The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 29, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 1895. THOSE FAULTY PAVEMENTS Reply of Superintendent Ash- worth to the Grand Jury. WHAT THE CONTRACTORS SAY. A Man Pald Good Money to Keep the Streets In Re- pair. Superintendent of Streets Ashworth is very much disgusted by the criticisms passed upon him by members of the Street Committee of the Grand Jury anent their tour of examination of the City’s street pavements. “Much of the work which they examined and pronounced faulty was done under the previous administration, and it is hardly fair to hold me to an account for it. With regard to the work done since I took oftice, I have to say that none of it has been ac- cepted that was not up to specifications I visit every piece of work personally before recommending its acceptance, and see to it that it is all right. Besides, I have inspectors on guard watching the of all work, and I am compelled, , to rely on their reports. I am on duty myself all the time, get to my office earlier than my deputies, and after seeing the work of the oflice properly started I go out d remain out most of fter the street work. continued Mr. Ashworth, “I ake up the criticisms they passed and answer them. They say the work on Hayes street between Fillmore and Steiner is bad. 1 say that it is not. i good piece of work and fully up to the specifications. The work on Army street at Mission is under way and being care- y watched, and if it is not upto the standard it will not be accepted—that’s a1l there is about that. “They say something about the cesspools not being deep enough or the right size. They must_be made properly or the con- tractor will have the work on his hands. “The little street or cul de sac called Elwood place is not up to standard, I should say. Itisnot as bad as they have painted if, and the property-owners were satisfied with the job, but 1 will admit that it is not a good job. “The work on San Ca: place, which is in very bad shape, the bitumen having all gone to pieces, was done under the last ad- i 1ave nothing to do with it. the with -Bartlett same is & from Twenty-third to Twenty- It is in bad condition, but I am to fix it up as best I can. fie macadamizing of M street south was injudi s, and the big cut there was the most foolish thing I ever saw, but I had nothing to do with having it done. The property-owners wanted it and were satished with the work. Two of them came up while I was there examining it and expressed themselves as satisfied. 1 pointed out to them that the macadam would be all cut up soon in the proc of opening the street further. But that has nothing to do with the job, which I think is all right. When I went to inspect it, it is true, I found some of the rock too 1 on top, and ordered Hogan, the con- actor, to take that off, which he did. **Now they say that I have been trying to get the Mayor to sign the warrant for the Doy for this work. That is wholly untrue. ogan came and a: about it, but I refused. Hogan told me the vor had never seen ment for this work though I 1d sent it to him in regular order. °n has a way, the contractors tell lding back these papers and de- work as well asof making them r their demands. Itisthe Mayor’s pass on these assessment papers before the work is begun. As for Mr. Elder, who was free in his criticism, he is an old contrdctor with whom I had plenty of experience during my former administration of this office, and there was no man whose work I had to watch more carefully and with whom I had nuch trouble. Spite is at the bottom of attack on me. rey have a way of delaying things in the Mayor’s office that is both strange and ving. That office can be used and is s an engine for oppressing the con- ctors, for reasons best known to them- " said Bookkeeper J. B. Gartland. ractors whose work was investi- Foreman Gagan and W. J. New- Edwin Danforth and Monson Rus- man, sell of tne Grand Jury, made some very zood expl thei e ns yesterday in regard to i : . Flynn said: “We have been in business for six years, and during that time none of our pave- ments have crumbled or given away, and we defy any one to point out to us where it has gone to pieces through any fault of material or workmanship. Any work we are doing now or may hereafter do we guarantee to be up to specifications to the best of our knowledge, and we are willing to enter into an agreement with the Mayor, Board of Supervisors or Street Department to keep it in good order for a term of five The contract for laying the bitumin ous rock on Elwood street we sublet, and se- cured written contracts that two and a half inches or thereabouts of bituminous rock woula be laid on our concrete foundation. The laying of bituminous rock is done by men who are experienced enough to give a smooth, curving surface to the