The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 19, 1895, Page 14

O CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1895. 14 E—1 [HE STRARGE Story of Qutrageous Mo- | nopoly With Proofs to Sustain It. REVIVED BY THE SOLID| EIGHT. Superintendent Ashworth Pre- pares Specifications Against His Judgment. ’EOPLE PLEAD IN VAIN FOR| RELIEF. | They Are Told a Former Board | Created the Evil and They Must Stand It. ‘When any legislative body by its own \ction creates a monopoly in commodities | onstantly in use by the people whom were elected to serve it is a good ime for these people to go around asking jertinent questions. Indeed, the course of precedent runs so listinctly in one direction in such cases hat people seldom devote much time in king questions—they have a right to yell “Fraud !” on general principles. The Solid Eight of the Board of Super- risors in their brief six months of lervice as lawmakers for the City and Jounty have distinguished themselves in this regard. They have placed the bituminous rock ndustry in exclusive hands so far as this Jity is concerned, and given the Southern Pacific the sole privilege of hauling it When disposing of franchises on Church | treet and over all the roads leadingto | ngleside, they word the advertisement so hat none but the Market-street Company | :an secure any of them—although the law directly requires that the bidding be open md fair. When street contracts are «warded the Street Superintendent is lirected by resolution ‘‘to enter into pri- rate contract” with some certain favored :ontractor—no bids being called for. But it does not stop there. There isa | vheel within this street-contracting wheel. | it is called the “‘Rattler test.” Some time ago, it will be remembered, | ‘he majority of the board passed an order sreating & monopoly of the bituminous 'ock industry in favor of the Santa Cruz mines. Mayor Sutro vetoed that order. \s there are only eight in the board solid | or monopoly right along, uninterruptedly, | 10 attempt was made to pass the order wer the veto. | But when a little time had passed and | he storm of public opinion which had | seen provoked by the attempt to fasten | his great incubus upon the people had | juieted aown, Mr. Hughes moved, in the | nterest of good paving, he said, that the | juperintendent of Streets be requested to | srepare specifications which should stand | is the law in that matter—as the standard 0 which contractors must work. After another respectable lapse of time, such as might be deemed sufficient to en- ible & public officer to perform such an mportant piece of work, Mr. Ashworth | ed his report. The fact is, the work was | done before Mr. Ashworth was dele- sated todo it. Thereport wasnothing more han the old vetoed order—the famous bi- | uminous rock monopoly order—with one »r two words changed in it, not affecting ts former purpose and intent one particle. 3ut this is not a recounting of the familiar itory of that outrage, except so farasis 1ecessary to make clear another monopoly sutrage thst it enfolded. A part of those ipecifications was the following: All the rock used shall be hard rock »f igneous character, and shall be mch rock only as shall not lose by ero- ion and fracture more than 25 per cent if its original weight upon testing the iame by what is known as the Rattler est, the said test of rock to be made in he Rattler machine belonging to this City and County by placing the said rock n said machine, and the same put in revolving motion at the rate of not less han twenty-eight revolutions per min- ite for three comsecutive hours. All ‘ock losing more than 25 per cent of its iriginal welght shall be rejected as unfit or use. The machine is indeed very properly samed the Rattler test. It isa rattler. There are just two quarries in this vicin- ty—or were at that time—the rock of which will stand this test. They are ywned by Gray Brothers. Who are Gray Brothers? It is not any nember of the Solid Eight who asks this juestion, you may be sure. Gray Brothers ire contractors, and they have a monop- ily, absolutelv fixed by order of the ma- ority of t vard of Supervisors. It is 20t likely such a very valuable privi- ege was granted and is maintained by the najority of the Boara of Supervisors to he exclusive benefit of a single business irm and the members of that firm remain wholly unknown to the members of this najority of the board. It will be said by the Solid Eight, in ex- enuation, that the Rattler test was an avention in monopoly, discovered, ex- sloited and brought into vogue by the ormer board. Thatis an argument that was made in the Street Committee yester- lay in excuse for the Van Ness avenue job—that it was inaugurated by the pre- :eding board. Are we then to be forever cursed with ull the evil that earlier Solid Eights and Nipes have done? Why do we have elec- iions and turn men out of office? Very, rery many spicy and with all deplorable iales might be told of “‘the former board’’; »ut the evil they have doneisdone. Noth- ng that might be written now would thange their record, and one