The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 26, 1895, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1895 5 HOW McDONALD MADE IT QUITE CLEAR He Shows His Way of| Figuring Out a Very Modest Profit. VALUE OF THE TIME BOND These Figures Will Prove Ex~ tremely Valuable for Reference. PRICE OF ROCK IS HIGHER. Contractors Out of the Combine Offer to Do the Work for Very Much Less. stio McDor the cigars are on id appeared be- Now, beyond TrE CaLrL. J.V fore the Street Com tee of the Board of Supervisor did just every- i he would not ased, of course, quiet thinking Mr. McDonald h a man is net ex- ntarily locate himself to the 1t go unwittingly So THE CALL on through wagered th to show his the table w Chairman § cigar d—but he laid it down on h the game rcely begun. ckels was unable to be rvisor Hughes presided. amin and Dunker, the nbers, were on hand, and form an even half of the other t Solid Eight. Clerk Russell read the following commu- nication, which was presented at the last eeting of the board, was referred to this committee and now brought up for action: issue of the San Francisco CALL of July charged that the City Street Im- t Company of this City se your honorable board at an ex- and implies that improper d to obtain the same. ume that THE CALL has been mis- received its information from e contractor, for in no other account for the assertion which makes, that the work can be done a square foot. » well aware that we have rivals in who will not hesitate at any untruth- ous statements. ve attach no blame whatever gret that they had not ap- for information before making rtions. work are based. atter part of January we to the Street Committee of your hon- r permission to do this work, e, etc., but on account of lack s your committee laid the matter over until the beginning of the fiscal year, when we renewed our application. 11 committee recommended that we be awarded the contract and every member of your honorable board voted for the adoption mmendation. iber 11 we bid on Van Ness avenue ct and our price was then 1424 cents per re foot. Our present contract is 14 cents, subject to condition of giving $10,000 bond to keep in repeir for seven years. We make no claim whatever that we are doing this work at cost price. We expect to make & fair, legiti- mate profit, and we challenge any reputable contractor in this City for proof that we are doing any more. We are ready to appear before your honorable boeard, or any committee of reputable business men of this City selected from the Merchants’ Association or any other body of business men, and prove to them that our price of 14 cents leaves no margin other than a fair, legitimate profit. We court the fullest Investigation. Re- spectfully yours, C STREET IMPROVEMENT COMPANY (By J. W. McDoNALD, President). Confronting this was a businesslike com- munication signed by James C. Jordan for the Jordan Bituminous Rock and Paving Company. It reads: To the Strect Committee of the Hon. Board of rvisors of the City and County of San Fran- A. B. Spreckels, Esq., Chairman—GENTLE- The undersigned, a citizen of the City and nty of San Francisco, respectfully calls tion to and protests against the con- of the contract heretotore let under resol 2,616 (third series) of your board, on the ground that said contract is illegal and ,in this: —That no resolution of intention to do the work specified in said resolution has been advertised as required by law. Second—That no bids for the work specified in said resolution have been advertised for or let as required by law. Third—That the price charged for said work specified in said resolution is exorbitant, and far beyond the ordinary charge for work of a similar character. Fourth—That the undersigned is willing to undertake said work ata much lower figure than that provided for in said resolution, to wit: for the sum of 11 cents per square foot, se- cured by proper bonds, as required by law. JaMES C. JORDAN, For Jordan Bituminous Rock and Paving Co. San Francisco, July 25, 1895. Mr. McDonald rose up and said he had come prepared with figures to make good his statement that 14 cents was not an exorbitant price for the work ¢n Van Ness avenue, but that if there were any others who had anything further to offer to the contrary he would like to hear them. At this, J. H. Bingham, a well-known