The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 4, 1896, Page 8

THE SA ANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1896. AL EAPERT BRIGGS' AUTHORITIES ARE DEAD Only Two Exceptions Were Noted in His Grave- yard List. J. L. WILLCUTT'S CON- TEMPT CASE. Fined Five Hundred Dollars and Ordered Imprisoned in the County Jail. WILL BE RESCUED BY HABEAS CORPUS. Attempt to Bring the Spring Valley Water Company Into the Siebe Perjury Case. At the opening of court yesterday morn- ing Judge Wallace took up the matter of contempt and listened to an argument by Attorr McEnerney to the effect that Auditor omas was the proper person to 1 had been placed in the inventory under | the head of “‘permanent way.” | Treasurer N. T. Smith was asked as to | the $268,617 21 cash balance on hand as shown by his trial balance sheet. He swore that he had not that sum on hand. Mr. Smith explained that on Auditox Thomas' balance sheet of the operating account the witness was credited with $254,948 96, which deducted from Account- i ant Folsom’s balance sheet $268,617 21 would leave $13,668 25 actual cash on hand on February 28, 1895. All his money was on deposit in the Bank of Nevada. After the noon recess E. W. Briggs, Dep- uty Assessor, told how he had been for | years speculating in real estate, and also | mining. When Mr. Clunie asked whether he haasbeen mining in San Francisco. Judge Wallace with a pish! tush! pshaw! accent remarked, “Of course he wasn’t mining in San Francisco. There are no mines here."” | Mr. Clunie endeavored to find out from the witness how he fixed the values of real | estate in San Francisco; whether he had | any memoranda by which he arrived at { those values, and whether such memor- anda were extant. Mr. Briggs replied that | his memoranda had been written iu per- | ishable tablets on his brain; that he used | his judgment in estimating those values. | He had the maps and block books of the | | office for reference, and when he went to look at a piece of realty he recked not to | “H'm; I think heis dead.” This raised a laugh. ©Ob, another deaa man,” remarked Mr. Clunie, sarcastically. ‘‘Were there any live persons there at the time?” “Yes, a dozen.” “Will you give me their names?” “Idon’t remember.” “You only remember the names of dead men,” said Mr. Clunie. “I'd like to have some live men in this case.” “8ir-r-r!” exclaimed Mr. Briges, se- verely, and with official hauteur. “When you get as oldas I am you will know a zood many people who are dead.” “No doubt,” assented the lawyer; “but, your Honor, this thing is farcical. The only men he remembers are dead men or men who have gone to Oregon. All his dead men have died within a year.” “That is not Mr. Briggs’ fault,” re- marked Judge Wallace, sympathetically. Mr. Briggs varied the dead monotony of the proceedings shortly afterward by say- ing that he knew all about the value of electric poles, not positive and negative poles, but wooden poles, from F. M. Speed. “Where is Mr. Speed?”’ demanded Clunie. “Is he dead, too?” “Well, h'm!” replied Mr. Briggs, cast- | ing a retrospective eye on the copper chan- delier which hangs from the center of the ceiling, “I don’t know whether he is dead | or not. The fact is that eight or nine months ago he disappeared suddenly, and there is no knowing what has become of him. He bas never been heard of since.” The witness in reply to a searching series of questions said that he had never been into the office of the railway company to ask questions about their property. He 1t would not affect the issue to show that the Assessor had also made a m stake in the Spring Valley matter. The Assesscrs oath to the assessment roll was to be con- sidered as a separate oath to each separate assessment. The case before the court was the assessment of the property of tk}e Market-street Railway Company. He did not propose to issue any more warrants against the Assessor. He, the Judge, thought that he had done his shareas a committing magistrate. There were other magistrates to whom application might be macde. ““We have done nothing yet in the mat- ter,” said Garret McEnerney, the attorney for Mr. Willcutt, “‘simply because there was nothing for us to do. Judge Wallace has not yet committed Mr. Willcutt to the custody of the Sheriff, but we expect h'e willdo so at the opening of court this morning. “Then we will at once sue out a writ of habeas corpus before the Supreme Court. This will bring up the jurisdiction of the whole proceedings. “In fact we have the papers already made out ready for presentation justas soon as the formal commitment is made out, So Mr. Willeutt will not have very long to remain in jail.” < As he said this a significant smile spread over his good-natured face. An adjournment was then had to 10 o’clock this morning. T THAT MOQUET CARPET. Appralser Levy Differs With Judge Wallace’s Agent in Regard to Its Value. The second charge of perjury against produce the book containing the account | of operating and legal expenses of the Market-street Railway Company and that the