New-York tribune., 1909-02-21

and Page streets to the Potrero The real object OF
the company however. is TO take over the Stanis-
laus Electric Power Company and the Tuolumne
Water Power Company. both of which passed into
the hand OF receivers this week. The company Is
capitalized a. s1OO0OOOO and back Of it is United
Railroads.
San Francisco hotel men trying TO improve
the quality Of fruit displayed in the local markets
Even the best hotels have the greatest difficulty in
nrocurng choice fruit as all the finest grades are
shipped East or sold to the canneries. The result
is that tourists get bad impression OF California
fruit the specimens served at the hoteis ana
restaurants.
After nearly six weeks OF continuous rain San
Francisco is once more enjoying bright sunshine
and warm weather. January was the rainlest
month for twenty years and the first half Of Feb
ruary kept up the record OF heavy and continuous
rainfall The damage in the country from floods
during this month has been small because OF snow
falls and cold weather in the mountains San
Francisco has been hurt by rains. all building
ures which were rooted in. The merchants SUI
fered as customers remained indoors.
Timothy HOPKINS viii build a story Glass
A hotel with 1sO rooms, on the northery side OF
Turk street west of Mason The building Is leased
tn the new hotel company. restaurant man from
Portland Ore. is negotiating for a lease OF the
basement Of the Mona dnock Building The Law
Rrothers will finish the basement IN me stNie-
This is one of the most desirable locations IN the
CITY for big restaurant and cafe as Il IS only a
few steps from the junction Of 3d. Kearney. Market
and Geary streets
Miss Annette Hartzen. rnillIner has received an
award Of s. 900 damages against John D Murphy
for false Imprisonment. Murphy represented Ed
son. Keith & Co. OF Chicago, and had Miss Hart
zel arrested fraud because he believed she was
getting goods worth S533 under false pretences-
vvbo artpd In
inflated by her arrest that she gave up business
here and went to Seattle.
Plans are already under way for the Portola
festival next october. which will commemorate the
discovery of San Francisco by the Spanish ex-
plorer It is thought that Spanish festival which
will reproduce the sports and pastimes Of Spanish
CaIIfornians before the American regime VIII be
the most appropriate To the younger generation
and 10 tourists there would be novelty in the fan
dango. horse racing bull batting, lasso throwing
and other sports of the early Spanish settlers
c,,+,, Treasurer McDougaId purposes to test the
validity of a number OF recent transfers OF real
estate by dying men to their heirs in order 10
evade the inheritance tax The treasurer believes
this custom which Is increasing. is a distinct eva
sion of the law as deeds never filed until after
death.
The selection by the government of the lot on
the southwest corner of Pine and Sansome streets
for the Sub-Treasury meets with the approval Of
most people here. 1t brings important business
much nearer the principal banks than the other
location which at Clay and Sansome streets
The property belongs to Mrs. W. +. Vanderbilt,
tr who agreed to the governments demand that
she sacrifice part of the lot TO provide q street
between the Sub-Treasury and adjoining buildings.
The plan TO build new City Hall by install
ments is frowned by City Attorney Long. who
finds that this arrangement would violate the
charter which provides that the city shall incur
no Indebtedness exceeding In any year the income
and revenue OF that year.
A final decree of divorce entered this week
In the Talbot case. in which William H. Talbot.
the lumber millionaire. sued for divorce because
he alleged his wife made life uncomfortable to him
by enaEging." The settlement provides that the
wife shall retain the fine residence in Jackson
street and receive $500 a month aliuony and the
custody of her daughter The husband has charge
of the two sons
The Pacific Mail Steamship Company is threaten
ing that In case of the establishment of an indes
pendent steamship line between this city and
Panama it will cut off Panama as a port Of call
and Will forward all freight across the Tehuantepec
route The Pacific Mail ships 10000 tons of freight
across the sthmus, of which only 1900 tons comes
from San Francisco. The remainder Is mainly
coffee from Central America destined for New
York. As the government does not care whether
the Panama Railroad pays dividends or not II is
probable that a competing line will be or
ganized at once.
David Beesco has been visiting his old home in
this city and attended the first performance Of
The Rose of the Rancho produced by the stock
company of his brother, Fred Beiasco. at the Al
cazar Theatre Mr.. Belasco gave high praise to the
ecting CT Evelyn Vaughn, of the Alcazar company
whom he ip Merely Mary Ann" He declared
she was 'thc best stock actress on the stage
to-day"
Tie guardian Of Charles II. Lux has sued the
two trustees. Mrs. Lizzie Patt and Mrs Lena Ne
Bride for an accounting. The Lux estate was
,arge and it is charged the two sisters have
l,enopoiized the revenue and left the incompetent
brother to starve. giving him only s25 a month
when the revenue Sll5unted TO several thousand