The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-08-30

mouth, IN square race down the bay last
week. Mr.. William r, Hearst, the youth
full editor and proprietor of the San Fran
cisco Examiner. has recently taken to
marine pastlme of the Dexter order
Two years ago he bought a small
steam yacht here, and had it shipped
to San Francisco by rail. Strange to say,
while the Pacific coast can boast of sew
eral ship building establishments nobody
has yet designed or built a steam yacht on
that edge of the continent. Having OBJ.
tanned considerable amusement from his
yacht, Mr.. Hearst gave the Herreschoffs
an order for a swift launch of the Norwood
pattern. She was to have been completed
last May. MIR Hearst came here in July
expecting to havea months sailing upon the
sound and Hudson river in his new craft.
A trial trip was made about six weeks ago,
when the boat showed speed of twenty
the.seven miles an hour. She went back to
yard for some alterations which were in
tended to push her speed to thirty miles an
hour. Mr.. Hearst is still waiting for his
cruiser and the season is drawing to a
close. After he gets possession of her he
will have an elephant on his hands and a
mighty problem to solve. To send her to
San Francisco by water would practically
shake her to pieces and wear her out,
To say nothing of delay. She is so feet
long and u feet wide, and, therefore. can
not be sent overland. When | saw Mr..
Hearst the other day he had about con
Guided TO send the vessel down to the 18TH
mus and there have couple of enormous
fiat cars built and run her across by rail.
The road is broad gauge, and there are no
tunnels or short curves. Perhaps he may
conclude TO wait until the completion of the
Nicaragua canal.
While it is possible that these rich people
get great deal of fun out of these rapid
boats, ii is generally agreed that they are
in no sense comfortable All the room is
given up to machinery They shake abom-
lnably. One hour on pleasure yacht of
the Atlanta variety would be worth week
on one of these torpedo launches were it
not for the exhilerating delight of showing
your heels to all the steam craft in your
vicinity.
POLICEMAN's WEALTH.
Police Justice Hogau's extraordinary lee
ture delivered from the bench day or two
since on the failure OF the New York police
| force to regulate the dives on East Third
and East Fourth streets, which have for
some time been the most awe-inspiring and
! picturesque portions of New Y DIRK by gas
light, finds singular commentary in the
generally believed assertion that Police
| Captain Brogan, in whose district these
outrageous denS are situated, has, during
his incumbency of his Office, amassed for
tune of Sl50,000 on salary of less than
.f.OOO pOIlCt pLOLGCIiOu GAlSlS
wherever uniform police force exists. In
other words, wherever men are put in au-
thority there will be some among them
who will accept gratuities for keeping
their eyes closed. But the number of high
officials in this city VINO have saved from a
salary barely sufficient to support their
families are enough to buy country
seats, yachts, real estate and liquor shops
is startling aad not to be overlooked. Now
and then such charges as Justice Hogan
has in effect recently made against Captain
Brogan are heard of by the reading public.
AS a matter of fact they may be heard in
any precinct in this city ct any time when
once the maker is assured of immunity.
Police officers in Uniform and out of uni
form ale VIGOROUSLY to be observed among
the frequenters of the low water street
dives, in which men of the 'Frenchy'' kind
congregat9 to meet women of the "Shakes-
peare' type. And there under the eyes of
these officers, night after night, as an eye
witness has Just assured me, negro men
and white men of the lowest order are
served with intoxicating liquors long after
l o'clock, when the law requires closing, by
white women in abbreviated costumes.
TITLES CHANGE.
The appearance in Wall street of what is
called a new plunger serves curiously
enough to recall the extraordinary ups and
uOWuS VI OuG VI In6 uUSG lallOUS c0afac-
tiers, on his merits, who has figured in that
stony way of lamentation in the last de-
cade. The new plunger is young man OF
dapper appearance, burning, restless eyes
named Atwood. Two weeks ago the world
had not heard of him, and it is not IN
charitable to surmise that within two
weeks he may be heard of no more. liz
| twenty days he is credited with having
made quarter of a million by his turns in
Union Pacific and Burlington & Quincy
While it has been charged that he is one
of the many daring brokers through whom
Mr.. keene operates, the assertion mas
been denied. AT all events With hrs extra
ordinary prestige of the moment, Atwood
is not so interesting a parsonage as A. b
Stockwell, whose suspension was an
nounced on the Consolidated exchange just
about the time when Atwood's name was
first heralded to the public. StockWell is
still young man in spirit and by no means
old in years. He was drawn to this Mecca
of capital from Cleveland as Keene was
from San Francisco. 1t was said Keene
brought 100000 with him. while Stock
well brought $500, 600 only. BY iudicious
speculation he increased this to s., 000, O0O
went into Pacific Mail, became a director
and then president. So masterful was his
spirit and so broad his Ideas in this position
that the other directors became alarmed
and voted him out. Soon afterwards he
told this story; when / first came here
from Cleveland with my little $20O,O 600 but
toned in my inside pocket was known il
the street as plain Mr.. Stockwell When
got it up to s., 900, coo was Alden B. Stock
well, esq. When l became president of tn,
Pacific Mail company l was the Hon A. b
Stockwell, and now that am broke an
no longer anything but that red headed
son of gun from Cleveland :"
JOHN A. CoCKERILL.
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