The morning call., 1893-07-19

Vice-Presdent Stevenson is certain to
be impressed with the wonderful sight
of San Francisco Bay as his steamer
passes inward from the Golden Gate.
There is not as much shipping as usual
at anchor, but what there is will surely be-
gay with bunting. and the line of the
Tharves will at least be picturesque. The
season has not the charm Of springtide,
but The brown of the hills, combined with
a tender, delicious haze. harmoniZes well
with the blue, green and purple tints of
the bay and the luminous. soft sky. Such
magnificent environment no other great
city of the republic possesses, and the
musings of a stranger as he feels the in
f1uence of the scene are. apt to take the
shape of asking whether he is not setting
foot on a foreign strand with strange char
acteristics. The Atlantic and Pacific
Goa SITS abound in contrasts. With the cor
diality of his welcome the Vice. President
will not feel himself stranger.
The frightful crossing disaster In Chicago
emphasizes the imperative need OF a
change in its railway approaches. A
fatality truly horrible results from using
the streets for 30 many lines. and at the
same time permitting car traffic. How
the railway system is to be lnended over
so fiat region, where neither excavating
nor embapkments or arches are strictly
necessary is no easy question to solve.
New York, although very difficult of ap-
prOach. is said to have comparatively few
accidents because there Is some tunnelng
and the lines of the New York Central are
below the ordinary level and therefore
completely incosed. The misfortune of
Chicago is that everybody may stray over
the tracks, and there Is only the shrek of
1. til Oh, @f
warning of danger. Chicago will set
these troubles right some day, just as it
will its sewage and water supply.
II the report be true President Hill of
the Great Northern has forward ideas Of
what the trade of the Orient may become
to this country. 1t is said he is about to
charter feet OF steamers with which to
engage in trade with all the incipal
ports of Eastern Asia. but it is surely ex-
aggeration that he is to have as many as
thirty. One OF these steamers is to carry
as much cargo as any vessel afloat. This
is saying good deal, for already there are
vessels capable of carrying five or six
thousand tons. and what such steamers
are wanted for in the Oriental trade is not
clear. But Mr.. Hill is a farseeing man,
as he has shown in the construction,
and on a cash basis in the same fashion
he may astonish the world in steam navi-
CATION. The Great Eastern Steam Navi-
CATION Company is an attractive title to
trade under, for although the colossal yes
sci Of that name was unfortunate it had
more celebrity than any ship ever floated
except Noah's ark. Competition in the
Pacific Is good thing for business. 1t
ought to divert a good deal Of 1t which
now passes through the Suez canal.
The flag lieutenant of the British squad
ron on board the Victoria has given evil
dence that Admiral Tryon, after the COL
lision. said 1T is all my faalt." The con-
sciousness that the maneuver which be
ordered was close shaving under such near
proximity of the columns may have rem
dered him quite Indifferent to what hap
pened to himself. He made no effort to
get off the bridge. and very few of those
who did not jump over the side before the
plunge were saved. Had there been five