New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-29
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
EASTERN TOURISTS-BUSINEsS REVIVAL
AMERICAN-MADE TIN PLATE.
Isx TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE

San Francisco March 28.-EXtreme dulness III
politics has followed the adjournment OIL the ooa"
LeQislature. But the politicians are the Only ',"'
that can complain Of dull times seldom h9s
CalifoI MIA seen more Eastern visitors thah uuii"e
this spring, and seldom has the OUTLOOK ior oioP9
and general business been so good Every ho'ei
IN San Francisco is crowded with Eastern "ui-
ists and the chief Southern California resorts aiso
,snort the rush of visitors unprecedented since the
preat boom four years ago WhaJ maheS u,o
westward tide Of travel profitable to California IL
that q large number of these visitors are seedhS
homes where frost and snow are UNKNOWN Saie'
of property in Los Angeles ana San beria'no
counties are heavier than for five years. and the
planting of orange groves and orchards le nhoic
general than ever known before. In the northern
ana central counties there is the same conversion
of vhea,uAeldS into orchards. Rain has fallen at
sueh regular intervals during February and MaIch
that GOODS of all kinds are in ideal condition. anu
nnless the north wind comes to blight the pros
psct. California will have one Of the greatest
harvests ever known
Oranss-growers in Southern California nave
..,ucL a honanza. Reports of the failure of the
crop in Italy have nearly doubled the prices mere,
and three-auarters of the crop have been SOFA
ON the trees for the best prices realized IN years
Twenty carloads Of oranges leave Riverside daily,
md other colonies are also furnishing large
amounts so that the railroad companies Will DC
pressed TO handle the crop.
Efforts will he made this season TO cure anu
ship East California lemons IN large QUANTITIES.
The fruit is fully equal TO the Sicily lemon, nut,
like the fig it has been injured by unsKlliui
curing.
In San Francisco real estate is held at hsh
urces, but owners and dealers declare these rates
are justified by the rapid Improvement oil Une
city. Two years ago ten-stOfy ouIunis was
regarded as a dangerous innovation In the cl.S'
which had traditions of earthquakes, put inc
completion of THE Chronicle" Building was iol-
lowed by plans for three other structures eq""iiS
lofty. The foundations of the fine NILS ana
Cracker huildinrs are laid and the frame of each
Is ND 10 the second floor, while out on MarKets'
the Donohue Building is nearly completed. Ground
will soon be broken for the ten-story Barron
Ruildinp on the gore lot at Market ana Eddy
SIS. directly opposite the Baldwin Hotel. Inc
greatest growth is on streets IKE Pa yh;ch
has been brought within half hour OF the pusl-
ness centre by cable roads.
Much interest has been excited here by tne
display of several ingOts of Call1ornla TN Sneco
AZ the new mines in San Bernardino County
The DEVELOPMENT of these mines is due dlIecIiN
10 the Mckinley BILL but the success oil the
new enterprise is assured by new process o. 81
,stimated that these mines will soon yield enough
tin to supply all the home demand and thus ,i cut
Senonstration of the value of the Mckinley bill,
which has appealed to thousands of CafOrnians
The Bostonans in Robin Hood received
warm welcome this week and the Baldwin has
been crowded every night with lovers Of good
music EQUALLY crowded has been the California
with people who laugh over Hoyts Texas Steer. -
Rich gravel has been fonnd in the Bald NOM
tain extension and the Wide Awake Mines III
Sierra County These discoveries prove the eX
istence of an extensive channel of gravel which
will benefit the whole county.