The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-08-16
BAD AS EARTHQUAKE
SAN FRANciscoss INTERNAL
STRIFE REnrs CITY.


San Francisco correspondence.
Time alone win reveal The full trufA
Of the extraordinary intrigue and war
fare. class fcud and personal vendetta.
that involve the graft Investigation IN
San Francisco and that have allied this
city's cup Of bitterness and strIfe-n
more disastrous visitation. indeed, than
that Of earthquake and fire.
San Francisco. the fairest and great
esi Of cities On the Pacific coast. IN
cosnparably favored By natural Atsxaa-
tage with iliInkahle resources hSaiud
her. and the trade IL tie Orient farinx
her. destined 70 Be one of he greatest
ports II The world. has heez vrxed aud
torn more BY infsrnaI strife and al
order than ~ thu calamity which starr
ea at ssi5 O'Clock "Wednesday iagxnlnx.
April II. Iss06. shaking her founlasEnnz.
and b. the consequent flres desastatsax
four square miles and destroying i've
hundred millions worth a. prsIarty.
II San franelsno to-day tie flxlsg =
not nerely the % one ~ eapssal
against labor. although THAT i stsll 81.
Ina wased fiesvely and wltAe.ll anarsax.
but The opposing forees Of fve eapsains
of Industry. two 81 the heaxlesf eapl-
taiis;z In California. err drawn ID !
struggle u she aeatl1 For sozne znuntAs
the lines " battle have heen clearly
drawn. and while oussisfs II sau iran
siseo. publle attsasIon has been con-
eenssatei upon re desHrnnesnens Il
Eugene sehaItz. thrive saarur q Naa
rEancisoo. and the surrender II ~
partner ami nanluaiatar. Ale lssH.
here the fesld betseen rasries cailuasA.
president a. tlse unlfsa Railroads. ani
Rudolph sspreskais. fize Iar8sef property
holder in San r'raneiseo. Aaa bra s.szt
closely watched.
Patrick Calhoun. who II ! RFaasIeoB
Of John g Calhoun. and u i man ~
great ability, impressive foFee. and alss
has built ~ 4 great forsaHe. eensrals
street railroads IN PItfxhurg. ~ vel ~
In Ean Franeisee. Fiss years -. ~
nnlIea Railroads. 10 whleh afr. cAE
hyua Il the heaviest storkhsIsIsv. ~.
suFssed most of xiie strpet railroads i
San Franeisco. and ses aAsut vast llzH
prosemenes ii tls sssten. EIsrflg -
fcre the disaster II APRIL. 100. 10
United ItaIiroads commenced IL eIse<
itriulxation Of Its sysfeua. AFTER ! lsax
and emblstsrni cantrexersr. II ul1seh
Calhoun and sprecksis ART teinea ~
sue. Mr. Calhoun decided % adopting
the overhead sroiley ystsm Hprrekels
and his colleagues. II wlom the CHEF
was ex-Mayor James q. Rhelsn. had
insisted that the Ilnlf1d RaIlfsasi1
adopt tbs underground conduit zyxfesn.
Tho Merchants Association efnplers
William barclay Parsons. u New
York. whose coneaaslea was positive
that the bast way Ct maetinx the trans
portatlon problems Of san Francisco
was 20 convert the cable roads Inso tbs
overhead trolley. Ills report was sa9-
orousiy sssslied By the spreekeis srpap
OF theorists. who. disappointed In their
obstructive tactics. organized The Afst
aic4pai Street Railway Company. with
sif.oOo.o00 of capital stock. iisrDrpor.
alien papers were tiled chs day before
the great disasters and the war wss
on.
Tho earthquake and the DIRE ocss-
stoned the Temporary posspenemenf 81
the Sprecksls rheian sfreet railroad
plans. but Immediately nfferwarsi shey
were found concentrating their efforts
on attacking and heckilng the rnited
Railroads aud It's president. isudoIph
spreeixeis carried bis Opposition 20 far
that In the famous Committee Of Fifty.
which took charge of The eity'x Affairs
after the Gre. he objected u the United
Railroads reNumlng car services. advaae-
Ing the fanciful view that the operation
Of the cars might cause further eonifa-
grafton. Despite the dire netsi ok Tire
suffering people. tbe service was
stopped for sevsrnI days. aud the ssn
eral manager Of the unlted Railroads
was threatened wifh arrest The unI-
ted Railroads agreed 20 carry the Tese
pie free Of charge. This pcrmlssioH
WIS AA&sty NA@AttA, 14f M&&}A IL
spreckels interviewed. claiming that the
free transportation caused such over
erewdlng Of the ears that business msn.
wiling enough N pay their faress roaId
not ind accommodation.
Thus tbs fight progressed. until final
~ there came the gruff Investigation.
In the course OK which Spreekels Eanr
AGED TO have Calhoun indicted co ms
charge Of brlbIng officials with szlaslssA
Calhoun and bis colleagues prociaim
their Innocence u the charge ~ bribery
and extress their willingness ID faesz
their enemies At present their ea@s
are being delayed BY other trials. The
people Of San Franchise are now fairly
divided into swo camps comprising the
adherents IT sprecasis and the forces
Of Calhoun. The battle win b. 1t its
height Jnss before the November cleo
tsons-
MIG ssork - Coxa.
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