The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 29, 1895, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1895 OFFICIALS WANT CON MORE WARRANTS OUT- STANDING THAN EVER BEFORE KNOWN. NO TAXES BEING PAID. OMPLICATIONS CAUSED BY MAYOR SUTRO'S VETO OF THE TAX LEVY. 5 s | WOES OF TREASURER WIDEBER. He WL Forcep To Do ’ WORK IN WEEKS. The Police artment, officials of k, and, in fact, all of the people o rroil of the City, ex- cept a few h sof departments specially vrovided for, have received no money for two months, and it will be a month and perhaps more before they will be able to geta cent. The whole trouble is caused by the delay in fixing the tax levy, Deputy Treasurer Louis N. Jacobs said 'reasurer. , Fire De Departm. the Golden ( actically s is E: ie City Hall fund 'he City Hall na the special fee fund coutains from Bat, of course, that is pRying for matters con- ing, and only a few The special fee fund Bay; bituminous sidewalks from Va- lencia street to Castro; paving of Octavia street, from Green to Union; paving of Hill street, from Valencia to Guerrero. A resolution was passed requesting the Chief of Police not to order any more ob- structing street signs taken down till after January 1 next. By that time it is ex- pected that the Street Committee will have framed an ordinance covering street signs. The order notifying the City Street Im- provement Committee to begin sweeping the streets on November 1 on its new con- tract was ordered passed to print. The Superintendent of Streets will stop doing the sweeping on the same date. On motiion of Supervisor Spreckels the paving of Green street, from Leavenworth to Hyde streets, with basalt blocks was or- dered stopped 'till the Street Committee can act on the protests of the property- owners in that vicinity. = David B. Carmichael was appointed janitor of the Assessor’s office to fill the va- cancy caused by the resignation of W. ick. The street committee of the Grand'.]\lry was invited to meet the Board of Super- visors as a committee of the whole next Monday afternoon and discuss the ordin- ances necessary to protect the streets from obstructions and signs. < An effort will be made to limit the size of signs which are erected under special permits. The ordinances on the matter are in a woeful condition. Some of them are observed and others are wholly ignored. The Street Committee is now engaged in trying to frame a simple, common-sense set of orders to govern in the matter. The Grand Jury has been’ pathering points in the same line and is anxious to co-operate in solving the prob! TEK TRADE GOBE HORTH, THE PACIFIC MAIL COMPANY LETS IT SLI P AWAY TO COM- RS. ES THE CoM- UGH CORPORA- AP. ancisco, the metropolis’of the | P Coast, that once received all im- comes from tecorder’s and County Clerk’s offices, and brings in_ sbout $15,000 each month. Only about 00 of that goes for saluries, though, going for stationery and other necess: Ordinarily we are constantly rece large sums from taxes dail become delinguent till the November, and the men who generally wait till the last moment. ¥ doubt 1 by urth Monday of large sums But rd 10 the legalit 3 _has made even the s payers withhiold their payments till t definite i ation as to what the am their taxes will be. Asaresult we a ing practically nothing now The question of the amount of taxes o be settied before Novemberd at the ea 0 the matter of the ’ as they are p Already we have reg on the general fund. City been so pressed for g0, when there WAITants were regis sidered remarkable. time has only commenced new Warrants every day, : this week there will be st rrants s the years re the end of 6000 on the _At this juncture Tr rived. He said that tremely omino I that in the light of the last Legi would stand. Sho surer Widber ar- outlook was ex- had no doubt but the revenue law re the tax levy the Mayor's posi- taloss to be able of the damage He continued : of tion be upheld he was to estimate the full ex that would result. It would place If the City can ge vill have to ¢ ing can be received until a has been prepared by the Tax ¢ will require quite s liector. This a long time,even with a tremendous force. Then the taxes already prid will have o be refunded. The entire tax levy of over §1 000 will have 1o be taken in before ber 25 5 or become delinguent. This wouid so cor b in our depart- ment as to mak ¥ sible for many 10 pay their taxes in time, though they might have bean ready and willing. To put the enormous penalty of 15 per cent on these peo- ple for’ delinquency because the City was not provided with the facilities for receiving their money would be extremely unjust, and there would be another complication. I think, though, thaf the trouble will end on November4. Ifeel confident thatthe Judges will not even take the matter under