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8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1896. THE FIGHT FOR THREE-CENT FARE, Property - Owners Appear Before the Railroad Commission. INVESTIGATION WANTED The Board Will Receive Advice From the State’s Attorney- General. DOUBTFUL OVER JURISDICTION. Commissioners Are Not Certain as to Their Powers in the Premises. The Railroad Commissioners met yester- | and were requested to take immediate | ection on the question of recucing street- ! car fares in San Francisco from 5 to 3 te: A committee consisting of E, N. Fortz, F. W. Growell and F. W. Lang, from the As 'y Heights Property-owners' Asso- ation, with their attorney, Andrew | lunie, appeared before ihe commission | with & request contained in these resolu- tions: | WiEREAS, The present management of the | t Railway Company have deter- of the » gard afety, con- { public of ir sys- | conduct ¥ the people all that the bear, and heve by their mapner n £o surrounded the transfer system with inconveniences and an- er the same practically of ; and whereas said company nt of partsof isiran- cars on many t to the eon- red and | City and of revenue is much more & just and reasona- b owners thereof and whereas the i power and it shall be s of charges for the id freight by n companies, me to time with may make” ; and whereas n the Legi: ure to 1l t e powers conierred upon said he organic law of the State; , That we demand of said Railrosd b ceed at onee to the transpor the purpose to said Board nd taking such ¥ may deem expe- | T be it n of this club the | could reasonably reduced to 3 cents per trip without trans- | fers The full board was present, and each J ad an opportunity of ews on the matter. They | clear as to their powers and rezarding streetcar lines, and ent that the board should re- | ructions from the Attorney- eral on these essential points before it | any movement. lupie urged the commission to | ed at once and decide upon a day on vhich the question should be investigated by the board. 1f we have jurisdiction I'm in favor of 1z rates as far as streetcar rail- | 3 concerned,” replied Commission- | er Stanton. ‘‘But thisis a question that | has never before come up before thisboard, | that reason we deem it best to ask ce of the Attorney-General. We | ceived an opinion on practically the | on from him, and he held that ave jurisdiction. Suppose we took action, as ngentlemen request, and the Attorney-General should say to us: ‘You're wrong; you hadn't jurisdiction,’ wouldn’t we Ee left in a very awkward position?"” That is not right. doctor,” responded u have misinterpreted the law. You don’t have to employ lawvers. The Attorney-General may have made an error, htest lawyers have done. This mmportance to the people of Francisco as the 8 per cent reduction was to the farmers. Ibelieve Mr. La Rue this matter should be & ed at once, and I'm surprised that the | member from San Francisco should put obstacle in the way or should oppose such an important measure.” “Thi not fair, Mr. Clunie,” retorted Dr. Stan‘on, with a stress on the Mr. *‘This is not fair to construe my motives. Itis ely a matter of individual opinion. Tamin favor of doing what other mem- bers of the commission do, but I am of the opinion that the board should first ask ad- vice from our legal adviser. I might say that Mr. Clunie was a demagogue, for instance, but that would be an expression of individual opinion.” Clunie smiled at his ola friend and poured oil on the troubled waters by de- claring he knew the doctor did not mean that be (Clunie) was a demagogue, and more than that the doctor was *all right,” though too timid. ““Your proposition, Mr. Clunie, is for the board to go into the investigation of this case and see if the streetcar fare of 5 cents is exorbitant, and the board should make a rate of 3 cents,” Commissioner Clark said. “Exactly.” *“We must assume we have jurisdiction Kx the premises,” remarked Chairman La ue. Clunie was up again. “It seems ab- | surd,” he exclaimed, *‘that the Legislature gives the board the right to reguiate fares of passengers and freight and that yon cannot regulate fares of either separately. The code may have its rules, but it is only & secondary consideration.” *As I understand, Mr. Clunie,” La Rue remarked, “we should have this thing de- termined at once, but Istill have a doubt as to our powers.”’ “We simply ask the commission to go ahead,” answered the lawyer, “‘and then if there be 2 weak point in the measure the Southern Pacific attorneys will jump upon it. Itisnot fair that the burden of this suit should be thrown upon the property- owners, as the board representing the peo- ple ought to act.” *‘We should have some time to consider this,” said Clark. ‘‘We don’t care to be the laughing-stock of the State if we went ahead and were wrong. The Attorney- General should advise us in this dispute, and I think it would be well to continue the matter for a week until we hear from him.” Stanton moved that the commission ad- journ till Tuesday at 1 p. M., and the motion was carried. e PRI THAT “RAILROAD JOKER.” Mr. Estee Says the Legislature Cannot Limit the Scope of the Constitution. There seems to be no doubt that the peo- ple of Ashbury Heights end Stanyan street are thoroughly acquainted with the | years. tation company, a Legislature of the State to the contrary notwithstanding. Their opinion is not only upbeld by the dictionary, but the constitation of the State of California fully concurs, and that makes it law, fundamental and immutable. *“‘If a streetcar company in the carrying busi- ness is not a ‘transportation company’ what is it?” and “If a passenger road in the country needs a commission to restrain its grabbing tendencies why should a pass- enger road in the City be exempt from such healthful control?”” These arequeries heard everywhere. The constitutional convention classed all the transportation systems together in the face of a tremendous railroad opposi- | tion. The same railroad was beaten, but | not cast down, and the next State Legisla- ture found it still in the ring. The people, as sometimes will happen, were asleep, and it was no difficult matter to runina little private dictionary work on tnem. The strange new definition was that the term “transportation companies” meant everything but street railroads. This gratuitous assumption, though unconsti- tutional on its face, went unchallenged nn- til last Monday evening—almost fifteen Such are the ways of men. “The Railroad Commission will take up | this matter,” said Attorney A. J. Clunie yesterday, “'and that will give the Market- Street Railway Company something to do | besides issuing bonds on §37, of property and turning in an assessment on $3,000,000. Mind you, they don’t even pay the taxeson thalgallry $3,000,000 a: sessment. The State Board of Equali: ity | tion may raise San Francisco’s tax levy and the private citizen finds his little property jumped on, but the president of the great .\larket-street railway system can say, ‘never touched me.’ “‘The State may take this case to the Su- reme Court, to look ahead, and may lose, ut this will only be the beginning of the effort to bring that big company—trans- portation company—to terms. We will see if a_great corporation can gobble up the | 500,000 worth | SOME SPRING PICTURES. | PR, [ Work That Is Going to the Art Institute Exhibi- | tion. | | MATHEWS PAINTS PANDORA. | Latimer's Broock and Meadow Scenes. ! Jeullin Paints Sand. i dunes. | . The studios have been alive with actiy- | ity for the last few days, for the finishing | touches are being put to the pictures for | the springexhibition at the Art Institute. All the work has to be in by to-morrow st the latest, and.the present indications | | seem to point to the fact that the hang- | | ing committee will bhave plenty of good | | material to choose from, as most of the | best known local artists have painted more than one picture for the exhibition. | Among the painters whose work was | ready to be dispatched to the Art Institute | | yesterday was Arthur Mathews. He will | | be represented by several canvases, onea | | scriptural subject, ‘“‘Ishinuel and Hagar,” | | which depicts a woman robed in pyrple | | and white, holding a fainting boy in her‘x | arms. The figures are both expressive of | suffering and desolation, and the dreary! Phelps and his attorney, George A. Ran- kin, went East to consult with the creditors and effect u settlemert, if possible. A tel- egram was receieved friom New York yes- terday to the effect that Phelps & Miller bhad agreed to pay 35 cents on the doller, aud that their creditors were satisfied with the terms. The embarrassment of the firm created some surprise in jewelry circles yesterday. It had been known among a select few, .however, that the firm was in financial trouble, and if the creditors pressed for a settlement failure would certainly ensue. The return of Mr. Phelps from New York is looked for 1n a short time. EQUALS A HOG RANCH. Residents Annoyed by a Scavenger's Place Near Hamilton Square. The residents around the block between Fillmore, Steiner, Sutter and Posts streets sympathize heartily with the people of Bay View Homestead, in South San Fran- cisco. They have no hog ranches, but something which