New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-12-04
ON THE PACIFIC COAST
A WEEK OF STORMS-FOOTBAlL~ SALNA'
TIOv AHNlY-TIIE TEMESCAL TN MINES.

G. rr.,cisco Dec 3-This has been Of
.,o s,ormics, weeks on record in California. for
since last Saturday there has been no day with
ont heavy rain, and for four days Southwestern
OF phenomenal force prevailed. ms Storm uiu
much damage in this city, because OF tht hiusy
character Of many Of the wooden buildings anu
,he moor condition of the sewers The wind early
on Wednesday morning reached Vcloci'y Oh
seventy miles an hour, and for several days 1t
blew at the rate of fifty miles an hour. Naturally
this piled up an enormous sea. and when inc
fuU report of disasters at sea comes In II VIII
be extremely heavy Coastng vessels report 'he
sea along the Oregon coas. almost unprece-
denied The great benefit of the Signal Service
system was demonstrated in the ampe Warning
given to seafaring men, rs we'll as to the iarh'fS
Of the approach of this storm. The Wihd PaScu
havoc with the telegraph wires, and for s"N'Iai
days only mcagrc reports Of the news oi ''o
world reached California. The rainfall has hoC
been accurately collatcd because Of the collapse
OF the telegraph wires but it ranges nom ''rct
TO eight inches fer the storm.
Owing TO the vigorous opposition OF rS'ocn'e
and property owners in Van Nessave, TINS ocau'i-
full rect has been saved from ex-senator f"l'
q 10 road scheme Mr.. Fair was greatly dis-
-'.e:, he fond how general was inc OPP
- coveted franchise, and when ne
san :. & Eat was sure he serslbly Withdrew
his abplicat.,n With him IL was SIMPLY pan
90 enhance the value of his North Beach property
and il never occurred 10 him that any aesthetic
question would come in 10 overthrow his ouSih'S
calculations The spirit shown by property-own-
ers in opposinr this scheme is refreshing after the
many instances of corporations overridlh9 'hc
rights of the city and OF individuals
The arrival of Camp and McClung has given
great stimulus TO college football. Camp VIII
lick into shape the Stanford University team
while McClung will handle the State University
bows. Both colleges have good material. but as
the match between them comes of IN seventeen
DAYS. there is no time for teaching the teams the
art of football as it, is understood at Yale or liar
ward The Stanford team has good material, as
last year it defeated the State University team IN
brilliant style This year the Stanford boys
secretly engaged Camp to come out and coach
Them and had this stroke OF enterprise been kept
from their rivals they would have won anotdler
victory easily; but the Berkeley men heard OF
this scheme and promptly engaged McCiung TO
coach them. When the match game Is played, IL
promises 10 excite more interest than any previous
football contest IN California
The Salvation Army proposes TO ieed l,Voo
hungry people on Christmas Day. Whether this
wholesale scheme of charity is good lhlns Is
debatable but there is no question 'lat inc Tree
night shelter which the Army has pr9yidei LOT
plan would be 10 charge nominal sum Tor 1000
or lodging, and this fee would take the curse OF
pauperism from the scheme.
After all the camor about the failure of the
Temescal tin rlincS, the English company has de,
cided TO increase the capital stock by 100000
shares at five shillinss each. The English expert
reports that the tin vein has not been lost, but
the miners reached the bottom of the deposit
The lode ia true ssure vein, and, according 70 az
experience another deposit of equal depth should
10 found