The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-02
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.


"santa Rosa owes great deal to Mr.. Short
RIDGE said Mayor E. F. Woodward of that pro-
gresslVe town last evening. "He sent special
correspondent to write up our town without
COST or tax OF any kind to US, something up 70
then unprecedented in metropolitan journal
| ism. His course naturally forced the other city
papers to follow his lead, with results to the
state at large that are as gratifying to all
thinking citizens as they are surprising. Ihe
GALL spoke so kindly of Santa Rosa that our
citizens felt they owed it to that journal and
10 themselves to demonstrate that they wero
IN every way worthy of the good words be-
slowed This prompted the project OF the rose
carnival, which promises to be as great sue
cess as any similar fete held within the State.
our town is in very satisfactory condition
ana as prosperous as can be expected under
exlstlng circumstances. There are 100000
worth or residences under construction. AS
our homes are of modest character, ranging
from $1,000 to $4,000 each, this sum, it will
De SEEM represents quite a number of new
buildings. We have just finished the erection
OF handsome $4,000 high school, and the
old one will be devoted to the use of grammar
pupils.
Ihere Is also in contemplation the erection
OF municipal water works. The question OF the
Valldlty OF the bonds to be issued for them is
now before the Supreme Court. decision Is
looked for within the next thirty days. Ii 1t
Is favorable, the contract will be let immedl-
ately and they will be constructed this year AT
cost OF S165 900. 1t will be pumping system
ana the water will come from wells containing
absolutely pure water which has been 30 pro-
nounced by Professor Hilgard of the State Uni
Versity. reservoir will be constructed that
Will give pressure of from 70 to 30 POUNDS,
ample for all fire purposes"
IL, a
Max Meyberg, the manager OF the recent Los
Angeles fiesta, when accosted in the guest
room of the Union League last evening, "but
just now l am taking great interest In the
movement to bring about United California
IN the fullest sense, and In this connection
hestas These diversions are but IN their IN
fancy, to my mind. year ago gave Los An
geles It's first object lesson in them. Then we
spent about $500; this year we disbursed
more than $50 900, so you can see how the
idea has taken hold there. The outcome this
time was that we had between 20, 600 and 3d.
600 people there, which will do us more good
than ten times the amount of money would
have done spent in most any other way. l am
strongly in favor of their regular annual cele-
bration. They not only offer d diversion to
our own residents and relax for them the strain
under which they are too inclined to labor in
their pursuits, but they draw class OF visitors
there who are in search OF pleasure, and |
would rather have one such than dozen seek
ers after health. Such festivals make better
people OF all who witness them or take pert in
them Aremarkable feature in this connection
is that while on the closing night there was an
assemblage of more than 25 900 people in mask
on the streets, completely blockading streetear
traffic, there were few or no disturbances OF any
seriousness"
"Our trip up from Los Angeles was most in
teresting," said W. C. Patterson, president OF
the Los Angeles Chamber OF Commerce, just
after he had placed his name on the register OF
the Palace yesterday afternoon, "and 1 am sure
it will be productive OF much good The text
from which I would preach is that we should
have more of these intersectional jaunts. The
commingling OF the people from the various
portions of the State would be most beneficial.
In this way we would come to know each other
better and be more likely to cooperate in the
promotion of the welfare of the State at large"
The committee appointed by the San Diego
City Council to confer with the Arizona Cen
trail Railway people in regard to forming
connection with the road they are to build
from Salt Lake to Nogales will arrive here this
morning. They are to meet to-day at the Grand
Hotel with Colonel Wells Hendershott, who
represents the Arizona Central Railway and
the Hudson Canal Company of Arizona. The
members of the San Diego committee are the
Mayor, William A. Carlson, U. S. Grant Jr. and
s. J. Sill