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

P. A. Buell. shouted, "Three cheers for the
San Joaquin Valley Railroad" and they
were given with will.
The gas wells and the natatorium in
connection Herewith were visited. They
are located at the end of San Joaquin
street. Here are several wells ranging
from 1900 to 2600 feetin depth. The gas
bubbles up through the water and is col
lected in large iron receivers which cover
the wells. G.. M. Weber declares that the
gas is almost pure hydrogen gas, and to
illustrate its freedom from noxious prop
critics said: "a man can sleep with the
gas turned on in his room. 1t does not
mean death to blow out the gas"
81 suppose he would waken much re-
freshed and that the gas can be taken as a
tonic" said an incredulous wag of the
party.
Mr.. Weber did not claim that the gas
possessed the properties of tonic, but
stated that not long ago inthis city resi-
dent, through carelessness, allowed the
gas to flow in his room all night. When
he arose early in the morning he applied a
match to the burner. The room had be-
come so filled with gas that its ignition
caused an explosion which blew out the
windows and the door, 'and the man suf-
fered no Inconvenience from having
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aHordlng direct steamer and barge connections
with your yards, and affording unequaled
facilities for the receiving and handling of
! your ties, rails, lumber and COAL All of these
points are fully shown on the map. The mate
rial dredged from the canal can be used TO
raise the grade of your property. I have esti-
mates on the dredging, which will furnish if
desired.
ROUTE FROM STOCKTON INTO THE SAN JoA-
oUIN VALLEY-As your trains leave the city
running out Taylor street you reach the coun-
try through the least settled portion of the
city, and by diverging to the south you can
head direct for Burneyville, crossing on the
Stanislaus River, point unequaled for the
purpose, reached in air line from
Stockton over a perfectly level coun-
try and passing through the richest part
of the valley, and a section that will now
be probably settled up, for in addition to your
competing road this section is now being irri-
gated by the water from the Stanislaus and
San Joaquin Company, which will have COM
pleted by July system that Will irrigate 25O,-
| 600 acres of the richest land under the sun.
This section will furnish you vast amount of
traffic.
ROUTE FROM STOCKTON TO SAN FRANCISCO
Your trains coming in from the south pass
through Taylor street to the Moss tract levee.
! then turn south on the levee until YOU cross
the French Camp Slough. From near this
point you can reach the San Joaquin River in
straight line and cross the same on to
Roberts Island at Reynolds ranch. Then
use the cross levee between the upper
and middle divisions of ROBERTS Island
to Morriseys. Cross Middle River at this point
on piling-no drawbridge being required. Fol-
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The volume of river traffic is heavy, and
during the last year for which figures are
given the river transportation companies
showed that they carried passengers to
number in excess of 10000
The itinerary which the CALL published
was well carried out to-day. Carriages
were at the Yosemite Hotel shortly before
8 o'clock, and the directors were first
driven to the lumber-yards and planning
mills of P. A. Buell. & Co., on Center street.
A half hour was spent here. Stockton
Channel was then visited, and a good idea
was gained of the water front. The yari-
Gus mills and manufacturing establish
ments were visited in order to show the
volume of the industry here.
A possible terminal site was inspected
near the foot of Washington street, near
the channel If the road should enter the
town by Edison street and pass eastward
along the south side of Stockton Channel
this site might become available. Another
possible terminal site was viewed on Tay-
lor street, on the south side of Mormon
Channel, extending for two blocks between
Center and Hunter streets. This is in the
southern portion of the town. The visitors
also drove out South street, along which
the Council has signified its Willingness to
grant right of way.
The Yosemite Club rooms were visited at
noon. after which luncheon was served at
the hotel.
In the afternoon a journey was made
over the twelve miles Of track of the Stock
ton Electric Railroad Company with G. E.
Ladd, superintendent of the company, in
attendance. The first trip was made north
erly on Ell Dorado street. This is the finest
residence street in the city and is paved
for good portion of its length with
bituminous rock. Elms line the street and
handsome and costly residences are on
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mapped out the direction of every hourmill,
grain warehouse and lumber yard In the city,
and also with the pottery and harvester works.
