The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-30
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

| . .;e concealed weapon. 1t was late
at night and the prisoner, much alalio. o.
nrosnect of being immured In some teiiID.o
DUNGEON till morning, begged to De TAKEN "
Judge Princes office. This was done' anu i1o
| explained the situation to the attorney' .r+
81 bod seeT, his pistol." said Mr.. Prince. III
was q derringer, and, though 1t carried ~
caliber ball. had q barrel only about two lhehes
| in length Now the gun OF the prac'ioai
Fresnoite is usually about as long as your arni'
So 1 said:
ARRESTED for carrying concealed weapon
! Ell? Let's see it,
"He brought it forth. dangled II oeIWeeh
two fingers and said to the policeman:
| "sSev. YOU didn't arrest this man for carrying
| this did YOU? This? Now, see here. It's only
| unlawful to carry concealed dangerous wea-
pons I'd be willing to let him shoot ct me
from across the street with this thlng ali gay
| at 10 cents a shot. You don't call this dan
| gerous weapon do you?
"The officer began to grin. J. was evidently
| figuring upon the chances would have
of doing effective work with the derrlnger
| Then he said he guessed was right and let my
! friend go.
"But," the Judge concluded grayely, "if you
| carry sawed-off shotguns around in your
clothes in our town you will have to look out,
| l assure YOU"
| L. H. Ward, gentleman largely interested
| in electric railway construction in the East,
| was at the Baldwin yesterday. He says that
the introduction of the trolley in portions of
| that section of the country has proven dis
| astrous to the steam railroads "This is par
| ticularly true OF localities in Connecticut
| said he, "and the effect upon business has been
| SO great that within the past year the attitude
| of steam road owners toward the trolley COM
| panies has changed from that of mild indifer-
| ence to one of violent opposition. 1t has been
| generally understood that the trolley lines in
| the State had interfered in manner with the
| passenger receipts of the steam railroad COM
panies, but the extent to which this interfer-
ence has gone did not become apparent until
| short time ago, when one of the chief officials
| of the New York, New Haven and Hartford
road appeared before the railroad COMMITTEES
of the Legislature and presented collection of
statistics showing the decrease in the way
| traffic on their lines in the State The results
| shown where the trolley lines are in competi-
| ton are surprising. The decrease runs all the
way from 80 to 80 per cent. In reply to a ques-
| ton as to what reason he could assign for
| this fact, the official referred to said that it
| was impossible to evade the truth, and that
| the decrease in business on the steam roads
was due solely to the fact that the electric lines
| afforded reliable, rapid, frequent and cheap
| transportation. The growth of the trolley lines
| in this country has just commenced and it will
| yet revolutionize passenger and freight trans
| portation."
| Captain NJ. E. Cousins, who is in command of
| the steamer ATcata of the Oregon Coal and
| Navigation Company, and who registers at the
| Baldwin, said last night that the only subject
| talked about at the points he touched along
| the California and Oregon coast, between this
| port and Coos Bay, was that of the new valley
railroad.
81 have been sea captain on the Pacific
Coast for several years." said Captain Cousins,
"and in my experience have never heard so
| many expressions of genuine favor as are now
! given to this new project.
"The policy OF the CALL in getting pledges of
great shippers to say that they will support
theirfriends who propose to build the road is
most excellent, and will herald the banner on
which the CALL has written its new PROPOSE
ton to every eye of the coast district They,
and when say they, I mean the people up
along the coast, are as smart as the best, al
though they are sometimes considered pro-
vincial, and with all their ready money or
other means they will indorse the CALLS sug-
gestion.
81 say this knowingly, as am in position to
be acquainted with their opinions"
Captain Cousins is Yale graduate. He is as
well known along the upper California and
Oregon Coast as any skipper afloat. He says
that the people up that way think that after the
San Joaquin road is completed they will get
coast road themselves.
A. Wiley, proprietor of the Arcata Union, is
in the city. He knows Moses Greenwald, who
was arrested with others on charge of coun-
terfeiting Chinese certificates.
"You can scarcely imagine" said Mr. Wiley
show shocked the citizens of Arcata will be
when they learn of the trouble Nose is in.
Why, that boy-he is only 21-was the pride
OF his native town, and great things were ex-
pected of him. He is the youngest son of fam
lily OF i've eh1ldren-four sons and daughter.
The daughter is the wife of David Wood, at one
time Justice of the Peace, and now bookkeeper
for z. A. Gaynor, in Arcata. Nose was book
keeper for the Excelsior Redwood Company till
December last, when the company cut down
their salary list and he lost his position. He
stood high, and brought letters to the Spreckels
from his former employers and prominent |
business men of Arcata.
HE became acquain ted with Foss, 1 presume |
at the Oceanic dock. for he wanted the Spreek- |
els company to appoint him purser of one of
their vessels.
ellis father, Julius Greenwald, is a leading |
merchant of Arcata, and it really seems that |
fate must have decided to break the old mans |
heart with the fall of the idol of his declining
years.
]. M. Hollis, who owns fruit orchard I'D in |
the Vaca Valley, was at the Grand yesterday. |
He says that the apricots were about all de- |
stroyed by the frosts of several days ago, but |
tnat ne was surprised recently TO ind a few |
trees which showed disposition to blossom |
out again. "There is still good prospect for |
prunes,'' said he, ''and am becoming more |
and more convinced that this is the best /
variety of fruit man can raise in this State
In the first place you don't have to hurry to |
get in your crop when it ripens, and then |
again they can be raised at profit if sold at I
even 8 cents pound. From present indica-
tons believe that the price will be better
than that. have always noticed that partial
failure in other fruits gives the price on
prunes better tone, and think there will be
money in them this year.
A gentleman who has lately gained much |
celebrity in the legal world is expected at the |
Palace early next week in the person of Frank |
Nye, Prosecuting Attorney of Hennepin
County, Mimi, and the person who secured |
the conviction of Harry Hayward recently in |
the now famous murder case. Mr. Nye has
another distinction, for he is brother of Bill |
Nye, the humorist, but it is said neither re- |
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