The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1890-02-11
OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER.
SAN Francisco. january 81, 1890. Per
:. :. Australia.


New York January Slst, Cuban centri-
fugals 90 degrees SIS, Granula,ed 6ss.
The local market is weaker having de-
clined i cent since the last steamship
adyices were sent. Granulated is quoted
at 65s cents. The receipts have not
been large.
The Eastern market without any
feature except that the struggle in the
courts over the Trust is still going on 4
despatch dated the Goth says: The
| books of the sugar trust are TO be taken
:nto court. Secrets hitherto guarded as
too sacred for the scrutiny OF the public
are to he unsealed. People who bought
/ sugar trust stock at $l26 are now to be
shown Just what they are getting for
their money. The money has been lost,
strayed or stolen. During the recent
I few months, when from SlS6 the stock
has dropped rSe SO much lead away
/ down TO $50, over 20 per cent was poured
in above the real value OF the property.
I Henry Heniz, one oi New Works best
I known merchants and eN,president OF
I the Cotton Exchange. thinks that he
| has been swindled. and wants $780, 200
I verdict against the prpprietors OF the
sugar trust. He brought one suit TO try
I 10 collect that sum. The papers have
I already been served upon Theodore
[ navemeyev. president of the sugar
trust. The notable feature of his suit is
I that IL involves the opening OF the sugar
trusts bcakS IN court and 4 tOll expo
SURF Of the financial conditions prevail
ing in the organization.
/ Claus Sp,eckels Is IN Washington IN
| the interest vt the sugar tariff He went
there on the sllh with eS.Convressman
FELTON, and the two at once eegan a
Vigorous campaign 10 pfevent any
change being made. Their argument is
that the duty il necessary 10 protect the
new b,,et sugar industry, and FELTON, has
announced that should the tariff remain
untouched he, alone, will invest SAINo,ONl
in the new industry, The Louisiana
aud Kansas producers are also endeaVoS-
lne 10 prevent any change,
The old firm OF sugar brokers, Wllle,l
| 4 Hamlen OF New York, has dissolved
partnership, The business viii here
after be conducted by Wallace L, VIII
le,l and Alfred +, Gray, under the firm
name Of Wille,t 4 Gray,
The raeide Cable,
A dispatch from Chicago dated jan
uary seth SAYS; A cable across the Pa
cihc ocean within year and half is
the prediction OF Acknowledgement Ash
I - I.nanla eel IA
spent some time in this country in inter
esting people in the proposed cable, y
he said. I'VE need it badly. Two lines
are proposed-one from British Column.
bia 10 Australia, an English affair, and
the second from the United States tC
Japan. Both will touch the Sandwich
Islands. can 20 back feeling confident
that one or the other line will be laid al
an early date"
Captain Houdlette Fined.
In March, 1855, the steamer Austria
LA, Captain III. {. Houdlette, plying be-
tween this port and Honolulu, reached
San Francisco On an investigation
being made it was found that there was
an excess OF the immigrant passengers
over the number allowed by law for the
! steamer to carry. which was l23. The
persons found aboard over that number
amounted TO tWenty-seven. Captain
HOudlette was accordingly arrested by
the United States authorities and re
leased on bail. On being arraigned he
pleaded not guilty On January 18th
in the United States District Court, be-
fore Judge Hoffman, Captain HOudlette
withdrew his plea Of not guilty and al
lowed the plea Of guilty to be entered.
In consideration thereof the Court sen.
tened the captain 10 pay $50 for each
person that he carried on the trip il ex-
cess Of the lawful number, or total Of
81 $50. i stay Of execution was granted
by the Court
Snow and Floods.
Inc longest snow blockade ever known
OF the Central Pacific Rad has just been
broken al an expense Of over 500, 900.
The blockade began on the 18th Of
January, though for several days before
that the trains were not run on time.
Snow has fallen almost daily in the
mountains since December l, and by the
18th q January had reached q depth Of
= ieer On the level at the summit. The
track had only been kept clear up to that
lille ls t22C l-lA1c4 EAcllAOAS- VII tur
18th 81 unusually heavy fall OF snow &C
CURED, which drifted badly and the
blockade began The road from Colfax
Cal, 10 Reno, New, about 80 miles, was
completely blocked. Snow fell every
night after that for twelve nights in sue
csssion- The railroad company sOon
found that II vas dealing with the most
serious blockade ever known. Two
Ees--bo1nd trains were blockadsd al
TTuckee and four al Reno, while three
e4st-ho1nd trains we're detained at Col
fax until the full extent OF the trouble
Ezs understood Then the e2st-bOund
trains were sent over the Southern route.
The battle with the snow was fright
hi one Inc thermometer sunk TO 10
and u degrees below gro every night
and IN the dag the sun sOftened the
sDoE. Inc thzEing and freezing soOn
converted the snoE into an icy mass.
The old-izshiOned b1eking pioEs were
entirely useless The only dependence
the company had vas one rotary ploE
! and IN the sbOveling ability Of an army
! o. 1000 lzborers- The blockade was
finally broken On the 30th The Cali
f0Eniz j Oregon road i blocked for 3
Z IN