The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 3, 1896, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, JANUARY 3. 1896. NEWS OF SAN OG0 Very Fishy Yarn of a Port- land Reporter and Artist. A HAIR-RAISING TALE. He Claims to Have Been Lost and Had to Drink Horse Blood. HEAVY = LIBEL SUIT BEGUN. 5 A Councilman’s Baby Said to Have | Received Money for His Father’s Vote, SAN DIEGO, Cav., Ja —A dispateh | was received from Ensenada to-day giving | a hair-lifting:account of the adventures of L. C. Pease, a reporter and artist of the Portland Oregonian, who Jeit this city last Monday for a horseback trip- to Ensenada. The story was to the effect that Pease took the coast trail from Tia Juanaand lost his way 1 day night, getting into the mountai where he could neither urge_his horse forward nor return. In desperation the man shot his horse, which had been injured in stumbling, and drank its blood to appease his frantic thirst. The dispatch- added . that Pease .struck | out.on foot, clambering over rocks and | swim: gin the ocean round points for twenty-four ~hours, when he met B. Velasquez, -who: took him to Ensenada. Pease claimed to have been -without food | or water for forty | As no regular press correspondent. i stationed at Ensenada, and as the stor; fishy ‘in the extreme, it is” helieved here that Pease concocted. it and sent it out himself, either to forestall a true story of | his misfortunes as a tenderfoot, or to pose as’a hero after his return. The fact is-that the traii to E 8 good one and free of mouptains senada is nd that no traveler- neéd drink -horse-biood unless | be ‘préfers it to water. hes are. fre- | quent along the route -an ¥ of food | is to be obtaine The yarn abou on the- co: is especial man could face the heavy sea- and - come out. alive, even if nourished by somet} | better than the blood of ec be learr that Pease is a! s paring’-to record other feats in the wilds of Lower California. | A LIBEL SUIT BEGTUN. Charge That a Councilman’s Baby Boodle for Its Father's Vote. SAN- DIEGO, “Caw, Jan. 2.—Suit. wa filed-in the Superior Court here to-dav by | Fred H. Ro on, ex-member of the City | Council, for $2: ) damages from the Los| ‘Angeles Times for alleged libel in connec- \ | | | Got tion with the affidavit and deposition late- 1y given by Cliffon E. Mayne. Mayne- had said in "his affidavit that Robinson ¢ould not bé spproached by kim, | but that through another party- arrange- ments were_ made to give Robinson’s baby Robin: a present of $1000; through which F son’s vote would be secured. 5 In his.deposition Mayne reitérated the | charge, and an ariicle appeared in the | Times of Sunday, December 29, purporting 10-be a report of the taking of the. deposi- tion. Robinson allegés that rect quotation Mayn false and_defamatory, matter. The words printed by: the Times which | are claimed to be libelous are: “One man, Mr. Robinson, refused to- take any money | himself, but said- that his vote would be given -all right if Babeock wonid give his baby-$1000. | “The- vote :was.: purchased .and the | baby got the boodle with which. to make a good honest start: in life when he reaches man’s estate.” These words are not queted by the Tim but “follow an introduction’ in which it ade to-appear that they are substantially Mayne's Wwas not a.cor- | s words, but was | and ‘not “privileged NEW HOPE WAREHOUS 2 BURNED. The Structure Was Burned t6 the Ground and Great Dawmage Done. STOCKTON, Cat.., Jaa. 2.—Gershbacher & - Gross” ‘warenouse, on the Mokelunne | River, three miles west-of- New Hope, was | burned to the ground early thi$ morning. 1t is'supposed that the flames-started-from | an engine, which bad been-left near the building with live sparks_in: the furnace, All efforts to save the structure or ‘its con- tents were futilé. The levee near.by was burning to-day, and s there were no. facilities for extin- shing the _fire word was sent to the | California, ‘Navigation and Improvement Company to have. s steamer sent to the ‘scene of the fire-at.once. The entire loss- is estimated at about $4000 above the insurance. In the ware- house were stored 9000 sacks of beans, 4000 sacks of barley and 1000 sacks of potatoes. — STOCKTON'S NEW TELEGRAPH. A Line to Be Stretched 4long the San Joaquin Valley Railroad. S8TOCKTON, Car., Jin. 2.