The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-04

Central or Turk-street line of cars ran its cars
over Bush, Dupont, Market and other streets
10 the terminus. When Dupont street was
widened as far as Bush the line of the company
was changed, and the route was along Sixth
street to Taylor, TO Geary, to Stockton, to Post,
to Kearny, to Bush, to the ferry. The Central
line has not run to Grant avenue and Bush
street since the widening OF the street.
PENETRATING FORCES. B. and others, City
One of the best experts on rifles in this city
says that it is impossible to give the penetrat-
ing force of bullet from rifle at the time it
leaves the muZZle and the force at the distance
of 25 yards, for the reason there is record Of
any such experiment ever having been made.
NAVAL STATIoN-Blue Jacket, Chatsworth, Los
Angeles County, Cal. At present there is no
naval recruiting station on the Pacific Coast,
but any one who wishes to enter the navy can
file an application with the commander of the
Independence at Mare Island, and when there
is a vacancy the applicant will be notified.
PoPULATIoN-T. o. H., Manlinus, Onondaga
County, N. Y. The population of San Fran.
cisco at this time is estimated at $50, 900, but
as no census has been taken for several years it
is impossible to give the yearly rate of increase
since the last census was taken in 1890.
THE PAc1F1c-P W. W., City. The steamer
Pacific left Victoria, B. c., as o'clock of the
morning of Thursday, November 4, 1875, and
at o'clock on the night of the same day she
tldIL6rY,
having collided with the ship Orpheus.
SIZE OF. THE DIAL-s., City. The size of the
dial in the tall tower on the corner of Geary
and Kearny streets is 1615 feet for the clock
that marks the time in the day while the
night dial is but III feet. The height from
the ground is given at $50 feet.
SUNDAY LAw-R. W. NJ, City. AS the Query
Column is not in touch with the minds of the
many legislators assembled at Sacramento, it
cannot say what action they would take In case
bill to compel places OF business to close on
Sunday should be introduced.
SIxTEENTH-STREET RoAD-T. L., City. The
survey of the Sixteenth-street Railroad was
commenced on the last day of last month, and
it is expected that the road will be completed
in about six months after the work OF grading
commences.
IN LEISURE HoURs-H. A. c., Oakland. If a
young man has spare time and wishes to read
law with possible view of entering the legal
profession the best books to which he can at
first devote his attention are the codes of the
State.
MARcHEsI - Inquirer, Wheatland, Yuba
County, Cal. The name of Mrs. Marchesi is
pronounced as if written Mar-ka-se, the a in
the first syllable being pronounced as a In tar,
the a in the second as a in fair and as IN
meet.
SNAKEs-Reader, Montesano (Grays Harbor),
Chehalis County, Wash. There are no snakes
on the Hawaiian Islands. A small lizard Is
found on them. AS to toads the Query Column
has not been able to ascertain.
HAPPY OLD CoUPLE.-In the catalogues the
s'Happy Old Couple is credited TO Prior. but it
does not appear in his published works; Inc
authorship is also credited to H. Woodtall'
No SUCH SHIP-W H. H., Oakland, Cal. The
official list of the new United States navy
fails to disclose any battleship named the
Illinois.
EASTER. 1s75-E. R., Oakland, Cal. The last
Sunday in March, 1875, fell on March %, and
that day was Easter Sunday.
ED1soN-N., City Thomas Alva Edison, the
electrician and inventor, was born at Milan,
Ohio, February IL, 1847.