Those on Mormon Channel you reach off Taylor
street, and by crossing Mormon Channel, at the
head of navigation, you reach the warehouses
and lumber-yard on the north bank OF that
channel.
For the main business on Stockton Channel
you continue on Taylor street to Tule street, the
north on Tule street, across Mormon Channel
by drawbridge to Weber avenue. From this
point you make direct connections with the
flourmills and warehouses over the iron tracks.
STEAMER CoNNEcTIoNs-As you will want to
make steamer connections with San Francisco,
at least for the present, this can be easily and
cheaply done through some OF the warehouses
already located on Stockton Channel. Or suit
able ground can be had just below the Farm
erS' Union warehouse, and also on Mormon
Channel, just off Tule street, where most ex-
cellent location can be had.
PASSENGER STEAMER CoNNEcTIoNs.-To make
the most direct passenger connection recon-
mend the extension of the Weber-ayenue line
as far ca as Ell Dorado street. You can then
bring your passengers directly to the two lines
of passenger steamers already established, or
to your own steamers if you wish to put on a
line. l do not think you win find this neees-
sary, as the lines already established have am
pie facilities, and am sure you can make sat
isfactory terms with them for the handling OF
both freight and passengers, giving you direct
connection with San Francisco from the time
you lay your first rail.
SHOPS, YARDS, ETc.-At the junction of Tay-
lor and Tule streets and adjoining the same, is
a most excellent location for yards, shops
roundhouses, etc. as you would be within a
few blocks of your depot and water connections
and right on VQllr through line. mpla room
can also be had at this point. With the land
that will be donated you can get from fifty to
seventy acres at a nominal cost, considering
the advantage of location. By the dredging
out of the drainage canal on the western
line OF this property you can, at a
very small cost, make a navigable waterway
seventy feet wide along the entire length OF
this property, making direct connection with
the Mormon Channel below the drawbridge,
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The natatorium> located at the wells is
supplied with warm water which comes
from one or more of them.
The north side of the town was then in
spected and visit made to Goodwater
Grove, which lies at the end of the electric
line, beyond the State Asylum for the In
sane. This is a pretty little grove of oaks,
with restaurant and dancing pavilion,
and is one of the attractive spots for an
outing in Stockton. There is bowling
alley here and the directors played at ten
pins. Claus SpreckeIs made a ten-strike
and was duly complimented for his skill
with the spheres.
On the return trip visit was paid to the
Courthouse of San Joaquin County, which
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straight line through the city, and exit
from the same in a direct line to San Francisco
without drawbridge.
PASSENGER DEPoT-For your local passenger
depot have selected block 21. S. M. c., only
seven blocks from the courthouse and business
center, and one block from the electrician line
The electric company will extend their tracks
TO the depot and give you direct connection
with all parts of the city. This site is also
reached by three of the principal streets OF the
city, is on the city side of your railroad and
opposite public square.
FREIGHT DEPor-For your local freight depot,
recommend blocks 10 and 81, s. NJ. c. These
have all the advantages shown for passenger
depot, being even nearer the main shipping
and offer good facilities for switches and sid
ings, which can all be reached from the city
side without crossing your main lines.
For grain, -four and lumber shipments have
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low along the river and ridge to the head of
the Grant-line canal levee From here you have
fine grade of eight and half miles in en- air
line to Old River. Cross at this point and with
quarter OF mile of trestle you reach the high
ground near Byron.
hope you will give this plan your careful
consideration as know it will stand the most
searching investigations and will bear out all
OF the claims which have made for it. will
take great pleasure in showing you over the
ground and proving the statements made in
this report. Very truly yours P. A. BUELL..
STOCKTON, CAL, March 30, 1895.
Then joint meeting following the sepa-
rate meetings was held at which the direc-
tors submitted their proposition. This
asks for the granting to. the new company
of these concessions:
right OF way beginning at the easterly line
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DECISION OF DIRECTORS
The Dirt Will Fly Within Sixty
Days and Work Will Be
Pushed.
