-eyed chamber maid in the presence of a jealous wife. It is proposed to hang a medallion of the late Creed Haymond in the capitol at Sacramento. Why? What great deed did this attorney for the Southern Pacific Railroad corporation perform for the stute before death relieved him of further re sponsibility? We honor heroes and states men and benefactors of the people, but we are not bound to perpetuate the mem ory of corporation lawyers. The completion of the electric railroad to Pasadena is an improvement that will be appreciated by every citizen of Los An geles equally with those of our charming sister city. It is a delightful excursion through a region rich with fruits of the soil and redolent with the perfume of Mowers. Pasadena is one of the loveliest cities of the plain, and it is an exquisite pleasure to traverse its broad, palm shadowed avenues anil to wander amid its orange groves. There is an added in centive in the fact that these pleasures may now be enjoyed for the cost of a street-car fare. San Bernardino will send a box of her best oranges to W. E. Gladstone. What will England's greatest statesman think as he intensities a breakfast appetite with the juice of this luscious fruit from "a land where it is always afternoon"—the while he contemplates Irom the windows of old Hawarden a snowy expanse on lawn and terrace and icicles dripping from ancient oaks defying the tempests of centuries.' What vision of far away Cali fornia will rise to gladden the imagina tion of the grand old man? What longing for tropic shade in the valleys of the palm and the lemon "where the flowers ever blossom, the beams ever shine, and all save the spirit of man is divine?" B. P. Clayton, president of the Farm ers' National Congress, discusses in the current number of the North American Review, the reason why farmer organiza tions In the past have been a fiat failure. He asserts that they have been manipu lated in the interest of political parties and to advance the interests of political leaders. The Grange organization of the early seventies was a magnificent effort in the right direction. As long as it ad hered to the object for which it was or ganized, it commanded the respect of the leading political parties, but wdien it en tered the muddy pool of politics it soon lot its power for good. The Fanners' Alliance, which took the place of the Grange, was soon wrecked on the same pol tical reef. These failures have caused thoughtful and practical representative men of the great productive interests of the country to look in a different direc tion for necessary Influence to sicure legislation in behalf of our great interest. ItOS ANGELES HERALD: THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 21, 1895. A GOOD BEGINNING The new board of directors" of the Chamber of Commerce did some good work at their tirst business session yester day afternoon. They unanimously re elected Serretary Willard and Superinten dent Wiggins to their respective positions for the ensuing year. These gentlemen have served the Chamber with such marked ability for the past four years that their re-election was a foregone con clusion. Indeed, it would be difficult to find anyone to fill the place of either, so efficient have they become in their work. With their now ripe experience they wilt be able to give the Chamber even better service in the future than in the past, and the community is therefore to be congratulated on their re-election. The new board of directors also did themselves great credit when they ap pointed Messrs. Freeman, Holabird and Cole as a committee to go to San Fran cisco to confer with Clans Spreckels and others interested in the proposed San Joaquin Valley Kailroad as to the advisa bility and practicability of making Los Angeles the southern terminus of the road. The appointment of a special railroad committee to take charge of all mutters pertaining to railroads and transportation was also a step in the right direction. The personnel of that committee, which consists of such able and public-spirited citisens as Messrs. Parsons, Workman. McGarvin, Winder and Edwards, is a : uarantee that the important matters re ferred to them will have thoughtful con sideration and that the recommendations of the committee will have much weight. The railroad bond resolution is the tirst matter this committee will have to con sider, and the outcome of their delibera tion will he watched with interest. The manufactures committee has an im portant subject referred to it in the shape of a request for information as to the facilities for the establishment of a glass factory in Los Angeles. The Chicago drainage canal matter, re ferred to a committee, is an interesting subject, owing to its relation to the Nicaragua Canal project. President Patterson's handling of the harbor question in his inaugural