New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-18
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
FL .ECTION RESULTS-FRUIT GROWERS
AND WINE MAKERS - THE
HORSE SHOW.
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Can Francisco Nov 1.-THE sowness with
which election returns have come in from the
ramote mountain counties makes II impossible
TO tell accurately how large will be the plurality
of the Democratic candidate for Governor IT
will not be far from 1000 though 1t is plain That
this plurality Budd owes to manipulation 81
votes in San Francisco. 1t is impossible 10 say
whether Estee was deliberately counted out by
the Democrats but there are signs showing so
much crooked work that 1t Is not Impossible
the Republicans will demand an official recount.
The defeat Of Estee by small plurality Is
most bitter. az it shows that he was knitted by
selfish local Republicans to help their own cause.
The arrival Of F. p Vining, Of Omaha to take
charge of the Market Street Railway Company is
noteworthy. Mr. Vining will reorganize the large
COMPANY and will weed out many high-salaried
officials who were retained when their roads were
absorbed by the big combination. The railr pad
system is now in a transition state. as many
horse-car lines being converted into electric
roads and it will require an able executive 70
administer il economically.
The winemakers of California, after their recent
failure to form association to protect them-
selves and to preserve the standard OF California
wine set about perfeciing a new organization
which should not include the dealers. TneN nave
met with greater success than they anticipated
and this week hfty-three large winemakers signed
the articles Of the Association. They represent
five out Of the eight million gallons OF WINE Wnich
II is deemed necessary TO control The object OF
the Association is 10 establish a fair price Tor
California wine and to extend its sale at the
East Although il costs 80 cents gallon to i'm
mort French wines yet California producers have
from a
cents a gallon for good wine which ought to
bring 90 cents. At the rates which several
big dealers have forced producers to accept this
season there is actual loss in growing grapes
and making wine. The outlook for the Assoca-
lion is good especially this seasons vintage
will rot amount 10 more than l25,000.o0O gallons
and the stock held over is not more that 2OooOoO
gallons
A determined effort will be made by Caiifornia
fruit growers to obtain lower freight rates to the
East This season. barring the losses by the
strike the crop ought to have Melted handsome
returns but the Newcastle shippers declare
thev barely paid expenses because of the eX-
cessive rates charged for refrigerator cars. Tho
same complaint comes from NacaVliIe 9acra-
mento San Jose and other places from Wmch
fresh fruit is sent East. Next week a STATE
convention of fruit-growers is to be held at Sac
rsmento and one of the results will probably De
the combination Of producers in order That irui'
may be marketed more skilfuly
The fruit shipping industry may be revoiu-
tionized by the invention Of an Alameda
preacher who has designed refrigerator car
in which oarbonic acid gas will be used to pre-
serve the fresh fruit. A test carload has JUST
arrived here after trip to New-Oreans Al
though nearly two weeks in the ear. the fruit
IL in good condition.
The sale Of pictures. sculptures and other
works of art collected by the late Mrs. Jane
Johnson fetched THIS week nearly 100000.
The large paintings brought the poorest prices
for. though she had a few choice picturess the
great majority had been painted to order by
local artists. and cost five or ten times their
real value The Oriental vases. bronzes and
laces were sacrificed. One OF the curious feat-
ures Of the sale is the controversy which mas
arisen over the genuneness of a picture en-
titled "Autumn's Gifts" by Hans Makart. This
picture was coveted by two young millionaires'