The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 20, 1896, Page 9

TEE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1896. 9 T0 WIPE OUT EUHHUPIIUNI Rev. Donald M. Ross Speaks of the Duty of the Members of the A. P. A. SHOULD ATTEND TOQ POLITICS. Common Cause Should Be Made Against the Vicious Bosses and Politicians. There was a decided increase in the attendancejat the good citizenship meeting yesterday afterncon at Metropolitan Tem- ple. Thefact that there was no charge for admission and that Rev. Donald M. Ross was the speaker of the day served, no doubt, as factors in filling the house. In opening the meeting Chairman Quit- zow said: *“We have been at work during the past week endeavoring to get men who represent our principles sent to the Repub- lican State Convention to be held at Sacra- mento, and I am pleased to state that I believe we have been successful.”” “I am satisfied that we shall have a strong representation in this convention, which is to be held to name the delegates to the National Convention at St. Louis, and Lam sure we shall have a great influ- ence in the nomination of the candidate for the next Presidential election. ~I will say that the people on the other side are not satisfied with our work. They say that after we get through with the Catholics we shall turn our attention to the Jews. I want to say that thatisnot so. If there is any Jew that wants to join our organization let him come forward and he will see how heartily he will be received as a member.” Rev. Donald M. Ross, in speaking on *‘The Duty of an A. P. A.,”” said: “A thermometer is not more than six inches long, but it indicates the weather for miles around. I am glad to see so many here to-day, for they, acting like the thermometer, represent not only their own sentiments, but the sentiment of thousands and thousands in San Fran- cisco and other parts of the State. ““We have great responsibilities on ns. ‘Lhey say we are actuated by bigotry. But do you think that mwiilions of people in the United Staies could be brought to- gether under one coastitution actuated simply by bigotry? The men who say this are dignified and so is the owl, and the one knows just as much of our move- ment as the other. Not a man in America who is a true patriot would give a cent for persecution. The igea that brings them together is the same as that which inspired men during the revolution. It 1s nota cent for persecution, but millions for de- fense, and it is a case of defense now with us. *“The three or four miilions of men who have. banded themselves to keep the poli- ticians busy, do not care for the politi- cians—the bosses. We do not even know who the bosses are, but we are against the evil of bossism asa principle and method of government. “The first, chief} and only duty of an A. P. A. is his duty to his country, When you shift this duty to the politician and to a party you fail'in your duty. You have no right to shift the responsibility of gov- ernment in this way. The duty to gov- ernment cannot rightly and justly be laid aside by any man. Each vote is as strong ag any that is cast. People blame bosses for wrong government, but do nothing to prevent the bosses from getting control. When the political thieves rob your treas- ou have only yourself to blame. his condition of political corruption is -easy to correct. It requires simply a little activity on the part of the individual citizen. Let the men who are corrupt un- derstand that when next they come before the country for election they will be al- lowed to fall witbout any effort being made to pick them up or relieve them, and you will soon see a change in the ad- ministration of government. “The business man refuses to go into politics because it will take too much of his valuable time, yet he will uncomplain- ingly pay excessive taxes while the poli- tical crooks pay not a cent. He may some- times protest acd swear a little when he goes to the Tax Collector’s office to pay his taxes, but there it ends.” The speaker referred to the high rate of taxes last year and the utter absence of any permanent improvement in the City to show for imposing this financial burden the citizen. He asserted that the cor- ot political office-holders consumed the they now praise the fathers of the revolu- tion. “Itis hard to fight eatrenched corrup- tion. A good man will seldom fight as hard for principle as a bad man will for his corrupt perquisites. No good man fights so bitterly as does the corrupt poli- tician in his effort to hold his poing of vantage. But we have a way of fighting that can be made effective, and it will need no great physical effort. All we need to do is to stick together and all cast our lit- tle silent but powerful ballot in the one cause of reform. E “‘Members of the American Protective Association, let that unselfishness rest upon you that is necessary to win a com- mon and glorious vietory. Letevery effort be directed toward one common object. If our leaders decide that we must come out of that party or out of this party, it is our duty to do as they suggest, and unless we do as they instruct, we cannot hope to win in our great struggle. together under all circumstances, shoulder to shoulder, can we attain the object of our organization—the salvation of .the United States. Then will the corruption- ist feel what he has never before felt, the thrill of a kick from an honest man in possession of his own house. “Qur work must be done by the 3d of next November or our opportunity will be lost for at least two years. Let us not rest till then. Letustry to have every man cast his vote in the interest of good and honest government on that day.” Chairman Quitzow in closing the meet- ing advised every man to take a close interest in the primary elections and in the district political clubs. ILONG THE WATER FRONT Arrival of the 0. and 0. Steam- ship Gaelic