they declare far more disagreeable. In the vacant lot bounded by the sireets above mentioned refuse from the stables and other places about town is dumped to mix with the evil there for gardening purposes. The residents near by say that on warm days and during the evening when the pile is being stirred the stench is so bad that they are obliged to close all their windows and keep within doors. = J. English,who lives in that section, sa "gh is not only the bad smell, but we have had a great deal of typhoid and malarial fevers ‘about us since this thing has been carried on. We bave sent in com{olaint after complaint to the Board of Health, but no action bas been taken. The property belongs to C. C. Butler, and is now used for a scayengers’ headquarters. In the eventof an epidemic I am afraid we should fare very badly indeed.” James Gibb, a liquor man, who also public streets of the City, never paying a | but picturesque landscape which surrounds | lives there, said: “Not enough can be said an 1 cent for the privilege, g laws passed that | them has evidently been inspired by will bar out all competition and then run | arid California desert scene. 7 71, 7 7 I/////,/ 7 7/ /7055277 T i, 8z 4/,/////’/./’/'('// 4 i Wy e il a1l il ‘“A SMOKY MORN G.” 7' 77 Wt /17 nl 1 /l‘//u / HUIHI VI I,'/,I/ /I 7 1010y iy egera: B T 1114 ; / %7 N VIR Iy, / }/l T f "// g 7’/ Al [} N aboutthevile place. Itis the choicest part of the City to live in and is surrounded by LATIMER’S PICTURE FOR TH T rl.,t:m - e, 1394 E SPRING EXHIBITION. their cars as they please and when they please, with a ‘the-public-be-d——’ disre- gard for common decency. In the State of Pennsylvania the Railroad Commissioners look out for the streetcar fares, andin | Minnesota that same commission controls grain-elevators and considers them a part of the transportation business,"” M. Estee, who was chairman of the committee on corporations of the consti tutional convention atSacramento in 1879, was interviewed by a CALL reporter yes- terday. Higgopinion of the meaning of the “‘trang] tion compaey” term in the State constitucion iseasily understood. *It was my impression,” said Mr. Estee, “in the constitutional convention that when section 22 of article XII was in the committee, as well as after its adoption, the Railroad Commission had full power | to establish rates of charges for the trans portation of passengers and freight 'Zy, the ! every transportation company _in State of Caliiornia which carried freight or. %pssengers or both. & “That is the language of the constitu- tion. It istrue the Legislature has since passed an act limiting the scope of this section of the constitution to railroads other than street railroads, but I do not believe the Legislature had that power. In what I say I express no opinion as to what should be done by the commission in relation to any particular street rail- road. The justness of its action in all in- stances will depend upon the facts in each particular case, but in my judgment the power rests in the commission to act under the constitution. “The whole question was gone over and over in the committee, of which I was the chairmen, and the matter of excepting street railroads was discussed from day to day, but they were not excepted, as the section in the constitution plainly reads. The legislative enactment the following year was a—well, was an afterthought, I | suppose. But I say that in my opinion the term ‘transportation companies’ cov- ered all and excepted none, and the Legis- lnturg had no power to change or limit the term.” Hon. H. M. La Rue of the Railroad Com- mission stated in an interview that the | matter had just been brought before the commission, but he was the opinion that the commission could regulate the fares of street railroads. “I was a member of the constitutional convention. and interpretered the mean- ing of this section to include-all transpor- tation companies,’ said he. STILL AFTER THAT DICTIONARY Genuine Success of the Supplemental Distribution Lately Begun. At the headquarters of the Pacific Coast Newspaper Syndicate the cry is ““Still they come,”” for there are very many readers in and out of the City who are filing their ap- plications during these few days while the offer remains open by which they can so easily secure the Encyclopazdic Dictionary. The work itself is an entirely new idea in reference books, being at once a dic- tionary and an encyclopedia, and as such it takes the place of many other books on special subjects put together. Its utility has been fully demonstrated by the 500 sets originally distributed in the 500 cultured homes, where it has been