The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 13, 1896, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1896. TALKED ON THE NEW CHARTER, Unqualified Indorsement by the Merchants’ Asso- ciation. VIEWS OF FREEHOLDERS They Are Expressed Before an Audience of Prominent Busi- ness Men. STRONG RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED A Campaign of Education in Favor of the Proposed Basic Law to Be Inaugurated. Some of the most prominent merchants and capitalists of the City attended the quarterly meeting of the Merchants’ Asso- ciation at Beethoven Hall last might, the announcement that the proposed new charter was to receive important consid- eration having been the drawing card. Among them wer George T. Gaden, James D. Phelan, C. F. Orocker, Judge Coffey, Judge Low, ex-Senator W. J. Biggy, Chief Sullivan of the Fire Dapart- ment, ex-Mayor Pond, George K. Fitch, Postmaster McCoppin, M. Kohlberg, Charles Bundschu. After the meeting was called to order Secretary Freud read the quarterly report of the association. This showed the pres- t membership to be expressed that reach 1000. It referred of the association in tain better streetcar transfer privi itsefforts in the interests of boule and good roads, free public markets, a City e number woul to the wo Hall directory and street-sweeping. In conclusion, the report states that the province of the association is to further e best interests of San Francisco, and 1 F. W. Dohrmann announced 1e matter of street-sprinkling would sidered at a special meeting to be and then introduced the sub- sroposed charter. He spoke, in ows: ssociation has been organ. e the material conditions of San its future are and rmi s 10 ac- i became &p- s could be ¢ secured 1e .official we : system of the City then to the shori- icials. was inevitable s of municipal nes simil ss hou: ii was ew of eseertaining whether ould work favorably onvinced your dly superior to 7 and support of o f a new charter, to- Ating to muni- ted to all the end to a large ns and taxpayers. whom we 1t 97 per favor of ent, were st f tnis associ our leading ¢ howed ear iating & campaign order that the n saxily 2 long docun avor of its adoption. barter, which is , might be placed In been prepared by tt This sy ¥ istributed yers of San us was to ask the to-night and to pon this doeu- -enolders to be present nere ain 10 you their views u ive campaign in favor of will be made. We firmly believe that necessary to have the new charter thoroughly undersic to insure its certain adoption. Joseph Britton, chairman of the Iree- holders’ convention, referred to the con- solidation act and its numerous amend- ments asa simple mass of unintelligible lore, uninterpretable by layme o court. *‘With this proposed charter,”” he eontinued, ‘‘you are given a fixed form of government With responsibility fixed some- where. 1stand in advocacy of the adop- tion of the new charter for this reason.’” 1. J. Truman, chairman holders' committee on legislation, said: “*We are governed, or rather not governed at all, by our present consoiidation act. ‘Wedo notin fact know where we are. 1f you were asked under what laws you are governed you would not be able’to tell. The consolidation act has been so twisted and distorted that its autbor would not ble to recognize it to-day. The new ter can be divided into three distinct the legislative, executive and judicia He then explained in detail the salient | feattires of the legislative branch and con- ciuded as follows: charter we sl for our law Colin M. Boyd, chairman of the commit- tee on finance, revenue and taxation, was unable to be vresent, but sent a communi- cation on the featuresof the charter for whick. he is supposed to be responsible. In this be said: In the proposed_ charter the several appro- priations to be made constitute separate funds, 11 know who is responsible and by this means preventany expenditure | being nade or allowed in excess of the amount provided for each fund. The unfortunate Hition of the City and County by the cons dation_ of the appropriations in the general fund resalted in 1893, owing to departments expending amounts in excess of their appro- priations, in an indebtedness of over $200,- 000, which still remains ufipaid. No such condition could exist if the pro- posed charter is adopted. as the limit of ex- penditure is bound by and cannot exceed the amount provided in the fund, and no expendi- fure for any purpose other than what the fund | ijs created for can be paid therefrom. Thus there is & responsibility fixed and definite, and u protection funds, which is not now the case. = r important feature is the limit of fon, which practically, as heretofore, fixes %l on each $100 val- ta the levy at not exceeding Tation of taxable property for City and County | poses. 3 < alone, it may be presumed, will lead every owner of a lot or home, and every busi- Tess man and merchant, to favor and support ite ndoption of the proposed charter as the on ‘I he aequisition of water works, gas and elec- tric lighting plants, street railroads, etc., are o1l provided for, and citizens will support the charter who can appreciste the returns for nterprise to relieve taxation and in time > the income {rom these sources mate- v reduce it not wholly remove taxation, xcept for some special purpose. 