The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 1, 1895, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1895. completed in 1884 at a cost of $96,000. | These channels have since silted up some- } | what, but not sufficiently to seriously im- | pede commerce. | For the better understanding of what PACIFIC COAST NEWS lof land referred b th Improvement of Humboldt)Z e, ot = o, = Harbor Now Steadily |seit beine the tongue of land extending Progressing. | from the channel north to high land, and the south thetongue extending south from the channel to high land. | with the view of increasing the depth over | the bar at the entrance to the harbor. This | was to be done by constructing a low-tide stone jetty, extending seaward from the | south spit—or tongue of land extending south—for a distance of 6000 feet. The es- timated cost of this was $600,000. As the money appropriated was not available un- til certain land required was obtained free of expense to the Government, nothing could be done until 1888, when a contract | was let under tnis project. Operstions | were begun in 1889 and carried on until ONE GREAT WATERWAY. Principal Inlet Between San Fran- cisco Bay and the Columbia | River. ober, 1890, when the contractor failed. ler this cohtract the south jetty was feet, 900 feet of this length raised to high-water level. ber. 189, a board of engineers ded two high-tide stone and ies, starting from the north and NEARLY TWO MILLION DOLLARS. iations Are The Government Appro th spits, Tespectively, and extending Being Wisely and Economically 1 to the eighteen-foot contour. Lt s project was adopted, and in May, Expended. , operation was begun under another act, made with Simpson & Brown in the preceding February, and work was ly prosecuted until the expiration ntract in December, 1891. Owing to insufficient funds no farther work was done until April, 1893. Up to this time six different appropriations were de, amounting to $422,500. These ap- EUREKA, Ca:x Bay 1s the only safe b, [ In 1882 an additional project was adopted | Owing to the ravages of the teredo the life of the piles supporting the trestle can- not be expected to exceed three or four vears, and further, auy contractor calcu- | lates so as to reimburse himseli for the outlay on his plant. costing $40,000 to $50,- 1000, in every contract. It is, therefore, manifestly cheaper to the Government to complete the work as soon as possible, and for this reason the improvements at Hum- boldt Bay were put under the so-called continuous contract system and $1,750,000 | wsa approvoriated for the work. In April, 1893, work was agail wit resumed & aggregate sppropriations of $6%.000 ble for use. he contract under the work is now being done called | for its completion, according to the esti- mates of the engineers, for the sum of , though Congress by a special pro- h the river and harbor appropria- permitied an expenditure of §1,715, its completion, and it is quite probable that this amount will be used before the work is finished. and the inper channel made navigable for deep- draft vessels. This munificent provision of Congress was due in_large measure to the zeal and untiring efforts of Congressman J Geary, who received the hearty and able support of the Humboldt Chamber of Commerce. The people of Humboldt knew the work could now be carried on to 2 better advantage. and when the news of the passage of the act by Congress was re- ceived people from all over the county met in Eureka and celebrated the event by one of the largest and grandest demonstra- tions ever held in t! is On December 16, 2, a contract was entered into with John C. Bull Jr. of A. cata, Cal., the lowest bidder. He began work on the north s in accordance with the latest project, delivering the first load of stone on April 14, 1893. By the end of | the fiscal year the work done amounted to GOVERNMENT QUARRY IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY, HUMBOLDT HARBOR. W. Miller.) [From a photograph by G. ropriations were made at different times m March, 1, to September, 90. re was a great disadvaniage in this to ork is being done the trestle mprovem are apt to be een December, 1891, and when no work was done 1o either jetty, some drift logs and trees lodged