Solid Eight it a time is quite sufficient. So far as the Van Ness avenue job is toncerned, the former board did let a con- iract to J. T. McCrossan, but it was open 0 bids, and his bid was14 cents. That does 10t alter the fact that this board did not :all for bids, and that a dozen first-class tontractors would be glad to get the work at 10 cents. But that is all another story— it remains to be and will be told. Tt is also true that the Kattler test was inaugurated by the former board—out- rageous monopoly that it is. It is also true that immediately upon | the passage of the original order creat- ing that monopoly, the price of the blue rock of Gray Bros.' two quarries went up in price until there is a clear mar- gin above the producers’ profit on every | load delivered, and every load of paverzent laid, which is figured conservatively at $1500 a month. 1t is also true that this outrageous mo- nopoly was very carefully revived and fos- tered in the specifications prepared by Superintendent of Streets Ashworth at the instance of the majority ot the present board. For concrete work it is admitted that clean, hard rock is essential, but it is not true that the rock has to stand thisre- ! markable test in order to make the very best of concrete. For macadam roads it is just as em- phatically true that this hard rock is wholly unsuited. To make a good mac- adam road the components must amal- gamate. For that purpose Superintendent TALE OF THE RATTLER TEST. of Streets Ashworth says that nothing is | better than the ordinary red rock. Mark you, Superintendent Ashworth says that. It was Superintendent Ash- worth, you remember, who prepared these specifications that fix this outrageous monopoly upon the impatient people. He did so in response to a motion made in the open board by Supervisor Hughes—the motion simply being that the Superinten- dent be requested to prepare specifications under which the City could secure the best possible streets. That was all. Nothing was heard of the matter until a couple of weeks later, when Mr. Ashworth presented his specifications, in the body of which stands the above clause, with its ironclad provisions. A Cawy reporter visited Mr. Ashworth at that time and asked him if he really be- lieved in the Rattler test. *I do not,” said Mr. Ashworth, with his characteristic emphasis. “For macadam work especially this hard rock is not the thing atall. Thered rock is much supe- rior, because it packs together and makesa hard, solid surface.”’; “But you prepared these specifications— they forbid the use of red rock.” “Oh, yes, that’s true” said Mr. Ash- worth; “but I did that at the instance of the board.” “But the board left the whole matter to you. The board relies upon your knowl- edge and experience to perfect specifica- tions that will give us the best of streets. These specifications, you say, will not do that.” “Well, these are old specifications—the result of the experience of the former board.” There it was again, you see, the old story; it was sufficient that the evil had | once been done to repeat and perpetuate it. That was the best and only explanation Mr. Ashworth had to give. But how trans- parent it all is. He was, of course, told to incorporate that clause or he would not have done so while holding the opinion that it did not make good pavement. Why did the majority of the Supervisors tell him to do that? Need the question be answered. Why should they favor a single business firm with an exclusive monopoly that costs the people $1500 a month, when by so doing they doan actual injury to the streets? Does not the question answer itself? This has been going on for months; why is it brought up at this time? Becausethe people of a large and progressive section of the City have made a special pleading before the Supervisors to be relieved from this great tax and handicap, which pre- vents them—because of its great cost—from improving their streets. The Point Lobos fmprovement Clubsub- mitted the following, which was consid- ered at the meeting of the Street Commit- tee last week. Don't be afraid of it—it is interesting reading in this connection: Tothe Honorable Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco—GENTLEMEN Your petitioners, the Point Lobos Improve- ment Club, respectfully call your attention to order 2760, amendatory of section 12 of order 2146. This order refers to macadamized roadways, and specifies particularly that all the rock used shall be of such a quality es to stand what'is designated as the rattler test. Now, as regards the Richmond district, repre- sented by your petitioners, we state that in this district there is abundance of rock of the best quality for macadamizing roads. Thishas been abundantly proved by the construction of the Point Lobos road, which is now thirty years old. In point of merit for construction and wear- ing surface it is second to nonein the State. The roads in Golden Gate Park are constructed of this material, which we are told will not stand the rattler test as well as that furnished by Gray Brothers, which, as far as we can learn, is