New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-07-22
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San Francisco, July 2l.-lhe ""iiou Vi '"' ~"
80 - c,'N-,.a.., ,,ves the lie 10 the croakers
vcbo declared that an iron ship OF thAt sort could
1t,. - The cruiser has stood success
n. a. .osts onplied and There is no reason TO
Aopbt that she will satisfy the conditions In re-
rnrd % s,aod Her construction demonstrates TO
thor, ,ba, ne GOOD work can be done here as In
ros,orn Yards With the exception Of the steel
rIa.os ~ the huh the protective deck plates and
o--,or rIates oil castings and forgings were made
10 nv the Union Iron Works which has ono Of
Tho largest plants in the country. The engines
- bu,lt here, and have been commended by
Enc,;sb experts who have examined them; and
lis expected they will develop 5000 horse-powe
Ten years ago it would have been regarded as
folly TO attempt building an ordinary iron ship
here as everything was imported from the East
In these years. under the stimulus Of protection,
Irving NJ Scott has founded one of the great ship
yards of the country, and has demonstrated that
he can do the finest work 1t is an enormous
saving Of time and money to repair and build ships
here, snd in spite Of the high wages Of labor Mr.
Scotts enterprise has been profitable II is nothing
more than natural that the thousand men he en-
ploys should believe in protection, when they see
such solid proof of its benefits
coolies arrived from China and Japan, while only
5000 returned. Last month the arrivals from
China and Japan were 1900 the largest number
received in any one month since the Restriction
Act went into effect, six years ago This Is due,
mainly, to the failure of the Administration to
enforce the Restriction Act The apathy shown
here by officials is attributed to orders from Wash
ington. There are several devices for identifying
Chinese that could be employed. and that would
put summary end 10 the present reign Of perjury,
but the Customs Department here does
nothing and by means Of wrts OF habeas
corpus, in the last eighteen months,
1000 more Chinese have landed than have de-
parted for China
Manager Towne Of the Southern Pacific, has
offered to transport boys and girls TO tho fruit
and vine growing section for half fare and give
them free tickets for return. The only voucher
the railroad company requires is a certificate from
employers that the children have done good work
There is great demand for fruitpckers, and the
supply of Chinese is entirely inadequate
The semi-annual report Of the San Francisco
savings banks shows total deposit Of s66 000 900
among nine banks The gain in deposits for the
first six months Of this year is s3,125, O00 40
per cent Of which is credited TO the German Saw
inGs Bank. that stands now second only to the
Hibernia in deposits Some idea Of the substan-
tlal progress of the working class may be gained
from the fact that savings bank deposits in eight
years have increased nearly s25,0o0,0o0.
Early this week the weather was extremely warm
here, and in the interim the mercury ranged from
90 10 los degrees in the shade This excessive
heat lasted in most places only three days. 1t was
followed here by heavy fog and cold winds, which
made Eastern visitors bring out all their extra
wraps and overcoats.
Leonard Cox, statistician of the Western Union,
is now visiting in this city " joe Acton and
Jimmy Faulkner are both here, training for
their wrestling match at the Olympic Club on
July 81. Acton came out with Arthur Chambers,
who will look after his interests. There is little
betting yet on the match.
The old O'Brien homestead in Sutter-st near
Powell, was recently bought by Mrs. John Parrott
for S21 1000.
Daniel Frohman's company scored a great success
here this week with 4" The Wife, There has
been so much bad acting here lotey that it was
refreshing to listen 10 good company
Ex-State Senator Richard Creighton, who fed
before the lury-bribery trials Of Morrow and
McCorr in order to escape giving evidence against
his associates is now soiourning in Sydney
n. S. W. His hding-placc for over year has
been mystery, even 10 many of his old friends
here.