New-York tribune., 1911-09-24
tBy Telegraph to The Tribune. J

! fRy telegraph TO Inc lrlDune.l
San Francisco, Sept 23.-On the eve ot
the primary election all indications point
! 70 the overwhelming defeat Of Mayor Nc
/ Carthy and the labor union administration
ticket The campaign has been the most
! bitter I'm the history Of the city. Although
Mccarthy has made every effort to hold
| together his labor machine scores OF lead
ers OF organized labor are openly opposing
! him. and II is not thought that he can
! hold more than 60 per cent OF the union
vote he secured two years ago. The fact
| that officers elected IN the coming contest
will serve four years, practically until the
| opening of the exposition, adds TO the IN
| terest in the result Practically all OF the
| labor men OF national reputation who make
| this city their home are fighting the May
or. Betting on Rolph is about to that
| he will win at the primary.
| A decision handed down by Judge Sea-
veil. in the Superior Court If upheld in
| the higher courts, To which it will surely
be appealed, will give to the city an out
/ let to the ferry for its municipal electric
| road, now under construction. The United
Railroads. for two years, has been operat-
| ing I'm lower Market street obsolete horse
cars in order to hold the franchise. The
court holds that horse car service is not
a service within the meaning of the fran
chise or law. and that therefore the COM
pany has forfeited its rights TO the tracks
over which the horse cars are running
The decision has given to the city COM
plete control of two of the four tracks in
lower Market street.
,.rAg hoe Ia, M
"A tour OF the west coast in the interest Of
the proposed Atlantic & Pacific Transport
Co. which plans to operate fifteen steam
ers through the Panama Canal between
Atlantic and Pacific ports, spent week
in this city and departed for home via Los
Angeles. He found that there is vast
amount of trade awaiting the opening Of a
direct water route between the East and
West coasts He declared that enough
business was in sight to justify the VEN
ture OF the Baltimore men.
Following the announcement that the
steamship lines are preparing TO compete
more vigorously for freight business be-
tween San Francisco and Atlantic ports
comes the notification that the Southern
! Pacific Railroad will inaugurate a dispatch
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schedule OF approximately thirteen days
will be maintained between San Francisco
and New York. Freight will be sent by
rail to Galveston and thence to New York
by water.
| At the session OF the Pacific Gas Associa-
ton, which was held in Oakland this week.
several delegates from various Coast cities
declared that gas and electric companies
In the West might Just as We'll recognize
/ the fact that the municipal ownership OF
| lighting plants throughout the West Is in
evtable. They urged that the companies
should prepare for this change, and that
It, was useless to oppose it,.
] The scarcity OF white labor in the San
elsewhere for help to harvest the grape
crop. Dozens OF vineyardisls owning small
ranches are employing schoolboys each
Saturday and after school hours I'm an ef-
/ fort TO get the muscats Off the vines and
on the trays Boys are paid three cents 4
/ tray The plan works well on small vine
/ yards. Many farmers are importing Greek
! laborers for the large ranches rather than
employ japanese.
According TO figures published by the
Citrus Protective League, shipments OF
oranges and lemons from Southern Cali
J fornia during the year ended August 81
have broken all records Forty-six thou
sand carloads We're sent East The value