examined and compared with cther dic- tionaries and encyclopedias. Many who realiv desired to get the vol- umes during the original distribution failed to do so through hesitation or delay, and these, now that another opportunity is presented, are hastening to avail them- selves of its benefits. But it should be remembered that this | week will see the close of this altogether notable undertaking in the way of a book distribution, and readers are therefore ad- monished to act while yet there is time, for beginning Monday the price of the work will be advanced to $42 per set, the best styles of binding costing even more. ——————— Charles Favor Arraigned. Charles Favor, charged with impersonating an officer of the United States Government, and as such extorting $100 from a Chinaman, was arraigned -before United States Commis- Erglish language and are right when they call a streetcar the property of a transpor- sioner Heacock yesterday, and the hearin, 'was set {or Friday, 4 ¢ v The foreground, with its tangle of flow- | | ers and parched grass, is particularly good. | | Another of Mathews' pictures, Pandora, | | shows a female figure opening the tradi- | | tional box, from which escapes a dense cloud of smoke, in which are dimly out- | lined dark figures suggestive of disorder. | This picture is very suggestive, and thei coloring is strang and effective. | Mrs. Arthur Mathews will be represented | by some graceful pastels of country scen- | ery and marine bits on the Pacific Coast. Wilbur A. Reaser is_preparing to send | two good peasant subjects, both of which | are studies in Normandy. Oneoil paint- ing depicts an old peasant woman, sitting | seraping potatoes before a hearth in a cot- tage interior, and the other picture is a| study of a quaint narrow Normandy | street, with three women in sabots gossi;)- | ing in the middle distance, and a little | goose-girl driving her flock into the barn. Miss Marem A. Froelich is only sending | jone picture, which she calls ¢ ing | Thanks on Palm Sunday.” The subject is a pretty and pathetic one | —an old white-hpired woman saying grace | at a lonely and meager table, before a cup | of tea, while over her head hang the palms from church, which she has twined round | the portrait of one of her beloved dead. | The figure is sithouetted against the cold | gray light from the window, and the | whole picture is painted in a very subdued | key of color. Amedee Joullin has not painted any work especially for the spring exhibition, but he has several effective studies of sand- dunes, one or more of which he will con- tribute. L. P. Letimer has abandoned redwoods | for the time being, and has devoted his | attention to several other equally interest- | ing features of California scenery. H picture of woods ard a brook on a smoky | morning is particularly effective. It shows a stream cverhung with forest | trees, and in the distance behind the curve | | of the brook the sun is breaking with al- | most rainbow tints through the haze that hangs over the forest. The other oil paint- | ing represents a California meadow before the sun has fully risen. Latimer is also | contributing several water colors to the | | exhibition. | _Among other contributors are William | Keith and Mrs. Alice Chittenden, JEWELERS IN TROUBLE The Firm of Phelps & Miller| Is Financially Embar- rassed. | | | A Settlement Said to Have Been| Effectel With Eastern Creditors. The report was circulatea yesterday that | the firm of Phelps & Miller, jewelers, was | financially embarrassed. It was said, how- ever, that ajsettlement of the firm’s liabili- ties, which are placed at $68,000, had been reached by Mr. Phelps, who is now in New York. This house has been in existence for over | twenty years, and has always maintained | an honorable position in the trade of San | Francisco. It is not thought even now that the firm will be forced out of business, { The junior member of the firm died some years ago, and ihe business hasbeen under the immediate direction of Mr. Phelps. The firm has been the local representative | of a large number of Eastern manufactur- ers, including the Elgin Watch Company, the Middletown Plate Company, E. N. Welsh Manufacturing Company, La Pierre Company, the Hawkes Glass' Company, Krementz Jewelry Company and the Gorham Manufacturipg Company. Several of these manufacturers with- drew tneir agencies from Phelps & Miller some time ago, and as a result anaccount- ing was demanded. The firm was unable ! maining in the possession of | board. lovely homes, yet right under their very windows, as _you might say, is this sink- hole, throwing out its foul odors and