New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-07-15
TOPICS IN LEADING CITIES.
SAN FRANCISCO.
POLITICS. S-BUsfNEss-HEAvY LOSSES BY
FIRE.

iBf TELEGRAPH TO THE
SAN FRANCISCO. July 14.-ln the opinion of many
Democrats. two of their Railroad Commissioners.
Humphreys and Carpenter, have not exsrted them
selves to reduce fares and freights. Twsnty-ux
Democratic County Committees have passed long
resolutions demanding their impcachment. This
week the recreant officials were brought before the
democratic State Central Committee, but the result
was star-chamber inquiry from which reporters
were excluded. A special committee Of investiga-
tion was appointed to report on the third Wednss-
day in August, but this is regarded AZ mere party
device to gain time as the chances are that II .
special session 0f the Legislature was callsd the
Democrats could not get majority to remove the
Two Commissioners This action will 60 hard with
them In the next campaign, as reform has been
their trump card. and they have reformed nothing.
Several correspondents of New York newspapers
have written letters recently declaring that no one
will invest in San Francisco property as capital -
being turned toward tho Northern cities of Pvt
land, New-I acoma and Seattle The truth Is INST
San Francisco was never livelier than this yesr.
and tho State never had better class Of lrami~
grants All tho crops good, and the year Will -
o prosperous one. Real estate here Is In good ~
mand. and more new buildings are going mp than in
any year since the Great Bonanza" stock sxciee-
ment. The Oregon and Puget Sound country b
III u
There are twice as many business mon snd labor
ers in eli the cities as can make living and ueop-
erty 10 held at ridiculousy high prices esliaene
must come soon. since the opening Of tbs raiiSead
is bound help the eastern part of tho country n2
John s. Gray shs desaulSer, Who escaped 70
Guaymas but was recently arrested and rstarnce,
hiss been rslssssd IN $4,000 bs,l winch iAeosst6r
cred less than the amount Of his steslings Hs -
ciarss confidence In his ability to eseaue Ill punsh.
ment, owing to political influence. There isno
question that he had partners in the enbozzlemsut
who are working to save him from the torn In tho
State Prison which he deserved
Mention has been made In these dispatches Of the
extraordinary number Of destructive fires on the
cosst this year. In the last twelve years the osses
by fire have averaged 100000 year. with IN
surance losses Of more than 81 100000 For the
first six months Of this year the insurance losses
have been over 900, while the total loss falls
only little short of So 000. 300. This record 10
very bad one, the long dry season 10 only hall
| gone.
| Complaints Of tho smuggling of Chinese ever the
British Columbia line arc increasing. II has been =
recognized fact here for some time that such frauds
were going on along the northern border. rne
\ work of excluding Mongoliaus II not much more
successfu in this city, because Of lack of checks on
| the Custom House inspectors. No good method
has been devised for identifying returning China
meu, and it is morally certain that many new ar
xivsls slip in by every Chinese steamer on old pass
ports
| Among well-known visitors who have arrived
from the East during the week are Horatio &. Bur-
| chard Director OF the Mint and ID. o. Mills. The
city Is very dull now an all fashionable people are
| at the summer resorts. The YOSEMITE Valley and
Monterey are both crowded this season.
Theatres are doing fair business, and WallacEa
company with tho Silver King IL playing TO
crow ded houses in the third weeks success that
| unusual here.