GRANTING OF CONCESSIONS.
The City and People VIII Give Valu-
able Franchises, RIghts-of-Way
and Terminal Lands.

STOCKTON, CAL, March 29-The San
Joaquin Valley Railroad will start from
Stockton.
That was practically agreed upon to-
night.
Within sixty days, work on the road to
Bakersfield will be begun and pushed
rapidly forward to completion. Every
thing asked by the directors of the San
Joaquin Valley Railroad was granted at a
meeting of the leading citizens of Stockton
to-ninght. This does not mean that a
road may not be build from San Francisco
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REHABILITATION.
Recepts-161,953 tons, or 13, ,496 cars of $4,000
pounds each.
Shipments-10l, ,579 tons, or s465 cars of "a, GOO
pounds each
Attention is directed to the fact that this was
a year of extreme drought in the San Joaquin
Valley, and of extreme hardship upon the peo-
pie located therein, and as a consequence the
movement of freight was far below what it
would have been under more favorable condi-
tions. 1t is within bounds to estimate that
under prosperous conditions with full crops.
this freight movement would be increased at
least $50 per cent.
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able privileges and franchises which will
go with it. The real estate alone at q
small valuation is worth 100000. The
road has everything which could
be asked for terminal facilities,
for yards, depots and freight. It has
access to every part of Stockton. Itreaehes
the mills and the manufacturing establish
ments. It's passenger depot will be but
few minutes walk from the Courthouse
and the center of the town. Car and ves-
sci come together at tidewater on both
Mormon and Stockton channels. Stockton
gives better facilities to the competing
railroad than the Southern Pacific pos
sasses.
The cry tonight is son to Bakersfield y
The directors all express themselves as
highly pleased with the way Stockton has
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either side The road ends at the Sherry
Homestead.
The car then ran back to Main street and
out to the Stockton Combined Harvester
and Agricultural Works, where, as P. A.
Buell. said to Claus Spreckels, 1--WE can
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build your cars for the San Joaquin Valley
road"
This line of electric streetcar service
crosses the Southern Pacific tracks at the
new depot, stone and brick structure,
which comprises, as one of the committee
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on reception declared, the only thing
creditable which the Southern Pacific
Company had done for Stockton.
It took just two and half minutes to
run from the courthouse to Taylor and San
Joaquin streets, and as this was reached
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breathed the gas all night" concluded
Weber.
"And no inconvenience from the result
ing explosion?' queried member of the
party.
''Of a slight financial nature only"
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responded. This is believed to be but the
beginning of the aid which the progressive
people of the San joaquin Valley, from
Stockton to Bakersfield, will extend
Work is certain to begun within sixty
days and turned to the other end of the
end of the projected dine. Then it NAV be
that the directors of the new road will turn
their attention to building across the ISL
ands and the tules to the Contra Cssta
shore and thence on to terminus at Oak
land.
The selection OF Stockton as the point at
which work is to be begun does not mean
that San Jose shall be neglected. A line
down the peninsula viii probably follow
shortly. The competing road aims to
reach all the chief centers of the State.
Meantime, with the first mile of the road
built, the revenue will begin to come in to
build more miles.
The route out of Stockton will probably
be nearly in southern line until the
Stanislaus River is reached. There are no
engineering diff culties to overcome The
peoples railway has a level, unbroken line
before it, up the San Joaquin Valley.
Thomas Magee declared tonight that the
road would be operated in the interest of
the people, and that any revenue in ex-
cess of per cent would be Immediately
met by reduction of expenses.
Tomorrow morning at 1880 o'clock the
directors will start on a steamer down the
river. They may stop at Antioch and
Martinez. This evidently means that a
line through Alameda and Contra Costa
counties to this city is in contemplation.
The directors of the San Joaquin Valley
Railroad have seen Stockton and weighed
the inducements which the city extends
to a competing railroad. The question
now see ms to be:
Shall Stockton be on the main line or
on branch road?
