The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 3, 1895, Page 11

THE FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1895. 11 N 2 1 = { =2 .[J 2s which are going on in i ihe Nevada City district and considerable = goingon in every nd Port Orford 1 beat copper and he beach when by the surf. The wants to see a Banta ems to doubt if it e in saving gold properties are s from San o Moun- 2 San ) ne has recently | Davis of Pittsburg, elop and equip it. : the Scaddon Flat t as follows: ident; J. T, vice- hall, secretary; are ravel mine near Val- va Hill, Calaveras tiaded some time ago pay gravel : The mine was e Moyle, and is perty. about a mile west of en bonded for § as the T ather s bad con- n-to widen and repair :p contains e, and it is opening up the adera County. posits of iron, country, and a uilt to the mines rly developed. her the stamp mill the Merced Mining ¥, will be erected liverside County. ing a fight over the cht miles southeast of nty, is said to be a sur- prisi They are working de- with dry washers, and y by ; Miners’ Associa- rent of 50 cents he State Miners’ so appointed the egates to the conyention in r 14: Fort Jones, An- Yreka, James F. Farraher Honolulu, John Saxild; 10. veries that look prom- made on Punch Cre Hunibug Creek, Sis a you szle has been made of Work was suspended Alamo on account of the through the immense 0 feet, though many e ledges will hold out below the ind be found rich. suit is about to be tried by the ment..against the Copper Queen Booker, Ariz., for cutting $150,000 r on Government land. ver district in_ Juab County, een named Moss district, after thers, who were the ntion to the camp. enty-five men at work in the , which is a very rough one. The supplies is Levan, some eight 5 rsac Company, Utah, is using a nvented by De & Walter \e sulphides to bullion. The :akes @ saving of $5000 a year in 1 uric acid, and does away with the sulphurous acid 1 has been such a nuisance to 'is thought that the building of the ick lode hoisting works up on the ock soon be commenced. They ilso begin on the Kinkead mill, the r and ‘machinery being ready for it. is expected that the introduction of c-powerat Nevada City district will 4 nuiber- of mines to be worked Thich othefwise would remain idle for J ) comeé. The power can easily be uiitted to points where water-power f the question. the smelting machinery for the ver niine has arrived at Grants The smelter will have a capacity ¥ tons per day. ment work continues on the ntain group of eopper claims on ek, eight miles from Prescott, y are working a 15-foot vein of fferent formations along the Co- a'Riyer are. now receiving more at- tham evér before, gold having been n 50 many places. ! g down of the Poorman and Burke, Idaho, has thrown f work. Wardner and Mil- Ceeur d’Alene camps, are m their long lethargy, while 1t & payroll. ep Creek and st Creek min- €ral country, twenty-five miles north of Bounda Wagh., is showing up some | very promising claims: Tue big dividends of the War Eagle and R nes and the general prosperit; frail and Boundary creeks, Britis ubis; have had the effect of drawing 4 great many Spokane people into mining investhents, - locah country, B. C.,is said to be & gion for a poor man, because the ¢ 15 50 bigh grade that it is profitable for e owner of a good mine to work 1t with- tthe enlistment of capital. A number poor men bave been able to develon thelr mines extensively and pay expenses they went along. 100-ton concentrator has been ordered for the 8locan Star mine near Three Forks C. “The mine"is said to have upward 60,000 tons of ore in sight, and an im- Liense quantity on-the dump. Ivahoe smelter, N. M.,is now treat- from 40 to 50 tons of ore daily. A ten-stampp mitl will uhortlfi be erected on the Doenega gold mine, in Buena Vista district, which is a mile or so buck from Mines € to_be putinat | ny’s mines at Alamo, | 2 f@ Mining ¥ LATEST INFORMATIQN ¢/ CONCERNING THIS IMPORTANT INDUSTRY., from Denver. The Norma is one of the rich silver-prod ucing properties of Arizona. There are fifty-five gold .and two silver ‘mlnes in the Pechacho basin, and eighty £old and two silver. mines in the White Gold Basin on the Colorado River, in San Diego County. A Seattle man says he would rather have the cost of all the powder that is being lused in the develobment of Trail and | Boundary creeks, B. C., than the best { mine on either, as powder is_being burnt | &t 2 prodigious rate on some 500 claims. | . Inthe new campat the head of Snow, { Goutand Canyon creeks, B.C.,a part of | the Cariboo Creek country, a number of L\r_omnsmg claims have been found and are | being develaped. The Ivanhoe mine, Palmer Mountains, near Loomis, Wash., is a stlver property, idle the past few years. It has a Dodge ‘DUI\'enzm% mill, 'Undbury concentrator and about 100 tons of ore on the dump. | This year A.C. Cowherd, the owner, de- {termined to start up the mill anyhow, | whether silver went up or not, and is now running it, with his wife acting as en- Evmeer and fireman instead of hired help. he concentrates are shipped to Tacoma. The mines both in the Northwest and in the Southwest are improving greatly, and | are being vigorously developed. | Several of the big New Mexicolead mines | ‘nredulle, waiting for a rise in the price of | lead. About 100 men are at work on the Hamp- | ton dateh or u¥per Grave Creek, Josephine | County, Or. The ditch will bring a large | amount of new