| Show BY TELEGRAPH PEB PER WN UNION AMERICAN washington 22 the secretary of war today to day transmitted to the house of representatives an elaborate and highly interesting report reports prepared by col george H men alen reil nell dell deil of the united states engineer corps in response to horace davis resolution calling for information as to all the call cati causes sies fies tend tending ing to diminish the tidal area of the san francisco bay and lessen the tidal scour on op the bar and thereby decrease the depth of water upon said bar and diminish the value of san francisco as a commercial harbor colonel mendell first specifies the natural causes which are practically not subject to control go he describes describE A the drainage system of the rivers emptying into san francisco bay and abid bilos shows how the rapid fall of their thor tributaries tributa ries and the violence of rains favor the and transportation of earthy matter from the mountains sand and the steady conversion of mark mari marshes lies lles into dry land the present extent of marshes in san francisco bay including suisun and san ban pablo bays is stated at 30 square miles mention la is next made of the similar tendencies tend encis of hydraulic min ing and the report then proceeds to consider co nider the artificial causes such aa as the construction of piers and jetties betties Jet ties and the utilization of the state or city grants of submerged lands referring to the piers and training walls at oakland colonel alend mendell ell eil says the tendency of these structures is to hold the material deposited along the shore and therefore to concentrate in a small area areas that which otherwise would have been distributed over larger areas the tha effect can never take great dimensions he reports in regard to the apprehended shoaling shorling sho aling of the bar outside the entrance to san francisco bay that A a comparison of the survey made in 1855 with one made in 1873 shows that the bar has hag not retreated and that the depth of water on the coast has not been diminished ha hd there therefore fone foxe says it is safe bare to state that the bar was a as good in 1873 1973 as aj in 1855 no survey has haq been made since 1873 after discussing features of the problem suggested colonel mendell concludes his reports as follows the foregoing description of ther uler bar demonstrates mon strates that it is able to lose a greathart great grent part of its advantages and yet remain an admirable channel for commercial purposes at present this channel is eleven miles wide if we suppose the barm bar to move shoreward until it is shortened to haffits half its present length it is apparent that a largely diminished tidal prison might be able to maintain over the tiie shorter line the depth now maintained over the long line the depth of the crest creat might magut be reduced to a mu much ch narrower limit than thau last named and remain an excellent channel to be maintained by y a tidal area urea only onis a small smail flae 0 that which now contributes to this result if we suppose the of the tho bar to maintain maln main tain its present position instead of retreat effect would be a diminished channel and the encouragement of the 1116 growth of existing shoals and to form new shoals these shoals would short shorten ehi efi the crest and lessert lessen th the q area of the chanh channels eief elEf to be belain maln main tain tamed ed the result would be practically equivalent to that to be pro deuced by jy the retreat of the bar and between these shoals one or more channels would ouid remain the access to the harbor under these circumstances although far infer inner inferior lor jor to the present conditions of convenience might still compare favorably vo b wit with the e ap approaches boac es to many of thereat acom commercial ports of the world orld orid it a appears to be inevitable that thai the interior davs bats must continue coutin ue to area the foree force of gravity works incessantly 46 to that end there thera is no compensation in any auy other natural force commercial necessities are iii in the same direction nature and man man seem to be under the tho common necessity to lessen the tidal are areas asyet yet yeb the ultimate disaster appears to be remote in the future we are not however on that account delivered from the obligation ligat idi n to counteract these tendencies eless cless nor are we powerless to do so in some degree colonel mendell proceeds to td indicate what step steps should be taken without asa as a means menns of nce ace accurately u bately determining upon the best bes tr emedies remedies immediately afterwards he recommends that a new survey of the bar be made forthwith and that periodical surveys survey 1 both of bf the bar ban and of the shoals about the bay be provided for another subject J t for a esti estl gation gatlon is the relative scouring value of equal quantities of water stored in the different parts of the great bay this he says would indicate some measures of the consequences to follow from a loss of the lower part art of the tidal prison of the schun 11 pears bar a result that maybe may be near at band he adds there seems to ba some ground for the opinion that the bar would not be greatly affected by tills the influence of hydraulic mining as compared with what may be called natural influences fluen ces would of course be an axa ayA available jabie Jable topic for study in this connection tion as mining is subject to con troi the question as to what extent the owners of submerged lands are affected is also important these are not questions that can be solved in a day or a year during the period given to the investigation thus outlined outline other dother points of inquiry will suggest themselves and thedie the due duo line of information will be obtained sufficiently to demonstrate the soundness roundness of theories now drawn from incomplete existing data 21 the times cleveland says S B shoemaker of philadelphia and jamos james Al Scovel vel vei of new jersey spent part of sunday with garfield the latter expressed great annoyance over the division of republicans in pennsylvania and said he should not select any member t of his cabinet from that state until the dissensions disappeared scovel says both beaven beaver and bayne will be withdrawn on monday night and G probably elected ted the morey letter vas touched upon and scovel remarked that it cost the republicans New few Jersey and ganfield garfield agreed garfield said twe the me 3 percent per pen cent pent funding bill did not meet his approval events are developing rapidly as to the cabinet folger goes into the treas treasury which counts postmaster james out then garfield can follow his first desire and put foster into the postoffice post office department word goes to foster who on sunday morning passes quietly through cleveland to willoughby drives to mentory mentor ond s spends ands the day this fixes blaine goster roster fosmer foster and folger as reasonably sure and within three days the whole thing w will fil be settled washington 21 western senators express disi dist elief ellef that riger folger or morton motton will be bek Gar gan fields secretary of the treasury and believe