address last week has made that gentleman many warm friends and admirers. His une quivocal declaration in favor of San Pedro and his outspoken criticism of the atti tude of the Southern Pacific Company, carries with it much weight in view of the speaker being a heavy shipper over the Southern Pacific lines. Mr. Patter son's address should be carefully studied, as it will likely play an important part in the settlement of the harbor question. ERSKINE M. ROSS Tiie announcement that Judge Erskine M. Ross liad been appointed I'nited States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Judicial Cir cuit was received in this city with uni versal commendation. President Cleve land could have conferred this high honor upon no citizen of Southern California more deserving, nor one in whom the peo ple repose greater confidence. His ability cannot be questioned, for he has proved his capacity tinder most trying circum stances. But intellectual equipoise and mental calibre are not the dominant qual ities of Judge Ross' character; neither are they the elements upon which the popu larity of this jurist rests. His sense of justice and his utter lack of fear in the presence of powers that awe the ordinary mind have raised him to an eminence in the good opinion of a discerning public that few men, however generously endowed in other respects, have succeeded in attain ing. There is an element in human na ture that commands admiration from even honest enmity. That element is embodied in the history of the Brutus whose loyalty to the state and whose transcendent per ception of an ideal justice compelled him to crush the natural yearnings of a father's heart to send his own children to the headsman. In Judge Ross this cold re gard for human weukness is developed under modern forms of law, modified and elaborated from the legal wisdom of the ages. He has shown his capacity to view, unprejudiced amid the clamor of the populace, in spite of the insidious sophis try of corrupt political intriguers, in defi ance of cloaked threats by men possessed of autocratic powers, the plain difference of right and wrong as it is apparent to a vision trained to observe in the clear, pure light of justice and reason. Judge Ross has already laid the impress of his genius and character on the history of the country. He is today classed among the leading jurists of the nation, and President Cleveland has displayed rare judgment in placing him where his knowledge, his integrity and his acumen will serve as another bulwark of the Con stitution and the rights of the people. In his hands, and within the scope of his jurisdiction, the liberties of the nation arc safe—there can be no invasion of the legal and constitutional privileges of the hum blest citizen as long as Krskine M. Boss sits in judgment upon the fact and its cognate legality as it may be presented. Ami he is now in a position to nullify the inherent injustice of a bad law—it is well for the people that his powers have been enlarged and strengthened. CLEAN THE STREETS The condition of the streets of a city is one of the first and principal subjects to attract the attention of visitors and tour ists. The impression created by the ap pearance of the main thoroughfares of a city extends frequently beyond that scope and a municipality is often condemned or praised, according to the cleanliness or neglect apparent in its streets. Los Angeles is the Mecca of pilgrims from the East. Annually these arrive in our city to escape from the inconveniences of the winter in their own homes, and their number will be augmented by visit ors from all sections of the United States and California to witness the imposing and beautiful scenes of La Fiesta. Consequently it is of the utmost import anse that Los Angeles shall present an ap pearance on that occasion that will create the most favorable impression. It is acknowledged that clean streets indicate a healthy place of residence. Director-General Meyberg, who has just returned from San Francisco, became firmly imbued with that idea from what he noticed in the Bay city, and he will undoubtedly exercise his influence as a member of the Merchants' Association to urge the adoption in Los Angeles ot the same method now in vogue in San Fran cisco. While the street sweeping was done un der contract in that city, the condition of tbe streets remained in a deplorable state. It, was not until the Merchants' Associa tion, partly moved by charitable instincts and partly by outraged confidence, decid ed to raise a fund and provide work for the unemployed. The result was that San Froncisco has now the cleanest streets of any city in the Union. Men are engaged during the day to pick up and carry off any rubbish or dirt nearly as soon as it accumulates, and that example should be followed here. The matter is of great importance