From China and Japan. The Steamer Point Arena Goes on the Beach—The Mary Bidwell in Distress. The Oriental and Occidental steamship Gaelic arrived early yesterday morning from Hongkong, via Yokohama and Hono- lulu. As it had been reported that she had sickness on board she was met in the lower bay by Quarantine Officer Chalmers and ordered to Angel Island. Upon an examination of ner papers it was learned that one of her passengers had died at Yokohama upon her arrival from China, and another had been afflicted with a mild form of smallpox on the trip to Honolulu, The patient had recovered and the vessel had been overhauled and fumigated at Honolulu. As no sickness was found on board the Gaelic, the cabin passengers and mails were permitted to come ashorein the tugs. The steerage passengers were retained aboard the vessel to be fumigated, after which they will be landed. The ship will come to her dock this forenoon. 2 The fifty cabin passengers were as fol- ows: Mr. and Mrs.J. C. Anderson and maid, E. Asada G. Vanden Arend, Colonel and Mrs. Ironside Bax, H.J. Bostwick, Miss Bostwick, M. W. Carieton, E. T. Cleveland, F. Panck- werts, Miss Davis, Lieutenant de Fabre, P. F. Emery, E. Evans, A. Feine, Rey, William Feist- korn, H. L.Fitzpatrick, C. Galloriel, Lieuten- ant C. A. de Mello Greno, Mrs. Hesdland, N. Hinds, U. 8.N., J. W. Hudgins, U.8.N. ,Rev. Y. Honda, Re K. Irie, C. A. Keanig, Mrs. M. L. Lee, J. B. Malon, J. R. Nicoll, W. E. Purser, Lan Chong, George Philip, Mrs. L Pulferd and son, Mr. an Read and son and maid, Mr. Ril rdson, G. W. Roche, U. S. N., Lieutenant B.'V. de Siiva, Miss Staniey, H. G. Trobridge, uska, Dr. H. Weipert, W. Wolff, Dr. Carl 3. Tapp, J. Huga. There were 34 Europeans and 177 Chinese in the steerage. The steamer Tillamook, which arrived from the south yesterday, reports that on April 17 at 4 in the afternoon, while about eighteen miles east from Point Conception, she spoke the schooner Mary Bidwell. That vessel was fifty days out from San Blas with a cargo of cedar logs. She was Mr. and Mrs. A. C. d Mrs. E. ' W. Only by standing | Herbert C. Nash, Who {s to Be the New Librarian at Stanford University. [Drawn by a * Call” artist from a photograph by Taber.] in distress, having exhausted her supply | of food and water. Light and bafflinz winds had lengthened out the voyage. Otherwise no accident had occurred. ~ The Tillamook sent provisions and a barrel of water aboard tfie schooner and the two vessels parted company. A dispatch from Point Arena last even- ing stated that the coast steamer Point | Arena, which left this port the 16th for | Mendocino and way ports, struck on the | rocks at Point Arena. She had discharged the freight and passengers intended for that port and was starting for Mendocino City. As she backed out her propeller fouled the lines of the steamer Whitesboro and she immediately became unmanage- able. The luckless vessel was_washed on the rocks at South Beach. The Whitesboro rendered assistance and succeeded in pull- ing the Point Arena into deep water. The freight was transferred to the Whitesboro and the passengers on board at the time were landed at Point Arena safely. The steamer South Coast was signaled for and she took the disabled vessel in tow for S8an Francisco. The crew went on board the South Coast, as the Point Arena soon filled with water. New Woman in Georgia. She saw a streetcar about a block and a half away aud made up her mind to catch it, and she did, b’gosh! She made a nfunge for it, and whistled for the con- ductor to stop the concern. The conductor didn’t think she would ever reach the car, and consequently did not stop. But that woman was one of ‘the up-to-daters, and she had different notions from those of the conductor. She ran like a rabbit, and it wasn't long before she had planted her tiny foot upon the step of the retreating car. I felt disposed 1o applaud her for this feat, but about that time she reached up and pulled the bellcord and stopped the car herself. Theconductorand motor- man looked up in astorishment, “I sim- ply want to wait for my doF to catch up,” che replied to their inquisitive glances. Now, all I have to say is this—that if that woman is a new woman, we need more of them to run this country. We need them particularly in the corn fields.—Atlanta Constitution. —————— Lunacy is on the increase in Ireland- What is the reason? If Mr. Thomas Lough’s suggestion is correct it is the severe agricultural depression which has existed. “THE CALL” 1 ¢istance are given. Abbrevistions—F., fast: Fa., fair; H., heavy; m., mile; RACING GUIDE. To-day's Entries at Bay District Track. D races where the Lorseshave Do record at the distance to be run the records at the next nearest furiong; *, about. FIRST RACE—Six furlongs; selling. | Best N | Lbs| record. Pedigree. 98/ 1:1214 | 114 1:0134 98 no rec. ... yucatan II. Normandie . s Ruth tarling. taxes. Continuing he said: ‘We owe a duty to the City of San Fran- cisco that will properly protect this yearly income of $7,000,000 from taxes. This sum ought to make our City a very paradise, but it don’t. People are not attracted to live in this City. ‘Phey go to Los Angeles or some other city where there is some- thing in the shape of public improve- ments to attract them. The people of San Francisco should see that this large amount is used for public improvements— well-paved streets among other things. There is no need for increased taxation if the money is properly expended. As the matter, however, stands to-day there are many in the public service who fail to re- ceive their salaries from the City regularly. This is because the politicians are ailowed to absorb the taxes by their peculiar and corrupt methods of administration. “The people ought to rise in indignation over the way in which these frauds carry on our city government. The men of the A. P. A, and all good citizens