The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 27, 1895, Page 6

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 27, 1895. CHARLES M. SHORTRIDGE, Editor and Proprietor. e SUBSCRIPTION RATES: DAILY CALL—$6 per year by mail; by carrier, 15 per week. SUNDAY CALL—$1.50 per year. WEEKLY CALL-—-$1.50 per yea: The Eastern office of the SAN FRANCISCO CALL (Daily and Weekly), Pacific States Adver- tising Bureau, Rhinelander building, Rose and Duane streets, New York. THE SUMMER MONTHS. Are you going to the country ona vacation? It 80, it is no trouble for us to forward THE CALL to your address. Do not let it miss you for you will miss it. Orders given to the carrier, or left at Business Office, 710 Market street, will receive prompt attention. MONDAY oA . 1895 e Prosperity ripens with the fruit. Bimetallism is the talk of the world. To the friends of progress every prospect pleases. et it Nobody can accuse the women of being silurians. ‘We must have a beautiful city as well as @ big city. Santa Cruz is to be known as the Amer- ican Venice. There will be many a Trilby foot on the beach before long. The Cuban revolution has just about as many lives as a cat. Last week the Woman’s Congress, this week something else. Better have an adequate tax levy than a scandal of unpaid bills. The rule of gold is about the direct op- wposite of the golden rule. Rising wages are not only the best signs of prosperity but the surest. San Francisco is training the eagle to scream mightily on the Fourth. Tulare knows the value of fine raiment, for it has gone into the silk industry. This is the time for the friends of the Mercantile Library to let their coin talk. Street improvement in London is said to have diminished crime as well as increased | health. The coyotes of Kern County are not the | only predaceous residents who wear invit- ing scalps. Carlisle may soon call himself a cham- pion for he is talking almost as much asa | prize-fighter. The spread of anarchism is to be meas- | ured by the general decadence of respect | for government. Tt is not every man who wakes up with the big head this morning that will feel proud of himself. ‘Whitney is in train for his Presidential candidacy by cultivating the English aris- tocracy in London. It is a good thing the extremists are do- Jing their talking on the money issue before the campaign opens. An expert on the subject declares the Na- tional drink of America is neither whisky nor beer but soda wate I The biggest industrial feature of the com- ing decade will be the development of Pa- cific Coast manufactures. We could mend the ways of a zood many ‘ people as well as of the City by putting idlers to work on the streets. As we predicted, the bears of the Chicago wheat pit have already begun to sharpen their claws in the speculating farmers’ hides. Trilby is getting her revenge at last, for she was a little steam yacht at Buffalo and she has capsized and drowned a number of persons. Governor Altgeld, by opening the doors of the Illinois penitentiary, has transferred to Judge Lynch the jurisdiction of crim- inal cases. ‘The great gold strike near Redding will be followed by many another before the | subterranean treasures of California shall | have been exhausted. | If two years of hard labor do not extin- | guish Oscar Wilde, they wil}, at least, give the recording angel a reason for an eniry on the credit side of his account. Market street was originally designed +o | be the great boulevard of the City, but King Cobble isa tyrant and depends on his | army of silurians to keep him in power, | This is the time of year when the sweet girl graduate plucks a star from the heay- ens and wears it in her heart just so long as her heart remains big enough to hold it. Bismarck’s request of the Silesian women | not to let their husbands vote the Socialist | ticket has caused more discussion in Ger- many than anything the Kaiser has said | for a month. No sooner are we closing up for the pres- ent the industry of making queens of car- nivals out of our pretty girls than we have opened numerous factories to turn out goddesses of liberty. G Those girls of San Francisco who are considering pending offers should close all contracts before the carnival opens at Santa Cruz, as the girls down there will prove dangerous competitors. It is to be observed that all the crowned representatives of royalty and Olympus in California are members of the fair sex, and yet nothing is more needed thana few kings and gods to serve as exemplars for weaker men. There is a chance for soebody to buy the old woolen-mill at the foot of Van Ness avenue and change the great brick strue- ture into an ideal hotel or sanitarium di- rectly on the beach and wholly removed from the noise, bustle and dust of the City. Al As a proposed link to bind Tammany and the Clevelandites, William C. Whitney is set up for the Democratic Presidential nominee, but the split between those two factions is as wide as Cleveland’s self- conceit and as dark as the history of Tam- many’s corruption. —————— It is interesting to observe that the lateen sails, or modifications of their form, are not only used in San Francisco Bay by Greek and Chinese fishermen, in spite of the fact tnat sailors have for many years regarded this rig as obsolete, but a | witness it, and those traveled strangers | nivals. | which death struck from the shoulders of { university. A MODEL OITY. Many years ago there stood near the mouth of the San Lorenzo River, at Santa Cruz, a famous live oak, whose great size and wonderful symmetry made it a land- mark for all the early navigators who en- tered Monterey Bay. Unfortunafely this splendid tree long ago