The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 11, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1895. 5 A NEW TURN TAKEN IN The Investigators Are to ; Be Investigated i in Turn. DAMAGING EVIDENCE IS GIVEN. Had Pitts Not Hurried Mr. Brewer’s Family Might Have Been Saved. SAD STORIES TOLD BY THE! SURVIVORS. | Injured Survivors Allowed to Re-| maln for Days With Undressed Wounds. The Federal inquiry into the causes that led to the wreck of the Colima was con- tinued yesterday afternoon before In- spector of Hulis Talbot and Inspector of Boilers Phillips in the Appraisers’ build- ing. Three witnesses were brought forth by the Pacific Mail Company, and after their testimony bad been heard the com- 1djourned till this afternoon. phase of the investization de- esterday which see: to promise ed States Government means to take a hand in the matter in good A special agent of the Treasury present at the investigation so 1it is stated that when the present s concluded this special agent will irate one that will take in not only Colima, but all other ships of the Pa- citic Mail Company and also the Federal Inspectors of Hulls and Boilers stationed at this port. ANOT? e ER PHASE. The Government Takes Cognlzance of Talbot and Philips’ Conduct. The Colima investigation has taken a new turn, and the so-called investigators are to beinvestigated. Incidentally all the facts connected with the equipment, stow- age of cargo and the manner in which the ship was handled during the gale will be ne into. The scope of the inquiry will not be con- fined to the Colima alone. Every one of the Pacific Mail Company’s steamers will be overhauled, and if they do not come up f to the requirements of the law it will go | hard with the Inspectors of Hulls and | Boilers. During the inquiry now in progress be- fore Inspector of Hulls Enoch S. | and Inspector of Boilers W. A. Phi str arose and requested permission to ask a few guestions. He wanted to know whether J the mainsail had been set it would not have brought the ship up intc the wind The answer of Mate Hansen was that no | sail ever made could have stood the gale | that blowing. was not my ques said the stranger. “What 1| W if the sail had been set have been set, would it have bring the ship up?” “The w ays no canvas could stand in the ' interposed Inspector dition to go to sea? | | & steamship? a Juan, was called. steamer Colima? was asked. sixteen passengers an wreck ? Ing two hours after first lot. | and the shore? THE COLIMA AFFAIR, So far as you k now, she was in a good con- Yes, sir. How long have you been a pilot? { Eleven years. How long have you been master and mate of | Before that since 1862. Master since 1871. n W. 8. Pitts, master of the San Did you rescue any passengers from the lost Yes, sir. What date? May 28, 1895. How many? Twenty-one puuns@rl and_crew, that is, | t five of the crew. What time did you pick up the first from the | AL7 A. M., from part of the wreck, I picked | up two persons. | When did you pick up the others? We picked up six or seven different lots dur- How long did you cruise in those waters? From 7 A.M.10 1 P. M. Over how much space? About ten miles up and ten miles down, zig- | zagging all the way. Jolow near inshore did you pick up thé first About fifteen oz eighteen miles offshore. Tow near did you cruise inshore? About ten miles from shore. i Could you have seen anything between you | Yes. Didy picke = es. I had two men at the masthead. o1 £0 off shore further than where yo up the first shipwreckea ones? How much further? | i | Ten miles. 1went outside of all wreckage. | the time. {saved by the Barracouta. jand when the rescue: have swamped her the way he did, because he lost his presence of mind in telling the captain Martin, testify here that I went to the purser and told bim' that if they did not have suffi- cient men forward to man the boat there were %0011 men as the Greeks, to man the boats. William Martin, have | | to stop the headway of the ship. I, William | oo hq Deen in five shipwrecks myself and know what | itis to be out on the ocearion a raft and, there- fore, I felt unusual anxiety that the boat | shotld be manued as soon as possible. Captain Lotg was there at the time when 1 asked 1o g0 as a volunteer, with the rest of the crew oi the steamship Aziec, to man the boats. Captain that he (Long? could not have the boats. After a considerable lot of talking and growling among the