This will depend very much upon Stock
ton. The directors are pleased with the
city, its business prospects and the re-
sources of its tributary territory.
The Stockton Commercial Association,
which is striving to bring the competing
road to this city, sum up the advantages
of the county seat of San Joaquin County
with 100000 fertile acres. 1t speaks with
pride of ''the gateway city to the San
Joaquin Valley" with its 10000 prosperous
inhabi tants; tells of its cheap water COM
munication to the bay, and advertises the
city as the grain, -four, lumber, mill and
manufacturing center of California. The
ASSOCIATION has prepared tabular circular
showing the receipts and shipments from
and to the San Joaquin Valley. This state
ment makes good argument for Stock
ton. 1t is as follows:
We respectfully submit to you for your con-
sideration the following statistics of freight
shipments to and from Stockton to points on
the east side of the San JoaquinValley, between
Stockton and Bakersfield, by rail in 1894:
RECEIPTS IN STOCKTON.
Pounds.
Grain. 314, ,455 1875
Tt,n har o
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loss of hair, from pimples to scrofula, from
infancy to age.
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A6-"How to Cure Skin Diseases mailed free.
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A singular coincidence took place
lately. A gentleman living in Massachu-
setts, was looking over an old trunk that
mad long been in his possession. Noticing
on the inside Of the lid loosely attached
paper, he removed 1t, and it proved to
be part of an old newspaper printed in
1895. In the scrap removed was portion
OF an interesting account Of the nomina-
tion of Judge Nathan Weston to an I'm
portant office. an honor he declined &C.
oording to the account The singular part
was that this Massachusetts man hap
pened to be acquainted with one of the old
Judges descendants. Nathan Weston Of
Augusta. and in the course of time hap
pening to be in the city he turned the re-
minder of old times over into Mr.. wes-
TONS care. 1t really seemed like q fresh
breeze from a far away land.
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material, rs it keeps fresh long timo
Mastic and beige cloth, both light and
dark. are liked for outing and travelling
gowns.
A word regarding mems fashions may
be interesting. AS regards trouserings,
plain white in either flannel or duck is
most worn for boating, the variety of fancy
patterns in gray and other shades and col
ors being almost a thing of the past. 10
wear with this nothing looks smarter than
an ordinary dark blue coat, made in the
lounge style with a REFER back-that is to
say, fairly tight fitting, with two four inch
Sits Whether waistcoat is worn or not
is, of course, optional. In the absence of
one leather belt is preferable to silk
sash. White ordinary straw hats are being
worn more than any other kind.
An illustration is given Of bath wrap
per and a bathing costume. The wrapper
is of lightweight beige wool, with large
sleeves and a wide collar and cuffs. The
edges are embroidered with IA Greek border
In red, and q red cord fastens the wrapper
at the neck The bathing dress is of white
flannel The blouse, which is trimmed
with blue braid, opens over blue and
white striped plastron and has short,
bouffant sleeves. The full trousers are
gathered at the knee. The ripple skirt is
adorned with two bands Of braid. White
linen bathing shoes with blue lacings are
worn In France it is not the custom to
wear stockings with the bathing suit, but
bathing shoes are an invariable feature Of
the costume and may be had with rope
soles, which are great improvement on
the flimsy cork and linen soles of the
American bathing SHOE
IrnIC CuOILET.
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CARDS OF THANKS, OBITUARY NOTICES, RKso.
LuTroNs OF RESPECT, ETC, win be charged a.
the rate OF ten cents persline. No charge.
less than seventy-6ve cents.
ALL ADVERTISING ANNOUNCEMENTS OF KIM.
TREATMENTS. whose object Is the raising q,
money will be charged at the rate Of fifteen
cents line.
ADVERTISING NOTICES, news form, will be ex.
GUIDED from our local columns, except such a.
refer to advertisers occupying space in our
advertising columns, and will be run under
separate head on one of the local pages.
Subscribers who fail to receive the Jor,v
promptly will confer favor by NOTIFYING N.
Office Immediately.