1 be no doubt thatunder the mu- the ordingryexpenses can be largely by derived from these sources. Henry N. Clement, chairman of the committee on judicial department, spoke , and the hope | endeavoring to ob- | cial to the mercantile | he changes | o | charter for San Francisco. Under pstances ¥ It j d in taking | g the new charter and 1 by the eiectors of this City in order | lawyer or | of the Free-| “If we adopt the | thrown around, guarding said | re.ief aud protection from excessive tex- | of the judicial feature of the charter, and said the Freeholders found their hands tied in reference to every court and law officer. “The Freeholders,” heonminue\la"dcnrod to have the Police Judges appointed by the Mayor, but even in this matter they found that the Legislature had prescribed the election of these officials.” In speaking of the consolidation act, ke said it was such a _jumble that the Supreme Court has decided both ways on nearly every question relative to the powers conferred by this act. *‘In the pro- posed new charter,” he said, “the powers of the municipal government would be distinetly divided into legislative, execu- tive and judicial departments and would not all be concentrated in the Board of Supervisors as at present. The present condition of things invites to corruption. The politicians have congpued to perpetu- ate this consolidation act. He further stated that the proposed new charter was the embodiment of all that was good in the fundamental laws of the most progressive cities in the United States. *It has been pronounced a_model decument of its kind,” he added, *‘by men who have made such matters a study. If the Mayoris madea boss by it we at | least have the power to chose who shall be our boss.” 7 William F. Gibson spoke on public schools and libraries. He asserted that the Pr )n that required that teachers in the public schools must have been educated in the public schools of California reierred only to teachers of the primary and gram- mar classes, and did not apply to princi- pals or teachers in special studies. This clause, he said, was to protect the girls who were graduated each year from the local normal schools from those who came from the t. M. H. Hecht said: “We nresrowing too big to be any longer governed by Sacra- mento. We donot claim it is perfect, but every two vears you can offer any amend- ment you lik: One thing bas beenen- tirely overlooked in speaking of this char- ter to-night. 1t does away with the super- visorial boundaries. We do not any longer have to go to the Barbary Coast or Tar | Flat for candidates. We can go where we please for our municipal legislators.” : In the provisions relating to the Fire Department he said only two important things had to be kept in mind. One was t ablish a fully paid fire department, and the other was to take the department holities. 1"A. Anderson said that during the brief time allotted to him he preferred to deal with certain attacks upon the charter, rather than to devote the time to the Health Department, )ly remarking that this department L copied from the charter y . Y., which latter charter was about as perfect an instrument as it was possible to formulate, and entirely up to date in every particular. Passing to the opposition to the new charter he saic The principal attacks upon the charter were coming from politicians and socialists—a rather unusual combination. The politicians are opposed to it because they are not_in politics for their health and, of course, anvthing which interferes with the spoils sysiem calls forth their bitterest hatred. A few socialists are making an attack upon it because they claim it does Dot have certain so- | called socialistic principles, such as the initia- tive, the imperative mandate and proportional representetion. One of these gentlemen in THE CALL bitterly | denounced the charter because of the difficul- ties which he alleges exists in the way of municipal ownership of transportation, wai gas, etc. He doclares that the “associate vil- Ininies” have interposed such obstacles in the way of obtaining control of these publio utili- | ties tnat it will be next to impossible for the people ever to obtain them should the charter be adopted. This statement is stmply misrepresentation in every particular. In thé first place I wrote those provisions in the charter reiating to the r ements of these public properties, and ainly I have been a humanitarian all my Iam not rich and not emploved in_ the interests of the so-cailed “associate yillainies,” Mr. Reynolds msserts that the _three nbers of the Board of Public Works must consent before an estimate can be sub- mitted to the people. 