New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-09
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
HYDRAULIC MINING REVIFED-WlNE DEAL
ERS UAPpY-BOYS AS FRUIT-PICKERS.


San Francisco, Oct lSpeciaD.-rhc decision of
the United States Circuit Court, Judge Uhocr''
permitting the North Bloomfield Hydraulic Min
ing Company u resume work after twelve years
Of enforced idcncss is the most noteworthy Incl
cent e the week for the State. The great war OF
tho farmers OF the Sacramento and San Joaquin
VALLEYS against the hydraulic mining wls waScd
with extreme bitterness and ended i'll the totai
suspension of all the mines and the tying up o.
machinery the value OF which ran into thc NH
lions Tho injunction was Iron-chd ana ONLY
few small mines cvadcd II by work a. nlgnt III re-
motto districts. When the excitement SupSil''
IL was seen that if some device were inventor lof
holding the refuse mud ard water uh-
ill the heavy particles settled 10 t'e
bottom, hydraulic mining could pc T.
sumed. The result has been the Invention OF
impoundng dams, which Judge Gilbert Nc" "'-
ciares are effective. These dams are costly, pu'
email companics. by combining, may uae one large
dam and thus take advantage of the LEGAL r'suiiP-
ton Of mining The revival of this great indus
ivy will moan an increase of several millions In
the gold output Of California every year, as w'li
as prosperity for many decaycd foothill and noun
tain towns.
Tho purchase by the owners of the Fulton IRON
Works Of five large water lots at lIarhor View.
II
ror.rnt movement in the development of re Lee
no-,ion of the CITY, The site is very nc1r to deep
water. and is admirably adapted to MANUFACTURING
Tho lots were sold by ex-senator Fair. who. SHV-
oral wears aco. bought forty blocks in this vcin-
inv. His idea included the digging OF big canal
through the tract by which deep water vessels
may come up to the wharves
Tho renort Of the Dublin Exhibition on Cali
tor,ia ;nos has oiven announcement here, for the
p-aisc of so famous an expert as H. d. Hudsoh Is
nraisc indeed He thinks California wincmaFeTs
should devote themselves to sound clarets ana Dur
oundics rather than the white wines, whlch, NJ
saws, are not in favor in Great Britain lie Wa
amazed at one sample of tcn-year-old brandy when
he and other experts declared bore striking re-
semblancc to the best old cocnac. Tho opinion OF
the Judges was that even an expert might DC d'-
ceived by this wine.
Colonel Frederick Crocker who won the $1,000
diamond necklace in the lottery at the big uer-
man fair. Las been the subject of consiaeraoc
chatting this week. because when he came 10
hunt for his ticket he couldn't INA IL. 80 ne
has written to the fair manaecrs to sell thc neck
lace and turn the proceeds over Ia their charlta-
be fund The Croker family is prdverbialiy
lucky Another brother, rot long ago, won
81 900 in lottery.
Miss liza Coolhrlth has BEEN allowed TO retain
hcr nosition rs head of the Oakland Free Library
until the end of the year She was not able 10
secure a hearing before the trustees although
she had served eighteen years faithfully. Her
friend. Will probably secure her another posltloi as
she mas spent all her income IN cducath@ her
niece and nephew, only 10 have the latter uiS'
possess her from her position
The decision i'll favor OF the "double-carbon all
night electric light has caused a sensation on
this coast, as il thought the court would
rot regard the m0dicatiOrs of BrushS patent as
infringemcnts. 1t test case 1Or tne Wnoie
country but the amount involved here is large as
the California Electric Light Company VIII now
we'll as large damages.
J. HcnnIker Icaton, the English adv ocate OF
ch zap Int irrational postage nus becn mere ih's
and was particularly struck with the equipment
of the blg newspapers for rapid work.
The much-Giscussed problem of employing san
Franciscos boys as frlIit-pic!,ers on the Dig
ranches instead of Chinese or japanese, has been
County. lie secured a large number of city boys,
and he added TO their wages prizes OF clothing
Tor those who gathered the highest number OF
trays of grapes above sixty every two days.
With this incentive the boys did more and better
work than Chinese. No liquor-drinking nor Gig
arette-emoking was Permitted and strict dlscip
line was enforced Many of the boys liked IN"
positions other ranches. This success shows
that tact in management IL all that is needed "
utilize on ranches the large number Of idle boys
in San Francisco Fresno County alone employs
1000 hands during the vintage, which lasts three
months.