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General Wade Hampton is still, more
than any other living man, the idol Of the
people Of South Carolina. Hardly less in
tercsting than the aged warrior himself is
his quaint home near Columbia. 1t is
built from the debris of his fine residence
that was burned during the war and was
erected by his former slaves under his dl-
rection. AS new rooms were added to the
humble dwelling n assumed the form OF a
cross, and to the generals friends it Is
known as "The Southern Cross. San
Francisco Argonaut.
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Uncle ST Was In Doubt.

81 kin almost make out this feller's
poem," said Uncle 81, laying down ths
magazine his niece Lad brought to tie
farm, but not quite.
Read it, uncle, said the niece.
sit goes this way:
Low IL Ike west there sullon lies
A cloud portcntous, biack with tongues
Of fame.
A strange thrill brings the tc:rtiro2 to n
eyes;
A subtle feeling perlEc,.tc.s I-.y frame"
"Wcll, what is there you 90 not under
stand? 1t seems ii clear exposition ot
nnods produced by coming st0rn."
ooh, understand tie storm Part OF it
all right, but what l can't git at from tie
verses is whc; her he feels it comm in his
rhcumatics cr his corns. Some folks feels
it one way and some the Other, you know. "
Cincinnati tribune.
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FASHIONABLE ACCESSORIES.
Description Of a Handsome Gown of Maize
Silk Gauze.

Silk GauZe.
Spangled chiffon or gauze is used. in
stead of lace on evening gowns for full
fronts or Jokes, epaulets, ruf1les, bust dra-
peries, ETC. Fancy buckles are worn in
belts, bows on the sides of collar, etc,
in steel, jet or rhinestones. Black, white
and colored silk betting Of a heavy rib is
very fashionable, with a silver buckle and
safety slide at the back, which combine
the functions of a safety pin and slide. A
new buckle can be changed from one belt
to the other without any sewing. The
plated silver buckles wear well and are
within the reach of every one. For linen
and pique suits there are small enameled
buttons in imitation of linen, which are
white or dotted with a color and set with
tiny rhinestone. Small gold, silver or
linen studs or pearl buttons are worn in
cotton shirt waists.
On pale pink gowns or those Of other
soft and delicate tints of changeable
character black accessories are employed.
A black belt rs worn, as is also black
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,for Sale Ut to GIT,

Small advertisements not exceeding fouI
lines Thirty words) coming under the head OF
WANTED, For SALE, To LET, LOST, &c, will be
inserted two times for % cents, three times fol-
35 cents and one week for so cents, ADVANCE
PAYMENT. In sending by mail remittance OF
postage stamps or postal note should be made
with order, as the charges are too small tc
open accounts for.
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hat. Black gauze is favoritc garniture
and is used with light silks, especially in
rose, pale yellow and mauve shades. The
new cabbage green is also very effective
when yelled with black gauze.
The illustration Is of a gown of maize
silk gauze, accordion plated over maize
taffeta lining. The skirt Is plain. The
bodice Is adorned with white lace dra-
perry, which forms a blouse in front, epau-
lots over the sleeves and bertha behind.
The balloon sleeves extend to the elbow
only. The belt, shoulder bows and sleeve
bows are Of black satin, while the neck
ruohe Is Of black gauze adorned with rod
peoples. The hat, Of maize rice stray i.
trimmed with cream gauze and rod non.
pies, with their foliage. ff
JuDIc CHoLLKr.
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

NOTICE-THE GIANT HAS ARRIVED, tire
mendous success of the great and only wal
relic, Camp Fire and Battlefield over l00t
United States government war photographs,
reproduced by special permission of the wal
department. Subscriptions taken by So
Yewel, Jr., special agent,at the Journal office
july25dlt
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Two base ball teams have been organ.
izod at the hospital, composed of en-
ployes. The names adopted are Dewdrops
and Archangels. Bert worthing is the
manager Of the Arohangels, and it Is said
DR.. T. II. s. Vaughan acts in similar
capacity for the Dewdrops.