Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-22
COAST GOSSIP.
Frightful Descent in an
Elevator.
BREEZY BUDGET FROM THE BAY.
Boys to Replace Chinese LabOrers
in the California Fruit
Orchards.

| Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD.
SAN Francisco, August 2l.--An acciden
occurred in the building at No. los Stock
ton street, tonight. Dudley Aver, sur
veyor, A. Lenstein, a piano tuner, Geo
Ling, teacher, w. G. Steele, clerl
and Walter Adams, an elevator boy
were serted in the elevator of the build
ing on the third floor, when the rope
gave way, precipitating the elevator and
its occupants to the bottom of the shaft
Lenstein, who was the worst injured re-
ceiyed compound fracture of the left
leg, besides being internally hurt
Adams, the elevator boy, had his left
ankle broken and received bruises on
the head and body, and Ayers had one
of his ankles twisted.
BOYS OR CHINESE.
At meeting of the State Board OF
Trade to-day the question of employing
boys to take the place of Chinese in vine
yards and orchards was discussed at
length and an address to affiliating
boards of trade, improvement associa-
tions and citizens of the State generally
was presented by w. H. Mills and
adopted. The address sets forth the fact
that the experiment of supplying boys
to take the place of Chinese promises in
q large measure to be a solution of
the labor problem in the prosecution of
many of our leading industries. 1t is
promoting habits Of thrift and in
dustry among our people and disseminat-
ing a knowledge of horticulture and
agriculture, and encouraging a taste for
those pursuits. For over third of a
century in California the wage bills paid
by the leading industries of the State
have tended to impoverish rather than
enrich the Commonwealth.
GRAPE GROWERS AND wINE-MAKERs.
At the regular meeting of the Grape
Growers and Wine NJ akers Association
of California to-day, NJ M. Estee stated
that when lately in the East, he had
bought of dealer wine which was
labeled "California wine," and that it
was drawn from a barrel on tap.
Though it was claret it was very weak.
Such wine of course injured the sale of
the pure article. Every wine grower in
the State to-day was losing money, for
good wine could not be produced for less
than "a or 25 cents gallon.
At the afternoon session Chas. Krug,
of Napa, spoke in favor of drying grapes
in order to reduce the production Of wine
grapes. He moved that committee be
appointed to address circular to the
and winemakers, advising
them to dry all their over production
of grapes, distill all inferior
wines now in their possession, and to re-
frain from producing inferior qualities OF
wine in the future. Carried unanimously
and Chairman DeTurk was appointed
one OF the committee by vote of those
present.
w. M. Braunhal addressed the meet
ing on the general condition OF the wine
business. He said great quantities of
dried grapes were used in the East DUR
ing the winters, much of these, however,
came from Europe.
THAT NEW TIME TABLE.
Passenger Agent Speers, of the Allan
tic and Pacific road, took occasion to-day
to deny the story that the new time table
of the California Central road was made
out regardless of the arrival of Southern
Pacific trains into Los Angeles from
this city. He says that the
SOuGu6Tu l. dCluC JTdIu UIldb l6dVoS CulS
city at 9 80 A. M. is due in Los Angeles at
s A. N. the next day, and as the Califor-
mia Central train for San Diego leaves
Los Angeles at s :l5 A. NJ. there was am
pie time for transferring passengers and
baggage, provided the Southern Pacific
trains were on time.
FRUIT SHIPMENTS.
Accurate figures for the seasons fruit
over the Central Pacific for
the East are not obtainable at the offices
of the general freight agent of
the company, but the estimate is made
that between $50 and 1000 cars have been
sent out. For the whole State last year,
the shipments amounted to only 1400,
and it is believed that the total for the
present year will exceed that of last year
by nearly 1000.
QUARANTINE COMMISSION.
The Secretary of the Treasury has ap-
pointed Surgeon Henry w. Sawtelle, of
the United States Marine Hospital in
this city; Captain John White, of the
revenue marine service at Oakland, and
Thomas j. Arnold, Collector of Customs
at San Diego, as Board of Commission
ers to select the site for quarantine sta
ton in San Diego, under the recent
quarantine act. They will commence
their duties in about a fortnight.
SAN DIEGO COURrS.