New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-04
AT THE GOLDEN GATE.
TUE TROLLEY IN SAN FRANCISCO-CHI-
NESE ENCROACHMENT-J. c. Will
MERDING'S REQUEST.
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San Francisco March 3-The people OF the 70
trero and of South San Francisco will soon nave
ranid transit to the heart of the city Tor Worh
was begun Yesterday on the electric road whch
10 IN RIM in Misson-st. from the ferries at Inc
foot Of Market-st. to Thirty-frst~st. Inc DIE
Consolidated Street Railway Company when Is
largely owned by Southern Paclhc Managers
has been preparing for some time to convert us
present horse railroad in Mission-st into an elec
trio road. The Mayor tried to block the scheihe'
but Judge Slack this week held that the uoiie!S
did not constitute n public nuisance ana as
s,,ved the Injunction. The railroad company
has all the material on hand ana II no dPpe''
- the Supreme Court is made, the road VIII be
finished in few weeks. II Will do much u
bnud I'D the southern suburbs, which now can
be reached only by slow cars.
II NAV have been out Of Difference to the YER
noontors in San Francisco. who celebrate al 'he
NTidwinter Fair to-day. but yesterday there WIS
a furry Of snow which for few moments b"Nr
a wlntrv look % the palms and magnohas III 'ile
grand court The exercises to-day lhcIuoe
"snrarirg or in the Agricultural Building with
roaple sugar imported for the occasion from 'he
Green Mountains. Governor Fuller, of Vermont
delivers the address.
The proposal 70 move three Chinese classes oi
the public schools to the old Commerciai lle"
cohoo, building in Powell-st.. near Clay-st.. has
raised 4 strong, protest from property owners III
the neighborhood. who fear that this change
,.,u result in extending the boundaries of China
town The Chinese have invaded Cay-st. almost
% Powell but the latter street had been pre-
served from the Mongolians. Should they get
,odpenent in this school 1t would not be six
months before the entire block in PoWeil-S'
would he given up to them. with the result OF
serious depreciation Of property values
This wool, more than dozen Of the surviving
Messengers eel brated the forty-hfth anniversary
of the arrival of the California the first steam
shin which made the voyage around Cape Horn
- California. The vessel left New-Iork on
October 8 1S4o before the discovery of gold; bu'
Of VALPARAISO and Panama she was besieged by
,oobs of rold-seekers The old steamer. now
transformed into a bark. lies off Sausalito.
The California Jockey Club this week gobbled
nm the Pacific Coast Blood Horse Association
ard all it's assets. at a packed meeting of forty
ont If goo members Of the association. The deal
n,b;ch had boon arranged with the 'pr1nclpdI
bookmakers was engineered 10y THOMAS II. VIZ
Jams who has run racing a. me bay 1d iI1' ~
trace on the Guttenburg system lie ana ms
friends now want to secure all the prohts 10 ne
derived from big races this spring 50 they DE-
visad this scheme 10 absorb the old ASSOCIATION
end assume its debts Of $4,000. Several mem
bors of the Blood Horse Association protested
against the deal. and an appeal may DE haue
70 the courts Another plan u defeat TINS COM
hination of bookmakers is TO cs'annSh NV
track at Fruitvale. across the bay. This has the
backing Of prominent patrons Of the turf.
The dissolution Of the big hardware firm Of
Huntington. Hopkins q Co, which occurred this
week caused surprise. When the Sacra-
mentO branch was given up three years ago II
was intimated that the main firm would not
long remain in existence For twenty years the
cff he
rial to the overland railroads. Then the hrm
went into general hardware. 1t was one or the
oldest business houses in California. having been
founded by c. F. Huntington and Mark Hopkins
in Sacramento in 1884.
The bequest of 800 900 by ]. c. wilmerding to
the State University for a manual training school
IS thought by the University Regents TO be TOO
small properly to maintain school. The propo-
stion is now being made to unite this bequest
with the Lick legacy of 100000. and thus have
well-endowed institution. 1t is seventeen years
since James Lick died. yet the funds for the
Mechanic Art School. which he designed, have
only inst become available.
William NJ Nelson Of the men who
aided Sarah Althea Hill in her notorious divorce
suit against Sharon. is receiving treatment at
the City Receiving Hospital and will probably
go to the almshOuse Nelson is an Australian
attorney of great ability. who acted as Sarah's
next friend" in bringing the divorce suit He
was conspicuous during the trial. but when
David s Terry became the plaintiffs counsel
Nelson found his occupation gone He support
ed himself for years by writing editorials for
1.-THE NEWSLETTER" but lately his health gave
way. and he reduced to manual labor on a
ranch Sarah Mhea is in the Stockton Insane
Asylum and nearly every one who helped her is
dead, beggared in disgrace
on Monday at Stockwelrs Theatre. James
ONeill will be seen in new Irish play called
1.-THE Prince of Ulster" by William Grear Har-
rison fire Insurance agent of this city. Mr..
Harrison has told the story OF the adventures OF
Shan O'Neil the Irish patrot Of the sixteenth
century who made appeal for his people to
Queen Elizabeth. Those who have read the play
declare that ii has strong scenes and many good
lines.
The Hawaiian steamer Alexander which
reported last year 10 be bent making a raid
the Pribylof Islands, is now fitting out for a
whaling cruise in the Arctic. Her owners fear
there is not profit enough in sealing now. as il
costs eight dollars to land each skin in London.
and prices are SO low that the small margin Of
profit will not pay for the risks