1f he had read carefuily section 8 of Article VI, he would have discov- ercd that it is mandatory upon the Board of Public Works to prepare such an estimate at least three montns before every election. They have no choice in the matfer atail. They must do this. This disposes of this assertion. Further than this Mr. Reynolds declares toat nine Supervisors musi consent before it can be submitted 10 the people. Thisis true; but Reynolds fails to point out the fact that Supervisors under the new charter will be elected at larze and there will not be the pos- sibility to combine in each district upon a, certain corrupt or it may be weak person and elect him because of the ignorance of the 1s in every other district as to who he is. here will be under the new charter such Boards of Supervisors elected as the charter- makers themselves; that is to say, representa- | tive aud well-known citizens from ali_parties and who can neither be bought nor cajoied. Certainly Mr. Reynolds would not desire | question of ownership of properties, involv ng | the issuing of millions of dollars of bonds, without the most ordinary business safe- guards thrown about the transaction. Nine | Supervisors will prevent “jobs” in this respect; | whereas, a mere majority would be much more lieble to be bought up than would the | three-fourths required. And in Mr. Reynolds’ further objection that it required two-thirds | of the citizens of the City to adopt such & | question when submitted to them for their | votes, again, in such a grave matter to_prop- olders 'as the expenditure of millions erty | upon millions of their money, is it not wise | that thie City should practically unite to de- | mand them? The charter, then, does provide in an intel- | ligent, reasonable way for the acquirement of | all these public utilities, and with no more | safeguards than any person not a fanatic would reasonably ask. As to other points objected to by certain so-called soctalists, we may instance the refer- | endum. This is now in actual operation in this State, and the charter also carries it into execution in the matter of amendments of it- self, and of aequiring the ownership of the public utilities before alluded to. All of these things must be referred to the people for final indorsement. The imperative mandate again is another meaningless siibboleth. To remove, let us | say, the Tax Collector of this City wouid re- quire & special election and enormous ex- pense, and the annoyance and delay necessary 10 such an event would throw the question as to whether the officer was to be impeached or not largely in the hands of the “practical poli- ticians.” ~ Impeachment offers aun easier, cheaper and equally good method for remov- ing & oftender. . Undet the clivter, however, the responsible heads of the guvernment may be removed in a day by the Mayor, so that this chimera of the ‘‘imperative mandate” falls to the ground. As for proportional representation that would be & measure of great usefulness to any city or State or country that would adopt it, | but, thanks largely to the efforts of these same | firsc!icfll politicians, the Board of Freeholders ad but seventeen days in which to prepare a charter, and it was utfe: impossible for any one to introduce and orate it and prac- tically made to carry this into effeet in such a | Hmited time, In the communication received from J. J. O’Brien on “Civil Service and Its Prac- tical Application” that gentieman said : | Iam heartily in favor of civil service and would like to see it applied to every branch of | government. It is working with much suc- | cess In the Nstional Government, and Iam | sure our municipal offices would be much | more efficiently filled if the incumbents had | to pass an examination and were certain of their positions during good behavior. | To bestput these principles into practical op- cration the new charter, which I bud the honor | of assisting in traming, provides that the Mayor shall appoint thrée persons devoted to civil service reform and opposed to the system of rewarding political party service by polit- olntment, who shall be known as the Civil rvice Commissioners and who shall have charge of all examinations of applicants | for municipal positions. | Inclosing, I would say that the two great objections that 1 have heard urged against | civil service; both of wl.ich arise from a misun- | derstandine of the provisions of the charter, | are. first, thatthe heads of departments who are reauired to give bonds have no control over the employing of any of theix subordiuates, but it will be found that provision is made in all cases where money is handled in an office that the head has the appointing of his chief dep- | uty and cashier or bookkeeper, and 1 shonld | think & newly elected head of & department quuld consider itan advantage to enter an | office and find’a trained corps of assistants, in- l?mg of heving to break in a lot of green iends. - { The other objection raised is that in a com- petitive examination those who could not af- ford & university education would suffer, but that such s not the case is cleariy shown, as it | is expressly provided that the examination | shall be practical in its character, and any young person with an ordinary education hould be able to meet all the requirements, Irving M. Scott, writing of *Public said: 1 regret exceedingly that I cannot be with you in verson, as I am in spirit, for I look upon ihe adoption of this charter as the most im- portant event pending in San Franeisco. A glance at the prominent features