contractor, who declares that he has been driven completely out of business so far as City work is concerned by the airtight combine, promptly responded with the declaration that he stood ready to prove that he could lay the Van Ness avenue pavement according to the specifications as published for from 9 to 10 cents a square foot and make a good profit. McDonald asked him how much he would pay for his bitumen. “The best quality will cost me $3 508 ton. I stand ready to do the job atthe prices named,” said Bingham. McDonald seemed very much disgusted at this and entered upon a tirade of per- sonal abuse of Bingham, declaring that he could not do the work at those figures and pay his debts. He declared that he (McDonald) had made a business success, always paid his debtsand did good work, which be said was not true of Bingham. Bingham hotly denied the truth of these allegations. Then McDonald lightly took up the black and white declaration of the Jordan Bituminous Rock Company, admittedly one of the soundest and best equipped business concerns in the City. He would not deny that James C, Jordan was a busi- ness man, he said, but still maintained that 14 cents was as low as this work could be done and make a safe profit. He again repeated that he himself was a success, which fact he offered as a demonstration of the correctness of his methods. mr. Jor- dan, he said, was fortunate in being the son of his father; he (Jordan) bad ‘not yet demonstrated the cor- vo Fi | wholly covered the ground. | say that he would defy any man to do this | work and do it well for less ¢han 14 cents. | Some work on the streets was a disgrace, rectness of his methods. In other words he had not made his own money. With such low figures he must either rob himself or the City by doinga poor job. He then presented the following estimate, based upon the cost of materials and ex- verience in the business: One and a quar- | ter tons of bitumen, at $5 45, delivered, $.0681 per foot; Toyalty on same, at 25 cents | per ton, $.0031 per foot; cost of laying, | $.015 per foot; preparing roadway, $.0125 | per foot; cost of repairs, at $.003 per year, | $.021 per foot; total, $.11 5 per cent commission, $.007; total, $. That | would leave him a profit of 134 centsa | square foot. Mr. Walrath, president and manager of | the Santa Cruz Rock Paving Company, | followed in a brief and sympathetic ad- dress. He said that Mr. McDonald had He would he said; anybody could see it in many parts of the City. It was not only the fault of the poor work, but it was poor bi- tuminous rock in most cases. Then he took a long breath, looked away from the reportersas if in hopes of appear- ing not to intend it, and worked in this gilt-edged advertisement of his wares. “My bituminous rock, now,” he said, “‘is the very best in the market. I understana that Mr. McDonald is going to purchase the bituminous rock for this work from me.” Great Scott! Of course he is. What is the use of having a bituminous rock com- bine, a dead cinch monopoly, prepared by oneself, cemented by the Solid Eight of the Board of Supervisors and clinched by the Southern Pacific Railroad, if one can’t use one’s own rock on one’s own job? Is not the City Street Improvement Com- pany sind the Santa Cruz Rock Paving Company one in this matter? Mr. Wal- rath forgets—or, no, he does not forget— that alongside of Mr. McDonald in this business he is a comparatively small fac- | tor, although physically Mr. McDonald is | short. But this is digressing. 4 George Morgan was the next speaker. He did not announce his name, but said: “Iam a resident of Van Ness avenue., I want to say that we are all satisfied. If Mr. Bingham had the contract, or if any other contractor than the City Street Im- provement Company or the Santa Cruz Rock Paving Company had it, the property-owners would not have signed.” Mr. Van Cassell, who also did not give | his name, but who announced himself as a solicitor for Mr. McDonald in securing the contracts, said the property-owners were all satisfied. Of course they were, or they would not have signed. They recognized this as the only means of getting the street paved. Both these gentlemen were very diffident about giving their names for publication. Mr. Morgan absolutely refused, and his friends declared they did not know it. But Mr. McDonald