pavement. xperience has proved that concrete with a rough surface holds the bitumen much better than with a finely smoothed surface. Some rocks may be higher than others in the concrete, ana when the bituminous rock is spread over the concrete it will be thicker in some places than in others, As I hold a contract from another contractor that two and a half inches or thereabouts of bituminous rock should be lzid on E! wood street I must belieye the average will show that thickness. “As regards the concrete foundation at the junction of Mission and Army streets, the proper quantities of all materials were putin the concrete mixture. We put in fully the required amountof cement. It ay be possible that the workmen did not x the materials as well as they should have done, but in every business subordi- nate employes frequently fail todo their ok properly. What was done when I was out there was done up to the require- ments. Undoubtedly more cement must heve been put in some places than was necessary. It is true that on Saturday morning we added some more cement."mz that we ran over a coating is not true. Some heavy teams had passed over the un- finished work and had loosened some of corners. We repaired the damage— all. We contend that a g av- ze piece of work was done. The state- ment that there was nothing but sand next to the railroad track is true. The railroad company and not the City pays for two feet of pavement on each side of the track, and for the company we_contracted to put in basalt blocks, as was done on an adjoin- ing job. The basalt blocks were lying there to one side and we were nearly ready to put them in. The sand was merely put in there temporarily. “The cesspools were supposed by us to have been correctly built. I admit I did not know exactly what the general cess- pool specifications were, as we always em- Elo_\- Patrick O’Keeffe, the bricklayer, for street contractors, ked me to see the Mayor | places. If the Street Committee will only make tests of every block of pavement we have laid I will be thoroughly satisfied. *“We bought in good faith the bituminous rock put down on San Carlos avenue in 1892. When we put it down we believed it to be the best in the market. For the con- crete foundation we used what is known as red rock. Time has proved both to be poor materials, but we did not know it then. The winter after we laid the pavement we learned that the bituminous rock was not good, and we quit using that quality. It came from the San Luis Obispo mines. We have used the Santa Cruz mine rock since, though we have to pay $1 25 more a ton for it. It costs us between $200 and $300 more to pave a block now than it did, but we use the Santa Cruz rock for the bet- terment of the bituminous rock industry and to keep the name of our firm high. We also quit using ‘red rock’ in our con- crete and use none but the ‘blue’ or ‘gray rock.’ The specifications were changed by the last Board of Supervisors, as the ‘red rock’ will not stand the rattler test, which has also been adopted by Oakland, Ala- meda and other places where there are good streets. 2 “Elwood streetisonly a private alley and | not a public thoroughfare, and while T will wager that the average depth of the bituminous rock will come up to the stan- dard of twoand a half inches there was no sity of conforming with the regular specifications. Elwood street is but a | wal No team can go through it. In- | spector Dobbie went there to-day and cut a place where the bitumen was three and half inches thick and took it to Superin- tendent Ashworth.” HEBREW FEAST OF WEEKS, Pentecost Duly Inaugurated by Services in the Temples. The Celebration Will Be Continued To-Day — Confirmatlion Exerclses. The Feast of Weeks or Pentecost was ushered in by the Hebrew residents of San Francisco last evening, Services were held in all the synagogues and temples, which were beautifully decorated for the occasion. At the Temple Emanu-El Rabbi Voor- sanger delivered an address entitled “The Basic Principles of a Common Faith.” | Rabbi Voorsanger said: 1t is characteristic of all great men that they approach world-moving ideas with the greatest modesty and hesitancy. When Moses is ap- pointed messenger to ine enslaved hosts of sracl and embassador to the royal court of Pharaoh he pleads poverty of speech to avoid the great consequences he knows will be en- tailed upon him through the discharge of his duty. Previously, when he stands face to face | with the angel within the thorn bush that is wrapped in flames and yet is not consumed, he is told to take off the shoe from his foot for ‘the place whereon he stands is holy. When the word of God comes to Isaiah he desires to | avoid the appointment as God’s missionary. | He professes to be & man of unclean lips, unfit | for the work the divine economy has mapped | out for him. When