of this charter will show that the framers hed only the best interests of the City’'s future upper- most in their minas. In referring to the Department of Public Works you will notice that the principle cover- ing its whole construction is based upon get- ting inteiligent men familiar with the duties they are to perform in each department, and it is so worded as to compe! the selection of en- gineers, architects, master builders and super- intendents who are experts in their line, the lack of which is one of the sources of evil that re have in the present laws governing the City. It also provides for the improvements of the streets of the City, sweeping, sprinkling, open- ing of new streets, sewerage anda drainage. Provides also that the City parksshall bema: tained in proper shape by placing them under the control on}'uk Commissioners instead of having them in the unkept condition they pre- sent at present while suflicient money is” used to put them in first-class shape. 1t also provides for the municipal ownership of water, gas, electricity, telephone and other valuable franchises now granted free without any beneficial results to the City, and it pro- vides a complete method for the acquiring of them, which, while it gives a free expression of the people on the subject, also guarantees vested rights from being destroyed tnrough the spite or ill will of any faction. Gustave H. Umbsen sent in a paper on “Tbe Executive Department.”’” 1n this he wrote as follows: Under the present system the Mayor, how- ever faithful and eflicient, is merely & figure- head, and being without real power is of course without responsibility for any misconduct in municipal affairs. By the proposed new charter he immedi- ately becomes the executive and responsible thinking head and brains of the city’s man- agement and bears the same relation to the qn)(’s affairs that the Governor does to the State. An important power given the Mayor is that all ordinances or resolutions which may be passed by the Board of Supervisors shall be first submitted to him for his approval, and that new resolutions or ordinances shall not be effective until they receive & three-fourths vote of the Supervisors over his veto. This is one of the best points in the new charter. The following resolutions were then pre- sented and adopted: Wi s, The present system of government of San Fraucisco is obsolete, defective and un- suited to the requirements of & progressive city; and whereas, a new charter has been repared and proposed by a Board of Freeholders, eiected by the people in accord- ance with the constitution of the State of Cali- fornia; and whereas the board of airectors of the Merchants’ Associsation has decided upon a vigorous campaign in favor of the adoption ofthe rmposed new charter, therefore be it Resolved, That we, the members of the Mer- chants’ Association, hereby ratify and indorse the action of our board of directors in favor- ing the adoption of the new charter for San 0. olved, That we hereby tender them our encouragement and support in their deter- mined efforts (0 improve the present system of government of San Francisco; to insure the ratification of the new charter by the people at the next election, and its subsequent ap- proval by the Legisiature of the State. it o MR. REYNOLDS’ LETTER. He Declares That Mr.' Freuds Did Not Answer the Objection Previously Ralsed. John M. Reynolds further emphasizes his views on the proposed new City charter, claiming that its restrictions would make the task of acquiring public gas and water works more difficult, in the following letter: To the Editor of The Call—DEAR R: In a public letter yesterday morning, Mr. J. Rich- ard Freud writes that the interview with me published in yesterday's CALL coOntained “a num of misstatements and fallacies.” The importance of the charter and the assertions warrant a reply. Let me state. however, that no personal feelings actuate me, and it is with sincere respect and good will, Although hesays that I have made misstatements, he does not guote one singie line. I challenge him to doso and to prove me in error. My claim was that various limitations and restric- tions had been injected into the new charter, which would enable those who now have fran- chises to hold them against the wishes of the people. 1 pointed to article II, section_ 64 ot chapter icle VI, chapter 1, section 3; and article XIV, section 16, to prove that it re- uires the affirmative vote of all the Board of Public Works and nine Supervisors before any question of public ownership can be submitted to the people. All of the Board of Public Worss must agree &s to values and recommend propositions before the Board of Supervisors cansct. Moreover, the clause which requires the Supervisors to take into account the exist- ing plants, “if they can_be scquired on reason- able terns,” would enable the present monop- olies to dictate to the Boards of Public Works and Supervisors, or_to appeal to the courts to enforce claims that they would deem “reasonable.” All of these limitations we are now free from. Mr. Fredd acknowledges that it would require & larger vote of the Sup- ervisors then is now necessary. He