himself finally gave it. He admitted also that Mr. Morgan was also one of his solicitors. So it will be seen that Mr. McDonald had re-enforced him- self for this public answer to THE CALL'S criticism. Now let us see what was accomplished by it all. Certainly Mr. McDonald’s per- sonal invective against a competitor who is out of the combine, and therefore largely out of business, is not in point. It de- creases nobody’s street assessments. The fact that he says Jordan cannot do what Jordan says he can do (and backs his say with a bond) also proves nothing. But Mr. McDonald’s figures are more in- teresting. They do prove things; they prove just what THE CALL has said about the price at which the Solid Eight of the Board of Supervisors directed *‘the Super- intendent of Streets to enter into a private contract” with J. W. McDonald and Aus- tin Walrath is all very well founded. They figure out the cost price of doing this work at 12.67 cents. Of this nearly 7 cents ($.0681) is for bitumen. Think of it! Seven cents per foot for the price of the rock alone! How long has it been that the price was so high? Since the forma- tion of this monopoly under the protecting laws of the Solid Eightof the Board of Supervisors. A rival contractor who would not buy Mr. Walrath’s rock says the whole work can be done for 7 cents. Added to this is a charge for “royalty”’— what that is must be guessed—of 25 cents a ton. But here is a most interesting point, which alone is worth the price of the cigars, in a case ot this kind. It is the value which Mr. McDonald places on this ‘‘bond feature” of his contract which requires him to keep the street in repair for seven years. Itis just2and one-tenth cents. Now let us look back, with these data in hand, to the time of the original bidding on this contract. Here are the original bids (for a previous contract) which have been heretofore printed in THE CALL: Warren & Malley, for the city’s half, only 5 cents. Santa Cruz Rock Paving Co. (Austin Walrath), 10 1-2 cents. J. M. McCrossan, 14 cents. City Street Improvement Company (J. W. MecDonald), 14 1-2 cents. It has been explained how Warren & Malley were dropped because their bid was not for the entire job. Then Austin Walrath, the Santa Cruz Rock Paving Company, stood next in line asthe lowest bidder, but Supervisor Den- man noticed that the next highest (Mc- Crossan) had this bond feature attached— to keep the street in repair for seven years—and in his lack of the knowledge that McDonald has kindly placed on file, he thought this feature made the 14-cent bid lower than the 10} cent. Now it seems that that feature is only worth two and one-tenth cents to Mr. Mc- Donald. Take the Walrath bid of 1034 cents and add this 2.1 cents for the bond and we have 12.6 cents. Between 12.6 cents and 14 cents there is another clear margin, one and four-tenths certs, Mr. McDonald says his margin—that he counts on and which he thinks is ample to make him safe and keep him speeding on his prosperous way—is just 1} cents. Well, here we have nearly 1)£ cents. He ought to be delighted with that, surely. But we must presume that Mr. Wal- rath, who is alsoa very prosperous busi- ness man, did not neglect to figure a profit in his 104 cent bid. 8o here we have two profits. This should certainly make him very happy. But what is there to say to Mr. Walrath, or what has Mr. Walrath to say for himself in view of these peculiar revelations? On September 11 last Mr. Walrath’s bid for this same Van Ness avenue work was opened and it read: SANTA CRUZ ROCK PAVING COM- PANY, 10 1-2 CENTS. Accompanying the bid was presumably the proper bond to show that he was not trifling; that he meant what he said, and that he would do the work at that flgure or lose the amount of the bond. Yesterday he stood up before the Street Committee and declared that he ‘“would defy nngflman to do this work for a less figure than 14 cents and not lose money.” e difference between the 11th of tember, 1894, and the 25th of July, 1895, is a little over nine months, and the forma- tion of a bituminous rock monopoly and street-paving combine, fathered by the Solid Eight of the Supervisors, and of which Mr. McDonald and Mr. Walrath are two of three. Mr. McDonald has succeeded in making that perfectly clear with his little row of figures—no, that was perfectly clear