The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-01-04
THE CORRIDORS.

AROUND THE CORRIDORS.
C. N Beal of New York City is at the Palace
Mr.. Beal is the active man of strong syndl-
cate, having Its headquarters In New YORK,
which is engaged in improving witer-poWers ID
the mountain streams aud TRANSMIT ting the
power by electricity to points where power can
be used. OF course a country where fuel Is high
and mountain torrents plentiful affords the
best field for such operations. In California
these conditions abound Readers OF The
CALL will remember some time ago notice
of lhe formation of a company here for
similar purposes, Its directory including the
names oil such welknown capitalists as Charles
Webb Howard, Albert Miller, Edward Hop
kins and Charles A. Graw. This is the Cali
fornia end of Mr.. Beals syndica e, and that il
is Ih- intention TO proceed is evidenced by the
fact that they now have party OF about tw MY
men blasting out trail along the precipitous
sides of the Kern River Canyon, about fifteen
niles northeast of Bakersfield for the purpose
OF making Il thoroughly accurate survey TO de-
termiue If ii will pay to put IN large power
plant there Mr.. Beal says: ave find that
loss at the start is frequently the best invest
ment we can make. and knowing thar doubtful
things are uncertain we take no unnecessary
chances Theorr ideally, from the best data OBJ
tainable, which Is not accurate, 1t is possible to
develop great power in Kern Canyon, but un-
iii our survey is complete W. can't tell II we
can afford The outlay Of the IMPROVEMENT. Our
survey VIII cost us $4,000 10 $4,000. and will
be complete before February l. Then | can tell
you what, if anything, we will do in Kern
County"
H. F. NELLY, tor six years past resident OF
Nicaragua and for five years connected with
The canal as superintendent OF Transportation
and supplies. is at The Occidental. He says
that great hopes are entertained in Guatemal la
that work will be resumed on the canal. and
that he is stTengl hened 10 the belief that it will
be by letter he saw yesterday from Senator
Morgan to Senator Perkins. in which the state
ment is made that the Senate will stand forty
two to fourteen in favor OF the pending bill and
that The House will favor it by twO-thirds
vote. Mr.. NELLY claims that IL the bill passes
work viii! be resumed on the canal not later
than next June. AT present there IS one mile
of the canal completed, large breakwater and
twelve miles OF railroad. MIR. Mlelly's immedl-
ate business here Is TO interest San Francisco
capital in the growing OF coffee III Guatemala.
1t costs but 21s cents Il pound 10 raise cufIee
there, he says, ana The profit thereon is 800 per
cent. No person should attempt TO enter the
business, be says, unless possessed of a capita
OF at least $4,000 or $4,000. There is also big
money to be made In wagons there, but 1t re-
qures a larger outlay OF capital than coffee.
I. j. Banta OF Lander. Co... u, who was at The
Occidental yesterday, says that II present prac
tees among hunters are aliow wed to continue III
his State the few remainn. bison still In Lost
Park will be wiped out, as will also the greatly |
diminished herds OF elk. "Gam- laws seem IL |
have no terroTs for the huners," said he, land
mountain sheep and bears are slaughtered III
Discriminatory. The former are killed for the !
heads alone, which are worth from $50 to $50 |
apiece when mounted. There are only a few
butfalOes now In Lost Park, aud all admirers of
these noble animals would like to see them re-
main undis urDrd, but it now looks as Though
they were doomed. This game is all killed for
the pelts. which are shipped East. The meat
Is allowed to remain on the ground as food for
the coyotes. No objection is made to tourist
hunters who seek sport alone, as they are gen.
orally satisfied with sufficient meat 10 supply |
their wants, but the pell-hunters are destined
to wipe out the big game in the next few years
unless we can secure some effectual. lie gisla- |
ton."
Dr.. j. CasteIanos, Minister from Salvador to |
Mexico, is at the Occidental. The doctor does |
not bear very favorable account of the recep. |
ton which awaits General Antonio Ezeta IL !
that aspirant for military honors should fulfill |
his threat aud invade his native country. In |
fact, the doctor says that il EZeta attempts |
such thing he will at once be arrested and in |
all likelihood would be called upon TO part with |
his precious head. The people OF Salvador are |
peaceable and content the doctor says. and the |
ell elton, which occurs week from next sun |
day, Will result In The return Of the Incumbent |
TO The Presidency, he being the.only candidate. |
the doctor further says, is not |
party TO the proposed consolidation of the |
Central American republics, which has been
10 do with such movement.
L. N. Humphreys, who lives in Lassen County |
near the Nevada State line, and who was at the
Russ yesterday, says that the hunt for coyote
scalps in that section is becoming an uubear-
able outrage so far as the means used TO secure
them in MANY instances is concerned. "Only
few days ago | lost a good horse which one OF
my boys found subsequently dead upon the
prairie. The scalp.hunters had killed the AMI
NAL and used it, carcass for bait. | hear of
several such Instances in my neighborhood and
the people there will make it warm for any Of
fender in this way II he is caught"
Drs: E. W. and II. S. Hartmann and their
brother George were among the arrivals by
steamer from the south yesterday. They came
from Honduras, where tn first named was Tor
i've years physician to the Government and
also surgeon to the New YORK and Honduras
Mining Company The two last named reside
IN Connecticut, and were merely visitors to this
country. All the gentlemen express the situa.
lion in Honduras as not being al all promising
so far as a probability of peace is concer ned.
rs the revolutionary feeling is remarkably
strong.
Captain Eben Pierce OF New Bedford, Mass.
who invented the gun bearing his name and
which is used by whalers, is at the Russ.