New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-12-01
AT THE GOLDEN GATE.
srMo1,s NEW owNER-CRoCKER ESTATE
Union OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
NV TrIKaRAPH 10 THE TAIBUNE'I

ny TELEGRAPH TO THE TaiBUNHl
San Francisco Nov. 30.-Robert nohner Ni'io
here has done much to remove 'ne go,
ny ,,rfmen that Sunol as good as dead
"iuV r.;oa when she passed into his stable. He
,Ss Nv, his conversation and inspection of the
.ahle Of Palo Alto that he knew the trottng morse
80 ,horoughly as Senator Stanford, and that ne
ounracia,ed the great advantages of California as
hraod;pg place He was immensely pleased with
cr,ors anpearance and performance on the track
although lie saw the feet fillys work at dlsao-
vantage. because the track was extremely heaVy
from the recent rain. She made quarter now
over in 81 LIZ seconds, which convinced Mr.
ponner that she can do a mile in 05 in another
year. Mr. Bonner seems to think that IL VIII
be a close race for supremacy between her anu
Maud s. Mr.. Bonner arrived here last sunday
and as usual, the reporters swooped down on HILL
He paralyzed the whole fraternity by declaring
that he never talked on Sunday for puohca'ioh'
but that he would give them all the information
chow wanted ON the following day. The next
day. accordingly, he talked horse from cary
Morning to dewy eve, and didn't seem to ure OIL
the topic.
The fact that Mrs Charles Crockers will made
M provision for the charities in which she was
interested was known at the time of her sudden
death It's probate this week showed tnau 'iio
whole estate Of Sl1 100000 was divided among
her children. The heirs, however. have seo ap"iV
$500 600 to endow the charities winch Uncii
mother favored. The remainder OF Tue op''
has been formed into joint STOCK company -
which Charles f. and William IL. Croker are tne
I.s. sharabolders By this means the large
estate may be managed most prohtably' ana eneto
will be no necessity to sacrifice the properly III
order To secure its division among the helrS
II is the first instance of the kind IN tnis Guy
amsng the heirs of millionaire; but the eAanpie
of ths Crooker heirs will probably have many
imitators.
The Mercantile Library directors this week ap-
proved the purchase of the new site on the norvh-
east corner of Van Ness and Golden Gate aves, ZOE
SO 600. After paying for the lot ana seOuIhs
, doh, about $4,000 will remain for the new
building From offices and apartments it is ex-
pected that q handsome rental will be derived
The fact that Engineer Bogue, Of the Union
Pacific Railway, has arranged for the settlement
of his family in this city lends confirmation 10 Uns
rsnort that this road will be the first transcoh'
tinental line 10 enter San Francisco as COM
,e,i,or Of the Southern Pacific. Tracklaylng WIN
he hpc,n at once on the surveyed line from FRISCO,
Utsh to Phoebe, New. From Phoebe 1t is an
bounced the road will be built down uhopeh
Los Angeles reaching tde-water at heoohuo
evcr. that this announcement is mere pima 10
cover actual plans for rushing the road stralght
across Nevada from Phoebe to Sierra, and then
in an almost equally straight line to San Francisco
Ray. All the surveys have been made through
Union Pass, In Mono County, and thence down l"
the great valley as the road can be built cheaper
and will be the shortest line between Omaha ana
San Franc,co. As Redondo Beach has no safe
harbor for shipping the project OF making thau
place the terminal point is absurd
The highest price ever paid for Bank of Call
fornia stock was given this week for small lou
at priyate sale, at $500 per share. Holders nave
been asking $500 share for some ume' whle
bids Of s2s5 have been received. The pank pays
quarterly dividends, at the rate of one per cent
per month.
Tho ornaments of pugilism could not WISH Tor
ANYTHING better than the exhibitions winch nave
recently been held here. Every sluggng match
has been fake Of the worst descrlpuon' anu
.ven the California Athletic Club, which gained
name for the absolute squareness of the matches
held under its auspices, has tolerated TWO rank
fakes while at the inferior clubs the shows
o,ven have been beneath contempt. The natural
result. has been great decline in the pugllsuc
craze. and the affections of sport-lOving people
have been transferred 10 baseball. This is TO the
advantage of the Boston nine, which is now here,
and is playing good but not brilliant games
For several years the fruit interests OF Placer
County have increased enormously. In the foot
hills where miners made fortunes with shovel ana
rocker in 40 and 80, may now be seen orchards
and vineyards that promise surer II not larger.
fortunes to their owners. Newcastle, IN ths
county has become the fourth place in Importance
in the shipping of fresh fruit to the East Placer
claims to be the earliest rutripening section on
the coast and 1t is mainly to demonstrate this that
the county will hold fine fruit show IN San FRAN
cisco next month. This fair should not be
neglected by any tourists; it will be equal 10
visit to any frut-grOwing Section since 1t Will IN
clude the citrus and all other kinds Of fruits
Pomona, a floarishng colony in Los Angeles
County, largely settled by English people OF
means. has the honor this year of shipping The
first carload of navel oranges to the East. Or-
anges are full month earlier this season than
before for five years.
From the far north of the State, in the foot
hills of Mount Shasta, comes this week the hrst
iarge shipment of rasins and dried prunes ever
made from Shasta County. IT consisted OF 15,OOO
bounds of raisns and 10000 pounds of prunes
h proves that latitude has little to do with fruit
rowing in California.