before. Mr. McDonald has ouly brought the fact outin a little more sleek, oily and pros- perous relief. Here are the bold facts: The Santa Cruz Rock Paving Company (Austin Walrath), the City Street Improvement Company (J. W. McDonald) and tbe San Francisco Pav- ing Company (Albert J. Raisch) are secur- ing nearly all the street contracts the City hasto let by this system of private con- tracts when nobids are called for. Through the operations of this monopoly, fostered by the Solid Eight of the Board of Suver- visors, they get tigures on an average of 3 cents a square foot above what other equally competent and reliable concerns are willing to do the .work for. This sys- tem results in heavy taxation of the people directly in their street assessments and n- directly through taxes, and in enormous profits. The Jordan Bituminous Rock Company has offered to do this Van Ness avenue work for 11 cents a square foot. Mr. Mc- Donald and Mr. Walrath get 14. The Jordan Company has written to the board. offering to pave all around the pan- handle of the park for 20 cents a square foot. These other companies are getting 23 on part of it now. This in front of City vroperty, but no bids are asked for. The same two companies are paving the streets around Alamo square and Alta plaza at the same proportionately high figures. The Superintendent of Streets is directed by resolution to ‘“‘enter into pri- vate contracts” with them. No bids are asked for. The contractors make their own figures. What are the people going to do about all this? Will it be allowed to go right along? Hardly. THE SONS OF ST, GEORGE Closing Session of the Grand Lodge and a Ball at Night. Important Changes In the Laws. Officers Nominated for Future Elections. The convention of the Grand Lodge, order of the Sons of St. George, concluded its business at 3 . M. yesterday, and closed’ the week with addresses and a ball in 8t. George’s Hall last night. The principal business of the session was the perfecting of a law providing for members of defunct lodges, a provision being made by which members of spch lodges shall be cared for by the Grand Lodge without additional cost. Representatives to the Supreme Lodge Charles W. Pope, Retiring Grand Treasurer. were instructed to advocate an amendment | EEENEENSNENINS to the constitution for the election of Grand and Supreme Lodge officers on the floors of the sessions. A resolution of condolence was adopted upon the death of the late grand messen- ger, Bdward Rodda of Montana. Nominations for officers of Grand Lodge to be elected at the next convention were made as follows: President—C. W. Pope and William Clack of Ban Francisco, John W. Carlen of Oakland; vice-president—Henry Trigoning of San Jose, Henry T. Jackson of San Francisco, William Bheaff of Oakland; secretary—Edward Oliver of San Francisco, 8. E. Wood of Oakland; treasurer, Herbert Jones of San Francisco; messenger—John E. Ellis of Los Gatos, John Hilbert of British Columblii trustee—John Nance of Butte, Mont., W. R. Jack of S8an Francisco. James Hall of Oakland was elected grand trustee to fill an unexpired term. At the evening entertainment Rev. Jo- siah Sims of Nevada City, Charles W. Pope: of San Francisco and” Grand President William George of Grass Valley made .ad- dresses. A. Toy, W. Holt and John Nance sang, and Florence Bawden gave a recita- tion. Dancing followed. —————— THE OLDEST 0DD FELLOW. This Honor Now Claimed for * Uncle’ George Lord. Claim bhas been made through the City press by Captain Thomas C. Williams of Oakland that he is the oldest Odd Fellow in the world, having been initiated in 1824 in Detroit, Mich. From the records of the order it islearned that American Odd Fellowship was insti- tuted in this country April 26, 1819, when Washington Lodge No. 1 was organized at Baltimore, Md. For many years it was confined to a few States, and it was not until December 4, 1843, that & lodge of the order was instituted in Detroit. Captain Williams also claims to be 89 years of age and to have joined the order when he was but 18 years of age. Opposed to these claims are the facts that in the application made for Captain Williams’ admission to the Odd Fellows’ Home at Thermalito by California Lodge No. 1, of which he is a member, his age 1is given as 79 years, and that at no time and in no place has any person been