—The Postal Telegraph. Company will to-morrow begin the acfual constraction. of the telegraph iines to the Stanislaus River along the line of the San Joaquin Valley Railroad. A large amount of material is on hand and a construction tr: will to-morrow distribute it alohg the line of the road. The holes for the poles are already dug some- twd miles out and & large force of men will'be put to work in order that the line may be completed as soon as possible. o s AN IRATE FATHER-IN-LAW. ‘He: Takes a Gun and Lays for the Choice of His Daughter’s Heart. PORTLAND, Ok, Jan. 2. — Colonel Henry Hessen, a prominent member of the German colony, was arrested to-day and. placed in jail for trying to kill his prospective son-in-law last nigkt. Albrecht Kuestermann and Miss Minnie Hessen made arrangements to get married. Colonel Hessen, who is impulsive and who has been estranged from his wife and fam- ily for some time over domestic differences, learned of the intended marriage of his daughter. He procured a gun and laid for young Keustermann when he left the house. e tried to perforate the young man, but failing fled. To-day Keustermann went to the court- house and got out a license for his mar- ‘Dr. Grant lectured to the teachers to-night -on Yeilowstone Park, e o THE TROLLEY FOR LOS ANGELES. Cable-Cars Will Soon Be a Thing of the Distant Past. LOS ANGELES, Cav., Jan..2.—Cable- cars will soon be a thing of the past. General Manager Wood of the Los An- geles Railway Company expects to have electric-cars on the Boyle Heights, Grand avenue, West Lake and East Side lines be- fore the 1st of February, All of the ma- chinery ordered from the Eastis now in the power-house. It would have been possible to have used electricity on all the cable-roads on the first day of the new year had it not been for-a three weeks’ delay in getting the ma- chinery ready for operation, caused by an accident to ‘a big casting that is being got out in the city g PLES” WEALTH. 4 Much Larger Cash HBalance in the Treasury Than Last Year. LOS ANGELES, Car., Jan. 2.—There was at9 A. a. to-day in the county treas- ury §$946,180 46—a cash balance. A year ago to-day the cash balance was $301,000. The increase is owing to the fact that in 1895 the first installment of taxes paid in approximated $716,000, as against $382,000 in 1894. There were more taxes to collect and more people paid taxes in full instead of making only half payments. This indicated that money was not as tight in as it was in November and December, 1894 LOs. ANG gl Bakersjield Officer Shot. BAKERSFIELD, CaL., Jan. 2.—Officer Ed Tibbet: was shot in the shoulder last night by an ucknown man, who had ‘been creating a disturbance in Joe Brown’s place, on the corner of Twentieth ana L | streets. The shooting was without provocation. Tibbet-snappkd his pistol several times at the fellow after being shot, but it failed to go off. The shooter msde his escape. SOMETHING ABOUT ROADS, Commissioner Manson's Trip of Four Hundred and Thirty Miles. He Learned Much About Smew and . How to Construct High.. ways. SACRAMENTO; Car., Jan. 2.—Commis- sioner Manson of the buréaun 6f highways returned: from a trip -through the upper counties of the State.. His trip extended over.430 miles of road, of which 205 were traveled in sleighs upor snow from six inches to five feet-deep. Said Mr. Man- son: ““Part of the time the thermometer stood rees below zero, and an.open sleigh Is not the most comfortable place in the world at such a time. “On my journey over the divide, be- tween the headwatersof the McCloud and “acramento rivers, we -had to break the through several feet ot snow for nine 5, and it took us six hours and a half. “1am glad I took the trip, for I have ed mieh valuable information about now roads that can ke.turned to advan- tage hereafter. 1. guess I had about as rough and uncomfortable a trip as any State. officer has ever experienced, but it wiil bé 4 paying one. ‘““The inliabitants of the mountain coun- ties take more interest in the good-roads question than those of the valleys. Good Toads mean a great deal to them and they -feel that the ‘subject . is one f much, importance. I find that ore isolated places the business depression is feitfar iess than with us for the reason that they have most of their ources within - themselves and. their products ‘are mainly consumed at home. There is'an engorgement of fruit and stock in' the northern. counties on account of their lack of facilities for disposing of it to the outside world.” MIKIAG 1N EL DORADO, | A Bid to Capitalists to Develop Rich and Idle Prop- erties. Boom in: the Starlight, Pocahontas, Larkin, El Dorado and Neigh- boring Claims. PLACERVILLE, Car., Jan. 2.