between the piles of the north spit ern California coast, betweer San Fr with ocean. the sea by d which extend mattresses anc made the nc ing Septem ments were i the rock delive the telephone nigan’s mill at Eureka. p in communication with the quarry h spit o Flan- on the north and south, lies the channel that th the sea. The high g eight feet or OF THE SEASON. [From a photograph by Miller & Chase.] nt wave action caused the breaking of € twenty or more piles, thus destroy- restle work for about 100 feet of its £ih. 4 large portion of beach on the west or ocean side of the north spit was 5 also washed away. carrying with it a little 2 wharves, and one 10 | 1o tnan 1000 feet of railroad track. Ail eet wide to Arcata and : of this had 1o be rebuilt and repaired be- preject was fore work could be resumed. protection work, and in_consequence of | introduction of an electric light in the quarry for night work, and the regulation of the amount of powder used in blasting. The effects of these improvements were menifest in the increased amount of rock delivery. The rock and brush used in the construc- CONTE SCALP FRAUDS. WHERE ROCK IS OBTAINED FOR Three Men Arrested NearVisalia | stting the jetty | Crawford of in Kern County last January. SToaMER TOWING ROCK FBDHV TRAINS TO JETTYwLAST LOAD | {in Tacoma. tion of the jetties are obtained on the east | side of the upper bay, about eight miles | from Eureka. The rock which is being | by ma delivered at the jetties is metamorphic sandstone, all coming from the same hiil, which is about 400 feet in height and cov- ered with timber. The greatest care is constantly exercised to select only such rock as is believed to be durable. The north jetty has been built out in the sea 503 bents, of 16 feet each, or 8048 feet, and the south jetty 251 bents of 16 feet each, or 4016 feet. The porth jetty 1 about com- pleted, while the south jefty is not more than half done. Little work has been done to the south jetty this season, mainly on ac- count of the deep water at the end. The water being about forty feet in depth it is impossible to secure piles of a sufficient length to construct a trestle. Asthe work progresses the exposure to the sea in- creases, for the reason the sea instead of being broken by shoals reaches the jetty with full force. The distance between the two jetties is about 2200 feet and the main channel over the bar is 700 to 800 feet and has a straight and defined course and & depth of twenty- five feet. The jetties rest upon a sandy founda- tion and the earth between them is loose sand, so that the force of the water sweep- ing with increased velocity deepens the channel. At the north jetty 129,510 long tons of rock and 2320 cords of brush for mat- tresses have been used, and at the south jetty 54.649 iong tons of rock and 840 cords of brush were deposited. At the north jetty the trestle was extended 1885 linear ieet and at the south jetty 624 linear feet. TUpon this'trestle was built a double track, standard gauge, made of forty-pound T rails. During the season just past $300,000 has been spent on the improvement of these jetties. Itis worthy of notice that nearly all of this money remains in Humboldt. The contractor is a resident of Arcata, being in business there. The majority of the workmen also are residents af the county. Tms large sum of money is put in circulation each vear in this locality, and eacts as a stimulant to business by swelling the veins and arteries of trade. W. E. Dennison_of San Francisco is general manager. uring the past season 300 men bave been employed. None but white la is employed and 200G wages are paid. The workmen are boarded and lodged by the contractor, ose & little village has the guarry, populated en- tirely by men. At the commencement of the work un- der the present contract it was prophesied v that the j es could never be T t they wou!d not ac- red results; but the the past ments three years and the improve- nave been so ked that the most cul are forced to admit that the jet- e and will be the means of accom- ng the results for which they were projected. Before the improvements several wrecks and many accidents occurred at the bar. times a fleet was bar 3 the period of & week, waiting for the chan- nel to open; but for the past two years no vessel was aetained on account of shallow- ness of water on the bar, though afew were on account of the roughness of the sea. Charged With Kern County Speculations. Declare Their Innocence and Say They Can Prove Themselves Straight. VISALIA, Car., Oct. 31.