admitted to membership in the order who has not attained his majority. These apparent mistakes made by Cap- tain Willlams are attributed to defective memory attendant on old age. The oldest livingh 0dd Fellow upon this coast, and probarlj in the world, is “Uncle’’ George Lord of San Bernardino, who was initiated in 1833, and who re- cently celebrated his ninety-fifth birthday. Scientific Handball. The Occidental handball court was filled with ladies and their escorts Wednesday night, the attraction being a match, M. J. Kilgallon, champion of Denver, and John Riordan against T. F. Bonnet and R. Linehan. It was one ot the finest exhibitions of handball letfi in the court. Bonnet and Linehan played al round the other two, and won three siraight games by the following score: Bonnet and Linehan. 21 21 31 Kilgallon and Riordan. . 113 20 12 C. J. McGlynn and D. M. Stanley played a rattling flme agamst P. F. McCormick, and you by he following score: 21—15, 7—21, A opfrited linlsle-hmd game was played be- tween James Nelson and Al Hampton, and ‘was won by the former in three straigh! P- | following score; 21—7, 21—14, 21—-11. THE BAY DISTRICT RACES, Another Uninviting Card Fur- nished a Very Poor Day. LONG DELAYS AT THE POST. Mendoclino, the Favorite, Beaten by Auteull and Hanford In the Hurdle Race. Charlie Weber took a watch at the helm yes- terday, piloting in twe winners and finishing second and third respectively on his other two mounts. Not to be outdone by his elder brother, Char- lie Weber started a horse in his own colors yesterday, Hello, the gelding that was backed down from fours to 11 to 5, runningin the young jockey’s name. The Nevada stable started a brother to Don Jose and Ed Coriigan in one of the two-year- old races called Don Pio Rico. He is possessed of a world of speed, but was inclined to run out. When used to the colors he will undoubt- edly do. “For T owed seven dollars to & man named Grady,” this and several other refrains were hummed around the ring yesterday during the betting on the fourth race, and the talent said Grady was a corpse. Certainly the betting against the colt, who looked a4to5 chance, was peculiar. Opening at 6 to 5, he kept go. ing back in the betting,until 3 to 1 was chalked against him. If he was dead, Gabriel blew his horn, for he “won & block.” The Pleasanton stable suffered a severe loss yesterday in the death of their good racehorse, Blizzard, who died at a veterinary establish- | ment of lung ailment. He was a brown horse, 5 years old, by Trade Wind, dam Trumpo, and atone time raced in the colors of A. B, Spreck- els, proving a good winner. Latterly he again | appeared in the Pleasanton stable’s colors,and was vietorfous in his last five races, winning three out of his four starts at the recent La Fiesta meeting at Los Angeles. Owing to the death yesterday morning of Henry Walsh, the guardian of Jockey Piggott, the youngster was not seen in the saddle yes- terday, and will not be for several days. The veteran trainer took Joe from an orphanage and taught him the first rudiments of the game at which heis proving such an adept. Regret was expressed on all sides among horse- men at Mr. Walsh’s death, as the old trainer’s friends were a legion,and many a reminis- cence of his early California turf experience | was talked over between races. Mr. Walsh had been in very poor health of late and his death was not unexpected. A few more cards like that offered race- goers yesterday and racing would soon bea dead letter at the Bay District. It was about as poor a day’s racing as can be imagined. The delays at the post were most ag- gravating, Ferguson having all sorts of trouble getting the horses away. It was with a sigh of relief that the crowd wended their way home from the track at the con- clusion of the last race. Hello and Wild Rose both closed at 11 to 5 for the opening event over the short six-furlong course, but both failed. Cadeau, a4 to 1 chance, came from nrowhere an won easily at the end from Wild Rose. Hello was a good third. When the flag finally fell on the starters in the second race, a half-mile dash for maiden two-year-olds, after a delay of over half an hour, Weber shot to the front on Encino, a 6 to 1 chance, and_staid there, winning by two lengths from Bell Oak,who ran very creditably. The even mone; favorite, Clara Johnson, was