to Los Angeles, and the Merchants' Asso ciation, always alert for the best interests of the city, should take the matter up at once and suggest to the Council the ne cessity of immediate action. If their re- commendation should fail of the desired effect, the merchants will realize that neat and clean streets are most eloquent advertisements for a growing and pro gressive city, and they will, in self-de fense, be compelled to take the matter in hand. THE I.OS ANGELES rtETHOD It is evident that the leading business men of Los Angeles are not enthusiastic in the matter of a competing railroad from this city to Bakersfleld. They do not regard it as a paying business propo sition, and so express themselves. The fact that such a road would divert the bulk of the trade and commerce of Cen tral California southward, and that Los Angeles would benefit as a community, does not appeal to the individual whose business interests are prospering under existing conditions. He may not be made to see the necessity of speculative effort, and his enterprise gradually con centrates to a narrow personal environ ment. The situation in San Francisco was dif ferent. The merchants of that city had so long submitted to the tyranny and op pression of a conscienceless monopoly that they had come to regard their condition as inevitable and irredeemable. When they found, however, that an effort on their part would emancipate them from the thraldom of the corporation, they re solved to help themselves. It was des peration that moved them, and they are now surprised that they are succeeding so easily. They realized that unless they could lift themselves out of the slough into which they had floundered, bank ruptcy and commercial ruin was immi nent. Asa consequence, their business men" have decided to invest $2,01X1,000, or $4,000,000 if necessary, in an enterprise that they hope will compel the state to continue to contribute to their coffers. In short, San Francisco was rapidly losing its prestige as a metropolis, and the mer chants and business men of that city are now expending vast sums to regain their commercial standing. Los Angeles is confronted by no such desperate necessity. She is provided with competition facilities, and her citizens are not yet prepared to embark upon an enterprise of such magnitude as the con centration of the traffic and trade of the San Joaquin Valley at this point. Moreover, it is not at all improb able that the Southern Pacific Com pany may not wreak vengeance on the businessmen of San Francisco by re ducing their freight between the valley and Los Angeles to such a figure that the competing road to San Francisco will not be able to meet them. Thus the selfish designs of San Francisco in locating the southern terminus at B.ikerstield would be frustrated, and as a cold-blooded busi ness proposition, Los Angeles would have reason to rejoice over the outcome of the struggle. Of course the projectors of the Valley road can offset this advantage to Los An geles by extending their road from Bak erstield to Salt Lake. It will then he time enough to push our own Salt Lake rail road project—provided, of course, that we do not succeed in rousing public interest in this proposition before that time. The business men of Los Angeles know what they want and they know how far their enterprise may be extended. HARBOR COMMISSIONER COLNON Some objection has been offered to the Governor's appointment of Edward Coi tion as Harbor Commissioner of San Fran cisco. This objection is by politicians who are able to influence certain commer cial interests, and it is not an objection that has permanent weight, for its ani mus is too apparent. Governor Build ap pointed Mr. Colnon because he had per sonal knowledge of his appointee's integ rity and ability to perform the duties of the office. Mr. Colnon is a newspaper man; and a good one. He has, through the columns of his newspaper, the Stock ton Mail, discussed questions of state clearly and logically, indicating a compre hensive knowledge of affairs and offering conclusive evidence of his fitness to assume any position in the gift of the Governor or other appointing power. It is our opinion, also, that while Mr. Col non is a member of the Board of Harbor Commissioners of San Francisco, that de partment of the Government will deal honestly and fairly by all concerned, or the people will know the reason why. The appointment of M. Colnon to this responsible ofiice is another evidence of the excellent judgment that has been credited to Governor Budd by those who know him. If that carload of Chinese passing through Fort Worth, Tex., in bond doesn't get lost on the road it will be strange. The Pacific Railroads In the case of the Pacific railroads the House should Let well enough alone. The new proposition now being urged by the Union Pacific