New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-25
At THE GOLDEN GATE
.,,,c ,r,ox-sM FRANCISCO roSroffioh--
'i''' NEW FIG ORCHARD.
,rv rK,scnArn TO Thf ik ....nrost has Be

SHOWN n', Io,ds and Irrigation. nv 10 iaea
VI ,,.d here teday, but they oD n,,or their work
arr" .',hus.sm of CalfornIan' o' rnanoiecans
OF 'ne sola.ton Of prominent o"u no ga
irow 'i. .Sar A. Reno, and rom 'lo ;,riao-
.na0 me- ,o,.co Chronicle suppienie"' ntber
Oh" "a IL, results in oaiiiorn'% .as issued |
uon a s+s,es and territories wh'0n :, ''.,, sur.
"esU,. .,' NTH many illustrations ~ n,sors
yes'e ''.n ad CaIifonians 10 reau VI v"' C.Yn~oao
prs. =, water or the edges OF inc ov .ia~,, !
~ Moiavf deserts, as wen as III a.. ooua,,,orto
90 and the San Joaquin anu =, 49, |
'.oI,.,-s 1 rough estimate OF the in0i."s 60
valleys. uroved land BY irrigation is from 81 o
n 81 90 81 acre. .s,,,.s -
ref1 .h;.h +he committee will see on this
irrisa - riverside. in San Bernardino County,
eosss ,,anted almost entirely TO oranges and
eO,V-s ..pes On land which was regarded oy
f"'' as an only for pasture. Now unimprovcd
ss.ps readily there from $500 an acre, while
~" o-arre groves bring from $4,000 TO
nnn an acre. For more than ten miles the
- ,venue Of Riverside is shaded with mag
",,as nenner trees. and fan palms, and lined with
t,e,,re honses set in orange groves. Equally
;r,or<tinp though still in its infancy, is the de-
,olo,nent of the MERGED plains, in the heart OF
81. Sn JOAQUIN Valley, by means of seventeen
milo canal. the largest work of the KIND IN inc
COUNTY,.
A, carly change in the management OF the
nost,fjce here is expected. owing to the Damaging
results of the investigation into the alleged vlo-
hton of the Civil Service law during the iase
election. Charges were made then that fos,-
master Bryan and several other officials lorceu
CLERKS and carriers TO make Contributions u 'he
Democratic election fund. These charges were
cloa,,v established but it is only recently that
the Government has taken up the matter haii'
wav Mail Superintendent Weller and Others are
taking testimony now, and the facts pear heaVHs
against Bryan and his subordinatcs. A change OF
management is needed here as the office impera-
lively demands a good executive officer at ltS
head. and more efficient help Newspaper mall
is frequently day behind in distribution.
Surveyor-General Hammond will retire from OIL
fee at the end of the year TO engage IN the reai
estate business There will be many applicants
for the place, but 1t is not yet decided VINO VIII
lie Mr. Hnmmond's successor
Three more lepers were found in Chinatown
this week. The authorities will close up the ola
Chinese hospital in Pne-st, which has become
an asylum for lepers and coolies affected With
other loathsome diseases
Felix O'Brien, who acted as messenger for
Juryman Eaton, and tried TO drive a bargain
by which Eaton was TO get $500 for his vote, was
convicted this week Both will be sentenced next
Monday.
Miss Amelia Taubles, young bohemian, being
about to visit N,r old home, this week obtained
papers, as she thought they would
give her better protection on the Continent. She
recited portions OF the Constitution and showed so
much general political knowledge that the Judge
expressed his regret that he could not give her the
night to vote.
The Handel and Haydn Society produced on
Thursday night at the Grand Opera House Sir
Arthur Sullivans cantata, The Golden Legend" |
Tie performance praised by the local musical |
critics.
Hugo Toland, whose brother was the founder
of the Toland Medical College here, and whose
mdher is we'll known as the author OF several
loyg poems has made a hit at the Bush Street
TRatre in The Burglar"
Mrs. Eister, niece Of the Rev. DR.. johnson. is |
leturing temperance in Chinatown. Beer and |
wiskey have been the favorite tippe OF the high |
biders lately, and this female reformer expects |
tpersuade the Chinese to refrain from their drink
iT, which is the direct result oil the stoppage OF
oium smuggling.
Wholesale fruit dealers this week dumped 5000 |
fe fresh melons into the Bay and let them go !
ct with the tide, to prevent Cutting the |
mrket. The price reached % cents per crate,
wch would not pay for the freight and drayage.
Mer dumping tLis cargo the price rose TO 40
oats for crate Of twenty melons
THE cornerstone was laid this week of the Old
Eople's Home erected by Mrs. Charles Crocker,
j. memory of her husband. The building Will
Is an ornament to the city, and has the novel
future Of large inclosed courtyard
Several large grape growers in st. Helena have
enbined to establish a distillery, and will put
81 the surplus grapes into brandy this season.
In plan has been adopted in San JOSE
Woodland and Santa Rosa, that there is no
dagger of the small growers being forced 10 sell
thir grapes at sacrifice this year.
The first auction sale of really choice California
wies will be held here next week. The wine
coles from c. A. Wetmore's vineyard, and the
sal is made as an experiment. II good prices
arc lized, other winemalSers will send cOnsgn-
mats, and the sales will become q feature
larger amount of California fruit has been
shipped TO the East thus far this season than last
bu the number OF special fruit trains of ten cars
eah has been less Last year, up TO August lC
twnty five were sent, and this year only sixteen ,
Marty so per cent of all the green fruit shipped =
Est goes from Sacramento, while Vocaville and !
Sm jose are good seconds The pack of canned
while the dried fruit pack will greatly exceed f
LIST years. s.
Next winter syndicate of Chicago and Phila- "
dlphia fruit dealers will plant at Pomona Los Fl
Angeles County, the largest fig orchard in the |
Trld Two hundred acres will be put into the d
choicest Smyrna and Syracuse figs. The syndicate :
Expect TO produce dried figs fully equal to the
frnia from Shasta 10 San Diego, and generally :
poduces two crops year. +
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