New-York tribune., 1908-08-02
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
Sutro Estate Lands, Tenth of San
Francisco, To Be DiUided.
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San Francisco Aug. 1.-The Sutro estate lands,
which comprise about one-tenth OF San Francisco
will soon divided and large suburban tracts VIII
thus be opened to settlement. Mr. Sutre bought
many acres of sand dunes south Of Golden Gate
Park when land very cheap. and planted with
eucalyptus trees the large tract between the park
and Ingleside racetrack In twenty-five years this
tract has become a dense forest, and these Aus
tralan gum trees have attained height OF more
than a hundred feet The timber from this tract
will represent fortune. Real estate men believe
that this tract, the commanding eminenee back
of the Affiliated Colleges will be the site OF costly
houses in the future.
Five thousand dollars has been appropriated for
the first section of the greatest stadium In the
world to be erected in Golden Gate Park. The
stadium when completed will surround a three
quarter mile oval with terraced seats OF concrete
The plan is to limit the seats to height OF ten
rows and plant ornamental trees around the out
side In this way the large unsightly concrete wall
will be hidden and the seats will be protected and
heaut1ed by trees.
Mrs. W K Vanderbilt and Mrs. Teresa oelrichs.
| of New York have united in answer to the federal
suit to condemn certain submerged lands belonging
| TO them near Fort Mason. for transport service
| warehouses and wharves They claim the waters
are not navigable and that as the city harhor me
| has already drawn, any land within II taken
bv the government should be paid for at fair ap-
II.
| nand this
| Captain Charles P Poessler. master of the KOS
mos liner Assoccan, has been fined $4,000 for bring
/ ing his steamer into the harbor without Dill OF
| health This large fine was caused by the fect
that he visited four foreign ports. The fine is $500
for each port This is record fine The case has
been referred TO washington by Collector stratton
| George Iask stage manager OF the Princess
| for Francisco
week for Chicago take charge OF the production
| Of comic operas at the Olympic Theatre in that
| city Iask for many years was stage manager OF
! the old Tfvoli Opera House,
| The funeral was held this week OF Helene Din
ssen. comic opera singer. who was well known
| twenty-five years ago in the cid Tivoh Opera Com
| psny and who afterward Joined PATHS company
The singer had hard time in her last years. as
kne lost Esr fortune
| CAPTAIN Marcus Harloe sea captain, harbor COM
missioner and for many years prominent in Repuo-
Hcan boities, died this week Captain Harloe char-
tered the sailing vessel Wilc Pigeon in New YORK
in 1850 and brought cargo around Cape Horn 70
California.
A grass FIRE this week threatened many OF the
| finest homes in San Rafael, the residence of A W
Foster being saved with much difficulty The hre
started on Boyd HILL and at ene time the Mount
Tanaalpas Military Institute was in peril
Professor Arthur B. Clark Of Leland Stanford
Junior University. who has succeeded IN enforcing
absolute prohibition on Stanford campus and
among all the students of the university, was de-
feated this week in his efforts to continue prohib
ton in the neighboriHg town of Mayield Professor
Clark is Mayor of Mayheld. and transformed II
fron place notorious for saloons into dry
town The town trustees have now granted perrniS-
sion TO hotellSeepers sell liquer with meals
The Kosrnos liner Anubis which went ashore on
San Miguel reef, In Santa Barbara Channel is
now a total wreck. Much of the cargo has been
removed but wreckers unable to save the
vessel which is breaking up
Truck farmers on Jersey Island, in the San Joa-
auin River have suffered a heavy loss by an over
flow Of the island. due 20 high tide and the poor
condition of the Ievees Eight hundred persons are
working on the island and the losses will reach
a,srter of a million dollars. Among those who will
lose are number of University Of California stu
dents who are taking practical course in market
gardening Jersey Island is very rich, but 1t Is
below the level of the river and two years ago was
! flooded.
Fire this week burned more than one hun
dred thousand acres of national forest reserve IN
the Santa Lucia Mountains, fifty miles south OF
Salinas and lust west of Jolen Several hundred
men and horses were engaged in fighting the flames
tramp who had been thrown from western
Pacific train set fire to freight train at Wesmin-
ster near Los Angeles and burned four carloads
OF early Bermuda onion sets consigned to truck
farmers In Texas The fire also destroyed the only
automobile onion planter in the world Early ber=
rnudas will now be from seed from the
Canary Islands The loss the onions was S0eO
Eour Seattle sisters OF good family are planning
ta make an automobile tour OF Washington State to
I advocate female suffrage They have already traV-
eiied in this way through Skagit County and say
/ they were much encouraged by their reception
O. Henry. the well known story writer, once
,rou,ised the editor of a magazine that he would
deliver short story to him on the following Mon
day Several Mondays passed, but the muse was
refractory and the story was not forthcoming. AT
last the wrathful editor wrote this note;
4 NV Dear o. Henry: II do not receive that
story from you by IL o'clock to-day. am going to
| nnf on NV heaviest soled shoes. Down to
your house and kick you downstairs I always