should he ignored The very persistency of these corporations suggests the ulterior motive ot barring all inquiries into their past misdeeds and preventing steps for the recovery of the millions which have been diverted. ~ Herald. A Woman of Forty Summer* JENfIISS MILLER So NTH I. f Full of outline and fair of face, Swinging her fan wi'h languid grace. White arms gleaming thiough foidri of lace, A woman ol forty summers. No thread of white 111 the auburn hair, No line of age in the forehead fair, A life unmarred by touch of care, In spite of her forty summers. A husband lover and children sweet, Pleasures to charm and friends to eree', Roses scattered before her feet. Through eat-h of her forty Hummers. Summers all, for winters bold Have sna-ehed her sunshine and made her cold; Have killed her roses and left her old; Nothing she knows but summers. Nothing she knows of laden cloud, Of freezing air and tempests loud, 01 snows that weave for hope a shroud; Her life has been only summers. So calm she sits in the balmy air. No sorrows to fret, no cross to bear, A summer idyl, a vision fair, This woman of forty summers. Yet colli anil blast but make us strong. After the snow i he robin's sung; To the fullest life by right belong The winters as well as cummers. Anil they whom Tanie shall carve tn stone. The women whom mail would fnin enthrone, The women whom .oil has stamped ins own. Live wluters as well as summers. OUT OF THE WAY FACTS We have 68,000,000 postoftices. It has come at last. There is a "men's league" at Topeka. There are 175,441 miles of railroad track in the United States. About 1,3)7,731,80S gallons of beer and wine is consumed yearly by our people. A letter of abdication of Liliuokalani begins with a sentence that contains just 257 words. A rainmaker in Wichita advertises to make rain for $300, rain or no rain, and $1500 if she pours. Nearly 3,180,000 cigars were manufact ured last year in Missouri, an average of thirteen for every man, woman and child. The Hartford postoftice handles more mail matter than any other city in New England, outside of Boston and Provi dence. Out of the world's cotton crop of 10, --000.000 bales the southern states of this country produced nearly S<,000.000; about four-fifths. An Atchison, Kan., girl of twenty-two, who boasts of ton proposals of marriage, forgot tv say that nine of them were from one consecutive honey hoy. A devilfish having a mouth with a lst ernl spread ol over fifteen feet was recently captured in the Gulf of Mexico, about twenty miles from Brownsville, Tex. The Salvation Army held a trial in New York the other day of his Satanic Majesty, the devil, and tried, convicted and sen tenced him to 1000 years in chains. Eighty paintings hy the late George Inness, M. A., were sold at executor's sale in Checkering Hall last night and realized the unprecedented sum of |35,750. Tom Gallagher, the hermit of San Cle ments Island, in the Pacific, lives almost as lonely a life as liobinson Crusoe in a hut. Now and then a fisherman calls to get water. A marvelous man is Mr. Banningan of New .Jersey. Having been converted by the Salvation army, he has returned nearly 1500 to the treasury—pension money to which he was not entitled. The biggest runaway story comes from Git's Island, Me., where a frightened horse, with sleigh attached, is said to have leaped clean over a team, without either himself or the sleigh touching it. Wives are bought ami sold in China. Twenty years ago the average price was £5. Now it is £.">o, and parents, realizing that there is a fortune in a family of girls, strangle less of their female children at birth. The United States produced, in 1803, 1,619,496,130 bushels of corn. The farm lands of this country are estimated to be worth $13,279,252,749. The total value of all the farm products of every description was by the last census $2,460,107,454. Virgil H. Burns of Ogeechee, (5a., killed 1 hog that weighed 887 pounds when tressed, and from which was made 176 I'ounds of ham, 100 pounds shoulders, 212 pounds middlings, 130 pounds lard, 82 sounds sausage and about 00 pounds <ouse, etc., the whole of which was worth ibout $52. Mrs. Joseph Frank, wife of a railroad baggageman, residing at Bloomington. 