The morning call., 1892-09-10

1t is announced that the Atlantic and
Pacific Railroad Company mean serious
business in the effort to reach San Fran
cisco. Mr.. Frederick Homer has received
the contract for a line TO Los Angeles via
Cramer, a short distance from Mojave.
Both the California and European stock
holders have approved the contract All is
signed, the money is secured, and il is the
anticipation that the work of construction
will begin next month Sections of twenty
FIVE miles will be constructed al time. and
as the work proceeds short distances will
be operated for local traffic. The line is TO
reach San Francisco and Oakland by ferry,
and will touch at Stockton, Fresno. Visalia,
Bakersfield and a number of other places.
1t will not DO to say that this enterprise is
the solution Of the city and States diff
culties with the Southern Pacific free
hooters. but IL cannot but improve the
situation. There are other remedies which
must be pushed forward.
a queer story comes from the East about
the twenty millions of California gold re-
Gently sent from the local sub-treasury. 1t
is that the gold in the East, not having been
handled much, offers unusual inducements
to the European financial world, and that
in order to check the drain, it was consid-
cred good policy TO feed the demand with
lighter coin. The story is plausible, but
not yet vouched for.
Mr.. A. t. Hatch of Sacramento has re-
ceived from the master of Queen Victoria's
household an acknowledgment of the re-
cept of two boxes of pears, peaches, plums
and nectarines, sent as a present to her
Majesty. The letter Is penned by the mas
ter in very friendly terms. the last words
served at the royal table, and therefore the
Queen has some notion of what California
can do in Embarrassing, and she is by no
means bad judge. AS we know all about
California fruit here, the best thing Mr..
Hatch can do is to advertise the letter ex-
tenslvely In the East and in England. The
English are apt to initiate the royal taste In
many respects. A box TO Mr.. Gladstone
would have ELECTED some very definite opin-
ions, If only on a postcard. He is an ex-
cellent judge OF fruit.
Mr.. Mason, Commissioner of Internal
Revenue. intimates that short work will be
made of the Chinese difficulty If the Chi
nese resident in this country do not register
and get photographed. He says they will
be depOrted out of the country, and that
Will save much trouble and expense. If
necessary special ships could be chartered
TO afford them passage. There is a good
deal of time ahead before arbitrary pro-
ceedings are due, and meanwhile the CHI
nese will acqIaint themselves with the law.
Steamers with cholera on board continue
to arrive at New York and the quarantine
officers have very active time Of Ii In pay
ing visits OF inspection and in fumigating
and deciding what must be DONE Thus
FAR they have been equal to the occasion.
a fresh step has been taken to provide ac-
commodatlon for passengers who ought to
be removed ashore. The Government lands
at Sandy Hook have been assigned for pur-
poses of detention. The case of the passen-
gers on board the NormannIa is certainly a
very hard one Cholera is breaking out
among the crew and the saloon passen gers
are necessarily in contact with the crew.
Their danger, therefore, is not imaginary.
The risk would have been much less had
they been put ashore on some island or
transferred to another vessel, even II this
had to be done at the expense of the COM
pany. The passengers OF the Normannia
will have reason to remember their event.
full voyage.
1t Is very Interesting fact that there
lives in this city man 90 years OF age who