Jeremigh is called from upy the priestly indwellers of Anatoth to ocy the tripod of the prophet he likewise fea magnitude of the task and confesses him be but a lad who cannot speak. | _Soitis the characteristic of the truly great | man to be modest and tender when assuming s | mission which shall move the world. The be- ginning of their tasks finds them in trepida- tion, in terror, for new ideas revolutionize the world, and the prophet assumes the responsi- bility’ of overturning old _institutions and building the structure of salvation upon their ruins. It seems to me that this same idea underlies the Sinaitic revelation. The sacred tradition in noting down the beginnings of human legis- lation cannot avoid feeling the terror that sirikes the heartwhen the immensity of action | involved by that revelation is considered. The ideas that humanize man are given to people | all stricken and terrified. Only their latest de- scendants feel comfortable in the practical ap- plication of such glorious principles. It seems to me, said the preacher, that the greainess of such ideas a3 were propounded by the Jewish prophets can only be realized when applied 1o the needsof the whole world. Their Teligion was local perhaps, but the fruition of their plans and their mission comes to the whole world. Such ideas as they propounded cannot know geographical restrictions nor the limit of time mnor the character of transition. Perpetuity 1s stamped upon their face—the eternity of the fixed and unchangeable iden that comes to man from God. Therefore I hold that Judaism as taught by the prophets and Tabbis of Israel, while it may at one time have been a local religion, is in reality & world-embracing faith, in which are con- tained the basic principles of & common re- ligion that can unite all men in the bonds of & common beliei in God, the father,and the ethical rules by which man’s morality shall | prosper. 1If these principles were properly pro- | pounded from every pulpit, denominational or undenominational, and were to be taught in- dependently of all theologicel considerations, ifsuch a thing were possible, the time would really not, be very far distant when the pro- phetic visions of Isainh and Micah would be realized in the perfect union of ell men be- neath the banner of the living God. OBSERVE. MEMORIAL DAY, Elaborate Preparations Being Made by Members of the Grand Army. REGULAR TROOPS TO ASSIST. Colonel J. McM. Shafter Will Re- view the Parade on Van Ness Avenue. Elaborate preparations for the fitting ob- servance of Memorial day are being made by the local posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, and Secretary Griffiths of the committee of arrangements is a very busy man. There will be to-morrow, as is usual in this City, two separate ceremonies—one by the George H. Thomas Post at the National cemetery at the Presidio, and another at 0dd Fellows’ Cemetery by the other local pos There will be two processions and two grand marshals and two orators of the day The ceremonies at the Odd Fellows’ Cemetery are to be particularly impressive. The observance of the day will begin with a grand procession, which will assemble Prayer. Rev. A. C. Hirst, D.D. “Battle Hymn of (he Republic”. . ~Howe Mrs. B. E. Paxton And grand chorus—The McKenzie Musical Society, J. W. McKenzie conductor. Gettysburg dedication address. Comrade Elisha hene; ellie Hoibrook Blinu. ¥ Mrs. ustar-Spangled Banue) Ciey loisis Miss Minnie Powell, Miss Louise Fetz, Miss Etta La Chapelle, Miss Panline Gehret, Miss Emily Jehlé, Mrs. W. F. Muhlner, Mrs. James 180, Mrs. John Pettee. And grand chorus. Oration. “America”. Soloi “Red, White and Blue™.... In the singing of Julia Ward Howe’s “Battle Hymn of the Republic’’ Mrs. B. E. Paxton 1 be assisted by a chorus of ninety voices, conducted {y J. W. Mc- Kenzie. CAPTAIN HILL A VICTOR. Upon the Whole the Methodical Con- vivialist Gains His Point. Upon the whole, Captain John T. Hill, the convivial “kicker” on prin- ciple against being overcharged for little suppers and incidentals at Tor- toni’s, has come out victorious. Judge Hunt yesterday rendered a decision in his case cutting down the bill against him materially. Captain Hill entered the legal lists as a allant knight tilting against extortion. e was armed with a wonderful diary, in which he claimed he inscribed the min- utiw of his carousals, so that he could tell on any morning where he had been and what he had spent on the previous evening or period of evenings, e was alleged to classify “‘bats” from “‘toots” and “‘toots” E. B. Griffiths, Secretary of the Memo- rial Day Committee. early in the morning at the junction of Market and Battery streets. It will consist of three divisions, made up asfollows: FIRST DIVISION. Police foree, Chief P. Crowley commanding; band; two companies rifiemen; two companies with