111., several years ago performed a kind act toward Mrs. Clara H. Russell of Phil adelphia. The matter had been forgotten by Mrs. Frank until a day or two ago, when she received word that Mrs. Russell was dead and had willed her entire estate to the lady who befriended her in time of need. Mrs. Crank gets,s4o,ooo, FOR THE NEW WOMAN Mrs. Morton, wife of the Governor of New York, is justly held to be an ideal hostess. According to rumor Mrs. Edmund Yates carries about with hor tho ashes of her husband in a casket fitted into a little traveling-bag of special design. Mrs. Beerbohm Tree, besides being thoroughly domestic in her tastes and un affected in her manner, is fond of Greek and Latin and can chatter away in Greek as well as in English. Mrs. Tefft of Buffalo has been reap pointed a member of the hoard of school examiners. She has studied the educa tional systems of other cities with an eager desirce to discover methods which would Improve the Buffalo schools. Miss Louise B. Aldrich-Blake, a young and pretty English girl, has just passed a highly successful medical examination at tiie University of London, and has been assigned as assistant house physician at the new hospital for women. . Beatrice Harruden thinks the women of the I'nited States have few things to com plain of and she admires their frankness, honesty, cleverness, and lack of affecta tion. She particularly "likes the way American girls behave about men." Mine. Carre, a business-like French woman, is the private secretary of Colonel Waring, New "V ork's . street cleaning com missioner. Mnie. Carre speaks and writes fluently English, French and German, and has some knowledge of Italian. Baroness yon Saurma, wife of the Ger man ambassador at Washington, is one of the most popular leaders of the diplomatic corps by reason of her graciousness, tact anil amiability. She is a most brilliant conversationalist in almost any language. Dr. Anna Williams is one of the expert bacteriologists in the New York Hoard of Health's anti-toxine laboratory. Dr. Will iams is a young woman of 25, who has very thorough training for her work. She studied in Leipsic and then returned to this country and was graduated from the New York Woman's College. Mary M. Seely and Jason Hodges, of Provincetown, Cape Cod, were engaged to be married for forty-three years. The en gagement was broken recently because Jason pulled a corkscrew out of his pocket along with his handkerchief. Miss Seely says she is glad the discovery was made, because she has had her suspicions for thirty-live years. HEARD IN PASSING The more you puff a cigar the smaller it becomes, and that is the case with some men. Mr. Fuller Maitland, in his book on German composers, tells of a lady who, on hearing from Goldmark that lie was the composer of the Queen of Sheba, re marked, "Dear me, that must be a lucra tive post!" "You don't tell me that I am the pretti est woman at the reception, as you used to,"pouted Mrs. Snaggs. "No," replied her husband, "you must remember that I joined the church only two weeks ago." Chronic Grumbler- "Look here. There's no meat in this sandwich.'' Affable Waiter --"Then why do you call it a sandwich? lain surprised that a gentleman of vonr erudition should commit such a solecism in rhetoric." Miss Madison Square—"Can you explain how it is that where one hundred men abscond not more than one woman can be found who is in the least dishon est?" Miss Fremont—"Certainly. The women have no extravagant wives." Hojack reading—"The Emperor of China has ordered the Pekin bankers to advance him the money he needs or lose their heads." Tomdi k—'That sounds like an American invitation to officehold ers to make voluntary campaign contribu t ions.'' Walter Ihinlop, the well-known humor ous clergyman of Dumfries,, was one day talking to a brother of the cloth, who in a facetious manner said, "Well, Walter, I believe, after all has been said, that my head could hold two of yours." "Man, replied Walter, with a pawky smile. "I never thocht before that voitr heid was sac cempty." Mr. Spriggs was complaining be cause so much effort was required in succeeding, oven so poorly as lie did. "Well," exclaimed Mrs. SpriggS, "did yon ever get anything without working hard for it?" "Yes, l have," he said, discon tentedly, "Oh, I guess not," insisted Mrs. S. "Hut I know 1 have." "What was it I'd like to know"- " A bad cold," and Mr. SpriggS took heart, and smiled. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder World's Pair Highest Medal and Diploma. THAT SALT LAKE RAILWAY A Meeting of Citizens Considers Legislative Action THE PROPOSED BILL READ Another Assembly to Be Held Tomorrow Evening Frank Sabichl Olvm some dnod Advice and A. 5. Loagtsy Tells Mow the Project Can Be Carried Out The call for a meeting of citizens at the assembly rooms of the Chamber of Com merce last night, to consider the building of a railway to Salt Lake City, proved a disappointment in point of numbers. The Chamber of Commerce took in hand the proposeo bill that the Salt Lake railroad people wanted the Legislature to pass and referred it to a committee. The action of the Chamber of Commerce seemed to put a damper upon the public enthusiasm and hence the meeting last night was a small one. The proposed bill, which is given in full below, if passed, would apply to only two counties in the state. Before the tax to build a railroad could he assessed the Board of Supervis ors of the county would