The morning call., 1893-12-16

OF New York are encouraging to those
VINO are engaged in the curing OF cod on
the Pacific Coast. Two carloads have ar
rived in New England and are TO be re-
cured and shipped to the West Indies.
quite what is meant by this recurring is
not obvious. 1t were better the fish should
De handled once for all on The Pacific
coast and sent to theiI destination ready
LOT she cook. These shipments may at
tract the attention Of capitalists IN the
East, IL the supply of fish in Atlantic
waters is diminishing. The quality in
Northern Pacific waters Is not considered
SO es'lma able. yet there can be very little
nlHerence when cod is properly cured.
mere is 10 doubt about the sufficiencv CT
the supply. al all events, but if the enter
prise is TO be prosecuted on large scale
capitalists will have to put their money
INTO hshing craft and equipment. Other
species OF fish deserve attention, and par
Ncularly nerrlngs and sardlnes. 1t seems
an utter waste of money to go on import
Ing cured supplies to this coast.
1t Is said that in bridge construction
there is tolerably well ascertained per-
centage of unavoidable fatalities, let the
Work proceed however carefully. Some
times this average is far exceeded. How
the case stands with the Jacksonville and
Louisville bridge over the Ohio we do not
know, but fifty lives have been lost during
three years and it has had two very bad
disasters. The accident yesterday is
traceaoe to neglect of making travelling
crane properly secure. A high wind
swayed IL to and fro and, loosened the con-
stfuctiOD supports, and away went this
portion or the bridge, the longest span.
Inc DEAD are SAID 20 number twenty-five,
ana the wounded must also be numerous
Ihls accident is all the more sensational
from the TACT that in A few days the bridge
would have been completed. Ii is Ques-
ton whether the structure would have
Oeen strong enough for its work when this
portion has collapsed so completely be-
cause OF rocking crane and high wind.
There Is at least room for inquiry.
What society regards as doubtless one
more social triumph has been attained in
England by the marriage of the beautiful
and rich Miss Adele Grant to the Earl of
Essex. an amiable young nobleman who is
also wealthy ana who may make an esti-
mable husband. as matches of this class
go. The resident American colony allied
with European families is growing. There
are representatives In every country and
nigh IN station. but they are by no means
all happy unions. This, in fact, Is not to
De expected. In number Of cases BRIDE
grooms have scarcely concealed their true
motive to be the reDlenishing of the ex-
hausted family Golfers, and when such ILL
eontrlyed matches for wealth on one side
and title on the other do not result
pleasantly who is TO blame? Thackeray
denounced with whole-hearted scorn mar
rlageS OF convenience, and HOgarth de-
pIcted them, but they continue and have
become ternational There are failures
enough in the married state within Amer
lea, ana matches cannot all result success
fully abroad.
A railway branch of the Southern Pacific
is promised right into the Yosemite Valley,
with the result that travel thither will be
cheapened considerably and be very much
less tedious. 1t is sincerely to be hoped
that the railway will in no sense spoil a
valley utterly that has already been much
stripped of its charm of solitude and
majesty. The building OF town within
hail of the valley would infallibly produce
the very change that is dreaded by lovers
OF nature. 1t is a curious fact that If any,
thing is we'll known in the East and in
Europe about California ii is the Yosemite
Valley. The fame Of this mountain glory
has been spread over the earth in fiction,
poetry and narrative, and the painter has
done something to delineate its grandeur
but, from the fee6leness of his range, not
a great deal. The passion which admires
lovely GASES OF valley, NAV be carried too
far unless the visitor is both genlogist and
botanist. To the contemplative nature
there are many spots far more gratifying
to the eye in Napa and S0noma counties,
but not of the same character.
The California Military Academy of
Aeronauts has incorporated to teach the
science of ballooning There is little
science in the matter, but great deal of
art ald skill, and within recent years
military balloonng has made genuine
progress. Beyond certain margin of
deviation from the course of the wind, the
steering of airships, which depend upon
tOatage for buOyancy. Is butimpOsslble.
Men like Maxim, an inventor OF rare gifts,
have turned to mechanics for a solution Of
air flight, ana discarded gas altogether.
For army recommending. AMI even for use
at sea with fleet. the balloon is of use,
especially in connection with photography
and rapid development of plates.
The Chamber of Commerce asks Con-
gress to clear San Francisco harboT and its
approaches of all obstruction to navigation,
and to make another survey Of the bar.
which probably has changed some WI at
since 1912. L. is also suggested that
fog signal should DO placed on the north
west FarallODes, and that q fog-signal
vessel should be placed off The bar instead
of the whistling buoy. The memorial is
reasonable in its requests and should be
favOrably acted upon. 1t is not now a
very prolonged work to produce fresh
chart Of soundngs over the bar or any
where on the coast.
The amount of $4,000 is due to the city
by the street railroad companies as the
percentage payable under the terms of
their franchises. This is a good sum to !
collect and apply to municipal needs at |
time when some stringency prevails. 1t is |
not wise policy to allow large amounts of |
this character of Indebtedness to be rolled |
up. although IL is difficult to perceive any |
pretext on which payment could be re-
sisted, and the fran cbises are too valuable |
to be surrendered. A very handsome re-
lief to taxation would have been secured |
had all franchises been conditioned on the |
sharing principle.
Congressman McRae of Arkansas has
introduced a bill to enable the army to
take charge of the forest reservations of
the United States. These are now said to
a~t w. o mn