, 1912-12-12

4 ui" that the company would b
glad to do anything to assist him i
recovering his valuable propert,
Mr.. Hart replied in a happy vel
to the effect that he wished tb
machine were in the deepest pit il
J hades. Also that if the compan,
thot they could iad a pile drive
that would reach the machine an,
drive it still deeper into the mu,
in the bottom of the Bay be woult
gladly pay half the expenses. Thu
closed the correspondence. Som,
enterprising tug owners made {
try for the car the next day ane
actually got hold of it, but wert
compelled to abandon its recovery
for some reason and when they
went back the next morning it had
disappeared. The force of the tide
here in the Bay is said to be some
thing tremendous. It rushes in
silently but with irresistab BILE force
and goes out with the same tre-
menduous energy, SO that it is
rather inclined to deepen the Bay
than to allow anything to aceumu-
late in it. Two ferry boats collied
in the middle of the Bay some time
ago, during a heavy fog in the
night. One boat sank within a few
minutes, but the other boat stood
by and saved all the passengers.
They dredged the Bay for a mile
from the spot in every direction
and all they ever found of the I'M
fortunate boat raj a few fragments
floating on the water. The tide
had taken it out thru Golden Gate
and dropped it off into the almost
fathomless water that skirts the
Pacific coast. Those who know
the nature and force of the tides
in this Bay say that in all probs-
bilities the tide had, inside of "a
hours, swept Mr.. Harris costly car
out thru the Gate and consigned it
to the nav of the Pacific Ocean,
together with the hundreds and
thousands of wrecks that have been
swallowed up by the Unsuitable sea.
The Bay itself is from 200 to $50
feet 10 depth.
1t is something amazing to the
newcomer to see the way all kinds
of improvements are going on in
this country. You cannot go
along any street or avenue in this
city without being within sound
of the saw and hammer. Stores,
business blocks, garages, dwellings
and other improvements r going
on every where. Street car lines
are being pushed out into the sub.
urbes ahead of the building of
dwellings, and the whole country
is alive with push and energy
everywhere. 1t makes a man sick
at heart to realize what we have
there in the Saratoga Valley and
to know that with a little enter
prise and push on the part Of
the Inhabitants, a united effort to
bring the country's resources to
the front. would result in a tre-
menduous advance. Instead Of
that we have men there who are
backcapping the country, crying
out continually that our water sup.
ply is insufficient, or that the Gov
eminent has a prior right to the
food waters of the valley, and al
this for political effect. And thess
men pose as the benefactors of thu
country and hold forth the ide,
that they are working to forward
the interests of the valley. l wa
glad to read Judge Kuykendall'
letter on that subject. His chal
ienge to those gum-shoe politician
and political howlers was just tn
right thing and al they cannot re
ply, their mouths will be shut. l
, would be a good thing for tn
country if these calamity bowler
could be deported to some islam
r out here in the Pacific OceaI
, where thew could talk to the &c