have to sanction the matter, and if a tax was voted under the bill the Board of Supervisors would have the power to select the route. At the meeting last night Colonel Mar ble preside , Lay ton Coles acting as secre tary. The chairman stated the action of the Chamber of Commerce and said that it was his belief that no man could build a railroad farther than he could throw a stone if he depended upon popular sub scription in this city. The only way to buila the road was by taxation, so as to make the other railroads owning property in the county pay their share of taxes. He called attention to the fact thst only a live per cent assessment on the taxable property was asked. George E. Kirby followed with a map, diagrams and statistics. He showed that the people of the city and county of Los Angeles could reach Salt Lake by building less than 300 miles of road. If a road was built over the Union Pacific survey coal could be landed here for $4 a ton, twenty cars a day of lead ore containing gold and silver could be secured, and besides the line would run through fertile yalleys rich in products of the soil. The proposed bill to be presented to the Legislature was then read, as follows: An act to authorize counties 0; the sec ond class to build railroads and to lease or operate the same. The people of the state of California, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: Section t. That in counties of the first and second class the Board of Supervisors thereof shall, hy a resolution passed by a majority of the members elected thereto, declare it to be essential to the interests of such county that a line of railroad, to be named in said resolution, should be pro vided between termini designated therein one of which shall be in such county it shall be lawful for a board of trustees ap pointed as herein provided and they are hereby authorized to borrow as a fund for that purpose not to exceed the sun of five per cent of the assesed value of the pro perty on the assessment roll of such county and to issue bonds therefor in the name* of said county under the corpo rate seal thereof bearing interest at a rate not to exceed five per centum per annum, payable semi-annually at such {daces and in such sums as shall be deemed best by said board. Said bonds shall be signed by the president of said hoard and the chairman of the Board of Supervisors of such county and attested by the County Clerk who shall keep a reg ister of the same and shall be secured by a mortgage on the line id railway, aud its net income and by the pledge of the faith of the county, and a tax not exceeding two and one-half mills on the dollar, which it shall be the duty of the Board of Supervisors thereof to annually levy suffi cient with said net income to pay the interest and provide a sinking fund for the final redemption of said bonds; provided, that no money shall be bor rowed or bonds issued until after the question of providing the line of railway specified in the resolution shall be sub mitted to a vote of the qualified electors of said county, at a special election to be ordered by the board of supervisors thereof, of which notice shall be given as provided under the general laws in other cases of the creation of other county bonded indebt edness; and provided iurther, that two thirds of said electors voting at said elec tion shall decide in favor of said line of railway. The returns of said election shall be made to the county clerk and by him laid before the board of supervisors, who shall declare the result by resolution. The bonds issued under the authority of this section shall not be sold or disposed of for less than their par value. Sec. 2. If two-thirds of the votes cast at said election shall be in favor of pro viding the line of railway as specified in the first section, it shall be the duty of the district attorney of such county forthwith to rile a petition in the Superior Court of such county praying that the judges thereof will appoint live trustees, to be callflriithe. trustees of railway (the blankltQ be filled with the name given to the railway in the resolution); and it shall be tbe duty of said judges to make the appointment and to enter the same on tiie minutes of the court. They shall enter into bond to the county in such sum as the court may direct, with one or more sufficient sureties, to be approved by the court, conditioned for the faithful dis charge of their duties. The bond so taken shall be deposited with the treasurer of the corporation for safe keeping. Sec. 3. The said trustees and their suc cessors shall be the trustees of the said fund, and shall have the control and dis bursement of the same; they shall xpend said fund in procuring the right to construct and in con structing a single or double track railway, with all the usual append ages, "including a line of telegraph be tween the termini specified in said resolu tion ; and lor the purposes aforesaid shall have power and capacity to make con tracts, appoint, employ and pay officers and agents, and to acquire, hold and pos sess all the necessary real and personal property and franchises in this state; they shall also have power to receive do nating in land or money, bonds and other personal property, and dispose of the same in aid of said fund. Sec. 4. The said trustees shall form a board, and shall choose one of their num ber president, who shall also be the act ing trustee, with such power as the board may, by resolution, from time to time con fer upon him. A majority of said trus tees shall constitute a quorum, and shall hold regular meetings for the transaction of business at their office in the county scat of such county under whose action they are appointed; but they may ad journ from tune to time to meet at any time they may think proper; they shall keep a record' of their proceedings, and they shall cause to be kept a lull and ac curate account of their receipts and dis bursements, and make a report of the same to the board of supervisors an nually, and whenever requested by a reso lution of the board of supervisors. No money shall be drawn from said fund but upon "the order of said board, except their own compensation, which shall ue paid out of tue same upon the allowance of the court appointing them, and shall he apportioned according to their respec tive services. See. 5. Said trustees shall have power to take suchTsecurity from |any officer, agent or contractor, chosen, appointeft-or employed by them, as they shall deem advisable. They shall not become surety for any such officer. agent or contractor, or be interested directly or indirectly in any contract concerning said railway They shall be responsible only for their own acts. | Sec. H. Whenever the board of super visors of any county shall have reason to believe that any one of said trustees has failed in the faithful performance of his trust,|it shall be their duty to instruct the district attorney to apply to the court that appointed said trustee by petition, praying that such trustee be removed, and another appointed in his place; and when a vacancy shall occur in said board from any other cause, it shall be filled in like manner. If the said district attorney shall fail to make application in either of the foregoing cases, after request by any holder of the bonds issued by Said trustees, or by a taxpayer of the corpora tion, such bondholder," or taxpayer, may hie a petition in his own name, on bebaif of the holders of such bonds, for like re lief, in any court having jurisdiction; and-if the court hearing the action shall adjudge in favor of the plaintiff, he shall be allowed as part of his costs a reasona ble compensation for his attorneys. Sec 7. Whenever in the construction of a line of railway as herein provided, it shall he necessary to appropriate land for the fundation of the abutments or piers of any bridge across any stream within this state, or for any other pur pose, or to appropriate any* rights en franchise, proeedings shall be com menced and conducted in accordance with the provisinos of this Title VII, Tart 111, of the Code of Civil Procedure of this state. Sec. 8. Whenever there shall be be tween the termini designated in any resolution passed under this act a railroad already partially con structed, or right, of way acquired there for, which can be adopted as part of the line provided for in said resolution, the trustees for said line may purchase the said railroad and rights of way, and pay for the same out of the trust fund. ' Sec. !). The sato trustees shall have power, as fast as portions of the line for which they are trustees are completed, to rent or lease the right to use or and operate such portions, upon such terms as they may deem best; but such rights shall cease and determine on the final completion of the whole line, when the right to use and operate the same shall be leased by them to such person or com pany as will conform to the terms and conditions which shall be fixed and pro vided by the Hoard of Supervisors of the county by which the line of railway is owned. Sec. 10. The Board of Supervision of any county passing a resolution as pro vided in the first section of this act, may appropriate and pay to the said trustees out of the general fund of said county, such sum as may be necessary for defray ing the expenses of the election, and said sum shall De repaid out of said trust fund when raised. Sec. 11. This act shall take effect on its passage. After the bill was read, the chairman advised that a strong committee and sev eral lobbyists be sent at once to the Legis lature. Phis idea did not meet with the views of those present, and Mr. Forrester remarked that it