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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-07-25

SOME idea of the influence of
Pope Leo in Italian politics is
given by the result of the order to
refrain from taking part in the
recent parliamentary elections. In
the province of Bergamo, of
36,O73 electors only 1927 voted, 70
per cent. abstaining. In seventeen
elective districts not a single voter
made his appearance at the polls.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-07-25
Horse for Sale.
Notice.

IT THE ANNUAL MEETING Of
"A the Stockholders OF Wn. u. Irwin
x Co., Id. held at ITS office on We'd
nesday, July oath, 1895, the folio wing
gentlemen ere reelected to serve as Off
GERS during the ensuing year, VIZ
Pr silent ano Manager. w q. Irwin
Nlce-Pre- ldent...... -. Claus Spr-ckels
secretary anu Treasurer. w NJ. ,ltiard
Auditor. II. =. Porter
W. ". GIFFARO,
4Oo4-3t Secretary.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-07-25
Timely Copies

In the year 1858 Japan
made a treaty with the Amer
lean Government, it being the
first commercial treaty ever
drafted by the former country
From then on, for several
years, the intercourse with
foreign powers brought to
Japan an increased volume OF
business, and still greater
benefits by demonstrating to
that country the distance be-
tween it and the more civilized
nations that the manner OF
conducting their business in
terests with outside countries
were too crude.
Just at this time Eastern
mercantile houses commenced
directing their attention to-
wards Japan for closer bust
ness relations, but unfortu-
nately for them the report was
circulated that foreigners were
barred from doing any bust
ness in the Empire. Until 1868
Japan had very clark days"
but in that year the existing
form of government was over
thrown and a new dynasty
stepped into power with lead
ers who saw that the future of
the country depended on reel
procity.
Aswe are ALI familiar with their
more modern history, it is need
less to describe their phenomi-
nal success and the rapidity
with which they adopted the
manners and customs of their
Eastern competitors.
1t is to be hoped that their
recent success in overthrowing
the Chinese will not so assure
them of their being unable to
err, that they will stand in the
light of their own advancement.
People saw this is the hn-de-
seicle age, but from the ap-
pearance of the streets of Ho-
nolulu, one would think that it
was the indie bicycle age.
Coming events cast their
shadows before them" as will
be plainly seen by the sale Of
the MONARCH BICYCLE since its
arrival in Hawaii nei. When
we first considered taking the
for the Monarch, we,
of course, expected that it
would give the other bicycle
agents something to think
about. No one, if they had
been asked to give a conser-
vative estimate on the length
of time it would take us to sell
our first consignment OF
eleven wheels, would have
guessed it correctly, and when
we state that it took exactly |
four days, we feel certain that |
they would have asked to see
our books in order to verify |
what we say. In fact, we are
glad we have the books to
show, otherwise we would be
to doubt our own
word.
Such has been the pheno-
nenal sale of the MONARCH
BICYCLE that we have been
compelled to take orders for
bicycles to arrive. This is a
point that we wish to impress
1pon you, that whatever you
nay wish in the way of a
Monarch" as regards the diff
erent models, pedals etc, we
will only be too glad to order
or you, but on account of the
,olume Of orders that are daily
lccumulating in the factory, it
S impossible for them to turn
'ut the goods as fast as the
.gencies can sell the wheels,
nevertheless all these things
We can supply you on your
rider.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-07-25
Meeting Notice.

4 SPECIAL MEETING OF THE
- STOCKHOLDERS of the Hawaiian
Gazette Company, L d., will be held on
y ruRDAl, August 81, 1875, at 2
o'clrck p n. at the off q nf me Com
pany. W. K FAIR NOTION,
Secretary.
Honolulu, July %, 1897
1852 l674-td
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-07-25

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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-13
DISPLAY HOME GOODS.