others should be purged of contempt. Mr. Clunie argued that if any outsider would be allowed to come in ana advise that an order of ccurt be not obeyed the courts would be thrown into chaos and the order of court would be an empty sound. Judee Wallace could be no contention in the mattter of remarked that there | A | | TupthAu.Au: s NIEWS THE CONFLICT the contempt of Secretary Willcutt. subpena had been regularly served upon him to produce certain books and the Secretary had refused to obey the order of the court. “Is not that the fact?” asked Judge w lace. r,” replied Mr. Willcutt politely | vou anything to say in regard to | utt’s case?”” asked the Court. | already said all that I have to | say on that matter, vour Honor,” re- | sponded T r McEnerney. | ‘1 recognize the delicacy of this pro-| ceeding,” said the Court, “and I do | not wish to exercise my authority in 1 & manner as to disturb or annoy any e. I will go no farther in this case, any other, I hope, except to further inistration of justice, and should | 2il to do that, I should fail to do my v. Secretary Willcutt is a director of e corporation; he is its secretary, and in and control of those books. He ere clerk, or a person holding v subordinate position. The board of | are scattered about, and are not session, so that an order could be re- | ceived from them. “It must be remembered also,” con- tinued the Judge, *‘that the Market-street Railway Company is not a private, but a quasi-public corporation. It has possession of public streets; it bas a franchise putinto its hands. The public is interested in the books of this corporation, and its stocks and bonds are listed on the change, and the public who buy and sell them have an interest in knowing what this corporation really is. Itislike a bank. The interest of the public in 8 bank is so great that we have bank commissioners authorized by law to look into the books of those banks. Why is that? Surely such a thing would not be thought of, if the banks were purely a private business. * * I therefore conclude that Mr. Willcutt, being secretary of the company and in con- trol of those books, iz the proper person to brin g them here. Sucn is Mr. Willcutt’s position that it this company were sued in ivil suit and process served ipon Mr. lcutt as secretary of the Market-street lway Company it would be sufficient to bring the case within the jurisdiction of this court. The secretary is made the rep- resentative of the company and it is con- sidered as service npon the corporation it- self. Therefore when a subpena is issued for him to bring his books it would be very strange if the same secretary should not be considered a representative of the company for that purpose as well asa | representative of the company for the pur- poses of a lawsuit. Ishall so hold, and I shall fine him $500 and order him impris- oned for five days in the County Jail.” Secretary Willcuit received the sen- tence without betraying any more emo- tion than the dial which marks the fares, but Accountant Fclsom betrayed | marks of great agitation. | Mr. Clunie made a speech in which he interceded for Mr. Folsom, and argued | that Alvinza Ha rd ana Charles G. La- | throp were responsible parties and should | be punished, but Judge Wallace ordered | the other contempt cases to go over until next Monday. The commitment of Secre- | tary Willcutt will be made out this morn- | ing, and immediate application will be | made to the Supreme Court for a writ of | habeas corpus. | Richard O’Brien was recalled and read | the affidavits of Assessor Siebe on the real | estate tax roll for 1895. There are 60,000 | assessments on the roll. | Accountant George T. Folsom produced a statement which he read as follows: | Capital stock of the old com panies, $8,780,- | 73 bonds, $7,035,000; bills payable, $961, 9¢ nt accounts baiance cred: $486,473 60. Total credits, $17,263,730 53. Debits—Reserved capital stock, $796,- | 594 82; bills receivable, $6: permanent | way struction, $562 $3,886,756 61 Total, $17,938,991 7i Mr. Folsom explained that the first item on the inventory of the Ferries and Oliff i House road was permanent way, $1,430,- | 663 23. | “That included every cent that was | spent from the organization of the com- pany until the consolidation?'” asked Mr, Freidenrich. “No, sir,”" replied Mr. Folsom. The accountant continued reading from the inventory, from which it appeared that the total of the inventory of the Ferries and Cliff House Railroad Com- pany, exclusive of permanent way and franchise, was $2,059,000. The witness explained that some of the cars had worn out, but their cost had been put into the inventory. The average life of the cable, costing $i8,000, was from three to nine montks. Other cables, which had been worn out from the time the road started, were represented by | their cost in the permanent-way item. In fact the value of all property which had been worw vut or which had disappeared and franchise, §12,583, 2,690 G4; property accounts, | accounts, $108,321 64, | | 3 04; new con- | Stock Ex- | WITNESS Fowsom | MR SIERE AnD SCowLED LISTENED CLUNIB an© MR BR!QQS ENGAGE N a wonrby Compa— whom it belonged, but officially stamped thereon his unbiased opinion of its value for assessment purposes. He told how he had ridden upon the | lizes of the railways in this City and had examined the wheels, the couplings, the hot boxes, etc. He had also invested money in an in- vention designed to store electricity so that it might be kept on tap in each car to be drawn sharp when needed. Coming down to the question of the railroad assess- ments he had consulted engineers and other experts whose names he hac forgot- | ten. In order to inform himself as to the value of the electric roads he consulted A. S. Hallidie and Mr. Spencer as to the cost of copper wire per pound; as to the num- ber oi pounds to the yard or the mile and many other details. All these data he banded to Mr. Siebe. At this stage of the examination Mr. | Briggs became excited, and in a very dramatic manner declaimeq, ‘I gave those data to Mr. Siebe as I would give them to | my Goa.” “Don’t get excited over it, Mr. Briggs,” suggested the lawyer with an 2ir of mock solicitude. “Iam not excited, sir; I am deeply in earnest, sir,”” was the haughty retort of the witness. When asked why he had not preserved for future reference the memoranda which had cost him so much pains and time to secure the witness replied that he had de- stroyed them. There really ‘was no reason why he should preserve them, he acded, because when he went to assess them the next year hecould add the number of new miles to the assessment. Mr. Spencer of the wire works furnished him the data on the wire cable, but Mr. Spencer was not here now. He was per- kaps in Oregon. George W. Gibbs gave him the data on the rails. “Is Mr. Gibbs in Oregon, too ?”’ asked the attorney. “No, sir: I believe he is dead.”’ It came out afterward that William T. Garratt furnished Mr. Briggs with his esti- mates on the price of copper wire. “Where is Mr. Garratt?” rode in the cars, examined the woodwork and the finish of them and placed his valuation on them. These were samples, and he applied their values to all of the same kind and quality. Later on the witness said that he could build every mile of electric road in the City for less than $25,000 per mile. Mr. Clunie figured up the number of miles on a certain road and found that at $25,000 per mile the cost of building would be about $350,000. “What is that road assessed for?” was asked. “Fifty-five thousand two hundred and forty dollars,”” was the reply. This reply brought out another laugh, and Mr. Briggs, who appeared considera- bly disconcerted, added that poles, insula- tors, etc., would swell the amount to $117,750. Then he took a fresh hold and said that his estimate of $25,250 per mile included the cars. But he could not re- member how many cars there were toa mile. The witness by this time had lost the air of confidence with which he had taken the witness-chair and answered the remaining questions in a faltering manner. Pelham W. Ames of the'Spring Valley ‘Water Works was called to state the value | of the property of tnat corporation. Mr. Friedenrich objected and Mr. Clunie of- fered to prove that that property was worth $20,000,000 and that the Assessor had assessed it at $3,000,000 when he had full possession of the facts. He would show, also, that Mr. Siebe had underassessed the property of the Gas Company, the Electric Light Cempany, the Telephone Company and a dozen other companies. He wanted to show that the officials of the Spring Valley Water Company had filed in court a sworn statement to the effect that the property of that corporation was worth $20,000,000. The testimony was nec- essary in order to sustain the allegation that the Assessor had not made a mistake, but had acted corruptly. Juage Wallace decided to rule out the question. If the Assessor had made a mistake in the matter of the Market-street Railway Company that would have no bearing on the charge of perjury. Hence Assessor Siebe was taken up again in Judge Campbell's court yesterday after- noon at 4 o’clock. The session was a brief one, the only witness examined being Abe Levy, a furniture broker and appraiser of 1135 Market street, who had been sent to Judge Wallace’'s Van Ness avenue resi- dence to make an estimate of the value of the furniture in the house. When Judge Wallace was on the stand a few days ago he promised to lend his as- sistance to the attorneys in getting at the value of the furniture in question and ex- pressed himself as being auite willing to allow anybody they might send to go through the house and examine the con- tents. It seems, however, that when Ap- praiser Levy went to the Judge’s residence yesterday morning he met with a different reception than had been promised. He was not allowed to go through the house and was able merely to make a cursory survey of the interior of one of the parlors. The parlor the witness declared was lux- uriously furnished, ‘‘gorgeously” fur- nished, to use his own phraseology. Among the articles ot furniture was a hand-carved ebony table which the wit- ness averred must have cost $200 or $250. Besides this there were eight or ten chairs upholstered in curled hair and brocaded silk which must have cost $35 or $40 apiece. The 140 yards of carpet in the parlor, which were appraised by Agent Giselman and Appraiser Terry at $56, Mr. Levy said must have cost in the neighbor- hood of $250 or $3 a yard. Although Agent Giselman had no recollection of any oil paintings in the house except some family portraits in the sitting-room, Mr. Levy had noticed several oil land- scapes encased in rich gilt frames. 