should see to it that these corruptionists are thrown out. I think that the A. P. A. has a duty to perform that no other organization can fulfill. We must see that these men are turned out. Some people may accuse us of prosecution in trying to turn them out, but any persecution of a criminal might just as fairly be termed persecution. What we want to do 1s to make the men who are public servants work as if they were private servants. This the A. P. A. can do by seeing that their votes go only for good public servants. “lt may take us a little time to get things straightened out, but 1f we show tae proper courage and persistence we shall eventu- ally and thoroughly accomplish this great work of reforming our City government, and the broader State and National gov- ernments. There are business men and Protestant men who are not in the A P. A., because they have not seen that -we have accomplished anything. But let them wait two or three years, and then you will see them only too willing to'stand by and with us. If we are determined to support only good and true men for evety office, we shall soon force every one to ac- knowledge that we have done the country grest good. We are not working for-seif, but for tne good of the country, and this we must make the people understand. They will then rise up and call us blessed and they shall praise us in the future as 1030 (988) | Globe .. 1030 Tuberose 5% Bid-Sacramento Bells Gano-Josie C imp. Deceiver-Usefal Cyclone-Wanza. Joe Hooker-Addie O'Nell Ratnbone-Miss Melbourne Prince ot Norfolk-Katie A Geo Kinney-Flitaway Kinston-Lady Golden Imp. Inverness-Yolande Imp. Kyrle Daly-Extract Sobrante-Ruth Day S:ar-Laraminta Sinfax-Partisana Imp. Wagner-Leonette Hidalgo-Glen Ellen Captain Al-Gold Cup Longfellow-Babee Imp. Keene-Pinkey Wildidle-Agnes B Bramble-Lady Lou |Imp. Greenback-Lilly W |61 Fresno-Rosa G ve furlongs; selling. Index. Name. :Lm;lr:;:\lt Dist. Owner. Pedigree. T1081 ApacheBmma Longtield |Crawfora . Ed Corrigan-Idalene Cotton Ben Ali-Ezza TFaustus-Mt. City Belle Winters-1da O’ Nell Isanc Murphy-Pikes Peak Forester-Maratana Imp. Mariver-Eufaula Ironclad-by Bayswater Gin Dudley-Jck Miner Mare Liurell-imp. Royal Title H..|J. White. Warwick-Lady Middleton A --|Inyo stabi Pickpooket-Magaie Wirson 91/F .| L. Ramsdell. Ip. Midlothian-by Grt Tom THIRD RACE—Five furlongs; selling; two-year-olds. Index. i) Name. |Lbs|record.| Dist. |Lbs|Tk. Owner. Pedigree. 877 |IaunieS. 96/no rec. T. R. Sullivan TyrantGraciosn 769 |Cousin Jo. Nevada stable. El Rio Rey-HettieHumphry 976 |Adam And Burnse Water] Imp. Sir Modred-Fedalma 981 |Dolore ... Uy m Pueblo stable. Wildidle-Resette 1015 |Scarborough. 13 m Atkin & Lottridge.|El Kio Rey-ronsetta FOURTH RACE—One mile; purse. Pedigree. | sest Index.| Name. L\ul Record| Dist, Owner. 1021 | m 1021 115/1:40%(1 m (1029) | 9311 m 1040 96/ m (1027)| L MissBru: 911 1m — Imp. St. George-Levele Volugenr-Pert Imp. SIr Modred-Plaything Imp. Kothen-Wyandotte Beau Brummel-Imp. Mirage FIFTH RACK—Five furiongs; selling. i | Best Index. Name. Lbs|record.| Dist. Owner. Pedigree. 1036 |Model. . Imp. Modred-Gy} 1o %;m;. Duke of Norfolk-Neilson 1028 [Tonino. - H. Fenton-Lizzie B Piexotto . J. Stratfrd or ip. Uhian-Victres Imp. Brutus-by Kelpic Liup. Kyrle Daly-Maggie R 1p Midiothian-Electrc Light Frank Rhodes-Belle Kosciusko-May Viley Imp. San Simeon-Maria F Livingston stable.. Roberts...... .| White & Clark. *|Burnse Waterhouse B. Edsall. Alma Dale stable. . +1J. G. Follansbee.. .. m,zqm.. S8 Lmso B0 3% i 113, XS i8 Pedigree. Three Cheers-Ktta W Imp. Eric-Rocket 'Wildidle-Blue Bonnet Imp. Kyrle Daly-Visalia E| Rio via Ed Corrigan-Charlotte Torso-Little Flush Cyclone-Nyanza d-Fantasia ‘Warwick-Shasta 1mp. Brutus-Muy D |3, P, Atkin J. C. Humphrey.... Ferris ‘ountry Clu! E. Pannup.. . Herzog Rob St. Saviour-Ella T Imp. Darebin-Miss Clay Prince Norfolk-Haidee =5 ifl Kmblmlll Riggs +|Niagara stable. . pache-Fiora J.,G. Brown & Co...|Coloma-Laura D L. Stephens.........| Imp. Silk Gown-Ordnance WSH T0 BE LIS Senator Stanford’s Private Secre- tary Will Become a Pro- fessor. Diplomatic Experience and Knowledge of Books Made Him Woodruff's Successor. Herbert C. Nash, for several years tutor to Leland Stanford Jr., for eleven years secretary to Leland Stanford, and for the last three years secretary and adviser to Mrs. Stanford, is to be the librarian at Stanford University. About sixteen years ago, when Governor Stanford, then California’s chief executive, and Mrs. Stanford were making a tour of Europe with their son, a youth of 12, they met in one of the cities of the soutn of France an attache of a British diplomatic corps stationed there, and the courteous manner and attractive personality of the young man made more than a passing im- pression upon the parents. And so it happened that upon their return to Paris, after visiting the Mediterranean coast of Africa, they had agreed that they had seen the person whom they would wish to be tutor to their only son. Correspond- ence followed, and Herbert Nash accepted the offer made him by the multi-million- aire railroad magnate to accompany the familv on their return to distant Cali- tornigf - 2 As'a little boy Leland Stanford Jr. did not like stuay. He had, however, ac- quired an eagerness for learning some years before Mr. Nash became his in- structor, and wuntil the time of his death he was almost constantly with his tutor, both while at Menlo Park and while trav- | eling extensively abroad. His interest in learning was first aroused one day after hearing his teacher read a little story of a })ebule—how iv had been formed, what af- ected it, and its whole efiperience during the long lapse of ages; and he went home from the private school in this City and told his mother all about it. After the boy’s death, and when a president had been chosen for the new university at Palo Alto, it became known to the