The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-31

that you might be able to give little informa-
ton in regard to Mr.. Milspaugh's successor as
adjuster of claims for the Southern Pacific
Company"
''Would have been delighted to have done it
Tor you, my dear sir, but really didn't know
change was contemplated until L got here
day or two ago."
"You formed some idea them"
mot the slightest. I heard other people
forming IDEAS
'Did you hear anybody suggest Byron
Waters?"
''Didn't pay any attention to the converse
tion''
"One would naturally suppose that a railroad
man would be pretty well posted about those
things. There plenty of talk"
''Yes. That is true, and some of the takers
bit their lips OFF,
''What gave rise to the superstition that
Nevada man would get the placer"
"Perhaps Nevada did. Was there any thought
of that kind?'
ayes. 1t looked as though Charles Bender or
George Nixon would get i'm
Strange, isn't it, that those reports should
have started. l wonder how it happened"
Wallace looked as If he was in quandary and
his face expressed great surprise, as it always
does when anybody attempts to get informa-
ton from him.
Once in Carson politician asked him where
he was born and he replied that he had heard
no discussion around the corridors of the Cap
itol about it and that he would not like to say
fer fear he might be mistaken.
'Some Eastern people think Western folks
have very small brains,'' said II. P. Sonntag
while standing in the corridor of the Mills
building yesterday. "but l recollect an in
stance when the wise men of the East changed
their minds very quickly. 1 had been East
11@1 Sr,+1
trio light plants, and had arranged with Alvin
"a Hayward that in case / found the process
was likely to be put in general use, was to
wire him and steps would be taken to form
company in San Francisco. returned to my
hotel in New York one afternoon and found
big stack of cards left by people utter strangers
to me. They saw by the register that was
from San Francisco, and l suppose they natu-
rally concluded that was bird to be plucked.
Every one of the outfit had some scheme they
desired me to invest in. One fellow even had
anew-fangled back-action monkey wrench, but
didn't monkey long with him. In the crowd
was an old man, who evidently thought the
people of the Pacific Coast were all fools and
intimated as much His son, who was with him,
gave me to understand that he agreed with
his father Well, they unfolded their scheme.
They had secured the names of few
California men from some of the bankers, and
among others was that of Mr.. Hayward. The
old fellow wanted to know whether l was ac-
quainted with that gentleman, and, when /
answered in the affirmative, said he and few
friends proposed to establish company to
light San Francisco by electricity. The COM
pany was to be incorporated under the laws of
New York. 1t was their purpose to retain SO
per cent of the stock there, but have the other
4S per cent paid up by Western men.
"And you propose to incorporate in New
York and hold so per cent of the stock here, do
your"
eyes, sir; that is our intention"
"Dd you ever deal in stocks, young mann" I
asked.
eyes; and had all I wanted of it,
'sDid you ever dabble in Comstock?'
eyes did, and got badly done up, too"
s'Well, sir, let me tell you that the venerable
gentleman whom you expect to get your cash
from for your company is one of the men who
did you up on the Comstock and" but the
young man broke in, 81 guess we'd better drop
it, father" and they did.
GAS the CALL shows such a friendly feeling
toward Improvements contemplated through
out the State, want to give you q line or two
on novel proposition now being considered
in the southern part of the State" said r. NJ
Towne of Los Angeles, at the Occidental yester-
day. ''For some time past General o. o. How
ard has been looking over the country between
Santa Monica and San Bernardino and it has
finally come to the surface that the object of
his investigations is to determine the feasibil-
ity of a one-rail or bicycle railroad between
the two towns. General Howard is the CON
sulting engineer of the company which con-
trolls the patents on this character of railroad.
and rumor has it that he is to be president of
the new company. The bicycle road is a new
thing in the West. There is one now in opera
ton IN pennsylvania, believe, and it is said
to DE a success An overhead rail is used. the
cars are very narrow, but double-deckers. and
very nigh rate Of speed is said to be obtaina-
ble.''
f. c. Meyers of San Diego, who was at the
.Irand yesterday, says that the impression has
gone abroad through the southern part of the
State that masking will not be allowed in Los
angeles during carnival week. ''The City
Council there recently met and passed an ordi-
nance against the throwing of -four, but if they