disappearel under the advancement of that edrly California civilization which regarded trees as an in- cumbrance, but the oak played its part well in making the spot famous. For- tunately the San Lorenzo River could not be destroyed, nor the enchanting moun- tains and forests in which it had its source, nor the long, shining sandbeach washed by the waters of the ocean. Now that Santa Cruz is to have a great water carnival it is well to supplement the ex- haustive descriptive article of the city and its environment, published in last Satur- day’s CaLL, with some observations of & less particular charaeter. Apart from the advantages which Santa Cruz has enjoyed in the form of a good harbor, a picturesque situation and the finest surf bathing in Northern California, its industrial resources, though remark- ably various and abundant, have been re- fractory. Thatis to say. it had no broad, open plains inviting cultivation, and its resources of lumber, lime, bitumen and horticulture had to be developed by the exercise of the most intelligent and per- sistent industry, with organization and some capial. The splendid orchards and vineyards which mantle the slopes and crown the summits of the mountains had to be started with great labor; but the results secured from them, as from all the other industries which have required ex- ertion to develop them, have been far above the average in profits and excellence. This is a peculiar thing in California, where so many of the natural resources lie convenient to hand. Possibly if the condi- tions upon which the prosperity of Santa Cruz depended had been easier we should not ree in that city one of the most beauti- ful spots in the State, nor one whose man- agement of municipal affairs is far in ad- vance of that existing in any other city in this State which owns its water and light- ing plants, but when one secs the perfect streets and the pride and intelligence of the people in making their homes and gardens beautiful and in all other ways giving the highest expression of a true civic pride too rare in these parts, an explanation of everything is found. It is this spirit, greatly enhanced for a special occasion, that is now employed in preparations for the water carnival, which opens June 11and closes the 15th. That it will be a series of novel and beauti- ful spectacles there is every reason to ex- pect. It will be a bewildering surprise to the thousands of Californians who will | who may happen to be on hand will be re- minded of the splendors of Old World car- What good results shall come to Santa | Cruz from this fes cannot be con- jectured now, butsurely they will be of the | most beneficial kind. Although so much has been done to secure the natural wealth with which the region abounds, there are resources of immeasurable value yet to be assailed; and there must be dis: inated a broader knowledge of the exquisite charms | as a place of residence which the city holds forth. | A PLEASANT AFFAIR. | Mrs. Stanford’s entertainment of the | first class to be graduated from the Leland Stanford Jr. University was an exceedingly graceful and appropriate act, not the least | of its pleasant features being the broad | spirit of democracy which animated the hostess. There was, undoubtedly, more in Mrs. Stanford’s act than what may be termed a maternal motive, and nothing of | tne mere pride of having about her the | bright young men and women who are the first offspring of the great institution which her bounty maintains. We regard the affair as being, above all things else, the expression of the loftiest sentiment that a ‘woman or a man may cherish—the happi- ness and well-being of others. Of the 465 students with which the uni- versity opened 178 are graduated this year with honors. David Starr Jordan, the ex- ecutive head of the great institution, was modest when he declared this to be a very good percentage. It is, indeed, a high per- centage, and it was his conspicuous genius that secured the result. That it should have been so large in the face of the tre- mendous difficulties that must have been | encountered in equipping the school and in selecting and organizing so numerous and various a faculty is a matter of wonder as well as of congratulation. It is fitting at this time that something be s2id of the remarkable ability with which Mrs. Stanford has taken up and car- ried forward the stupendous burdens her husband. Crippled as had been her life some years ago by the death of an only child, and then left alone and desolate by the death of a husband whose life she cherished above her own, and burdened by the intricacies ana embarrassing entangle- ments of a vast estate, she quickly gathered up the ends of her shattered strength and began one of the hardest and noblest struggles that could fall to the human lot. Out of disorder she has brought a perfect order that never existed before, and has put the whole of her strong soul into the completion of the great work for California and humanity which her husband set on foot. She is an example to all women, and an inspiration to the hopeful girls who will bear away the diploma of the A RAILWAY CONGRESS. One of the most notable gatherings of the year will be the International Railroad Congress, which assembles in London next month. It is believed every important railroad in the world will be represented at it by one or more officials, and sanguine expectations are held that’ the meeting of | S0 many practical men of high ability will result in some benefit to the railway ser- vice of every couniry on the globe. America, of course, has less to expect from the congress than any other country, because our railway system and