disease. We have had altogether too much ckness about us for so favorable a local- v for health. We are getting thoroughly ired, and will probably take ncw action soon.” THE BULWER ELECTION Triumph of the New Board Over the Old After a Hard Contest. The Board of Directors of the New Faction Displaces Kelly With Turner. Yesterday occurred the battle for the contro! of the Bulwer Mining Company for the coming year and the opposing clans were mustered in force. The old regime was under the command of Herwmann Zadig, the well-known broker and mining man, while M. Westheimer wasat the head of the New York contingent. The election was slow. Exceptions to votes both by proxy and stock were taken on all sides. The Westheimer party declared that the | stock transferred to San Francisco ten days prior to the election could not legitimately be voted. The vote on the injunction at 3 P. M. stood 42,210 against and 87,675 for, showing a eain for Westheimer. Here President Zadig declared the meet- ing adjourned for thirty days and the old board “retired from the scene of battle, leaving the contestants to proceed as they would. They immediately elected J. N. Pew chairman and A. Krause secretary. Mr. Tausky, the attorney for the old board, protested agawmst this action, but his pro- test went by the wind. The total representation at this election was 86,310 shares and proxies. By a vote of 74,067 shares and proxies (Mr. Tausky | declining to vote when his name was | called) M. Westheimer, 8. L. Ackerman, L. Kiau, F. Avery, J. W. Pew, W. H. Met- son and A. Krause were elected directors. Mr. Tausky objected to the proxies re- rause, in- stead of Jacobus, secretary of the old Mr. Jacobus then rose and asked for the proxies, but was emphatically re- fused. The meeting then adjourned. Westheimer president and Pew secretary, and removed the offices 10 310 Pine street. Next they dismissed Superintendent Kelly -and placed the works in the charge of Mr. Turner of Bodie. They then adjourned till 10 o’clock to-day to take legal action. ———————— THE NATIONAL CIRCUIT. The Bicycle Season to Be Opened at the May-Day Fete. OAKLAND, Car., April 8.—Chairman F. Neece of the bicycle events has received the following letter and referred it to the executive committee of the Fabiola floral fete to be given on May day. Dear Sir: The National circuit, it 1s settled, will start 10 California and" work eastward through Arizona, Texas and the Southern States. Itis desired to make the Fabiola floral fete—May 1—a National circuit meet. Itwould involve increasing the prizes in the professionsl events to attract such men as Cooper, who ar- rives here to-morrow: Coulter, Zeigier, Schef- ski and men of that class, to say $100 for first, $50 for sccond and $25 for thir prize. Very truly, R. M. WELCH. P. B.—An early reply is desired. The committee accepted the suggestion and the necessary appropriation o funds was made Yo carry out the affair. This as- sures the presence of many crack riders here on May day. B to meet its obligations at once, and Mr. Each year the United BStates raises 70,000,000 bushels of beans. The newly etected directors then called | a meeting in the same room, elected | CHOCOLATE OBJECTS T0 SUSPENSIONS L. W. Kennedy Addresses the School Directors on the Subject. REFERRED TO LADY TEACHERS The Charges Against Miss F. L. Soule Will Be Heard by the Full Board. A vigorous protest from L. W. Kennedy, a former member of the Board of Educa- tion. against the present methods of sus- pending pupils of the public schools was read before the meeting of the Board of Education last evening., Mr. Kennedy said that be thought it unjust and un- reasonable that the various petty offenses committed by pupils should be treasured up by teachers until the sum total of their little misdoings was combined to form one great offense. He was particularly sarcastic when speaking of young lady teachers suspend; boys for things which no boy of average animal spirits could avoid, and intimated that many young female teachers lacked the qualifications that should place them over classes of boys. He asked the board to remodel the rules regarding suspensions. Superintendent Babcock made a spirited reply, in which he defended the teachers and said that he thought the number of suspensions—121 during the first six months of the school year—was remark- ably smalil considering that there were 33,000 school children in the public schools of San Francisco. The matter was re- ferred to the committee on rules. Superintendent Babcock notified the board that W. N. Hailman, Superintend- ent of the Government Indian schools, bad accepted his