— The Starlight mine, seven miles southwest of Placerville; is making a good showing. In a recent sixty-hour run with a small Hun- tington mill its owners took out $1300. This is the property of San Francisco peo- ple and is looked upon as one of the rich- est little mines in the county. Adjoining the Starlight and - near the famous old Pocahontas, now being re- opened, is the Independence. This hag three shafts of 65, 70 and 100 feet depth and about 100 feet apart. In early times, when crudely worked, this property produced $150,000. It has a continuous vein exposed over 700 feet, containing very high-grade ore. It isowned by N. W. Mountain and others of Placerville. The disposition among people owning properties but lacking capital to develop them is gradually eaining ground that the past unwise plan of holding them at great prices is to their detriment, and a willing- ness to give favorabie bonds to capitalists is superseding the old-time policy. Bonds for twelve to eighteen months can be ob- tained in most sections. This alone will cause many properties to be developed in this county during the coming year. Hoisting works are completed on the Larkin mine capable of sinking 200 feet, to which depth the shaft will be sunk, The ledge grows in width asdepth isat tained, and the ore is high grade. This is another of the mother-lode properties. The Hill brothers of El Dorado have be- gun work to reopen their mine, four miles south of the town. The shaft is down fifty feet and drifting on the vein develops good ore. Harper and Harms, who recently took §6000 from pockets on their ranch, will sluice the entire system of seams and.por- hyry ledges and sink shafts and run Srifts later on. It is predicted. that the will take out large amounts of pocket gold, They are on the ridge between old Log- town Ravine and the Church Union prop- erties. The Sacramento Development Comvany is reopening the old Snyder mine, three and a half miles south of here. The shaft is down 140 feet, and will be continued. The ledge is twenty-three feet wide. The Sat Kaiser property, near the Tay- lor mine, has been bonded by San Francisco people, who are sinking a double-compart- ment shaft. The old Cram and Berry mine, near Clarkesville, is being reopened. The new shaft has attained a depth of seventy feet. The ledge from tie surface down is twenty inches wide, and the mill tests of the ore ‘riage and & warrant -of arrest for his|ShOW it to run from $15 to $25 per ton, -father-in-law at the same time. State Teachers’ Association. PORTLAND, Or., Dec. 2.—At to-day’s session of the State teachers addresses and discussions by -leading educators of the ‘Lhis is now the property of J. H. Tong of Clarkesyille. The Blakemore mine, fourteen miles from Placerville, owned by C. L. Blake- more, has its shaft down seventy feet, and is drifted forty feet on the ledge, which averages three feet. A mill test shows the State took up the-day. The feature of the | ore value to be $15 per ton. The sulphurets afternoon - work of the convention was|run about 2 per cent and average from $150 b “Pbysica] Culture in the Public Bchools,” | upward. The title is United States patent, e A VALUELESS ~ PAVEMENTS, PSS RN The Hand of the Solid Eight in Van Ness Avenue Street Work. EXPERT GADEN CONDEMNS IT. Bituminous Road Covering Picked From the Street With the Naked Fingers. At the next meeting of the Board of Su- pervisors the Jordan Bituminous Rock and Paving Company will file a formal protest against the payment of $1627 17 to the City Street Improvement Company, this sum being the City’s proportion of the cost of paving Van Ness avenue, between Sutter and Bush streets, with bituminous roc! The protest will claim that the let- ting of the contract was illegal in that competition was not invited as required by law, end the recent decision of Judge Sea- well in the mandamus proceedings of the Santa Cruz Rock Paving Company against Auditor Broderick will be cited in support of the contention. The resolution authorizing the payment of the Street Iraprovement Company’s claim was passed to print at the last meet- ing of the board. At the same session J. ‘W. McDonald, manager of the corporation, protested against the acceptance of the pavement on Twenty-fourth street, be- tween Howard and Mission, which was laid by a rival concern, the Jordan Bitu- minous Rock and Paving Company, the protest alleging that the bitumen was only an inch and a half thick and that it had not been properly rolled. A scrutiny of the facts back of these two papers sheds further light upon the ne- farious methods of the Solid Eight in the Board of Supervisors. The protested block on Twenty-fourth street was completed by the Jordan com- pany more than three months ago, and that corporation has since then laboréd in vain to get it accepted by the Supervisors. The work was done at the time that the Jordan company was in the thickest of its fight against the Solid Eight over the specifications for street work, ‘which that infamous combine carried despite the Mayor’s veto, and which created a mo- nopoly for the Santa Cruz rock. This being the case, the Jordan corporaiion was exceedingly careful to do goed work, sus- pecting that the least flaw would result in 1ts condemnation. Upon the receipt of Mr. McDonald’s pro- test George T. Gaden, the Mayor’s expert, was ordered to examine the protested block. He dug into the pavement in four Elnues and found in each place that the ituminous rock instead of being an