service are so much superior to those of any other, | there will be comparatively little in the ideas of foreign railroad managers for ours to profit by. Still there will be something. Itis said by experts that in economy of management and in appliances for safety, many European roads are ahead of any in America. On these points then our roads may expect to gain information that will be of value to themselves and of benefit to the public in return for the instruction they can give to Europe on a thousand other points of railway business. ¢ The assembling of such a congress will certainly call the attention of the world to the enormous magnitude of railway traffic and will stimulate enterprise in extending it. Out of this there may come a benefit to the world in the encouragement to capital to enter upon the construction of new roads. There may also result a discussion on the possibility of substituting electricity for Ban Francisco engineer has designed a cup- defending yacht with the rig of a Chinese junk. steam that will have far-reaching conse- quences. Finally, it is possible that the res.nlts of the Hungarian system of regu- lating passenger fares may be shown to be ! ness by the officers whose immediate duty | going to afford ample leisure to business { was yesterday at the Grand. so advantageous as to induce some Ameri- can roads to make the experiment in this ceuntry. Altogether, therefore, the con- gress is full of possibilities of good to the public at large as well as to the railway companies, and the proceedings will be watched with considerable interest. A TOTTERING CHIEF. The history of this country has never disclosed a more scandalous story than that of corruption in the municipal government of New York. It was hoped that the rot- tenness uncovered at the time of Tweed’s downfall would check the rapacious spirit of municipal thievery. This did happen to a certain extent, but although rascality in the legislative branches of the city gov- ernment, including corrupt collusion with contractors and the rascally sale of fran- chises and other privileges, became less open and rampant, the Police Department has remained a disgrace to civilization. The first blow to purify it was struck by a preacher of wonderful courage, Dr. Park- hurst. His efforts caused the appointment | of the Lexow Committee by the Legisla- ture, which did some geod but not nearly all that was required. Out of this movement of reform has come one of the strongest of all the men who believes in right and decency; he is Th eodore Roosevelt, the brains and cour- age of the Police Commission. It was gen- erally believed, and by Dr. Parkhurst openly charged, that the Lexow Com- mittee stopped short of its duty by reason of the tremendous pressure brought into play by leading men of New York, who were at the mercy of the police. It is herein that the most dismal and instruct- ive feature of the whole scandal resides. The public believed and Parkhurst averred that Inspector Byrnes, one of the most brilliant detectives and able executive police officers that this country has pro- duced, would have been exposed, degraded and punished had he not demanded pro- tection at the hands of the rich and power- ful citizens whose disgraceful secrets re- posed in the pigeon-holes of his desk. Doubtless Commissioner Roosevelt un- derstands this as well as another; and as he himself is one of the strong and rich men of the city, his conduct in crowding Commissioner Byrnes to the wall and his determination to strip him of power and possibly to land him in a felon’s dungeon is a wonderful thing to see. Itis only in such men as he that it is possible for us to find a hope of a decent and stable govern- ment. The chief of the detective force of a great city may wield a power more formidable than that of the President. There neces- sarily comes to him proof of knaveries practiced by all classes of men, and if he himself is corrupt his opportunities for blackmail are enormous. In the hands of such a man the law is a whip for the poor and extortion for the rich. It is largely in his power to punish crime or fatten upon In the pursuit of hi$ corrupt course he can debauch all the officers under his charge and force them into complicity with his own crimes. The extent of the harm | which he can do is immeasurable. It must be reflected, on the other hand, that the abler and more couscientious the detective, the more numerous and power- ful his enemies, and allowance should be made for this. Here, then, is the opportun- ity for the display of courage and shrewd- it is to supervise his work. It has been too often the case that police commissioners have been honest men incapable of per- forming their duties, or mere instruments of the police. Rooseveltis a conspicuous example to the contrary. He is rich enough not to fear the police, industrious enough to master his duties and suffi- | ciently courageous to perform them. The whole country is learning valuable lessons from these police scandals of New York. ‘We have learned thus far that police de- partments require the most intelligent, | painstaking and courageous supervision, | and that a Parkhurst is needed in every city to discover corruption and a Roosevelt to punish it. ko THE OOMING HOLIDAYS. i The people of California can look forward | to the approaching holiday season with comfort. Times are growing better. There is already a breath of prosperity in the air. The certainty that the tariff tinkers are out of power for a long time has restored public confidence. There is a deficit in the National Treasury and the revenues are below the expenditures of the Government, it is true, but the people