the only rock in this City said to stand the test satisfactorily. We have to say that this test does not point out the only good and sufficient quality for macadam rock. The test of time is in favor of the rock supplied from the quarries of this dis- trict against others which has been used in this City and County. Your petitioners respectfully request that your honorable board will cause said order to be further amended by inserting as follows: These specifications regarding the quality of rock used for macadam shall not appiy in that section of the City of San Francisco lying west of Central avenue and north of Golden Gate Park. Respectfully submitted, T. G. PARKER, President. fIMembers of the club appeared in num- bers at the hearing before the Street Com- mittee, and backed their petition with per- sonal pleading and explanation, but the committee inscribed on the back of their petition something like this: “These specifications are the result of the experience of our predecessors, and we see no reason at present for ignoring them.” The Street Committee is composed of Supervisors Spreckels (chairman), Hughes, Morgenstern, Benjamin and Dunker. Four of them compose just half of the Bolid Eight, it will be observed. Chairman Spreckels filed a minority re- port in this matter before the board, dis- tinctly stating that he favored the peti- tion of the Point Lobos Clab. But with the Solid Eight all present the interests of the people stand no chance as against monopoly. The majority report was adopted, and Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report oyal SEZTHD Baking Powder the people of Point Lobos avenue and Richmond will have to patronize Gray Brothers, and spoil their streets—according to Superintendent Ashworth—or let them remain as they are. Now do you know what the ‘rattler test” means? It means $1500 a month to somebody. IRREGULAR REGISTRATION. Chinese Believed to Be Evading the New Law Regarding Cer- tificates. Already the fear is prevalent that the wily Chinese are possessed of a means of disregarding the registration laws, and are quietly and persistently making certifi- cates of their own, despite the law which prohibits them from doing.so. There seems, t0o, to be a difference of opinion among Federal officials as to which official shall arrest unregistered Chinese, and par- ticularly a batekL of 250 which is known to be in Chinatowu at the present time. The revenue officers believe it is the duty of the Marshal, and the Marshal believes the revenue officers should do the work, s0 between the two, the Chinese are al- lowed to remain at large. There are also disquieting rumors going around as to certificates which have been sent 1o China for reproduction and for changing to suit new prospective travelers to this country. One fruitful means of obtaining these certificates is the clause which allows a Chinese, upon proof of the fact that he has lost or destroyed his cer- tificate, to receive another. The question of J)roof is too expansive, it is believed, and it is much too simple a thing for a Chinese to secure a duplicate of his first document and send the original where it will do the most good. It is provable that an officer will be sent out by the Govern- ment for the purpose of straightening out the tangle. THE CHURCH-STREET SUIT Finance Committee of the Supervisors Applied To for Help. Improvement Club Asks That $500 Be Appropriated to Cover Expenses. The Church-street Improvement Club met last night in Duveneck’s Hall, corner of Twenty-fourth and Church streets, and talked over the prospects of the suit brought by its attorney, A. P. Van Duzer, in the name of the People of California against the Market-street Railway Com- pany, to annul the Church-street fran- chise. Mr. Van Duzer said he had noticed some change in the advertisement published on Monday, respecting the Ingleside franchise, as to the time limit, from that of the Church-street franchise, but in the main both advertisements are of the same im- port, he explained; that is, in both in- stances the new lines were to be considered as mere extensions of the Market-street system. This, of course, was the most ef- fective method that could have been chosen of barring out completely all com- petition. He said he proposed to stay with the legal fight begun, and promised that if a defeat be possible in the Superior Court he would take an appeal to the Supreme Court. *But I think we will have a walk-over,” he observed, “when the court looks into the law and considers the means by which the Church-street franchise was obtained. According to the law the franchise should be bid for and go to the highest bidder, and there should be no hedging in the ad- vertisement. Besides, the order ought to go to the Mayor for his signature. Now, if we can get a favorable decision an appli- cation for a new franchise will have to be made, and I feel confident that Mayor Sutro will not sign any new_ order unless it is for a line all the way down Church street to Thirtieth. We propose to see if we can get the courts to puta sm}) to this farcical giving away of valuable fran- chises.” Mr. Van Duzer then explained how the Ocean House road and Sunnyside avenue franchises were advertised as being mere extensions of the Mission-street system to bar all competition. A resolution was immediately adopted asking the Finance Committee of "the Board of Supervisors to devote $500 toward the prosecution of the Church-street suit, and the following request will be presented to the committee at its next meeting: ‘WHEREAS, The contest in which we are en- gaged with the Market-street Railway Com- pany is for the purpose of obtainin; .