In the task of making a California mar
ket for California products, the producer
IAN do much by advertising his goods, the
consumer can do much by giving prefer
ence to home articles over those of foreign
make, but the merchant can do most of
all. He is the link in the chain that con-
meets the producer with the consumer, and
without his cordial help and cooperation
neither the productive energy of the one
nor the willingness to purchase on the part
of the other, can be OF any avail.
Every California merchant should put
California articles to the front. The prod
ucts of our soil and of our factories should
be displayed conspicuously in the windows
bishops dealing in such goods, so that every
passer along the street might see the large
variety of articles grown or manufactured
here and be convinced of the wisdom of
purchasing the home goods rather than
those OF foreign make. 1t would add
moreover, to the attractiveness and the
value of the display if the prices were
marked and the fact made evident that
to patroniZe home industries is a matter of
household economy as well as of patriotic
sentiment.
especially good reasons for making a dis
play of this kind. Few forms of window
decoration can be more attractive to
casual passers or more enticing TO shop
pers than well-arranged exhibit of choice
fruit. Such exhibits brighten up any store
front. Evidences of their value in this
way can be seen in many places about the
City. An instance, conspicuously notice
able because of the environment, is that of
the grocery of G. II. Montgomery on the
corner of Third and Minna streets, which.
by its rich array of luscious fruit marked
at low prices, goes far TO redeem the I'M
sightliness of the i'll paved, Ill tended
street and the ramshackle buildings
around it. The effect produced there shows
what could be done everywhere, and with
even greater success amid better and more
attractive surroundings.
1t is, of course, to be understood that the
burden of making attractive displays of
California goods should not be thrown
wholly on the merchant. The manufac-
turer and the fruit-packer should put them
up in manner as artistic as can be made
compatible with economy. The esthetic
faculty OF the American people has been
developed very rapidly in recent years, and
we are no longer Indifferent to the accom-
pishments OF art and the pleasures of a
cultivated taste. The American of to-day
buys great many things simply because
they look nice. This taste must be APP
pealed to and satisfied. The manufacturer,
the fruit-packer and the merchant should
cooperate in the task and give to our
home made goods display as attractive
as any that come from France itself.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-13
PAVING THE STREETS.

The announcement in the CALL yester-
day that the Merchants Association in
tended entering upon a series of expert
ments IN street-paving, was doubtless read
by every progressive citizen with a feeling
OF satisfaction alloyed only by the regret
that such experiments should be necessary.
Long before this, San Francisco should
have found the right solution of the prob
lem of street-paying, and by this time
should have carried it into extensive ap-
plication.
Regrets over past neglect, however, are
out OF place now. The one duty before us
IS to take advantage of the present and
make the future better. 1t is a matter of
congratulation that this particular work
has been undertaken by body OF men so
competent to perform it. The Merchants
Association has shown its ability to Crap
pie with street problems and find a practi-
cal solution for them. Within the area of
its operation, it has revolutionized the
street-sweeping of the City and has pro-
duced as good results as are possible on
the present pavements. With these ac-
compartments to prove the energy and
public spirit OF the Association, we can with
reason indulge the belief that it will be
equally successful with the new enterprise.
and having swept the old pavements clean,
it will next succeed in sweeping them off
altogether to make way for better
1t will not be necessary to make any
blind experiments in the work proposed.
Street paving has long been one of the
most extensively studied of municipal
problems, and its solution is now pretty
we'll understood EypariYoapf ,,ada =.
cities III various parts of the world have
demonstrated by the test of actual wear and
tear what paving is best fitted for the
heavy traffic OF city streets, as well as the
most economical with respect both to first
cost and the expenditure for maintenance.
Without attempting to PREJUDICE the tests
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-13
PERSONAL,

