New-York tribune., 1904-10-16
CALIFORNIA NOTES.
Frisco Business Nen Lack Conf
dence IN Its Loans.
lsv rELEcR,PH TO The rR1BUNEI

IsY TELEGRAPH TO The TRIBUNz-l
San Francisco. Oct. 14.-This city. which
IS growing very rapidly and has no debt. is now
in the curious position OF being unable to float
its new issue Of 80 per cent bonds for municipal
improvements. as all the large investors refuse
to subscribe owing TO their lack Of confidence
in the city administration. The first call for
S45O0OO0 OF the S1TOO0OOO issue vas made
recently. and only 100000 was subscribed for.
most OF this being made by one OF the State
boards. Several bank presidents and other
fnanciers have since declared that they would
have subscribed 10 the loan had it not been for
their lack OF confidence in the commission which
viii handle the funds.
San Franciscoans who return from Eastern
cities declare that the main news which is
printed from this city concerns prizefghts and
prtzehghters. For some time sentiment has
been growing that san Francisco should not be
the only btg city in the country where prize
fights may be carried on openly. ! large ma
jority OF the Board OF Supervisors is on record
| as opposing the granting Of any more permits
for holding prizefghts here In this emergency
James Coffroth. who is the most active OF pusi-
| rstic promoters. viii appeal direct 70 Mayor
schmitz for a permit. and II is said that Cot
froth has rendered such valuable assistance 70
the Mayor in politics that nothing can be de-
| MED him. Certain il is that Cofroth has made
I arrangements for fight on the last night Of The
month. and has assured the principals that he
/ viii secure a permit
The EFFORT 70 stop Sunday sports has led Tho
supervisors committee to introduce an Or5i-
/ nance prohibiting coUrsing II IS claimed by re-
| ugtous people that very tough crowd frequerts
/ Ingleside Park on Sunday during the running OF
dogs. and drunkenness and fighting are common
| occurrences.
The Yosemite Valley Commissioners are IN
favor Of presenting bin 20 Congress amend
| ing the Congressional grant 20 California 50
that leases may he given for twenty-five instead
! OF ten years as at present Cnde- ten year
lease it IS impossible 70 get responsible persons
/ TO build hotel in Yosemite, as the- claim this
| short lease would NOT insure them compensation
| for the outlay.
| The Manufacturers and Producers Association
Of California has succeeded in having a call for
/ bids fO~ supplies for the Panama Canal pub
| Ushed here simultaneously with Washington It
I is claimed that san Francisco dealers can lay
/ dcvr many articles needed cheaper than East
! ern manufacturers can supply them The latest
! call is for cement hydranrs. sewer pipe steam
shoveIs. dump cars and fat cars
The TivoH Opera House. which was the first
! German opera at cheap prices, had the credit
this week OF producing. for the first time IN this
| country. Der Rastelbinder." which had so
| great a success this summer in Munich Here
the comic opera was we'll received. and the hu-
NOR OF the book and the fine orches ration were
| keenIy enjoyed by large audiences.
! farewell dinner was given at the Bohemian
! Club this week by ex-Mayor PheIan TO D. H
| Burnham. the Chicago architect. on the eve OF
his sailing for Manila Burnham has built a
| bungalow on the Twin Peaks. overlooking Tho
| city, and when he returns he will develop plans
| for beautifyins san Francisco In Manila he
| viii do similar work FOR the government
The enforcement OF stringent game and fish
laws has become so rigid that one hunter this
week paid so for killing single quail out Of
season
/ A bill has been drafted. to be presented to the
next State Legisat ture. for the prevention and
! control OF forest fires E A Sterling and w c
| Hodge. who represent the United States Bureau
! OF Forestry. have prepared a bill In cunsuIta-
ton with the California Water and Forest Com
missioner. The bill must be approved by Ciif-
FORD Pinchot before being presented. During the
last year forest fires have swept over eight hun
! dred thousand acres. doing enormous damage
The bill provides for a State forester and as
! sistants. and for heavy penalties on campers
| and others who fail to extinguish fires.