passengers about the conduct of Captain Pitts he (Pitts) finally consented to let Captain J. S. Long have command of the port quarter boat, and four of the crew of the Aztec manned the boat. We went out to rescue & man who wes alone on a_raft, but Captain Long lost sight of him in the heavy swell at We finally persuaded Capiain Long to make for the raft that was in sight with five | vicini upon it, and they were duly rescued and brought on board of the San Juan. We put oft | the second time, but rescued no one, because | we were steering for the mate's boat all the time. After that we put off a third time and rescued the French musician, Roen, while the | Greeks were at breakfast. Had Captain Pitts sailed twenty-five miles farther south of the wreckage he would have picked up the survivors that were afterward Captain_Pitts, I think, was too much in & hurry to leave the scene of the wreck, between the hours of 1 and 2, on the 28th day of May, to go to Manzanillo because he was scven days behind already. He should have stayed there until after dark. The an Juan arrived at Manzanillo between 4 and 5 o'clock the same day. I, William Martin, make this further statement that what I have ead in the CALL concerning Dr. Robertson's | cruel treatment of the survivors of the wreck is perfectly correct. The doctor was drunk most of the time during the homeward voyage, passengers first came | The phy: Long went to Captain Pitts and the latter said | B sick and wounded. Every one of thelves- sels belonging to the Pacific Mail 1s, so far ve geen able to observe, deficient in the supply of proper instruments, medi- cines and appliances in case of an emer- | plenty of them in the stecrage perfectly willing | geney. | to volunteer, and_as “In the tossing we received some of Dr. Robertson’s medicine bottles were broken and the contents lost, but whether that fact was due to his carelessness in placing the bottles away or to the lack of proper facilities for keeping them I am unable to say. i ian did all he could for the sufferers, having given up his stateroom to | te wounded storekeeper of the Colima. | To my certain knowledge, the physician | did not sleep more than two hours during | the entire time between the rescue of the | suryivors and our landing in port at San | Francisco. “Some think that the captain should have stayed longer than he did in the ty of the wreck and searched for possi- | ble survivors, but I believe he exercised proper judgment in the matter of leaving. “It might have been possible that witha | lonEer stay more {;ersnns would have been | picked up, but the fact that those who were rescued were found within a circle half a mile in diameter leads | me to believe that no more would { have been found even if a longer | stay had been made. There is no question but what the company should be brought | to task for having placed cargo above the | passenger deck of the Colima, for I believe that her loss was due to that fact, and cer- tainly some of the persons aboard must have been killed from the flying timbers, | as wounds from which her storekeeper is now suffering wers caused by alooss pian Iam much interested in the outcome of | | the investigation as to the causes of the | wreck, now going on,and hope to see WITNESS GEORGE D. EORTS. , I'd just Jike to know if the e helped the ship,” per- stranger, and finally the mate had it been possible to get ship it would have helped her he matter is that the Co- i no mainsail on board, or in fact ner sail except a jib,”” said the afterward. “The fumber on the ard part of the ship was piled toa 1t of four feet, or up to the top of the hile the weight did not amount to ¢ shingles and laths held the s prevented the ship from answer to her helm.” anger who was present at the in- ion last Saturday was there again and took notes of all the testi- was learned that he was for the special agents of the Treas- 1d his notes will be used in the in- tion that will be begun the latter i S his month. The basis of the in- quiry will be the wreck of the Colima, MORE AFFIDAVITS. but the men who will really be on trial Foen will be Government Inspectors. Thomas J. Orlel and a San Juan | The Pac: Mail Company’s steamer San Passenger Make Strong | n sailed yesterday for Panama and way Statements. worts, and Special Agent of the Treasury H. A. Moore paid a visit to the Mail dock in consequence. He made a qaiet tour of the ship and also picked up all the infor- tion he could about the loading and juipment of the company’s steamers. It that not one of the vessels is prop- itted out, and this is what Special s Moore, Benton and Channing wiil Ag look into. When spoken to about the matter yes- terday Special Agent Channing admitted that an inquiry was to be held, but after- ward said he referred to the investigation now going on before Messrs. Talbot and wreck? { east, hauling around to southwest and blowing | much harder. - 9 A. M. 105 P. 3. 