—Deputy Sheriff Bakersfield is here to serve ; the | warrants of arrest on Amstin Gilstrap of , William Haden Gilstrap of Springville and J. H. Gilstrap. Th tnree men are charged with crim- spiracy in the coyote scalp frauds The Grand of Kern County found indictments inst jourteen persons on October 2: e arrested here are among the Officer John Willis of Porterville started Svringville last evening to brinz W. H. rap to Visalia, le his iriends here repared a bond of $2000 for bim. Austin Silstrap came here at once from Selma and has his bond under way. They both say they can prove their transactions with coyote scalps perfectly straight. T 2 il REFORMATION IN TACOMA. Boggs-McCaulay Eeign Interrupted by Dismissal and Arrest. TACOMA, Wasa., Oct. 3L.—The City late this afternoon elected Freder- place of J. sed from of- s CarL, ahead fice, as stated in yesterday of the local papers. This settles the Boggs- McCaulay reign Boggs arrived here in charge of Sheriff Parker at5o’clock ». M. Judge furphy fixed Boggs’ bond in each case at X He failed to secure bondsmen, and was remanded to jail. Sensational exposures are expected to be made by Boggs soon. - o b SUCH SOUTH JETTY, |From a photograph by J. Vansant Jr., Eurcka, Cal.} HUMBOLDT HARBOR. SHOWING PROGRESS OF THE WORK TO PRESENT DATE. been executed so successfally for | | us work. He don’t even dare to file charges PACIFIC COAST NEWS, e Sensations Sprung on the Kern County Grand Jury. CHARGES OF PREJUDICE. Attorneys for Indicted Coyote Scalp Speculators Make a Scene. LARGE DEFICIENCIES HINTED. The Final Report Insinnates a Lack of Intelligence as Well as of Honesty. BAKERSFIELD, CaL, Oct. 31.—The Grand Jury, which has been in session since December 4, 1894, adjourned sine die | to-day, but before doing so a batch of sen- | sations was sprung, whose echoes will be heard many a day. Not the least sensational was the chal- lenge by the attorneys for several indicted persons of the whole Grand Jury panel on the following grounds: First, of prejudice of its members against the indicted per- sons; second, that one active member of nge jury was not a resident of this county; third, that another member had never been legally made & citizen of this country. The juryman, C. A. Schmiedte. against whom the last charge is made, was put on the stand and said that be declared his intention to become a citizen and received his final papers inside of one month. Had he been under 18 when he arrived this would have been all right, but he was nearly 21, and according to law shouid bave waited two vears between the declara- tion and the obtaining of his final papers. The Judge took the matter under advise- ment, but it is the general belief that the jury will be knocked out, as was the Ban Bernardino Grand Jury last year, one member of which was found to be nota legal citizen. Inits final report, which was handed in with the report of the expert, Moore, upon | which the indictments were based, the | Grand Jury indulges in wholesale denun- | ciation both of the men who are indicted | and several who were not so honored. All | the Supervisors who have served for the | past six years are charged with being guilty of conduct reflecting seriously ou their intelligence, not to say their honesty and integrity. A large number of instances of neglect cha of direct violation of law are | made. The expert figures out the total | deficiency of about $225,000, distributed | of duty are pointed out and a number of | too much leniency and are fed teco well. The board bili for prisoners last month was over §1100. This is simply outrageous. 