The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-22

you want to know; in fact all my people were
farmers and was born in New York State. My
first railroad-but what does it amount to? Say
nothing about it,
"Your first railroad experience was -
"On the Hudson, Erie and Lake Shore Rail-
road. I came West in 1871, but my first work
dates back to 1869. 1t is OF no Importance just
when those things occurred. However, I am
still in the business, as you see, and at present
have cigar? guess you better say nothing
about my youth" and Mr.. Fillmore went to
work signing his liberal fist to a batch OF passes
brought in by a clerk at that moment quite
contented that he had given nothing away and
that his modesty had not been sacrificed ON the
altar OF vanity.
George T. Cowles, a gentleman from Boston
who is much interested in cycling and who
came up from Los Angeles to attend the races
in the Pavilion, mentioned new idea pro-
posed by the wheelmen of Massachusetts,
while discussing matters of this character at
the Palace yesterday. "You may not be aware
of the fact" said he, ''but Massachusetts, was
the first State in which cycling became popu-
lar, and its followers are very numerous
among US. 1t is proposed now, in order to in
crease the membership of the State division
OF the League OF American Wheelmen, that q
$500 life insurance policy be given to each
member, made payable to the legal represen-
tatives of any person killed outright or dying
within ten days after an accident occurring
while the member was mounted upon wheel.
1t has been ascertained that the arrangement
will be perfectly legal, and the division will
run but little risk, as there is record of but
two deaths of wheelmen while mounted
within the past ten years"
James R. Robinson, the aice king" of Maine,
who is visiting friends in Oakland was in
specting the Palace yesterday, and in answer
to inquiries gave some interesting details
about the ice business in his far-off home. tThe
climate of that State" said he, land the purity
of its lakes and rivers particularly adapt it to
the harvesting of ice. On the Kennebec the
fields are almost unlimited and one reason for
the undefiled purity OF the ice is that the river
which is only I54 miles in length, has drop
of 1000 teet in its flow from Moosehead Lake to
the sea. This tremendous drop gives to the
river current sufficiently strong to carry all
refuse matter far out into the Atlantic and at
the same time keep the ice free from air bub-
bles. More than 800 lakes and ponds and over
1000 streams add volume TO this splendid river
and keep it well supplied with excellent
water"
F. C. Murray, an engineer who has been con-
nected with the work of conveying the stored
power of Niagara Falls to Buffalo, n. Y, was at
the Occidental yesterday. He says that Buffalo
Is ABOUT 10 enter the llStS dS SJeci prOQucer
and that movement is on foot to build four
modern blast furnaces, and put up Bessemcr
plant capable OF producing 1900 tons of ingots
a day. Buffalo is now generally acknowl-
edged to be an admirable location for the
manufacture of iron," said he, ''as material can
be cheaply produced, and the cityis in a COM
manding position to reach all markets"
John B. Reed, editor OF United States Senator
Lee Manteps paper, the Inter-Mountain; John
Caplice, one of the most extensive dealers in
merchandise in Montana; A. Brey, an Assem-
blyman, and John Mcguire, all of Butte, Mont.
are in the city, the latter at the Baldwin and
the others at the Palace. Mr.. Mcguire is the
Oldest theatrical manager in point of expert
ence now living with the exception OF McVicker
of Chicago. He started the first theater ever
opened in Oakland, and was an actor in Tom
Maguire's Theater here in early days and
played with Booth, Barrett and other celebri-
ties.
George Fl. Appel of Sacramento, the general
agent of the California Fruit Transportation
Company OF Chicago, says that there will be
large increase this year in the shipment of
fresh fruit to England. About forty cars have
been sent over each of the past two years, and
all the difficulties about getting the fruit over
in good condition and at a reasonable price
have been overcome. He thinks that in time
there will be good market over there, for
while the English are very slow about taking
up any new thing they are very good stayers
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