The morning call., 1893-01-01

lie luIlOuS auQ hlNlOSl diSITdcteu property
owners have now fallen back upon the
courts. If they do not get relief there, 1t
may as well BIO understood that there is no
title to real estate which can protect prop
erty-owners from raids and grabs by
thieving bosses and raseals who raid and
loot at pleasure.
NO MORE STREET RAILROADS.
There is not city in the world OF the
size of San Francisco which has anything
ike as many miles of first-class cable or
electric roads running in all directions.
Meantime, of some dozen lines here. only
three or four are paying dividends. The
remainder paw their running expenses only.
AS il Is there is now either cable, electric
or hnrsecar line 10 nearly every property
owners front door, and, unless there is to
be car line 10 every back door also, the
Supervisors will stop granting any more
franchises. Especially would is have been
an outrage to have put any kind OF
a streetcar line on Van Ness avenue.
One street running north and south
Van Ness avenue-and one running east
and west-G0lden Gate avenue-at least
should be left free from car tracks ard
every obstruction forever. But San Fran
cisco is now moro than abundantly supplied
with streetcar lines for all public needs for
many years TO come. Ii the money neces-
sary to build new and unnecessary city lines
were put into the overland railroad to Salt
mentO or San Joaquin Valley or IN the
purchase of the Donahue Railroad, 1t would
be of UNNECESSARILY mere benefit to San
Francisco, and would pay dividends. which
no new cable or electric line will do for
years to come. for. as we have said, of
paying more than interest on their bonds
and running expenses.
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.
The Republican party boasts, and justly
boasts, that one of its monuments was tha
building OF the first Pacific railroad. This
was one Of the greatest achievements OF the
party named, and will for all time remain
to its credit. The Democratic party has
now an opportunity to forever associate its
name with and TO deserve the credit of car
ryiug out a far greater prOject-a pro-
ject for which all the world is wait
Ing, and by which all the world
will be benefited. We allude. of course.
to the Nicaragua canal. But while all
the world Will be benefited by the con-
struetiOn of that great work. the United
States will derive UNNECESSARILY the great
est benefit from it. This will be patent
when few geographical facts are cOnsid-
cred TO which we have never seen reference
made. The length of the United States
coast line on the Pacific Ocean, from the
Mexican boundary line to tie far western
outrunning peninsula of Oonalaska. is 100
miles. This coast line includes California,
Oregon. Washington. Alaska and
portion of British Columbia. But seven
eighths of it is United States ter
ritory. Trade with this vast Pacific
coast empire must be carried on by sea
chiefly. The bulk of staple goods must
have ocean carriage or ii cannot be ex-
ported or imported at all, because OF pro-
hibitOry rates for land carriage. A voyage
from San Francisco to New York or, vice
versa, requires sailing trip of Il, $40 miles.
inc mn of IN Ia Fri VI in a
Straits of Magellan in less than sixty-five
days. while 40 days is a good passage
out here from New York via Cape
Horn by sailing vessels. The distance be-
tween New York and San Francisco
via the Nicaragua canal will be
1916 miles only. Steamships can make
this trip in Is days, and sailing vessels in 50
TO 40 days. Goods can thus be brought
here from or shipped TO New York in as
quick average time as freight by rail now
makes. and at One-third the cost. Proper
tionate reductions OF time and cost will OF
course occur in produce or merchandise
shipped TO or from every portion of Europe.
Traffic of almost innumerable kinds, cot
now dreamed of. will be called into exist
ence by this canal. Ten vessels will be
found in the ports Of the United States
Pacific coast where one now IS. None
of them will have such an increase
of maritime traffic as San Francisco. Ii
pass the Nicaragua canal bill, they will as
suredly immortalize the Democratic party,
not only in the eyes Of this nation, but OF
the world, and in a direction too. which
even the strongest Democrat must admit
that his parry has not yet acquired immor-
tality-namely, in creating the greatest
work of internal improvement, and of bind
ing the far-separated eastern and western
coasts of the United States and their oceans
in indissoluble bonds of far closer trade
benefits ana mutual profit. The United
States too, will acquire in sofia fact that
prep0nderating influence over the whole con-
tinent southwark which she asserted in the
Monroe doctrine. but which she has yet
never earned By anything very great done
for the benefit of those countries or Tor the
world. The Democratic party having in
dorsed the canal as work to be executed
under control OF the United States, and its
candidate. the President-elect. having also
Endorsed it, the people have right to ex-
pect that it will redeem its promises in this
important matter. especially as tEe Repub-
iican party and its candidate did the same,
thus committing the entire American people
by their voluntary act to IAN American
canal under American control. as urged by
our wisest and most patriotic statesmen.
THE MISSION BAY JOB.
By the late closing of the streets in Mis-
sion Bay the Southern Pacific Railroad will
own all the lard on the water front from
Channel 70 Kentucky, from Fourth to
Sixth, from Sixteenth to Mariposa and
Kentucky to PENNSYLVANIA streets. That Is
dista nee equal in length from Market to
Greenwich on the north, or from Market.
TO Brannan on the south. That portion
of the water front can now only
be reached from South Beach by going
down Channel street on the north or
down Sixteenth on the south. Fifth will be.
closed at Channel street. The railroad
nj fhQ
extra land it secures (ab0ut thirty acres by
the closing of these streets. Their erasure
prohibits the entrance of an opposition line
10 that portion of the city. That was, We
believe. the main object Now, wa ask
the Supervisors who voted for this scheme
how they can pretend TO say that they rep
resented anybody but the railroad company
in carrying IL out. They all know how
they are being denounced for 1t by all
classes OF people. So far as the Supervisors
are concerned the job is complete, but If
there is any Justice ia our courts the scheme
will finally be upset. 1t is not within the
power of local lawmakers, we feel sure, to
close and virtually give away thirty acres
of public streets for the benefit of one cor
poration. A properly argued suit Will
prove that, we think. The job is in summer
weather now, but we think legal frost Of
defeat can be brought to bear upon it.
CHICAGO Boss-RULED.
The politics OF the city nave zoo long Deen
left in the hands of political heelers and
saloon loafers. Chicago, like many another
large city, Is suffering to day from the effects
of the demoralizing In fluence of this class of
political bummers. What is needed Is the
help of representative men to take hold of
affairs and crush out and keep out the abuses
which naturally arise IN the sordidly politi-
cal administration of every large city.-Chi-
cage paper.
ESTATE IN NEW YORK.
Nos 100, 102 and 104 Broadway and
Pine street, being the southeast corner. has
been sold by the Continental Fire lnsur-
anee Company to the American Surety
Company. The purchase price was 81, e40.-
600, which Is equivalent to SIG 48 square
foot, not taking the building into cODsidera-
ton, there being 1898 square feet In the
plat. This sale promises another handsome
building down town. The buildings now
IN the site ara out of daie.-NeW Ynrk