New-York tribune., 1902-03-09
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE.
A STREET RAILWAY DEAL-IMPROVE-
MENTs AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY.

San Francisco March 6.-This week wit
messed the closing of a big street railway
deal, by which the Market Street Gable Rail-
way and it's branches. together with the Suffer-
St and Sutro lines and the San Mateo Electric
road were transferred to Baltimore syndicate,
which has been organized here the United
Railroads of San Francisco, with a capital of
S40,000,000. The New-York banking house of
Brown Bros. & Co. will pay the full amount of
the purchase before the end of this month a
certain portion of the securities OF the new COM
pany were offered 10 the public this week, but
the-amount was oversubscribed in a single day,
1. W. Hellman and Antoine Borel being the prin-
cipal subscribers. Hellman, it is believed here,
will be one of the local directors of the syndi-
cate. This transaction is the largest deal in
street railways ever made in the West, as it in
wolves the transfer of a lump sum of more than
$2OOO0OOO
According to the eighth semi-annual account
OF the guardians of Tempeton and Jennie a.
Crocker. minor children of the late Colonel Fred
Crocker. their wards are growing richer by
about S1.OO0.O00 a year. Young Templeton suf-
fered a severe injury last year by being thrown
from dogcart, and in six months his personal
expenses amounted to S2S. 900. of which more
than half was for medical fees and attendance.
If the estates of both children continue to in
crease they will be worth S1O.OOO,0O0 each by
the time they reach their majority.
Supervisors are considering plan for buying
161 acres of land around Twin Peaks for pub
lie park. The land is estimated to he worth
S136,000, but it is of small value for building
purposes. because of it's hilly nature. 1t would
make a superb park. it commands excellent
views of the city. ocean and bay. and of the sur
rounding country for fifty miles.
Work has begun on the new five story family
hotel at Sutter and Cough SITS, with a frontage
Of 40 feet on Sutter-st. and 120 feet Gough-st.
1t will be of gray pressed brick. The owners
are Louis Metzger and A. Aronson.
Through a quarrel between rival sporting
clubs. it seems likely that an end may be put
to prize fighting in San Francisco. The National
Club feeling that it has not been used fairly by
the Supervisors. will get out injunction
against the Hayes Valley Club in order to test
the State law. This rival club secured permit
to hold fight this month. while the National
Club failed. Hence the warfare that will be
this fight, it is probable that the result will be
a court decision that all boxing permits are il
legal Hence San Francisco will lose it's
enviabe notoriety the best fight town in
the country.
versity the excavations for the two new
buildings which will practically complete the
second or outer quadrangle. thus making COM
plete arcade around the two quadrangles, ac-
cOrding to Senator Stanfords original plans.
The continuous arcade around the inside of the
two quadrangles will he nearly half a mile This
arcade. with the central quadrangles planted
with flowers and towering shrubs. forms the
most novel and attractive feature of the uni
finest structures of it's kind in the world will
be dedicated next week.
c. II. Phillips one of the best known capital
lists and real estate dealers in Central California
died at San Jose. In large land deals he was as
sociated with Senator Perkins. John L. Howard
and r. E. Jack.
General Thomas ]. Butler. of Prescott, Ariz,
died suddenly at Pacific Grove from heart fail
ure last Sunday. He was California pioneer.
and for ten years held the Office of Territorial
Treasurer of Arizona.
The famous Coronado Hotel opposite San
Diego. known to every Eastern tourist who has
visited Southern California will be closed on
April 90 for repairs and enlargement. Its ca
pacity will be increased one-half. making it able
to accommodate more than thousand guests.
Its doors have not been closed since the formal
opening four years ago. The tide of tourist
travel has been so great this winter that even
with many new and spacious hotels in Los
Angeles. Pasadena, Red Lands. Riverside, Santa
Barbara and other places many were unable to
get suitable accommodations. In the Los Ange-
les dining room the tables were removed after
dinner and cots put in to supply beds for tour
lists.
The immense water power at the falls OF the
Nooksack River. in the Cascade Mountains will
soon be utilized for an electric power plant
which will furnish light to every city on Puget
Sound between Seattle and Vancouver, D. O.
Mills. of New-York and Alvinza Hayward and
p. B. Cornwall. of San Francisco, are behind
the company. which expects TO spend several
million dollars and to develop thirty thousand
horsepower The falls 113 feet high. and
are fifty miles from New-Whatcom. which will
be the first city TO be lighted.
The New-York company in Arizona" opened
here this week at the Columbia. but the first
performance was ragged" as the players had
a long and tedious overland journey and arrived
here so late on Monday afternoon that most of
the company had no time to get dinner before
going the stage. Since the first nights per-
formance of the play is drawing large houses.
Emma Nevada received a warm welcome at
her concert on Monday evening. and a large
audience also gathered to hear her at Saturdays
matinee. She is a favorite here. because she is
a Nevada girl, and It was in San Francisco that
she made her first hit.
Thursday evening a testimonial concert was
given to Henry Holmes the violinist. who has
just recovered from long and severe illness.
Local musicians were all represented.
The chief social event of the week was the
marriage of Miss Georgiana Hopkins and Fred
erck McNear. The bridesmaids were Miss Bes-
sic McNear. Miss Therese Morgan and Miss
Mclean.