inch and a half thick was at least twoand three-quarters inches, and in some places it measured three inches in thicknes though the requirement of the specific tions was only two and a half inches. On the other hand the paving of the Van Ness avenue block was completed barely three weeksago. The contract for the work was illegally donated by the Soiid Eight to the City Street Improvement Company, as noted by THE CaLL at the time, and _the work was done under the new specifications, Santa Cruz rock being the material used. The work has bsen officially approved by Superintendent of Streets Ashworth, but despite its recent completion the street is in a deplorable condition and the pavement is absolutely valueless. The rock is extremely brittie and appears to be wanting in cohesive elements, Fieces of the pavement may be picked from the roadwey with the fingers. An umbrella may be easily forced through the bitumin- ous covering and a walking stick plied by { a man of ordinary strength plows great furrows in the surface. George T. Gaden, the Mayor's expert on street work, has given both the Twenty- fourth street and the Vap Ness avenue pavements thorough examination, and when seen last night expressed his opinion in no uncertain way. “On Twenty-fourth street,” he said, “I found the utmost difficulty in cutting into the pavement at all. It had been rolled so hard that when we tried to pierce it with a pickax the tool rebounded as from so much stone. And when we did finally succeed in getting through the covering we found the bitumen from 23{ to 3 inches thick. “The Van Ness avenue pavement—that is, the portion between Sutter and Bush streets—is absolutely the worst piece of work I ever saw. ult., and had no ditliculty in kicking pieces of it loose or in running my um- brella through the bitumen. Mr. Eider ac- compenied me on that occasion. We saw pieces of the pavement picked up by hand, and it appeared to have absolutely no con- sistency. Mr. Elder had aporoved the work previously, but he now agrees with me that it is utterly valueless.’” BEATING AND WOUNDING, The Mate of an American Ship Arrested on Complaint of the Crew. One Man Kicked Into Insensibility by the Chief Officer When on Watch. “Beating and wounding” on the high seas is getting to be quite a common story on American ships. Every vessel that ar- rives here from an Eastern port has a tale of woe to tell, and either the captain is ar- rested or the mate runs away to escape prosecution or the boatswain is hauled up for trial. Within the last three months the cap- tain of the Shenandoah was arrested, tried and acquitted; the mate of the Iroquois ran away, and, as soon as the men dis- persed, secured a job on the ship St. Nich- olas; the boatswain of the W. F. Babcock also ran away to escape arrest, but he is now back on board again, and will sail on the vessel when she starts for Honolulu; the captain of the Susquehanna was also called before the United States Shipping Comnmissioner, and now comes the John McDonald to round up the number of complainants. The men say they were beaten and thumped by Chief Officer Orr in season and out of season, and thatsome of them are now cripples for life in conse- quence. According to the story told by the men Orr was 1n the habit of " taking the sailors by the hair and trying to find out how many knockson thedeck it took to make a man insensible and yet not dash his brains out. Then when he was satisfied he would double up his legs and jump with his knees on the prostrate man. As a result of his ill treatment, the men say, two of the crew are now cripples, and the chances are that they will remain so for life. Assoon as the ship docked they went before United States District Attorney Foote, but before a warrant could be served Orr had disappeared. He will probably show up at the office of the Shipping Com- missioner to-morrow to get his pay, and then a United States Marshal will place him under arrest. Mate Orr is well known in San Francisco and his record is not a savory one. Four years ago he was boatswain of the Ameri- can ship Roanoke, and later he secured a position as mate on the ship Tacoma. It i\ I received it on the 30th | was on the latter vessel that he first got into trouble. He and the cook and the steward did not agree, and in consequence the galley men got burt. When the ship arrived at Boston Orr was arrested and the usual charge of ‘“‘beating and wound- ing on the high seas” was placed against him. Asusual the prosecuting witnesses disappeared and Orr_was released. After making a round_trip on the Tacoma Orr joined the John McDonald and made the trg]; to San Francisco that will land him in jail should he ever appear at the United States Shipping Commissioner’s office to draw his pay. The complaining witness against Orr is J. W. Smith. The latter is in