therefore aamits that point. Will he not also admit that | the Board of Public Works (all of them) must approve and recommend the cost and value of any works? Will he not admit that if one member of tbhe Board of Public Works had an exaggerated idea of the value of the Spring Valley works he could compel the othess to ac- cept his views or obstruct all progress? Mr. | Freud and other advocates of the new charter have persistently omitted the limitations above noted in their quotations and have thus mis- led the public. This seems to me & great wrong to the public because, confiding in the intelli- gence and honor of an advocate, they would draw conclusions, which, if the whole facts were stated, might be different. Mr. Freud quotes article VI, chapter 1, sec- tion 8, which the estimates of the Board of Pnblic Works shall be the basis upon which may be “submitted” to the electors, etc., and claims that & reasonable construction of these words are tnat the estimates -‘shall be sub- mitted.” This is too absurd to be worthy of comment. For one to say (as Mr. Freud does) “that the sincere advocates of muricipal ownership are now confronted with a splendid opportunity of having their cherished doctrine carried (kn in the successiul adoption of the new charter,” when the new cherter contains these very grave and serious obstacles that do not now exist, is about as reasonable as to infer that ay be” is the same as “shall be.” The law of 1889 which he refers to does not contain the limitations of the new charter, ac- cording to his own reference and - interpreta. tion of it. Neither does article XI, section 18 of the State Constitution, which he quotes. In faet, the claim that the new charter is in the interest of the monopolists is unassailed by any proof to the contrary. It certainly does surronnd the question of public ownership with numerous restriciions and complications. Mr. Freud will have to acknowledg this sooner or later. It also strikes a blow at the liberality and grandeur of our school system by denying to the graduetes of eminent universities and in- stitutions outside of our State the right to teach in our City. All teacLers must be edu- cated in the public-school system of this State. (article V11, chapter 111, section 4. This is un- atriotic and un-American and shows an aston- | ishing narrowness on the part of the Board of Freeholders. It also empowers the Board of Supervisors to sell lands now or hereaiter owned by said City not dedicated or reserved for public use. How do our single-tax friend Barry and his asso- ciates like that? It recognizes the contract and franchise system which has been the source of corruption in our municipal govern- ments. In fact, it is not a progressive measure, but a scheme to hold the people of this City in bandage to the monopolies of the present and the future. Our iriends may have committed & mistake in taking it up hastily, but we hope they will be candid and ackuowledge lge points that are clearly against the adoption of the new charter, among which are the limi: tions 1o pubiic ownersip, whicn Mr. Freud has not shown do now exist. A daily paper—not THE CALL—in an editorial to-day avers that it is well that 1ncreased safe- guards are placed in the new charter to pre- vent the people from owning the public ntili- ties. That paper evidently is not in touch with the masses. The people of Lincoln, Po- mons, Suisun, Santa Rosa and Ventura, and uLherJflace! in the State during the past year have decided to own their water service, al- ways by a two-thirds vote. Ventura’s vote was 300 for to 45 against; Suisun's vote was 147 for to 6 against. Such votes show how the people feel upon the subjeet. Now, the afore- said daily paper would have us believe that the people should held back by re- strictions which will benefit the corporations and give them & longer lease of license 10 tax the peopie. The aforesaid daily paper says it is_well that the new charter requires that nine Supervisors must be in fayor of any proposition ookinf toward 1aunicipal owner- ship. Yes, it is well for the corporatio of which (the S.V, W. Co.) extracted $1, 234 15 last year, on an exgendluu’e (operating expenses and taxes) of $478,981 56. It is very nice, for them, to e able to rocket 1,200,000 annually, and the people will thank the afore- said daily paper for advoecating the new char- ter, which will keep them from cutting off this excessive tax. The people like to be taxed vy private corporations in whose affairs they have no voice. The people like taxation without representation and svill increase the aforesaid paper’s subscription list, because it is trying 10 keep them under the rule of the Spring Val. ley Water Works and other monopolies, by in- ducing them to sanction the greater obstacles 10 public ownersnip thatare imposed by the’| new charter. The editor of that other paper, not THE CaLL, evidently does not know that public ovnership has llw:{s reduced the cost toconsumers of water and light wherever it has been tried. He may not know how popular the subject of public ownership is. But toreturn to the subject of the limita- |for cattle, and there hasbeen a good deal tions. Note the influence that money and “yested right?”’ had upon the Board of Free- holders. The new charter reads that ‘‘in mak- ing negotiations (for public utilities) they (the Board of Supervisors) shall take into account the acquisition of exmln% plants in case the same are desirable and can be acquired UPOn terms as Treason- able as such works could be procured by comstruction.” That sounds very reason- lgle, out it has a sting. It is the last ditch to which the corporations can retreat and dictate terms of surrender. The Board of Freeholders thought the corporations should pe protected, of course. The framers of our State constitu- tion protected them by requiring a two-thirds vote before any debt could be contracted so as to buy them. The State Legislature thought the corporations needed more protection, so they required by the law of 1889 that two- thirds of the Board of SBupervisors must votein favor of submitting snydgra%um.m of this kind. And now the kindly Board of Free- holders think the corporations need more pro- tection, so they provide in the. new charter that three-fourths of the Supervisors must favor the affair, and that all the Board of Pub- lic Works must recommend the estimates, and then, at last, that the existing plants must be considered. We all know what that mean: Such points clearly show that money and vested rights had many friends in the Board of Freeholders, and that the common people were of secondary consideration. Why, if those men had any manhood or humanity— why, if they hud aly patriotism and love of their countrymen, did they not provide that the Board of Supervisors must consider the interests of the unemployed rather than those who already have t0o much wealth? At the time they framed the new charter the unem- loyed were im?lonn! an opportunity to work. ft. is the old story, ‘‘men are cheaver than shingles.” Let the unemployed starve, but cnnslfder the existing plants.” “Plutocracy vs. Manhood.” The charter against the people will be the war cry this year. JOHN M. REYNOLDS. STREETCARS FOR TUCSON Charles F. Hoff Is Here to Buy Supplies of Various Kinds. He Says Many New Buildings Are Being Erected—Some Important Bills for Arizona. Charles F. Hoff of Tucson, president of tne Arizona Association of Democratic Ulubs and ex-clerk of the Territorial Coun- cil, is at the Occidental. Mr. Hoff has just received from the city | the contents of which she did not know, in order to settle it. That paper was the deed she wants set aside. ——————————— FERRER BIDE FAREWELL. His Adieu Takes the Form of a Classi- cal Concert. Richard J. Ferrer gave a concert last night at Odd Fellows’ Hall by way of a farewell in anticipation of his departure for Brussels, where he intends to continue his studies. £ assisted by the Press Club quar- tet; ss Jeannette Wilcox, the well- known contralto; Frank Coffin, the tenor, and Mrs. Adele F. Wightman, whose exe- cution on tne guitar is regarded as most artistic. The concert was certainly a complete artistic success. LONG JAUNT FOR FIVE OENTS. In New York a Person Can Ride Four- teen Miles for a Nickel. The extension of the transfer system on the street railroads is now so nearly com- plete that it is possible to make three, and in some cases four, changes of route on the payment of a single fare. The latest of the lines on which the transfer system has been introduced are the Forty-second street, Manhattanville and 8t. Nicholas- avenue road and the crosstown lines on Seventeenth and Eighteenth strects. The Canal-street and Grana, Cortland and Des- brosses-street ferry lines, and the line run- ning through One Hundred and Twenty- fifth street to and along Tenth avenue had already adopted the transfer arranzement. A conductor riding downtown yesterday said to a man who was smoking on the rear platform: ‘‘This transfer system isa godsend to the working people of the far East side. Some of them nad to go six or seven miles to work. They had to take two cars to do it, and 10 cents a day each way, or $1 20 a week, is a lot of money to come out of the wagesof a poor man. Now they save just fmll of that, which pays a third or fourth of their rent. “In the summer time it’s a great boon to the poor, as last season showed, when the Grand and Canal and One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street transfers were estab- lished, and_the open cars and butterflies were running. A family of poor toilers that are hived together in the filthy tene- ments where God’s fresh air never entered would board a Grand-street car at, say, Attorney street, ride across to the Bowery —nearly two miles—then get transferred to an uptown Third-avepue car and ride of Tucson a 25-year franchise for putting 10 One Hundred and- Twenty-fifth street, Charles F, Hoff, President of the Arizona Association of Democratic Clubs, Who | Has the Streetcar Franchise for Tucson and Is Here Buying Supplies. s isketched by a “Call artist. | in a streetcar system, and he is now here to purchase supplies for it. He says he will build about six miles of track. Itisto be a horsecar system. Mr. Hoff is already | manager of the telephone system in Tuc- son. He says the facilities are not great