ground under the monitors. | .The Alma mine, Jackson, Amador | County, is now using a diamond drill for prospecting operations. The miners have | been temporarily laid off to await the re- {sult. Tt is prospecting ata much livelier | rate than can be done by tunneling. The New Northwest says more men are | employed at the mines of Butte, Mont., | than_ever before. Every smelter in the | district is taxed to its full capacity, and leasers are required to wait for weeks for their returns. Colonel Frank McLaughlin of Oroville has started to open up the old Rock River mine at Oregon Gulch, Butte County, which has been idle for many years. The control of the Utah” Mining Com- pany, Tontic district, Utah, has passed from the hands of C. E. Loose to those of Fraoklin Farrell of Ansonia, Conn. The | ores of the mine will be treated in the new | concentrator being put up on the Sioux, while the high grade will be shipped to the smelters A cyanide plant is to be placed in the Stewart No. 2 mill, Bingbam, Utah. It is not often a mining man has a dis- | trict named after him, El}! Captain J. R. | de Lamar enjoys the unique distinction of | having two districts bear his name, one in Idaho and theother in Nevada. | . Near Blake, on Green River, Utah, there | is considerable activity in placer mining, | but it is a place where capital is needed to | profitably treat the sands. A great many new reduction plants have been erected 1n Colorado during the year. The Elizabeth mine, Little. Cottonwood, Utah, has been sold to A. G. Campbell and R. C. Lund, . | It is claimed that the mines of the | Georgetown region, Colo., will produce a | greater numpoer of ounces of silver this | year than in any year of their history. The resumJ)lion ot work at the large | mines around Wardner, Idaho, has taken i up a lot of smaller enterprises. I. - The payrolk of the Bunkex iill property, | Ceeur d’'Alene, Idaho, was $30,000 last { month. | The brokers of London are making !larger fortunes these days in handling uth African mines and “shares than the San Francisco brokers did in the palmiest of Cometock times. The Banta chemical process, an Oregon nvention, is the latest aspirant for fame in connection with saving the gold in | black sands. The main features are said | to be “two chemically prepared sluice- boxes,” whatever that may mean, and some peculiar solution to use in connec- tion with them. The machine has a ca- | capcity of from 20 to 30 tons in ten hours, { with one man to work it. | Quartz miners at Ophir, Placer County, are encouraged by present rates by rail | and for treatment_to ship their rebellious | ores to San Francisco Bay to be worked. | There is great activity in gravel minin | and prospecting on the upper Forest Hil! divide, Placer County. | D. L. Allen and E. R. Prisser have | located eight more claims on the south | fork of the north fork of the American River which they will work next spring. Negotiations are pending for the sale of the Bennett hydraulic mines at Forks of | Salmon, Siskiyou County. The Yreka Journal says there is nothing beneficial to the prosperity of Siskivou Jounty as the development of the mines, as without the mines the county would be a poor producing region. The Journal says: | Other industries, including farming, are | maintained_principally by the gold taken | out, most of which remainsamong us in purchasing supplies, hiring miners, team- stersand millmen, ard indirectly affording | work and business for thousands of people. | The numerous quartzmilis from five to thirty-two stamps each, and several aras- tras, probably crush 150 tons a da; | on an average, often more, which in addi- | tion to the placer, hydraulic and river ‘ mining foots up a grand total, in placing | a large amount of new money in circula- | tion. It makes a vast difference in our | county affaire where we take money out of the ground rather than depending upon trading with each other in passing the | same money around, especially when a large dparcenmge, it not all, finally goes | abroad for necessary supplies. { _The coal deposit on the Mott_ rarnch on | 8onoma Mountain, east of Petaluma, is to | be developed and the coal shipped. | "I river-bed miners in the chunnels of | the Yuba and Feather rivers got a severe | setback by the recent rainstorm, the dams | being washed away, and months of labor | lost. At several points on the Yuba, above | Smartsville, and in the Middle Fork of the | Feather, the recent rainfall, by raising the | river. drove the miners out and swept | away their dams. | The vrospectors on the north slopes of | 8an Miguel Mountain, San Diego County, who recently found the remains of a paved | road, now crnim to have found remains of | an old arastra, small buildings and also | the mouth of a clearly defined tunnel. | This last they think leads to the “lost gold mine” they have been hunting for. Several permits have been recently ranted by the Debris Commission to mine y the hydraulic process in Sierra County. There are just three months leftin which owners of unpatented minlnggg‘mund may do the assessment work for 1 Tailings as a Nuisance. The tailings or debris from the gravel mines in the California mountains, by in- iuring farming lands and streams, brought about a long-continued and expensive liti- gation and much hard feeling between mountain and valley men. 8o we know what a “debris question' ‘is in California. Now they are about to have something