The morning call., 1892-10-01


ment ever before accomplished, the aggre-
gate railroads of the conntry alone ex-
cepted. Think of landing cargoes Of
our produce from this port without break
ing bulk in eighteen davs at New York and
twenty-five days at Liverpool. Even the
Cape Horn route is now proving this city's
salvation. In our contest with the Southern
Pacific monopoly; but the water route will
be immeasurably increased in value when
tile reduction from sixty five days by
steamer and 100 days by sailing vessels, via
Cape Horn, are reduced to eighteen days
steamer time via Nicaragua. The cost of
tolls. Too. will be very small compared with
the saving effected in interest, wages and
provisions. etc. The people Of this city and
State have some appreciation OF the bene-
fits TO be derived from the Nicaragua canal,
but as yet only faint appreciation. Ii
OF their energies and influence would be
directed to the passage of the bill guaran-
teeing the interest on its bonds by the
United States Government.
The Street Opening Raids.
A Commissioners" of one of the street.
opening outrages lately said that he had
taken no risks in acting in that capacity.
He and his associate commissioners called
in experts" who prepared the lists OF
benefits and damages. This commissioner
b0aSted that he had relied wholly on the
experts, and rendered no service but that of
signing his name to their report. He there
fore is to draw lis salary as commits
sioner" for simply writing his name. The
experts" also, letit be remembered, in most
cases. knew nothing about real estate
values either, and through general incompe-
teney on the one hand, and desire on the
part OF all concerned to stretch out the work
and thus treble or quadruple salaries on the
other, the bills were run up to fearful fig
ures. In all cases. either the conf
missionera or experts was swim
die. If the commissioners were COM
petent. they did not need experts to do the
Work they were themselves chosen TO per-
form, and il the commissioners were not COM
petent. they SHOULD have resigned and
m ade the experts the commissioners. Both
separately acting were double set of hands
f0isted in to do single work. When to
this fact is added the outrageous and
utterly unjustiiable time taken to do work
that one competent man could have done In
One-quarter of the time, the size OF the
fraud on the helpless victims, the property
owners, in part at least becomes apparent.
The victims have resisted the wholesale de-
livery OF their property for plundar, and
cence not only tends TO plunder but will en-
courage the continuance of similar raids In
other portions OF the city.
The Non-Partisan Ticket.
We two months ago suggested that fifty
prOperty-owners should meet and nominate
for city Offices men selected without refer
ence to rolitics. The suggestion was acted
upon, although it was thought best
finally to increase the number Of members
to 10. This convention adopted the rule
that the nominees should be equally divided
between Republicans and Democrats. A
platform of exceptional independence and
promise was adopted. The men selected
ally good. The candidates would have
been still better known. and even
more acceptable. but for the difficulty
of getting tie very best men in all
cases to run for Office. The members of the
convention pledge themselves not to ask
the nominees, ii elected. for any favor
whatever in the appointment OF any clerk
or deputy, either for themselves or others.
No candidate was assessed a cent for bis
nomination. The only debt due the con-
venton by the candidates, II elected, Will
be the redemption of the latter's promises
of faithful and economical discharge of
their duties to the city. They viii there
fore take possession of their offices without
expense to themselves, promises of any
kind, or any bond or condition but
that which will reflect credit on them
selves, viz: fathfulness TO their only mas-
ters the people of the city. We do not know
whether this Non-Partisan ticket will be
elected or not. We believe it will, because
it certainly ought 10 be. Ii it is not, the
people will have themselves 10 blame for
the continuance OF corrupt boss rule. This
has specially characterized the leaders who
have captured the machinery, usurped the
rights and utterly disgraced both parties.
Local reform will receive severe setback
if this NOn-Partisan ticket is not elected.
We pray for its success, and fully believe
that it will succeed. Corrupt influences
will, we believe, make moro desperate ef-
forts than ever before to defeat this reform
movement.
The Cattle and Cold Storage Companies.
The South San Francisco Land and I'M
provement Company, which owns 340O
acres OF land at Baden. where its cattle
yards and ebattoirs are to be, and the Stock
yards Company, which owns a large tract
of land on the bay at Rodeo, near San
| Pablo. will soon begin slaughtering cattle
| at the points named. The meat will be
| shipped by the Baden Company to It's Sixth
| and Townsend streets Geld storage ware
! houses, now being erected there. 1t owns
! two 50-vara lots. The Rodeo COmpany's
meat viii be shipped to its cold storage
warehouses, to be built on Sixth. King
| and Berry streets. where it has leased, with
the privilege of purchase, four 50-vara lots
| The majority of the butchers OF the
! city will De. supplied with meat by these
| different quality and age from That t'3 now W
| supplied to the public. As soon as killed,
| It will go into storage at temperature be-
low freezing point, in perfectly pure
atmosphere, with strong draught The
meat will be thus kept five TO ten days. as
| in large Eastern cities. before being sold
1t will then be tender, sweet. easier to cook
aud vastly more healthy and nourishing to
| eat. Everybody wishes success to these two
| companies and their modern methods oil
/ cattle killing and meat treatment. They
| will give cattle, sheep and hog rasers a
| large. steady and more profitable market