The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-12-25
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

started in this country and the very first 10
roll sheet tin right from the bar is at the
Paiace. ave first started to make Iinplate in
1885," said the gentleman named last night,
land at that time the capacity OF our mills was
only forty boxes per day. Now we turn out
oOo boxes anu when we are running our full
force We employ 800 hands in the mills alone.
Our mill probably received more gratuitous
advertising at the time IL was started than any
other similar enterprise ever received In this
country. 1t was at the time OF the first Cleve-
land campaign and the Democratic newspapers
devoted pages TO our place, den0uncng IL as
mere political enterprise and asserting that we
only employed TWO men and a few boys. The
present tariff has necessitated our making
reduction In the wages OF cur men of about 80
per cent, because under its provisions manu-
facturers of tnplate in Wales can lay down the
sheets In this country at less cost than we
could make II. AS consequence of our reduc-
ton In wages we have had strike among our
wofkmen for the past two months. Our rollers
under the old schedule made So day for eight
hours WORK, while now they make from So to Sc.
The tariff reduced the price of tlnplate about
$50 ton. There are now between thirty and
forty unplate mills in the United States, and
consumers say they make superior article 70
that manufactured abroad, because 1t is coated
better. II the Democrats had left The tariff on
tinplate alone for few years more the United
States would have been making a sufficient
quantity to not only supply this country, but
England as WELL"
John Lindsay and George Glenn. who reside
near San Luis ObispO, were at the New West
ern yesterday. Mr.. Glenn says that they re-
Gently made very satisfactory investment in
street-car horses here which they drove into
the interior and disposed of and that they are
back TO repeat The experiment. "These
no saaxF haa tf,a
street railway companies, and. as a conSe-
quence, can be bought for almost any price.
Several weeks ago we bought about twenty
head at prices approximating from S15 TO SIS
each and you can't buy the same horses in the
country for anything like those figures. We
simply send the animals down In the country
and feed them up for awhile and then drive
them % some OF he little towns In the interior,
where we think there is market. Along The
road we swap for anything that market
able value, and although our business may
seem good deal like carrying Goals to New
CASTLE yet we feel satisfied with results OBJ
taned."
The management of the California Hotel is
not behind the other hostelrieSin point of elab-
crate decorations and other preparations for
The holidays. The Office bears upon its walls
handsome festoons OF evergreens, with punches
Of holly taslefuliy placed at intervals. Iu the
center OF the Office proper stands a number of
potied palms, which give the place an air of
hOmelike comfort, very pleasing to the eye.
Throughout tue entire house The handiwork of
the florist is notice bic, aud the simple taste
displayed in his work is in marked contrast
with many of the unsymmetrlcal displays one
sees about the city.
E. NJ. Dole Of Los Angeles, who was at the
Palace yesterday, says that company has
yirh Iaru orairo
TO build tunnel through the Cahuenga hills,
near the northwest corner OF Los Angeles tap
ping the waters OF the San Fernando Valley as
lhey pass through the narrow valley of the Los
Angeles River on their way 10 the sea. sys-
TEN OF pipes will convey his water to such
points Oh the Los Angeles plains at which
supply may be required. and 1t is estimated
thai the tunnel which taps the pass mentioned
VIII command he entire watershed of The San
Fernando Valley.
7. W. Allen of San Bernardino who is at the
Occidental, says that the real importance that
sugar beet culture is assuming In that locality
is but little known even among the residents
there. las an inducement TO farmers who con-
template raising beets next year." said he, "the
railroad company has promised special rate
10 those who wish TO engage In IL on their crops
TO CHINO, where the nearest sugar factory is
located. This rate is considerably less than
20 cents per ton, which has hitherto been
charged, and Is having the result of causing
many farmers to engage in the business"
L. B. Robertson of Riverside County, who
recently returned from Australia, says that the
steamship companies here are making strong
efforts TO induce emigration to the Coolgardie
gold fields and that highly colored pamphlets
and descriptive circulars are sent into the inte
rior of the State 10 which the So called new
T. fori,lt- NJ
experience convinced him that NJ man has any
business in the Australian gold fl Ids unless he
has a sufficient capital to establish himself and
not depend upon an immediate income from his
labor.
."rim' d. Mckay. erstwhile the genial pas
senger agent for the Burlington. took passage
on the outgoing steamer yesterday for Japan,
where he goes 10 represent several railroad md
steamship companies and look out for business,
Mr. Mckay made an enviable record as a rail-
road man in this city, and his cOmpanionable
courteous manner won for him the esteem and
friendship of large circle, the members OF
which wish him the utmost prosperity in his
new field of labor.
David Houck. Chicago capitalist who has
been spending some days al Santa Monica, and
who came IN from there yesterday says that it
Is now strongly probable that The electric road
between Los Angeles and that point, which has
been so long under discussion, will be con-
strueted. 1t is now proposed 10 u iIze, under
a new corporation, the old Los Angeles and
Pacific Railroad.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Backus will entertain
their friends at dinner at the California and
will have Christmas tree in the evening for
their son Sanborn.
General Antonio EZeta and the members OF
his family, who have recently arrived from
Salvador, will spend Christmas at the Cali
f0rnia.
Rev. j. r. Paxton and daughter have re-
turn from the southern portion of the State
10 spend Christmas at the California
MIR. and Mrs. Abbey will have a Christmas
tree for their son Alfred in their rooms at the
California.