2 The carpet and furniture, witness ac- knowledged, would not bring nearly so much at a forced sale, there being no mar- ket for such goods. If sold at auction they would probably bring very little in- deed. When asked how much the furni- ture in the parlor would be worth to a f;rvson wanting to buy such furniture, Mr. y replied that the carpet, chairs and ebony table would be worth about $400. As to the probable value of the furniture in the whole house, witness was unable to give any estimate before seeing it. At this point Attorney Baggett asked that a continuance be granted until this afternoon. “We are very much embar- rassed at our failure to get an_esti- mate of the valué of the furniture. Mr. Levy was sent up to Judge Wallace’s house practically by the Judge’s consent. The Judge offered to do all in his power to aid us in determining the value of his furniture. Icannot understand why Mr. Levy should have been refused entrance. 1f it is impossible to comvel the people at the house to admit the appraiser I would like to subpena Jfudge Wallace again and ask him something further about his offer to help us in our investigations.” Judge Campbell accordizgly adjourned court until this afternoon at 4 o’clock, at which time Judge Wallace will probably be put on the stand again, unless in the meantime some arrangement is made for appraising the Judge’s much-disputed bric-a-brac. MUST PAY A LICENSE. Nickel-in-the-Slot Telephone Boxes ‘Will Help Out the City Revenue Hereafter. The License and Order Committee of the Board of Supervisors decided yesterday to recommend that the nickel-in-the-slot telephone boxes be placed on the same level as any other device used to collect the nickels of the public, and be taxed $3 per month for each box. This matter was brought up several weeks ago by Supervisor Dimond, and was continued from time to time in order to give other members a chance to look into it. It was made a special order of business for yesterday, and Supervisor Dimond made a strong plea for his order. He thought that the company had no more right to run boxes than any other concern deriving a revenue for the same, and he urged the immediate adoption of the or- dinance. He stated that the company had 2800 nickel-in-the-slot_boxes scattered about the city, and that it was time the City derived some r evenue from them. Budd Demands a Special Ac- counting for Assessors’ BANKS T0 REPORT AGAIN, McLAUGHLIN STIRS THE REPUBLICANS, The Chairman Sends a Cir- cular Letter Through the State. WANTS UNITY OF ACTION County Committees to Be Kept in Touch With the Cen- tral Force. MANY RATIFICATION MEETINGS An Earnest of the Vigorous ani Well Organiz:d Campaign Work That ‘Will B: Done. | | Chairman Frank Mcuraughlin of the Re- | publican State Executive Committee yes- terday issued an important circular letter to members of the State Central Commit- | tee and to chairmen of Republican county | committees throughout the State. It announced the sub-committees of the | Executive Committee appointed day be- | fore yesterday, and contains requests and suggestions that will wake up the county committees and the party workers throughout the State, put the county organizations in touch with the Executive Committee and secure unity, harmony NEW TO-DAY. ~ MANHOOD! The Most Precious Ele- ment of Our Physical Being. You do Not Know How to Appre- ciate It Until You Have Lost It. How It Can be Regained. There are three stages of lost manhood: First, the ab- | sence of manly power. Sec- ond, loss of ambition,energy, | When One Was Furnished March 28—Bankers Object. Governor Budd has ordered the Board of Bank Commissioners to collect reports from all the banks of the State as to their financial condition on March 2, 1896. This action is exceptional. It is, how- ever, the outcome of a Gubernatorial re- quest to the same effect, but which the Commissioners informed the Governor they regarded simpiy as a suggestion. The Commissioners are required by law to render three reports each year on the banks. Their last report was for March 28, 1896. The assessment-rolls in the several coun- ties are made up uvon the valuation of property on the first Monday in March, which this year occurred on the second day of the month. A great many of the As- sessors based their bank assessments on the Commissioners’ report of March 28, making such slight adjustments as were necessary. The Assessor of San Joaquin