0D that day shipwrecked peopl newspapers about the treatment of the people on the San Juan are not true. the heariug of further testi till to-morrow at 1:30 . M. day tHat tend to already made by both the rescued passen- gers from the Colima and those who came up on the iast trip of the San Juan. deposes and says: When did you leave the locality of the | After leaving for Manzanillo at 1 ». ». I kept two men at the masthead on the jookout until I arrived at Manzanillo at4 o’clock in the after- noon. How was the weather on the 27th? Very bad; blowing a heavy gale; wind south- 1was hove to in the gale from May 27. How did the barometer read? It read 28.32 degrees. How low have you ever read it on this coast? That was abouf as low as I ever saw it. How long have you been on the coast? Eighteen vears next November. What care was given on the San Juan to the | | The best of care. The charges madein the | There were N0 other witnesses present so ony went over Further affidavits were secured yester- | sustain the (‘,h.'\rpn‘!‘ Thomas J. Oriel and William Martin made the following affidavits before No- | tary J. M. Ellis yesterday for the CaLL. | The statements are quite plain-spoken and | tell their own story%est: STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ss | City and County of San Funcisco.z i Thomas Jefferson Oriel, being dnly sworn, | 1 was one of the ship- | Phillips. He admitted that Mr. Moore was at the Mail dock, but for what pur- vose he could not or would not tell. The stranger who attended the two sessions already held in behalf of the special agents of the Treasury is A.J. Smith, an employe of the Custom-house, who has been engaged in secret service work for some time. He is an old steamboat man | and knows a great deal about the insand | outs of the Pacific Mail service. 2 | The preliminary examination, as it may be called, into the loss of the Colima was reumed ' before Inspectors Talbot and Yhillips yesterday. he only witnesses examined were those put forward by the wrecked' passengers of the Pacific Mail steam- ship Colima and was afterward taken on board | the same company’s steamer San Juan. I | make the following statement of my own free | will concerning the treatment of the injured | shipwrecked passengers by Dr. Robertson of the | steamerSan’Juan. The three cabin passengers were given the best of care, while the steerage | mssengers were left to take care of themselves. | r. Robertson sewed up a few of their wounas | at the start, but he afterward left them to | care for themselves or to receive such assist- | ance as they could obtain at the handsof the | other passengers. Many of them suffered | great inconvenience and pain on account of thie, all of which was due directly to the in- différence of Dr. Robertson, who was most of the time under the influence of liquor. One of xamined wex ; the Portland returning erew, Jose A. Mail Company, 80 “‘é:_‘(‘,::‘finds“l‘;’me“m 10| Soliz,” who was very - badly ’ hurt, was | the corporation was br 5 3 left in charge of a seaman who was James B. Chase testified: ;omnh mcompel;m to take care _of I vedore and I furnish ballast to | him, being under the influence of liquor, We | I held an indignation meeting, and T whs sent to | Dr. Robertson to have him come to look aiter | Soliz. "1 went to him, and when he got through | talking with some ladies he attended to me. He hemmed and hawed awhile because he said | he had no place to put Soliz. Finally he re- moved him from the women’s steerage to the | men’s steerage, where he had a little more | vou furnish ballast to the Pacific Mail pany? Did you furnish any ballast for the Colima? Yes, sir, on May 16 last. How much? e ired tons of rock. ) you know where it was put in the ship? n the after hold. Do you know why thut ballast was put in? Did she need it going down? 1 don’t know—I suppose she did. Do you know if any ballast was in the ship bef ou put that lot in? t know. I