The morning call., 1894-05-12
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

gave of the organization Of tile State govern
ment OF California;" said A. ID. Neeey OF lne
city mentioned yesterday. general Mcklnstry
was on the Mexican boundary commission 10
l849 and when that broke up OF account OF
the gold excitement which carried away All Tue
labofefs, he came TO Sas Francisco. The gen.
eral says that on their arrival here they found
the haf Dor covered with all sorts of ships at an
chor which had arrived with Immigrants ana
which were unable TO return because their
crews had all deserted and ran Of TO the golo
mines. Inls city, he says, then eonslsteu oI
TWO OF three adobe houses surrounded by sanu
nils. and the Territory was then controlled Dy
the military, under command Of General Riley
Ibe military, the general said, were anxious 10
get ria OF their governmental authority, ana the
lnhux of mmg' ants was so great that When
the cry fof State government was started IL
was taken up by the people. and call Tor a
convention was imme dlaiely Issued. Every
body voted at the election for a convention VINO
mad just landed or been but "a hours on the
coast. Inc purport OF the generaPs story OF
subsequent events was that the delegates were
duly elected and assembled at Monterey.
adoped the new constitution. applied for ad-
mission into the Federal Union as a Stale and
1t was admitted. Following the political change,
he said, gold dust became drug. Everybody
seemed to have plenty of gold dust with no coin
women no females either. Everything in the
eatable line was enormously high. potatoes
bringing 81 pound, flour at times $500 or S4OO
barrel. pork likewise, and brandy $50 AZ
Ion. weekly steamer from Panama was lne
only regular means OF communication Win the
outside world, and ships coming around the
Horn with supplies were from 125 10 13O days
in Ing the trip. Restaurants In tents
sprang up all over the hills, said the genera,
and they charged you from 81 80 TO 81 80 for
dinner. 1t cost $40 TO get your trunk carried
from the boat TO tent, BARRIERS charged 81 DO
for shave and lawyer $50 for drawing deed.
number OF interesting stories were told OF
John Nugent who esta blished a paper here
called The Herald and who was twice badly
wounded In duels brought about by the caustlc
nature of his publications."
NEARLY every travelling man has at some
time suffered from the pernicious activity or In
activity OF the baggageman." said y. L. Morr-
son. a Chicago knight of the grip, at the Palace
yesterday, land in many instances the damage
done is considerable. A man who carries
line OF samples OF a fragile nature is sure TO
meet with loss. and the aggregate amount OF
the losses al the end of a year makes very
pretty little sum. Down through Texas and
SOM OF the Southern States the railroad men
seem 10 have an inbred antipathy TO the COM
mercial mans baggage. At many stations they
don't take The trouble to wheel truck up to
the car-door. but simply dump the trunks out
upon the platform. have TREND who repre-
sents Cincinnati tobacco and cigar house who
has invented novel and, he claims, an effect
i've plan OF restraining the destructive impulses
of the baggageman He carries besides his
cigar samples a full line OF pipes and other
fancy articles, aud it was not so much from ac-
tual brrakaee that bis goods suffered as from
the terrible shaking-up which they at
times were compelled TO undergo. On the in-
side OF the lid OF his trunk he has fitted up an
ingenious eock-ke cOntrivance which when
in operation elevates into a small, partially
round framework in the lid good cigar every
three hours. Anybody can remove the cigar
from the frame, Dut the mechanism of the con-
triyance is such that three hours must elapse
from the time a cigar is taken oui before an-
other can be extracted. just over the aperture
where the cigar appears he has notice posted,
as follows: TO the baggage master-Take a
cigar, and please keep trunk this side up and
handle with care.' My friend says the scheme
works to perfection and costs much less than
the aggregate OF his former losses"
"a question which is troubling railroad Off
cials all over the country not a little is how to
prevent trainmen from visiting saloons" said
Southern Pacific official yesterday. "All the
superin iendeDts Of motive power and master
mechanics / know of are In favor of strict dis
cipline 10 attain tEs end, but still there seems
TO be something lacking. and however rigldly
You may enforce such rules instances con-
stanIly crop out where men violate them, and,
unfortunately, in many cases your best men at
that. The most practical solution OF The prob
lem, IN my estimation, is for railroad companies
10 provide comforts and attractiyeness In the
way OF reading-roOms, etc., TO take the place Of
the saloons. Engine men and train crews are
required TO spend much OF their leisure
lime away from home and lis retain
ing influences, and were the compa-
MES TO provide plain. free, clean sleeping
places near the rOundhouses it would, in con.
nection with readng-rooms, have good infiu-
ence When suitable buildings cannot be
secured The plan OF Chicago road can be
adopted. Near the rouDdhOuse In Chicago of
the road l have In mind, an old passenger
coach has been fitted up with a stove hunks
provided with mattresses and blankets and
crew when coming off The road with only few
hours 10 spend at the terminal 90 TO the
hunks and get a good rest. On the register
opposite his bunk selected the name of the
occupant appears, and also the time he is to
be called, and by this arrangement the caller is
saved many hours of search for crews, which
largely offsets the cost Of maintaining the
sleeping place."
up about Atchison Kans.. the residents are
quite nervous about the vagaries OF the Mis-.
souri, River" said l.. NJ. Paine OF Omaha yes
tprday. "Qnite recently 40acre tract OF
land. in The locality mentioned belonging to
the chief justice Of The State, quietly slid into
the muddy current and Is now beyond reach of
lequsition. About twenty years ago big
briuge was erected a. Atchison at cost of
almost 100000. OF which amount the city con-
tributed one. fifth. IL is now said that If the
ravages OF the river do not cease aud the chan
mel of the same changes. as 1t threatens to do
the bridge will be worthless. Some three miles
east of Atchson, in Buchanan County, Missouri
is a chain OF lakes, and about five years ago the
erratc river showed signs Of uneasiness and
threatened TO leave It's channel and take shoot
down through these lakes. Congress fortunately
intervened with an appropriation which con-
structed system of riprapping and stopped the
impending danger for time. The dykes put
in. however. were not permanent, and as they
wore onl the big stream began working its wy
into Mlssouris shore. When the Ice WenI olt