would be foolish to ap point a committee unless more enthusi asm in regard to the project was shown. The chairman stated tnat the meeting could adjourn sine die by passing a reso lution to the effect that the enthusiasm was lacking which woidd warrant the ap pointing of a committee to go to Sacra mento, or they could hold an adjourned meeting in a tew days, and during the interval strive to arouse interest sutheien* to carry out their plans. After this statement a period of silence settled down on the room, which was sud denly broken by a motion to adjourn from Captain Cross. Before this motion was seconded A. S, Longley sprang up and said that although he was comparatively a new-comer ill Los Angeles, he desired to be heard. "I remember," said he, "the difficulty the citizens of Cincinnati expetienced when they strove to build the Cincinnati Southern Hailroad. They agitated tho question for nearly forty years, and then only succeeded at last by, boldly putting their shoulders to the wheel and forcing its completion. "Let this meeting, when it adjourns, do so until next Saturday night, in order that the business men of the city may come and learn the importance of prompt -ac tion. Let a place be chosen where a meet ing can be held open to all. Let a com mittee be appointed to call on the differ ent business men of the city and urge them to be present and lend their influ ence to put this project on its feet and the aid of the daily papers be soliciteifas helps to what is the common interesf of all citizens. If necessary procure a wagon and a band, do anything to arouse enthusiasm, and I think if you do so you will have a meeting which will succeed in getting a to the Legislature and will succeed in getting your wishes acted upon and granted." Major E. W. Jones replied that the idfa of the meeting was very good, but thatCas time was short, he thought Friday night should be the one decided upon. Contin uing the major said; "I do not think the Legislature would have any hesitancy in passing the bill, but I think there is. a general fear that the money, if raised, might be misappropriated. The pccutle would raise the money if they were smre it would be expended in a fair and just way." '"The project of this road has so much merit that if it is presented to the people in the proper way, and the danger in which this city now is of having another road built for the, purpose of withdrawing the trade of the country it is proposed to develop and of diverting it to Sun Fran cisco is thoroughly explained to them, I know they will have no hesitancy in sub scribing the necessary funds, and the con struction of the road will be an assured fact. I think, also, that as the time for the adjournment of the legislature tfp proaches, no time should be lost in taking action." The chairman explained that under the proposed bill, live trustees would be aii* pointed by the Superior Court, and would he under the control and direction of the Supervisors in each county, and the funds would be most carefully guarded and ac counted for. J Frank Sabichi rose and stated that he agreed heartily with the plans for tlte proposed road, anil recognized the facjl that all modes of transportation facilities should be increased. "'I believe," said he, "that the quickest way we act in this matter will be the most successful. If this bill is not passed by the Legis uture, U means two years ot lost time, and there* fore it looks to me that there should he enough interest excited in this and sur* rounding counties to push it through. If we fail, however, the project must not bis abandoned, A small amount of moniey could be raised in the different counties by subscription to build ten or twenty miles of road. I understand the road can be built at a cost of $1,000 per milei The portion built could then bo bonded to obtain funds for the completion of the next ten or twenty miles, and so proceed until it is finished. This mode ot pro* cedure would probably be best if we had not time to frame the bill so that the as? sessments should be equitable. Let us proceed with the Legislature first, and il unsuccessful, then the above method can be tried, but in all events don't let thS matter drop until trains are running be-, twecn here and Salt Lake." A. H. Longley then moved that a com mittee of ten be appointed and instructed to go around the different streets and into the business houses and notify the business men that the meeting will be, held, and explain to them the importance of tneir being present; nlsu that the com mittee visit and ask the co-operation of the various newspapers. The motion was amended by Frank? Sabichi to make all present members of the committee, and was passed. The meeting then adjourned to meet to morrow night at a place to be hereafter chosen and advertised in the papers of the previous day.