New-York tribune., 1895-02-10
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
THE SAN JOAQUIN ROAD-MAYOR SUIRo
OUTBURSTS-REAL ESTATE IMPROVING.
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San Francisco Feb 9.-One remarkable feature
of the week has been the steady increase In SUD-
scriptions to the San Joaquin Valley Railroad
Whether the old sugar millionaire Claus
Spreckels was in earnest or not when ne s'ar'eu
out in his fight against the Southern Pacific
Company he is now in the contest TO stay ne
has promised to double his subscription of
$500 0O0 and he now advocates taking advantage
Of the present enthusiasm to raise the
whole $1,000, 900 required to build and equip the
road before incorporating the company. What
the effect OF this change of plan may be is un-
certain but 1t is very doubtful whether the full
amount can be raised without the aid OF large
capitalists, who thus far have shown no eager
ness to subscribe. Mayor Sutro, who has been
loudest in his outcries against what he calls
1.-THE railroad octopus has failed to put up
any coin for the competing railroad. IL was
confidently expected tfat he would furnlsh
$3.50 900 at least SutrC explains his conduct
by saying that ne has all his money tied up IN
city and suburban real estate. which he can't
sell except at sacrifice; hence he doesht leei
able to give the road any financial aid. Ihls
explanation is sreceved with doubt. and the
Mayors prestige has suffered among those who
voted for him anti, ti,monopost. His repu-
tation has also been hurt among conservative
people by his violent attack this week al a meet
ing of the Freeholders upon Irving NJ. Scott The
Mayor gave an exhibition Of childish anger ana
lack of self-control which augurs Ill for his con-
duct in any municipal crisis calling for judgment
and coolness.
The great Market Street Railway Company,
which controls nine-tenths of all the cable ana
electric street railways If San francisco. mas
begun active war upon Mayor Sutros raiiroao
schemes 1t has obtained franchise Tor Dud-
ing a road out Point LObos-ave. to the GIN
House on condition of paying per cent OF the
gross receipts to the Park Improvement Fund
This franchise will permit the company TO
parallel Mayor Sutro's road. and 1t will be
heavy blow TO him. The same company also
built this week a cable line on Church-st
the franchise for which they had allowed to
lapse. In this they defied the police department
and the Mayors order
The Freeholders have completed the new
charter and the new organic law for the city
has been printed. Whether II will suffer the fate
OF its two predecessors remains TO be seen. The
city Is now governed under obsolete system
called the Consolidation Act. which has no fiexi
biltty. The new charter gives the Mayor large
powers. but in this concentration OF authority
aud responsibility there is less danger than in
the present system OF partly elective and partly
appointive officials who cannot be held to any
strict accountability for their Stewardship. The
power OF the Mayor to remove for cause any ap-
pointed officer Is In line with Civil Service Re-
FORM and forms the best feature OF the charter
The settlement by the Fair children of their
Qrarres over their mothers estate was rem
dered necessary TO secure concert of action in
their proposed fight against their fathers will
Probably in the history of this country no rich
man ever left his property tied up in peculiar
a way as Fair did. and public opinion justifes
the three children In resorting TO any means to
break the will, which forms trust that Is as
odious TO Americans the English law OF en-
tail.
Richard v. Dey. whose name has been closely
associated with the bonanza millionaires since
the great strike in the Comstock Lode. Is seri-
ousiv in of Bright's disease For years he was
confidential agent OF Flood and Fair ana ne Is
now Mackay's representative In San francisco
Dew is a walking cyclopedia OF fact ana anec,
dofe about the flush times IN virginia S,iy ,rnm amu
NOR miners into millionaires. 1t Is singular
Sect that Dey is suffering from the same disease