New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-18
TOPICS INLEADING CITIES.
SAN FRANCISCO.
ENORMOUS IMMIGRATION - MAPLESON'S
WOES-DELUDED HEIRS-INDUSTRIAL.

ENORMOUS IMMIGRATION - MAPLEoOn
WOES-DELUDED HEIRS-lNDUSTRIAL.
TpY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE.l
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17.-Every train whch
comes from tine East brings crowds OF tourists rs
we'll AZ emigrants in search OF work or homes
During the past fortnight it is estimator not less
than ~ 600 people have entered this State. The
majority of these are tourists who take advantage
of cheap rates. but heavy emgrant arrivals show
that Door people out Of work crow ding IN nor
ing to benefit by The boycott on the Chinese
Tine southern counties Lave received more than
their proportion of tourists, and every colony and
resort reports substantial additions to its residents
fr,,r the East. The rush of Cafornians to the
Fast IN, slnckened but all roads still burdened
with freight which can only be moved slowly.
Tho extraordinary rainfall has not helped the
railroads. but on tn, Southern Pacific there have
been several bad washouts and on the Central
trains have been frequently delayed.
Colonel Mapleson has had anything but a merry
war ith his opera company This week Ravelli.
the chief tenor, struck for wages. Minnie Hank
has stood by Mapleson bravely and sung every
night when she was advertised and the same NAV
he said of Giannini ana Cherublni. Had It not
bcen for them the enterprise would have collapsed.
The company has given several fine performances
and Minnie Hank has been warmly received, Dut
necuniarily the season has been a dead failure.
ceveral months ago the supposed heirs OF the
Chase Townley estate met and subscribed money
for carving on the contest Ill. w. Chase was the
man WHO received the coin and claimed to repre-
sent George W. Chase, of Kansas, the leader In the
Iitigation' Some of the local heirs growing sus-
melons sent n letter to Minister Phelps and reply
was received this week declaring there was no
ground Tor litigation. no hope of American heirs
recovering from the estate whose title il sound,
and 20 coin in the Bank of England awaiting call
of the heirs.
Survevors are now in field locating o route for
the extension of the Sou hern Pacific Railroad
from Soledad. Monterey County, to BakershelG
Kern County. When completed this VIII make
more direct line from Los Angeles to this cry anu
will open up the rich counties oil Santa barbara,
San Luis Obispo and Monterey, which nave
suffered from lack of railroad facilities The pro.
iected road traverses some of the finest wheat and
fruit land in the State.
Ground was broken this week in Oakland for the
new cable road OF Senator Far OF san Pahio-aNe.
and Broadway. The Senator had long nght 10
secure this valuable franchise and he proposes To
bulld one of tile best cable roads III the country.
The Lick observatory has ordered n set of nstru-
ments for automatically registering earthquake
shocks These ale the invention OF ProiessOr
living formerly Of Toxic, Japan. University.
The project Of draining Tulare Lake has once
more come to the front and a company is organn
ing ia this city to carry out the work ITO plan
Is To lower the level of Tulare Lake fifteen feet by
a canal cut through to the san Joaquin hiVer.
This canal will serve to lrrlRate nail q hliIioh
acres of land now practically desert Will lay pare
nearly four hundred thousand acres OF rch lana
now nnder water and will make the San Joaquin
navigable on its upper waters.