know the coming Republican Congress can becounted on to apply the remedy by increasing the cus- toms duties in a way that will not only augment the National income but afford protection to our industries. Thus every prospect of the situation is pleasing, and the dull business months of the summer are looked forward to without fear. There is evidence, moreover, that the holiday season will be something more than a period of rest and enjoyment. Itis men to consider the affairs of the City and the State and to devise plans for future enterprise and development. The senti- ment in favor of a bigger, brighter, better San Francisco is becoming dominant in all classes. The activities which resulted dur- ing the winter in the formation of the Manufacturers’ Association and the Hali- | million Club are working everywhere with good effect. By the time the summer is over and the fall season comes business wiil revive with a rush. The signs of that revival are around us on every side, and surely we have good reason to meet the bolidays with a disposition to make the most of them. PERSONAL. H. T. Mayoof the navy is at the Occidental, 8. A. Radcliffe of San Luis Obispo, is at the Grand. C. C. Wright, an attorney of Modesto, is & guest at the Lick. Senator and Mrs. B. F. Langford of Stockton are at the Palace. J. Grover, a merchant of Colusa, registered yesterday at the Lick. Ex-Attorney-General A. L. Hart of Sacra- mento is at the Grand. Ben M. Maddox, editor of the Visalia Times, F. D. Nicol, & leading attorney of Stockton, was one of yesterday’s arrivals at the Lick. Dr. G. B. Richmond of Salinas came into town yesterday as a guest at the Occidental. Dr. J. C. Smith of Honolulu arrived here yes- terday from the East on his way home and is registered at the Occidental. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Fitch of Medford, Or., Tegistered yesterday at the Lick. Mr. Fitch is an attorney and a son of the “Silver-tongued Orator,” Tom Fitch. SUPPOSED TO BE HUMOROUS. Pannuck: ““A gang of burglars entered the House of Correction a short time since.” Dull- yer: “Did they get anything?” Pannuck: “Yes; five years apiece.”’—Boston Courier. Dollie: “Yes; Miss Fethers is a pretty girl, but she doesn’t wear very well” Pollie (kindly): “I know, but the poor thing wears the best she has, I suppose.”—Boston Courier. The professor swims from the sinking boat and climbs upon the bank. Then, dashing in again, he returns to the wreck and rescues hiswife. “Butwhydidn’t yousave her before?” asked the listener in wonderment. “Ahl! my dear sir,”” was the learned man’s reply. “I was bound to save myself first. Self-preservation is the highest law of nature.”—Boston Post. First Wall Flower: “How gracefully Miss Western holds her train.” Second Wall Flower: “It ougltt to come natural, for they say her father started life as a road agent.”— Truth. Student: “Several of my friends are coming to dine here, so I want a big table.” Mine Host: “Just look at this one, sir. FifteenZper- sons could sieep quite comfortably under it.’ Fliegende Blatter. Miss Newera: «I don’t see you hanging about the Pilliken mansion any more.” Miss Newage: “No; Pilliken pere seemed too anx- ious to show off the attractions of the fair young Alfred. Deliver me from those match- making papas.”’—Washington Star. PEOPLE TALEED ABOUT. Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) has decided on a reading and lecturing tour which will carry him around the giobe. The Bishop of London says he would be glad to see the women in all cases holding the fran- chise on the same terms as men. “Trilby” is still pouring gold into Du Mau- rier's pockets. The play which was made out the story yields him nearly $1000 a week. Anthony Trollope, in the course of thirty-five years, wrote sixty novels and made a total profit of $350,000 from the same. To-day his works are almost unread. Justice Brewer of the United States Supreme Court will deliver the annual address before the graduating class of the Maryland Univer- sity law department on June 3. Bismarck has been decorated with fifty-one orders. He has every decoration that the Ger- man Emperor cen bestow except that of the Friedensklasse, established by Frederick the Great. Lord Wolseley, whose tenure as commander- in-Chief in Ireland will shortly end, has only some five years of active service before him now, since he was born on June 4, 1833, and generals have to go at 67. Gail Hamilton was busy at work on a biog- raphy of Mr. Blaine when she was stricken with paralysis. All the secretary’s private papers were intrusted to her, and she conse- quently enjoyed facilities denied to most biog- raphers. READY FOR INSPECTION. Four Hundred Policemen to Parade on Van Ness Avenue. There is every indication that the turn- out of the police force for inspection on Van Ness avenue at noon to-day will be one of the finest events of the kind ever seen on this coast. The captains, sergeants and corporals will parade in their new fatigue coats and caps and the men will have their coats buttoned up to the neck, which will be the rule on and after to-day. They will also wear their helmets for the first time. A new feature will also be the depart- ment and service stripes on the sleeves of | the coats. The department stripe is half an inch wide and the service stripe, one for each five years, is a quarter of an inch wide. It was hoped that the chevrons for ser- geants and corporals would be ready for to-day, but owing to the difficulty of ob- taining the necessary material they will not be ready till Decoration day. JGUNST PUBLIC SHFET A Shed Over Lotta’s Fountain Obscures the Vision of Car Men. Besides Darkening Two Electric Lights