The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 4, 1895, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1895. [T WAS NOT SIGNED. Mayor Sutro Refuses to Put His Name to the Lease. AFRAID OF THE OCTOPUS. Governor Budd Says the| Amendment Is in Favor | of Huntington. | HOT WORDS WITH HIS HONOR. | Attorney Preston Expresses Himself in Strong Language—Colnon Talks Out. | Yesterday was the day set for final | action on the lease of China basin. There was action enough but there was nothing | final. Governor Budd's was the master | finger which pointed out the defects in the | instrument, concerning both the interests of the State and the Valley road. The | Governor was non-partisan in this respect, for while he showed the Harbor. Commis- sioners where the paper was weak inasmuch as the rights of the State were not fully protected, on the other hand he taught a lesson or two to the directors of the com- | suggestions to offer. “I would like to have “At the meeting last Wednesday there were three attorneys who said that you were wrong.”’ *“I don’t care for that,” said the Mayor, smoothly. “When I wasin Congress half the members were lawyers and they were all against me. But [ stuck to my opinion, and I was always right.” Luckily at this juncture an interruption occurred and hostilities were suspended. “‘If there is much more time wasted on this proposition, we will throw up the lease altogether,” was Mr. Preston’s parting shot. When the meetin order Governor Bud looked over the lease and had a number of had_been called to | stated that he had | these suggestions considered,” said the Governor, ‘‘and referred to the committee and reported back to us this afternoon. I am in favor of staying right with this | proposition until the lease-is signed if it takes all day to-day, to-morrow and Mon- day.” President Colnon asked Mr. Stratton as | a favor to act as secretary, as he was most familiar with the lease. Mr. Stratton con- sented and proceeded to read the lease. | Everything progressed smoothly during the reading of the lease until that part of it was reached which relates to the utiliz- | ing of the terminal premises. Terminal | facilities were defined “include the filling in or piling of said premises or any part llxercof’\lp to the inner line of the said sea- wall and thoroughfare, as established by Jaw, and the placing thereon of tracks, depots, warehouses, freightsheds and_all other structures necessary or convenient for the proper operating of said railway and the receiving and discharging of both this road a competing road. It seems to me that expresses what I would have in- corporated.” “How about you, dir. Rogers?”’ queried the Governor. I think that that will ““That suits me. cover the ground.” “Now, gentlemen,” said President Col- non, “I submit to you this: whether if three or four months ago, when the Eeop]e of this State had just begun to think that there might be some answer to their long- continued prayer for a competing railroad, there had come to you a proposition as that now before you, you would not have been disposed to grant the privileges asked for without, the imposition of restrictions that may hurt more than they will help. ““There is a fair prospect now that the boon to California so long expected to come is soon to be realized and itis not proper that we should take advantage of that fact or situation to exact conditions which a few months ago would have been considered unfair. ‘“You must consider that the State is not giving so much without a return as may seem upon the face of the matter. The pe- titioners must spend upon the China Basin before they can use it, according to the es- timates of the chief engineer of the board, fully half a million dollars. This, for the term of fifty years, is equivalent to $10,000 a year, which, with the rental of $1000 per year provided in the lease, is nearly $1000 a month, as at the expiration of the lease all the improvements revert to the State and become the State’s property.” “Thank you,” exclaimed Attorney Pres- ton, fervently. Then the attorney went on to explain that the road was to be run on the least “THIS IS NO GILT-EDGED PROPOSITION,” SAID ATTORNEY PRESTON. [Sketched by a “Call” artist.] peting road. He inserted clauses bene- ficial to the infant corporation and scratched paragraphs which were inimical to its interests. He made the greatest fight for Mayer Sutro’s now famous amendment, and then by one suggestion knocked it out, and the Mayor and his clerk acknowledged that the jndgment of the executive was supreme and correct. Had it not been for a fatal recess the lease might be signed this