The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-08-01

SAy FeAgcIs~o, july %. 1879

The wonderful success of the purely
California irven.ion-csb.e street car.
has prompted the construction Of an
other wire cable road This Lew enter.
prise will lie the fourth parallel road
running west from kearney street. viz;
Clay street hill, California street, Suffer
street, and lastly. but By 10 means leas.
Gesry street railroad. The rew road
will commence a. the junction Of Kcar
ney and Geary streeta and run ives. to
the Cliff House road. AMI thence to the
Golden Gate Park The fare from end
to end will only be ten cents, thus af-
fording an opportunity TO the poor TO
visit the Park, place that only the
rich could reach heretofore.
On my return from Hayward's l
stopped at the yard Of the Central Pa
cifc Railroad Company TO see the new
ferry boat Solano. which is in course
Of construction, and the result Of my
visit will be interesting TO many Of
your rea1ers-our friend eastman, Of
the G. met, for instance. The Solano,
calei after the county of that name.
viii be l2i feet long ll6 feet wide and
IS feet j inches deep. with eleven
tight compartments in the hold.
She will have eight steel boilers and
two beam engines. 60 inch bore and -
feet stroke, sill ON the main deck.
When completed. she will have the Ca
pacity 10 carry As cars and will have
cost 100000; being the largest and
most complete ferryboat afloat. She
will run between BeDicis and Martinez.
shortening the distance between this
city and Sacramento about fifty miles.
Seriously, don't this speak we'll for the
enterprise Of the monster monopoly p
often think if you folks up north had
a monster monopoly incorporation like
this. you would soon have your millions
Of acres of rich land dotted with pros
porous farmers.
We have been treated to a sweet NOR
sci Of scandal 10 high life. 1t is said
that Seattle people love scandal SO we'll
that must give you all the news of
this nature. The parties involved are
Senator Sharon's nephew Whose name
is Thorne) and Miss De Cressy. lately
from Paris. She swore ont warrant
charging him with criminal assault, aud
when the case was called she for some
unknown reason failed to put in an ap
pcarance. He then charged her with
an attempt at blackmsil, whea she came
TO time for trial. Mr.. Thorne judi
ciously fixed the thing up. when the
good natured Court concluded that Mr..
Thorne and Miss De Cressy were both
wrong, and dismissed them with the
injunction not 10 do it again. We are
a curious people, and don't you for
get it,"
The best joke Of the season is that
Jimmy McGinn, the popular body
planter excuse me; / meant underta.
ker-has sued the Post for libel for
saying that he dug up the corpse of the
writer's mother in-law and sent her
homo to him so that she might give
final and definite instructions as to what
he should do before leaving tor purga-
tory. Jimmy thought be was too fresh,
aud won't have it. He thinks he can
make more money by suing for libels
than by planting stiffs" hereafter.
shall make a weekly market report
q feature of my letters. as l know it
will be interesting 10 your many rural
subscribers, aud also include list of
those from the Sound who are regis
tered at the several hotels.
pApyY