It May Cause a Collision. More than ordinary cantion must now be used to arrest a disastrous smash-up of cable and electric cars at Market and Kearny streets. The annual advertising scheme involved in the painting of the Lotta fountain ren- ders it necessary for the contractor to build a shed around Lotta’s gift, and this shed obscures the two electric lights at night and obstructs the line of vision by day and night. Three times yesterday collisions were narrowly averted. Merchants on Kearny street, near the crossing of Market, are hourly expecting a big smash-up. *“It’s a shame to put up that big ark,” said a Kearny-street motorman yesterday. *“We can't see the Market-street cars until we are right on to them. Yes, we have orders to stop at_the crossini. ut what has that to do with it? We have to start again, and in starting we can’t see what is behind that old barn. Somebody will make a miss here and hit a Market- street car, now you remember what I tell you. At night the crossing is dark as Egypt. 1 came near running over two men last night who dashed on to the track from behind this building.” The gripmen on the Market street cable- cars experience the same trials that the motormen complain of. The big structure obscures their view of approaching electric- cars on Kearny street, and requires the sharpest kind of a lookout to avoid a smash. The building is really twice as large as it ought to be. Obviously it was constructed to afford as much advertising space as possible, and will remain around the electric lights and fountain for eighteen days until the patience of a complacent and long suffering public is exhausted. i e SEMINARY GRADUATION. Thirteen Young Gilrs End Their School Days at Mills Collega—The Bac- calaureate Address. The graduation exercises of the class of ’95 of Mills College began yesterday and will be continued to-day and to-morrow. Rev. W. W. Scudder of the First Congre- gational Church of Alameda, a member of the board of trustees, preached the bacca- laureate sermon yesterday afternoon. He took as his text the passage in the Gospel of St. John where Jesus spoke to the woman at the weli concerning the living water which he would give to them that asked, and which should be a “well of water springing forth to everlasting life.” To-day is exhibition day at the college. A yery creditable display of drawings and paintings by the scholars has been ar- ranged, and it is to see this that the friends of the institution are invited. ! iTo-night the closing concert of the con- servatory of the colFe e will be given at 7:30 o’clock. An excefient programme of sixteen numbers has been prepared for the occasion. The conservatory is under the direction of Professor Louis Lesser of this Ci';y. ‘o-morrow afternoon the regular com- mencement exercises will be given at Semi- nary Hall, beginning at 2 o'clock. Musi- cal numbers will be executed !E Miss Marie E. Klink, Miss Sunshine 0. Heydenfeldt, Miss Nora_C. Allis, Miss Jessie M. Long- mire and Miss Gertrude L. McConnell of the graduating class. Rev. J. M. Dins- more, D.D., will make the address of the day, and the remainder of the afternoon will be taken up by the presentation of the uxglomas and the conferring of degrees. he graduating class this yearis com- posed of thirteen members, of whom three —Nora Caroline Allis, Aga Dell Lander and Gertrude Lillian McConnell—receive university degrees. The other graduates are: Helen Irene Backus, Jessie Elizabeth Gunn, Sunshine Ochtreigh Heydenfeldt, Minna Theresa Hopve, Marie Emily Klink, Adelaide Rose Lewis, Jessie May Longmire, Emily Edith MacLean, Mabel Mooze and Bm Sbipwap Tow) . PACIFIC COAST INDUSTRY. Manufacturers Report an In- creased Demand for Home Products. MECHANICS ARE KEPT BUSY. A Stir In Local Enterprises Is ?e- coming Notcleable In Many Directions. The reports from local and coast manu- facturers are quite encouraging after last week’s experiences. In the dlf{erent classes of industries quite a boomis on since the'agitation in favor of home enter- prise has begun to stir up the people. An increased demand for home products is re- ported by mmny firms in this CngyA The Golden Gate Woolen-mills are at work on a $40,000 order from the United States Government. They will undoubt- edly secure the contract for the police uni- forms from the City. The Dow Steam Pump Works report trade in their line on the increase. Their shop at present is running close to its full capacity, having under way a compound duplex plunger pump for use in the Maga- lia mine. One of their Dow improved deep-well engines and boilers for the Bel- yedere Land and Improvement Company, a vertical marine pump for the Navy-yard at Mare Island, Cal.; two mine station- pumps for Sonora, Cal., and a similar Pplant for shipment to Guatemala. Wells, French & Co., of Chicago, were recently induced to build one car from ‘Washington lumber. They did so, and, after its completion, put it on the scales. It weighed 2000 pounds less than one made of yellow pine, oak and white pine. Large orders were immediately placed for stock with dealers in Washington lumber. So urgent were these demands that they sent a representative to the Coast to rush forward the orders. P. F. Dundon, of the San Francisco Boiler Works, reports a marked increase in business. He has several contracts on hand and has increased the number of mechanics employed in his works. The Electrical” Engineering Company has during the last month installed a*6 horsepower dynamo for the Union Litho- graph Company; one of 8 and one of 3 horsepower for F. Chevalier & Co.; one of 8 horsepower for The Argonaut; one of 4 horsepower for Rosenbaum Bros.; one of 4 horsepower for