New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-04-17
Pacific Slope
Controversy Over Pacific
Mail Service 10 Panama.
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San Francisco. April is.-The controvers;
over ths Pacific Mail service ~ Panama
mas been warm this week General Man
aver Scbverfn OF the Pacific Mail com
panv returned from the East and presented
arguments to show that mis- company pro
yided a good service 70 the istnmus. ana
that the proposed independent line OF Bates
z C'nOscbo-1u-h demanded from the gov
eminent privileges which Secretary Dtckin-
som could no. give The Secretary showed
from CORRESPONDENTS with Bates & Chesc-
borough. he said. that the scveTnnent was
unable TO guarantee the Transportation
across the fsthmus % any specified amount
Of freight for one year. as the law prOVides
that am contract may be annullsd after
three months notice. and there is no pro
VISION for guaranteeing the amount or
freight Under these conditions an inde-
pendent line Will not be established
The six heirs Of AdoIch Sutro have set
tied all their differences and have selected
A : Baldwin. a we'll known real estate
agent. 10 appraise the s5.Oo9OOo estate and
divide IL among them Sut-Os property
consists largely Of suburban lands between
the city and Ocean Beach. much 81 which
the aged millionaire purchased by the acre
Now 2 city lot is worth more than he paid
for the whole block Part of the estate
includes san Miguel ranch Of l0t5 acres,
which is covered with a dense forest which
he planted forty years ago. The heirs puT-
pose TO keep Sutro Heights intact. ana
hopa % sell II TO the city for park -
Preserve the name Of the man who had
such great part IN the growth Of san
Francisco.
The University Of California regents have
eoesscI 10 build $1,000 concrete swim
rainS tank in strawberry Canyon. on the
university grounds II viii be an open air
tank. and the water viii be supplied from
the creek that flows through the canyon.
The wedding of Miss Susanns Kirkpat-
rick daughter Of Colone! John .. Kirk
patrick. Of the Fairr1ount Hotel, which
was 20 have bee1 celebrated this week. has
beer postponed because OF the brides sud
den illness from overwork il connection
with the preparations for the wedding and
from TOO many luncheons and teas given
by friends.
Sacramento County for the frs- time RS
had the honor this wear Of sending the FIRST
cherries 70 the Eastern market. Three ten
pound boxes grown a. CORTLAND were
shipped On Monday from Sacramento This
is the iirst time on record that S0ianO
County has been beaten In the big earth
quake yca- the first cherries reached this
market Just after the Sln Francisco fire.
and we're auctioned for s.. $40 and the pro
ceeds forwarded % tire relief fund
The tourist season which closed on April
! brought more than ninety thousand ex-
cursion tickets for vaiida tion In San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles. Eighty per cent Of
those who went direct To southern Cali
fornia returned 20 their homes BY wa Of
San francisco.
Father Aloysius RaggiO. pastor OF the Old
mission church Of Santa clara and one Of
the best known Jssuits on this coast. was
seriously injured tails week. when his
buggy was run Into by q train. He was
on his way home from a visit ~ the State
Insane Asylum at Asnew. where he has
made regular visits for twenty years.
Growers of San Joaquin County have de
cid5d to insis. upOn the standardizinS Of all
fruit this season. SO that buyers may be
certain of The quality and size of any fruit
that comes from the county. This fUllowss
similar action taken last week BY Sacra
mento. which ships the great bulk Of de-
ciduous fruit To Eastern markets. This
movement viii do much 70 increase the
popularity of California fruit.