Pacific Signal Service Plan eyed for Pacific coast
Lieutenant C E Kilbourne U S A arrived to study a proposed Pacific coast Signal Service Department led by General Hazen. He will review current stations at Olympia Portland Pocatello Sacramento San Francisco Los Angeles Visalia San Diego and along Idaho telegraph lines and visit Cape Flattery Mendocino to determine needs for new posts if a separate coast department is created.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Kilbourne
U.S. A
Signal Service Department
San Francisco
General Hazen
Washington
Pacific Coast
Olympia
Portland
Oregon
D Bluff
Roseburg
Sacramento
S Francisco
Los Angeles
Visalia
San Diego
California
California, and Some Along the Line of the Northern Telegraph
Idaho
Kilbourne
Cape Flattery
Cape Mendocino
Death of James L. Ridgely veteran Odd Fellow leader
A Baltimore born veteran of American Odd Fellowship James L. Ridgely died in Baltimore at 7 20 a m He served as Grand Secretary of Maryland Grand Master and Grand Sire candidate to Supreme Lodge and was pivotal in the Order's growth He had been failing for years with a paralysis shock a year prior Funeral set for Baltimore today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Farnsworth
P. G. Sire
San Francisco
Baltimore
Maryland
James L. Ridgely
Odd Fellowship
Columbia Lodge
Grand Lodge of
Supreme Lodge
John P. Jones
Comstock
Chronicle
Jones
Arthur
New York
Port of
Hayes
Merritt
London
Conkling
Winnemuncea Artesian Well Company Formation
The Silver State reports that about $10,000 of the Winnemuncea Artesian Well Company stock has been subscribed. Estimated total cost for the well is under $4,000, likely half that, and they seek full capital subscription before starting operations to limit individual risk. If successful, stock will gain value and fund machinery for drilling further wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artesian Well Company
Californians face steep neighbor taxes across counties
On Our Neighbors Taxes lists tax rates by county, detailing Amador to Yuba charges. The figures show most counties levying around $1.40 to $2.50 with several higher amounts such as Mariposa at $3 and Mono at $3, reflecting widespread taxation pressure in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Clara
Santa Cruz
Sonoma
Tehama
Tolare
Yolo
Yuba
Railroad at Sheriff’s Sale in Nye County
The Sheriff of Nye county advertises the Nevada Southern Railroad First Division will be sold at public auction on December 9 to satisfy a judgment in favor of W. W. Bishop and Geo. M. Sabin for 2000 dollars plus interest and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nye County
Nevada Southern Railroad
First Division
W. W. Bishop
Geo. M. Sabin
Humboldt County Judge Nomination Speculation for District Judge Race
The Tuscarora Times-Review reports rumors that Judge Leonard may seek the Republican nomination for District Judge of Humboldt and Elko counties, forming a combined judicial district with Governor Kinkead. It notes a potential cooperative strategy to secure Humboldt county delegates and avoid conflicts of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscarora Times-Review
Humboldt County
Leonard
Supreme Court
Humboldt
Elko
Kinkead
Week’s Failures and Utahs Remarkable Territory Prospects
Failures for a week total 128, down from 147. Middle States 34, Western 32, Southern 31, Eastern 23, Pacific Coast 8. The Salt Lake Herald extols Utahs climate, resources, water power, minerals, agriculture, and railroad routes, noting vast future for capitalists and workers. Dakota is described as a great territory with potential state division and rich wheat lands and Black Hills mining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle States
Western States
Southern States
Pacific Coast States
The
Salt Lake Herald
Utah
Salt Sea
Dakota
Nebraska
Black Hills
Stanford plans English steamship line to link with Southern Pacific
It is reported that Leland Stanford travels to England to arrange a Liverpool to Gulf of Mexico steamship line connected with the Southern Pacific Railroad. The plan includes transporting immigrants from Liverpool to California for 35 dollars once the road and line are completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leland Stanford
England
Liverpool
Gulf of Mexico
Southern Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific
Crocker
Gov
Stanford
Paris
Gulf
Cotton-growers convention to convene in Atlanta
Hon George B Loring commissioner of agriculture in Washington issues circulars to Southern agricultural societies asking them to send delegates to a cotton-growers convention in Atlanta Georgia on Wednesday November 2 Gould and Huntington organize the new firm with Vanderbilt likely a silent partner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Loring
Washington, D. C
South
Atlanta
Gould and Huntington
Vanderbilt
Flour Mill Founded Near Elko Boosts Local Wheat Trade
In March last a company organized in Elko for a flouring mill on the south fork of the Humboldt, water powered, about 22 miles from Elko in fertile wheat country. The 40.62 building is three stories with basement, capacity eighty barrels per day, total construction cost near $19,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elko
Independent
Humboldt
Freight traffic on Nevada Central Railway steady in Austin area
The Austin Reveille notes a high volume of freight moved on the Nevada Central Railway with cars consistently set off at Ledlie station for Reese River Ione Grantsville and other westward points. Recent runs included eighteen loaded cars to Clifton depot. The line has paid taxes for 1881 totaling just over $19 000 and continues to report timely bill payments and solid management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Reveille
Nevada Central Railway
Ledlie
Upper
Reese River
Ione
Grantsville
Gold Park
Austin
Clifton
Immense Receipts Reported by Central Pacific Railroad
The Central Pacific Railroad has seen receipts reach levels higher in the last two months than any period since the opening of the overland road, well over 2,000,000 dollars monthly. Interior trade was large as merchants rebuilt stocks for winter. Grain movements were sizable and statewide interior business is expected to stay strong this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Pacific Railroad
Bismarck
Garfield Memorial Hospital
New York
Portland
Oregon
West Shore
Buffalo
Chicago
Milwaukee & St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Oregon Railroad & Navigation Company
Henry Villard
Guiteau
Win
Jones
Vermont Supreme Court
Emeline L. Meeker
Lyman Bridges
San Francisco and
Ocean Shore Railroad
California Central Railroad
Boston
San Francisco Board of Supervisors
Bank failures and frauds swirl through national briefings
Comptroller Knox notes Mechanics National Bank Newark failure as first in eighteen months amid 2136 banks nationwide. Wisconsin Central faces $500,000 ticket scam. eleven conductors and several agents discharged for conspiracy to defraud, with tickets repeatedly cashed. Other items include Blaine’s Robertson matter testimony, trotter Phil Thompson dispute, Southern Pacific plans, Gambetta note, and US population count at 50,155,783 with Pacific National Bank of Boston closed.