a tired third. The betting on the third race, a five and a half furlong dash with light welter- weights up, was a very open betting af- fair, Crawford, Greenback -J, Nabopolasser and Vevya, all receiving support. The race resulted in a victory for Crawford, excel- lently ridden by Weber, who came in a handy winner, a length in front of the 30 to 1 outsider, Ike L. Nabopolasser fin- ished a bang-up third. Another hali-mile race for maiden two- year-olds helped to still further ruffle the crowd’s already. tired patience. There were but six sfarters, but Ferguson expe- rienced a deal of troui)le getting them off. When a start was at last made the sus- picious favorite, Grady, soon showed in the lead and he won hands down from Prince Hooker, the third choice, ridden by Weber. Gladette, gelding, was third. A mileand a quarter hurdle race ended the day’s racing. Mendocino closed favor- ite, backed from 2}4to 1to8to 5. It was close for second choice honors between Auteuil and Hanford, the former having a shade the best of it. The two latter horses had the race to themselves from the jump-off, Auteuil winning at the wire b; alf a length. The favorite finished a fair third. ° MULLHOLLAND. SUMMARY. SAN FraNciseo, July 25, 1893, 1209, FIRST RACE—About six furlongs; sell- e ing; three-year-olds and upward: purse In, Horse.welght jockey. St 3¢ Str. Fin 1188 Cadean. 93 (Chevailer. sf 3 12 1204 Wild Rose, 96 (Burn 2l 2w 2 Hello, 110 (C. Weber) 5 61 415 3f 1183 Gonzalez Maid,102(Hinrich)3 3h 55 41 1188 Ladameo, 78 (Reldy)........1 1 1n 52 1044 Edna M, 92 (Shepard) 17 8 6l Spendthrift, 92 (Mahoney)..7 44 7 7T Good start. Won handlly. Time, 1:14%. Win- imp. Regent-Bud. ‘adeau 5 101, Wild Rose 11 fo 5, Hello 11 to 5, Edna M 4 to 1, Ladameo 20 to 1, Gonzalez Maid 10 to 1, Spendthrifs 70 to 1. 1210, SECOND RACE—Halt amile; maidens; + two-year-olds; purse $250. a{‘ Str. Fin. 2 17 1# Ind. Horse. weight, jocker. 1159 Encino, 112 (C. Weber) st 1 2 1144 Bell Oak, 108 (Glover).. 21 215 28 1200 Clara Johnson, 104 (E.Jones) 4 314 37 3¢ Easel, 109 (K. Jackson)......8 6 5I 42 1128 Jack Atkins, 111 (Hennessy)3 4¢ 42 5 1174 Lady Melbourne, 111 (T. Smith) .5 54 6 6 Fair start. Won handily. Time, :503. Win- ner, ch. ¢., Betting: kncino 6 to 1, Bell Oak 8 to 1, Clara Jobnson even, Jack Atkins 3 (o I, Easel6to1, Lady Melbourne 60 to 1. 121 THIRD RACE — Five and a half fur- . longs; seliing; light weiter - weights; purse $300. Ind. Horse. weight, jockey. St. 14 Str. Fin. 1185 Crawford, 119 (C. Weber)...1 415 814 17 1168 fke L, 113 (L. Liovd). 3 1h° 214 214 1135 Nabopolasser, 80 (E. Jones).2 214 114 313 1167 Mamie Scott, 108 (Shaw) ..5 1175 Nellie G, 117 (Elrod 4 (192)Greenback Jr., 110 2 alier 1205 Veva, b§ (Coaa. Good start. Won handily. Time, 1:0815. Win- ner, cb. g., by Apache-Emma Longfield. Betting: Crawford 4 to 1, Tke L 25 to ‘abopo- lasser 3 1o 1, Mamie Scott 7 to 1, Greenback Jr. 5 | t01, Veva 16 to 5, Nellie G 8 to 1. 19212, FOURTH RACE—Halt & mile: mald- o eny: two-year-olds: purse $250. Ind. Horse. welght, jockey. ~ St. 3 Str, Fin. 1200 Grady, 112 (Hinrichs 417 151 1200 Prince FHooker, 2% s’ 4 32 Don Pio Pico. 112 (Shaw). 3. a2 1053 Lady Gray, 104 (Reldy) 5 51 6I b3 741 Mademoiseile fily, 108( aller)... 6 6 Fair start. Won easily. Time, :50. Winner, b. c., by Three Cheers-Goid Cup.4 Betting: Grady 3 to 1, Prince Hooker 7102, Gladette gelding 9 to 2, Lady Gray 6 to 1, Uon Pio Pico, 3 to 1, Madamoiselle filly 12'to 1. 1213 FIFTH RACE — Ope and a quarter « miles; five hurdles; purse $300. Ind. Horse, weight, jockey. St. 15 Str. Fin. 1193 Auteuil, 137 (Hennessy)....2 14 1k 1n (1178)Hanford, 122 (Ambrose)....4 2¢ 2¢ 23 1187 Mendoetno, 187 (Spence; 45 33 38 1185 Sympathetic's Last B (Stanford 3 8h 43 47 1124 Inkerman, 137 (Kidd: 5 6 880 Manhattan, 137 (Imhoff)...6 Good start. Won cleverly. Time, 2:21. Win- ner, b. g, by Johu Happy-Jess. Betting: Auteuil’ to 2, Hanford 8 to 1, Mendo- cino8 to 5, Sympathetic's Last 7 to 1, Inkerman 12 to 1, Manhattan 76 to 1. Following are the entries for to-day: First race, three-quarters of a mile, selling— Gold Dust 106, Elaire 104, Sheridan 109, Bar- caldine 95, Josie G 104, Wallace 106, Miggie 88. Second race, five-eighths of a mile, ufimg-_ Dancing Girl 97, Charles Boots 105, Cardwell 102, Perhaps 108, Elsie 97, City Girl 101, Spry Lark 90, Edgemount 102 Third