New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-02
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
s1rTROs ENTERPRIsEs-THE BANCROFT
LIBRARY-ORANGE CULTURE
THEATRICAL
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Gan Francisco Feb 1.-To-day the new Gin
House was formally opened in connection with
the Sutro Electric Railroad. which runs out 10
Ocean Reach parallel to Point Lobos-ave Inc
new house has been designed with special refer-
ence 10 tourist and picnic travel. On the ocean
side toward the Seal Rocks. a broad Verahda
,s built over the sea- from which one may lish III
fairly deem water Here also are din!ng-rooihs
which have an outlook the ocean anu inc
sunerb beach. such as is afforded by Few rooms
in the country. Mayor Sutro owns po'h 'ne |Aii
House and the electric road, as well as the huse
bathing establishment near by, so that ne WEI
derive a large revenue from the supufp"i u"N'
II was the Southern Pacifics reiusai 10 'iiaNe
single five-cent fare to the CNit House Whi0n
caused Sutro TO declare war on the rallroau
comnany He forced them TO give hVe-ceill
fare. and now he is trying TO get revenge ny
fighting the Funding bill at Washington ana by
ecging on Kentucky legislators TO attempt re-
yoking Southern Pacific charters
The news that the Bancroft Library VIII proo-
ablv go TO the Aston Lenox or Tllden library
in Nev-York has excited much regret mere
among lovers of California. Bancroft cohec"oh
ts unapproachable in original matter, when can
not be duplicated as the old MISSION recorus
hovo NOT boen preserved Bancroft tried to sell
library
nnhuc institutions. but no one would give him
one-ouarter Of its value. For fifteen years lie
has kept the collection in a freproof build
ing easily reached by the Nalencia-st. cable
oars and any student or tourist could get access
n # He would probably have kept 1t there for
~eors were II not for the excessive tax levied ny
tbe municipal! government 1t actually costs MT
bancroft $1,000 a year in taxes to keep th's
library open for the benefit Of the public mat
Is the way San Francisco encourages puDhc
benefactor.
The case % the Rev. DR.. c. o. Brown OF the
T,rs+ Conversational Church of San Francisco
has nearly reached climax. Brown caused the
arrest of Mrs Davidson for attempted placK-
mail vhereupon she revealed the story or MS
alleged criminal intimacy with Miss OVern'ai
q member Of his congregation. VINO hao se'Neu
as his stenographer. Forced by pubic opihion'
the church trustees decided to hold an lhVeS'sa-
lion Nothing has yet been done In the way Vi
taking testimony. Browns pulpit has been niieo
nv other preachers, but this week at meeting
he ATTEMPTED TO secure the passage or reso-
luton of confidence in his integrity. lie faiieo
in this largely because OF the protest ihaue
Nv Mrs sarah B. Cooper, one Of the most IN
fuential members Of the church she was hisssu
by some Of Browns pariisans when , si,e ,h ue
,nanded the right to speak. She insisted thal
Brown had no right 10 occupy the pulpit 50 !oIs
as he had not cleared himself or the chatse9
against him. The preacher promised 10 iul
nesh her nroofs of his innocence. but the next
day declared that his lawyers 1ornaue MN ~
do So Dr. Brown declares he VIII preach 70
morrow, and will continue TO uI wreck the
church The case has excited great interest
throughout the State, and popular opinion Is
against the preacher. unless ne can sii'" 'eeA'
proof of his innocence
The Frawey Company. at the Columbia The
atre have done the leading business of the week
with Men and Women" This is one or the
hest stock companies formed here in years, ana
&c snccess here ard in other cities of the coast
shows that the audiences prefer stock com
panies to the star system. The sale OF seais lor
The Tayary Opera Company at the BALDWIN
Theatre next week is large and assures big
houses for the first week
Several Florida orange-growers have been IN
specting Southern California this week, with the
purpose of investing In land These men say
MAI the growing of oralges and lemons is their
business and they know nothing else; that they
are discouraged over the outlook In FLORIDA, ana
wish 10 try Southern California, where the uani-
noe nv frost is not great. The warm lands in
Southern California may be counted on 10 yielu
good crops every year but great injustice mas
been done to many inexperienced buyers by IN
ducing them 10 plant cold, wet lands 10 me
orange. This accounts for the heavy loss by
frost in Riverside last month, and In several
parts Of Los Angeles County. Even In the orange
belt there are many places not suitable to profit
able cultivation Of citrus fruits. and these lands
should not be planted to the orange ana the
lemon. s.,a
This week Cloverdale. in Sonoma County. held
Cts fourth annual Citrus Fair. The display or
navel oranges and lemons was me- none OF .he
trees in this locality being affected with scale
or other insect pests. The lands In Sonoma,
where the orange 1ourishes best lie along the
Russian River
Ouartz-mining has had a boom during the
last few months all along the foothills or the
sierra In Nevada County number or
old properties have been opened up, ana IN
Sierra County there is much activity. BY new
Of ela
could not be worked proftably ten years ago
now yields good returns II some OF the large
Idle capital locked up in the savings banks here
were used to develop tie idle quartz mines OF the
Sierra foothills. the gold product OF California
could be doubled.
Prescott the capital of Arizona. boasts that 1t
is the nearest approach 10 the New Jerusalem
as described in re Bible. as its streets are beng
paved with gold The granite used for pave
,nents contains 81 In gold and 20 cents In silver
10 every ton. so tina: in time. when less ex-
pens;ye methods Of reducing ores are used, II
may pay the city 10 tear up and crush us
street pavements.