morning. A chance was given to Mayor Sutro to get his second wind, and when he returned to the meeting in the afternoon he had his bellows full, and went back entirely on what he agreed to in the morning. The meeting in the morning was a stormy ome, all on sccount of Mayor Sutro’samendment. Mr. Preston, attorney for the Valley road, and his Honor had high words, and the lawyer applied un- complimentary epithets to the backers,of the Mayor’s ideas. The same warmth of feeling was exhibited during the meeting, and at one time it looked as if the lease would be abandoned by the Valley road, when President Colnon of the board poured oil on the waters by calling attention to the fact that the Valley road was to be the salvation of the people. A few well directed and pertinent remarks on the part of the Stockten editor brought the arguments up with a round turn. He explained that when the movement toward a competing road was started the people of California were a unit on the proposition. He begged to remind those present that they were acting for the people of California, and that in dealing with the directors of the Valley road they were dealing with the people of California. His well-timed suggestions called a halt to the proceedings and created a better feel- ing all around. Had the committee acted then the lease would have been signed, but a recess was declared. In the after- noon Mr. Sutro got back to his original amendment and declared that he would not sign the lease unless his amendments wereincorporated. Governor Budd showed him where the amendment would throw into the hands of the Southern Pacific the strongest weapon they could possibly get against the Valley road. 'he Mayor was silent against the argu- ment. Taylor Rogers, his attorney and clerk, could not answer it, but still his Honor was obdurate, and wanted to-day and to-morrow to consider the matter. As a substitute for the Mayor’s amendment, the Governor offered a paragraph drafted by T. F. Barry, which in the mind of the eXecutive, not only covered the Mayor’s ground, but put up a stronger barrier against the encroachments of Huntington than anything yet proposed. This propo- sition set the Mayor to thinking, and he said he would consider it over the Sabbath and meet his colleagues at 9:30 o'clock on Menday morning. The meeting was set for 10 o’clock, and when _the clock struck that hour every- body interested in the proceedings was on hand. There were present: Harbor Com- missioners Colnon, Cole and Chadbourne, Attorney Ford of the board, Attorney Stratton, Attorney E. F. Preston for the Valley road, John D. Spreckels, Governor Budd, Mayor Sutro and Taylor Rogers. Governor Budd shut himself u¥ with a copy of the lease as it had come from the committee, and busied himseif with its consideration for nearly three-gnarters of an hour. During this time Mr. Preston and Mayor Sutro had a passage-at-arms in the ante-room. The gentlemen got into a controversy over the Mayor’s amendment, which was knocked out at the meeting of the committee on last Wednesday. “Why, under the conditions of the lease as it now stands,” said Mr. Sutro, “the road could be transferred to the Southern Pacific in forty-eight hours.” “Anybody who says that is a — fool!” exclaimed Attorney Presion. “Well, T have the opinions of several attorneys in the matter,” returned the Mayor. “I don’t care what you've got,” retorted Preston, red in the face with anger. ‘“The man who says that is an ass.” ‘‘Half a dozen lawyers said so.” “It is a reflection en the integrity of the committee,” exclaimed Preston, hotly. freight and passengers, including the usual | adjuncts of railway waiting stations.” | “Now by that clause,” said the Gover- | nor, “the Valley road may fill in as much as they wish for their purposes and leave | the State to do the balance. The Harbor Commissioners will be runninfi the sea- wall over in that part of the City one of these days, and it does not seem to me the | proper thing that the State should be at the disadvantage of haying an unfilled space between the seawall and the thor- oughfare. I think that the Valley road | should fill in all the land which they re- quire in ten years, and all of the grant given them by the terms of the lease not filled in should revert to the State.” 