enough. He will add about fifty telephones to the 100 now in use. “The fact is Tucson 1s gaining so stead- ily,” he said, ‘‘that we have to be up and doing. About $250,000 worth of new brick and stone buildings are under way. Things are different from what they used to be. ‘We have more money in circulation there now than we have had for twelve or fifteen years. “It comes from the mines, farms and cattle business. Thishasheen a good year of money from this source. We have heen deve loping a good many gold mines, too. Besides this, we are getting a good deal of money out of copper. “We are now trying to get a bill through Congress empowering us to go in debt to the extent of $100,000, in order that we can build sewage and water svstems. The way it is now no town 1s allowed to go in debt. Tucson, Phenix ana Prescott are all anx- ious for the passage of this bill. Each of the others wants the privilege of contract- ing an indedtedness of $100,000 for various improvements. *Tucson now has about 10,000 people, Pheenix about 14,000 and Presco{t 7000. ‘They are all pretty active. If we were only admitted as a State we would have unal- loyed prosperity. 1f we can’t get in asa State we want home rule, and Delegate N. 0. Murphy, who is in Congress, is going to try to have a_bill passed giving us power to do many things which are very neces- sary, and which cannot be done under the existing territorial restrictions. By the way, THE CALL is being read by almost everybodim the part ot Arizona where Ilive. Ithink the circulation has increased three or four_times over during the last few months. You eee it far more than any other California paper.” M{(. off will be here probably for a week. SUING HER ATTORNEYS. Mrs. Delia Beretta Claims She Was Defrauded. Delia Beretta is suing P. F. Berson and W. H. Chapman to have set aside a deed conveying to them some property which she owned. She hired Benson to bring suit for a divorce for her against her hus- band, Angelo Beretta. In the meantime her husband had had her declared incom- petent, and there was more litigation over an attempt to have her restored to compe- tence. Chapman was hired by Benson, the plaintiff says, without her authority. The plaintiff claims she was told by lgen- son that there had been a number of ex- pert witnesses necessary to establish her case, both of divorce and as to_her compe. tence, and she was asked to sign a paper where they got transferred to the Tenth- avenue cable cars and rode up to Fort George, in all a distance of more than fourteen miles. When they reached their dingy homes afterward they felt as if they bad been on a trip to Europe, and all for 10 cents both ways. It isthe cheapest ride in the world.”—New York Times. The Siamese are skilled in the manufac- ture of fireworks, which are largely usea at cremations and all public functions. NEW TO-DATY. Emuls;ion Is the standard emul- sion the world over. There is not a man, woman or child who is run down or emaciated or has weak lungs that Scott's Emulsion will not benefit. When you ask for it you will likely be told by the druggist that he has an emulsion *“just as good.” Itis nottrue. No emulsion is as good. “Scott’s Emulsion has benefited millions of people. Ask yourdrug- gist if he can refer you to a single casethathas been helped by the unknown emulsion he sells, and if so, we will send you a book giv- ing thousands of cases. You want the standard; not something that no- body knows anything about. All druggists sell Scott's Bmul- sion. Two sises—soceatsand fe.ca NEW TO-DAY. DISSOLUTION OF - PARTNERSHIP bALE! Try it on after we have altered and pressed it—get your wife’s opinion—if she says it's OUR FINE SUITS—made Bros. and Alfred Benjamin & $20, $22 50, $25. Dissolution GOOD CHEVIOT SUITS—blue, mixtures — single or double breasted sacks—newest Spring cut—were $10— - Dissolution Sale price - - - houses as Stein, Block Co., Hammerslaugh not all right, bring it back just as quick as you can—Satisfaction or your money back. black and $6.85 HANDSOME ALL-WOOL CHEVIOT or CASSIMERE SUITS—two styles sack— the new length cutaway—correct color- ings for Spring and Summer wear— were $16—Dissolution Sale price - - $9.85 $13.85 by such Co.—were Sale price RAILROAD TRAVEL. BIG REDUCTION IN RATES BY RAIL PORTLAND, 5 S S Py, S, SATURDAY. MARCH 14, ‘And Every Fifth Day Thereafter. Leave from S. P. Co.’s Ferry landing, foot of Market st., at 8:00 P. M. $5.0 180, —Including Berth m Pullman Tourlst First-class tickets, including berth in $1000 Sleeper. Pullman Ftandard Sleeper, SPECIAL NOTICE. This train will not stop to deliver or take on pas sengers at intermediate stations, nor will tickets b Sold or baggage checked to such points. 83~ Through Tickets for Puget Sound points on Sale at Reduced Kates. For further fnformation apply at 618 MARKET STREET (Grand Hotel Ticket Office), San Franelsco, RICHARD GRAY, T. H. GOODMAN, Gen, Traftio Mgr. Gen. Pass. At SANFRANCISCO & NORTH PA- CIFIC RAILWAY €0, Tiburon Ferry—Foot of Market St. San Francisco to San Rafael. "E}o‘DAYS—'I 40, 9 11:00 A.M.: 12:33 0 p. . Thursdays—Extes trl Saturdays—Extra trips at 1:! and 11:30 P. M. BUNDAYS—8:00, 9:30, 11:00 a.M.; 1:30, 3:3Q 5:00, 6:20 P. M. San Rafael to San Franelsco. .25, 7:55, 9:30, 11:10 A. M3 0 p. . Saturdays—Extea trips 5 nd 6:35 P. M. SUNDA ), 9:40, 11:10 A 2.5 1:40, 3:48, 5:00, 6:25 P. M. Between San Francisco and Schuetzen Park same schedule as above. Leav Arrive san Francisco. | é;:‘;:i: San Francisco. i 1 Destination.