considera- tion, but will give their sion without re- tiring. The only question is as to whether a general law which holds good throughout the State is binding on San Francisco. This, Iam eatisfied, will result in an utter overlooking of Meyor Sutro’s veto. Under any circumstances we will not be abie cash warrants much before December. n the taxpayers do bring their money will all come at once and we will hardly e to accommodate the rush of business, ¢ the new tax levy is § against 1 50 vear, we will be care for $2,000,000 instead of $1,500, and what is worse it 11 nearly a tween November 4 and November of being scattered over three month. While Treasurer Widber told his woes, a half-dozen men and women had come in with warrants. These were registered and will be paid in their turn. All of them were very anxious to know just how long they would be forced to wai **It takes the time of one man explaining the state of affairs,’ said Deputy Jacobs during a short interval. “Some of those with warrants see the money in the cases and think they ought to be paid from that. Others understand readily. It is very try- ing, though, to be placed in the position of baving to explain.’’ City Attorney ( Mayor's action w trouble and a come be- instead eswell says that the has caused all the nnoyance is absolutely un- called for. The matter, he contends, has been def ed upon many times, but he would not venture to predict how the Supreme Court would decide. He said: The Mayor hasnot had enything to do with 1h jor many years back. When the ¥ de was established in 1872 it was 1 s 2 law that the Mayor should not have the right to interfere with the making of the tax levy by suggestion, dictation, velo or en- treaty or in other way. For alllknow the law was the saie prior to that time. This matter of keeping a public official out of his pay isa menace to the public service. The mgn must live. 1f he can get no money from the City he will be forced to enter upon outside ventures, and thus will not be able to devote the time originally contemplated to his official duties. In the meantime the Folice, the fire laddies and all the rest of the City officials are be forced to give up 2}4 per cent of their warrants to the money-lenders to et them cashed. A number of the boys ave rigged themselves up in “hard times” costumes, and explain readily that the gaps in their shoes and the rents in their clothing will be repaired when they can get their salaries paid STREET OBSTRUCTIONS. Grand Jury and Supervisors Will Dis- cuss the Problem. The Board of Supervisors held its regn- lar weekly meeting yesterday, Mayor Butro in the chair. Surveyor Tilton reported that plans for & sewer system in the Sunnyside district couid be prepared for $495. The new fire order was finally passed, and now architects and builders can go ahead with their plans. It is understood, Lowever, that buildings are to be limited to 125 feet in height on streets 100 feet wide. Protests were received against the follow- ing street work and referred to the Street Committee: Paving the ‘crossing of Bacramento and Spruce streets, also of Sacramento and Laurel streets, also of Eighteenth street, from Folsom to Harrizon; grading of Montgomery avenue, from Bay street to North Point; sewer in Buchanan street, from Waller to Her- mann; sidewalks on Clay, east of Brod- erick; paving of ramenio street, from Locust to Spruce; paving of Van Ness avenue, from Greenwich street to cetving quite | Taxes do not 00 as formerly, | ports from the Orient, has at last lost its | of commerce | grasp of one prominent I between China, Japan d America— t is, the first American port on the ic Ocean has been outdone in inter- { national carrying trade by its younger als in the Northwest in the imvortant of receiving and distributing tea. merchant in San Francisco will tation that this is a serious For tea is over and above all the one staple of Oriental commerce that | eclipses other factors in the trade of China ! Japan, and one which for its im- portance has been sedulously watched by western nations interested in the world’s carrying business. Because of San Francisco’s position—a seaport placed upon the very uttermost verge of Western zation, set down by various causes on 1y of the world, and nearest of all ports to the Orient—the me- s a hig { Western | tropolis of this coast became by right a | stepping-stone for commerce passing from China and Japan to all America. As San Francisco grew in opulence and importance as an American | with the Orient developed correspond- | ingly. But then there was no ambitious rival, no sturdy youngster of a port backed by wide-awake and enterprising railroad and steamship corporations, and the only port sending ships after the wealth and commerce lying beyond the vast ocean thrived apace. These times have