race, thirteen-sixteenths of a mile, sell- {ng-Sir Richard 108, Rear Guard 102, Ricardo 7, Nebuchadnezer 93. ourth race, three-quarters of a mile, handi- cap—Royal Flush 114, Roadrunner 106, How. ST race intle, selli race, one mile, selling—Carmel 105, Charmer 90, Little Bob 77, Mu 2 Boreas 94, Miss Buckley 88. O, THE INTER-CLUB REGATTA, The San Franciscos to Join in the Great- est Aquatic Event Ever Known on the Bay. The San Francisco Yacht Club has an- nounced its intention of entering the great inter-club regatta to be held over the channel course on August25. The mem- bers do not take very kindly to the state- ments that they could not afford to go into the race. It is claimed by the ~lub that their posi- tion has been misunderstood. When the subject was first bruited, the club had an- other race_on its hands—the final regatta for the Hammersmith & Field trophy. Had the Queen not won the third race, another meeting would have had to be held on the very day of the bie% regatta. Now that the matter is disposed of, the 8an Francisco Club has the date open, and a most splendid showing will be made by all the clubs on the bay. Commodore Gutte has a proposition to offer to the committee of arrangements hnv[ng the regatta in charge, which if carried out, will far exceed the brightest anticipation of a great day. He is now trying to arrange a class of the schooner Kachts-the largest pleasure craft in the arbor. The class will include the Lurline, Lily L and Jessie of the Pacifics and the Ramond and Chispa of the San Franciscos. 1f the race is made, and no doubt it wiil be, the start can be arranged so that while the schooners are heading up the bay, the little crafts will be beating down the channel. This would make a magnificent marine picture, as every boat of any consequence would be under sail. No energy is being spared to make the regatta a success, as it is proposed in future to make it an annual event. et Sl S e ER SAD PLIGHT. Jennie Jones, a Circus Performer, in the Recelving Hospital. Jennie Jones, a circus-rider and trapeze- performer, was takon to the Receiving Hospital last night, suffering from pleurisy. She arrived on the evening train from Tuscon, Ariz. Her husband died there re- cently and she turned sick, but was dis- charged from the hospital as cured. Friends raised enough money to get her a ticket to this City, where she has a friend named James Price, who was once a Road Superintendent in New Orleans. he did not have a cent in her pocket when she reached Ouskland, and her case having become known on the boat & col- lection was taken up for her, amounting to $575. She was so weak on reaching the ferry that she could not walk, and the am- bulance was summoned. _She has been traveling with different circus companies since she was 9 years of age, and now she is about 30." 8he is broken down in health, and is anxious to find her friend Price’s family to find a home with them. ey L L Brandon’s Explanation. W. M. Brandon, the real estate agent who was a witness in the case of Attorney W. H. Allen, charged by Mrs. M. Keeley with obtain- ing money and goods by false pretenses, states that he did not get some of the cows that longed to Mrs. Keeley as payment for his ser- vices In negotiating the sale. He obtained from Attorney Allen his note for the amount of his commission, and afterward sold the note to another person, who levied upon the cattle. ———— For the Atlanta Fair. A special meeting of the State Board of Trade will be held next Tuesday to take action in arranging for the exhibit of |California prod- ucts at the Atlanta Fair. Secretary Filcher has written to all the county Boards of Supervisors, formally notifying them of the favorable action of the delegates to the State Supervisors’ con- vention and requesting their speedy action with reference to appropriating funds for the expenses of the exhibit. THOMAS TALKS PROGRESS An Open Letter Incident to the San Francisco Produce Exchange. BUSINESS RULES ARE WANTED. Growing Demand for Clean Ware- houses for the Receptlon of New Wheat. According to J. P. Thomas, of the Thomas commission house, the San Fran- cisco Produce Exchange will be enabled to advance 1ts financial possibilities by a sys- tem of renovation both in the call board rooms and in the rules governing the busi- ness conduct of the members dealing