Stanfords that by a notable coincidence the simple little story that had been the inspiration of their son’s desire to learn was written years before by David Starr Jordan, the man who afterward became the head of the great university named as a lasting memorial to the ambition of a studious youth. z Mr. Nash continued his residence in the Stanford household. His early insight into diplomatic affairs made it easy for him to assume the new duties of private secretary to the president of the Southern Pacific Railroad, and subsequently to be in close sympathy with Mr. Stanford dur- ing two successful Senatorial campaigns and their resulting life in Washington. The broad training that he received in this way coupled with the reliance that Senator Stanford was known to place in his secretary’s judgment in many matters of great importance resulted in several unavailing offers being made to Mr. Nash to_enter a diplomatic life at Washington. It is said of him that during his later extensive travels over Europe with the Stanfords he was able almost without ex- ception to converse in at least one of the prevalent languages of the people of the countries visited, for he has made himself familiar with no less than six languages. Those who know him p-rsonally sa that he is an omnivorous reader and is thoroughly conversant with the contents of the best new books, and is often able to discuss them before most people know they have been published. His familiarity with books and his judgment of their merit were important considerations in his selection_as librarian to succeea Pro- fessor E. H. Woodruff, who has accepted a professorship of law at Cornell, where pre- vious to his establishing his reputation as ngbnflan he was an instructor in Eng- lish. Mr. Nash was born of Welsh parents in Italy, where the old family home 1s still maintainea, He has & brother in London who as an Episcopal minister is quite a distinguished character. At present Mr. Nash is at the Santa Bar- bara Hot Springs, where he has been for several months regaining his health. It will be remembered that when Senator Stanford died he left his secretary a pres- ent of $15,000. The Reading Mani, “They talk about the drink habit, the to- bacco habit and the morghina habit,” said Dr. E. C. Briggs of Pittsburg at Willard’s, “‘but the worst habit to which a man can become addicted I have never seen men- tioned in print. I refer to the reading habit. Reading is at once a source of rec- reation and profit when properly regulated, but when it becomes a confirmed habit it wrecks a man mentally and physically, rendering him entirely useless to " himself or the world. Every librarian knows the class to whom I refer. Those with the reading habit read every minute, their brain becomes _incapable of realizin, the actual affairs of earth, an they no more understand other men than though they bad never seen one. They are, of course, ssessed of inexhnu-elvble information, and a person to talk to one casually would suppose him to be a great man, when, as a matter of fact, he is no more fitted to take part in the fairs of the world than is a child in the cradle. If they have money it is soon gone in visionary schemes; they are nuis- ances to those around them, because they do not understand them; their time is en- tirely wasted in the passion for readine, and there is no more pitiabla o&m on earth than the man afflicted with the read 1ing mania.—Washington Star.” REALTY MARKET REVIEW. Opinions of Real Estate Men About Street Improve- ments. A BORfl ISSUE THE THING. Considerable Opposition to a Tax Levy for Such Purposes at Present. There is to be a conference belween the Board of Supervisors and a committee of the Merchants’ Association on Thursday, the 23d inst., to see if arrangements cannot be made toprovide in the next tax levy for a sufficient sum to replace the cobblestone pavements on the downtown streets with bitumen or some other modern pavement. Itis also possible that the question of repaving Market street 'will also be discussed with a view to ascertain- ing whether it 1s best to include this thorough- fare in the list of principal streets to be re- paved. The undertaking of improvements of this character on any extended scale would of course add to the tax.rate. As real estate brokers come more generally in contact with property-owners than any other class they are pernhaps better qualified to judge whether such action on the part of the Board of Supervisors would meet with general approval at this par- ticular time or not. A CALL representative interviewed & num- ber of the leading brokers on the subject Sat- urday, and the majority seem to disapprove of undertaking these street improvements at the present time. Instead, a study of ways and Imeans to reduce the tax rate is recommended. The question_of bonding the City for paying for these and other improvements scems to meet with general favor, but in most instances it was regarded as unwise to_bond the City un- til & new charter can be adopted which will permit the exvenditure of money raised in this manner in a different way than it is under the present form of City government. A. 8. Baldwin of the firm of Baldwin & Ham- mond said: I am a member of the Board of Directors of the Merchants’ Association, and approve of their efforts to secure better pavements on the down- town streets. I do not know that they bave in view the repaving of but about fifteen or twenty blocks in the retail district. If so, the cost wou'd not be over $50,000 or $60,000, and this would not add very much to the tax rate. In regard to Mar- ket street 1 think that it ought to be repaved either with bituminous rock or asphaltum. The latter would be better than the former. A very superior quality of asphaltum is obtained in San Luis Obispo County. this State, that is being used extensively in Kastern cities, and is a strong competitor of the Trinidad asphalt. 