1 Attorney Preston objected to this. “We have no gilt-edged proposition, | Governor,” said the attorney, “and we have no gilt-edged bank account. The | first ten years of the road will be the hard- est upon us. The Harbor Commissioners should remember this and make all allow- ances possible.” ] ““Well, make it fifteen years,” said Gov- ernor Budd. “All we want is to be satis- fied that when the seawall is run over to that portion of the City there will be no basin formed between the seawall and the thoroughfare or mainland.” ““Why not have it inserted in the lease,” said Mr. Preston, “that when_the seawall reaches China Basin the Valley road | will build the inner restraining wall.” “Thatis a good idea. Make a note of | that, Mr. Secretary, if you please,” said the Goyernor. When it came to the covenants, promises | and agreements of the parties of the second part, Governor Budd called attention to the clause: “That said demised premises shall be used solely for the purposes of the terminal facilities of the said party of the second part, and for no other purposes whatever, as defined aforesaid, with the right to it to do and perform the matters and things hereinbefore specified.” ““Iam a little leary of that sentence be- ginning ‘with the right,’” said the Gov- ernor. “I think we had better strike it out altogether,” and it:was eliminated. It was at thisjuncture that Mr. Sutro raised the first 'breeze of the session. *This lease,” said Le, ‘‘is loosely drawn. ‘We want to guard against the possibility of the bonds or stock of the road falling into inimical hands. While it is true that the directors cannot assign the road there is nothing to prevent them from selling the stock. The amendment I have drawn may be too strong, but I want something inserted in that lease which will perpetuate the competing road.” 3 “Let me read that amendment,” said Mr. Budd. “That seems all right. What is your objection to it, Colonel Preston?” “Why,”” said the attorney for the road “if that amendment is incorporated it will Erevent the floating of any loan. It will e afinancial dragon the road. Mayor Sutro admitted that at the meeting of the committee the other day. If a man wanted to buy bonds he would first look at the lease of the terminal, and if he found a clause like thatin it do you think he would invest? Oh, no. If astockholder were to sell his stock we could not tell to whom it was sold, nor could he, but if a stockholder of the Southerr: Pacific should get hold of a share of our stock, by the provisions of this amendment our lcase would be invalidated.” “I don’t read the amendment that way,” said the Governor. Mayor Sutro called upon Attorney Rogetrs to read the legal aspect of his argu- ment. . ‘Do you think men of money will invest in a road tied up like that?” exclaimed At- torney Preston, impatiently. “How would you express it?" the Governor. ““‘We have expressed it. the lease.” “Let’s read that portion of the lease?” said the executive. ‘It reads: ‘Or the said corporation, party of the second part, should ever, dur- ing term herein named, become subject, du-ec_tl{ or indirectly, to the control or dominion of any person, company or cor- ration now having railway terminal acilities on the bay of San ncisco’— There we have it. Knock out ‘now’ and I think theidea of the Mayor is incorporated queried | It is there in in the lease. How about that, Mayor? Does not that cover the ground ?” “I think so. What I'desired is to have ossible margin of profit, and that if Cali- ornia could not pull herself out of the hole in ten years he was sorry for Califor- nia. *Now [ don’t want to play the baby act,” said Mr. Preston. ‘I have never said this before—"" “Yes you have,” said Governor Budd, in quizzing tones. *‘You say it every chance you get.” There was a general laugh at this good- natured rally and the matter of Sutro’s amendment was considered at an end. The Governor thought that the clause compelling the road to proceed within six months with the work of construction too broad against the Valley road, and he had it altered to read so that both parties were properly protected. During the meeting John D, Spreckels had been a quiet observer of all the pro- ceedings, but up to this time had not said a wors, Whenever anything came up which did not meet with his approbation he merely nodded to Attorney Preston and the latter made the argument. Mr, Spreckels, however, raised his back when it came to the amount of work to_be done in a certain time. He objected to the clause compelling the company to con- struct 100 miles of road out of San Fran- cisco in five years. He asked that it be changed to fifty miles in five years, and it was =0 ordered after considerable debate. Mayor Sutro had another amendment to offer as soon as the afternoon session con- vote with you on any proposition, but if your umen!lrnenc is af olrte you will l“? a most dangerous weapon in the hands of your enemy, Huntington, which will en- able him to cripple the road.” “Well, T