New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-20
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE.
SATISFIED WITH THE
PIATT CHINESE EXCLUSION BILL
NOTES OF THE COAST

PLATT CHINESE EACLUSloN DILL
NOTES OF THE COAST
San Francisco. April 19-The result Of the
long struggle in Congress over Chlnese
Sc satisfactory to the greater part Of the people
OF California. The. present law has woFh@o
we'll and IL was the height Of folly to demand
moro stringent regulations. The sailor clause
and other Objectionable features were lnseruea
IN currv favor with the union labor element
and the result that the whole measure was
discredited because Of these unfair poruoHs'
a score Of the most prominent business hleh
in San Francisco made public protest 10 Con
gress against the clause that barred AslaliGs
sron, eroploynent on American steamships ply
ing between this port and the Orient ana AUS
tralia and outside Of labor unions II wouIo DC
difficult TO find any one who opposed the use
of Chinese hands on steamships On the gen.
eral subject of excluding the Chinese there mas
been no change since Asiatics form an unoe-
sirable class of immigrants because they REFUSE
to make homes here and DO not CONFORM 10
American customs; but the old animoslty
against the Monaghan has disappeared Mean
while the labor problem has become one OF the
most urgent Of the day. for the increase IN the
fruit acreage has made a large supply of or
chard hands imperative, and there is a falling
off from instead Of an addition to the available
supply of fruit pickers. Last year large guam
tity of fruit was lost because not enough Ia
borers could be got TO gather il. even for dry
ing canning. and this seasons outlook is even
worse as the acreage that Will come into bear
ing is far greater than ever before.
President f. H. Hartman Of the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company arrived in San Fran
cisco on Thursday. and luncheon in his honor
was given at the Pacific Union Club 10y White
law Reid. Next Monday Hermann Oelrichs Will
give dinner for Mr. Hartman at the same
club. President Hartman came to town very
quietly with D. o. Mills and ". F. Herrin. gen
eral counsel for the Southern Pacific. He is
much impressed by the recent growth Of Cali
rfornia and San Francisco. He said that the
Southern Pacific would make every effort to I'M
prove the transcontinental service. The best
thing for San Francisco will be the Bay Shore
cut off which will lessen the time to all sub
surhan places n Santa Clara Valley Mr. HaTri-
man expects 10 spend two or three weeks in San
Francisco.
The transfer of r. H Ingram to be superin-
4endent Of the Southern Pacific Company at Los
ANGELES is noteworthy from the fact that Mr..
ingram is the only one of the men brought out
here by the late President Hays who has re-
famed his place with the company. Others
have proved TO be inadequate, but Ingram was
recognized as a first class man. Los Angeles De-
cause Of the enormous development OF tourist
travel has become very important railroad
centre.
M Brandenstine & Co, wholesale tea mer-
chants have bought a large corner lot at Mission
and Spear SITS. from NJ H De Young, ana VIII
erect on il a seven story brick building on plans
designed for Mr.. De Young. 1t is understood
that the price paid was a large increase over
what Mr.. De Young paid for 1t about year
ago. and as he is now erecting a large building
in Geary-st. near Stockton, he was willing to
sell this lot
Chris Buckley. the blind Democratic boss
who ruled San Francisco politics for many
years has recently appeared the buyer OF
several pieces of fine business real estate HIS
latest purchase, made this week, was lot at
Market and Spear stsr 40 feet 10 Inches in
Market-st. by l37 feet 4 inches in Spear-st'
for S123 600. He will erect a fine building on
the lot. Another transfer. which will take place
next week, is that of the Techau Tavern. on
Mason-st. between Eddy and Ellis SITS. for
Sl65. 600 The present building, which is con-
e. Quoted as a restaurant will be converted into
a hotel.
E. J. Baldwin has sold the old Annex build
ing. on Market-st.. running through to Elis-st
TO James /. Flood, for Si50000 This adds 63
feet 10la inches 10 Floods present holding on
the old Baldwin Hotel site, and he will thus be
able 10 increase the width Of the great office
building at Powell and Market SITS, for which
the foundation is now being laid.
News of the death of the Rev. DR.. Horace
stebbins at his sons home in Cambridge, Mass,
was received with regret by thousands Of San
Franciscans who had listened to the eloquence
of the great Unitarian preacher who succeeded
TO Starr Kings pulpit. For quarter Of CEN
fury Dr. Stebbins easily the foremost pulpit
orator Of San Francisco. well the ablest
preacher. Last Sunday a service Of prayer and
praise was held by his old congregation and this
had greater significance from the fact that DR..
stebbins himself selected and arranged the
vice.
Sophocles's "Aptigone" was given in the orig
lnal Greek on Thursday evening at Stanford
University by q. cast drawn from the classical
students and with the aid OF large chorus.
The performance will be repeated next Satur-
day Professors Murray and Fairclough d.
rected the performance and took part in the
play They furnished excellent prose
sion of "Antigone'' as the lbretto. Mendel-
sohn's music was given with the chorus. What
makes the performance noteworthy is that all
of the training Of the actors and the chorus
has been done by university professors. The
audience included representatives of the faculty
and students OF many California schools and
colleges as well as literary clubs Of San Fran
cisco and other cities.
A millionaire lurnberman Of Tacoma, Henry
Hewitt. says he has found large deposits Of