1don’t know why it has never been used here, unle: owners of the deposit are sattsfied with their ern market and don’c care to make the effort that would be necessary in orderto secure the intro- duction of their product here. However, I do not think Market street should berepaved until a first- class sewer and conduit is put in. It is only & question of time when this work will have to be one, 1o pavement should be laid until it is done. Thomas Magee of Thomas Magee & Sonssaid: 1 think it would be all ;l’fhv to levy an additional tax of from $50,000 to 875.000 per year for the purpose of gradually repaving the stréets that now bave cobble pavements. But to undertake to in- augurate improvements of this kind on an_exten- sive scale and thereby increase taxes materially would be rulnous 0 real estate. I think there is DO necessity for the repavement of Market street at present. "It s good enough, and in any case I do not favor laying a bituminous or asphalt pave- ment on that thoronghfare for itwould be & menace todraving and heavy teaming which is a principal Ppart of the traffic there. Wendell Easton of the firm of Easton, Eid- ridge & Co. said: The downtown streets of the City are in many places in miserable condition and should be re- paved. Iam in favor of having it done gradually, but don’t think any extended plan of street i provements such as would cause a material in- Crease in the tax rate should be undertaken at this time. The trouble is that San Francisco has waited too long before commencing this much- needed work. If, however, it can be carried on judiciously even under the ‘present system I am in favor of the work being commenced. Market street needs repaving worse than any other street inthie City. Itshould be paved with bitumen or asphalt, There has got to be a great deal of work done un- derground first, {0r the sewer system of the City is & wretched one, and must be remedied bef The ideal pian for accomplishing ali these i provements would be to bond_the City, but to do this the present form of government should be changed, £o that the money raised by bonding will be properly ¢xpended and the best results attained. George D. Toy of the firm of Bovee, Toy & Sonntag said. I cannot say that I approve of the proposition of the Merchants' Association to endeavor to per- suade the Board of Supervisors to include in the Dext tax levy a sufficlent amount to replace the cobble-stone pavements downtown with bitumen or asphalt. Our taxes are already too high, and I don’t believe that the present Board of Supervisors, which is notoriously the most extravagant one the City ever needs or should be given encourage. ment from any source to undertake improvements that will increase thetax-rate. If it isintended that the property-owners should pay one-half the ex- pense 0f Iaying new pavements on the streets in question, it would not be so objectionable. But to ask_the property-owners generally to pay for the paving of a few certain blocks Is unjust. Mr. Sonntag of the same firm said he fully concurred in what Mr. Toy said and added: The only proper method of procedare to secure well-paved streets in San Francisco is to vote to bond the Clty for a suflicient sum to defray the expense and to leave the expenditure of the mouey to a board of public works to be appointed by the Mayor and to have the paving conducted under the supervision of competent and reliable engineers. This s a plan I have. advocated for years, and I am confident that it will have to ba adopted before San Francisco’s streets will be paved in the manner that they ought to. It is only fair that the succeeding generation should pay for some of the improvements of the City that they will enjoy and be benefited by even more than we who are here now will be. Herman Shainweld of the firm of Shainwald, Buckbee & Co. said: 1 am heartily in favor of street Improvements and know that they are needed badly in many localities. T am, however, decidedly opposed to adding to the next tax levy to pay forsuch im. provements. It would be wiser to irv and devise mesns to cut down the tax roll. There is but one sensible plan for providing for such improvements and that i to bond tbe city for an amount su f- ficlent to cover the cost of all improvements to the accepted streets that may 'be deemed neces. ry. The Interest on such bonds would not amount to as much as is now charged from year to year in the tax roll for making these strest improvements. It is only just that the next gen- eration should pay for a pOrtion of the improve- ments of the city. G. H‘.dvmbsen ofthe firmof G.H. Umbsen & 0. 3 T am decidedly opposed to the proposition to pro- vide in the next tax levy for repaving the down- town streets or any others, for that matter. These ‘mprovements, I am willing to admit, should be made, but not at this time. Taxes should be re- duced rather than raised, and the only way to make street improvements ne to be made isto bond the City to pay for them. It thus spreads the payments over a period of time and is more just and equitable all around. J3J. O'Farrell ot the firm of O'Farrell & Co, saxd: 1 am opposed to any proposition for, street im- rovements that will cause an incresse in taxes, n fact, I think that street improvement should be curtalled until the new_charter can be adopted, and under which street improvements will be con ducted in & more satistactory manner. Provision may be made in the tax levy for certain street im- provements, but the money is often diveried in other channels. An instance Is the case of the levy of $80,000 for improving Folsom street. The ‘money was collected, but is said to not be avall- able, having been nsed for other purposes. No: I think It unwise to encourage the levy of taxes for street improvements under the present condlition of aftairs. ‘Will E. Fisher of the firm of Will . Fisher & Co. said: 1 am decidedly opposed to the increase of taxes for any purpose. Our taxes are already too high, 0 high, in fact, that it discourages investments here of outside capital. Ifavor the contemplated street improvements and would like 10 see them made, but it is an injustice towsard property-holders 10 tax them for that purpose. There is only one way that It can be accomplished properly and that is by bonding the City. Our tax rate 1s, T believe, higher or as high as any city in the Union, while our indeYtedness is nothing. It is not right to ex- pect us to build up the City and pay for it merely for our posterity. A. H. Lissak of the firm of O. F. Von Rhein & Co. said: Efforts should be made to decrease taxes and not increase them or maintain anything like the pres- ent high rate. It is killing real-estate values, the present high taxes, and property will not earn the expense 1t incurs to keep it up. The streets that it is proposed to improve have done duty for many years and there has not been mucn complaint about them. and I think it foolish in a perlod of depression like this to agitate for their improve- ment and the Increase in taxation that it wili en- tall. If property-owners want thecobbles removed let them pay for it individually. C. H.Reynolds of C.H. Reynolds & Co. said: ‘We have been through one of the worst or- mum-n% I the history of the coun- iry and it is a very poor time to talk of raising money for repaviog streets, Taxes should be re- ! duced rather than increased and T am opposed to making street improvements at this time st the expense ol the property-owners. I would like to see them made but we can’t afford it now. - 'i‘d M. Speck of thefirm of A. M. Speck & Co. aid: Our downtown streets are generally in bad con- dition and should be repaved, and I think it would be quite right to commence work on them as early s possible. The work should be done gradually, however, 80 that it will not work too great & i lffi" shou! gre: ship on taxpayers. My idea is that work be first commenced on Market street ra her than the side business streets. Market street isthe main thoroughfare of the City. Itisa street that ever yone uses and the street that strangers first see when coming to the City. 1% any work is to be done on the downtown streets Market street should by all means have the preference. It should be paved out as far at least #s Van Ness avenue. To bond the City for street improvements woula be the best plan, but It would be some time before such & proposition could be acted upon. Meanwhile the streets are getting worse, and they are bad enough now. Samuel Center of the firm of Center & Spader said: Of two evlls it is always best to choose the lesser and as between raising the money on the next tax levy for repaving the downtown streets or allow- ing'them to remain as they are I am in favor of the former. Y know taxes are too high, but on the Other hand the streets downtown, especially Mar- ket street, will have to be 1mproved very soon or they will' be ‘unfit for traffic. Either asphalt or that new block pavement of the Kind just laid at the foot of Market street would be bést to pave Market street with. Jacob Heyman said: I am in favor of street improvements being made only by bonding the city. It is unjust and unwise at this time to levy taxes however small for the Dpurpose of repaving the downtown streets. 1 know such -improvements are badly needed, but am | ©opposed to them being made by a tax levy made at this time for the purpose. REVIEW OF THE RECORDS. There were seventy-three mortgages recorded last week, aggregating $275,868. The princi- pal ones were: By the Hibernia Savings and Loan Society, for one year, at 834 per cent, 25,000, on the following property’ On the norinwest side of Mission street, 56 feet southwest from First, 46x89: on the north- west side of Mission street, 202 feet southwest of Flirst, 18x73:6, and on the northwest side of Mls- sion ’ street, 220 feet southwest of First, 5x72:6: by the same for one year at 614 er cen ,000 on the following property: The southwest corner of Ellis and Mason, 27:6x82:6; on the east side of Stockton, 73:6 north of Sutte 64x137:6; on the north side of Bush, 60 feet east of Dupont, 20x77:6, and on the north side of Geary, 62:6 west of Grant avenue, 22:6x60; by the same for one vear at 6l% per cent, $10,000 on property on the south slde of Geary Street, 62 feet east of Buchanan _street, 75 by the same for one year at 632 per cent, 820,000 on property at the southeast corner of Geary and Buchaban streets, 62:6x75:6: by the same, for one year at 614 per cent, $26,000 on the undivided ore hal? of the corner of Clay and East etreets, 142x117:6: by the same, for one year at 64 ver cent, $10,000 on property st the nor heast ‘corner o' Broadway and Van Ness avenue, 86:8x187:6: and by the German Savings and Loan Society, for one year at 6% per cent, $28,000 on the northwest s'de of Market street, 332119 feew nortieast of Golden Gale avenue, x101. The releases granted last week numbered forty-nine, aggregating $281,757. The larger ones were as follows: By the Hibernia Savings and Loan Soclety to Mary J. Anthony, $50,000 on a lot at the corner of Third and Stevenson streets, 45x75; by the same to John McDermott, $10,000 on property at the corner of Tehama and Fifth streets, 55x73: by the German Savings and Loan Soclety to James D. Byrnes, $16,500 on a lot on the south line of Clay street, 124:6 feet east of Davis, 5 ;8¥119:6; by Emma Joseph to Fitel Phillips, $50.700 on prop- erty on the north side of Geary _street, 6218 feet west of Grant avenue, 22:6x60: by Thomas Magee to Mary J. Darnell, $26,000 on #a one-half interest in property on the corner n-rih line of Clay and southwest line o? East streets, 142x35, and the property on the sontheast side of Folsom ' street, 167:6 feet northeast of Third, 25x 100, and by the