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Subject: [CASHASTA] Redding newspaper February 1-10 1901
Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2001 12:08:29 -0700
Today in History: from the Redding Record Searchlight
February 1901
1st stores in Redding closed at 8 p.m., as they would every week night from
that point. Clerks from the stores paraded through the street, preceded by
the Shirley Company Band, to the theater for a production of "The Ugly
Duckling."
2nd Sheriff Behrens was presented with a petition to remove Cottonwood
deputy sheriff D.F. Tozer from office. Citizens of Cottonwood claimed that
law and order was at a "low ebb" and he was in gross negligence of his duties.
3rd surveyors, civil engineers, and businessmen gathered in Eureka to
discuss possibilities of building a railroad route between Redding and Eureka.
4th the Shirley Co., a theater group, finished its week-long run of shows
at the Armory Hall in Redding. It got favorable reviews, especially for
its interpretation of "Little Lord Fauntleroy."
5th the Redding Water Co. reported 476 subscribers for the year and a net
profit of $3,422.39, according to the Board of City Trustees.
6th the demand for lumber for building and other purposes prompted a mill
from Portland, Ore., to decide to locate a lumber yard in Redding at the
corner of South and Center streets.
7th "Turkish Bath," a show by F.A. Wade Co., opened at Armory Hall in Redding.
8th an explosion and fire destroyed the Red Bluff Gas & Electric Light Co.
building.
9th a contract was signed to create a freight railway from Redding to
Eureka. Surveyors began to study the area to make plans.
10th freight trains were delayed by a derailed oil car at Cottonwood
blocking the track, a wrecked freight train four miles north of Dunsmuir,
and a slide near Cow Creek canyon that was not cleared.
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