a western man will be chosen as garfield has intimated already that he will not violate the sentiments of the west on this thia point new york gl 21 the Com commercio commercials merci washington special ag agrees ree with other new york correspondents that judge folger will be offered the treasury department by garfield and adds that folger is a man mart eminently fitted for th the office of secretary of the treasury he has one of the best legal minds fhi in the stater he has had large experience enee ence in ninan finan financial dial matters while holding the office of sub treasurer of ie united states he iii ill made iliade ade himself himel f fi familiar m illar with our system of finance and cur currency nency pency he Js is a man of broad and liberal views i a gentle gentie gentleman nyan nian of br c cultivation and of polished and winning manners we lve predict that he will make the most accomplished secretary of the treasury the nation has had in many years temes times mentor governor murray of utah lefo left menton mentor tonight to night he came to post general garfield on the mormon busi busl business nessi and claims to have assur assurances arices that the question will receive early and vigorous treatment at the hands of the next president NEW YORK 21 the sun says W H vanderbilt has been unable to ao go to his office for ten days dabs or pore more more his illness results from surgical operations to which he resorted for relief from hemorrhoid for many years mr vanderbilt has suffered from as ats father nather ltd before hini him anid arid more morel than once he has suffered buffered spirg surgical ledl ledi treatments his hes present 1 liing illness s lias ilas not mot however given his friends cause for alarm yesterday y he was re reported potted aa as much comfortable and it is not thought that he will be much longer confined tobis to his house judge black said at an antimonopoly muno monopoly pole polZ meeting last night that railroads between here and chicago have made sufficient in ini one year to pay oss off the notional nat Bat ional debt freights are now 15 per cent higher than they ought to be they have been doing exactly that for which you send a man to sing sing the times says of the meeting the numbers and char ebar character acter of the audience at the antimonopoly anti monopoly meeting last night sufficiently demon strate strafe the growth of bf public interest I 1 1 in quest questions ions IoAs whichard which chare are taking form and he place ace aee among the political issues of t the day the speeches and resolutions of the meeting were unmistakably earnest and were directed toward entirely practical results the league fully recognizes the necessity for its organization and for a thorough C agitation of its principles in every part of the union the sw sun the steamship mississippi recently purchased by iby the oregon steam navigation company will soon take her place on that iline line the mississippi ia is now lying at the dock of the morgan iron works harri HARRr SEURa 21 tt jt is probable the retirement of beaver and bayne from the senatorial con test will leave the ahe fight between schofield and george spiras jr with the chances in favor of the latter lattek A three haur h pur session of 0 f the senatorial conference committee was held tonight to night resolutions for a general caucus at which neither beaver nor bayne should be voted were defeated senator benator cooper a substitute providing for a general caucus during the discussion of which senator benator pierce charged the bayne members with perfidy and cooper withdrew A re solution that no member of the conference be voted for adopted eight ballots wiio were taken without any significant change changes the last one resulting beaver 12 fayne bayne 8 9 schofield 1 henry J 1 I 1 ad jouper harrisburg 22 the ae senatorial lal ial conference in their first ballot unanimously selected john T dilt mitchell tioga co as the choicest the conference for united states senator NEW ORLEANS 22 the day was celebrated by the firing of national salutes and a grand military parade in which the yI visiting military bodies from massachusetts a battalion of the united states marines and the representative the alabama military organizations participated the tro troops ops aps were received by Gov governor enrio errio r Wiltz crowds thronged thron ged the streets along the line of procession alexandria AleF alep andria andrla the day was cele eele celebrated berated with great eda fand tand a large and splendid military and civil procession an oration was delivered by frank hurd of Ohio and a short speech was made by jmj hayes the pre president aident and guests were sumptuously banqueted and the president made another speech returning thanks for the hospitality ho p 7 of virginians there was an immense J im throng of people in the city among the distinguished persons were generals W H T F and fitzhugh hugh lee the grand stand fell through but no one was hurt in all parts paris the day was generally and quietly observed FORT COMING N 11 22 aleut morey with companies A A and D and 30 indian scout shag md lust st returned from following a band of apaches into mexico he came upon an their camp in a canyon in cau calaria mountains on the night of th the Q mit but before lie iio h e could attack the indians broke and scattered into the th mountains and could not be overtaken I 1 the camp and 30 horses borses were captured morey pursued there these indiana about miles over a very rough barren country and for eight days could get only alkali water yater and for two days was without any water at all chihuahua mexico 22 indians are again on the war path attacked a settlement near Car rillas fillas recently killing several women and children plundering the place I 1 SOMERSET py ty 22 21 1 barvey harvey harvey russell started on saturday from a spelling match to attend a speaking at some distance not returning at the proper time search was made and he was found ayabe hy ehe the roadside road side bide stabbed in 22 places and his skull crushed A hundred and nifty fifty dollar watch and 0 other th er articles are missing firemen five men are arrested who were seen with him shortly after he lert left the ther spelling match only circuns evidence points to themas them as guilty RICHMOND ind 22 walker amos confessed that he enticed a P small boy named AL frusen wilham william from his h me on oh of january in started on foot noot 1 lan him coword this place chev walked 16 miles the first day iday wen the boys feet became sore amos amo took tooka a rope and made a cat eat cato eato 0 nine tails and licked the boy to make him walk on he whipped the boy until he nearly fainted they walked on to richmond begging as they went the boy being afraid on pain of death to make complaint at this place he took another little boy named Rath bath ilbe liTe and started toward pittsburg compelling the boys to walkover walk over the frozen roads and beating them unmercifully whenever they complained they had llad reached troy ohio where they were overtaken by parties from home and brought back amos says gays he intended to take the boys to pa to his mother to raise them he is a light colored very tall and slight |