{'udiem construction of the statutes regulating the sale of franchises and to prevent the fraudu- lent methods now]pl’lctlced, whereby the pur- pose of the law is entirely defeated and the City 18 defrauded of large sums which these privileges would bring if honestly sold; Therefore, we respectfully ask that the Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors appropriate the sum of $500 toward the. pay- ment of the necessary expenses attending the conduct of the suit commenced by this club te forfeit the pretended franchise g which the Market-street Railway Company holds posses- sion of & portion of Church and Ridley streets. J. P. Locke presided over the meeting and Secretary Joseph H. McCloskey re- viewed the history of the treatment of the Church-street property-owners by the street-railway companies and the Eondu of Suservisors in the past, and demon- strated that the Church-street Club was a pioneer organization in the agitation for popular rights. rom his and other speeches made it was manifest that the club was of the opinion that the aid asked for of the Fi- nance Committee was reasonable enough, seeing that it had been with $1900 of the club’s money that the right of way which the Market-street combine had grabbed had been purchased through the Leroy es- tate for a public thoroughfare. —————— THE ELEOTION OOMMISSION. The Old Board to Be Retired Be- fore the New Organizes. The newly appointed Election Commi sion held a short session in Mayor Sutro’s office yesterday morning. All the mem- bers were present—Albert E. Castle, James Denman, S. Foster and P. F. Mellin. The meeting was wholly informal and no organization was effected. The Mayor was not present. Another meeting will be held next Monday, but even then no formal action will be taken—although action will then be determined upon, the organization, the name of the clerk, etc. At that time the Mayor will determine a date for calling together the old board for the purpose of retiring them. —— A Waiter Drops Dead. Benjamin F. Anderson, a colored man em- ployed as a waiter in a Montgomery-street lunck saloon, dropped dead in front of 448 Natoma street about 4:30 o’clock yesterday. He was about 45 years of age, and lived with his family, consisting of & wiie and two chil- dren, at 52 Second street. He has been em- ploied at a number of the prominent hoteis and restaurants for some years, having come to California as one of the first crews of the then new Palace Hotel. He had been suffering from asthma and a _complication of diseases. He was a native of Washington, D. C., and was held in much esteem among the colored resi- dents of the City. .. Mary Anderson Pardoned. ' Mary Anderson, who was convicted in Judge Joachimsen’s court on June 14 of selling liquor without & license and sentenced to pay ne of $100 or serve 100 days in the Count; Jail, has been pardoned by Governor Bnfld’, and was discharged yesterday. A Family Jar. GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO.S Stores are selling MASON FRUIT JARS At greatly reduced prices. 1 dozen jars, pints, in box . 1 dozen jars, quarts, in box. 1 dozen jars, half gallons, in box. Inspect our Improved Jelly Glasses, 50c 60c 80c doz. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, James G. Kennedy Is Made Principal of the Nor- mal School. RADICAL CHANGES PROPOSED, Graduates to Be Turned Out Every Term—The Halght-Street Schoolhouse. The Board of Education met yesterday at noon to receive bids for desks and dis- cuss the building of the school on Haight street, between Masonic and Central ave- nues, James G. Kennedy, principal of the Franklin Grammar School, was elevated to the principaiship of the Normal School, to succeed A. H. Yoder, the young gentleman who came out here from Boston to incul- cate new ideas in the department. Had Mr. Yoder stopped here he would have been all right, but when he presumed to incubate there was trouble. Yoder was getting $230 a month, but the salary of Kennedy is yet to be fixed. The following resolution regarding the Normal School was passed : The San Francisco Normal School shall be the reserve fund from the Lincoln School property to pay for the entire cost of the construction of the school on Haight street, between Masonic and Central avenues. The Board of Education decided to stand sponsor for the balance of money which will be due on the contract for the build- ing. g‘he resignation of Miss Sophia A. Kobe as a teacher was accepted and the Agplica- tion of Miss Marie L. Alexander