The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-18
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

zone OF the most Interesting characters VI
my neighborhood is the Hon. Dwight Burnett,
said Thomas F. Conklin, who lives at the
corner of Evatt and Visitacion avenue, last
night. Dwight Burnett, as you know, is tue
eldest son OF the late Ex-Governor Peter H.
Burnett, and came to California in 1o49. nc
resides in Visitacion Valley, near the county
line, about two miles beyond South san IRAN
CISCO in a palatial residence that graces d
valuable demesne. He is as popular as ms
father, the Ex-Governor ever was, with Inc oio
time pioneers. He has filed several Tespon
sible Offices, being at one time Associate Juose
in Santa Clara County, and he was Tax COL
lector in that county for four years. ne
started and owned the first horse-ear line
between San Jose and Santa Clare, and was one
OF the founders of the San Jose Savings Bank.
He is 90 years Of age, and, having Wearleo Oh
the vexations of everyday business, he seeks 10
pass the remainder of his life in the peace ana
repose of his elegant suburban home"
~ was noticing to-day that Judge has Illus
trated that story about the frontier under
taker," said Colonel K. B. Brown, in the corrl-
dor of the New Western Hotel last night. 81
happen to know the originator of that sign OF
the cofhn-dealer, which reads, You kick the
bucket, we do the rest The author OF that
Wild and Woolly West business announcement
was Chris Zabriske, who lives in this City and
buys and sells real estate in Oakland. He was
Wells-Fargo's agent in Candslaria, New, sew
eral years ago, and as business was for time
rather duh in the express line, he thought to
exc out his salary by selling collins. A boom
struck the camp soon afterward, and as the
natural result of the good times was TO increase
the death rate he resigned his appointment
with the company TO devote his attention to
furnishing graveyard outfits. The grim humor
OF the sign caught the photographers and funny
artists OF the effete East, and they have never
got tired of ringing the changes on the sub
ject."
George W. McNear Jr. was at the Grand last
evening looking up some big wheat-growers
who are in town, and was asked about the
starting up of the Starr lourmills at Vallejo.
ave have leased the mills and will shut up
the smaller one, with a capacity of about 700
barrels a day, next week. If the trade justifes
it we shall run toth mills before the end of the
season, with an output of from 1900 to 1000
barrels day. The price of Eastern wheat
has got SO high that we expect to
make quite an export trade with California
-four. The trade from here in -four is to
China, Japan and Central American ports, and
to ports in Ireland. Very little ever goes to
Liverpool. Liverpool is, of course, the largest
market for wheat, but they have mills there
and it is hard to compete with them. In Ire
ANiO w Ns'Ai NOAAPStS Ali44ACAS
on account of the heavy freights to Ireland
from there
During the past year and until very lately
the Oregon and Washington fourmills have
been competing with our own mills here in
our own local markets and cutting into our
trade in Central American ports. The cause
OF this was that the basis of all our calcula-
tons is the price of wheat in Liverpool, and
the price of California wheat has been from 81
n x a for, hi n,a in, hot
from Oregon and Washington. However, they
are getting better prices for their wheat and
cannot afford to cut in on our local trade now.
We are now taking the bulk of the trade of
China and Japan and large part of the Cen
trail American trade"