1 shall advise Sheriff Johnson to put all the prisoners on bread and water—very little bread and lots of water, “It is about time that this criminal class shouid understand that they are not pen- sioners on this county. They go to the County Jail sick and debilitated from pro- longed sprees and dissipation, get doctored up, well fed for sixty or ninety days, and then come out feeling finer than silk. “lhey get right back into their old habits and are only to glad to get into jail again, where they are sure of their bean soup and Irish stew. This thing has gone far enough. “I am in favor of vigorous discipline, more dark cells for punishment, a restric- tion on visitors, no more cigarette smoking and a bread and water diet. The amount required to feed these men would build a little schoolbouse and employ a teacher for several months. “Cut off the roast beef and Irish stew and give them bread and water with lots of hard work and in a very short time the jail will not be peopled with 125 vags and tramps who want to pass the winter in comfortable quarters.” e e EEL RIVER COWS DISEASED. Typhus Fever Carries Away a Number of Milkers. TUKIAH, CaL., Oct. 3L.—What is said to be typhus fever has hroken out among the dairy cows in Eel River Valley. Joseph Davenvort of Grizzly Bluff lost six of his herd last week. The disease commences with a failure of the milk flow, after which the animals become sluggish, and within from one to four days lay down and die in great agony. Post-mortem ex- aminations show that the animals’ sto achs are bard and dry. The disease ap- pears to be contagious, and veterinary surgeons seem powerless to check or cure it. EVENTS AT SN JOSE: Death of Mrs. Dr. Enthanasiam S. Meade of Heart Disease. 0dd Fellows’ District Meeting—Pris- oners at Work—A Crazy French Womas. SAN JOSE, Cav., Oct. 31.—Mrs. Dr. En- thanasiam S. Meade died at her home about noon to-day of heart disease. She was taken sick last evening and remained in an unconscious state until the time of her death. Deceased was 51 years of age, a native of Genesee, N, Y. Mrs. Meade was a gradn- ate of the Woman'’s College of Medicine of Pennsylvania. She came to San Jose in 1879 and has been engaged in the practice of medicine in this city ever since. Her only relative is a brother, Porter T. Sher- man, a banker of Kansas City. P e ODD FELLOWS AT SAN JOSE. District Meeting Atiended by About Four Hundred Members. SAN JOSE, Car.. Oct. 31.—The district meeting of the Odd Fellows last evening was attended by about 400 members. Dis- trict Deputy Grand Master A. C. Bates | among different officiels. The County Clerk’s office is charged with deficiency and illegal payments of nearly $17,000. School Superintendent Harrell 1s charged in so many words, with embezzling $1500 by false requisitions. Ex-District Attor- ney Abern is charged with illegally taking $1400 for collecting State aid to indigents. Auditor Howell is charged with drawing over $14,000 for court reporter’s fees while at the same time holding the office of County Auditor. District Attorney Fay is chargea with retaining a large sum of fees collected in State land cases. Ex-Tax Col- lector Baker is charged with a large short- age, and so on down the list. Notwithstanding all this denunciation and charges of iliegal acts, only the indict- ments already mentioned were found. | Prisoners in Sacramento Jail Say They Will Break No More Rock. Supervisor Todd Advises Keeping Them on Bread and Water for Regular Diet. SACRAMENTO, Car., Oct. 31.—The in- surrection of the orisoners in the County Jail, published exclusively in vesterday’s Cavi, is still on, and despite their bread | and water regime they absolutely refuse to grasp a hammer or break a rock. “There is no law that can compel us to work,” said one of them, “‘and we will not doit. For my part I would rather lay on my mattress and chew bread and drink water than to be pounding rock all day, and the majority of us feel the same. This | talk about wire spectacles is all rignt, but | that isn't the fact of this trouble by any means. “The truth is,” he continved, becoming confidential, “‘the boys feel sore about the way Sheriff Johnson is treating those who walked out the other day when Becker left the back door open, and that is the whole cause of the general kick. During the past year over thirty prisoners have flown this coop, and what few Lave been gathered in never got any punishment to speak of, and now when the back door is left open and the bors take a walk they all get bread and water. “Tt has just come to this. Either Sher- iff Johnson turns them men out 1 work and gives ’em regular rations or none of against the boys for breaking jail, because he knows old Pop Becker was the one whose carelessness turned 'em oui.” Sheriff Johnson, when interviewed on the subject, said: ‘‘There is not one atom ; of truth in the report that Becker left that door open. These opium fiends and petty thieves will say anything, and outsiders who want to run my business are only too willing to believe their lying tales. “That door was locked by two of my deputies, and this man Cole will tell any one bow they worked the break. Anold ex-convict made a false key and threw it over the wall and the prisoners took ad- vantage of deputies when tiey were en- aged in the first lock-up to make their firn.k for liberty. We have that keyin our possession. Now that I have recap- tured nearly all of them, and having made up my mind that ordinary kindnessis lost on this class of humanity, I have placed them on bread and water. “The entire crowd bave combined in an endeavor to force me 10 run matters in their way, and I intend to show them that I will stand no more of their foolishness. STILL REFUSE TO WORK. | presided and J. E. Harris, past grand, lacted as secretary. Delegations from | Santa Clara, Campbell and Los Gatos | were present. | _Addresses ,were made by Grand Master { P. F. Gosbey, Past Grand R. P. McGlincy, | Past Grand M. H. Hyland, Deputy Grand | Master A. C. Bates and others. After the completion of lodge work the members sat down to a banguet. Lo Prisoners Building Roads. BAN JOSE, CaL., Oct. 31.—The Board of Supervisors have put twenty prisoners to work building a road from Berryessa, up Berryessa Creek into the mountains, some two miles and a half. Two guards are em- ployed. The prisoners are do ng excellent work. The men are well treated and pre- fer the work to serving time in j It is the intention of the Supervisors to keep prisoners at work on the road unti! fin- ished, and then put the men on other county work that will in no way interfere with laboring men. Demolished the Furniture. SAN JOSE, Car, Oct. 31.—Phillipine | Pichon, a crazy French woman, was ar- rested this afternoon at the residence of J. Turrel at 169 Orchard street, where she was demolishing the furniture and in other ways terrorizing the inmates of the house. About a year ago her husband, T. P. Pichon, secured a divorce from her on the ground of drunkenness and it is thought | that drink and family trouble have unbal- anced her mind. She will be charged with insanity. SR ¢ Took Everything in Sight. SAN JOSE, CaL., Oct. 3L.—The residence of George Ruffer, on East Julian street, near Coyote Creek, was visited by thieves last night. They carried oif eleven chick- ens, a five galion can of coal oil, a set of buggy harness, some canned frait, a lot of tools, and about everything else around the house that conld be carted away with- out awaking the inmates. { - - FAIR'S YACHT DISABLED. The New Boat Towed Into Fort Canby by the Steamer George W. Eider. PORTLAND, Oz., Oct. 31.—The meager reports of the aisabling of the Lucero, Charles Fair's gasoline yacht, were con- | firmed at 11 o'clock A. M. to-day by receipt of the following dispatch from Fort Canby : “Steamer George W. Eider passing in with the disabled yacht Lucero in tow, be- longing to millionaire Fair.” At an earlier hour a dispatch came from the signal man at Fort Canby saying: ‘“Large steamer outside with a lannch apparently in distress in tow.” The telegram set shipping men to won- dering. The word “launch” in the tele- gram suggested the longboat of & deep- water ship, and with it the possible foun- dering of some one of the grain fleet now due off the mouth of the river. The later dispatch dispelled their fears. !rillimmire Feir's swell gasoline yacht bumlt for him at Seattle, left for San Fran- cisco on Sunday, and at Port Townsend ber master was warned by steamboatmen not to proceed to sea with her. Nothing more was heard from her until this morn- ing. —_——— THE BOSTON'S DESTINATION. Advices at Vallejo Say That She Will Go to China. VALLEJO. CaL., Oct. 3L.