The herald., 1895-05-28
HARPO0N'S SAN DIEGO NEWS
More Windy Railroad Schemes
Proposed
SNAKE STORIES FROM NUEVO
A Back Number System of Electric
Lighting
The City Council and Its Futile Attempts
to Solve the Water Question.
News Notes

SAN DIEGO, May 2l.-(Special cores
pondence )-Con siderable interest has
been taken in the statement made by the
officers OF the British gunboat Wild Swan,
now coaling at this port, with regard to
the evident cooperation Uf the United
States with England in the recent occupa-
tion of Corinto. This is the first informa-
tion that has come to light upon the
somewhat peculiar attitude of tho govern
ment in this affair, and makes clear what
before was taken as Il weakness on the
part of the state department.
Railroad men have had the pleasure OF
a visit from W. G.. Collins, general
superintendent of the Chicago. Milwau-
kee and St. Paul line. one of the Oldest
railroad men in the country.
This week will probably witness the
departure of the revenue cutter Walcott.
and when she sails the entire Pacific coast
will be without government protection
from Mare island to the Mexican boun.
Diary.
The newspaper men OF the city are
thinking OF arranging for reception to
Walter G. Smith OF Coronado the Japan
ese-Chinesc correspondent of the San
Francisco Chronicle, who is expected
nome about June 10th.
n One would think by the fuss there has
been made over tho published statement
that John W. Lynch. the popular mana
ger of the Hotel Florence. who was
recently elected vice-president Of the
National Hotel Mems ASSOCIATION, was a
resident of Los Angeles; that San Diego
could not afford to let her sister city have
anything that was supposed to belong
here. The meeting next year will be held
at Los Angeles, while the Hotel del Cor
onado will give the big banquet to the
prominent bonifaces.
s Preparations are being made by num-
Der of people here to take in the Santa Fe
excursiGn to the Grand canyon of the
Colorado, which leaves June sd under the
personal escort of Miss II. >. ElIott.
The famous Ysaye is coming here next
Monday.
No sooner does the irritation caused by
the inticton of one railroad scheme sub
side than either another or a. combina-
tion of such annoyances rises up to afford
the chin musician, OF San Diego an OBJ
portunity to relieve themselves. The lat
est plan is to consolidate the Bishop Tay-
lor and the Railroad Mems railroad prop
sitions, it having been found that the
usually gulible public would not stand
boing mulcted for both of these windy
measures.
:Among the prominent weddings Of the
week may be mentioned those OF w. Ii.
Cobb to Miss Birf'ie Gentry, and the Rev.
Arthur o. Mitchell to Miss Jeanne Anne
Tyson.
By the incorporation of the San Diego
World company it is evident that Mayor
Carlson is getting tired of paying all the
bills of that nondescript sheet.
+. 5. ketchum of Los Angeles has pur
| chased of William Swain of this city five
of the best producing claims of the Old
Picachc mining district. This makes the
second large sale of mining property with
in the past week two weeks to Los Angc-
les parties.
When it comes to considering railroad
propositions this city is without an equal
on the Pacific coast, but the ompleton,
of such enterprises is quite another mat.
ter. as nobody is willing to agree as to
Just what should be done or how to do
it. There is now considerable opposition
to the rebuilding OF the Temecula canyon
road by the Santa Fe system, for fear that
1t will give Los Angeles stronger hold
on the business of that section than it
now enjoys. This is a fair sample of the
dog in the manger feeling that IS making
tho city the butt of ridicule everywhere.
The bicycle race last Sunday between
Il. S. Babcock. manager of the Hotel del
Coronado, and Il. J. Fisher, the hotel
pharmacist, was as good as a circus to the
many spectators. The course was from
the hotel down Orange avenue to the ferry
and retUrn, and was won by the latter,
who came in under the wire a minute and
a half ahead.
Snake stories are as plentiful down in
this section as the varmints themselves
and each succeeding one is a little more
thrilling than its predecessor. Nuevo
seems to have the lead at present. the one
about rattler having climbed up in a
woman's lap while she was feeding the
chickens, and after treating the fright
ened female to Il little music. rolled off
and crawled away, is now topped by an
other from that same locality, where a
rancher, while harvesting, ran out of
binder twine and used the snakes for that
purpose by tying them together, wrapping
them around the grain and fastening the
business by pushing the head of one rep
tile down the throat OF another.
The second shipment of wool this sea-
son was sent east to Boston Friday by the
w. W. Stewart Commercial com pany.
A trust deed has been filed in the
county recorder office by the Escondido
irrigation district by which all the hold
ings OF that corporation are conveyed to
the Merchants National bank OF this
city to secure another $780, 900 issue of
bonds making in all $3.50, 900 issued by
tho district.
Ii the postot!ice could be allowed TO
sell the papers which are destroyed every
month owing to insufficient postage the
clerks would have enough pin money to
keep them in chewing gum rs that seems
20 be their principal occupation, at least
when the long suffering public wants any
thing done in the line OF duty
Rose Hartwich Thorpe, the poctcss OF
San Diego has been elected poet OF the
Alpha Kappa Phi and German sodalcs
societies OF Hillsdale college. Michigan,
for the annual reunion which occurs in
June OF this yeih'.
The midsummer association is working
IN harmony with tho Native Sons 10 make
the ceebrationo Admission day, Sep
tember 9TH and 10th, an occasion that will
do justice to the reputation of San Diego
for genuine hospitality. There will be
monster parades. an old fashioned barbe-
cue, reception at the opera mouse. excur-
sions to all surrounding points of in ntcrest