changed, and quite suddenly withal, even while the people of San Francisco could hardly think it woith their while t6 trouble about competition from such places as Tacoma or New West- minster. The times bave indeed changed. and nowadays two lines of steam two railways carry nearly all the te: Canada and the United States—the 150,- 000,000 pounds, or thereabouts, that used to pass through “rancisco—from Oriental marts to New York and other great Eastern distributing points by new routes far away from the Golden Gate, This business is practically lost to San Francisco, and the dignity, the influence and the importance it possesses have gone with it also. The secret is told about the wholesale business part of town, and it is this: The Pacific Mail Stemmshi{w Company, by its apathy, has either allowed the iea busi- ness to slip away or driven it from San Francisco by a system of tariffs that in presence of competition are prohibitory. Traffic Manager Curtis of the Traffic Association, who was mentioned by a member of one of the leading teahouses as fully informed on the subject, explained | the reasons yesterday. Said he: | “The Northern Pacific has six steamers plying between Tacoma and the Orient, the Canadian Pacific has about the same number of ships, and the Occidental and Oriental and Pacific Mail of San Fran- cisco have only about six steamers in actual service. The local companies have a large local market and better-paying freight than’tea, and consequently don’t make an effort to get overland businass. In fact, they haven’t the necessary ca- pacity to accommodate all the trade ‘that offers. Thisis another striking example of the needs of the port of San Francisco. “From our natural position we should be the distributors of the larger part of the tea consumed in America. “In the through business San Franeisco is affected indirectly.” Any aggrandize- ment of the port in any direction benefits the merchants of San Francisco. . For illustration, if there were forty lines in- stead of one line of steamers running out of San Krancisco 1t would be easy to imagine the increase of business in neariy any line you can mention. There would be increased trade in provisions and suP- lies, more men employed, repairs would Eeep shipyards busy, and the increased commerce add in a thousand and one ways toward the port’s greatness. This wonld be an indirect benefit to all.” ““How can the mnorthern lines take the tea business from Ban Francisco?” was asked the traffic expert. “Rather, why can’t the Pacific Mail compete with other lines?”” “This business is done through bills of ladine at through rates from the Orient to destinations in the United States., The Mail Company would need more ships to meet all demands. Even then, however, this would not give the same impetus to commerce of the port as would two com- peting steamship lines, which would be compelled to exert themselves against their northern competitors. The tea con- sumption of the United States is about 106,000,/ pounds a year outside the Pacific Coast, and of that consumption only 12 to 15 per cent comes through the port of San Francisco, whereas at one time it nearly all passed through here. ““The ports to the north of usare building up their overland business all the time, while that particular business here is practically at a standstill. San Francisco at one time was the only port through which that business passed on the Pacific Coast. Now fully three-fourths of it goes through northern ports.”” Commenting on the tea trade the Journal of Commerce said last week : *‘The importations for the first six months of the p resent year have been the lightest since 1892, and have, in fact, been the smallest for nine years past. “The Peru, which arrived April 8, had not a single package of tea. The Belgic, on June 1, had the first large overland shipment-in a long time.” The Pacific Mail Company would not charter more steamers than are actually needed on the line to keep up its custom- ary sailings, and as the through tea busi- ness has not proved quite as profitable as freighting for the home market the com- pany has preferred to let the importing of millions and millions of pounds of tea slip away to more enterprising rivals than go to the expense of employing sufficient ships to carry the tea to San rrancisco. ort her trade NOW FOR BAD MEAT! ANY NUMBER OF SEIZURES, BUT ONLY AN Occa- SIONAL ARREST. RECORD FOR SEPTEMBER THE BUTCHERS SAID TO HAVE A STRONG “PULL” WITH THE COURTS. THE LAW IN THE CASE. INSPECTOR BEN Davis TELLS WHAT HE PROPOSES TO Do IN THE 3 FUTuRE. While the Board of Heaifh is making a righteous warfare through Inspector Dockery against the’ vendors of impure milk they are not forgetting another if with the City’s health—that is, a close inspection of the meat offered for sale. There is certainly magrificent oppor- not still more important feature connected | Inspectors to act with authority, I beg to re- main, dear sirs, very respectiutly yours, EDMOND GODCHAUX, Secretary. 