The morning call., 1893-05-16

able money, but the country can well afford
to pay out So 00o.oO0 for the good cause this
represents. AS soon as l get my orders l
will place my deputies in the field and the
arresting will begin"
United States District Attorney Garter
was as much in the dark Officially" as are
his confreres in the governmental service.
He, too, is waiting for instructions from
Washington.
"Asy yet," he said. "we have only received
the general information that the Supreme
Court has declared the Geary act to be
constitutional Never for moment did /
believe anything else. As soon as the
arrests are made trust we will be able to
handle them. but there is no doubling the
fact that our District Court will find 1t
hard to transact all the business that will
certainly dev0lve upon it. Already our
calsndar is crowded with criminal cases,
and these new ones. no matter how rapidly
| they may be disposed of, will make it
| hard on the Judge and other officers of the
court. All / can say is that we will do our
! best to carry out the law as speedily as
| possible.
ut is quite possible that a great many
| OF the Chinese feel that they have had
enough OF this country and may only be
too anxious to get a free ticket home. In
such cases it is not likely that they will
| care to so into court. Hence, much of the
! trouble that is anticipated at this early
| dav may not materlalize."
There are three regular steamer lines
| between here and China that are ready to
| go into the business of transportation at a
moments notice. These are the Occi-
dental and Oriental, or Southern Pacific
line, the Pacific Mail Steamship Company
| and the Canadian Pacific steamers. OF
these companies. the Pacific Mail is in the
| best position to transport the Chinese,
| owing to the fact that recently two vessels
have been withdrawn from the Panama
run and could be put into immediate
service.
Besides these steamers the company
could at short notice bring the two
steamers around the Horn which have
been taken off the Colon route. The Can
| adian Pacific can carry 500 Chinese on
every one of their boats. which leave twice
month. The Occidental and Oriental
cnuld handle about 1000 monthly with ease.
Steamshipmen and owners were a little
chary In giving their estimates of cost of
! transportation or opinions as the number
OF vessels that can be chartered, claiming
| that 1t is too soon for them to make
prophecies and declaring that it is almost
impossible to give any intelligent idea of
| just what could be done by Pacific Coast
sbip-owners If called on for transporta-
ton for the thousands of Chinese at a
| short notice.
After careful summary Of their opin-
ions, and the opinions OF men interested in
transportation matters, IL is learned that
the 100000 heathens could be gotten out OF
| the country from San Francisco, San
Pedro, San Diego, Vancouver, B. c., and
Puget Sound in about ninety days and at
an expense of less th an $40 per capita from
any Of the points mentioned, if there was
| any need of haste about 1t.
| Ex-Governor George c. Perkins of the
firm of Goodal, Perkins & Co., agents for
the Pacific Coast Steamship Company and
| the Union Pacific's line of steamers. did
not care to be interviewed on the subject,
| but is in Interested in the subject of the de-
| portation-transportation problem.
Governor Perkins did not think 1t posi-
| Bile TO make any estimate of cost at pres
| ent. but said that the company had several
! steamers available. 1--WE could spare the
| Umatilla and City Of Puebls," said he,
"aud perhaps ii would be possible to char
ter the Queen. 1t may be possible that we
| could furnish other vessels, but, as l
| stated before. 1t is too soon to say any
| thing definite"