invitation to hold the summer institute in San Francisco this year. The institute will be in session from August 3 to 8. The following probationary teachers were, upon the recommendation of the Committee on Qualifications of Teachers, elected regular teachersin the department: Miss Effie E. Smith, Hawthorne primary; Miss Emily L. Whalley, Hawthorne pri- mary; Miss Virginia V. Deal, Stanford primary. A resolution of thanks from the Mission High School Ciub to the members of the board for their action in granting greater educational facilities to the Mission was accepted ard placed on file, Mrs. Josephine Kennedy, a teacher of sewing in the Franklin Grammar School, was transferred to the Emerson Primary School. Mrs. Elizabeth Klink McCoy, teacher of sewing in the Franklin Gram- mar School was transferred to the place made vacant by Mrs. Kennedy's transfer. Miss Julia L. xton, & probationary teacher in the Potrero Primary School, was transferred to the Dudlev C. Stone Primary School. C. L. Turner was ap- pointed an assistant teacher in the mathe- matical department of the Polytechnic High School. Miss Fannie L. Soule, a teacher in the Potrero Primary School, was suspended, ending an investigation of charges pre- ferred against her by John Blake, father of one of the pupils in her class. She is charged with having punished the child with more tban necessary severity. The Commirttee on Qualification of Teachers reported that it had investigated the mat- ter to ascertain whether there was any basis for the charges, and that a hearing by the board as a whole was necessary. The hearing was set for Tuesday evening, the 2lst inst., at 7 o’clock. NO COLOR LINE RECOGNIZED. Big Foot Dave Again Turned Down by the Officials. OAKLAND, Car, April 8. — Charles Gordon, alias Big Foot Dave, alias E. Mil- ler, alias E. Thompson, is very indignant at the local peace officers. Several days ago he declared he would not ride to and | from court in the patrol wagon subject to the gaze of the public. Chief Lioyd in- formed him that he would and no back talk would be taken regarding the matter. He rode after that. - ‘When Deputy Sheriff Charles White was about to convey Gordon to court to be ar- raigned he had a colored prisoner to take also and started to handcuff the two to- gether. Gordon objected and remarked that he would be blanked blankety blanked if he would be handcuffed to a “nigger.” He would scrap first. The officer recog- nized no color line and told Gordon he would have to submit or ‘‘scrap.” When “Big Foot” found the bluff would not go he became docile and walked to court handcuffed to the colored man. His pre- liminary examination went over until next week. NEW TO-DAY. FREE CREAM A Package Given Each Customer FREE ‘With Our MONEY-SAVING TEAS, COFFEES, SPICES. .Cost 75¢ elsewhere +..Cost 60c elsewhere | .Cost 50¢ elsewhere .Cost 40¢ elsewhere -Cost 85¢ elsewhere +..Cost 30c elsewhere EXTRA PREMIUMS GIVEN AWAY. Great AmericanfnTmrfinu TeaCo.'s 1344 Market st., S. F. 968 Marke! st., S. F. 140 Sixth st., 5. F. 017 Kearny st., S. P. 1419 Polk st., 5. P, 521 Montgomery ave., S, Ry 333 Hayes st., S. F. 146 Ninth st., S. F. 218 Third st., S. F. MONEY- SAVING 'S, P. 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Epecial Instruments for bladder troubles. - Gre Circulars and testimonials of the t Hudyan Sent Free. HUDSON MEDICAL INSTITUTE, Stockton, Market and Ellis Street: PROPOSALS. SUPPILIES FOR THE STATE INSANEASYLUM AT AGNEWS, Commeneing May 1, 1896, and Ending September 30, 1896. ( OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT SEALED proposals will be received at the office of the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of the State In- sane Asylum at Agnews, No. 32 Fast Santa Clara street, San Jose, up to 3 o'clock P. M. of TUES- DAY, APRIL 21, 1896, and at the Asylum at Agnews up to 10:80 o'clock A. M. of WEDNES- DAY, APRIL 22, 1898 (Asylum time), for furnish- ing supplies for said Asylum for the six months commencing May 1, 1896, and ending September 30, 1896, said proposals consisting of the following scheaule, and 1o be delivered as ordered: Groceries. ; 6000 pounds Beans, small white No. 1, last crop. 4 dozep: Bath Brick. 1000 pounds Crackers, Sods, net weight. 250 pounds Corn Starch, Kingsford’s, 1-pound papers. 400 pounds Cheese, best quality, California. 40 pounds Candles, Stearic Wax, 20-pound boxes, 16 ounces. 50 gallons Coal O1l, 150 dezrees test. 48 pounds Chocolate, Esgle, 1-pound papers. 100 ponnds Germea. pounds Hominy, large. 15 gross Matches, Diamond Mateh Co.'s three noes, Safety. 