1t appears, according to the statement of Inspector Davis, that the City guardians were about to adopt an_order complying with the request of Dr. Lovelace when Wholesale Butcher Jefferson G. James ap- peared on the scene. Fe told them that any beef that died in transit was worth §8 to 1ts owner on account of the hide, etc. The Supervisors thereupon indefinitely postponed action on the communication | from the Board of Health. This in brief is the meat inspection situ- ation as it stands to-day. That Davis and his assistants are doing excellent work in the way of condemning diseased meat no one who takes the trouble to examine the | record will deny. But seizing the meat | does not by any means stop the evil, but | as a matter of fact gives a sort of license to those engaged in that class of business. to continue it. If the dealers have a “pull” with the courts the matter shoald be investigated, and that, too, without de- lay. 1t isevident that the mere condemn- ing of meat will not stop the practice, for so0 Jong as there is no fine attached to the crime dishonest dealers will offer for sale diseased meat, hoping that a portion or all of it will escape the eye of the Inspector. | Mr. Davis now proposes to test the | strength of the “pull” which the dealers are popularly supposed to have with the courts. Heintends to enforce section 26, in both letter and spirit, and just see where and how this influence comes in. “While I have made a great many seizures since coming into office,”” said Mr. Day sterday, ‘‘there have been but few arrests, on account 6f what I deemed cer- tain flaws in the law. It .18 my purpose now, however, to test sections 26 and 27, by arresting all parties who have diseased meat on their premises. The Board of Health endeavored to have the Super- | visors annul certain parts of section 27, so | as to allow me to seize and condemn ani- mals aying in transit. James appeared be- fore the board, bowever, and knocked it l MEAT INSPECTOR BEN PAVIS, [From a photograph.] tunity for Inspector Ben Davis to make a *record” in his particular department if | the September figures now on file in the Board of Health Office amount to any- thing. During that time Davis and his deputies inspected 30 milk ranches, 2681 | cows, and made the following seizures of | meat offered for sale in the various mar- kets: Sheep 37, calves 74, cows 5, beef 43 pounds, hogs 3, hams 20 and 3150 pounds of halibut and shark. showing, when it is remembered that four men are called upon to cover the entire City and County of San Francisco. There is one feature, however, connected with this wholesale seizure of meat which | Mr. Davis should not delay in remedying, | and that is the arrest of the dealers guilty of imposing on the public a diseased ar- ticle. Y or four Chinese, but the main culprits have been allowed to go with a simple seizure of the meat, the offending parties paying the cost of same. Section 26 of order No. 1601 speaks very plainly on this point. Itsays: Any article or animal that shall be offered, or exhibited, for sale, in any market, or else- where, as though it was intenaed for sale, shall be deemed offered and exposed for sale, within the intent and meaning of this order. In explanation of this failure to arrest the guilty parties, Inspector Davis says that the wholesalers have a *‘pull” in the police courts that is much stronger than any complaint which he could bring against them. There have been arrests in the past, he says, in which the offenders have been allowed to pay a nominal fine oi §5. He gives as another reason, that the law is defective, and has been so agreed upon by those who should be 1n a position to know, and section 1 of the order re- ferred to certainly fixes a punishment for those who violate " the section just quoted. It reads as follows: Any person who shall violate any of the pro- visions of this order shall be deemed guilty of o misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by & fine of not more than ?500 or by imprisonment in the County Jail or not more than six months, or by both such fine and imprisonment. In spite of this plain statement of the ordinance such well-known houses as Uri & Co., J. Hoffman, L. D. Stone, Jefferson G. James (ex-Supervisor), Western Meat Company and F. C. Shuler, in whose es- tablishments diseased meat was seized during the month of September, were al- lowed to go_free on a simple payment of costs. Section 27 of the same order says: Any person who, in violation of the ceding sections of this order, shall bring within the City, slaughter or sell or expose for sale any article or animal (therein