have put ballast in pre- 1itlips--How long before May was itput in? I don’t know exactly, but {z ‘was several months. In regard to the loading of the ship I don’t know anything. George D. Korts, the State’s bar pilot, was the next witness, Did you take the C. abia you tx day of june, A. D. 1803, Jauea M. Eiis i L3 Notary Public in and for the City and Count, R s MayiE last. of San Francisco, State of Calilornia. Make & statement as to how she acted. The ship left the Mail dock at 12 o'clock. We steamed down bay and got on bar at low water about 1 o'clock.” The steamer's draft was 22 feet 8 inches. A stron blowing at the rate of thirty hour. 1 steered the mid-cha the bar under a siow bell rough. After crossing the by 2r in the vicinity hierd. The ship was hove t0 and the pilot-boat came and ook me off. While ship was hove to she was broadside on to the sea and wind, and in tnat position I left ber. How did she behave? Beautifully. Did she appear to be cranky at all? CorRiI T i 2 11 had No, sir; I never saw any ship behave bejter &.Gfim}zwflm‘ the Doat ho wouid not | taan she did, olima to sea? usked Cap- |, northwest wind was | and says: wo miles an | was one of the crew of the steamship Aztec and 1 course over | & passenger from Passadena to San Francisco the bar being very | on the steamer San Juan. On the morning of May 28, between the hours of 6 and 7 we of the automatic buoy it was still blowing | sighted a lot of wreckage and a life raft con- taining two men. utes from the time the order was the boat struck the water’s edge, an struck the water's edge she swamped very nea. and came very near killing five, Chief Officer Grindell and four of the seamen, all Greeks, If light and fresh air. Then between the pas- | sengers we managed to keep him alive till he | came to San Francisco. During the trip Dr. Robertson gave Soliz no medicine whatsoever, I further say thatitis my firm opinion that | if the San Juan had cruised around the scene | of the wreck longer many of the Colima pas- | sengers might have beer: saved. I mention in | particular the case of John Hannan, who was | on arait drifting around near us most of the | time. The San Juan arrived in Manzanillo at | 4 P. M. on the day we were picked u The testimony of Third Officer finrdlng the shifting of the cargo and the port- oles being closed is incorrect and untrue. THOS, J. ORIEL. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th Yiansen re- STATE OF CALIFORNIA, City and County of San Franclsco.( o William Martin, being duly sworn, deposes My neme is William Martin and I As soon as the chief officer ot sight of the rait he ordered the men to lower the boat. It took them thirty-five min. | iven until | when she X had a cool head at the over the side he gave them brandy, while | staggering darunk himself in order to put m to sleep, as he said, so he would not have 0 dress their wounds until later, when he was in a better condition. Jose A. Solls was actually three days in the women’s steerage without attention, while the clotted blood from his wounds remained on his body. I will say in conclusion that if Captain Pitts had_remained longer we might have saved the family of Mr. Brewer, who, | have reason to believe, were floating on portions of the wreckage near that point. "Others might also have been saved be- tween that {ime and the time the Barracouta picked up the remaining survivors. WILLIAM MARTIN. Subscribed and sworn to before me_this 10th day of June, A, D. 1895. JAMES M. ELLIs, Notary Public in and for the City and County of San Francisco, State of California. s e McSHANE’S VERSION. His Lips Heretofore Sealed, Now Speaks His Mind. J. 8. McShane, a resident of Berke- ley, who was a passenger on the San Juan at the time she rescued several of the sur- vivors of the Colima disaster, made a state- ment to a CALL correspondent yesterday for publication. He said he had declined all previous in- terviews, but in justice to those concerned in the recent calamity he would state his views concerning the cause of the wreck and what he knew about the treatment of the survivors on board the San Juan. He said “I cannot find language strong enough to express my ideas in relation to the plac- ing of cargo on the upper deck of a passen- ger steamer, and it is my firm belief that the wreck of the Colima is due to the one fact of her having been heavily laden above deck. An endless amount of harm may be done by the exercise