]. Naglee Burke is at the Palace.
R. A. Long, an attorney at willows, is at the
Grand.
DR.. N. J. Backwood, u s. N, is q guest at the
California.
Ex-Judge R. saffold of Napa was at the Lick
last night.
Ex-senator S. S. Berry of Lindsay is guest
at the Lick.
f. j. Cahill, civil engineer of San Martin, is
at the Lick.
R. I. Bentley. an attorney of Sacramento, is
at the Lick.
General A. P. Chapman of Red Bluff is guest
at the Palace.
George T. Dunlop, vineyardist of Gilroy, is
at the California.
John Daley, a merchant of Healdsburg, is a
guest at the Russ.
Nick Prayer mining man of Sierra City, is
registered at the Russ.
W. W. Alexander, a mining man of Portland,
is guest at the Grand.
H. J. Maxwell, a Woodland banker, was at
the California last night
S. G. Little, president of the Bank of Dixon, is
guest at the Russ House.
George E. Faw, grain man of Gonzales, is
registered at the Occidental
j. Alexander Yoell a prominent citizen of
San Jose, is at the Occidental.
James A. Hardin, banker of Santa Rosa,
is registered at the California
Stillson Hutchins, the Washington ID. c.
newspaper man, is at the Palace.
George A. Smith, a large fruit-grower of
Cortland, was at the Grand last night.
ID. Tietig, tobacco manufacturer of Cincin-
natl, Ohio, is registered at Che Grand.
Captain A. w. Kellar of the bark PALMYRA
registered ut the Russ House yesterday.
c. Darling, proprietor of the Darling mine
in Ell Dorado County, is at the California
A. H. Barr, merchant of Galatians, has just
returned from trip East and is at the Grand
L. A. Steiger, superintendent Normal School
at san Jose, registered at the Palace yesterday.
Hon. ]. NJ Walling, department commander
g. A. R., from Nevada City, Cal, is at the Russ
House,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-13
A NEIGHBOR's RIGHTS.

The ancient maxim of the law, $50 use
your own as not to injure that of another
IS one OF the foundations upon which the
conduct of the CALL is laid. 1t stated this
proposition plainly enough in it's issue of
March 4, in reference to the rehabilitation
OF hydraulic mining in California; and vet
our able contemporary, the Yuba City In
dependent, with a vehemence that better
discIoses its zeal than its judgment, finds
that article sufficient reason for violent
assault upon the CALL. One of the greatest
misfortunes that California has ever suf-
fered is the bitter partisanship that has
grown out of the conflict between the
farmers and the miners.
The damage done to lands and water.
ways through the absence of means
for impounding debris has been serious
enough; but greater still was the harm
10 the State at large from stopping
the annual output of 100000 which
the hydraulic mines yielded, and greatest
OF all has been the bitter feeling which has
grown out of it all, and which, manifested
principally by the valley farmers, has
made the resumption of hydraulic mining,
under proper restrictions, so difficult
When the CALL declared that 81 per cent
of the profits that would result to Cali
fornia and the United States from the re-
vival of hydraulic mining would defray all
the cost of caring for the rivers and val
legs" the Independent denounced this as
showing reckless disregard of facts, and
added: at would take the entire output
of all the hydraulic mines on the water
shed of the Feather and Sacramento wears
to restore those rivers to their primitive
condition" Whether or not this may be
true, it happens to be foreign to the issue
but it has an important value as tending
to show bitter partisanship against any
proposition which looks to the re-establish.
ment of mining.
The CALL. on the contrary, is in nc
sense a partisan in this matter. II
stands on the simple proposition that
if hydraulic mining can be resumed by
the adoption of impounding facilities
which will prevent further injury to lands
and waterways, it is the duty OF the coun-
try and of all its good citizens to forward
| the enterprise; that such facilities have
been devised, and require only the assist
ance of the Government to put them into
operation. Thus the old legal maxim is
followed by the CALL, and those friends of
the farmers who are also unhappily the
enemies of hydraulic mining, might profit
by the example.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-13

to be made by the Association, we believe
it will be found here as elsewhere, that no
system of paving meets all the require
ments of traffic and economy so completely
as an asphalt pavement laid with due care
upon a substantial concrete foundation.
If this should prove to be the case, the City
is to be congratulated, for within q COM
paratively few miles of it there are abund-
ant quantities of all the materials needed
for the foundation and for the asphalt COW
ering 1t will be comparatively easy task
and cheap process therefore to improve
the streets by this system if should prove
as advantageous here as it has shown itself
to be in other cities on the Pacific Coast
and elsewhere.
While it is a matter of qualification to
live in a community where there are mer-
chants of sufficient public spirit and gen.
crosby to undertake a work of this kind
at their own cost, there is necessarily a
feeling of shame that it should be imposed
Upon individuals to do a work that the
City should do. Have we not a represen-
tative government? Are not the people
taxed to pay for street Improvements?
Why would it not be better for all con-
cerned TO bond the City for s., 000,0O0 and
enter actively and extensively upon the
important work which the Merchants As
ISOLATION has with so much civic patriot
ism undertaken to do tentatively at the
expense of its liberal and progressive mem
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-13

