The morning call., 1891-05-09
FROM SANTA ROSA.
Events in the Garden City of
SOn0ma C0unty-Pers0nals.

Editor Morning Call: The most animated
council meeting of the year was held Tues
day evening. There was a full attendance,
and the burning question before the s0lOns
was, to grant or not to grant the Central
Street Railway Company franchise over
various streets in the city, including part
of that occupied by Colonel MeDonald's
street railway. A dozen prominent business
men appeared in the interest OF the new
company, and Colonel Mcdonald urged,
with all his eloquence, against the desired
franchise. The council finally granted the
new company the franchise, NhereupOn
Colonel Mcdonald notified them that the mo-
ment they attempted to touch any part of
his line there would be war.
The new street railway will be built, not
withstanding the opposition of Colonel Nc
Donald. for the law is on the side of the
new company. It contemplates the extern
sion of lines all over the city. and horses
will be dispensed with aud the Hoskins
gasoline motor employed. 1t has been tried
in number of California cities and is pro-
nounced the most perfect Street-car motor
yet devised. With the new roads and the
motors, Santa Rosa will be one of the best
equipped street-railway towns in the State.
A terrible wall comes up TO the county
seat from Glen Ellen. The citizens of that
place want more policemen, and they want
them awlully bad. A year ago they wanted
all of the San Francisco picnics held there,
and this year they are getting glorious
abundance of them, and they ask for more
constableS and deputy sheriffs III order to
protect themselves from drunken rOwdies
who come out from the city. Two weeks
ago picnic was held there, and some of the
visitors started row. The officers at
tempted to quell the disturbance, and, as
result, all of them have been wearing elabor-
ately frescoed eyes ever since, and some Of
them are not yet out or their BEDS
Over one hundred teachers and students
from here are attending the Teachers Insti-
tute at Petaluma, which is being conducted
under the supervision OF County Superin-
tendent Martin.
Mr. K Cady. the genial proprietor of the
Aqua Caliente Hotel and springs. has bought
q One-half interest in the Grand Hotel here,
and will hencef0rth give Santa Rosa p0r-
ton Of his time and great enterprise.
Dr. McGaushey and son, Paul, OF WinOna,
MIMI. and the doctOr's sister. Mrs. DR..
Stuart, of this city, left Tuesday for Homo
lulu TO spend few weeks.
Miss Halle Porter has returned from an
extended visit with relatives and acquaint-
ances in Mississippi and Alabama
Theodore KeOgh, formerly of the Seattle
Times, was the guest of his old friend and
former newspaper associate Grant o. Rich
Miss Mae Torpy of San Francisco, who
was the guest OF Miss Isabel Donovan the
past week, has returned home.
Miss Lula Leppo. bright young lady of
Healdshurg, was the guest of Mrs. a. G.
Burnett during the past week.
Mrs. +. L. Rue, member of the Executive
Committee Board OF Lady Managers of the
Worlds FAN, returned from Chicago Tues.
day evening.
According to the terms of the contract the
new Hall Of Records should have been COM
pleted last week. 1t was not, however, and
the Supervisors have granted the contractor
until May Goth to finish it.
The Sonoma County Worlds Fair Asso-
citation has made an appeal TO the Super
ViSOrS for an appropriation to meet current
expenses of the association. Under the
law the Supervisors can grant $1,000 for So.
nona County'S exhibit, aud while it is not
known how much they will conclude to al
low the association, yet it is thought that
they will be public-sprited in the matter.
A plan is on foot to give once month
grand parade and exhibition of standard
and thoroughbred horses in Santa Rosa,
with an afternoon programme of races,
open only. 10 SOnoma County horses The
idea is to have grand parade. headed by
band, march through the principal streets
in the forenoon, while the afternoon will
be devoted to regular speed programme.
This will be almost as good as having fair
in Santa Rosa once a month.
The annual reunion of the Illinois and
Iowa societies of Sonoma County will be a
joint affair, and Will be held in Sebastopol,
May 10th.
The new Presbyterian Church will be
formally dedicated in about three weeks
Services were held in the new edifce for the
first time last Sunday.
Mrs ID. K. Gale has returned from an ex-
tended visit with MERGED friends.
Mrs. A. d. Kuich and friends, DR.. and
Mrs. Green and Miss Boynton, are spending
few days in the Yosemite Valley
Mrs. Arthur Harris was the guest of Glen
Ellen friends during the week. TOM RYE.
Santa Rosa, May Sth