batons (each 200 strong). ; Grand marshal, Charles Edelman; chief aid, J. A. Whiteside; aids, Lieutenant-Colonel P. M. 0’Dea, Major T. A. Kirkpatrick, Captain W. M. Kingsbury, Frederick A. Woodworth, F. R. Hanley, Thomas Wilson, L. V. Brown, Isador Simon. Colonel W. R. Shatter, commanding United States troops. First United States Infantry band. First United States Infantry, Captain Frank de L. Carrington commanding. Light Battery D, Fiftn United States Artil- lery, Captain Benjamin K. Roberts command- in| lonel William Macdonald commanding C Second Regiment Artillery, Lieutenant- Colonel Dennis Geary commanding. Signal Corps, Second Brigade, Captain A. A. Hanks commanding. First Troop Cavairy, Captain J. L. Waller commanding. Battery A, Captain Hugh T. Sime command- ing. BECOND DIVISION. Captain C. J. Evans, marsnal; aids—Major S. W. Grove, Captain Samuel Bishop, Captain B. Donnelly, James Kiernan, J. W. Knowles, Watson. Companies B, C and D, Naval Bat- . C., Lieutenant-Commander Fred- hlé commanding. California Garrisons 100, 101 and 114, Regular Army and N nion, Commander Francis Finley commanding. Fifth Regiment, First California Brigade, B.B., U. S. A., Colonel H. L. Batchelder com- First Colonel tment, League of the Cross Cadets, C. Mahoney commanding. THIRD DIVI: Marshal, C. J. Hanley Murray, Leutenant C.K lins, J. H. Riley, Abra Carriages with pr Banfield; orator, 5 5 Kyle; chaplain, Rev. E. McClish; City officials, officers of the German Krieg Verein and daughters of membersof the verein, with decorations for graves. Veteran Fireman’s Band. Associanted Veterans of the Mexican War, Sidney J. Loop president. W, ‘“The Sinaitic Covenant’’ was the subject of Rabbi Jacob Nieto’s address at the Syna- gogue Sherith Israel last evening. Ilil the course of his remarks the rabbi said: What I most particularly wish to impress upon you is the universalist nature of the Sinaitic covenant; to show you that the ten- dency of the whole scheme was in the direction of so great & widening out that finally it in- cluded all the human family within the com- pass of its operation; that notwithstanding its erstwhile national or tribal coloring, when the brightness of the tints which belong to all Oriental enactments and which are necessary concomitants to any species of legislation which was meant to be acceptable to Oriental minds had in some degree subserved, it was nevertheiess perceived that the Book of the Covenant included the principles of humanity in the broader acceptation of the term. Those exalted ideas of conduct which form alike the bases of all religions were perhaps for the first given to ordinary man in such form as he could readily comprehend, and thus was the WRT against an esoteric priesthood begun. Continuing: It has been charged against Israel that their decalogue has been derived from an Egyptian source, and that they regard themselves as the people chosen by God to be the recipients of special fayors. In regard to | the former charge I feel impelled to say Egyp- tian or not the world is still indebted to the %ew, for had it not been for the Jew we might e yet awaiting the results of excavation and archeological investigation, to find anything & n to the decalogue; besides I “doubt vhether we would have fonnd anything so concise and yet so comprehensive. With respect 1o the latter charge 1 mostemphatically deny that Judaism teaches its adherents that they are entitled to any preference over the rest of humanity. The Jew is glad that it fell to his lot to preserve intact the Seriptures, and | surely, considering what his recompense has been through all the storms fanaticism has aroused in bygone years, no one can envy him or wish to deny him such honor as he descrved by merits for having thus far fulfilled his trust. Atthe Temple Beth Israel, the services were conducted entirely by the cantor, such being the practice among orthodox ews. No address was delivered by Rabbi M. 8. Levy. Services will be held in all the temples at 10 o’clock this morning. The children at- tached to the Sabbath-schools of the various _cunfrefi:_:tions will be confirmed, and music of a high order will be a feature of the services. 