hiding, as he says the mate will kill him on sight for swearing to the warrant. Heisayoung man and tells his story in a straightfor- ward manner. Said he: 1 chipped as an A. B., but T was not qualified to fill the position. I haa been to sea for about four years, but only as & cabin-boy, 50 1 knew nothing about going aloft. I was behindhand with lge ‘boarding-master and he insisted on shipping me. When I got on the McDonald the chief officer seemed to take & dislike to me and from the time we left port until we reached San Francisco it was a hell upon earth for me. On September 13 last 1 made a mistake and then he_took me by the hair of the head and thumped me upand down on the deck. The blood came out of my nose and mouth, but thatdid not satisfy him,and when 1 made a move he jnmped on me with his knees. He broke one of the small bones of my leg and Iam a eripple now and will be all my lile in consequence. To make matters worse he made me go out and oil the foreroyal buntlines. In order to do thisIThad to erawl out on my hands and knees, and the men on watch stood around ex- pecting to see me fall overboard at any mo- ment. The_ witnesses to the troubles on the Jobn McDonald are John McMeeney, An- drew McGill, Peter Nichols, J. W. Smith, Charles Hendrickson and Peter Jensen. They say that not only did Mate Orr beat the men, but that when he got tired Boats- wain Benson took his place and made the men toe the mark. Should the mate come to time the whole story will be ventilated in open court, THE NEW FERRY PO Attorneys Differ Materially Over the Letting of the Con- tracts. Attorney-General Fitzgerald Says the Case Must Go to the Supreme Court. The Harbor Commissioners are wonder- ing just where they stand in regard to the new ferry depot. Tirey L. Ford and F. S, Stratton, who have been acting for the board, have one opinion, and Attorney- General Fitzgerald has another. As the Attorney-General is a member of the Board of Examiners, the chances are that Messrs, Colnon, Cole and Chadbourne will be sure of their position before any of the contracts are finally awarded. As matters appear at present, it looks as though the case would have to be taken to the Su- preme Court in order to geta legal deci- sion. The difference of opinion is over the general law and the Political Code. Fitz- gerald says the former must be followed, and in consequence a 10 per cent deposit must be made. Stratton and Ford say the Political Code is what governs the matter, and that only a 5 per cent deposit is neces- sary. Governor Budd was present at the discussion 1n the morning, buteven his legal mind could not solve the problem, so the whole matter went over to the next weeting. Inthe meantime a test case will be prepared and the matter will be carried to the Supreme Court. This will not delay the building, as the Risdon Iron Works can be going on with the framework and the contractor for the masonry can be get- ting the stone ready. During the afterncon_session ex-Super- visor Dundon appeared before the board and wanted to make an explanation in re- gard to his tramway _on section A of the seawall. President Colnon ruled him out of order and then took occasion to say that the whole matter seemed to be frregular. ‘It seems to me that Mr. Dundon is doing pretty well,” said the president. ‘“We al- low him the use of a small portion of the water front at a rant of $30 a month, and then he comes in without permission and not om¥ builds a tramway but erects a derrick.”’ At this point Dundon got up and said he had acted in all good faith. He understood that he had permission to build the tram- way and erect a derrick as otherwise his lot on the front would be of no use to him. ‘The matter was finally referred to Chiet Engineer Holmes and Chief Wharfinger Root to examine and report upon. The chances are that they will favor the grant- ing of the privilege and that will be the last heard of it. President Colnon gave notice that at the next meeting of the board he would move that all offices on the wharves be removed. He made an exception in favor of the steamship companies and boatmen, but all the others must go. *“‘Everybody, both brick and ballast men, ought to be made to move,’” said he yesterday. ‘“There is the San Jose Brick Company, and al- though William D. English, the president, is my very good friend I think they ought to be made to move and leave the front clear. No one except those directly inter- ested in the outside commerce of the port should be allowed cn the seawall.” Commissioner Coie thought that if the brick, hay and ballast men were compelled to move the boatmen and the Naval Battalion should be made to follow suit. He thought that a laundry and butcher’s shoi) had just as much right on the sea- wall as a Doatman. He said he would make a motion to that effect at the next meeting. Commissioner Chadbourne did not agree with Mr. Cole, and the chances are that when the motion comes up next Tuesday he will vote with the president and Cole will be in tne minority. 