of the same sort in Sonth Africa, where the best method of preventing damage by tailings is becoming daily of greater im- portance. Last year they treated out there over 3,000,000 tons ot tailings and crushed over 2,000,000 tons more of au- the do River and about eighteen ve Yuma, Ariz. 5 affairs at Cherry Creek, Ariz., are quite prosperous, though most of the ore- ¢rushing is being done by arastras, Ihere is a deal on between the owners of the Norma mine at White Hills and ‘men riferous gravel into tailings. This is for only one year, and the stuff has been ac- cumulating for years. A Indry wgnther. when the wind is blow- ing, the air in the neighborhood of the ‘Witwatersrand is filled with dense clouds of sand, occasioning diseases of the eye and other inconveniences to the public | the suit; it is through her work thatwe and serious damage to neighboring ma- | had to sell the mine. Now, asto the claim chinery. African Rspuhlic says in his official report that should the miners fail to takeany steps in the matter it will sooner or later become necessary for the Government to legislate on the subject, in order to pre- vent damage through the heaps of tailings which are daily increasing in size, Plant- ing the old heaps is considered the best means of protecting the tailings from the effects “of the winds, but then they want to work the tailings over by the cyanide process. Apart from this there would np’j)enr to be only two ways left for getting rid of the nuisance, namely, either to carry them back into the mine or to cart them away from the neighborhood of towns and dwellings. Itis thought that dumping back into the mine will be the cheapest. Out of these tailings in 1894 the people got about $10,000,000, or about 27 per cent of the gold production, and the owners are making from two to three mil- lion tons more every year. Such a vast accumulation of sand within a limited area, where winds prevail, is apt to cause trouble. Perhaps some enterprising indi- vidual out there may start an anti-debris association, and try and put a stop to min- ing, which makes tailings, altogether. Mine Promoters. A good many miners are apt to rail at promoters as middlemen who get the largest profit and who hurt the mining industry. But as there is a difference be- tween a prospector and a miner, so is there one between a miner and a promoter. The prospector finds the claim, the miner works it and the promoter sells it to men who equlp it with machinery and give em- ployment to miners. Mining camps which attract good and honest promoters are apt to come to the front much faster than those without them. The promoter hunts up the mine. finds out the facts about it, gets its reports and maps, and then goes to the centers of capital to get the proper men to take hold of it. The miner himself does not know how to do this part of the business, and it takes a great deal harder work to find men to buy mines than it does to find mines to sell, The promotor has his place in the mining industry and serves a useful purpose by getting the miner money for hisclaim. T srsais dreds of miners all over the country hav- ing claims for sale, but few of them know how to go about it. Those who come to the cities seldom except through the intervention of third parties who bring sciler and buyer to- gether. Only thase who have tried it know how hard it is to brinz to a auccess- ful conclusion the sale of a mine at a high figure. It'takes hard work, diligenice and a certain amount of business knowledge which the miner commonly lacks. A few good enterprising promoters can drive away hard times from a mining camp, by bringing in the necessary capital to dey- elop the mines, put up mills or smelters, build roads and otherwise inaugurate an era of prosperity Dry Washers for Gravel. Dry washers and similar machines for working auriferous gravel on a large scale are seldom successful. In a small way and with very rich ground dry washers answer the purpose fairly well and have to be used. Just the moment, however, water can be obtained on the ground,they are given up. Yet these and other pieces of mechanism for working gravel extenzively are constantly being invented by Eastern men and constantly being tried. Several special machines bave been brought here from time to iime to work ground usually bandled by the hydraulic process. Such things are bound to be failures. Generally speaking the ground will not pay unless immense quantities are handled and few of these machines have sutlicient capacity. When ground only pays a few cents a cubic yard it can be made to pay by hydraulicking, but by no other known system. The ordinary methods with the panrocker, tom or sluice would fail to show a profit. design . mechanical appliances which require power to operate them, and men to care for them. Nothing great pressure can possibly move gravel enough within a given time to make | it pay. And when it comes to hand- ling such material dry failure ma sell their claims | Yet for such ground men | » but the | giant and a heavy stream of water under | | grade ore. The State Engineer of the South | of Charley Marshall, who is under sentence of death at 8an Quentin, he has no more claim to that mine nor any other claim in my name than you have. He prospected with us a while, but gave us the shake and went off with another gang. Itistruel helped him at bis trisl, but it was ona plea from his friends. and I paid his