the order passed by the Supervisors, after
promising property owners that ne "ouIo
veto the measure. o-,1:
I J. Truman. president Of the Column ban
Banking Company, sent the 1ollo"Ing
communication to the Board OF ouPeIff
sors yesterday:
Inotice that Guerrero street, from Eighteenth
70 Nineteenth. is UP before your honorable
board for acceptance by the city !! know 'n s
this work was not done according 20 the
specifications required Tor that RiH "a 81 ctv
you viii be doing yourselves great M ussI o
besides saddling on the municipality poor
job OF work which WIZ ultimatel! nave ~ 10
If YOU take off the top bitumen you Will ma
what should be concrete soft. 1t can easily De
removed with a pick and shovel, while II IL
was made of the materials called tor by the
specifications il would be hard as stone, anu
could only be removed with a hammer ana
TODAY thew are removing the concrete put
down by the railroad company with snoTes.
Such work is a disgrace to the city ana the ON
GERS who are guilty of accepting It, nope you
gentlemen win watch closely all such jobs.
Property-owners on a street, as they appear
on the Assessors books, should pc no glat
when streets are TO be accepted and the StreeL
SUPERINTENDENT and the deputy who examined
the work should each be sworn that they know
the work is done according 10 the speclnca-
tions. Their bondsmen shoulu De heIu az
countable if it is not.
Superintendent of Streets Ashworth was
seen Yesterday regarding the condition in
which he found the street when he lnvesti-
gated it with the Street Committee:
81 must admit he said, that the work
was not up to specifications. The concrete
was not what the contract called for,
though on the other hand it was as good
as that used on many other of our streets
previous to the time that / had contractors
give notice twenty -four hours before be-
ginning work so that we could have in
spectors on hand to see that they do their
work up to specifications.
1.-THE removal of the railroad tracks made
the streets slightly uneven, and | suppose
this will have to be fixed, but otherwise
cannot see but that the work is Just as good
as hundreds of other jobs that have been
accented by the Supervisors"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-13
BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE.
VALLEY ROAD OFFICIALS HAVE
PRACTICALLY SUSPENDED
ALL WORK.
WILL SHAPE FUTURE ACTION
HERE.

So much depends upon the action of the
Legislature regarding the bill now pending
before it relative to the valley road that the
officials of the line have practically stopped
all work, except that which is urgent, and
are awaiting final action at Sacramento.
The proposals for bids for rails were not
sent out yesterday, as was expected. At
the last moment it was learned that GER
tain i'm portant provisions had been omitted,
among them being a requirement that a
certified check should accompany each bid,
and it was found necessary to make these
corrections. The proposals will be sent out
to-day.
Hollister, like many other towns in the
State, has decided to make a bid for the
new road and at meeting recently held
there adopted the following resolution:
RcsoIued, BY the citizens of San Benito County.
in mass-meeting assembled, that we indorse
the enterprise displayed by the citizens of San
San Joaquin Valley Railroad Company, and
their effort to build peoples road, aud we
pledge ourselves to earnestly support and assist
the committee appointed to solicit subscrip-
tons, and to secure $4,000 and right OF way
for said road.
The proposed meeting of the promoters
committee, which was to have been held
yesterday, has, like many other important
iHdGIerS, Deen deferred 1nueInltely. w hen
the business in Sacramento has been
settled one way or the other the directors
will then be able to outline their future
work.
1t is known, however, that the work of
soliciting subscriptions has progressed very
favorably and that the sum of $1OO. 600
which Mr.. Whittier thought would be
forthcoming at the next meeting, will very
likely be exceeded. John D. Spreckels has
publicly stated that he has been authorized
to take $50, 600 in stock as trustee for an
unknown person, and there are several
other sources from which large subscrip-
tons will possibly be forthcoming before
the meeting is held.
The question has been asked how il
would be possible for manufacturers of
rails in the East to conform with the re-
quirement of the proposals for bids which
specifies that such will only be received up
to the Goth of the present month. AS to-
day is the 18th it has been suggested that
the intervening week would not give the
requisite time for necessary correspond
ence. The explanation is that ali the
large manufacturing concerns of the East
have agents in this city who are prepared
to bid for the rails just as though the mills
were located in this city.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-13
L. P. DREXLER DISCUSSES THE SAN
FRANCISCO AND SAN JOAQUIN
ENTERPRISE.
ENORMOUS PROFIT MADE.
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC TAKES
100000 A YEAR OUT OF
THE VALLEY.

