The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-24
AROUND THE CORRIDORS

l. 4iChCls VI TIC my di GcO-
graphical Society ana also of the Association
OF Civil Engineers of London. has returned to
this city after long visit to Colombia, where
be went In the interest of London syndicate
TO look up lands, timber, gold mining and the
pearl fishing industries. lie found when he
reached South America that be would require
large schooner for his purpose, and was COM
PEELED to 60 TO a Peruvian port TO obtain ii.
He secured an eIehty-tOn ship, procured the
services OF two divers (having been supplied
with elaborate apparatus by the syndlcate) and
shipped a crew Of twenty five men, which III
cuded about the toughest lot OF mixed hands
he ever saw on the deck OF q ship
He was warned by the Peruvian author
tiles that these same men had killed
one captain and cruelty beaten another, but was
compelled to take them along, as no others
were available While cruising along the shores
OF Colombia the crew became so crazed by
drinking sugar-cane rum that be was com.
PEELED 10 draw line on the deck and threaten
any man with death who crossed it In order 10
insure his own safety. He finally concluded TO
go 10 Panama and end the cruise but while en-
route there the ship encountered fearful gale,
which stripped II of its canvas and drove IL 500
miles from where 1t started, to a point off the
coast OF Ecuador. He finally succeeded in
| reaching Panama and from there came TO New
York. he reports many valuable discoveries.
J. c. Carton Of Pond Creek, Oklahoma, was
at the New Western yesterday. Pond Creek
was the scene of the late railroad riots In which
train was wrecked by the citizens. The town.
site was established by the Government when
! the Cherokee strip was opened last fall, and
within few hours after that time ii had a
| population OF 5000 Inhabitants. The Govern
ment TOWNSHIP is three miles away from
Round Pond, the Rock Island Railway sta
! tion and at the latter point the railroad
! people wanted to build a town, although
the railroad runs through the townsite of
| Pond Creek, where the company would
! not establish a station. The city passed an
ordinance 10 prevent trains from running
at a greater speed than eight miles an hour
through the town, which the company refused
! to recognize or obey, and on June the mar
shall Of the town tried TO stop a passenger train
by placing wagon across the track. Instead
OF stopping the engineer put on steam and
| smashed the wagon into sDlinters. This en-
ragged the citizens and they tore up 400 feet
OF track which caused the wreck OF another
train, the killing of many head of stock and
! great injury 10 a number of cars and the ell.
CINE. 1t look ed for time as though a number
| of people would get hurt Mr. Carton SAYS as
everybody was around. The case was finally
settled In the United States courts by decl-
sion which eompels the railroad to stop all
trains at Pond Creek.
T. w. O'Connor OF Las Vegas. n. Mex, is in
| the city for the purpose OF purchasing ma
cbaery for the working OF mica mine located
near Tres PIedras. That place is about 100
miles north of Santa Fe. and is locality
| Astounding In mica deposits. The most vau-
| able portion of the mineral Is called block
| mica and is used for insulating eIectric-light
wires, being perfectly adapted to this purpose.
AS a roofing material it is also said TO be with
| out an equal. One of the mines at Tres PIedras
VIII yield 10 per cent block mica, which COM
mands high price. 1t Is quoted in New York
as being worth In blocks 2xS inches SIS
a pound, 10 blocks 3x6 inches So, and i'm
blocks Sx1o inches S13, which figures are too
| large TO admit the extensive use of the min.
eral. Scrap mica. or the pieces not In thick
| blocks, sells for S12 ton on board the cars al
| the Mines this grade being used for roofing
| and IS also becoming recognized as a good
| lubricatOr for machinery. For this purpose
| the mica is pulveriZed. and when applied "a
surfaces where there Is friction IL glazes them
completely Mr.. OCOnnor says that several
gentlemen OF this city are investors in the
| locality mentioned.
Lord and Lady Churchill took the steamer
| Umatllla for Vancouver yesterday, from which
| point they will sail by the steamer Empress OF
japan for China in a few days.
Richard U. Goode OF Washington Is at the
| Occidental. lie is chief of the United States
| Geological Survey for the States OF California.
| Oregon, Washington and IDAHO having relieved
! Professor Thompson, who formerly had charge
OF the territory west OF the one hundred and
| ffty-third meridian. That district has. how.
ever. now been divided, Professor Goode tax
Ing charge OF The Pacific Coast portion OF 1t, a: