The morning call., 1892-06-14

diploma, honestly obtained after study and
examination. II sent to Jail for not possess
ing the ordinary mundane qualifications for
the treatment of the sick, liis punishment
might operate as an exemplary warning TO
the numbers of good people unfortunately
endowed with feather brains and penchant
for the supernatural
The more the merrier This will be the
exclamation of most people when they read
the joyful news that the railroad engineer
is eagerly studying our promised land and
running lines in various directions conyerg-
ing upon San Francisco. Assurance is
strong that the Great Salt Lake project
through Nevada from the coast. and from
Salt Lake in touch of many routes, has
been formed TO stay. 1t is also said that the
Santa Fe Company are bent upon having
free hand for through traffic. A further
announcements is made that company to
be called the San Francisco and Atlantic
will incorporate within 90 DAYS, by which
there will be fresh route to Los Angeles
and junction for Eastern traffic with the
Atlantic and Pacific at Cramer, which is 80
or 80 miles southeast of Mojave. This pro-
poSal is Independent OF the Santa Fe deyel-
opment. ferry is to run between San
Francisco and Alameda. There are so
many railroad schemes in the air that the
cautious citizen must not be too sure that
the Southern Pacific has not a spoke IN the
wheel Of some of the ideas. The people
must await developments.
The robbers who walked away with &c.,
600 on Berkeley train are still at liberty.
but possibly timorOus about breaking in
upon their pile riotousy lest they betray
themselves. What would have been the re-
suit had the money been in silver instead of
gold? They could hardly have lifted it so
easily, and the horse would not have trotted
of at the gait of a speeder Silver men
may take some consolation from rejecting
that had there been more silver and less
gold two men could not have perpetrated
the job. On the other hand two employees
could not have undertaken the transpOTta-
ton from the bank 10 the works. Even for
short jiurneys of this kind there ought to
be some better provision made for the safe
custody Of coin than carrying it in a grip
sack. But it is impossible to suggest any
device that would give absolute security.
The Southern Pacific Company appears to
be working hard to make Santa Monica
favored port in its own interest, and is
managing Congress artfully to achieve its
purpose. This of course is not in politics.
The company is out of them. But the peo-
pie of Los Angeles do not believe so, and
they ara pulling together strenuously to
make a good port out Of San Pedro, and
their representations TO Congress on what
should be done ought to tell. AS against
monopoly the voice of the people has an
honest sound for just purposes.
At the Chicago Fair a package depart
ment is TO be constituted wherein mothers
may leave their babies in charge and receive
a check in exchange. Beyond the check
probably nothing will be guaranteed but
ordinary watchfulness over the pulling
mites. It requires no fight Of the magma
ton to conceive that the democratic and
fTateTnizing habits Of children themselves
may mix the labelling somewhat, in which
event the production of the wrong baby to
an ag0nized mother will produce a row that
even the shrek of steam whistles would
not drown. Actions for damages against
the managers would lie for substantial
amounts, and juTes would be sympathetic
in assessing the grief and anguish. But
every mother may be trusted to know her
own baby.