The herald., 1897-03-03
SAN DIEGO
TheosophicaI Lectures - Probable Improve
ment Of Street Car Service

| Improves
ment Of Street Car Service
| SAN DIEGO, March 2.-There was a
large audience at Theosophical hall
Sunday night to listen to addresses by
President Blackmeer, Mrs. Stanley
Fitzpatrick and others on the occult
science. The recent visit of the crusad-
ers and the proposed founding OF a
Theosophical college at this place has
awakened interest in Theosophy, and
the meetings are more largely attended
than ever. A social will be held Wednes-
day evening at their hall.
The Citizens Traction company, 1t is
believed, will soon be taken out of the
hands of the receiver and placed on a
better footing financially. 1t is pro-
posed to build a power house and give
the Electric Street Railway company
a sharp race for the passenger traffic of
Florence Heights and adjacent por-
tions of the city. The proposition to
consolidate with the electric company
has fallen trough. The Traction COM
pany now has coal for fuel, as coal is
cheaper than petroleum, owing to the
increased price of Los Angeles oil.
The San Diego Water company and
the Coronado Water company are at
outs, and each one says to the other,
You are another" Luckily a deep,
Wiue pdy separates tneIn. Inc oan
Diego company draws the deadly par
allel column of figures, showing that 1t
charges only 20 cents per thousand gall
Ions, while the octopus across the bay
charges 80 cents per thousand gallons,
and that while it charges only one cent
foot for irrigation its hated rival
across the bay charges double these
rates. and further, that its minimum
| water rate is $3.50 while that of the
San Diego company is at the living fig
ure of $1.75. In the meantime the
Spreckels company is endeavoring to
establish another water system In San
Diego. With few more rain storms
as heavy as those of the past few weeks
we shall not need much of water sys-
tenn.
Capt. w. H Chittenden gave an inter-
esting lecture last evening on the
Aborigines of America. This is a sub
Ject in which the captain is much inter-
ested. He has written several maga-
zine and newspaper articles on the ma
tives Of the southwest. and to his re-
searches several more recent writers on
these subjects are indebted for their
facts. One of the numerous women
writers. whose main stock In trade is
plagiarizing. recently wrote magazine
article on the aborigines, and to dis
guise the theft made statements ridicu-
ously untrue. When the article was
shown to this pioneer who had spent a
quarter of century with Indians, he
merely remarked, THAT woman should
be prohibited from writing-it is a vile
SANDER
The departure of several ships has
correspondingly decreased local trade.
1t Is estimated that while the entire
fleet was here about $4,000 a week was
spent in the city.
The Republicans held their primaries
yesterday for the election of delegates
to the municipal convention on March
4th. Supporters Of each of the four can
didates that are prominently mentioned
for mayor claim majority Of the dele
gates, but the prediction can be made
with a degree of certainty that D. c.
Reed will receive the honors of the day.
Major Henry Sweeney has filed his
petition as an independent candidate
for mayor. Two years ago the major
qualified as an independent candidate
for alderman and was elected, but his
tory does not always repeat itself.
Work has commenced on the bath
house to be erected on this side of the
bay by Graham Babcock. The plans call
for an elaborate structure and the in
terror arrangements Will be equal to
any other bath house on the coast.
The flagship Philadelphia finished
taking on coal and supplies yesterday
and tomorrow will leave here for San
Jose de Guatemala. The United States
with the Monterey and Monadnock will
remain here until the end of March.
Mrs. Norton, wife of Rev. Stephen A.
Norton, DID,, pastor of the First Con-
gregational church Of this city, died last
night.