to be ap- pointed a schoolteacher was put on file. Professor Kennedy outlined last eveninF his ideas concerning the Normal School, the manner in which he believes it should be conducted and the recommendations he vn_ll1 make to the Board of Education. He said: . “‘Of course whatever I say will simply be in the line of recommendations. Every- thing depends upon the action of the Board of Education. The school at pres- ent has no course of study, and will not have until one is prepared. * I shall imme- diately proceed to prepare one and present it to the Su})erintendent and the Board of Education for their adoption. Until this work is completed it will be impossible to say just what the course of study in the Normal School will be, but you can rest assured that the Superintendent of Schools and the Board of Education are in favor of doing both thorough and practical work in the school. “I shall endeavor to make the school a modern normal school, basing the profes- sional course upon practical child-study, psychology, history of education and the methods of teaching as based upon the :aw of mental development. In addition to a broad professional course there will be a thorough review in the branches taught in the public schools, so as to develop the best method of teaching them. ““Whether the school should be a one or two years’ course I am not prepared at present to recommend. My recommenda- tion in this respect will depend upon the J. G. EENNEDY, THE NEWLY APPOINTED PRINCIPAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO NORMAL SCHOOL. [From a photograph.] restricted to eighty pupils. None but gradu- ates of our City high schools shall be admitted unless the number of such in\dulueu desiring admission falls below eighiy. In that case graduates of other high schools accredited by the University of California shall be admitted up to the limit of eighty without examination. Other candidates shall be admitted upon ex- amination over the high school course, under the direction of the superintendent. If the number of high school gradnates who desire admission exceeds eighty, they shall be ad- mitted up to that number in the order of the rank gained in the high schools. It was decided that non-residents of the City desirous of entering the Normal School must pay $30 a term. Owing to the unfinished condition of the James Lick Grammar School it was de- cided to extend the vacation to July 29. Meantime the teachers of that institution must report daily to the secretary of the board for duty. The contract for furnishing desks and rear seats was awarded to C. F. Weber & Co., the latter’s bids being as follows: Pacific desk, sizes Nos. 1 and 2, $268; Nos. 3 and 4, $258; No. 5, $248; seats, $224. This contract was let on the re- advertising for bids, and means a consid- erable saving to the City. The lowest bid on the first advertising was $2 50 for seats and from $2 85 to $2 95 on desks. The report of the Committee on Rules was received and laid over to the next meeting. The report recommended the following changes: Princi) must remain upon the school premises until all pupils have been dismissed, and shall exercise close supervision over the yards. Where there are three yards the prin- cipal may appoint a teacher as yard asssstant, at a compensation of $10 extra a month. Principals are authorized to grant a half- holiday on the last Friday of each month to the ten gu?lll of each class having the highest standard of excellence in deportment and dili- gence in study. In all grades but the primary classes the morning recess shall be optional wiih the prineip When a principai reports adversely on a teacher the Committee on Classification shall be authorized to arrange a transfer to another school. If the second principal reports ad- versely the Committee on Qualifications shall be authorized to place the teacher on trial, in accordance with the provisions of section 171. Promotion from division to divisionand from grade to grade shall be made at the end of each school term. To section 145 the following clause isadded: “‘Pupils may be graduated at the end of each school term.” Book agents are barred from solicitin, among the teachers or pupils during school hours. The following recommendations were submitted by the Committee on Qualifications and adopted by the board : That Miss Frances A. Hodgkinson be recom- mended to the State Board of Education for the high-school %!lda of life diploma. That the Misses jessie k. Banks and Tillie McCarthy be recommended for life diplomas of the gram- margrade. That the Misses MaryJ. Dolan and Mattie A. Watson be recommended for State educational diplomas of the grammar grade. That the grammar-grade certificates of the fol- lowing-named pergons be renewed: Misses Susie E. Crowley, J. R. Brown, Jea- nette Ephraim, M. E. Faucompre, M. E. Fair- child, A. C. Gregg, J. H. Gillespie, A.E.Gavi- gan, Pearl Hobarf, Louise B. Howard, Sarah F. Hayton, A. W. Hobe, A. M. Johnson, Julia Lewes, J. C. Lundt, Rosella La Faillé, M. A. Levy, A. T. McDermott, J. L. M‘"phh{’ M. A, Monahan, A. M. mclmnfihlm, M. H. Melrose, V. V. McArthur, M. B. MeNicoll, Emma J. Mil- ler, Kate O'Brien, Elizabeth T. Ough, M. P. Robinett, Kate Riley, Belle Rankin, S. Ru- dolph, J.N. Sykes, M. Sprott, Sarah S{mpson, Emma Bmithson, 'Anna_S. Troell, M. E. Tray- nor, 8. R. Thompson, M, D. Thompson, Rachael Unger, Mrs. V. E. Smith, Mrs. A. E. T;‘ylor, James Wideman, Misses A. M. Unger, M. A. Wentworth, M. L. Wiseman, Annie Woll, A. M. Wolfe, L. E. Wolfe, E. B. Wade, M. A. Watson, M. A. Scherer, Clara Johnston, Laura T. Fowler, 8.J. Jones, 8. M. A. Hurley, M. A. Has- wall, Kate F. Casey, Mrs. M. E. Williams, Mrs. Susie E. Springer and Mrs. A. R. Mt:(}hemex4i That_the Trllflnry-grnde certificate of Mrs. Annie H. Smith be renewed. That the following-named graduates of the normal class be Jrlnted grammar-grade cer- tificates upon their diplomas of uation: Misses H. R. Bh?hlrd, E. M. Moulton, C. H, ‘elch, Ella J. Curtin, class of Gilehrist, Lizzie 1888; Misses J. M. Brown and Irene Brignar- dello, class of 1884; Misses Maggie C. Johnson and Mary Fleming, class of 1891 ; Miss Blanche A. Conlon and Mrs. W. B. Bunker, class of 1892. A communication was received from the Finance Committee of the Board of Su- pervisors informing the Board of Educa- tion that there was not sufficient money in condition and needs of the pupils as I find them after the organization of the school. “I am also in favor of throwing the school open to boys and girls both. Here- tofore only girls have been admitted, but I cannot see why boys should not have an equal advantage. “In the past the students of the Normal School have been sent out to the different schools of the City to receive their practice in teaching. This I do not consider a good plan, because in many schools the pupils are afforded but little %ppormniny to do real teaching. Besides, the teaching differs in the different schools, which de- stroys systematic and uniform instraction in this subject. To remedy this there should be established in connection with the Normal School a training department where pupils would receive thorough in- structions in methods of teaching in ac- cordance with the principles of education as taught in the normal schools. “‘If this recommendation is adopted by the Board of Education there can be a careful criticism of the students’ work and an intelligent graduation of only such pupils as are competent to successfuily en- ter upon the work of teaching. “In the past there has not been sufficient attention paid to preparing teachers to teach industrial drawing. I shall recom- mend that this be made an important fea- ture. When vou stop to consider that our industrial success rests largely on drawing and designing, it at once omes ap- parent that this subject is an important factor in the education of every pupil to enter successfully the different industrial pursuits. “These subjects T hope and think will receive due consideration by the Board of Education, that the best results may be obtained.” RAISING THE WARRANTS. The Preliminary Examination of Leo de Cordona Commenced Before Judge Campbell. The preliminary examination of Leo de Cordona, bookkeeper in the Street Depart- ment, charged with raising the amounts on demand warrants and passing bogus warrants on the City Treasurer, was com- menced befors Judge Campbell yesterday afternoon. The witnesses examined were Treasurer Widber, Martin Keegan, Fred Smith, broker; George Mitchell, John Gartland, chief deputy in the Street Department; John Ryan, assistant clerk of the Board of Supervisors, and William Crowley, fore- man for the Harbor Commissioners. The particular charge heard was the raising of a warrant in favor of William Curley, a laborer, from $8 to $28 on April 1. Ex-Judge Humphreysappeared for the defendant and Prosecuting Attorney Forbes conducted the prosecution. From the evidence it was clearly estab- lished that 2 crime had been committed; but it had not been established that the defendant was the person who committed it. It will all depend upon whether ex- pert testimony to be given to-day will rove that the writing on the warrant rais- ing the amount is that of the defendant. Several of the witnesses expressed their belief that it was the handwriting of the defendant, but it was deemed necessary to call in experts. The case will be continued at 11:30 o’clock this morning. .. Journeymen Butchers Meet.! The journeymen butchers met last evening at their rooms, 909 Market street. Final ar- rangements were made for their picnic, which which will take place next Sunday at Shell Mound Park. . B, Davis, the secretary, stated that business is daily improving, and that there isa vast difference in trade now from what it was two montns ago. ————————— A Great Fall Inladies’ shirt and blouse waists. Joe Rosen- berg of 40 and 42 Geary streetisselling 50c, 60c and 75¢ waists for 35¢. His $1 25, $1 50, $1 75 and $2 waists for $1. All these waists are e sleeved and perfect-fitting. % SELLING POOLS OPENLY, The Police Declare the Present Law Inadequate to Stop the Evil. AN AMENDMENT ADVOCATED. All the Evidence Obtainable Was Not Presented