2 R Comfortable Traveling. The most comfortable route to the East sum- mer or winter is the Santa Fe route. The sleep- ing-cars are superior and the meals en route are unequale. . There is less dust and no more heat than on any other line. A popular misbelief is that extreme heat pre- vails on this line in summer, while the fact is that the elevation oi the whole line insures as comfortable a temperature as can be found on even the most northerly line. The northern part of Arizons is the summer resort of the people of that section, and the Grand Canyon the Colorado is visited in the summer months exclusively. The Santa Fe route is first class all the “5 who | through to Chicago. The ticket office is 65 man sleepers run without chan; as for years put down all the cesspools | Market street, Chronicle building. ’{rl;e Pull- m We believed he knew what the law requires and_that he | Francisco to Chicago via Kansas City. o P e did the work accordingly. Ii d to look into the matter.” B 2 Ipe A. J. Raisch, manager of tba‘s.ln Fran- - A Reversal Without Briefs. In the case of the People against H. Simon- cisco Paving Company, spoke in a similar | sen, in which Simonsen was convicted of the strain. He said: *‘If the Grand Jury is going to make a report on street work I would like to have them cut all of our make a thorou, hamf) nilhll@lillil just investigation. avements 80 as t0 | were filed in th crime of obtaining property under false pre- tenses, the Supreme Court yesterday reversed the judgment of the lower courf, and the cause was remanded for a new trial. No briefs e case. The reversal was on the ground that the evidence was insufficient pick out two peculiar | to support the verdict. Lincoln Post No. 1, G. A. R., Joseph Steel commal ‘img, Garfield Post No. 34, G. A. R, J. M. Milstead commanding. Colonel Cass Posi No. 46, G. A. R, J.J. Welsh commanding. General Meade Post No. 48, G.A. R, 0. 8. Johnson commanding. Liberty Post No. 183, G. A. R., E. B. Grifith commanding. Carriages containing disabled soldiers and sailors. Wagons with flowers and decorations for the graves of departed comrades. The line of march will be along Market street to Golden Gate avenue, thence to Van Ness. Turning north on Van Ness avenue the parade will be reviewed at Turk street, by Colonel Shafter, u. 8. A., after which Light Battery D, Fiith United States Artillery, will proceed direct to the cemetery. The other troops will form a line on the avenue, remaining in line till the carriages composing the third division have passed, when they will be dismissed. At the cemetery minute guns will be fired by Battery D, the Veteran Fireman’s band will furnish music and Rey. Eli Mc- Clish will offer Fruyer. Lincoln’s Gettys- burg address will be read by Comrade J. J. Lyon, and a ?uartet of veterans will sing the memorial ode. C. W. Kyle will fur- nish an original poem for the occasion and Rey. W. W. Case will deliver the oration. A dirge by the band and the strewing of the graves with flowers will follow. A firing party from Lincoln Post will give a arting salute, and “taps” rendered by T. . Canham of Lincoln Post will end the ceremony. —_——— THOMAS POST, @. A.R. Order of Memorial Exercises at the San Francisco National Cemetery, Pre- sidio Reservation. Memorial day services at the San Fran- cisco National Cemetery, Presidio, under direction of George H. Thomas Post, G. A. R., promise to be impressively inter- esting. The post will assemble at 10 A. M, on Central avenue, between Pacific and Jack- son streets. The column will move at 10:30 A. m. in the following order, under the leadership of Comrade K. H. Wartield, grand marshal: Fifth United States Artillery Band. Fiith United States Artillery, Colonel William M. :Graham, brevet brigadier-general, com- manding. First and Third regiments and Naval Bat- talion, N. G. C. Sons of the American Revolution. Veteran Guard of California, G. A. R. George H. Thomas Post No. 2, Depariment of California end Nevads, G. A. R., T. K. Stateler, commander. Guests in carriages. C. A. Macomber is the grand marshal’s chief of staff. Theaidsare: A.J. Vining, John Tuttle, J. W. Howell, £. F. Allen, M. C. Dunn and A. Mautner. The Memorial day committee of the post con%svt uo{ : J. g %1"]‘3811: (ch‘?irmnn), or- ace son, C. H. Blinn, Joseph Simon- son and W. E. Parnell. E The following is announced as the pro- gramme of exercises at the cemetery: Decorating graves. Minute guns. Overture, “Jerusalem, the Golden"......... .Fifth U. 8. Artillery Band, Frederick Frank, leader from ‘‘razzle-dazzles,” and although their definition did not appear in court, it was apparent that the gallant captain consid- ered that his journal wasinvincible asa weapon against a restaurateur’s common- place books. The court in its written opinion said: The amount claimed herein is §850. Under the objeciions made by the defendant the vari- ous items of “drinks” charged were stricken out, the total amount of drinks, which was 193, at 25 cénts, amounting to §48 25. Allow- ingof this the sum of 5 as provided by the statute, the remainder, 25, must be Te- jected. The last item of $20 for music not hay- ing been paid, is also rejected. Finally, after reviewing the evidence, the court decide Deduct 0 item for music not paid; deduct $4: r drinks; deduct 370, the amount of drafts in question, which drafts are for §50, for $200, for $20 and $100. These deductions aggregate $433 25, whith deducted from the $350 claimed, leaves'a re mainder of $416 75, for which amount, with