The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-02

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Every voice that. makes Itself heard in
these days is in favor OF advancement and
improvement. : s = :: =. =: n,
Improving the streets is onesof the best
ways of inducing capitalists TO improve:
their property :.: If. {. :..
If you wish toadd to the signs of revival.
Just sign the pledge: of your business to the.
San Joaquin road. -> : ..@-.:.
While We are talking OF sunshine and
business the people of the East are still.
absorbed in billiards. and politics. !.
Beyond all question, San Francisco. at
the present time is" the most enterprising
and progressive City in the Union. s.. =: !.
feither beer or praise has any effect on
Bismarck, hewill: probably arise. his morn
ing with the. biggest head in Europe. =-:...
Nebraska swept by snoWstorms and In
diana by forest fires is=the way the. reports
from the East blew hot and cold Yesterday y.
Since 1923 the =Gubans have" made five.
attempts. to throw. off the Spanish yoke,
with no other result. than tthatof. making
the island dearer to SPAIN. .. ..;@
If Uncle Sam: has read the proceedings
of the various State Legislatures this. win
ter he viii know where to go for fighting.
men when he wishes them. .-. " 81
Do not.lose sight of the fact that the prr-.
chase of California goods means the. reten-
ton of thousands Of dollars within the
State to help local: business. : .: .. INK.
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Now that Harvard is: practically: out of:
the intercoIe gate football games, a prop
osition has beer. started there to: get up. q
whist tourname with two or three lead
ing colleges by way Of. keeping up. the fame
of the university s. Hill. ..:., Z =..
: The Stockton Nal strike IS the. keynote Of
. the wonders which the Valley road will
work when it declares that Stoekton5Is sin.
the center Of. a region of ma gnifce re-
sources not one hundredth part of which.
has; been developed. '': .... ... 81.
Three good things are=to. the front this
week, subscribing to the stock of the San.
Joaquin road, giving the right of way and
signing the pied ge* to give business to.it.
Some people haveit in their power to do
all of these things and nearly everybody
can do one of. them. :. IS: :: = :..
Blythe census of 1890 the. population of
Cincinnati. was 296, sos. Since: that time,
however, the city has Incorporated several:
suburbs and now claims $50, 900. This is:
the way. Eastern cities extend themselves
and manage: to keep ahead of their West
ern rivals, where there are noopp ortunities
for increasing population IN that May. !.
The suggestion of a French sayant to
test the theory of boring to ascertain if the
earth. has a:molten interior raises .theques-
ton of what would be the best material.
out Of which to make an anger that would
Withstand the heat. Ice is pretty hard,
and it might prove efficient till asuhter-
ranean temperature of $685. degrees is
reached, when beeswax= might be used to.
advantage. 81: It: =
A curious political i'm broglio is reported
from Lexington, KY, where a Chinaman,
Sam .Woi Tai, has been denied the right to
file petition as an independent candidate
for Mayor. Sam, ofcourse, is not q citizen
of the United States, and it Is hard to un-
derstand how he got signerst to his petition,
but he got them just the same, and is now
posing as reformer eager to put the city
through the laundry process and wash all,
the political dirty linen in sight. !.
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In poll of the Massachusetts Legisla-
ture taken by the Boston Post, as to the
Presidential preferences Of the mem bers
out of 80 Republican members 80 voted for
Reed, and only two votes were given for
Mckinley; while out of 81 Democrats,
William E. Russell. received 81 votes and.
Hill Is. These straws are interesting at
this time only as an exhibit of theway the
New England States are amusing them
selves with politics while the great West is
attending to business. {. Fl
Speaking of railroad passes in an inter-
view the other day, Chauncey .Depew said ::
81 have known case, where a. pass: judi
ciously given rescued: man from environ
ments of total deprayity and placed him
where he now has a fair chance to become
President of the United States.'' This is
the best story Depew ever told. The rail-
road pass as means of political advance
ment is well understood but. as means of
redemption from depravity it. is a novelty.
We have all elements OF arousing romance
here and Chauncey should write book.
1.-The latest idea in the way of canal en-,
cheering is proposal to dispense with
the twenty-four locks in the Welland
Canal leading from Lake Erie to Lake On
tario. and to make the whole drop of 326
feet between these two lakes in two pneu-
matte balance locks, built of steel, operated
by compressed air, and large enough to
admit vessels of ocean draught. II is
rather curious. that in an age which pro-
jects feats of this kind, there should be
people able to read and write, who deny
that modern engineering is capable. of
building dam that will impound the de-
bris of an ordinary stream, or of construct
ing canal to carry itoff.