there. In order to clearly lay down the line of policy which seems to be clear in the mind of Mr. Thomas, he has issued an open let- ter to the newly elected directors of the exchange in which he suggests several plans for improvement, among others the introduction of some rules that will per- mit capital to speculate in wheat and grain with a reasonable certainty of being pro- tected by reliable and accepted business methods. Among other things inhisopen letter Mr. Thomas says: First comes new quarters for the general meetings or the association, tor the present ones we have are a dicgrace to not only the “leading business associations ot the Pacific Coast,” but it would be to a fifth-class insur- ance company. By 11 o'clock every morning it smells like the steerage of an emigrant ship. Second—New call board rules. On two occa- sons the present rules have been the cause of much_dissension, acrimony and misunder- standing between members. It is strange that many of those who backed up the regular ticket at this election did not seem to want any rules for the iuidnnoe of the call board. The idea seems to be that rules can be made, or the present rules construed, to suit the occa- sion when it arrives. We are sorry that so very few of the members of the association understand how bad a condition the rules that govern the call board are in. “What I mean by the second suggestion is that the rules on margins at the present time are not sufficiently clear to overcome the technicalities that arise from time to time in call board transactions. No man knows how_ secure he is in dealing under the greuut irregular rules, and cabital is not bold at the present time. “Another thing which is of the greatest importance is the creation of a rule that wil comfel call board warehousemen to remove from their warehouses 100-ton lots _that have been pronounced out of condition by the call board inspector. ‘We have a very competent and honorable inspector, and all we need is a rule to have some weight when he reports un- cleanliness. “The floor committee should have more definite instructions as to their duties. A director for several years brought a stranger on the exchange floor. went up 10 a member’s table and asked the price of a certain lot of white corn, which was given. The stranger was asked if the rice and quality suited him. He said it gid, and the members who held the corn were requested to make out a bill in the stranger’s name. This is not the proper way to conduct a produce exchange, and a non-member has no right to bid. ‘I have no personal fight in this matter, but I feel that an institution worth $250,000, with an income from business aggregating over $700 a month, should put on a little better appearance and gather up the loose ends of its business metgods." . Clown was at first a tattooed peason. In Britain and France the country people re- tained the habit of tattooing or of painting the faces in imitation of tattooing long after it had been abandoned in the cities. You remember the fine location of the old Kennedy Dry Goods Co., cor. 5th and Market—that’s where we are now. For months we have been making goods specially for this store. For two weeks it has been coming in—case after case. Now we are ready—ready with as good, if not a better and more complete stock than any other on this en- tire Coast. We're not going to give away any presents ; not going to “wholesale re- tail,” nor resort to any roundabout way of securing your patronage. 7 We shall buy heavily for cash, thus getting our goods cheap ; and we shall sell to you at the smallest margin of profit. . ——THE— ——YEAR— GRAND OPENING TO-MORROW 'H. ROMAN Cor. 5th and Market Sts. JULY 27th & CO., CLOTHING EVENT OF THE==— We have Clothing for Men, Boys and Children— as low as you want to go, and as high as you ought to, but all right up to date, July, ’95. Our Hats and Caps are from the very latest blocks, at prices way below the hat- ters’. In Furnishing Goods, too, we are going to surprise you ; Shirts, Collars, Cuffs, Scarfs, etc.—it’s worth a visit to see this department alone. We shall have strictly one price—and that the lowest. We want your trade and we're going to make it a pleasure for you to deal with us. Will you give us a trial ? Come to-day, “just' to look ’round.” It’ssort of a show day, we won’t ask you to buy.