County, it will be remem- bered by those who have followed time in the newspapers, asked the- Bank Commissioners for valuations o March 2. The Commissioners felt that in comply- ing with the requirements of the law they had yerformed their duty, and so wrote the Governor in a very polite response to | his request for the extra, antedated re- ‘I ort, | E All such’ com: ions are unaer the | control of the Governor, and what he or- | ders must be done. In this instance the question with the Bank Commissioners is, Why should the banks be singled out to furnish extra information for the benefit of the assessors while the building and loan associations, the insurance com- panies and other similar corporations, over which there are State commissions, are not required to render reports for the benefit of assessors? In accordance with Goverror Budd’s ex- plicit orders the following official notifica- tion has been sent out to all the banks in California: OFFICE OF BOARD OF BANK COMMISSIONERS, 530 CALIFORNTA STREET, 2 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., May 29, 1896. To the Presidents and Directors of California State Banks—GENTLEMEN: We are this day_in receipt of the following order from his Ex- cellency James H. Budd, Governor of Califor- nia, to wit: 1 require information, in writing, from the Board of Bank Commissioners of the State of California of the condition of every corporation m: section 8 of ihe Bank Commissioners also require from it information as toeach, every and all the facts required to oe set out and forth in the report, as provided for In section 9 of the Bank Commissioners act, as amended March 26, 1895— such information to be, however, as of the sald corporations’ condition on March 2] 1896. That this commission may comply with said order we herewith inclose the necessary blanks for report and require the same to be properly filled out and returned to this office, as pro- vided in section 9 of the Bank Commissioners act. Very respectfuliy, By order of the Board of Bank Commissfon- ers! C. H. DUNSMOOR, Secretary. Appended to the Governor's order was the following explanation of his authority for sodoing: I require this information under sections 6 and 7, article V of the constitution of this | State, and section 380 of the Political Code of | California, subdivisions 1,2 and 13, and the | act of March 30, 1878, creating & board of | Bank Commissioners and prescribing their | duties and powers and the acts amendatory | thereof. Notwithstanding the Governor’s defense of his authority for this order many of the bankers are strongly opposed to per- forming the extra labor and bearing the additional expense. That some of the banks will rebel is fully expected. The San Francisco Clearing-house will hold a special meeting this forenoon at 10 o’clock to take action on the matter. SECRET OF THE GATES. Why the Southern Pacific Will Keep Out Alameda People to Suit Itself. “I can tell you why the Southern Pa- cific 18 getting ready to put gates on its Alameda local trains,” said a prominent citizen of that city yesterday. “It is to make the people patronize the electric street cars. If they have to pay to ride on the steam line they will not wait for the infrequent trips of the trains, but will patronize the cars of the Alameda, Oak- land and Piedmont electric road. This route is owned by the Southern Pacificand its tracks parallel those of both the broad and narrow gauge lines. The electric cars come from 5Ikllfld via Webster street. They turn from Webster street into Santa Clara avenue and run south to Park street, whence they transfer to High street. Theuce they run to East Oakland. A branch line'also runs on San Jose avenue from Ninth to High street. “Now the broad-gauge line extends from Park street almost to Webster. and the narrow-gauge the entire lengtn of the city, 50 you can see what an increase of tra iv would bring to the streetcars if people were compelled to pay on the steam cars.”’ e In Contempt of Court. A jury for the special session ot the United States District Court was sworn in_yesterday. James J. Loggie was the only one of the jurors summoned who did not put in an appearance, and & warrant for his arrest on & charge of the matter as it has appeared from time to | Benefit. | and vigor of campaign action. It is an . | earnest of the work of tte newly consti- | tuted Executive Committee during the | Wants a Report for March 2, campaign, andillustrates the wayin which ngs. Frank McLaughlin takes hold of things. | After announcing the committees as | published in ThE CALL yesterday, the cir- | | cular proceeds as follows: The State Central Committee most earnestly solicits the loyal co-operation of all county | committees, and requests at the outset that the complete roll of such committees, includ- | ing individual postoffice addresses, be early filed with the secretary, and also thatany fu- ture changes be promptly noted and recorded | without delay to the same official. The chair- men of all such committees will please take proper