| SUN Novato, |10:40 Ax! | 3:30 Pu 9:30 AM | _Petalums, | 6:05 pi 5:10 PM|5:00 PX | santa Rosa.| 7:30 pu| T Fulton, |, T:40 ax! ‘Windsor, H Healdsburg, Geyserville, 8:80 P !8:00 A | Cloverdale. | 7:30 px| 6:15 Pxt Pieta, l{nellnd & 7:40 au| 8:00 ax| Ukish. | 7:30 x| 8:15 2 TaOAM|_ T 110:30 ax ]nm AM|Guerneville. | 7:30 8:30 ru| | 6:15 ru 40 Ax 8:00 Ax| Sonoma |10:40 AM| 8:00 AX 0 Px 5:00 Px| and 6:05 ri| 6:16 Px | | Glen Eilen. B E M 10:40 AM | 10:30 AM 350 [ 3100 #ui| sebastopol. | 618 Btages connect at San Ratael for Bolinas. Stages connect at Cloverdale for the Geysers. Stages connect at Pleta for Highland Springs Kelseyville, Lakeport. Stages connect at Ukiah for Vichy Springs, Blas Lakes, Laurel Dell, Upper La) Bmggu%, Green- wood, Mendocino City, Fort esiport ila, P tter Valley, Joha Cahto, Willeuts, Calpella, ha - reKs. omo, Dar's Lively's, Gravelly Valley, Saturday to Monday round-trip tickets at reduced ates. 3 ‘Sundays round-trip tickets te all polats be- 12 San Rafael at half rates. Ticket Oftices, 650 Market st., Chronicle bnilding. H.C. WHITING, R. X. RYAN, Gen. NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD (Via Sausalito Ferry). From San Francisco, beginning October 27, 1895. WEEKDAYS. For Mill Valley and San Rafael—7:30, 9:15, 11:00 A 3.; 1:45, 8:45, 6:15, 6:50 p. M. 8an Quentin—7:30, 9:15'a. .; 1:45, 5:15 ». M. Extra trips _for San Ratael on Mondays, Wednes ‘days and Saturdays at 11:30 r. x. SUNDAYS. For Mil Valley, San Rafzel and San Quentin— 8:00, 10:00, 11:80 a. x.; 1:30, 3:00, 4:30, *6:15 P.M. *Does not run to San Quentin. H THROUGH TRAINS. ;. A- M. weekdays—Cazadero and way stations. P. X. Saturdays—Tomales and way stations. 8:00 A 3. Sundays_Poin: Reyes ana way siations Baja California Damiana Bitters Is & powertul aphrodisiac and specific tonic for the sexual and urinary organs of both sexes, and a greas remeds for diseases of tho kidneys and blad- ' A great Restorative, Invigoratorand Nervine. iSells on its own Merits—no long-winded testi- B, ALFS & ABER, A BRUNE, Agents, 8%3 Market Sty 5. Fo—(Send ‘for Ciroular) H. SUMMERFIELD & (0, 924, 926, 928, 930 MARKET STREET, NEAR BALDWIN HOTEL. TRAVEL SOUTEEERN PACIFIC COMPANY, (PACTFIO BYSTEM.Y (2 Traims leave and are due Lo n SAN FRANCISCO. 1xAVE_ — Frow NOVEMBER 20, 1835, — 8:304 Haywards, Niles and Way Station: %:00A Atlantic Express, Ogden aud Fast. 71004 Benicla, Vacaville, msey, Sacra- mento, snd Redding via Davis.... 7:13p 7:3€A Martinez, San Ramon, Napa, Calia- an A Nilez, Sacramento, and Sundays exc *8:30A Peters and Mgwn.. A?fln pres (for Yosemite), and Los Angeles.. 9:004 Martinez and Stockton. 10:004 San Leavdro, Kaywards and Niles.. 12:00 San Leandro, Haywards & Way St'ns 00 Niles, San Joso and Livermore.. 00 Sacramento River Steamers. dro, ' Martinez, San Ramon, Napa, Calistoga, El Verano Toss. 4100 Benlein, Woodland, * Kuights Landing, _ Marysville, Oroville and Bacramento ......... 4:80r Niles, San Joss, Livermoro and Btockton .. 5:00p San Lean 8130r New Orleane Bapress, Fresuo, Bakers- field, Santa Barbara,l.os Angele: Deming, El Paso, Kew Orleas and _ Bt . 3 o (10:43a 21307 Santa Fo 10:45, o2 DXCI: T:454 e i . 17:45» Sacramento, Marys- T e Ttetdink, Portluud. Tuget “"i:fi:‘.:#‘.i{"“‘ jicis® Way Sina 10,308 £ - Do0r San Foandre HaywirdsSWay Sens Hi2sees e D o Freanp, “ Angeles, EI Paso, New Oileans TiY Leandro, Haywards & Way St'ns _7:184 SANTA CRUZ DIVISION (Narrow Gange). Ba Nowark,Centerville,San Jose, Felton, B N lier Crock, Saata Cruzand Way 21157 Novars. ¢ R b r , oE N Aimaden, Feiton, Boulder Oreek, Santa Cruz and Principal Way *11:204 9:30, COANT DIVISION (Third & Townsend Sta.) €454 San Jose and Btations (New e Thes Finwe, A $1154 San Jose, Tres Pinos, Saui 3 Paciic Grove, Paso Roblee, San Luis Obispo, Gusdalupe and Prin- cipal Way Btations .. 201484 San Jose and Way Station: < 13:454 Talo Alto and Way Btation *%:30r san Jose, Gilroy, Fres Pinos, Gutia Crz, Bdlinas, Monterey and Tacific CREEK ROUTE FERRY. From SAN mlfi:!&}——!;t of Market Street (Slip 8)— £ :( AN, $1:00 *2:00 13:08 *4:00 25:00 *6:00r Jrom OAKLAND—Foot of Broadway.— 26:00 800 10: °A.ll. $12:00 *1:00 3600 +3:00 34:00 r. A for Morning. P for Afternoon. N * Sundays excspted t Saturdags onlg. u only. Atlantic Pacific R RAILROAD '@’ leave from and arrive de\SS%p FEVENP :rlllll eave (J‘- [SEa€RouTE) SANTA FE EXPRES> To Chicago vis A. & P-. Direct Line every :30 p. ., carrying Pullman i e ad B et Seepers to Chicage ia Kansas City without change. Annex cars fef ' Denver and 8t. Lo P HCAGO LIMITED, From Los Angeles to Chicago. Train Daily, with Dining-cars, e mapagement. Connecting trains e e eiaco &t § . 3. and 3:30 7. X. daily. The best railway from California to the East. New rails, new ties; Do dust: interesting sceneryj | and good meals In Harvey's dining-room or diniag ears. Ofice—644 Market Street, i Chronicle Bulldings. | i | 1