H. Levi & Co.; one of 12 horsepower for the San Fran- cisco Stove Works; one of 15 horsepower for the Golden Gate block; one of 8 horse- ower for Hulse & Bradford; one of 4 horsepower for Holm & Nachen, and one of 2 horsepower for the New Creamerie. The churches of San Francisco are adopt- ing the electric system of lighting. several prominent ones being handsomely decor- ated with electroliers. The Paulist church on California street is now being supplied with incandescent lights throughout. At the Riscon Iron Works they are much ratified at the steady increase of orders or all kinds of mining muchinery, not alone from the Pacific Coast States, but from Mexico, British LColumbia and South America as well. With the disappearance of theold Golden City Chemical Works there has-grown up instead in this City the Stauffer Chemical Co., devoted to the manufacture of acids and heavy chemicals. Their sulphuric acid chambers are immense, containing 159,000 cubic feet, and are built to meet all the requirements of the Coast. Tleir ca- pacity for the other acids is equally exten- sive. Only from such large works can acids be produced cheap enough to war- rant manufacturers depending on them. In less than two years—their time in the field—the new company has secured the buik of the trade, supplying miners and smelters throughout the'West. Many car loads leave their works daily, reaching British Columbia, Alaska, Sandwi lands and the Orient. Industrie: unknown to California are springing up and flou) ing under the favors of this new company. Their chemical works oc- cupy a whole block at the foot of Ninth street, and their works for soda, whiting, sulphur, etc., occupy a block at North Beach. Steiger & Kerr of the Occidental Foun- dry have just commenced turning out home-made stoves from their works, and report the outlook vety encouraging. 'he Washburn-Moen Company report a heavy increase in trade. The past week it furnished a cable 22,450 feet long and weighing thirty-five tons to the Howard- street Railway Company, and is shipping one 11,200 feet long to Oakland for the Oak-street division of the QOakland and Broadway road. The Gerard Water-wheel Company se- cured the contract this week for a 200- horsepower plant for the Ontario Light and Power Company of Ontario, Cal., and also shipped a 20-horsepower plant to the North Star Mining Company at Grass Valley. The Union Lithograph Company re- ports a very satisfactory increase in busi- ness. Among several pieces of special work recently produced by it the litho- graph entitled “Daniel in the Lion’s Den” is_worthy of note. It requires a very critical eye to distinguish between it and the finest steel engraving. [n fact its work has been largely substituted for steel- engraving work throughout the Pacitic Coast States. Since January 1, the Midas Gold-saving MachinerfiCflmpany has sold forty-one of their Gol King amalgamators. The ints of shipment included all the Pacific oast States, Alaska, Mexico and South America. They now have orders on their books for ten more machines, five of which are being manufactured at the Pacific Iron ‘Works, and five at the Phenix Iron ‘Works. Several of these are to go to South America. The Pelton Water-wheel Company re- cently furnished the Magalia mine in Butte County with two wheels for a hoist, which have a capacity for working to a depth of 3000 feet, carrying a 5000-pound load at a speed of 400 feet’ per minute. They have also furnished for the same company a 200-norsepower wheel for run- ning a_compressor, this being 10 feet 6 inchs in diameter and weighing 7500 pounds, which is attached direct to the shaft of the compressor. This large diam- eter was made necessary to give the com- ressor the proper speed under the water- ead available. while the weight is to make it serve the purpose of a fiywheel, a most simple and efficient combination and one to which the Pelton wheel only is ap- plicable. Some recent experiments on this wheel show a net efliciency of more’ than 80 per cent, which is regarded as very re- markable under the circumstances. The Pelton Company also report shipments of wheels to various other minesin this State, as also several important foreign orders. The Dibert Bros. Manufacturing Com- vany is shipping a couple of carloads of their grain separators to points in the interior of the State. The Krogh Manufacturing Company is putting in some additional new machinerv equipment which will considerably add to the ctfi)&city of their plant. H. Bohls & Co., manufacturers of White Navy pipe tobacco and cigarettes, report that since the agitation in favor of home roductions was inaugurated their trade S hnfiely increased. The Union Gas Engine Company have on hand sufficient orders to keep their works running for the next three months. For one mining company they are building three engines, consisting of two forty horsepower, and one twenty-five horse. E‘OW“ together with two hoisting plants. he large engines are for rumning stamp mills. The smaller for hoisting ore. Their orders for marine engines aggregate 187 horsepower. They are contemplating the increase of their plant in order to keep up with orders. :l&a mining industry has opened a new and quite extensive field for their engines. One of their engines at the Valparaiso Exposition proved con- clusively that California is not behind in manufacturing. All the different European makers of gas engines were represented. In a competitive test, their engine sur: passed all, “cffit the French “Simplex, ich it equaled. < o e vich & Co. have just received a large shipment of cocoanuts from the islands, which are to be manunfactured into the desiccated and shreded