interest thereon, judgment in favor of plain- tiff and against defendant is ordered. ST, CLAIR RESPITED. The Date for His Execution Postponed Until the Middle of Next October, By order of the President a respite has been granted to Thomas St. Clair, con- demned to die next Friday, until October 18. The following telegram relating to the matter was received by Marshal Baldwin yesterday morning: WASHINGTON, D. C., May 28, 1893. Baldwin, United States Marsiial, San Francisco, Cal.: In case Thomas St. Clair further respite granted until Friday, October 18, 1895. Ac- Enowledge this telegram. OLNEY, Attorney-General. A similar telegram was sent to United States District Attorney Foote. The cause of the President’s clemency is generally attributed to the fact that Han- sen’s case is still pending in the United States Supreme Court and that it has been thought best to give St. Clair the benafit of the expected decision in the case of his part- ner in crime. In themeanwhile St. Clair's fciends are working hard to have his sen- tence commuted and they fully expect to succeed before October brings arouna the fatal day. THE DANIELSON’S LIBEL. A Peculiar Point in Admiralty Law Before the United States Courts. Margaret E. Gruggel, owner of a one- half interest in the schooner “S. Daniel- son,” has commenced a peculiar suit in admiralty against Alexander Frank, owner of the other half of the vessel. The schooner is fitting out for a_voyage to Coquille River, Oregon, under Frank's orders, but Mrs. Grugzel objects strongly to any such trip. She objects, too, to having Martin Olsen as master, a_po which he was appointed by Frank. Gruggel is afraid if the schooner sails to the river under Olsen that she will never come back, so she has libeled Frank’s half of the Danielson in order to prevent the voyage or compel the filing of a bond for the vessel’s safe return or indemnity in case she is lost. - THE BALLOT FOR WOMEN. Discussion of the Subject by the League of Practical Progress. The League of Practical Progress met in the Builders’ Exchange last evening, and considered the question of woman’s suf- frage, among other things. John Reynolds opened the discussion with the statement that, however right and just the claim of woman upon the bal- lot in the present and the near future, the granting of the privilege is neither wise nor expedient. The country, he said, is in too critical a condition to suudenly double its voting population. F. W. iynch thought that the only ques- tion to consider was if the demand ‘of the women was based on Lrjustice; he thought it certainly was, and he believed they should be given their right and let the con- sequences settle themselves. ev. John Scott foliowed him in much the same line of thought, and after a few more speeches the opinion of the league was registered in favor of the ballot for women. ———— Sutro at the Dumps Mayor Sutro, at the invitation of Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald and several ladies of the Woman’s Congress, accompanied by several bottles of smelling salts, made & trip to the City’s dumps at the foot of Seventh street. The ladies and the Labor Commissioner want t0 have some reform in the dumping methods effected. They favor carrying the offal to grounds outside the City. Walk a Mile . . With a tack in your shoe —or what’s worse — in your foot, and you won't wait ayearbefore you buy a pair of Goodycar Welt Shocs Your Dealer Knows Why. U6~ Goodyesr Welts are LEATHER SHOES—zot rubber. LEASE OF CHINA BASIN. It Is Accepted in Its New Form by the Valley Road Directors. All Ties for 120 Miles of Rallway Are Bought for 28 Cents Each Delivered. The lease of China Basin as presented in its amended form by the Board of Harbor Commissioners was accepted yesterday by the directors of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway and will be signed to-day. After careful consideration of the in- strument the directors adopted the follow- ing resolution, which was mailed to the Harbor Commission: Resolved, That this corporation, the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway Company, do lease from the Board of State Harbor Commissioners the lands in the City and County of San Franciseo forming a part of China Basin, subject to the ecovenants, con- ditions and limitaiions contained in a form of lease of said premises submitted to the board of directors of this corporation upon the 28:th day of May, 1895, by the Board of State Har- bor Commissioners, and the acting president and the secretary of this corporation are hereby authorized to execute said lease in the name of this corporation under the corporate seal thereof. As the lease now stands it does not re- quire the Valley Railway Company to buud a restraining seawall, and permits them to assign the depot and depot site when it becomes necessary to