will take to-morrow and Sun- day to consider the Barry amendment, said the Mayor, “and will meet you all here on Monday morning With my law- yers. i The meeting then adjourned until 9:30 o'clock on Monday morning. THE STOCK TRUST IS READY. Subsoribers Receiving Requests to Append Their Signatures to It. F The office staff of the Valley railroad was busy yesterday sending out notices to subscribers that the stock trust is ready for signatures and asking them to call at the office, 321 Market street, at their ear- liest convenience and sign it. The agreement to be signed binds the subscribers to pool their stock in the hands of nine trustees for a period of ten years with absolute power to control it. Trus- tees’ certificates will be issued to sub- seribers in lieu of stock, and any dividends which may accrue wiil be paid upon these certificates, which are negotiable and are identical with stock certificates, excepting that they confer the power to vote the stock upon the nine trustees. seNo letters have been received by the sicretary from the San Joaquin Valley knce it was announced through the San rancisco papers that the directors intend making a _business trip down the valley next week. Evidently the enterprising citizens in San Joaquin Valley towns are Preguring to meet the directors and confer with them in their respective homes on the question of franchises, rights of way, subscriptions, depot sites and support for the new road, as well as concessions to induce the directors to supply branch fa- cilities to towns off the main line. DANCE HALLS CLOSED. Many Resorts of the Barbary Coast Gone Out of Busi- ness. Hard times and the law prohibiting the retailing of liquor in resorts where women are employed have combined to close up many of the disreputable places along the Barbary Coast, which for years have borne the reputation of being the worst quarter of San Francisco. The places closed are principally known and designated under the name of “‘dance halls.” Some of them made pretensions to theatrical perform- ances, and under new management will try to resume business under the theatrical license law, but a majority of the ‘‘halls’ vened, and in a momenqevex’;thin was at sixes and sevens again. The ayor’s | amendment read as follows: It is fufther agreed that the party of the second part will not sublet any portion of the premises hereby leased to any person or cor- poration, except for restaurant, mail, express, telephone or telegraph, or like facilities for the public, and in furtherance of the business of the said party of the second part as a com- mon carrier of persons and freight. “If that clause is inserted I shall refuse to discuss it,” said Attorney Preston. “I will submit it to the directors without comment.” “I shall insist that some clause be in- serted in the lease-which will secure the control of the stock,” said the Mayor. “You can’t_do that, Mayer,” put in the Governor. ““You can’t control the trans- fer of stock. Any attempt to do it would make the lease null and void. I have con- sidered that original motion of yours, and I will tell you candidly that if it is insert- ed you will put the greatest weapon imag- inable into the hands of Huntington, whom you fear so much. You will give to him the only oflponunit he could be given of killing the road by invalidati; the lease. Mr. Huntington could get héls of one share, and declare that he had it, and the lease would be forfeited. Now the author of the Barry law has drafted this amendment’’—and the Governor sub- mitted the following: It is further lfreed that if the party of the second part shall enter into any combination for the purpose of preventing or limiting com- petition with any railroad corporation or indi- vidual having ° railroad terminal facilities upon.or adjacent to the water front of the Cit of 8an Francisco, then this lease shall termi- nate, and said devised premises, together with all the improvemenis and appurtenances thereon, snall revert to the State of California. “Well, said the Mayor, “there are four of you in this board besides me. You can sign the lease without me. I have had the opinions of several lawyers on my amend- ment, and they say it is perfectly legal and just. Ido not want to be considered for one moment as opposing the road. On the contrary I am most heartily in favor of it, but I want a competing road. I will not sign the lease. The rest of the board can sign it.” “No, no, that will notdo at all,” said Governor Budd quickly. *“We want you in it. We cannot afford to have it go abroad that the Mayor of San Francisco refused to Ermt a terminal to a competing road for California. Will you sign the lease if your original amendment is incor- porated?” “Yes,” said the Mayor. «Will you take that amendment to your board o{ directors, Mr. Preston?’’ asked the Governor. . “I will,” replied Mr. Preston, “but as tl_:eirin(,:tomey 1 shall advise them not to sign it.”” “That settles it,” hur{:cted Commis- sioner Cole in a tone which clearly im- plied that it did not settle it. “Mayor,” said the Governmor, "I will that have been shut down will not be re- opened. The “Colosseum,” corner of Jackson and Kearny streets, where young Martin was shot to " death, closed its doors some weeks since, and a few days later “Social Hall,”” one of the largest dance houses in the city, followed suit. This resort was situated under the New Western Hotel and at one time employed fifty or sixty young women. Other places of a like character that have given way be- fore a lack of patronage during the past few months are as follows: The Alaska, Jackson and Kearny streets; the Colorado, 921 Kearny street; the North Star, Jackson street and Montgomery ave- nue; the Charlestown, Glimpses Dark and the Cock of the Walk, colored resorts at Jackson and Montgomery streets; Champions’ Rest and the Spider 50 4K B BIvM i kameryiavertie i Cow. boys’ Rest and Buffalo Bill, Pacific street, the Moonlight, Montgomery avenue, All Nations, Broadway and Kearny, and the Days of '49 on Broadway. ELECTRIC MOTORS. The Uses to Which They Are Being Put in San Francisco. The comparatively recent extension of the underground electric conduit system from Spear and Market streets on the east to Market, Hayes and Larkin streets on the west hae rendered possible a very wide use of electric power, to say nothing of electric light, under the most advantage- ous circumstances. From Market street there are underground branches of the system extending along Mason, Eddy, Powell, Stockton, Ellis, Grant avenue, Geary, Kearny, Montgomery, Post, San- some, Sutter, Bush, Battery, Pine, Califor- nia, Davis and Drumm streets, while on the south side of Market street the con- duits are laid on Third and Main streets, are being put in on Mission, and are to be laid on Beale, Fremont and First streets. In the large area covered by this system all kinds of machinery are driven by elec- tric motors operated by the tapping of the underground wires. Some idea of the va- ried uses to which this electric motive power is put may be conveyed by quoting the different establishments in which the power has been installed since the begin- ning of the current year: Frank & Co., leather-trimming machinery; J. C. Nolan, shoe manufacture; San Francisco Plating Works; Eagleson & Co., sewing ma- chinery; H. Block & Co., glove-making; Cash Register Company, for making of store supplies, etc.; Columbia Woolen- mnuills, clothing; Evening Post, type-setting machinery; John Hoey, wood-working machinery; Odd Fellows’ Hali, driving- pumping machinery; Pope Manufacturing Company, bicycle - repairing machinery; Shasta Mineral Water Company, bottlin m'uchinerx' People’s Palace, for the Royal Circus an i’enetian Water Carnival; Wasp Publishing, routing machines; Mark Strouse, sausage machines; Rothschild & Wise, sewing machines; Schroeder Paint Company, paint - mixing machinery; Heyneman & Co., sewing machines; Re- vere Rubber Company, rubber - making machinery. No less than six hundred different es- tablishments thus use electric motors for the operation of macninery of different kinds or for the driving of their elevators. At present about 50 per cent of the motors are empioyed to operate elevators, and among those buildings in which the hy- draulic rams operated by electric motors have been recently introduced are the fol- lowing: Delmonico; Gutzkow, on Market street, between Fifth and Sixth; Berk- shire Hotel; Hillsdale Hotel, on Bixth egrg.t; Pacific- Union Club, and Dewey o. Quite recently a new form of elevator has been invented and is now to be seen in operation at the works of the Electrical Engineering Company on Main street. This is an elevator operated directly by electrigity without the intervention of any other power. Architects and elevator men who have seen it at work are unani- mous in afproval of it. The peculiar ad- vantage of the elevator is that it only uses just sufficient power to perform the work required of it. There is no waste of power. In the ordinary hydreulic elevator the maximum power is always put forth whether the load to be moved is great or small, thus entailing a considerable waste of power.t In the el‘e‘fui% el:svafiozo :ge wer. automati justs i e osdtobemoved‘fuu : 3 The advantages of using power from a central