The herald., 1896-01-11
Men of Position Now in South
ern California
ARE BRIEFLY INTERVIEWED
Widely Differing Subjects the Ba,es o
Conversation
oitua'ion In ne Eastern Iron Industry he
distress. in Australasia Oil a, Fuel.
The Best Stimulant

Robe'.t MacNab of the PENNSYLVANIA
haiiw' Ay conpany's shops at Altoona, is
vIsIu nS friends near Co no on. He said:
"Or.r full force of about 5000 men is kept
ou sy; indeed, in some depar ments double
o ANS have been ,hs rule for many mon hs.
fae heavy freight trafIi, from the west is
taxing our resources in the way of motive
power and cars 10 he utmost, despite con-
stant additions to rolling stock. We have
'ho' oughiy tested the Use of oil as fuel, bus
lhe results did not warrant its adop ion, at
least at present. The uncertainties at
Ten liant upon obtain ig a suifi ,ient supply
AT price that woul warrant costly changes
oeing very importanr factor. The fields
IN pennsylvania and Virginia are be ng
exhausted, while those of Obi (which few
years ago were so wonderfully producuv :,
! show signs of quit il &. I'd in spite OF much
prospt cting AID wild eating no new terri
| tory OF any moment is )ining in
| Felix Oudinot of the Canb ia Iron COM
Pany AT Johnstown, Pa, was seen yester-
/ DAY at the Westnins' er. He said: ">Inre
Tie slump in the prices Of iron and steel
| soine OF the larger railroad are feeling the
| pulse OF the mauuf &c urers vi h a view of
| placing con racts. The latter, however,
are Indifferent, most of them having con-
tracts that VIII keep Them running II | the
| usua' SHUT d 'wn next June. There is an
ac'ive demand for structural iron and steel
| VIE.
! II. F. E gar of verdugo has returned
/ from VISIT TO friends in Manitoba and
| Brl lsh Columbia. He reports enorm ,us
crops of all kinds the past season. and that
prices are phenomenally low. sill, money
Is plentiful, the banks loan generously and
! times are good
George ,odwin. a wealthy coal owner
| NJ Sxfdn
senger on the east-bound flyer yesterd ~
morning. ne reports very dali times in
the colony and much distress among the
WORKING classes i'll very branch of bus-
ness. Mr.. G ,odain is pioneer in his part
or the once prosperous colony of New
Houth Wales, and said that the long period
OF depression all over Australia seemed in
! teimi liable.
Stephen L. Andrews of Tacoma, Wash
Is in The city. he said tina things were
much brighter in his city since the expose
OF the vampires who have been di. edit
ing her. Confidence is restored. business
is revlving, aud work is abundant for those
VINO wi h it.
James LlewelIyn of the Milwaukee mall
cable iron works went east yesterday morn-
ing. He said his company Used oil exclu-
svely as fuel AID had d me so for some
years. The scare that steel no lers become
decarb0n zed by the Use of This fuel was
exploded by the results of experience. He
said tn 1t the relative heat ,etIicents of
o aud co.. were nearly as possible
this: Que barrel, forty-two gallons, OF
cruie oil. was equivalent to one ton of the
best quality of steam coal.
> IL abanne. a prominent capitalist of
st. Lou S, Mo, is visiting friends near pasa-
dena lie said st LOUIS is had no hard
tunes, tue manufactures Al G all busy, there
i, no distress of an abnormal charac er
notwthsta dung the cessat on. for a long
time, of the river trade, owing to The
almost Unprecedented drouth and conse-
qIenl low water. The r publican national
convention will have good time with US.
Adolph u. b edtler. practical surg cal
instrument maker. for many years con-
nected with The ~ell-known firms of Tie
mann & Co. ard H nry Marx of New York
city, is in Los Angeles. and is so pleased
with it that he is looking for desirable
locat on to establish a mandatory. IN
James iregir'ht, a Cornish mining man
and pr e'tor fir m Anador county, was
seen at ,h- United Sta,es hotel. Mr.. ire
girtha spoNe somewhat slighingly of the
Cripple Creek mines, and said that much
of wntt is current in the press is of the
Munchausen st, le of s, STORYTELLING. He has
unbounded confidence in California, and is
firm in his belief that Columbia, Tuolumne
county, where ID. 0. Mills and other ol l.
timers ma ie a big stake in the p .lmy d ,ys
of placer mining, will again be the central
Quoted on modern plans. He is of the
opinion that unfold wealth lies in the
sand of lava-submerged rivers in and about
the vicinity of liable mountain and sheep
r. nch.
Cha ting with few friends at the Hol-
lenbeck yesterd " DR.. Schreiher of BELLEVUE
hospi al. New York. said very earne- tlv,
The very best stmuants are good fo III,
properly crooked and dai lilly ser we'd by
some neat-handed Pnyllis. and pure cold
water. After long and exbausting mental
work. a small goblet of spring water of
normal Temperature taken in spoonful
sips. at in erval5 occupying about fifteen
or twenty minutes, will be found fine
stimulant and restorative. Arterial ten
son is increased, and tlere is 10 reaction
corresponding 10 that resulting from the
use of alcoholics"
James Dix, a we'll known Washington
market. New York. produce commission
man. is visiting the principal points of in
terest to him in Southern California. He
said he was very much plea spd with Los
Angeles. but had hal dly become used to
such " rm weather especially as he car
ries about on his big bones some $50
pounds of too solid flesh. He keeps parry
of friends in roar of laughter ON a Uni
versity car, and his hearty, ventral laugh
and beaming. perspiring face, made a
souri, -vi-aged invalid look trans figured.