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Mechanics’ National Bank
Newark
New Jersey
Knox
Wisconsin Central Railroad
Thompson proposes $10,000 stakes for colt match vs Sweetheart
Colt Phil Thompson, via Turf Field and Farm, discusses a potential spring match against John W. Mackay's California colt Sweetheart. He questions posting a $5,000 forfeit now, suggests $10,000 stakes per trial if healthy in April or May in Chicago, and offers Mackay $1,000 for travel. He welcomes other three-year-olds, insists winner takes all, and aims to prevent hippodroming for receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Raymond
Kentucky
Phil Thompson
Chicago
Mackey
Turf, Field and Farm
John W. Mackay
California
Raymond
Sweetheart
Mackay
Railroad earnings rise for Central Pacific in Oct 1881
The Central Pacific Railroad earned 2,514,000 in October 1881, up from 2,120,229 in October 1880, a gain of 393,771. For ten months in 1881 gross earnings reached 19,684,790, vs 16,403,424 last year, up 3,281,366. Northern Pacific and Oregon Railway likewise posted gains. analysts suggest a likely 8 percent annual half yearly dividend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Pacific Railroad Company
Northern Pacific Railroad
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company
Rocky Mountains
Pacific Coast
Improvements in Mason Valley Improve Ranch Appearance
The Lyon County Times notes Mason Valley ranchers plan extensive fruit and shade tree plantings to enhance appearance and property value. C. C. Damon leads with an orchard of about two hundred trees, others follow. initial costs and effort are high but long term gains are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyon County Times
Mason Valley
C. C. Damon
Hazen Reports On US Signal Service Operations
Gen William B Hazen chief signal officer transmits annual report to the secretary of war noting 296 stations in operation as of June 30 1881 and an average annual station cost of 336 873, down 45 55 per station from prior year. He praises cost controls and systematizing of finances, and urges the weather service to lead in theoretical meteorology while expanding practical benefits and sustaining public support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. B. Hazen
Secretary of War
Hazen
Weather Service of
United States
A Slight Change of Programme in Mason Valley
The Lyon County Times reports ranchers in Mason Valley shift to hay over grain as experience shows hay yields more profit at low prices. Many plan to raise less stock with better quality and expand dairy farming. North end mines employ 538 men, of whom 962 are miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyon County Times
Mason Valley
North End
Patti’s concert fundraiser tops five thousand dollars
A Daily Journal brief notes Patti’s New York concert raised 5000 for Michigan sufferers. The item lists varied topics from Nihilist journal new issue to political theater and local labor unrest in Connelltown with 350 striking miners, plus rail plans and Guiteau court coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Journal
Patti
New York
Michigan
Narradnaija Volia
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Congress
United States
John P. Cheyna
Royal English Navy
Franklin
North Pole
Schwatzka
Pole
Russia
Conneltown
W. Va
Puente Rancho
Los Angeles
Ohio
John Dunn
Zululand
Strange Native Silver Tale From Ute Reservation
Three men J Spencer A Light and G R Waite rode into the Ute country and met seventeen Indians near the White River Agency They traded a molten heavy fragment of native silver about the size of a hen egg to a miner for a revolver The metal shows heat smoothed edges and possible mining evidence The Indians claimed they came from the Utah Reservation and had found the ore in unknown western Colorado The men plan to return to search for the hidden mine while speculating on regional mineral wealth The rest of the page includes political notes on Arthur Conkling and the Comstock future with garbled details and dates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Summit County
Col
J. Spencer
al. Light
G. R. Waite
Ute Reservation
White River Agency
Grand
Utah
Colorado
Bee Tree Turns Up Yellow Jackets in Sierra Valley
A Sierra Valley hunter, while exploring near McLear's Mohawk ranch last summer, found a large bee tree. He cut it down with a hired man, but no honey appeared, only yellow jackets. He did kill a 150 pound buck and laments honey prices may rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Plumas National
Sierra Valley
McLear
Mohawk
Eureka Market Report Shows Mixed Prices In Local Trade
Eureka market notes list steady demand for young men and lively interest from girls with papas firm yet softening. Coffee mixed, fresh fish active, onions rising, breadstuffs heavy, boots and shoes fluctuating, hats lower except foolscap stationery, tobacco weak. Postmaster General James travels to Florida via Atlanta. Cherry Creek seeks White Pine county seat move from Hamilton.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hevata State Journal
Reno
Noosa
L. P. Fisher
Merchant's Exchange
Pacific Signal Service Department
Winnemuncea Artesian Well Company
Main Street
Reveille
Nevada Central Bus
P. R. Tt
Blaine
Robertson
Gambetta
France
Mexico
Peru
Brazil
William
Reichstag
Mr Guiteau
Pacific National Bank of Boston
Sweetheart and
C. W. Kendall
Nevada
Langtry
Charles Harris
Scoville
Senator Jones
the Comstock
Virginia
Garfield
New Mexico
Arizona
Union League Club
Union
Eureka Market Report
James
Party
Florida
Cherry Creek
White Pine
Hamilton
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