prohibited from sale), or which js unfit or unsafe for human food, shall forfeit the same to the City, and the Market Inspector shall seize and forthwith remove the same at the exgenso of the owner in such manner, under the direction of the Health Department, as will insure safety and protection to the public health; provided, that this section does mn?ply 0 the body of any animal that has died during transit to this City and County, the owner of which desires o use the hide or remains of said animal for purposes other than these prohibited herein, and who shall remove the carcass of said ani- mel within a period of two hours from the time the same was landed in this City and County. It was to remedy this section that the Board of Health, at the instigation of Dr. Lovelace, addressed the following commu- nication to the Board of SBupervisors: September 8, 1895, To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco—DEAR Strs: 1 am instructed by A. L. Lovelace, M.D., Health Officer, to call your attention to section 27 of order 1601, general orders of the Board ot Supervisors, and eatltled “Forfeiture and duty of Market Inspector,” and request the repeal of that portion of the section beginning with the words, ‘‘from the time the same was landed in this City ana County.” Dr. Lovelace claims that this proviso annuls the efficiency of the order insomuch that the Market Inspectors are powerless to seize the remains of auy animels that die in transit, and the owners thereof are free to dispose of said diseased meat in open market. Trusting you will make such amendment to the order as will fully empower the Market pre- This is not a bad | ie has sworn out warrants for three | out, giving as one reason that such meat r offered for sale. Two days be- time I condemned a_dressed beef | in his establishment, which had tubercu- | losis in its worst form. | . “We need above all things else three ad- | ditional inspectors, It is practically im- possible for four men to cover as large a | territory asJjs embiaced in the City and County of San Francisco and not allow some diseased meat to slip in. i Chinatown the greatest evil we have to contend th. They get their beef and veal from | Colma, slipping it in at nighttime or bring- ing itin boxes which are supposed to con- tain something else. The Butchers’ Board of Trade refuse to sell to the Chinese, so they are forced to send their agents through the adjoining ranches, purchas- ing such beef as is offered them. This | month we have seized 113 immature calves alone, which is a record never before equaled by any inspector. In future I in- tend to arrest any butcher, either whole- sale or retail, having in his possession dis- eased meat. By doing this I will test how much of a ‘pull’ they have with the | courts as far as sections 26 and 27 of order 1601 are concerned.” HD ALIEN FLAG WANTED SERIOUS TROUBLE ANTICIPATED ON THE SIXTH-STREET DumPs. PATRIOTIC AMERICANS ANGRY OVER THE DISPLAY OF RUSSIAN COLORS. An ugly feeling that may end in blood- shed has arisen among the flotsam and jetsom of humanity that have established their winter quarters on the dumps be- tween Sixth and Seventh streets. ‘I'be cause of the trouble is a Russian flag, that waves in the breeze above a hut occupied by Peter Scavali and wLouis Kowalski, which is an eyesore to the pa- triotic Americans. John Manning, Jim O'Brien and George Eastman occupy a shanty not far from the two Russians. The hut now occupied by the latter was empty up till Saturday night, and when Manning, O’Brien and Iastman awoke on Sunday morning and went outside for a ““bracer” before break- fast they were amazed to see the flag of the Czar tloating from a poleon top of the hut. They discussed the sitnation all day and at night decided to visit the neighboring hut and insist upon the obnoxious flag being lowered. Manning was the spokesman, and when the three reached the hut he said to Scavali, “We want you to pull down that Russian flag, and if you wantto hoista flag it must be the Stars and Stripes.” “That ain’t a Russian flag,” said Scavali; “'it's an American flag.” ““Wherd’s the stars?” asked Manning. “Oh," replied Scavali facetiously, “you see them when the clouds roll by.”" This remark angered the three Ameri- cans and they made a dash at the flag. “Stop,” said Scavali in a menacing tone. “1f you lay a fin[’:er on that flag we’ll bore you full of holes.”” The three, being unarmed, stopped sud- denly and beat a judicious retreat. Yes- terday they discussed the situation with other Americans on the dumps and it was decided to bold a mass-meeting soon and march en masse upon the Russian citadel and tear down the flag, unless meantime the Russians save them the trouble. Man- ning, O’Brien and Eastman had the front of their shanty decorated with the Stars and Stripes