New-York tribune., 1908-08-09
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
Entire Real Property Of Sutro
Estate To Be Pdrtitioned.
[By Telegraph TO The Tribune.

San Francisco, Aug s.-Two suits were begun
this week for the partition of the entire real
property of the estate of the late Adolph Sutro
They friendly suits. to arrange for equitable
division of the largest single estate in the city.
which actually comprises one-tenth of the citys
area. All the Sutro heirs here. Among those
who will share in this division of suburban tracts
which are now valuable. and which within ten
years Will be worth great fortune are two of San
Franciscos leading lawyers, Garrett McEnerny
and William S. Wheeler, each of whom will re-
cefve one twentieth of these lands as his fees.
Mayor Taylor Iectured the supervisors sharply
this week because of their delay In determining
the fate of the City Hall. For two and half
years the ruins of the main building and the tower
have been eyesore, yet only the debris that fell
into the street has been cleared away No feasible
plan has been submitted for rehabilitating the
City Hall, and 1t is probable the structure will be
torn down and a modern steel office building
erected corner of the lot TO accommodate the
courts and city offices. AS 1t is the Recorder
and the Register are the only officials housed in
the McAllister street side of the City Hall. The
remaining offices and courts are in private build
ings where large rents exacted
The supervisors passed q bill this week au-
thorizing the expenditure of s4,375 month for
Detective Burns and twenty-five assistants who
supposed to gather evidence in the graft pros
ecution for the District Attorney. In other words
this is shifting of the heavy expense from the
shoulders of Rudolph Spreckels to the city Burns
receives s625 month and the others get $3.50
month each. These detectives have been engaged
for year in the same field.
Tait's cafe in Van Ness avenue had a narrow
escape from a bad fire Tuesday evening, when
crossed wires caused blaze in the attic. Guests
at late dinner in the Pompeiian dining room were
not disturbed, the flames were confined to
corner of the building.
The mysterious drowning of Commodore Curtiss
Barker. of the South Bay Yacht Club, has caused
much sorrow among San Francisco yachtsmen
His friends believe Barker was hit by the boom of
his yacht while cruising in Half Moon Bay. but
the coroner's inquest decided that 1T of
suicide. III. Barker enthusiastic in promot-
ing all yachting affairs, and his death is loss TO
the sport
San Francisco will have immigration
station Angel Island that it is said. will be
complete than the station Ellis Island.
The grounds will occupy ten acres. and all tho
buildings will be constructed the best models.
The station will cost 100000
Shipments of green fruit to the East continue to
break all records. Up TO August l official railroad
figures show that 3.7S5 carloads had been for
warded 10 Eastern cities. against 20Oo to the
date last year, For this fruit shippers received
100000 and the railroads received a.E00Oo. The
grape crop of California has not begun move.
1t is unusually heavy this year.
The engagement announced here this week
of Miss Florence Hush to Charles Harvey Bently.
former president of the Chamber of Commerce and
sales manager of the California Fruit Gamers
Association. Miss Hush is sister of Mrs. Thomas
A. Magee and Mrs William Magee. of San Fran
cisco. and of Mrs Frank r. Wells. of Burlington,
VT She educated at Miss Ely's school. in
New York.
Plans have been completed for a japanese thea
tre the first to be erected in San Francisco. The
building will be in Jackson street, between Powell
and Stockton streets, and will cost $4,000. The
Japanese Society is managing the enterprise.
The obstinacy of Tacoma's City Council in refus-
ing to grant concessions has lost TO the city the
fine terminal station of the Northern Pacific Rail-
way. The company purposed to erect half million
dollar station, but it asked authority to close two
small alleys. This the council refused to grant.
and also demanded that the company deed to the
city piece of waterfront property which the rail-
road had made valuable by dredging.
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Steamship
Line, from Riparis Wash, to Lewiston, Idaho.
went out of existence this week after forty-fve
years of active service. The line did large busi
in the early days. but active competition of
railroads made it useless
The first production of Mater" Percy Mackayes
new comedy. well received at the Van Ness
Theatre this week 1t calls for only five people
Henry Miller. Frederick Lewis. Charles Gotthold,
Hazel Mackaye and Isabel Irving. The part of
the doting mother who schemes to get her favOrite
son elected to Congress, was we'll played by Isabel
Irving. and Mr.. Miller scored the sleek unctuous
political boss.
SHIPS OF CONCRETE.
Reinforced concrete has actually been employed
IN shipbuilding In the first Paris exposition. in
exhibited by Lambot. This vessel. which con-
structed of wire netting covered with cement, Is