1f President Colnon’s motion is carried it will result in the removal of all the bricks and firewood from the wharves and will compel the agents to find offices on the west side of East street. The tugboat offices will not be affected, but every in- dividual who attempts to conduct a whole- sale and retail business on the water front will have to move. HIS MCTHER'S REQUEST. ‘Why Martin Ansohn Had His Nephew, Arnold Meyer, Arrested. Martin Ansohn, the uncle and guardian of Arnold Meyer, who was arrested ‘Wednesday for striking his uncle, is much disturbed over the stories the boy is tell- ing about his treatment. He says the boy has been in his charge for two months, and he has always tried to treat him as well as he could. He says the boy’s father and mother are both living, but néither can control him; that the goy has an un- governable temper, and that in a fit of g_fl!!lon on Wednesday last Arnold struck im on the head with'a stovelift. The arrest, Ansohn states, was made at the request of the boy’s mother. Ansohn is deaf and dumb, and the boy’s father-is similarly afflicted. ————— Asphyxiated by Gas. Henry Eberhardt, a bartender at the Ahlborn House, was taken to the Receiving Hospital yesterday suffering from gas asphyxiation. His room was full of gas and the jet was turned onfull. It issupposed that he had accidentally turned on the gas on retiring the previous night, as ne had been celebrating New Yaar's day. He will recover. Fell Down a Shaft. William Bowham, night watchman in the Standard shirt factory, on Gough street and Iyy avenue, fell down the elevator shait last night, a distance of twenty-five feet. He was taken to the Receiving Hudplul. where it was found that he had sustained a compound irac- ture of the leit leg aboye the kuee, WAITING FOR CHEAP BEER, Rumor Says That There Has Been a Break in the Association. ARE WORKING FOR PEACE. Interesting Bits of Inside History of the Trouble Among the Brewers. For several days there has been a rumor among the brewerymen and in the saloons that one of the breweries in the northern part of the City had withdrawn or will withdraw from the Brewers’ Protective A ssociation. As might be expected this has caused considerable uneasiness among those of the pool who are desirous of keeping the pool together. Asitis witha child’s toy blockhouse when one block is knocked out of the structure the whole is very likely to tumble, so it is with the brewery combine. Whether or not the alleged defection is the fact remains to be seen when the next meeting is held. ‘While it is evident that many would like to make the break in order to teach a lesson to those brewers who are underselling, still there is a feature in the organization that causes them to hesitate before taking the step. That feature is a cash bond that every brewer is obliged to deposit binding himself to observe tie ruies of the associa- tion or to forfeit the amount if he flies the track and leaves the association. These bonds are not trivial by any means. The cash bond of the Syndicate (limited) is about $10,000, the Milwaukee about $2200, the Jackson about $4000, the American (formerly the Lafayette Brew- ery) abont $1500, the Washington about $2200, and so on, each brewery's deposit being based upon its pro rata of the busi- ness transacted. It is estimated that the total amount of deposits reaches $30,000. This money is put out in investments by the associa- tion’s board of directors, and egch brewer receives the interest on his moley at the rate of 6 per cent. This bond business bas not been wholly satisiactory to all the brewers, from what can be learned. It seems that nearly all the money has been invested in various kinds “of railroad, bank and other stocks that the dissatisfied believe to be of a fluctuating value into which the element of uncertainty enters. Again, the deposit is practically sunk for- ever, as there are few concitions under which a brewer can recover his cash, When Charles Kramm of the Anchor Brewery of Ozkland went out of the asso- ciation he left behind him $300 in good, solid United States money. These deposits, while intended in the main to hold the association together, are 4 guarantee that the brewers will not break the association rules. The rules are numerous and far-reaching. For ex- ample, no brewer shall put up beer signs about town for advertising purposes. Brewers are not permitted to put their own beerstands in their patrons’ saloons, nor paint and furnish the interior of saloons, nor lend money to a saloon-keeper whoisa patron of another brewery; and above all they shall notcut the price of beer below the standard adopted by