Against the Law-Breakers. The showing made in Tre CALL yester- day of the flagrant and open abuses of the law restricting pool-selling to a racetrack inclosure has awakened a good deal of in- terest among the authorities most con- cerned in the enforcement of the law. And the cla m is now made by the Police Department that the existing law against pool-selling outside the racetrack is inad- equate to the ingenuity of the pool-sellers, who claim to have found a way to evade the ordinance. In pursuance to this complaint of the police the Supervisors will soon be called upon to amend the present ordinance in such a manner that, it is expected, there will be no evasions possible under a fair interpretation of thelaw. John T. Dare, prosecuting attorney in Police Court 1, will probably draft the amendment. Mr. Dare expressed the opinion yesterday that the present law was sufficient. However, if it is desired, he will draw up the amend- ment for presentation to the Board of Bupervisors, “I can hardly say, offhand, just how the amendment should read, but I can suggest its general trend,” said Mr. Dare. ‘“For instance, if a section was inserted making it unlawful for any firm to receive money, etc., either as a principal, agent, commis- sioner, or messenger, for the purpose pro- scribed by the other sectionsof the law, that, I think, would make the ordinance proof against such men as Corbett and the others, who claim now to be merely com- mission men and messengers in the mat- ter.” The police are firmly of the opinion that the present law is inadequate, and to cor- roborate their contention they point to the following list of arrests made under the provisions of the law since the first of the year: Date Disposition of of Arrest. Case. Dismissed Dismissed Dismissed Pending $100, or County Jail 100 days Dismissed Dismissed Dismissed Dismissed Dismissed Dismissed Dismissed Dismissed Pending Pending Pending It appears from this list that but one conviction has been secured out of thir- teen arrests. Yet these figures do not tell the whole story. For instance, there are two cases against Corbett, and he was tried only upon one of them. The same is true with some of the others. But even grant- ing the percentage to be all it appears in this table, it is still not true that a fair test has been made of the existing law. The case against Corbett is a fairexample of all the other cases. At thattime Cor- bett still enjoyed his saloon license. The only evidence offered against him was the ticket purchased at his bar—the ticket that proclaims the pool-seller to be merely a messenger in the matter. There was no evidence to show that the money paid to Corbett by the bettor ever left the house till long after the races were over. There was no evidence offered showing that the bet was taken—that hundreds and thousands of bets are taken over Corbett’s bar every day—only a few seconds before the race is decided. Joe Corbett manipulates the telephone at the racetrack. He telephones in the opening and the closing odds. When the horses are at the post he rings one bell that sounds on the receiver in the Ellis- street poolrooms. “They’re at the post!” a dozen voices in the poolroom call out, and the men behind the counter redouble their entreaties to the crowd, in these words: “Come on, boys, only a minnte left! Hurry up with the bets, boys; they’re at the post. Come on, boys; whose is the next bet?’ And thus urged the tardy and the hesi- tating ones fairly pour their quarters and their halves over the long bar and hun- dreds of bets are made sometimes before the telephone rings three bells, when Harry Corbett calls out: “They’re off! No more bets!"” No evidence of these proceedings was offered in the case against Corbett. But nothing was neglected in hisdefense. His plea was that he acted as a messenger merely to accommodate the patrons of his saloon and he exhibited a receipt from one of the pool-sellers at the racetrack. This receipt bore the date of the day which the complaint named as the one on which the offense was committed, and purported to be an acknowledgment of money received to be placed on that particular race. Of course this receipt was cooked up for the occasion, but as the case for the people was very weak it had its effect and the jury dismissed the defendant. Attorney Dare said yesterday that as soon as his vacation expired he would take up these pool cases again, and with all the evidence that can be obtained laid before a jury he thought he could secure convic- tions even under the present law. In a case against Corbett that should be tried to-morrow, say, a great deal of con- vincing evidence could be adduced. It could be shown, forinstance, that it is im- possible for the money to be taken to the race track. It could be shown, too, that the money does not go to the racetrack. It could be shown that no commission is charged in any ¢ase, and that since the liquor license has heen taken away there is no pretense whatever of conducting any business other than that of selling bets on horseraces. The one case in which a