New-York tribune., 1910-01-23

AZ Rurlinzame plan the formation of
. new suburban town, to be called HIS
ho,o 1t will include Burlinsame ana III
Cerrito, and It's residents will prevent an
nexation to San Mateo OF FL Cerri'o anu
-, the Burlingame Country Club to the
town OF Burlingame. The moving spirit is
Henry T. Scott.
The Coliseum. which faced the entrance
10 the Golden Gate Park panhandle and
which was partly destroyed by fire. VIII De
rebuilt at once, at cost OF S2.ooo Ihe
new building will have the largest seating
capacity in the city.
The demand for choice stores and offices
In Market street is shown by the fact that
practically all the space In the new Cham
berlin Building. adjoining the Mutual Saw
ines Bank and only few feet from the
Kearney and Geary street corner. has been
leased.
The new Western Pacific Railroad has
appointed W. ]. ShotweI. former general
agent of the Denver & Rio Grande. as
sistant to Vice-President Schumacher, In
charge Of traffic. C.. X. Junkins comes
from FL Paso to be contracting freight
agent. and T. c. Bowes will be city ticket
agent
The American Dredging Company is
building a floating hotel to accommodate
the large force of men in its employ. The
boat will be 50 feet long by so feet heam
and the upper deck will contain accommo-
dations for sixty men. IL will be electri-
caIly lighted and will have all modern con-
venences.
Swift & Co, the Chicago packers. with
Libby, Mcneil & Co. have bought the large
lot at the northwest corner of Pacific and
Davis streets for 0.o0o. on which they will
build quarters for permanent branch in
San Francisco. The property has full spur
track facilities and is close to the produce
district.
Gerald B. Lull. state forester. handed in
his resignation this week. 1t Is announced
that he Is to engage In private business.
and will not accept the proffered post OF
state forester OF New York. Mr.. Lull Is
graduate Of Cornell. and was a protege of
Clifford Pinchot.
The old adobe fort built by General
Vallejo over a half century ago has been
presented TO the city OF Petaluma. with
five acres OF ground. a public park
The fort is four miles from this city Peta-
luna Is now noted as one OF the greatest
egg and poultry towns in the country.
The death of Mrs. Margaret Collier
Graham at Pasadena removes a writer
who was among the first to bring out the
mingled pathos and hunor in the life OF the
''tenderfoot' who comes TO Southern Cali
fornia for his health. Her ''Stories OF the
Foothills are pictures of life in Los Ange-
| les and the surrounding country.
It is reported here that Mrs. Laura 2.
| Fuller who recently obtained a divorce
| from ". P. Fuller. the head OF the big
| paint and glass firm. will marry wealthy
| New York man in May. Fuller is several
times a millionaire. as after the fire he
i supplied most of the glass for new bust
| ness houses and residences.
! Residents of l1arshfield. Ore, are max
! ing strong protest against the iuadequacy
of the ufesaving station at Coos Bay.
which resulted in the recent loss of twenty
one lives the steam schooner Czarina,
| which went ashore Coos Bay Bar. The
| Iifesaving station had no adequate appa-
! ratus for firing lifeline, and hence six
| men who hung in the rigging of the schoon-
| er for hours lost their lives. The Portland
| Chamber of Commerce will Investigate the
Czarina wreck and also the loss of life
in the wreck of the steamer Argo off Tilla-
nook Bay, a few weeks ago, when life
boat was swamped- This part of the Ore
gon coast is as dangerous in winter as
any part of the Atlantic Coast, yet it is