New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-24
CHICAGO'AND CALIFORNIA.
GREAT INTEREST IN THE CONVENTION.
THE STARR KING NORTHUMBERLAND TITLES IN
DANGER-A NEW FRUIT REGION
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San Francisco, June 22.--That extraordinary in
terest is shown here in the proceedings Of the
Chicago Convention is evidenced by the crowds
around the bulletin boards, and the great space
given by the leading newspapers to the telegraphic
reports. On Friday morning The Chronicle of
this city, devoted nine columns to special dis
patches while it printed eleven columns represent
ing 90, 600 words of Associated Press report from
Chicago. This was the heaviest telegraph report
on one subject ever sent in one day over overland
wires.
Cable roads are now being built in many quarters.
The Powell-st. line is extending its cable down to
Sacramento-st to the ferry, while the old Polk
st. car line extension and the Sutter-st line is being
transformed into cable line. The new Powell-st
line, extending to the Park has made great hit
and on Sundays and holidays the crowd is so great
that one must wait some time TO get seats. There
are six cable and steam lines running to Golden
Gate Park where five years ago there were only two
The levy for the year has been fixed at one dollar
and sixty-seven thousandths on the one hundred
dollars The supervisors cut down the auditors
estimate for the law library one-half, and for the
free library from $4,000 TO s2S, 900. The apprO-
praton for public schools is the most liberal made
by any city in the country, according to size and
population, amounting TO S9l 900.
Over $4,000 has been collected for the monu-
ment to Thomas Starr King at Golden Gate Park,
and work will begin when the subscriptions have
reached $4,000. Starr Kings work in saving
California TO the Union and gathering funds for
the Sanitary Commission will keep his name green
among those who heard his eloquent speeches.
There is danger that the titles of the Inter-
national Company of Mexico to large grants about
Enseneda, Lower California, will be declared for
feited by the Mexican Government. This action
has nothing TO do with the suit of Mrs. Burton.
but is founded on the failure Of the company to
place the required number of settlers on the grant,
and the sale of large tracts to corporations for
speculative purposes. Sanchez Facio, special COM
missioner appointed TO investigate the matter Will
present a report recommending that the titles
be declared invalid If this is done, large number
Of people in the East who have bought land around
Enseneda, will lose their money, Us the company
would at once become bankrupt
new comic opera entitled Said Pashaw," the
work of Richard Stahl a local composer, was sue
cessfully brought this week Critics praise it for
originality Of numbers.
Natural gas has been struck at Stockton San
Joaquin County, which promises to illuminate the
city, well to as fuel for all mills and shops
For lack of a fire company and of water. the
business portion of Selma, Fresno County, has been
destroyed by two successive fires.
The new. Southern Pacific Branch railway to
Capay Valley in Lake County, was formally
opened this week, with large excursion. The
valley, thus opened up and brought within three
hours of San Francisco is destined to be as great
a fruit district Yaca Valley. The object of the
railroad company is TO divide the best land into
small tracts, and encourage settlers, who Will de-
vote themselves to fruitrgrowing.