of such a method. In the first place, even if a ves- sel should notigo to the bottom on that account, the lives of the passengers are endangered, as a light gale is sure to unlash the stays and permit the load to shift about the deck; and, again, there is a lia- bility of the cabins being smashed in or the wheelhouse destroyed, without which the vessel could not be steered on her course. “When I Ixay for a first-clase cabin pas- sage it is implied that I am to have free usage of the passenger deck, but when it is covered over with cargo I am deprived of that for which I pay a Eigh price. “I have traveled many thousand miles by sea, and the San Juan is the first vessel that I ever took passage on that had cargo on her main deck. gn the down trip she was heavily loaded above deck with lum- ber, sewer and gas pipe, and if the Colima was similarly laden, which it is said she He | was, I do not wonder that she went down. “Another matter that ought to be looked after—and immediately, too—is the lack of ballast which the vessels of the Pacific Mail Steamship Comfpnny have aboard on their return trips from ports along the southern coast. There was hardl{ enough cargo on’the San Juan to keep her right side up, and in the gale which took place about the hour the Colima is supposed to have sunk [ believe the onlf' thing which saved our lives was the excellent seaman- ship of Captain Pitts. “If the Colima went down on account of | haying been too heavily laden how much quicker would she have sunk if she had not enough ballast to keep herself righted ? We would most certainly have been wrecked on account of the light load had ! the captain not put out to sea and escaped the storm close to shore. “In my opinion there is as much dan- er, if not more, in a vessel too lightly den as in a vessel with too heavy a cargo on board. “In relation to the rescue and trans- ortation of the survivors picked up off Manzanillo by the San Juan, I willp say that I believe all that was possible under the circumstances was done for their com- fort. If there was any one among the number, which I doubt, who did not re- ceive proper attention from the attendants it was not the fault of the officers of the vessel, but of the mm‘{uny for not having better facilities aboard for the care of *the WITNESS JAMES E., CHASE. stringent laws enforced coverning the load- ing of vessels which take such voyages as the Colima and San Juan have been accus- tomed to, for without further precaution along that line we may expect even greater disasters than the one which has recently taken place.” WHY THE COLIMA SANK. Captain Lazzarevich of This City Lays the Blame on Her Com- mander. The following communication has been received at this office: To the Editor of the Call—S1R: Much has been written about the Colima being overloaded and badly stowed, which we have every reason to suppose 1s true. Was that the cause of her loss? No." Had her commanderhandled her properly the terrible loss of life which followed her foundering would have been averted. From every evidence we have, especially from the testimony of the third oflicer, who is supposed to know more than any of the other of the s vivors, it appears that the Colima encountered & terrific gale at 8 A. M. of the 27th which in- creased In violence until she took her fatal plunge about 10 A.x. At 9 4. 3. the captain <new he could not keep her head to the seas | and he ordered more speed to her engine | Shestill kept falling off. Bhe could not brea the terrible storm that was raging. | What did the commander do in thisemer- | gency? Did he try any other means to keep | her Head to the sea? No. He must have known | that his only salvation was in keeping his ves- | sel out of the trough of the sea, and ii she was overloaded all the more reason he should do | s0. He simply did nothing. He used none of the means by which he could have kept his vessel’s hea 1 to the sea. | ny one who has ever been to sea knows th he should have got after sai: on his yessel, The effecy o a reefed spanker would have kept her head'to the sea. The third officer testifies that she had no sail bent excepting jib, He also says that no sail would havestood the force of wind. Well, suppose this was true; let it blow away ahd bend another, or get & tarpaulin in her rigging. And why, in the name of mercy, did he not use o dreg, presuming she had one. Ifnot, | one could have been easily and quickly made. | The