New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-13
THE TALK OF CALIFORNIA.
SAN FRANCISCO STREET-CARS CLAUS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES BUILDING.
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San Francisco Oct ia strong effort is being
made 70 reduce streetrailroad fares TO three cents
TT,os. roiIroods botb horse and cable, have Sc
cured valuable franchises for n bagatellc ana
.ho oi,, rrade no STIMULATION for running late
cars. so that San Francisco after midnight Is IN
the condition of a small country to"h 81 iar
as cheap transportation is concerned hnoeher
question involved in the proposed reduction OF
fores 10 the Introduction of the copper cent NO
coir smaller than the fve-cent nckcI is recog-
nized here in trade. and the result IS that the
small purchaser pays twice or three tles rs niuci
as in the Fast for articles at the corner grocery
or fruit-stand or retail drygoods store oeVerai
efforts have been made to introduce the CENT ouO
zach time the attempt failed through the hosuily
Of the retail dealers and the apathy OF the pup
lie.
Clans Spreczels is here deep in beet-sugar max
inn IIa comnloins that his jacksonville factory
cannot be kept running day and night as ne en-
pected. because Of the poor crop OF beets inns
roar He has rented large tract OF hnd near
the factory, and expects to grow enough oeets
next year to keep the factory running ior SIX
months He will build next year one new
factory, the machinery for which Is now on i'S
way from Germany. He declares thsC Tue siu"
has not been decided upon. but rumor mas mar
roved it down to Coronado Beach or San Jacinto'
in San Diego County.
Complaint is made by shipping men that they
are nut TO great inconvenience by the absence OF
n Consul al Hakodate, Japan. That port now
does large trade in sulphur, and American cap
tains are required 10 have their papers lndorsed
nv the Consul The only official they can apply
10 is Consul-General GreathOuse, OF hanaga"a'
whose HEADQUARTERS are at Yokohama. lie coolly
advises all applicants TO secure the lndorsemen'
of the British Consul at IlakOdate, although thls
official has power TO act only for his own country
men, The result is that ships papers nave 10 DC
sent from here TO Japan to obtain Greathouses
Endorsement Greathouse was appointed by Presi-
dent Cleveland, and ship captains complain olt-
terly of his neglect Of a simple duty, the per-
formance of which would save them mucn TouoF
and expense.
Mrs Abbje F. PARROT has under consideration
n novel plan for the improvement OF her large lot
in Market-st. between Fourth and Fifth, known
as the Old Jesuit Church and College property
The lot is 275x32j feet running back to Steven
son-st To utilize this great depth, an archi-
tect has submitted plans for building similar to
th4 Jewellers Arcade in Paris The building
will be Il hollow rectangle, the front 9eing 1oul
stories m height and the inside buildings SIX
stories Upon the arcade, extending clear through
the building. will be stores, while above them
will be bachelor apartments and suites.
Important changes will be made soon IN the
Palace Hotel. The sitting. dining ana readihg
rooms will be transferred to the west sue VI Iilc
house where a huge bay window Will De con
structed, to admit all the sun possible In Ihe
northwest corner of the building will be fine
restaurant, modelled after that IN the falar
Royal, in Pans.
The Pioneer Woolpn Mills at Black Point, have
shut down completely, as the mills nave
been running for the, last five years
at a loss At one time 700 hands were employed,
and the yearly output was worth Sl,Zoo'ooo'
II is a singular coincidence that the trial of
the suit TO recover $4,000 from the pondslnen
of Gray, the defaulting secretary OF the haroI 1
Commission, should come on In the same week
that witnessed the sending of Grays chief ac-
complice Collector O'Brien, 10 the insane asylum
Gray stole about sloOoOo was a sent 10 Snn
- was reported that he dying. OBrlen,
who ESCAPED on a technlcaity, became complete
wreck through dissipation Trays 'DondSnen
claim that the Harbor Commissioners who appoint
ed him are alone responsible TO the State for his
steainGs.
The annual meeting of the Bank Of California
showed this year TO have been the most profitable
in the history Of the Institution. as the net earn
;ncs wore S674 gG3 against SiG6, $40 four years
ago -Four quarterly dividends OF 3 per cent ehch
were paid. amounting to S36O,OOO; while the
profit and loss and surplus funds amount 70
nearly 80, 900, 900. almost the full amount OF
the paid-up capital
Edward Entwissc. the eX-captain of the Dub
lin police force who worried here by the
Fenians because as they alleged, he was u Brit
ish spy has gone TO British Columbia. IL IS a
significant fact that, although no British PEN
| sioner can live outside the Queens dominions
without forteiting his pension, EntwlsSle has
drawn regularly $50 per month since he has been
| in San Francisco.
| Four Bellamy societies have been organized
| here recently and all are reported to be making
| large additions TO their membership.
An interesting little manual on Wines and
| Vines in California; was issued this week by the
| Bancroft Company II is Endorsed by the VIII
| cultural Commission, and gives prominence TO
| vinevardistS who have labOred to improve Cali
| fornia wine 1t gives Che first full Inst OF wine
makers and vineyardsts, arranged according to
| districts.
Those who were disappointed in " The Wrong
| RoXn by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Os-
| horne NAV he interested 10 know that Mr.. Ste
| venson never wrote line OF the extravaganza,
but lent his name 70 it to help his stepson. This
information is authentic as it comes from a pri-
| waite letter recently written by the novelist.
General Bidwell has decided TO the State forty
acres of his ranch at Chico for an experimental
forestry station. The tract includes great
variety of soils, and large number of the trees
are doing well.
THE CoNGREGATJONAL COUNCIL.