New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-03

BUSINESS DULL IN SAN fhAN|i"OO-
CROWDS AT A FOOTBALL GAME-IHh
NETWORK STILL. ON THE ROCKS.

NEW-YORk STILL ON lIiT hON'''0'
San Francisco. Dec 2-The usual Thanksgiv-
ing dulness has been increased this week py
vilanous weather. 1t has rained nearly ever!
day and the streets are in such feariui cohui-
ton that pedestrianism is an art Inc "oi'-
day trade has not yet fairly begun ou' '"e
nrosnects for a lively business during Decem-
her are not bright Every one is hoping that
the opening of the Mdwinter Fair VIII prihs
In visitors and money For the farmers the
weather has been perfect. the heavy rainfaii mas
nut the ground in good condition for poueh-
ing. and few days of sunshine will see WORK
begun in all sections on the new crop "hea'
growers are still holding on to their gram III
the hope of better prices. but fruit-growers nave
done we'll. as nearly all have shipped their
products on the cooperative pian' IN 'he
Santa Clara Valley this system OF ehmiha'hs
the m,adIeman has worked we'll and at River
side in the south, the big orange crop VIII ne
sent East by an association of growers. WIN
cooperation of this kind all Incidental expenses
are reduced to minimum, and the small
orchard owner is OH the same footing as the
large grower
San Francisco had a severe attack of the foot
hall fever this week. more than 5000 people
going out the ball grounds on Thanksgiving
afternoon to see the game between the State
a dry ground the Stanfords would have walked
all over their rivals but the wet grass was so
sippery that good runners had no advantage.
The result was tie. as it vas last year the
rivalry between the two colleges is KEEN and
the next contest, which will probably occur in
the spring, will be exciting.
The new Collector Of Internal Revenue, o. NJ
weborn who assumed office on Thanksgiv-
employees. John f. Youngberg. who has been
twenty-six years In the department and fifteen
years as chief deputy, Is to be supplanted by
country merchant, who has absolutely no ex-
perience of the intricate business of the office.
Another old officer who must go is George T.
Bromley. These men are Republicans but 'hey
have been retained by previous Democratic
Collectors because of their valuable experience.
which it takes years to gain
The steamer City of New-York is still on the
rocks near Golden Gate. The Pacific Mail
Company has made a change in wreckers, ana
the pontoon system is now to be adopted "neh
the weather will permit. shipping men are
unanimous in the opinion that serious plumbers
have been made in getting the vessel OH the
rocks Weather and sea were perfect lor 'nte ,
weeks after the vessel grounded, yet all Inns
time no progress was made. Now, should
southeastern spring up, the steamer would be
hammered to pieces.
These are trying times for local theatres
Gtoclwell has been forced to give up his pretty
theatre on Powell-st and the Bush Street VIII
probably shut down soon, unless business i'm
proves All except the low-priced houses COM
plain Of lack of patronage
Six of the Samoan Islanders who were
brought over by H. J. Moors TO the Worlds
Fair are now stranded in this city. They re-
fused to accept the Accommodations which Moors
offered to them on a sailing vessel for Apia be-
cause they said. there not sufficient air
They saw that there were only fourteen SamoanS
in Moors's whole band of twenty mine at the
Fair. The others were gathered from neighbor,
ing islands. Moors is the man who made good
profit out of the shipwrecked sailors at the time
of the hurricane at Apia
Over three hundred Chinese went home for
the New Year season by the steamer which left
here on Thursday. They all have return GER
tificates as the majority are merchants or
cooks from this city. Business in Chinatown
was never duller than now. Many stores nave
closed because the trade was not large enough
to pay expenses.
The overland shipments by the Southern Pa
cific Company from Northern and Central Cali
fornia during October were the largest on
record. They go far to show that complaints
of hard times throughout the State are ground
less In all 76.629 tons Of freight were shipped.
an increase of so per cent over last year over
half of this freight consisted OF green, drled
and canned fruit and raisins. Counting the
brandy shipped the orchards and vineyards
of California sent 49, 900 worth OF prod
ucts to the East With other products. Call
fornias showing for October was s4.0OO,OOo