New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15
ON THE PACIFIC COAST.
San Francisco's LiUely Municipal
Campaign-AIaskan Railroads.

Characterization Railroads.
San Francisco. Oct 13-The municipal cam
paign that is now in full Roadway is the live
Hest that mas been had here for many years
John s Partridge who is candidate for the
fusion Of Republicans and Democrats, is an
able young lawyer who is making a reputation
as an eloquent speaker. His campaign is made
on the strong line of warfare on the wholesale
grating which has brought disgrace on the
city's name Mayor SchHitz, who is the candi-
date of the Union Labor party. spends most or
his force in denouncIng the Citizens Alliance.
which he claims is control Of the Fusion
party What makes Schmitz's argument weak
is that Walter Macarthur and several other
prominent labor leaders have declared for
Partridge
The Santa Clara Interurban Railway was sold
this week to Lewis z. Hanchett. and the deal is
believed TO have been made to give GOuld's
Western Pacific Railroad entrance into San
Mateo and Santa Clara counties. Half a million
is named as the purchase price Of the property.
The line at present simply runs from San
Jose to Alum Rock Park. suburban resort.
but it's franchise calls for electric line from
San Jose to San Francisco. This. when built
will make it an active competitor for the pas
senger and freight traffic OF the rich Santa
Clara Valley now controlled by the Southern
Pacific Company. 1t is known that Hanchett
is acting for the Western Pacific, and that the
GouIds are behind the purchase Some miles
of new track built out Of Palo Alto are OF stand
ard gauge and laid with heavy steel rails so
that IT can easily be converted into steam line.
The Western Pacific let this week the first
contract on its overland line. 1t is to build the
road from Oakland to OrovtlIe. Butte County.
H H Huson of Tacoma. secured the contract
The United States Circuit Court decided this
week that the local ordinance forbidding any
more buriaIs in cemeteries within city limits
illegal, as it coniicted with the Fourteenth
Amendment and arbitrarily set aside the con-
tract made when owners Of lots purchased their
property The court held that If 1t had been
established that burials in these interurban
cemeteries were prejudicial to health, then the
ordinance would have to be enforced The effect
of the decision is to open all the cemeteries.
which have been closed for TWO years
General Funston in his report Of the Depart
uent Of California. caEs attention TO the poor
condition Of the quarters OF officers and men at
the Preside, which he calls "one OF the most
important posts in the United States; this in
one Of the show places of the Pacific Coast
He recommends the transfer OF the field artil-
lery battalion 70 some other place. where level
ground for drill and target practice may be Sc
buildings be erected at Fort Mcdowell on An
gel Island. that the fort be abandoned
The University Of CALIFORNIA; anthropologi-
cal department is busiJy studying the dying
Indian dialects Of the coast and the question
OF relationship between the languages OF the
different stocks is being investigated The re-
suits show that the linguistic families fall into
three groups whose grammatical forms are dis
similar One OF the curious features is the in
tr11sion Of the Athabascan family. which is rep
resented by several tribes il California. DE-
Pliny Z. Goddard is in charge of this group.
and DR.. Alfred L Kroeber is studying the nearly
extinct languages south of San Francisco. Elk
perts are also at work on the Washoe dialects
OF East Central California and Nevada. The
archaeological collections made By Mrs Phoebe
Hearst were formally transferred this week TO
the University of California. Many OF The
Egyptian relics and curios are extremely valtIa-
bic The collections are valued at half mill
ion dollars.
In attempted stage robbery near Redding.
Shasta County. Dan Haskell the shotgun mes
senger for the Wells Fargo Express Company,
was badly injured that ne died two days
after. A lone highwayrnan appeared AT a bend
Of the road. wearing the traditional mask. ana
demanded that the treasure box De thrown out
This box contained $4,000 in gold 10 pay on
kell fired once on the man. but in return vas
shot three times Haskell was brave oFhcer,
having served a long time As Sheriff or san Jose
County before ne entered the service OF the e.
press company
Heavy rains nearly every day for oFeF
month have injured Washington's bonanza crop
OF wheat and hops Rain came before the grain
was thrashed. ana thousands n bushels We're
lost in the fields Mere than four inches %
rain has fallen i'm Eastern wash ngtoa since
September To- The hop crop Of Western wash
inatou is damaged 10 per cent by rain
Twelve systems OF railroads planned or
sre under construction in Alaska. with total
length OF over thsee thousand miles. All these
railroads. viii opeu Up new territory. much OF
which has been only partially prospected.
Among the projected roads that viii have great
influence in developing the Territory are thu
Alaska Railroad. from Cordova Eagle City,
500 miles. the y7Idez and Yukon Railroad, from
Valdez EFgle CttV J01 niles The Northwest
ern ana Copper Ptver Ra.Eoaf from Valdez
to Eagle City. 800 miles. the Alaska Short Line.
from Iniaulna TO Onvtka, $40 miles. and TIA
Nome and Arctic Railroad LOO nnIlcs-