Hibernia Savings and Loan So- clety to Ciara L. Arguillo $12,000 on a lot at the southwest corner of Baker and Grove streats, 62:6x100. A deed of trust has been made to the San Francisco Savings Union of preperty on the southeast corner of Sixteenth and Carolina streets for a consideration of $11,000. A deed of trust has been made to the same society for $20,000 of property on the southeast corner of Union and Powell streets, 137:6x122:114. There were 107 transfers recorded last week. Seventeen building contracts, the particulars of which are published each day in THE CailL, were filed last week, the aggregate being $93,910. MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. The California Title Insurance and Trust Company at the last monthly meeting of its board of directors declared a dividend of 114 pr cent for the quarter ending March 1896 The Burnham & Marsh Company is now lo- cated at 628 Market street, having removed to that location last Saturday. C. C. Bemis has sold for the Tallant Bank to Dr. George H. Palmer the two-story dwelling and lot, 37:6x117, at the northeast corner of Jackson and Steiner streets, for $16,500. Jacob Heyman reports the sale or a lot at the corner of Jefferson and Kennebec streets for $£500, & lot at the corner of Roscoe and Benton streets tor £400 and two lots in the Heyman tract for §1800. The Union Iron Works is about to construct two buildings at the Potrero to cost $100,000. One will be an office building 150x50 feet, with an addition 116x32 feet. It will be a two- story and basement building. The other will be & main shop 200x60 feet and 60 feet high, a sheetiron department 20x40 and a flanging department 100x60, all under one roof. Easton, Eldridge & Co. will hold an auction sale to-morrow noon of miscellaneous proper- ties. The catalogue includes the following: 112 Lyon street, north of Page; 306 San Jose avenue, corner of Twenty-fiith street; a lot on the south line of McAlilster street, west of Pierce; 982 Fifteenth street, east of Castro; 36 Elgin Park, north of Ridley street: a lot on the west line of Elgin Park, north of Ridley street; 824 Fifteenth street, west of Sanchez; the southeast corner of Noe and Twentrionnh streets; a dwelling on the south line of Falcon road, northwest of Copper nlleg: three lots on the north line of Twenty-fifth street, west of Noe; two lots on the south line of Twenty-first street, west of Cburch, and two lots on the east line of Boyce street, north of Geary. A. M. gpeck & Co. will hold an auction sale on May 6, at which they will offer some very choice downtown business and investment proverties, Included in the list is the three- story apartment building at 129 Third street; several pieces of bank property that will be £0ld on easy terms; also Mission, Ashbury and Richmond propertfes. as well as several choice tenement investments. A large transaction consummated last week was the sale to Mrs. G. A. Berton by Mrs. Mary Bailey of the property on Market street next to the Donohue building. The consideration named is $165,000. The ot is 52:18¢ feet from Golden Gate avenue and has a frontage on Market street of 50 feet, the average depth being 75 feet. The im- provements are but of little account, and it is the intention of Mrs. Berton to erect a seven- story building on the property. A “building to cost ,O()i; is about to be erected by J. Noonan on the southwest line of Mission street, between Sixth and Seventh. It will have a frontage of 100 feetand will extend back 160 feet to Minna street. It will three stories with basement and will be built of brick with terra-cotta trimmings. . R. Denke, real estate, architect and buiider, 1503 Seventh street, Alameda, has just commpleted @ fine twelve-room hoate in ruitvale for Charles Tepper, which will be known as the Fruityale Schuetzen Park. The block bounded by Beacon, Thirtieth; Diamond and Castro streets was sold last week by the Castro-street Land Company to G. F. Gray for $7500. A map was filed by this company showing this block and the one ad- oining, which is bounded by Castro, Diamond, eacon and Thirty-first streets, which will be n‘flereu for sale in the near future in subdivi- sions. The Spring Valley Water Company has com- pleted the laying oi the water mains from the Clarendon Heights reservoir along Diamond street to Thirtieth, and property in the neigh- borhood of Castro and Thirtieth streets will now be available for home builders. The Castro-street Land vanny has sold upward of 140 lots in the subdivision at Cas- tro and Chenery streets within the past four months, and there are now six buildings in course of construction on tais subdivision. Baldwin & Hammond, who are_the agents for this property, report thatthe demand for lots for building purposes in the Castro-street Addi- tionison the increase and many of the pur chasers are inducing their friends to obtain ts. Baldwin & Hammond report sales as follows: Lot and improvements situated on the north side of Fulton street, 137:6 feet west from Devisadero, at 84500 five 10ts on the south side of Lake street, between Eleventh and Twelfth avenues, have been s0ld 10 A. L. Bowhay for $3000, who intends to build a handsome two-story residence: lot and im- provements on the northeasterly corner of Fulton and Scott streets av_$13,500: Albert Wehrli pur- chased the ‘ot and improvements situated on the euterlx:c of Stockion street. 