| Show OUR SAN FRANCISCO LETTER san francisco cal oct 20 1897 everything appears to be rather quiet around the city owing perhaps to the unpleasant weather which has been threatening the last few days the recent official unpleasantness has almost died out with the exception of an occasional echo that resounds when the city fathers drop the ax upon t the he neck of some disloyal politician police commissioner gunst was unsuccessful in trying to have the chief of police removed from office and save gave for a little newspaper talk the controversy has ended and business around the municipal offices has settled back into the old routine the merchants are organizing to regain lost territory and are up in a body to defeat discriminating freight rates two conventions were held here this week bringing many visitors to the city in addition to the large number that are here now awaiting the opening of the racing season there is an active movement on foot among the merchants of this city to form an organization of representative business men the object of which will be to promote trade wong along the coast and in the interior of the neighboring stat esby subsidizing steamers to com pete ath the regular steamship lines and thereby reducing transportation charges which at present are prohibitory and cut san francisco off as a distributing point for the territory she claims as rightfully belonging to her A similar organization existed a few years ago and the benefits derived were decidedly satisfactory to shippers in general competition cut freight rates and san francisco became the principal distributing point for the pacific states but things came too easy interest died out the competitive vessels were absorbed by the corporations controlling the main lines and again transportation por tation charges became exorbitant and san francisco found herself shut out of the field of competition and deprived of the trade in the territories she now seeks to regain the railroads are also largely held responsible for the state of affairs as they exist today as they have tried to dictate to the merchants the limit of the territory they are entitled to the effort of the railroad has been to divide the trade of the coast into three divisions with portland in the north los angeles in the south and san francisco in a part of california and nevada to attain this object discriminating rates have been made in favor of the first two places named As everyone kno knows ws it is useless to expect relief from the railroads but the great waterway the ocean on which this city is so advantageously situated Is open and free and it is to this means of transportation that the merchants look for deliverance in the course of a few weeks a new line of steamers subsidized by the merchants association will be in between here the northern and southern ports crying supplies from san francisco Fran clace to the forbidden field at rates that defy the railroad discriminations discrimination will it is hoped compel them too to the cut or else withdraw from the petition the sixth annual convention 0 of california miners association Is aa 1 slon here this week and nearly j hundred delegates from all parta the state are in attendance question of creating a new aa position that of secretary of ni will come up for discussion as it fl to be the unanimous desire of the gates that congress create a de d ment to look after the inhere interest mining in general and no doubt ai alution will be drafted to con congress that purpose the grand lodge of california 00 31 and accepted masons held their ta eighth annual meeting last week main feature of the meeting wan appropriation of for the bal of the masonic widows and oapl home recently established in all county another fountain has been pra p to the city of san francisco B the third for the present year last monument was unveiled wass ceremonies on sundays Sunday sun Y 0 and was erected to the m of robert louis stevenson the and is the gift of a host of 1 it consists of a granite tal in which a water tap is in and on which the following we stevenson are inscribed to be to est to be kind to earn a I 1 lit spend a little less to make u whole a family happier for his ence to renounce when that A necessary and riot not be embitter emmitte keep a few friends but these w capitulation above all on the grim condition to keep friends himself here is a task for alli man has of fortitude and dell del on the top of the pedestal is a ship with golden sails something 1 the pattern of a spanish Colum buss time portsmouth sq was selected as the site for the afi ment because of its association the author who used to spend of his time there while living 1 among the outcasts and of the four quarters of the earth on next saturday san jose ws traduce something novel in the W raising money for the cause of fl charity the electric street card will be in charge of pretty youngs youir duc tresses who will collect the of passengers and perform the of the regular conductor the c car be decorated with ribbons and fl and some will be accompanied accompany string bands the proceeds ot ca novel venture are to go to th the elated charities the receiving hospital camel came being the scene of a frightful fit sunday night that would havee have the lives of many of the helal hehnle mates had it not been for the 1 action of the attendants in ca A maniac confined in the p badde padde d it is believed set the place p 1 ace on 0 ftp his cries attracted the atte attention natto doctor and his assistants who to his rescue they found the 1 cled maniac enveloped in namely fiam they quickly extinguished with tel before much damage had been though not before the other had become terrified an old woman in rags and was ar rested arrested last week for I 1 U and on being searched at th prison in gold was fo toua cealey in the soiled and torn rt served her for a dress S sani several people have displayed an aa est in the poor old creatures man very much resembling james dunham the fugitive from justice murdered an entire family near jose about a year ago has been ted sted in mexico and officers have ed i to bring back the prisoner d he be prove to be the party ted following salt lakers are reg sd d at the leading hotels mrs A ulster lister mrs A gobbett and mrs at he grand E smith C E angell at the russ house owen I hogle oakland S |