cocoanut prod- uct at their pioneer factory at North Beach. They have increased their force of workmen in "the factory and now employ about thirty men. 2 The Pacific Saw Manufacturing Com- pany has some large orders on hand for the lumber-mills on the north coast and are also turning out an order for a small circular saw for fruit-pitting, which isa new device, thirty of which have been ordered for Southern California. . The California Ink Company reports an increased trade and 1s confident that the movement in the interest of home industry is doing much for local factories. Paul B. Berkins of the Perkins Pump and Engine Company reports that their system in the use of oil removes the danger from gasoline in buildings. This at once has opened a new field for the ventilation of public halls, churches and large resi- dences. They are fitting out two plants for Los Angeles and one for Pasadena. These plants give a_four-mile breeze through a hall or building at a cost of about 2 cents an hour. THOSE UNTIDY SCHOOLS Director McElroy, Who Has Visited Sixty of Them, Is Horrified. The Old School Boards, He Says, Did Nothing but Fight the ) Teachers. “I am prepared to corroborate all that Mr. Comte said in his address to the Finance Committee of the Board of Super- visors with regard to the wretched condi- tion of the school buildings of this City,” said Andrew McElroy, chairman of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds of the Board of Education, yesterday. “There are over seventy school buildings in all, and of these not less than sixty that I know of from personal observation are in a shameful state. Some are much worse than others, to be sure, but I should say that an average of $3000 should be spent | upon each of these buildings to bring them | into a habitable state. Many of them are | very old, and the memory of the oldest in- | habitant can scarcely reach back to the time when they were painted and white- washed. They are insuch bad sanitary condition as to be actually disease breed- ing. I would mention the Irving Primary School as notably so. “The Redding School and the Lafayette are not only in very bad sanitary shape, but the stairs are so narrow and badly ar- ranged that I consider them little lessthan firetraps. They ought to be remodeled at once, or supplanted with new and better buildings. Then there is the Cooper School, on Greenwich street, between Jones and Leavenworth. ‘The sidewalk has never been filled in there, and in rainy weather the basement fills up with water deep enough to float a boat, and remains there until the dry season, endangerin the health of everybody in the school. The sidewalk should be filled up and a concrete bulkhead built around three sides of the building. ‘“‘How does it come that the school buildings of this great city are in such a shameful condition? There is nothing to explain it except absolute neglect on the part of the Board of Education. If these sci:ools were ever Visited by any person whose duty it was to keep them in habit- able shape they must have appealed to him so strongly that he would never have rested until some improvement was effected. But the membvers of the school board, I am told, never did visit them. They seem to have considered~their obli- gations to the people who elected them as fulfilied when they came ‘up here and put in their spare time fighting the schooi- I teachers.” “I can join with Mr. McElroy in most all that he has said,” remarked Director Seott. “‘Our first effort was to restore the salaries of the teachers cut down by our predecessors. Iknow that the condition of very many of the schools is very bad. I think, with Mr. McElroy, that if a fire broke out in either the Redding or Lafa- yette schools during school hours the re- sult would be very serious. There is need of a wholesale housecleani and this board is disposed to see that i doneif it is possible. We believe also in allowing the_children not only plenty of fresh air while they are in the old buildings but to provide them with room on the outside in which to stretch themselyves and to grow. We will need money, of course, to do this: the lack of it is a very substantial handi- cap, of course.”” PARK AND BEACH. A Female Cyclist Meets With an Acci- dent — A New Baby Buffalo. “The only matter of importance at the park,” said Superintendent McLaren yes- terday, a smile lighting up his counte- nance, *‘is a new baby buffalo, a bull calf, the first ever born in California. His mother was also born in the park.” Mr. Wright, one of the Park Com- missioners of Rochester, N. Y., who is here on a visit, took a drive through Golden Gate Park yesterday and ex- pressed himself as very much pleased with the park, saying that its situation and possibilities will make it one of the most beautiful in the United States. ‘“The views of Mr. Wright are correct,” said Commissioner Rosenfeld, “but what is needed to make it the most beautiful park is an increased allowance.” ‘‘One serious thing we have to contend with,” said the Superintendent, *is the sandy soil. To make it what it ought to be the soil has to be loamed, and that means $2000 an acre.” Because it was showery in the morning the signal flags were not put upon the streetcars, andas a consequence the musi- cians, who take their cue from this signal, did not go to the park and the band shell was enlllpty. Thde glorious sun in the after- noon, however, drew a ver:; e y large crowd to During the afternoon Mrs. A. Adams of 4144 Devisadero street was riding a man’s bicycle, and when making the tarn near Chicken Point she, for some reason, was u_l;mble to guide her machine, and ran full tilt against a horse drawing a buggy, in