at- torneys cash for their services.” “How about Diamond George's claim '’ “No_ chance whatever. He worked around the camp, cooked for us and did other little jobs, for which I paid him in full of all demands and have his receip Some one 1s putting him uv to this caper. “Mr. McHaney, what do you consider the value of the Desert Queen and the five ad- joining claims?” “Now in cold figures they are worth $5,000,000 of any man’s money. Why, along that canyon there are big bowlders, weighing two tons, just loaded with free gold. In conclusion, Mr. Reporter, yon can tell THE CaLL that it stands well with the miners in Pinon District; it speaks for itself.” UBERT. Southern California Mines. The very best of news comes from the Alturna mine in the Morongo district. The big ten-stamp mill is nearly ready for work, and the miners are bringing to the surface some very fine rock, many speci- mensof which go well up in the thousands. It will not be many days before large ship- ments of bullion will be sent out. In the Pinon District the Mesa Dolores is running out some very fine rock, much to the encouragement of the owners, and the mine is only about three-quarters of a mile from the famons Desert Queen. It is said to bean extension. The rock brought in_last from the Mesa Dolores is fairly bristling with gold. The Prince Albert, located in the same district and owned by the Bledsoe Brothers, bids fair to rival the best of them. It is about 750 feet from the Desert Queen, and the ore taken from a depth of thirty feet is full of gold. Orne assay went over $1500 in gold to the ton. Work is being pushed rapidly ahead,as the owners are quite anxious to see what they have got. The Pinon district is overrun with Den- ver mining men. The mines in and about Trugman’s mill are attracting greatatten- | tion, as there are piles and piles of low- But the difficulty is in milling, on account of the scarcity of water, as the Iatter has to be piped from Stubby Springs, some miles distant, or else a branch rail- road must berun in from Indio and the ore shipped out. The Rose mine, in the Morongo mining Aistrict, is coming to the front in 2 manner that is surprising, and the big mill is doing fine work. There are now ready for ship- ment ten tous of high-grade ore. Huscer, ARRESTED AGENT HARRS CLEANER STREETS WANTED | The Merchants’ Association Sharply Criticises Ash- worth’s Work. FILTHY HIGHWAYS THE RULE A Demand on the Supervisors That the Street-Cleaning Be Done by Contract. It is expected that to-day the Street Committee of the Supervisors' will take some action with reference to street clean- ing and sprinkling. The members of the Merchants’ Association are fearful that the Supervisors will tarn the job over to | Superintendent of Streets Ashworth, who, they charge, has been doing the work in a very unsatisfactory manner since the as- sociation’s street-cleaning contract ex- vired. It was the purpose of the associa- tion to take this work out of politics, give the public clean and well-kept streets and furnish employment for several hundred deserving men who were unable to do other work. Above all, strict economy was observed. It was with considerable apprehension that this work was even temporarily turned over to the Superintendent of Streets, and since thén the merchants’ worst fears have been, they say, realized. The 200 old experienced hand sweepers were aismissed and a lot of politicians put in their places. Machine sweepers. the property of a prominent Democratic poli- tician, were put to work at a good profit to the owner, and all the time the streets have become covered with filth. Fearing that this deplorable state of af- fairs mav continue the Merchants’ Asso- ciation now demands that the streets shall be kept clean and the business taken out of the hands of politi cians. The followin letter, which was last evening sent to eacfi member of the Street Committee of the &ua pervisors, demands clean streets, and shows how this can be accomplished in a much more economical manner than if continued in the hands of Superintendent Ashworth: SAN FrANCIECO, Oct. 2, 1895. Hon. —, Member of the Street Committee, Board of Supervisors, San Francisco—DEAR SIR: Dur- ing the unsettled condition of the City's finances, ana the fact that its own -funds were exhausted, this arsociation turned the street cleaning over to the Superintendent of Streets Laughable Mistake of Two Keen Sacramento Police- men. The Secret Service Man Suspected of Alding and Abetting a Coun- terfeiter. Two Sacramento policemen covered themselves with confusion Tuesday last by arresting United States Secret Service Agent Harris for “abetting the utterance of a spurious note.” Beveral days ago Mr. Harris received word from the Sheriff of San Joaquin County that a note raised to $20 had come to light in Stockton and requested that he 2o to that eity and see about it. : Harris learned that tbe note, bad been passed on the man who held it in~ Sacramento and went there to investigate. He found that there was no great chance of convicting the man who had uttered the counterfeit, so he advised the person | who held it to go to the place where it had always be predicted by those with experi- | been received, try to pass it, and if it was ence. Most dry washers require the gravel | refused, demand the return of the gold or ‘sand to be absolutely dry, which it | and silver coin which had been exchanged never is when first mined, and