source of suppl® are very numer- ous. The motor occupies very little space as compared with the room required for a steam engine and boiler, the power-user always knows just how much power he is using and ean cut it off instantly when he does not require it, having no fires to bank, no steam to keep up until it is needed. The doctrine of centralizing power is a comparatively new one, and seems likely to find very wide illustration in S8an Fran- cisco. ¢ ———— THERE is an article on this market seldom equaled and never excelled—Jesse Moore Whis- ky. Meoore, Hunt & Co. guarantees itsp urity.” After | G000 FAITH QUESTIONED, New Light on the Part of C. A. Spreckels in the Oceanic Suit. HE TRANSFERRED HIS STOCK' Pecullar Standing Shown In an Answer to an Amended Affidavit. Consi@emble light was thrown upon transactions leading up to the petition of C. A Spreckels for a writ of mandate against the Oceanic Steamship Company by a document filed with the County Clerk yesterflay. C. A. Spreckels had asked the Superior Court to compel the company to hold an annual meeting. Now it appears that this application was not made in zood faith, but, in the language of the paper referred to, was instituted “to embroil the corporation in vexations, injurious and un- necessary litigation.” These allegations of the answer are supported by others of highly damaging character to the standing of C. A. Spreckels in court. The document in question was an an- swer to the amended affidavit in the case of C. A. Spreckels against the Oceanic Steamship Company, J. D. Spreckels, Charles Goodall, A. L. Tubbs, A. C. Tubbs, Claus Spreckels, C. M. Goodall and A. B. Spreckels, and was tiled by the defendants, represented by Delmas & Shortridge. After the customary general denials, the defendants advance from the defensive to interesting particulars showing the posi- tion of the plaintiff, C. A. Spreckels, in the matter. The answer states: And further, for a complete showing of cause why the prayerof the plaintiff should not be granted nor any writof mandate be issued, the defendants aver that the regular annual meeting of the stockholders of the Oceanic Steamship Company was duly and regularly called and held on Monday, January 21, 1895, at 11 o’clock, at the office of said cor- poration in this City, and thata majority of the stock of said corporation, to wit, the sum 544 shares, was represented. That the plaintiff was notand for more than ten days prior to said date had not been a stockholder of safd corporation having any stock thereof in his name on the books of the corporation, and was not entitled to be present or to vote thereat. The contention that the annual election was not held then is met by the allegation that the by-laws of the company authorize the retention in office of the board for one year after its election and that those repre- sented at the meeting referred to were content to have their officers remain in office. For these reasons the defendants had not called a meeting since March 16, 1895, as demanded by plaintiff. ; Then follows some further throwing of light upon the transactions of C. A. Spreck- els in the company prior to the annual meeting of January 21, 1895. It reads; As a further answer, the defendantsaver that on January 10, 1894, the plaintiff had 3630 shares in the company, but on that day tre ferred all his shares to one C. S. Wheeler, whose name it stood at the time of the meet- ing: that this transfer was not made in good faith nor with any honest purpose, although Wheeler, by asserting that he was in good faith tne owner of the shares, caused himseli to be elected onme of the directors of the company. On January 21, 1895, Wheeler retransferred the shares to C. A. Spreckels, though not on the stockbook of the company, and C. A. Spreckels appeared at the meeting on January 21, 1895, and de- clared that Wheeler was not the owner or holder of any stock and never had been & bona- fide stockholder, and therefore demanded the Tight to vote the stock. Then fcllows a general summing up of the position of the plaintiff, C. A. Spreck- els, 1n the matter, as follows: “That the plaintiff in maintaining the action to interfere with the discretion re- posed by the by-laws in the directors is not acting in good faith nor with any hon- est purpose to further the interests and welfare of said corporation or of the stock- holders, but on the contrary is endeavor- ing to foment discord in the administration of its affairs and to embroil the corporation in vexatious, injurious and unnecessary litigation without any reason therefor, and to annoy, harass and vex the other share- holders of the