yesterday and several others followed suit. They are determined that no other flag shall float o’er the dumps, and serious trouble is feared. TRICKED ON A MORTGAGE, BITTER LAWSUIT OVER A CLEV- ERLY SUBSTITUTED PAPER. SEVERAL SURPRISES SPRUNG. A FinaL VICcTORY Is GAINED IN CouRT BY THE WIDOW BLAKE. “Bwindling’’ is the expression used by Justices of the Peace Groezinger end Car- roll yesterday in summing up the way Sadie M. Nichols had treated Mrs. Eliza- beth S. Blake in a mortgage transaction. Of course Miss Nichols was greatly wrougnt up over the matter. So was her lawyer, A. 8. Newburgh. He threatened all sorts of restraining orders and appeals on her behalf. But the court never paid any at- tention to his voluble protests. The case has been a very bitter one. That is the reason Justice of the Peace Groezinger called in Justice of the Peace Carroll to sit with him on the bench. The Nichols woman lives at 214 Ellis street, and all the trouble arose out of the way she mortgaged her household furni- ture to Mrs. Blake for $150. Mrs. Blake is over 60 years of age. She had known the woman she charges with robbing her for a long time, and hence trusted her in a way. The latter took an active interest in the drawing up of the mortgage. ‘When the original cofly was ready for signing she (o]& Mrs. Blake that it was necessary to sign the paper in duplicate. The second paper she cleverly adjusted be- neath the firsi paper so thatits contents could not be seen. The places for the signa- ture on the two papers were thus brought close together, so there was no occasion to lift the npper paper. Mrs. Blake, without question, accepted the woman’s statement that the under paper was a copy of the mortgage. The papers were accordingly signed and the money turned over. When the note became due the maker took particular pains not to pay it. Then the trouble began. Mrs, Blake, however, was bound to have her money and set her lawyer to capture it after the most approved legal tactics. He began suit and tried to foreclose on the fur- niture. But the woman got wind of the approach of the Sheriff’s deputies and smuggled it out of the house at 9 o’clock of the night before they descended on the lace. P Then Mrs. Blake asked the court to ap- point a receiver to capture the furniture and hold it till the dispute for its posses- sion was settled. Receiver Berliner cap- tured the furniture all right, only to meet with another surprise in the bitterly fought case. Miss Nichols produced a release of the mortgage, sealed, signed and delivered by Mrs. Blake. The widow stoutly denied that she had ever signed any such paper. “You did,"” insisted Miss Nichols. The signature was undoubtealy that of Mrs. Blake, but that lady was stouter than ever in her assertion that she had never signed a release. Gradually proof came oyt that the paper which had been represented to be a dupli- cate mortgage was nothing less than a re- lease of the mortgage that covered it at the time. Miss Nichols stuck fast to the assertion that she came honestly and fairly by the release, but all the evidence in the case was against her. In summing up the evidence the court said that she could not be believed in the testimony she had offered in the case. The court stated that there was only one con- struction to be placed on her actions in the matter, and that was that she had de- liberately tried to swindle Mrs. Blake. Judgment was accordingly entered for the widow, and the chances now are that she will either get the money or the value of the furniture sold at Sheriff’s sale. The Nichols woman has been in trouble with the courts before. There isa charge of grand larceny now pending against her in the criminal depariment of the Superior Court. In thiscase $90 is in dispute. It once belonged to a gentleman who left his card at the defendant’s house, but had no intention of leaving his $90, so he says. THE STONE NOT LAID. The California Bible Association’s New Building Not Ready. The laying of the cornerstone of the California Bible Association’s new build- ingon McAllister street, which was to have taken place yesterdug, has been postponed till Tuesday, November 5. The delay was occasioned by the inability to obtain gran- ite. An interesting programme will be pre- pared, and the ceremony will be partici- pated in by visiting delegations from churches in Oakland and Alameda and other towns. The new building will be a handsome and commodious one when completed that will reflect credit on the enterprise of the association. INOZONE, catarrh’s worst foe, U N every home should be. 0 proofs conclusive need we show F this great remedy. EALOTUS people who \:mve tried jt FFER thanks for their relief; ONE do they praise like Pinozone, ARTH'S pest to bring to grief. 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