notice of this request and proniptly ‘ comply therewith. Registration being an important factor in our politics, all county committees are earn- estly requested to give this matter immediate and zealous attention; see to it that the law is | strictly complied with in every particular. A digest of same will be furnished from these headquarters later on. Meanwhile energet- ically enroll all Republican voters, keeping a | keen wateh upon the work of our political op- ponents. Study the local situation *4in the street, on the rcod and at the markets,” and keep this office fully advised as we progress in the campaign, never neglecting to seize any | legitimate opportunity to advance our party interests. suceess is to be attained ana carried on If that unity of purpose which commands | | business and social ability. | Third, loss of memory, dull- {ness of vision, dullness of |intellect, and in the end but | one result—nervous debility. | Lack of manhood is the {lack of the one thing that makes life worth living. The | possessor of a vigorous man- {hood does not appreciate its | worth. When he loses it by | excesses or indiscretions he |then begins to realize what la grand element it is; how |much his happiness—yes, | his very existence—depends {upon it. | When a man is broken |down in his vital powers as | a rule he is not the only one throughout the approaching campaign our | WhO suffers. Others, family, county, municipal and club organizations | . . % ] friends, those who enjoy his should harmonize all factional elements in | Republican ranks. Do not overlook even the | . ¥ e e meaaiie ot oonl. poritica work, | Company and protection, no ever bearing in mind that our efforts mav be- | tice the depressmn in his come impotent and futile unless all the minor | » e k f b. . alfairs of the contest are spectiically cared for, | Spirits, the lack of ambition, Let all true Republicans, from the northern | to the southern limits of our State, make earl | arrangements to ratify and confirm the | tional platform and the nominations for Presi- | | dent and Vige-President to be made by the Na- | tional Republican Convention to be held 1n St. Louis on the 16th inst. . All party organiza- | tions should at once convene and provide the | ways and means for a spirited and generous | ratification of party principles and of the Re- | publican leaders of a protection that protects. I enter upon the duties of the present cam- | paign grateiul for the confidence of the mem- | bers of my party and inspired by the assistance | so lavishly profiered by Republicans through- | out the State, yet fully alive to the great re- | sponsibilities attaching to the position. Ac- tuated solely by & desire to serve the Republi- can party, I most earnestly solicit that whole- sale co-operation and unselfish assistance in the patriotic struggle which is certain to place in the White House a Republican President who is the embodiment of all those protective and patriotic principles which to-day domi- nate the whole American people. Republican ¥ | history will repeat itseli if victory be'ongs to Faithfully yours, FRANK McLAUGHLIN, Chairman Executive Committee. P. S—Kindly favor us with an early reply, and extremely oblige. The committee 1n charge of the arrange- ments for the trip of the California delega- tion to St. Loms are rapidly perfecting them, and all will be in readiness for th start by special train on the 11th inst. Samuel M. Shortridge leaves in advance of the rest of the delegation. He will go East to-night en route to New York via St. Louis, After a brief stop in the latter city he will go on to New York to visit relatives, returning to St. Louis in time for the convention. He will be accom- panied by Attorney Thomas D. Riordan. THE | the most persevering. HE PEACH CROP. Small Harvest in the East Means Good Prices Here. California peach-raisers need not feel discouraged because they will have only half a crop this year. When a short time ago it was found that the output would be smaller than expected, the fruit-growers looked to the East to see how the Eastern crops stood the soring weather, and the reports were that in the large peach sec- tions the harvest wouid be great. California peach-growers concluded that with big crops m the East the Western fruit-raisers with their half crops would hardly make enough to pay expenses. In order to get more definite informa- tion as_to the prospective harvest of eaches Mr. Filcher of the State Board of rade wrote ‘a letter of inquiry to J. B. | James, the manager of half a dozen peach orc' ards, comprising thousands of acres in Georgia. These orchards are really the center of the peach section of the East, and the output and prices control the general market, Mr. James' letter will give heart to the California peach-growers. It reads as follows: ForDp VALLEY, Ga., May 28, J. A. Filcher—Dgar Ste: ¥ ¢ %1 am sorry to report that we do not_expect more than 25 to per cent of a crop of peaches from Georgia this season. 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