which rode Mrs. F. Lunton of 328 Twelfth street and a lady friend. The horse sprang to one side and the bicycle-rider struck a forward wheel ot tho buggy with such force that her own wheel was smashed and she thrown against the buggy-wheel, bruising herself considerably. Captain Thomson, Who was close by, took charge of the in- jured rider and of Mrs. Lunston, and aiter making note of all the facts allowed Mrs. ON THE AMERICAN PLAN, The Editor of the Matin f Paris Tells How His Paper Is Run. FRENCH MONEY COMING HERE. A Wealthy Parisian Syndicate Seek- ing Investment In Mines In This State. The editor of the Matin, one of the lead. ing journals of Paris and the only paper on the Continent conducted on the plan of American newspapers, M. E. de Bourgade la Dardye, is in the City. M. Bourgade came here with the Baron de Choisy, who represents the Siciete Industrielle des Sciences et des Mines, a Parisian company representing immense capital, and Doug- las L. V. Browne, a prominent mining en. gineer of Colorado, to examine into some mining properties in this State. They state that the results of their ex- aminations have been so satisfactory that they will take back favorable reports, This is important news for the mining in- dustry,as the company is making enormous investments in mines in other parts of the world. 5 Mr. Bourgade, as a geologist, some years ago conducted some scientific in- vestigations in South America and has published ‘several well-known books on the southern continent. It is his inten- tion to write a work on the gold-producing districts of the world. He has been editor of the Matin for the past four years and is a ieading member of the Bimetallic League of France, which bas branches in England, Germany and Italy, and he has written a good deal on political economy. Speaking of his paper_last evening, Mr. Bourgade said: “The Matin was estab lished about twelve yearsago by American capital principally, and was the first jour- nal in Europe to follow the American plan iving news quickly. It isthe only pa- per in Paris that publishes its own tele- graphic news from America. In fact, all ex- cept local news comes by telegraph. Then we have introduced your system of inter- viewing. All prominent people who como to Paris are noticed. = ““Yes, the plan is a success. This is best shown by the fact that all the other papers areimitatinz us to_a certain extent. We publish three editions, one at 4 A. M., an- other at 5:30 p. M., and a third at 7 p. M. In the last edition we give extracts from all the papers published during the day all over Europe. ,Il is a review of all the news of all the papers of the day. “For instance on the day of the death of President Carnot, which took place at 12:30 in the afternoon, we had in the 7 o’clock edition, not only all the details of it, but also all the comments of the European press of that day. We report every celebrity as you do here with interviews. The circulation of the Matin is about 100,000, but then the price of the Matin is 2 cents per copy, while the others sell for half that.” CHURCH OF THE AOVENT, Rev. John A. Emery Instituted Rector by Bishop Nichols. Elaborate and Impressive Services Attended by Large Num- bers. Rev. John A. Emery was installed rector of the Church of the Advent on Eleventh street by the Right Rev. Bishop Nichols at the morning services yesterday. The new rector was formerly in charge of St. Peter’'s Church for four years. He was ordained for the California diocese by the late Bishop Kip and served on the Board of Missions for nine years. For seven years he was secretary of the board. The services yesterday lasted three hours and were ‘impressive throughout. Following the morning prayer the office of institution was performed. The document relating to the appointment of the pastor from the Bishop was read, and Warden Thompson, in the absence of Colonel Mendell, the senior warden, handed over the keys of the church to the newly instituted pastor. Bishop Nichols pre- sented tne Bible, prayer-book and canons and discoursed on the office of pastor and the relationship between pastor and people. At the close of the service the wardens, members of the vestry and congregation were presented to the new pastor and they wished him every blessing and happiness in his/new charge. Rev. Mr. Emery was the celebrant at the communion, which was attended by a large number of the congregation. There was special music by the choi: and everything passed off in a flood of splendor. FEASTING SCHOOLMATES, Members of the ‘Class of ’85'" of the Boys’ High School Enjoy e Banguet. A merry company of young men gathe ered at the Maison Riche Saturday night. They were members of the “Class of 85" of the Boys’ High School and were cele- brating the tenth anniversary of their graduation. The members present were: H. Sachs, E. D. Peixotto, W. D. Waterman, F, Martin, L. Spear, George \‘epymv A. Holmes, William Kessing, E. Lastreto, phriam, Fa Kincaid, Dr. T.A. Rottanzi, L. H. Cook, D, O’Connell, Sam Graconey, H. Grundel, W. H, Taylor, N. Sinclair, L. Sinclair, A. McFarland, H.J. Ottenheimer, George C. Roeding, William Gerstle, A. G. Widber, W. H. Wharff and J. Bate tin. K. H. Webster, who was one of their teachers, was the guest.of honor ef the evene ing. 1 Dr. T. A. Rottanzi officiated as toaste master and the responses were made ag follows: *‘Our Class,” E. D. Peixotto; “Absent Members,” Lastreto; “‘High School Reminiscences, H. Tay:lor; “Qur School,” "ldberf;a 4»0“. Teachers,” The Ladies, William Gerstle. £ Bacox Printing Compeny, 503 Clay street. —— CrEAM mixed candies, 25¢ Ib, Townsend’s.™ e GEo. W. 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