issue bonds on the railway. o s N The Harbor Commission will meet this afternoon, when Vice-President Robert Watt, acting as president in the absence of Claus Spreclels, and Secretary Alexander Mackie will be present and ‘execute the lease, which will then be signed by Gov- ernor Budd, Mayor Sutro and the Com- missioners. Several bids for redwood ties were sub- mitted, varying from 40 cents to 28 cents a tie delivered in San Francisco. After the bids were discussed it was decided to buy 300,000 ties from L. E. White & Co., whose bid was 25 cents, the lowest one offered. According to specifications these ties are to be of split redwood, 6x8 inches, and must be of a standard quality. The total rrice will be $84,000. The ties are to be de- ivered as needed, and the first lot within a few weeks from now. The bill for the third shipment of rails, 2000 tons, was paid, as the material was shipped on May 22 by sailing vessel. There are now 6000 tons of steel rails for tke Valley road on the sea, and all are paid for. ~ MEN GROPE." A WOMAN SEES THE LIGHT.: She Best Understands a Woman’s Ilis. (SPECIAL TO OUR LADY EEADERS.) How gladly would men fly to woman’s ald, did they but understand a woman’s feelings, trials, sensibili- ties, and peculiar organic disturbances! Those things are known . onlyto women, and the aid a man would give is not at his command. This is why so many women suf- fer. =2 Twenty years ago Lydia E. Pinkham gave to the women of the world the result of her years of study in the form of her Vegetable Compound,—a univer- sal remedy for all fe- male complaints. She well deserves the title, * Saviour of her Sex.” She saw the light of reason, and gave it to-her suffering sisters. All female diseases put forth their symp- toms, such as nervous- ness, lassitude, pale- ness, dizziness, faintness, leucor- rheea, faltering steps, sleeplessness, bear- ing-down pains, backache, and conse- quent melancholy and the blues. Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Com- pound has for twenty years saved women fromall this. Hear this woman speak: — “Five years ago at childbirth I did not have proper attention. I became very weak; could lift nothing without bleeding from the womb, which was ul- cerated badly. I was examined by a physician, and treated for a time, but was compelled to leave the city before Ireceived bene- fitifrom the treatment. I decided then to give your medicine a trial. I im- proved rapidly on the first bottle of Compound, and now feel like a new weman. Uleers have ceased to form on the womb as they did. Iadvise all women in any way afflicted with female troubles to take your reme- 3 dies, and trust that my tes- 55 timonial will be seen bys& [ friends who knew me when§. 1 was sosick, and that they »¢* may know I am now well, and that I owe it all to your Vegetable Compound.” Mgs, JoHN OSTRANDER, 340 East Fifty- fifth Street, New York City, N.Y. AUCTION SALES. PAVILION AUCTION HOUSE, 319 to 321 Sutter Street. THE SALE OF THE YEAR. ANNOUNGEMENT EXTRAORDINARY. ONE OF THE MOST MAGNIFICENT RESIDENCES IN OAKLAND, On the corner of Jackson and Thirteenth Sts., The Residence of H. W. Chase, Esq., at Auction THIS DAY, ‘Wednesday...... ay 29, 1893 At11A. 3 0nthe premises. Consisting of House ot 15 rooms, Barn and Lot 100x168 feet; also by catalogue the Furniture of above House. S. BASCH, Auctioneer. "Perms of Sale—On furniture, cash. This is with- out doubt some of the finest furniture ever offered at auction, and will be sold. (REDITORS’ SALE. INDIANA AUCTION COMPANY, Office and Salesrooms—821-23 Mission st., bet. 5 Fourth and Fifth. WEDNESDAY. Wednesday, the 29th day of May, 1895, At 11 o'clock A. M., ‘We will, for account of the creditors, sell the con- tents of MEYERS’ DINING-ROOMS, Located at 14-16 Ellis St., near Market. ‘We understand this place has cost $11,000 to furnish, and 1t is undoubtedly one of the best lo- cated in the city. We recommend the same as a good invesiment. Indiana Auction Company. JACOB SCHWERDT, Prop. H., J, LEUTHOLTZ, Auctieneer, NEW TO-DAY. ON YOUR BOYS’ and CHILDREN’S SUMMER SUITS. If you buy of us you can save absolutely three profits—the Re- tailer’s, the Wholesaler’s and the Maker’s. We are “the Makers ” and on our Spring and Summer Stock, at Retail, we ask no profit, simply seeking to sell it in season. These savings put together amount to well nigh one hundred per cent. BROWN Wholesale, Manufacturers Props. Oregon City Woolen Mills Fine Clothing For Man, Boy or Child RETAILED At Wholesale Prices 121-123 SANSOME STREET, Bet. Bush and Pine Sts. ALL BLUE SIGNS tceeveVeTVIVNVD BROS. & CO NEW WESTERN HOTEL. EARNY AND WAnHINGTON STS.—RE- modeled and renovated. KING, WARD & CO, European plan. Rooms 50¢ to $1 50 per day, $2 10 $8 per week, 38 (0 $30 per month; tree baths: hot and cold water every room; fire grates in every _oom; elevator runs all night AUCTION SALES. SPECIAL CREDIT Auction Sale! SATURDAY, SATURDAY, JUNE 8, 1895, AT 2 P, M., ON THE GROUNDS, By G.H. UMBSEN & CO., Real Estate Agents, Rent Collectors and Auctioneers. 