corporation, who are in accord and are opposed to all the schemes and efforts of the plaintiff to create dis- cord. “The defendants further aver that the plaintiff has transferred and hypothecated said stock, and that the same is under the control of other persons. “‘For these reasons the defendants pray that the plaintiff take nothing by this pro- ceeding, and that the alternative writ of mandate issued herein be recalled and dis-| missed and that no writ of mandate issue, and thatdefendants have judgment against said plaintiff for their costs.”” ARE STILL IN A SHARL, No Funds for the Assessment Under the New Revenue Law. The Flnance Committee Will Meet the State Board of Equall- zation. That other phase of the financial ques- tion which is disturbing the City was under consideration by the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors yesterday—the question of the changes in the revenue law, the repeal of the old and the applica- tion of the new. Deputy Assessor Herzer was called up to the committee room to say what his office was dding in the matter, and he reported that the books were being written upon'the old lines. City and County Attorney Creswell was present and asked what he thought about it. He said the new law was in force and the assessment should be made under it. The fact that the Assessor was required by this 1“; to have lthe blanks for the assess- ment of personal property in his possession by the 1st of March and to begin ?}?e assess- ment at that time, while the law itself did not ge into effect until March 28, wasa material feature, being advisory rather than mandatory. “We will go ahead and make the assess- ment under the new law,” said Mr. Herzer, “just as soon asthe Supervisors furnish us vfixth the books. We need about 250 OKS. “The law provides that if the Coung has 1o money to buy the books the State Board will have to do it. We will have to take advantage of that. “But after we have the books it will be necessary to employ about 200 deputies to 50 into "the field to take the assessment. an you furnish the means to do that?”’ _Then a long, rambling discussion of this difficulty followed, and Herzer suggested— with the hope that it might lead %he way out—that Mr. Chesebrough of the State board had said to him that he did not think the new law was intended to take effect this year. ‘“That simply shows a disposition on the rt of the State board to crawlout of a ole that this law, which was recom- mended by the State board, has got us into. The Enfimh language cannot mean anything if the new law is not now in force. The old law has been repealed, clearly and distinctly, and the new law as clearly and diatinctly says that it is to take effect immediately upon its puu&e. If the Assessor does not work under the ne: %nw u“'i the u:::atmlent v‘:lflal be ill? al and I can only sa; WO! not e to be on his.bondl{” The State Board of Equalization is to meet at the Lick House in this City Mon- day morning, and it was decided that the Finance Committee, with Mr. Herzer and City and County Attorney Creswell should meet with them and endeavor to discover some way out of the difficulty. & Herzer insists that the collection of taxes under the new law, which requires the collection of last year’s levy, will leave the treasury entirely empty for the four months of July, August, September and October. The committee decided upon Hobbs’ motion to recommend the appointment of Captain M. Ault to the position of Fish and Game Warden, his salary to begin with July in the new fiscal year. : The request of the Board of Education that plans be prepared for an eight-class primary school, to be built on” Haight street, near Lott, was favorably recom- mended. A MINISTER'S DEVICE. The Rev. Richard Wylie of Napa Has a Car-Fender That Is Simplicity Itself. The Rev. Richard Wylie, pastor of a Presbyterian church at Napa, is the in- ventor of a car-fender that was submitted to the Market-street Railway Company yesterday. He calls it the adjustable roller fender, and he has applied for a patent on the invention. The fenier is in the form of a cylinder, which is moved by contact with the front The Rev. Richard Wylie’s Fender. wheels of the car to which it is attached. Parallel iron rods form the framework of the cylinder, which is faced with rubber tubing, making a corrugated surface. The cylinder revolves toward the car while the car is in motion. Itcan be raised or low- ered by a lever at the disposal of the mo- torman. Any obstruction on the track is pushed forward by the revolving cylinder until the car is stopped. The device is one of the simplest so far presented to the company. s