90 from _Pacific; price paid, . Five lots, each 25x120, on the westerly side of Eleventh avenue, Dbetween Lake and Californis streets, at $725 each 1ot 26X187:6 feet, on the north side of Fely street, distant 156 feet, westerly from Filimore, at 83000 two lots, each 25x80 feet, on the soutn side of Stevenson street, near Tweifth, to J. Jacquemet for $2075; lot and fmprovements on the south side of Stevenson street, 70 feet south of Brady, for $1250; lotand old improvements on the easterly side_of Ritch_street, 75 south of Folsom, for $1885: Ed- ward Deleani purchased the cottage with lot 31x72 feet, on the west side of Octavia street, 75 feet south of Unlon, for $1750; lot '25x100 feet on essterly side of Twelfth avenue, 100 feet south of Lake street, for $700: lot 28x1876: feet on the northerly side of Wash- ngton street, 262 feet west from pennost e of Poinf At $3400; lot 25x100, on the south sl Lobos enue, 32:€ feet west from Ninth, at $1400: No. 1311 Vermont street, near Twenty- hird,‘cottage and lot 25x100 at $1400; lot 26x120, on the westerly side of Second avenue and 250 feet northerly from Clement street at $1050; ten lots have been sold within the past week in the Castro-street Addition at $3850. * Marcuse & Remmelof Alameda report the following sales and contracts during the last sixty days: Seven-room cottage north side of Taylor avenne, west of Caroline street, for Charles Daneis, $3750; seven-room house east side Caroline sireet, near Santa Clara avenue, for A, H. Sherman, $4500; six-room cottage north side ot Taylor avenue near Caroline sireet, for Moss Barrett, $4000; ten- room house northwest corner of Sherman street and Pacific avenue for J. C. Castro, $4500; eight- Toom house east side W eber street near San Anto- nio avenue, for L. M. Godfrey, $4600; five-room cot- tage north side of Louisa street near St. Charles for M. Sjoholm, $2200; six-room cottage, south side of Railroad avenue, near Verdi street, for Henry Duesbury, $3000: seven-room cottage, north side of Taylor 'avenue, near Ninth street, for H. Bur- dick, $8750; stores and fla:s, southwest corner of Railroad avenue and Webster street, Mrs. Goettig, $3000; eight-room house,Myrtle street, near Twen- ty-sixth, Oakland, for Mrs. Florence Creely, $2750; seven-room house. De Long avenue, near Frederick street, San Frangisco, for Mrs. Clara A. Cook. 83000; fiveroom cottage, Encinal avenue, near Post street, for J. Stehle, $2250; five-room cotiage, north side Central avenue, near Fifth street, $1800: seven-room cottage, north side Railroad avenue, near Eighth street, for Dr. John- sen, $3360; seven-room cotiage, north side Rail- road avenue, near Concordia stréet, for W. B. Car- roll. $4350. NEW TO-DAY. At Auction TO-MORROW. vees.. . APRIL 21, 1896 AT 12 o'crock Noox, At 638 Market Street, Opp. Palace Hotel. Golden Gate Park Residence. East line (No. 112) of Lyon, 125 feet north of Page st. A pretty ‘residence of 9 rooms and bath. Bay-windows: basement and attie. Cement_stone walk. One-half block from the Golden Gate Park. Examine this. Must be sold; @ rare opportunity. Lot 25 by 102 feet. Elegant Mission Residence. Sonthwest corner (No.306) of San Jose ave. and Twenty-fiith st.—near the Valencia-st. depot. Elegant residence, with bay-windows: 10 rooms d bath; brick foundation. Cement stone walk. Choice neighborhood. ‘Examine this for a home, Large lot, 40 by 120 feet. McAllister-Street Residence Lot. South line of McAllister, 37:6 feet west of Plerce streeZ. This magnificent resid nce lot is located in the midst of splendid improvements; street bituminized; cement stone sidewalk; McAllister- street cable.” Lox 26x100 feet. Castro Heights Residence. North line, 982 Fifteenth, 72 feet east of Castro street. Two-story residence of 9 rooms and bath; stable, etc.; just the place for an expressman or drayman; Castro-street cable. Large lot, 48x116 feet. Pleasant Home Near Market Street. West line (No. 36) of Elgin Park, 139 feet north of Ridley street, between Valencia snd Guerrero streets. Pretty home of § rooms and bath. con- servatory, laundry, etc.: brick foundation: new plumbing; house in fine condition: handsome gar- den; cement walk : examine this; Valencia cable, Lot 44x70, or 22x75 feet. Vacant lot, 22x75 feet. Mission—Fifteenth-Street Residence. North line, 824 Fifteenth, 280 feet west of San- chez street. Fine residence of eight rooms and bath. Street In fine condition. Stable on premises. Examine this. Must be sold. Large lot, 30 by 115 feet. Mission Business Corner Lot. Southeast corner of Twenty-fourth and Noe streets. Elegant busivess corner: good business location. Twenty-fourth street bituminized; Noo street macadamized. »lission electric road. Large corner lot, 50 by 114 feet. Fine Residence on Falcon Road. South line of Falcon road. 200 feet northwest from Copper alley. FEight rooms and bath: large unfinished basement; large outhouses; stable for iour horses. Elegant view. Owner golng Eaat. Must be sold. San Francisco and San Mateo elec- tric road. Lot 50 by 110 feet. Mission Residence Lots. North line of Twenty-fitth, 80 feet west o2 Noe street. Three handsome residence lots. Street macadamized, sewered and sidewalked. Lots fenced. Twenty-fourth street electric road. Lots 26:8 by 114 feet. Mission Residence Lots. South line ot Twenty-first street, 203:7 west of Church. An elegant marine view. Street graded, sewered and macadamized. San Francisco and San Mateo electric road. Lots 25:5% by 114 feet. Richmond Residence Lots. East line of Boyce street, 400 feet north of Point Lobos avenue, nesr Parker avenue. Two large residence lots, near Geary-street cabie. Any per- son wanting a cheap lot for 8 home shouid examine these. Large lois, 25 by 120 feet each. EASTON, ELDRIDGE & CO., (| ROSE CARNIVALS VENETIAN WATER CARNIVAL will swell the great tide of merrys ‘making to sweep over the State {his season. SANTA ROSA CARNIVAL Is Programmed for April 30, May 1 and 2. The charming Cit{ of Roses is ve much at home with this hvora flower, and her pride in its exhibi- tion ls surpassed only by her amazing wealth of roses. . SAN MATEO COUNTY'S ROSE CARNIVAL is to be held at Redwood Cit; DATES NAMED ABOVE, nns it will be abundantly proven that San Mateo knows all about roses. SANTA CRUZ VENETIAR WATER CARNIVAL 18 announced for June 17 to 20, in. clusive. 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