4 dozen bottles Lucea Oil, quarts, Cross & Black- well. 5 2 dozen bottles Olive Oll, Quito farm, Goodrich’s arge. ponnds Pearl Barley, No. 8. 300 gallons Pickles, No. 1 mixed. in barrels. 3 boxes Raisins, 3-crown loose, 50-pound boxes. 5000 pounds Rice, s-ndwtcn Islands, No. 1. t Peas, ry nulated, extra fing. Golden C. 200 pounds Sugar, cube. 200 pounds Sugar, powdered. 1200 gallons Syrup, Goiden, 30 gallons to the unds Soda, Bi-carbonate, 1-pound papers. potinds Tapioca faker > = PO 200 gallons Vinegar. wine, 40 deg. test. 8 dozen bottles Worcestershire Sauce, Lea & Per- rin's. pints. 6 cases Oysters, 12 ounces, No. 1, Farren's. Macaroni and Vermicelll, 1000 pounds Macaroni, white, No. 1, boxes. net. & % 28 pomi 1000 pounds Vermicelll, white, boxes, net. No. 1, 35-pound Canned Goods. 10 cases Canned Apricots, standard, gallons. 10 cases Canned Corn, Wlnlluw"l.." eaches 10 cases Canned P standard, gallons. 3 cases Jellies, assorted o Dried Fruft. 2000 pounds Dried Apples, sliced, No. 1. 1000 pounds Dried Apricots, bleu:h:!',l!(A L 100 pounds Dried Currants, Zante, No. 1, 1000 pounds Dried Peuhe% bleached, No. 1. 1087030 pounds Dried Pranes, California French, 60 Coffee, Tea, Spices, Eto. 3000 PoRnds Somtee: dnE % mana oounds e, Gi 1600 pounds Ch!o‘orx b 5200 pounds Tea. A. Schilling & Co's Popular h'l;uln} pounds Tes. Diamond M., E. B. Congon, %8 boninas” ?&‘;‘;‘e‘:';::'m. A th.lmntt Co.s o pONEY Stokars grouna, 4. sowling & “%?u“&f;mf’r"-'ififi"m‘m ground. A. Schilling & Co.’s best. 3-pound cans. > 2 dozen bottles Extract of Lemon. A. Schilling 4 doren By oS RO\ o ing & Co.’s best triple, 32-ounce bottles. > Fresh Beef, Mutton, Etc. 100.000 pounds, Fresh Beef, No. 1, all stesrs, from 500 pounds to 700 pounds, delivered In sides. 5000 pounds No. 1 Fresh Mutton, delivered whol 2 3509 pounds No. 1 Fresh Veal, dressed, delivered whole, Roll Butter. 2500 pounds Fresh Fancy California Butter, BE CURED MORE | PROPOSALS—Continued. Eeg Butter, 10,000 pounds First class Californis Keg ‘Butter. 'K 4000 dozen Fresh California Eggs. Potatol 110,000 pounds No. 1 Burbank Potatoes. Hams, Bacon, Lard and Pork. 600 pounds Bacon, Light Breakfast, bldders to n.;&l))nndsa Hi bidders to state brands. 2 unds Hams, 1000 mnnds Lard, Pure Leat, in tlerces. 6 barrels Salt Pork, extra clear. Salt Fish. ds Codfish, Callfornia, selected. po‘:?gd m.w run 18 fish or less to case, h. ugfih.".m‘! Mackerel, No. 1, 100 pounds net each barrel. - Fresh Fish. 10,000 pounds Fresh Fish, No. 1 assorted. Salt. 8000 pounds Fine Dairy Salt. Flour, Grain, Ete. 15,000 pounds Ground Barley. 8000 paunds Corn Meal. 6000 pounds Cat Meal; extra. 6000 pounds Cracked {Vheat. 25,000 pounds Bran. 3 barrels Rolled Oats. 800 barrels Flour, bakers' extra. 2400 pounds Graham Flour. 6000 pounds Wheat., Chewing Tobaecco. 200 pounds Drummond Tobacco Compsny’s Horse Shoe, Smoking Tobacco and Pipes. 850 pounds Plug Cut, in 1-pound packages; bld- ders Lo submit samples. 6 gross Clay Pipes. ‘1. D. Soap, Lye and Soda. ml?fi boxes of Star of Kitchen Soap, 20 bars to 3 20 boxes Ivory Soap, lsundry size, 100 bars to the box. 1500 pounds Laundry Soap, Tischer's. 200 cans Concentrated Lye, American, one-pound cans. Laundry Supplies. 1 case Chloride of Lime, 24 ten-pound cans. 2 cases Caastic Soda, 24 ten-pound cans. 1 case Caustic Potash, 11 l',v‘:nly-wund cans. pounds Blueing, Amiline 850 pounds. anfarl Starch, Palmetto brand. 200 pounds Wheat Starch, fifty-pound boxve. 25 pounds Japan Wax. 2000’ pounds Sal Soda. Dry Goods. 400 yards Bed Ticking, Amoskesg, A. G A., 38 506"y ards Crash, linen, 18 tnches wide. yards Crash, linen, 18 inches 300 *vards Denims, Pearl River Indigo Blu4, 38 inches wide. 500 yards Sheeting, Indian Head, 4-4 unbieashed. 100 yards Pequot, 6-4 bleached, 800 yards Pequot, 7-4 bleached. 500 yards Pequot, 7-4 unbleached. 300° Musliv, Lonsdale, 36 inches Wide. 200 yards Priuts, 32 inches wide. 100 yards Ginghams, Amoskesg, staple, assorted colors. 2 dozen Coraets, large size. 6 dozen Corset Steels. bles, large stses. Steel 2 dozen Steel Thim! 5 dozen Buttonbole Twiat. 25 pounds Cotton Batting, medium. 50 pounds Darning Cotton. € dozen Bedspreads, white. 1 dozen Hair Brushes. 10dozen Combs, dress, 6 dozen Combs. fine. 125 dozen Clark's O. N. T. Spool Cowten, assorted numbers and colors. b dozen Handkerchiets, ladfes’. 20 dozen Handkerchiefs, men's Turxey ved, 34 inches. 5 dozen Halrpins, K. & B., assorted, No. 100. 5 dozen palr Ladies’ Hose, gray mixed. 1000 dozen Needies, Millward’s assorted sizes. 2 gross Pins, Wallace & Sons, No. F. 8. C., 8%, 20 gross Buttons, pants. 6 gross Buttons, horn, coat and vest. 25 gross Buttons, agate, dress and shirt, No. 40. Clothing. 100 dozen pair gray mixed cotton Socks. 