a littie | for it. His object was to watch the trans- dampness, always present, prevents proper | action and attempt to determine whether work. The necessity of drying and hand- ling the gravel causes expense and limits | ingly and with fraudulent intent. the work of the machine. the storekeeper had passed the note know- He Many useless | stood outside while the holder of the note experiments might be saved should those | made the attempt. enthusi stic but inexperienced inventors | The storekeeper on receiving the raised make careful inquiry as to the conditicns | paper in payment fofgooas sent for the to be met and find out wbat others have done—or failed to do—in the samo direc- | originall tion. Annual Assessment Work. A good many camps are now finding out that the suspension for two years of tho provision in the mining laws requiring annual assessment work has not done the districts any good. In many cases had the work been done the camps would have been much further ahead to-day. Suspen- sion of the law was all very well for the silver districts, but was of no use whatever where gold was mined. Of course those miners who owned a dozen or so claims hailed the suspension with delight, and would have liked to see 1t continued. Congress, however, failed to act suspending it for this year. police and had the man on whom he had i‘pnsed it arrested. The man was much frightened at his predicament, and when taken outside where Mr. Harris | was standing to be put in the patrol wagon he pomnted the latter out and told the policeman that he had tried to pass the note on his advice. Not recognizin% Harris, him to get into the patrol wagon and ac- company them to the station. Not desir- ing to make his identity known in the crowd that had gathered Mr. Harris said ; “‘Just let me speak to you in private for a moment and I think such a proceeding will be unnecessary.” “No, you don’t,” said the man; “you may be all right, but you will have toex- plain your share of this transaction to the the police told | Chief of Police.” pass any | So the | work must be done on all unpatented | claims everywhere. ship upon any miner who wants to see the It is really no hard- | mining region where he is interested de- | veloped. Those who put it off until the depth of winter, as many do, have only themselves to blame, for it can be done at any time during the year. There are three months still left. It behooves those who have thus far neglected this compliance with the law to go to work at once, before the snow flies. Assessment work is a good provision of the law, as it makes men do at least some work on their prospects or else they have to give them float up and came to the mine. up to those who will work them. And it prevents a few men, too, from taking up and holding half of a mineral region or keeping out others who might afierward develop it. CHARLES G. YALE. The Desert Queen Mine. Mining interest is now centered on the outcome of the suits against McHaney Brothers by different parties, who kept comparatively quiet until the nig mine was sold, then claimants sprung up all over the district. What the outcome will be remains to be seen, as at present it is all guess work, with the exception of the claim of George Meyers for a one-third in- terest. Mr. McHaney was seen at his ho- tel by a CALL correspondent, who found him quite willing to give the history of his Desert Queen mine and his views on the respective claims. “8o you want a little history of the mine and its discovery for TuE Cary, do you? Well, I discovered the Desert Queen some time in February of this year. About two miles down the canyon from the Des- ert Queen [ found some float which showed up some pretty good rock. I followed this I knew I had a big thing and at once took some (rock and had it assayed. My first assay went $770 a ton in gold. [ also located the canyon far as the float could be found. Now, that's all tirere is as to the discovery of the big mine.” = ““What is your opinion in regard to these suits?” ““They don’t bother me a bit. The onl; ran who has any claim to the mine is George Meyers, and he is a one-third owner and a bona fide one at that. e was with me on the day I discovered the mine and left me only a little while before I found tho float. It was agreed between my brother, George Meyers and I to locats ail three of us in whatever claims might be found. Meyers did his part, but I did not do e. Yes, sir, he's one-third owner, but my brother will fight i “How about your sister?"’ “Oh I don’t consider her es a party in i City end Count; In order to stop further argument be- fore the fast-gathering throng Mr. Harris mounted the patrol wagon with his guilt- less accomplice and was driven toward the station. Once out of sight of the crowd Mr. Harris recalled to one of the police- men that he had met him several times previously. When he mentioned the name Harris the man ejaculated: ‘‘Becret Service Agent Harris?” _‘“The same,” quietly answered that offi- cial, and to use his own expression, ‘‘those men were paralyzed.’’ B ‘‘That’s one on us,” they remarked, and released Mr. Harris and his companion forthwith. The storekeeper who passed the bill de- nied all knowledge of it, and Mr. Harris, after satisfying himself that the story of the victim® was true, gave him funds to carry him along for a few days, and ad- vised him to begin suit to recover the money if he could get an attorney to take the case. THE LEWIS WILL. All the Property of the Lute President of Shreve & Co. Goes to the Widow. The will of Albert J. Lewis, the mer- chant who committed suicide September 17, was filed for probate yesterday by Mrs. Ida 8. Lewis, the widow. The value of the estate was not mentioned, the only refer- ence being “shar¢s of stock in Shreve & Co., money in bank and other personal roperty of the value of over EI0,00U." he will was as follows: Be it known that I, AlbertJ. Lewis of the cu{ and County of San Franciscy, State of California, do hereby publish and declare this a8 mdv last will. 1 devise and bequeath all of my property of Wwhatever uature unto my wife, 1da 5. Lewis. Iintentionally omit to provide for the children of my said wife and myself, Mabel Abby Lewis and ueorg: Bonny Lewis, knowing tin my wife, Ide 8. Lewis, wfll(prcgcrly care for them. 1 appoint my wife, Ida 8. Lewis, also of the of San Franclisco, as the execn- trix of this will and of my estate, and direct and request that no bond shall be required of'| said executrix in any proceeding by any court. I hersby revoke all'wills and instruments tes- tamentary hitherto executed or published by me. In witness whereof I have h;!auinso set my hand and seal this 25th day of July, 1892, © A.J. Lzwis. James W. Fairington ‘and Henry Koch were the attesting witnesses. e Supperting the Will. Duncan Hayue, as guardian for the grand- children of Mrs. Jane Daff, has filed a general denisl of the allegations made by Mrs. Duff’s sons in their contest of the will.” It is stated’ by him that the sons were disinherited because tiiey were dissipated and reckless. 1ast July, as ordered by you. Our experimental contract of nearly one year had enabled this association to prepare specifi- cations which were accepted by you. Reason- able bids were made for a new contract, and it was felt that our mission had been fulfilled, and clean, wholesome, well-sprinkled streets were permanently secured for this City. It was expected that your honorable board would award the contract at once after your vacation. For this reason this association did not com- plain when, during the interval, the work was not satisfactory. This contract has not yet been awarded and we are now informed that you are considering the advisability of msking the present arrange- ment permanent. Thisinduces us to submit on from the stand- | well as thatof the | = z & 2 £ & 2 =3 8¢ ) 5 El S =3 H g = & 2 H whom he placed in charge intended and en- deavored to give the Ciiy the best permitted by the conditions under which this City’s work | is now done. We have, however, observed sev- | eral errors which interfered with their success. Without disparaging the efforts of theé Superin- tendent of Sireets and his essistants, we beg to point out these errors: ‘While Mr. Ashworth retained Messrs. Steph- enson and Carpenter, who had charge of the work for us and proved very capable, he did | not retain the well organized and well trained working force, which it has taken nearly a year to get together. 3 Considerable time passed before commencing work in earnest, so that at the very outset consi{derable dirt accumulated. Mr. Ashworth'’s standard for sanitary clean streets is evidently of an older date and not the one now exacted. He stated before the Board of Supervisors that he could keep the streets clear for $100,000 a yearor less. He evidently tried to make good this assertion, for he never vet employed enough forcs to give in quality or quantity the required service. Oaly two-thirds of the quantity of sweeping that the association did has since been done. Fully 100 cubic yards or forty wagon-loads, or over twe carloads of !weeq&ngl were in conse- qaence ellowed to accumulste every day. This going on now for nearly two months is begin- ning to be noticeable in most parts of the City. ‘Almost half of the total area swept daily by our mssociation was kept clean all day. Only one- fourth of its work was done by machine, apd duriug the last month the entire work was done by hand labor. Mr. Ashworth reversed this entirely. He had two-thirds done by ma- machine and only one-third by hand Isbor, and 8 smali fraction of that only was reelly kept clesan all day. That the quality of the work suffered by com- parison naturalty follows. Mr. Ashworth criti- cised our work severely and rejected some that was fairly well done. He has not maintained this standard, as we hoped he would, but has since permitted work that was not as good as that rejected from us. Besides, the hauling away of sweepings has often been neglected or pooriy done. It may be claimed that these shortcomings were natural in the beginning. That they could ‘bave been avoided has been shown above. The experience and assistance of this association were available, but were not ac- | cepted or used. It is likely that the work may improve intime. It is not probable, however, that it will, under present conditions, come up in quslity to the proper standard. We have not been furnished with the cost of the work as done at present, We know what it has cost us, and figuring the difference between that and the price the City pays, £ per day for wagons aud $2 per day for labor, all eight hours’ work, we can estimate ver{ closely what the cost will be to do the work as we had it done and as the new specifications require it. We inclose tables showing the quantity of work as well as comparative cost. These clearly prove that