the asso- ciation. In the struggle to increase busi- ness nearly every obligation has been violated, so states a brewer who is thor- oughly informed upon the subject. In discussing the situation, he said: There are two classes of men in the associa- tion: One is ambitious to increase business; the other goes on the free-and-easy principle. As may be expected. the former expands his business and the latter loses a partof his patronage. The former, in order to accom- plish his ends in a city like San Francisco, where a certain amount of beer is consumed annually, is obliged to violate the rules of the association, and this gives rise to ill willand jealousies. When these two elements creep into an association of business rivals thereis sure to be trouble, and that is the present situation. When a brewer steals a neighbor’s trade there is sure to be war. There is an interesting feature in the pres- ent difficulty that has not been made public. 1f you will remember, charges were made that the Broadway and California breweries had been and are cumug the prices of their beer, either by a direct reduction in price or by per- mitting their, drivers to spend a part of the price money back over the bar. The feature I allude to is thi The proprietors of both of these breweries have excited the ill will of the others in the association in this way. Two years ago Robr wasa commission driver in the employ of the Chicago Brewery. one of tbe English syndicate’s institutions. He pur- chased an interestin the Broadway Brewery, which was then turning out not over 600 barrels of steam beer a month, if I recollect rightly. Now that brewery’s output is between 1100 and 1200 barrels a month. It is not un- likely that that increased patronage has been drawn largely from Rohr’s patrons when he was a commission driver for the Chicago. The case is very similar with the California Brewery. Mr. Ditmar, one of the proprietors of this brewery two or three vears ago, was also adriver for the Chicago Brewery. He bought into the California Brewery, which was then only a small concern, turning out 900 to 1000 barrels of beer a month. Now it turns out between 1700 and 2000 barrels a month. Has the California Brewery also largely profited at the expense of the Chicago? ff!n it has been a terrible cut into the Chicago’s trade. Here you see good foundations for believing that jealousy, ill will and suspicion are creeping into the association. As in the case of these breweriesI have men- tioned so with sll, and they are all at swords’ points. Those who are eager to hold the associa- tion together are making a vigorous stryggle against the great odds. In the hope of keeping the combine from goin to pieces a proposition has been suggeste that it is believed will have the desired effect. At present the drivers do most of the business in gelling beer and collecting the money, and it is at their door directly and indirectly that the troubie is laid. The proposition is that all of the brewers shall shake hands again and once more pledge themselves to obey the association’s rules. Then the collecting will be taken out of the hands of the drivers and col- lectors and placed in the hands of five collectors to be appointed by the associa- tion. Each official collector shall work in a district by himself. All of the money shall be turned into the association, and from there distributed to the brewers. In this way, it is asserted, it will be almost impossible to cut. There is a little matter in this sugges- tion that has not been considered. It will deprive the beer wagon drivers of their in- dividuality as a body, and they will be- come simply beer expressmen. At present many a man does a good business where he can meet his patrons on an equal foot- ing. Ifsuch a course is adopted it is not at all unlikely that the beer wagon drivers will enter a serious protest and possibly go out on a strike. There is still another o%:- stacle in the way. More beer could be de- livered on the sly than would be charged for in the accounts. Pending the next meeting every possible suggestion is being discussed for the purpose of holding the association together. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. Foreman Buchanan and Hosemen Hall and Hannah Dismissed—Petitions Considered. The Fire Commissioners had a long ses- sion yesterday afternoon, occasioned by the trial of a foreman and two other mem- bers of the department. James Buchanan, foreman of Engine |- Company 9, was charged with neglect of duty in not reporting to his superior of- ficers the fact that goods had been stolen by members of his company from the premises of Hoffman & Alexander, Bat- tery and Bush streets, during the recent fire there. The charge was sustained and ne“;m dismissed from the department. Villiam Hell of and James Hannah of engine 9 were dismissed from the department, the former for being in- toxicated on Christmas day and the latter | on Christmas eve. | Jerry Sweeny was promoted from hose- man of engine 17to driver of the Monitor battery. W. Dinan and George Lahusen were appointed to engine 0 and Joseph Pope to engine 30. The petition of the Police Department for permission to use the lot on O'Farrell street, near Broderick, on which to erect a station-house, was referred to the Board of Supervisors with the recommendation to transfer the lot to the Police Department till it should be wanted by the Fire Depart- ment. i In regard to the petition of the boy James Maloney, who was run _over by the wagon of engine 10, 1t was decided to recommend to the Board of Supervisors the acceptance of his proposition to reimburse him for all his expenses, as from the testimony it was shown that the driver of the wagon was ai fault. ——————————— FINAL BLYTHE PAPERS. Two Important Documents Are Filed in the Probate Court. The Public Administrator has filed his last account in the Blythe case, and Gen- eral Hart has applied to have the estate distributed. The account shows that there is now on hand in the City treasury $79,842 94 in cash belonging to the estate. On July 1, 1895, from which time the report dates, there was $92,645 89. The receipts swelled this amount to $156,931 24, | and the disbursements reached $77,088 30. | Rent is the biggest item included in the receipts. These rents were received from seventy-five tenants and range from Davis Bros’. ‘monthly remittance of $1450 and that of the City of Paris of $1240 to_ $50 from Lyons the bootblack and $10 and $12 from others who occupy only one room in | one of the buildings. The petition for distribution recites a history of the entire case and ends by making the usual prayer in such cases. | It will be heard on January 14. Both doc: uments are very bulky, each containing nearly 100 pages. PREPARING A MEMORIAL, The Committee of Fifty Is Now; Getting Down to Actual Work. A Strong Address to Congress Will Be ] Forwarded Within the Next Week. LIFE'S LESSON Teaches You and Teaches Al That Mistakes Are Made and Errors Must Be Correeted. 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The memorial will lay great stresson the point raised by Mr. Doyle at the first meeting of the committee, which is that the so-called first-mortgage bonds of the Central Pacific Company are not in fact such, but that the Government loan of over $27,000,000 is in reality a first mort- | age. | o The memorial will not claim that the | bonds were not intended as a first mort- | gage and that the laws creating them de- | signed that they should be, but that they were not legally issued and do not fill the | requirements of the act. | he power and duties of Congress will | be plainly set forth and the memorial is expected to bave the desired effect. Mayor Sutro thinks so, and has changed his views regarding the outcome of the | fight. A few days ago he said the railroad was sure to win, but that the ficht must be made anyway. 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Bonds, evidences of indebtedness, and shares of capital stock of corporations upon which this corporation has advanced....... (All “said promissory Totes, bonds, evidences of indebted- ness and stock certificates are keptin the vaults of this cor- poration and in safe deposit boxesand in the deposit vault department of the First National ank.) Cash in gold, the actual $1,815,838 63 81,200 82 112,250 00 768,588 05 209,526 32 sllver and carrency, value of which is: $ 59,571 82 263,966 83 B 823,538 18 Furniture tnd fixtures 2,116 51 Tuxes paid in advance. LIABILITIES. To depositors this corporation owes deposits amounting to and the actual cash value of which is.... $2,875,187 83 To stockholders, the amoun: of capital pald in, the actual value of whichls.. N 300,000 00. (The condition of said Tiabilliy stockholders §s that no part of the amount can be paid to them or in any way withdrawn, ex- cept in payment of losses auring the existence of the corporation, nor until depositors shall have been paid in full the amount of their deposits and declared divi- dends. Contingent fand (including the amount of accrued but uncol- lected interest on investments). Total liabilities. MUTUAL SAVINGS B CISCO. o By JAMES D. PHELAN, President. GEORGE A. STORY, Cashier. STATE OF CALIFORNIA, o City and County of San Francisco. / 2 We do solemnly swear that we have, and each of us has, a personal knowledge of the matters con- tained in the foregoing report, and that every allegation, statement, matter, d thing therein contained is true, to the best of our k beliet. JAMES D. PHE GEOR 5 Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31st day of December, 1895. g R. D. 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