New-York tribune., 1901-06-30
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA
FAIR ESTATE SETTLEMENT WHAT
HEIRS AND LAWYERS WILL GET
OIL FOR POWER HOUSE FUEL
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San Francisco June 29.-The Fair estate case,
which has dragged along in the courts for six
and half years. will probably be settled this
summer. Everything is ready for the dis
tribution of the S20OOOOOO among the three
children of the Comstock millioEaire. Though
Senator Fair made elaborate will. which was
drawn by expert lawyers. it proved TO be de-
fective, and finally thrown out Of court
because it tied up his millions in a trust that
antagonistic to American law. The con-
test of the will was made by Mrs. Craven a.
woman who claimed to be Fairs widow but
her case shattered by proof that the docu-
ments she depended were forgeries. The
lawyers in the Fair case have presented claims
amounting TO S2,OO0,O0O. and the three execu-
tors demand 100000 each The three heirs.
Mrs. Hermann OeIrichs and Mrs. W. K. Wander
bilt of New-York. and Charles L. Fair, of San
Francisco. will receive about S6.0OoOoo each
The Market Street Railroad Company has just
finished an enormous oil tank to hold $4,000
gallons of Kern County oil for fuel for it's power
house. The tank is ninety feet in diameter and
thirty-one feet high, and made of steel A
month will be required to I'LL it, The Monte
Cristo Oil Company. of Kern County. has taken
the contract to supply the oil for three years.
The saving fuel by the Of oil will be
large The oil burning apparatus is on
it's way from the East. and soon the various
power houses will be supplied with the new
fuel The Market Street company will also be-
gin building in few days electric power
plant at North Beach. the Blackpoint mill
tary reservation. The plant will have a ca
pacity of 1900 horse power.
Negotiations are in progress for the transfer
of the Sutter-st. cable car line to the Balti-
more syndicate that recently purchased the San
Mateo electric road. The sale will include the
Larzin and Sutro lines. The cable road Is capi-
talized for 100000 and the Sutro electric line
for 100000.
The Director Of the Mint. George E Roberts,
is here inspection tour. After examining
the branch mint here he will make tour Of the
coast before his return TO Washington
Louis A. Garnett. we'll known authority on
coinage and assaying. died this week at Pacific
Grove Garnett was the metanurgicaI officer OF
the San Francisco mint in the early days and
also the founder Of the present Selby
Smelling Works. He was the author Of several
Of the coinage laws of the United States, and
suggested the creation Of the Mint Bureau at
Washington. His last work was as a member
of the monetary commission in 1897
Blanche Bates made big hit this week at
the Columbia Theatre as Cigarette in Under
Two Flags" The full New-York company and
the stage furnishings were brought out by
Charles Frohman. and the result is that the
play will probably draw full houses for four
weeks. in this dull vacation season. Next
week at the Grand Opera House the Frawley
Company will open an eight weeks engage
nent. with +. J. Morgan as the star. They will
first present The Only Way" with Morgan as
Sydney Carlton
General Samuel B Young will relieve
General Shafter next month in command OF the
Department OF California. General Young is
he as or
4th Cavalry at the Preside for several years
The engagement was officially announced here
this week of Miss Clara Huntington. daughter
of H E Huntington. and Gilbert Brook Per-
kins of New-York. son of old Judge Perkins. of
CoVlnSton, ky. Miss Huntington has travelled
much and she is also an expert horsewoman.
The death Of Mrs Mary Gwin widow OF the
first United States Senator from California.
ends the long life Of a woman who for years
was prominent social ngure al the national
capital and afterward the leader of the South
ern colony in San Francisco.
Eight hundred students have registered at tho
summer school of the University of California
Among the prominent educators who Will de-
liver lectures are Professors Barrett Wendell OF
Harvard on English literature; John Dewey.
of Chicago, on psychology: Henry Morse Ste
Liberty II. Bailey Of Cornell. horticulture.
and James NJ. Wilson. irrigation expert Of the
United States Department of Agriculture. on ir-
risation Special lectures irrigation will oe
delivered by a number Of California authOri-
ties. The summer school will be largely at
tended by farmers, as special provision has been
made for lectures on agriculture and hOrticult-
ure.
special complimentary luncheon was given
to j. c. Stubbs. third vice-president Of the
Southern Pacific company, to-day, by resident
agents of Eastern and tranScOnIinental lines
the of his departure for Chicago to as
sumo charge of the traffic business Of the Har-
riman roads To Mr.. Stubbs presented a
finely engraved silver plate OF invitation, which
bears the name of his hosts