under no circumstances can the new specifications be worked out under Tesent arrangements. The appropriation is ¥150.000. of which $20,000 is calculated for sprinkling. The sweeping, as provided in the specifications, would alone much more than exhaust the entire -psmpdmon at the rates it would cost if done under the Superintendent of Btreets, Under the contract rate the entire speeifications can ‘be worked out fully for 130,000, which is estimated for. lweepini. This will leave $20,000 for sprinkling, enough to have the entire business portion kept from dust, and relieve our merchants of the unequal and unjust tax for street sprinkling, which they should not.and willnot hereafter pay. The Buperintendent has never asked that the sweeping should be done by his department. He has surely now found thatf he was mistaken in his estimate of the cost. Nodoubt he will be glad to be relieved of the work. The new specifications fully provide for the iuullt end guantity of the work tobe done. t wil nulf be necessary for the Buperintend- ent to apply his former msh standard in ac- cepting work and there need be no fear that it will not be nm!wmru{ performed. The Mer- chants' Association will also see 1o ft that its specifications are fully complied with. 1t appears, therefore, that the right and proper thing for your commitiee to do isto award the contracts without delay, for both ;weepln. and sprinkling, to the lowest bid- ers. This_association undertook to solvea very difficult problem when it worked nearly & year to tind the best methods to clean the streets of this City. The merchants made & great sacri- fice by subseribing nearly $30,000 to help pay for this-experiment. A great deal of care, time and work was required to prepare the specifi- eations accepted by you. The people cheer- }gllylndorns the demand of this association r nearly douhlin{ the taxlevy, In fact, this was the only one increase that did not neet ‘with opposition from any seurce, The questibn new is, “Shall have as the Tesuits of all th's, clean, well-sprinkled and wholesome streews?”’ If the contract for sprink- llnf and sweeping are now let the responsi- bility will rest. entirely with the Superintsn- dent of Streets. Itis then within his power, to exact good work, or his duty to reject and. thereby wishhold pay if the work is not done right. }( the present arrangement is made perma- nent, and fails to give satisfaction &t reason- able cost, the responsibility will rest mostly to remember those who do their entire duty to secure them. Respectiuily submitted. MERCHANTS' ASSOCTATION. DOHRMANN, President. cretary. MONTEZUMA TRIBE. It Distingnishes Itselt as the Most Pro- gressive of the Order of Red Men. Montezuma Tribe No. 77, Improved Or- der of Red Men, is acquiring a good deal of fame for the progress it has displayed and for the originality of its ideas. For both of these qualifications it won the prize at the last Grand Council. 1t was first organized a year ago, begin- ning with fifty members, while it now numbers a8 hundred and its rolleall is .lengthened at every meeting. Among its original ideasis the holding on the last Tuesday of each month an entertainment to which friends of the order are invited. 1t has been designated *‘For the good of order night,” and was instituted to pleas- antly vary the weekly meettngs and to in- crease the membership of the tribe. A large number of strangers attended Tuesday night and were royally enter- tained. I[ntroductory remarks were made by Sachem C. A. Rennells and President George Collins, after which the following programme was rendered : Duet. for mandolin and guitar, Messrs. Mur- phy and Fisher; whistling solo, C. Clark; comic song, Jack Hathwell; musie, Murphy and Fisher; address of evening, E. B. Stone- wall; comic SOD%Jack Hathwell; comic rec tation, Frank B. Hayes; recitation, T. H. Kil, J. RICHARD FREUD, THE FATE OF A MUTINEER, Carl Quednan Has Been Transferred to the German Ship Alice. IS ON HIS WAY TO GERMANY. After His Trial He May Be Impris- oned Eight Years at Hard Labor. Captain Kuhlmann of the German ship Alice is in a quandary. One of his crew, who was charged with mutiny when the vessel arrived here, has again been placed on board, and the skipper does not know exactly what to do with him. If he takes him to Liverpool the sailor will have to be treated as a prisoner, and on the arrival of the ship there the German Consul may rule that the man be kept aboard until the Alice reaches a German port. If the ship be sent from Liverpool to Australia, and then back to San Francisco, it may be two years before the mutineer 1s brought to trial. The Alice arrived here on August13. On THE GERMAN SHIF ALICE, musie, Murphy and Fisher; humorous recita- tion, John Williams. A ‘‘corn and venison’’ banquet followed and the evening ended with the pipe of peace. Last night the tribe held an adop- tion and conferring of degrees. ———————— TO PERFORATE LETTERS. Mail From Infected Ports Must Be Thoroughly Punched. The Postoffice officials are in a quandary regarding the latest instructions received from Dr. Peckham, who has charge of the United States quarauntine station. Ex- traordinary precautions have been taken since the beginning of the cholera scare to | prevent contagion getting in through the mails, and all letters from infected ports have been carefully fumigated before being distributed. Now Dr. Peckham has decided that merely subjecting them to the