at is the best place in the country in
! which to build railroad, said l.. ?. Drex-
Ter of 400 California street yesterday IN dis
! cussing the district through which the San
| Francisco and San Joaquin Railroad will
| pass.
From the figures of Mr.. Leeds OF the
Traffic Association it is very easy to judge
that the new road will pay from the start,
| and those who are putting their money
into the proposition need have no fear
about receiving a dividend. 1t will be
| forthcoming as soon as the road is IN ope-
ration.
"Mr. Leeds says that the Southern Pa
cific Company draws $8,O00,00o annually
out OF the San Joaquin Valley in traffic,
and that 5000, 900 of this is clear profit. If
! these figures are true, and have no reason
to question them, it is very evident that
| another road dividing the traffic with the
Southern Pacific can live and prosper. If
the profit of the Southern Pacific Is 70 per
cent of the entire traffic by cutting the
business in two the competing roads would
have sufficient dividend TO salty the
most selfish bondholder.
1.-The San Joaquin is a level country. L
have been over every foot OF 1t and know 1t
| like book. A locomotive can haul train
of from thirty to forty loaded cars OF twelve
tons each. The valley is perfectly level,
and the cost of running a train may be
safely estimated at S120 for coal and S25 for
! train help.
AT present the freight rate on wheat Is
| So a ton, which should at that rate realize
| to the railroad company at least 200 per
| cent on the original cost of transportation.
| The cost of shipping wine is $75 car. At
| this rate a train of thirty-five cars would
! cost $2625. Deducting the cost of transpOr-
| tatIOO from this amOunt DrOflt OF at least
| $1,000 is left to the railroad company. 1t
costs $3.50 to ship merchandise from San
| Francisco to Fresno, or 1852 car of twelve
tons capacity and $500 for train OF thirty
five cars. At such high rates the railroad
would derive profit on the whole train OF
at least $4,000.
There are other reasons why new
railroad through the San Joaquin would
be paying investment
ESTIMATING the cost of building the
road at So, 900 COO, and with the new COM
petitor getting only half the traffic at a
greatly reduced schedule, it appears to me
that at least from 6 to 10 per cent dividend
should be realized.
'In addition to this, when the line reaches
| Bakersfield it is within an air line of fifty
miles to a connection with the Santa Fee
This gap could be closed by building 100
miles of road, and thus we would have an
other transcontinen railroad giving US
the long sought-for competing line to the
East.
The San Francisco and San Joaquin
Railroad should certainly be built at once,
and as a business proposition it is self
evident that there are no better invest
ments."
Mr.. Drexler is one of the largest land
owners in the San Joaquin Valley and has
given the subject OF transportation close
study.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-13
Sues His Prosecutor.

c. E. Mackey, an insurance solicitor, has be-
gun suit IN the Justice Court against James
Taylor, alias ]. R. Hardy, tailor, for $299 and
costs. Taylor had Mackey arrested on January
10 last on charge of obtaining money under
false pretenses, but the charge was dismissed
by Police Judge Conlan. Mackey was confined
in jail for several hours and considers that his
reputation and feelings were injured to the
extent mentioned.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-13
A Female Ripanist.

Sarah A. Lynch appeared before Judge Camp
bell yesterday to answer to the charge OF
bigamy preferred by her husband, Timothy
Lynch. Timothy testified that when he mar
ried her last January her previous husband.
Lyneh's attorney acknowledged both mar
riages, but said that Sousa had been one of the
crew of the coal steamer Mon tserrat and had
enable the defendant to obtain proof of Sousa $
death
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-13

1t is not California only that has resumed
the work of railroad building, for a Georgia
company has placed a big order for rails
with Pennsylvania rolling-mill and we
are going to have rival to see who will
get there first.