—From official sources it is learned to-night that the Boston will probably go the China station when she leaves here. Captain Frank Wildes is arranging his affairs on the re- ceiving ship Independence for turning over that vessel to Commander C. E. Clarke on November 18, when the Boston has been ordered commissioned. There are still quite a number of officers to be detailed to the Boston, and 100 men re- main to be secured for the crew, which I intend to prosecute every one of the es- s for jailbreaking, and I believe they- will all get six months for their escapade. I will keep every man on bread end water until they beg to go to work. This wire spectacle talk is alla blind an; y. Ihave no power to purchase any of those articles. That lies with the Board of Su i They cando as they please in the matter.” Supervisor Todd said: “The fact is these men in the County Jail are treated with the Ranger is endeavoring to make up in San Francisco. Sl b Spokane’s Police Muddle. SPOKANE, Wasg., Oct. 3L—The Board of Police has given up the fight to control the police force, and yesterday the Com- missiopers conceded to Mayor Belt his right to appoint the Chief of Police. This ends the muddle that has existed for sev- eral months. NEW TO-DAY. a R ALY w VL0 7 You can tell our clothes at a glance. There’s something distinguished looking about ’em—they have a certain hang and set on the form that makes’em popular with careful dressers, all due, of course, to good tailoring. Some Very Stylish Kersey Overcoats to-day—those very fashionable Kerseys, in Black, Blue and Brown— cleverly tailored garments, " $10.00. A real smart and dressy locking Suit, made from Cheviots, in Biue, Black or Brown, at $10.00. A Black Clay Worsted Cut= away Suit, suitable for Sun=- day wear, excellently tai= lored garments, at Raphael’s 9 11, 13 and 15 Kearny Strest Big in Everything but Price. AUCTION SALES. | E‘\STO&T&DLRWF‘E & RERL B G Ew: ',l“-“::: Tiong HLESROS Core) At Auction TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 5, 1885, AT 12 0'Crock NooN. At 638 Market Street, Opp. Palace Hotel. Pacific Heights Residence Lot. North line of Vallejo, 70 feet west of Gough st.— This large and handsomely located residence lot commands & grand marine view; is surrounded by elegent residences. Street in bituminous rock. Examine it. Pacificave. and Union-st. cables. Lot 30x120 feet. Improved Property, Mason St., Jackson. West line (Nos. 1219-1223) of Mason, 28 feet south of Jackson st.—Improvements consist of two buildings of 7 and 6 rooms and bath. Bituminized street and cement stone walks. Rents £52 50. Powell and Jackson-st. cables. double frontage, 45x57:6 to Vernon place. Western Addition French Flats. North line of Hermann, 80 feet east of Stelner st.: building consists of two French fiats on the Germania-street front (Nos. 125 and 125) 0f 5 rooms each: Tents $23: Haight, Castro and Fill- more-screet cars; iot 26:3x120 to Germania st. Probate Sale. Northwest line (No. 50) of Tehama, 505 feet southwest of First st.: improvements consist of 8 residence of 7 rooms; this location mus: soon be absorbed by busiess: this property is worthy the atiention of the invesior Or specuistor: cemeni- stone walk, sircet in spiendid condition: lot 22:6 X80, With right of way over 214 feet 10 the west. Probate Sale. Northwest line (No. 48) of Tehama st. 430 feet soutbwest of Fi improvements consist of & residence of 8 rooms; the location must 800n be in demand for business; examine for an Invesi- ment; cementstone walk: sireet in fine condi- tion; lot 25x80 feet. Probate Sale. West Lne (No. 1513) of Lesvenworth st. 12 feet north of Jackson—Improvements consist of & two-story bullding on Leavenworth st. of — r0oms; 2180 a small house on rear of lot. Rent —. Hyde and -8i. cables. Lot 52:6x162:6 feet. Western Addition Residence Lot. North line of Hermann st., 151:8 feet east of This is s handsome residence lot. Lot ready for bullding: piesssn: surroundings Halght, ore and Castro-st. cars. Lot 25x120 feet 10 Germania st. Castro Heights Oottage. ‘West line (No. 810) Douglass at., 135 feet sonth of Tweniy- This has TOOMS and bath: Twenty-fourth _and $15°50, Tor 85126 teet: Rincon Hill Property. Emth-a::l corner (Nos. 823 and 3825) of Rincon Bryant si. (No. 126)—Front house, two tenements of three each; cottage, three rooms. Corner iot, 25x80 feet. For turther Rents $37. Electric carm tnquire of EASTON, ELDEIDGE & 0., 638 Market street. A