action of a combination of black oxide of manganese and sulphuric acid is not sufhicient to en- tirely free them from danger of infecting this port, and has ordered that all letters be perforated, that the fumes of the disin- fecting drugs may reach every part of the contents as well as the envelopes. Just how this is to be accomplished the hysician did not prescribe, and it is caus- ing those who are expected to do the work no end of worry. A hand-punch, such as harness-makers use, was tried, but it was altogether too slow, and sonie other means of reaching the required end are being looked for. A machine such as used in punching holes in iron bands has been suggested, but thus far nothing that will do the work rapidly and effectually has been found. RAISIN-PACKERS FOR TFRESNOQ. Over Fifty Young Women Will Start South This Morning. The State's Free Labor Bureau will this morning send fifty-five young women to Fresno to fill au order for raisin-packers. The order was sent by Charles G. Bonner & Co., who will want 100 women for this work before the season is over. The com- pany advanced the railroad fares. The season will last over two months, and from $1 to $1 50 a day can be made by the women, and good food and accommoda- tions will be furnished. Labor Commissioner Fitzgerald states that this lot of women is the finest that has ever leit the City in a body to obtain employment. The majority are school teachers, stenographers and clerks, who have not been able to secure employment in their owa lines. that date, when the ship was off the Faral- lones, the trouble occurred. Captain Kuhlmann was on the poopdeck and Mate Himme!mann was in- command. Cark Quednan, one of the crew, approached the captain and said he wanted to speak to him. He then told a long story and men- tionead several instances in which the crew had been ill used, according to him. “This is no time to make complaints,” said Ca tain Kuhlmann. *“Lay forward and do your duty.” He moved away, and as he turned his beck Quednan knocked him down and jumped on him. “‘1 will have to make the man work for his living,” said Captain Kuhlmann yes< terday. ‘‘He is certainly not going to tmvuf around the world in idleness, but will have to earn his bread by the sweat of his brow. When on board the Alice this morning he broke down and cried bitterly. He*begged to be forgiven, and Captain Kuhlmann said that as far as he was con- cerned bygones conld be bygones. This assurance will not do Quednan much good, as he is now in the hands of the German Government and will have to answér in Germany to a charge of mutiny. For this offrnse four of the crew of the German bark J. C. Pflueger, who mutinied in Hon- olulu, got eight and ‘six years and two three years at bard labor. Quednan’s opinion of the County Jail ig not very complimentary to San Francisco. “Itis an old vermin-infested barn,” said he, “‘and I was treated like a dog. Why, look at me. I weighed 275 pounds when L went into the jail last August and now I only weigh 223, and am so weak Ican hardly stand.” At the jail the guards said that Quednan wanted to run ever{thing his own way, and when he found that discipline was to be enforced he made a vizorous protest. In consequence he was placed on a bread and water diet and his bed was removed. The Alice was to have sailed for England to-day, but as proceedings have been be. un to secure the release of Quednan the fie arture of the ship was postponed. 6ufldnan says that if he is compelled to sail on the Alice he will commit suicide during the voyage. Improving Presidio Heights. At the last meeting of the Presidio Heights Improvement Club a committee was appointed to take steps looking forward to-the immediate laying of bituminous Y“emem on all the streets from Central to First avenue, and from' California street to the Presidio line. When the streets are bituminized and cement side- walks made, this part of the City will be tha favorite resort for sightseers, as from any part of the heights the view takes in the Golden Gate, Sausalito, Tiburon, Angel Island and the Alameda shore. B Ten thousand lead toy soldiers are turned out in Nuremberg every day. LL PLEASURE IS DESTROYED IN wheel if you are subject to pains in the back, bearing down in the abdomen, weak kidneys, palpitation of the heart, sciatic rheumatism, lumbago or any of those common ailments which are brought to the surface by RIDING YOUR exertion on the wheel. Your pleasure is doubled if you are strong in all the vital organs.. Then you need not be afraid of breaking down a long way from home. DR. SANDEN’S ELECTRIC BELT Has made eycling pleasurable to women who love the wheel. ‘thousands of young men and Its toning, invigorating Electric currents restore the strength to weakened organs and give to them a healthy tenacity. It cures all the weaknesses that unfit you for long trips, and gives you that healthy confidence in your powers which every rider appreciates. with full information and price list, free. with Joue committee. The money is now available, ‘the specifications are based upon tried methods, the bids are reasonable; we s:xonl‘!.l- therefore certainly now have clean stree We feel assured that the people will not fail Try this famous Belt. Call or address Book, SANDEN ELECTRIC CO., 632 MARKET ST., OPPOSITE PALACE HOTEL, SAN FRANCISCO, Ofiice Hours--8 to 6; evenings, 7 to 8:30; Sundays, 10 to 13. Portland, Oregon, Office, 255 Washington Street.