captain must have lost his head com. | Pictely, for I cannot think he did not know. Had She been loaded safely the result of her faliing off in the trough of the sea would in ell likelihood have been the same. The loss of | the Colima was due to her falling off in the | trough of the sea and not to overloading. The result would have been the same had she been sefely loaded. Her captain did nothing to keep his vessel’s head to the sea. Had he dis. played ordinary seamanship you would not ave had to chronicle this most dreadful marine disaster on the Pacific Coast. LOUIS LAZZAREVICH, 3811 Octavia street, City. WILL HEAR OTHERS. Survivors and Passengers Called for by the Local Inspectors. The following communication received yesterday is self-explanatory : To the Editor of the Call—SIR: Passengers, sur- vivors of the Colima disaster, are requested to appear at the office of the United States Local Inspector of Steam Vessels, No. 21 Apprais- ers’ building, at 0 P. M. of Wednesday, the 12th inst., or any thereaiter (same hour) for one week, to testily in the official investi- sation pending in the case of the loss of that vessel. Respectiully, E. 8. TALBOT. W. A. PHILLIPS. United States Loc al Inspectors. Crirrorp RicHARDSON, official chemist of Washington, District of Columbia, reply- ing to an inquiry as to the merits of the various baking powders, says that he con- curs with the opinion of the best chemists of the country that the Royai is the best, S A COURT ON DEFAULTS. Judge Hunt Refuses to Open a Case ‘Won by Frank Shay. Judge Hunt has denied a motion made on the part of the Chicago Clock Company to open a default in the suit brought against it by Attorney Frank Shay on which he ob- tained a judgment for $2000. In an opinion Judge Hunt said: While courts are liberal in opening defaunlts which are the result of excusable negligence or inadvertence, and while in case of doubt the doubt should be resolved in faver of the mo- tion, yet where negligence exists and no ex- cuse therefor is shown the court possesses no right to set aside such defanlt. In such case it is not a question of discretion, but of power. Here Mr. Spence, as president of the com- any, knew that the summons in question had en served on the secretary at some date prior to the time when he received them. Having read the papers, he was bound to know that an answer should have been filed within ten days after the time of such service. Without taking the trouble to ascertain the date of such ser- vice, he allowed the case to go by default; and itis now claimed that his negligence in ihe premises was such excusable negligence as would justify the opening of the default. For his non-action in the premises I canfi d no ex- cuse. His conduct was clearly negligent—a negligence without palliation. —————— Dentist J. J. Leek Removed to 1206 Market street into a com- Pplete electrical dental office. . THE NS AND THE OUTS, Legal Battle for Office in Judge Conlan’s Court Com- menced. CLERK WATSON IN CONTEMPT. He Will Be Formally Committed to Jall To-Morrow Morning When Court Opens. The legal battle between the “ins” and ‘“‘outs” in Judge Conlan’s court was com- menced in earnest vesterday morning. The courtroom was crowded, and among the interested spectators were the *‘outs’’ in the other police courts and other branches of municipal government. Ambrose Watson, the deposed clerk, was in his usual place, and facing him was his attorney, Henry E. Highton. General Dickinson, who appeared for the new clerk, Alfred Morgenstern, was seated be- side Mr. Highton. The two Prosecuting Attorneys, Wakeman and Mogan, were seated together. There was a feeling of expectancy as to what Judge Conlan would do when he took his seat on the bench. The specta- tors were not left long’in doubt. When the Judge made his appearance on the bench and Bailiff Kelly had rapped for order, he said: “Mr. Watson, please hand me the cal- endar for to-day. It appears that last May the Board of Supervisors passed a resolution removing the clerk and Prose- cuting Attorney of this court and appoint- ing in their place Mr. Morgenstern and Mr. Mogan. I have received proper ad- vice from my attorney, Carroll Cook, in the matter and there is no alternative for me but to recognize the new appointees. Mr. Watson, you will please Rl endar to Mr. Mogan, the Prosecuting At- torney of this court.”’ Mr. Wakeman objected and said: I would like to have it appear upon the minutes of the court that I appearas Pros- ecuting Attorney of this department and demand possession of the calendar.” “The objection will be overruled,” said the Judge, “and the court will recognize Mr. Mogan only as Prosecuting Attorney.” “I except to the ruling of the court,” said Wakeman. The Judge ordered the exception to be noted. General Dickinson then rose, and, ad- dressing Morgenstern, said: “Mr. Morgen- stern, please step forward.” Addressing the court, the general said: “Mr. Morgen- stern renews his demand for possession of the papers, keys and records of the court in pursuance of the termsof the order made on May 4. Is that on the minutes, Mr. Clerk?”’ +No,” said Watson. ‘‘Hasit not been spread on the minutes ?” “No, sir.” “Mr. Morgenstern makes a demand for possession. “Irefuse to give up possession for sev- eral reasons.” Attorney Highton then rose and said: I will answer for Mr. Waison in this mat- ter. With the greatest possible respect to the court, of course, we desire to state that Mr. Watson refuses to surrender possession of the office or books, or other matters con- nected with it, on the ground that the Board of Supervisors has no power to make the appointment. That, of course, is a matter to be determined elsewhere, and for that reason I will say in brief that Mr. Watson declines to accede to the demand made upon him.”” BTillbnaeia oraereleaidl the Judge, “that Mr. Watson deliver the papers an all records of the court to the new ap- pointee of the Board of Supervisors.” +‘I understand Mr. Watson declines,” said General Dickinson. “I will make an order now,” said the Judge, “that Mr. Watson appear in this courtroom Wednesday morning next at 11 o’clock to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt of court.” “We except to the order of the court,” aid Attorney Highton, and the proceed- ings closed. The court was adjourned till to-morrow morning at 11 o’clock to give all parties time to prepare for the next movement. To-morrow morning Watson will be com- mitted to_jail by the Judge for contempt. A writ of habeas corpus will be in readi- ness and the case taken to the higher court to be determined there. The Judge has taken this step in what he conceives to be the best interests of all parties and so asto get the question of who shall be his clerk and Prosecuting At- torney settled as speedily as possible. RoYAL BAKING POWDER is well known to be absolutely free from alum, ammonia and all impurity. Do vou feel quite sure about any other brand? Alum powders are poisonous. Better use Royal and take no chances. FOLSOM STREET PAVING. Club No. 4 Listens to a Prac- tical Lady’s Words of Wisdom. She and Two Others to Ask the City Fathers to Attend the Rally. Another meeting was held by the Fol- som-street Improvement Club No. 4 at the Good Samaritan Mission, corner Folsom and Second streets, last night, fully as en- thusiastic asthe first which was held a week ago. President George Raabe of Club No. 1 and President Joseph Kelly of Club No. 2 were present, as was also A. B, Maguire, the originator of the movement to bituminize Foisom street from the wharf to Twenty-ninth street, and Club No. 3 was represented by F. W.McEwen. President John Rafferty said he had seen a great many property-owners, and all of them had expressed themselves as ready to see the project go throuch all right. He hoped everybody would attend the grand rally of all the clubs next Mon- day evening, which is to be held at Eighth and Folsom streets. There would be a brass band and good speakers, he added, good seats would be reserved for the ladies. Like the first meeting, there were sev- eral ladies on hand, and one of them, Miss Ada Borden, made what was probably the best speech of the evening. “The south side,’’ she remarked, “had always been called upon to build up parks and good streets for the north side, and now it is about time that we began to re- ceive some attention. If there had been one street on the north side like Folsom street, having its advantages and at the same time its urgent necessity for im- rovement it would have been attended to ong ago. “It is level and leads to_the very shop- ping center of the City from a splendid residence district. Now, if the property- owners interested want. business and man- ufactures on this lowerend, which is most suitable for them, they must urge the im- provement of Folsom street at once, and not wait until after the taxlevy is made and the contracts are all awarded. Road- ways are a city’s first need, and fine pave- ment enhances their benefit and contrib- utes to the general beauty.”’ B. Maguire explained that though the tax levy would not be made until Septem- ber under the new law, the contracts could be awarded early in July. On his sugges- tion Miss Borden, Mrs. W. H. Hinton and | Mrs.Mary E.Gorman wereappointed a com- | mittee to invite the Board of Supervisors and the Oity Hall officials to attend Mon. | day night'sTally. A committee consisting | of Messrs. Maguire, McEwen and Raabe | was also chosen to talk to influential | property-owners and get them to use their | influence with the Supervisors. | Mr. McEwen, acting as secretary, read | from a list of those who had signed the | petition, to show that some of the estates most_interested were included, namely: Mr. McDonough, 500 feet; the Sharon es- | tate, 395 feet; the Heydenfeldt estate, 150 | feet; P. J, Molloy, as agent, 700 feet; Eu- | gene Robinet, 110 feet; G. W. Grannis, as | agent, 112 feet, and John Rafferty, 105 feet. | Rey. W. L. Kip was called upon and gave | some good advice as to how to proceed. | He urged strong organization. Joseph Kelly gave the information that | a petition was being signed asking the | City to make the electric lights at the upper end of Folsom street permanent, | ang, in fact, to have the street so lighted | from_the bay out. Seven electric lights, | said Mr. Maguire, would do more illumin- | than forty gas lamps. The contract | between the City and the Gas Company | limited the number of gas lamps to 5000, | and he believed there were many more than that number, and that electricity should be substituted for the surplus. | Some observations on street improve- | ments in general in_cities of Europe and | the East as compared with San Francisco | were made by Captain Raabe. His idea, he said, would be to have San Francisco issue $10,000,000 worth of bonds and im- prove the City properl consin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, Geor- gia, California and othe: States Have re- ported Roval Baking Powder strongest and bes| NEW- UNIVERSTY WORK, Apparatus to Test the Mate- rials Used in Civil Engineering. purest, Thorough Experlments to Be Made Upon the Timbers of the Pacific Coast. ‘What gives promise of becoming a most useful work of the University of California has recently been inaugurated by its de- partment of civil engineering, which has equipped a laboratory with apparatus de- signed to test specimens of the various ma- | terials used in engineering construction. The list of apparatus includes an “Olsen Universal Testing Machine” of 200,000 | pounds’ capacity (one of the largest in the | United States, and by far the most power- | ful on the Pacific Coast), a ‘‘Reid” lathe for turning specimens of timber or metal, | a circular-saw, a bandsaw, a large planer, | a grindstone, an emery-wheel and a Riehle cement testing machine of 2000 pounds’ | capacity, besides many small tools used in | preparing specimens, measuring, etc. It is proposed to add to these other ma- chines with which to test “road metal,” building-stone and other substances. Along and thorough series of experi- ments upon the various timbers of the Pa- | cific Coast will be made, with the purpose | in view of bringing forward prominently | their good characteristics and of obtaining complete and reliable scientific data con- cerning the best use of them in engineer- | ing. E\fl tests desired, which are in the na- ture of purely scientific experiment, will | be made, free of charge, for engineers, ar- | chitects and other persons engaged in con- struction, upon the delive of thes men required at the civil engineering laboratory of the university, and an officia; report of the results of the tests will be promptly forwarded to the owner of the materials. Tests of materials to be disposed of com- mercially will be made for companies or persons requesting them upon the pay- ment of a small fee necessary to defray the expenses of the tests. The same rates will be charged as in the East. All persons contributing timber, stone | or the metals, according to the directions act'umfi)’unying the bulletin, will, if de sired, be put upon tke “mailing list” of the laboratory, and will thereby receive | the official reports of all experiments made by the department. 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