LEAGUE OF THE (OROSS. Five Thousand Spectators Witness the Drill of the Companies. Five thousand people assembled at the Mechanics’ Pavilion last night to witness the competitive drill of the ten uniformed companies ot the League of the Cross Cadets. The fashion, refinement and wealth of the Catholic church, of which the youthful militiamen are members, was conspicuous in the great gathering. There were men and boys in military uniform, members of the Boys’' Brigade, dignitaries of the church in broadcloth, beautiful women handsomely gowned and a whole army of pretty girls and hanasome boys, all eager to see the young aspirants for military honors win their spurs in competitive con- test. ‘When the regiment marched out on the floor and passed the grand stand, where the Most Rev. Archbishop Riordan sat, with Very Rev. Father Prendergast on his right and Rev. Father Crowley on his left, and a score of priests in the immediate vicinity, there was a loud and prolonged outburst of applause, which continued at intervals, especially when any fine move- ments were executed, during the evening. The Montgomery medal was won by Company C of St. Patrick’s parish, and the medal for individual drill was won by Eddie Brandon of the same company. The medals were vresented by Archbishop Riordan to Captain Fitzgerald of Com- pany C. FOR SILVER AND GOLD. Two Prominent Eastern Democrats Ad- dressed the Iroquois Last Night. The braves of the Iroquois Club met in force at Pythian Castle on Market street last night and listened with marked atten- tion to speeches on the subject of free coinage of silver at a ratio of 16to 1. As a bssis for argument the club had before itself a resolution bearing on the subject. The rincilml speakers were: Congress- man JP . Sibley of Pennsylvania and General Warner of Ohio. i Mr. Sibley made a_clear illustration of the benefits that would come to the indus- tries and commerce of this country from free silver coinage. He showed how a safe expansion of the currency by the remonetization of the white metal would at once put new life into the flag- ging industries and raise the now de- pressed values to a scale that would at once equalize the benefits of labor’s products. He made a delicate reference to the usurpa- tion of power untier the borrowed cloak of Democracy by Grover Cleveland, and im- plored his hearers to repudiate the tenets of all such false prophets. 4 General Warner, in speaking om the same subject, said: Y “The only true way by which to secure _—_——————— YOUR MONEY Lady told us the other day that there was only one LARGE store in all Frisco selling HIGH-GRADE Furniture and Carpets at LOW, HARD-TIMES PRICES. 3 : ‘We’'ve been wondering ever since who she meant. She’s a customer of ours. 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Riley was appointed by due process of law, and the action of Thomas, Baldwin and Wel- burn in forcibly detaining these goods constituted contempt of the State court. It was upon these grounds that Samuel Knight, United States District Attorney, contended that the proper place for the hearing would be before the United States Circuit Court, while the plaintiffs’ counsel, Matt Sullivan, was positive in his opinion that the court where the contempt had been committed was the proper place for the defendants to be erushed in purse, mind and body. At this point both of the attorneys began to cite authorities upon the subject in clarion tones, but Judge Daingerfield, adverse to having all of the arguing done by the counsel, joined in himself, raising his voice to the extent that his words alone could be distinguished above the babble and confusion. Order being finally restored Mr. Knight casually remarked " that he should know more about such subjects than Mr. Sulli- van, as he had had more experience in that line than the learned counsel of the other side. Mr. Sullivan immediately answered that young men were constantly trying to show iheir knowledge. Mr. Knight forthwith retaliated, saying that old men were constantly succeeding in showing their ignorance. This bro t the Judge to decide that the best way to dispcse of the case would be to have the opposing counsel cite au- thorities and read them over at his leisure, as he was unfortunately not gifted with a brain capable of thoroughly digesting two arguments which were delivered at the same time and upon the same subject. —_———— You need printing or binding? Tel. 5031 Mysell & Rollins, 521 Clay. First-class work.* —————— Says She Slept on the Floor. In an answer in the diworce suit of Mary Emily Coon vs. Charles W. 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