200 Lots in Fitchburg, Brooklyn Township, Alameda Co., Cal. Adjacent to Oakland, Ala- meda and Fruitvale, mid- way between Oakland and San Leandro, with frequent and rapid communication to each place by either steam or electric railroads. TERMS—1-5 oash, balance in six, twelve, eighteen and twenty - four months, with interest on deferred pay- ments at the rate of 7 per cent per annum. LOTS 25 and 50x100. These lots offer every inducement to purchasers to obtain a delightful home or ingure a profitable investment. FITCHBURG is the second station east of Fruitvale on the Southern Pacific main line from Oakland, San Jose, Stockton, Sacramento, etc.; also fronts on the San Leandro road with frequent rapid and cheap communication by electric cars to Oakland, San Leandro and Haywards. Trains stop at Fitchburg Station hourly guring the daytime, and electric every half our. AUCTIONEERS, No. 14 Montgomery St., San Frameisco. GRAND AUCTION SALE 16 CHOICE BUSINESS-LOTS On Grove Street, From Twenty-Secend to Twenty-Fourth Streets, AT AUCTION, SATURDAY. ..June 10, 1895, Saturday.. At 2 o'clock P. M., on the grounds, ‘CORNER 22d AND GROYE STS., 0AKLAND. This Property is situated in central part of Oakland, Near the Intersection of San Pablo avenue and Grove street, within 1 block of Odd Fellows’ Hall. Parties looking for a profitable investment in first-class business property will do well to examine these properties before the day of sale. This prop- grty 1s sure to double In value within a very short me. —ALSO— Choice residence property on Thirty-third and ‘Thirty-fourth streets, tween Grove and Tele- graph avenue, and also on Sycamore street, with newly built 2-story house, containing 2 tiats of 7 rooms each; all modern improvements; also sum- mer-house ana large barn; always rented at $40 per month. Terms one-half cash, payable on delivery of deed, and one-half within two years, at 8 per cent per lnlgnm. 'fll‘tle ])eflect.d or _catalogiies an FRANKE, ‘Works, 162 particulars apply to R. Oakland Pickle Factory and Vinegar 2 Grove st., corner Twenty-second st. T, H. B. ROSENBERG, Auctioneer. NEW TO-DAY. NOLAN BROS. SHOE CO. SPOT CASH TAN SHOE SALE, VE HAVE 10 CARLOADS S5 S TAN SHOES! TO ARRIVE, And in order to make room for them we will close out our entire stock of Tan Shoes now on hand at WHOLESALE PRICES. It ig a well-known fact we are supplying the Pacific Coast with Tan Shoes this season. We are selling them all over the coast at Wholesale and Retail. This Week Prices Will Be No Objeet, In order to close out our present stock of TAN SHOES We have all the Latest Novelties in Tan Shoes. No Trouble to Show Them. CALL AND SEE OUR LATEST NOVELTIES IN TAN SHOES. ‘We are the only house that carries all the latest novelties in Tan Shoes. We have new-style toes that surprise all those who see them. If you want to be in it you must wear & RAZOR-TORTAN SHOES. THEY ARE BEAUTIES. ‘We want one and all to know that we are in the Tan-shoe busitiess to stay You have nothing to lose, and all to gain. IF OUR TAN SHOES Are not as represented, return them and we will cheerfully refund the money. Largest Store and by Far the Larg. est Stock to Select From. When you can’t get fitted in Tan-colored shoes elsewhere, always go to ‘‘Nolan’s” and get fitted there D&~ Mail Orders filled by return ex- press. NOLAN BROS. SHOE COMPANY, PHELAN BUILDING, 812-814 Market St. TELEPHONE 5527. AUCTION SALES. 2 2 2 HARNESS AND WORK HORSES. PROPERTY OF ESTATE HON, J. G. FAIR, LAKEVILLE RANCH, AT AUCTION, WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, At 11 o'clock A. M., at Salesyard, Cor.Van Ness Ave, and Market St. SAN FRANCISCO. HORSES AT YARD SATURDAY, MAY 25. KILLIP & CO.. Live Stock Auctioneers, 30 Montgomery st., San Francisco. Senator L, 2:29, Kebir, 2:084. Crown Prince, 2:17. B fauwo fa fa J. TALBOT CLIFTON'S WELL-BRED Trotters, Pacers and Thoronghbreds, Including the above-named and Lurline, 2:23%. Santa Claus Jr., Starboul, Arctic, Borea, Lucia, Alpha, Tillie, Forrest Prince, Odeonkratos, Romair, The Lark and Jessie Sturgill, AND EIGHT COACH HORSES Will be sold at Auction SATURDAY - - - JUNE 1, 1895, AT- Salesyard, Cor. Yan Ness Ave. & Market St. Send for Catalogue. KILLIP & CO., Live Stock Auctioneers, 30 Montgomery St., San Francisco. TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Notice is hereby given that on the 31st inst., at the hour of 10 A. M., we will seil by PUBLIC AUCTION AT THE ARIZONA WAREHOUSE, 222-232 KING ST., SAN FRANCISCO, BUNDLES OF PAPER, 522 ROLLS and MORE OR LE Full particulars and catalogues can be obtained 0 LSO, ELDRIDGE & G0, auc o Auctionee: Office—638 Market st Y e