10 dozen Overalls, duck, canton fiannel iined, log 30 to 34, walst 32 1o 44. 8 dozen palr Suspenders, average and ext: lengthe L) e s Brushes. 4 dozen Halr Fioor Brushes. 2 dozen Counter Brushes. 0 dozen Scrub Brushes, 1 dozen Shoe Prishes. 8 dozen Comb: stion Mop Handles. Brooms. 16 dozen California Brooms. Home for the Adult Blind 1dozen Whisk Brooms, The Ind No. 1, Excelsior. strings. Crockery and Glassware. 8 dozen Dinner Plat 8 dosen Soup Plates, &1 e ozen Vegetable Dis! inch, 1 dozen Platters, 12-inch: 8 dozen Sauce DI 12 dozen Cups a 6 dozen Glass Tumblers. Tinware. ,§ dozen Galvanized Iron Buckets, 3 gallons, No, 224 tron. 5 dozen Galvanized Iron Chambers, 834-neh top, 7-1nch bottom. 6% inches Bigh, No: 36 tron. 10 dozen Pint Tin Cups, X tin. 1 dozep tin Coftee Pots,'3 gallons, XXX tin. 1 dozen Tin Syrup Cans, 2 gallous, XX tin. 1 dozen Sonp Cans, § gallons, XXX tin. 1 dozen Milk Caps, 3 gallons, XX tin. Wood. 200 cords Pine Wood. Sald wood shall not be under 6 inches or over 10 inches In thickness and shall be strictly No. 1. Engine-Room Coal. 150 tons Engine-Room Coal, 2240 ton. Bidders specify kind and qwu;.’"" bt To be delivered In carioad lots and weighed on Asylum scales. Gas Coal. 100 tons Gas Coal, 2240 pounds to thy aop iy Kndd iy e e 0 el in carload ts and wi Asylum scales. Matiel o Range Coal. 40 tons screened coal, 2240 unds ton. Bidders specify kind and q\lr L To be delivered in carload lots and weighed on Asylum scales. ‘The above-named articles are all tobe of the best qualities, subject to the approval of the Medical Director, and to be delivered at the Asylum at such times and in such qusntities as he may desire. And It is expressiy understood that 1t a greater or less quantity of any article than above mentioned shall be required by the Medjcal Director, the same shall be furnishea by the con- iractor at the contract price. ‘The contracts will be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, and no bid will be- received of considered unless accompanied by a certf check in an amount equal to 10 per cent of the bid or bids presented, which amount shall be forfeited to the peorle of the State of California as settied, fixed and lignidated damages in case the bidder to whom the award of contract is made shall fall or refuse to enter into such contract and furnish saeh bonds for the faithful performance of the same ss the Board of Trustees may require within five days after such award. Supplies only to be re: . elved between 8 A. M. and M. Beparate il be recerved for— b SACARONT AND VERMICELLL ACARONI A CANNED GOODS, DRIED FRUIT. COFFEE, TEA, SPICE!;Q!TO‘ FRESH BELF, MUTTON, ETC. ROLL BUTTER. KEG BUTTER. EGGS, P 3 0] ALT F1 e 8. SH. FRESH FISH. BALT. FLOUR, GRAIN, ETC. EMOKING TOBACCD AND PIPES. SOAP, LYE AND SODA. LAUNDRY SUPPLIES. DRY GOODS. CLOTHING, BRUSHES, BROOMS. : CROCKKRY AND GLASSWARR. TINWARE. D. ENGINE-ROOM COAL GAS COAL. RANGE COAL. a1 he Board reserves the right of refecting any we s, Payments to be made montnly, In cash, when there is money in the Treasury for such pay. ments, and when there is 1o ‘money In the ury, parment to be made out of the firss money inthe Treasury spplicable forthat par pose. Bids to be addressed to T. 8. Mont , No. East Santa Clara sireet, San J &:‘ng of the Board of Trustees of the State insane Aay. lum at Agnews, and Indorsed on envelope, * sals for furnishing supplies.” Bidders will nm mark on envelope the class of SuppHes bid on. llrl opes a ank nld-‘w be obiained by a Searetary. 4 scparals. envelo wia k n"x" 3 axtiolen 1 hlrup‘ ana Samples icles, showing the cl quality thereof required, exenes: such as n':: per- I:lhl]hle. may be seen at the storeroom of the ylum. "The attention of bidders Is called to the following section from the Political Code of the !l‘l;«o:“ SECTION 3235, “No ln}wllu of any kind or character for the benefit of the State or to be paid by an; momgl appropriated, or to be ap ated, by the State, manufactured or grown i this State, which are in whole or in part the roduct of Mougolian labor, shall be purchased by u?' officials. for this State having control of any public instita- tlon under the conirol of the State, or of any eounty, city and county, city or town » In order to preserve uniformity and facilitate the award it has been resolved 1o receive ne bidg unless made upon blenk forms furnished by the Parties will pl artles will please carry out the each article and add up the same, 0 that. the.griny amount may be seen at a Ice; wiil not be considered. ae S By order of the Board Insane Asvium at Agnews. . 8. NTGOMERY, 3 No. 32 East Santa Clara street, San m“