conviction was secured, that of J.T. Glynn, seems to be rather remarkable in many ways. Glynn is a partner of Broyer, the Yourth and Mis- sion streets saloon-keeper and pool-seller. Theseé)eople have no *‘commission” tickets printed, and make no pretense of being merely a common carrier. Immediately after his conviction Glynn went back and ke‘Pt on sinning. He is still sinning in the old way, and he has not been molested since March 26, MARY J. HUTCHINSON FOUND. She Is Employed as a Domestic in a Respectable Family. Mary J. Hutchinson, who was reported missing from her home at 432 Seventh street last week, has been found through the efforts of the Society for the Preven- tion of Cruelty to Children. She is en- glaged as a domestic by a respectable fam- ily, and her uncle ang aunt, who live at Modesto, have signified their willingness to receive her into their family if she Name of Person .| Arrested. ..|H. Corbett. H. Corbett. A. B. Broyer. William Dolal _.|L Goldtree.... July 16..|W. L. Kennedy. wishes to leave the service of her emplo ers atany time. The result of gn l“:;e:txl: gation by the society was a compfeu e oneration of the girl from her faf ]i r charge of consorting with women O repute. UALIFORNIAN BEET SUGAR. Figures Showing the Bounty Paid for Its Manufacturs. The officials of the internal revenue office have been collecting statistics re= garding the beet-sugar industry of Pall~ fornia, and the result shows that raising sugar beets has grown under Guvernmex':t protection to be an important element in the agricultural wealth of the State. Of the seven factories in the country three are in California, one at Chino, an- other at Watsonville and a third at Alva- rado. A year ago the annual bounty paid amounted to $600,000; for the year just past this figure has been increased to $1,000,000. The bounty is paid to the manufacturer, but the producer gets & share in the benefit by the increased price which he is paid for his beets. g The bounties paid last year to the various factories of the country were as follows: Chino, $263,1' Watsonville, $i}0.’),7‘3; Alvarado, $86,797; Utah, $77,542; Norfolk, $82,146; Oxnard, $36,718; Virginia, none. R ADMIRAL WALKER ARRIVES His First Visit Was in the Portsmouth Forty-Three Years Ago. Pralse for the Olympla, San Fran= cisco and the Pacific Ship- Builders. Admiral John G. Walker, United States navy, chairman of the Lighthouse Board, on his official round of inspection of the light stations, arrived here in the depart- ment steamer Madrono from the north Wednesday. Rear-Admiral Walker entered the Naval Academy in 1850, graduating at the head Admiral J. G. Walker, U. 8. N. of his class, and was first on this coast in 1852 as a midshipman on the sloop-of-war Portsmouth, now_a training ship in the Eastern waters. He served with distinc- tion all through the Civil War, taking part in engagements at New Orleans and Vicks- burg and on the coast of the Carolinas. He was chief of the Bureau of Navigation in 1881-89. 1n 1889-90 he was promoted to commodore and placed in command of the squadron of evolution as acting rear-admiral. This fleet, bet- ter known as the ‘“White Squadron,” were the first ships of the new navy and cogsisted of the Chicago, flagshif, and the Atlanta, Boston and Dolphin. From this noble beginning sprang the splendid steel modern cruisers that now compare favor- ably with the fleets of all nations. He was made a member of the Board of Inspectors in 1893, which position he now holds in conjunction with the office of chairman of the Lighthouse Board. Admiral Walker stated last evening that he found the light stations and other mat- ters pertaining to the navigation of the Pacific Coast in an excellent condition and the service well attended to. He could not tell as yet what new stations he would recommend, if any, upon his return to ‘Washington after his visit to San Diego, which is the most southern point on the Pacific. “1 should be a California pioneer,”” said he, *‘as my first service in the navy was par- formed here forty-three years ago. 'he old Portsmouth lay at anchor just off Wachington street, about where the whart is now, I imagine. San Francisco then was not the great seaport it is now. “The best indication of her greatness swings_at anchor yonder—the splendia Olympia. I have never seen a handsomer war vessel anywhere.. The Eastern-built Philadelphia must have appeared to a poor advantage beside her. The San Francisco is another fine specimen of the skill of Cal- ifornia workmen. The ships of the Pacific Coast show up well with those of other yards.” Admiral Walker leaves to-day in the Madrono for the south. A Puimer% Business Men: 15¢ to $1 per 100 pages for Journals, Ledgers, Cash Books and Records —12 styles Binding—4 sizes of Books containing from 100 to 1000 pages each. | We have several carloads of these Books and the prices will be ap- preciated by every Merchant who values a dollar good. Our Del Monte Bill Heads, Letter Heads and Statements, are the best in quality and bottom in price. 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