The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 21, 1896, Page 8

8 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, APRIL 21 MoCORRELL FOR ALLISCN Idahe’s Chief Executive Dgmands That the Coinage Law Be Obeyed. ACTION IN THEE NORTHWEST, The Governor Favors the Jowa Senator but Wants the Delegates to Be Unpledged. Governor W, J. McConnell of Idaho, one of the best-known of Western State execu- tives, is at the Grand Hotel. The Gov- ernor was formerly for a number of years a resident of Oregon, where he was a ngém- ber of the Legislature and held high offices otherwise. He has been extensively en- gaged for several years in merchandizing at Moscow, Idaho, and has been in other large enterprises calculated to develop the resources of his State. The Governor left Boise over a week ago, and has since been at Spokane and other places. He says Idaho is recuperating by resolution or otherwise whether Congress is in favor of this Government being run by departments according to the theories of the heads of those departments, or whether we shall have a Government under the law, Had the law been followed cut as it now n{\- ears on our statutes, no sale of bonds would Pive beon necessary during the present ad- ministration, for at no ime during the years when bonds have been issued under President Cleveland's orders has the silver reserve in the | treasury alone been less than $450,000,000 in | coin and bullion; and no monometallist in Congress nor disciple of Blackstone who is | familiar with the law will pretend to claim | that any obligation in the form of tressury | notes is absolutely payable in gold, except | gold certificates. 1f gréenbacks and silver tificates are equally reedeemable in gold with gold certificates, why should there be & differ- ence in their form?” Such a proposition is not | worthy of consideration. Everybody who is informed on this subject knows that the action of the present Secretary of the Treesury has been taken solely in the interest of bond-hold- ers and those who deal in Government secur- ities. % TheSenate of the United States on the 25th day of January, 1878, and the House of Rep- Tesentaiives on the 28(h day of the same | month and year passed the following concur- | rent resolution: | That all the bonds of the Tnited States, issued | or authorized to be issued under the said acts of | Copgress hereinbefore recited, are payable, princi- paland interest. at the option’ of the Government | of the United States, in silver dollars, of the coin- | age of the United States, containing 41214 grains each of standard silver; and that to restore to its coinage such silver coin as a legal tender in pay- | ment of said bonds, principal and interest, i not in violation of the public of the rights of the public creditor. | | This resofution was passed in the Senate by oyer a two-thirds vote, and it passed the House | of Representatives by a vote of 189 ayes and 79 noes. aith, nor in derogation In regard to the treasury note, the Iaw simply provides that it is pavable In coin. The act of July 14, 1890, is in part as follows: That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby di- rected t0 purchase from time to time silver bullion Governor W. J. Mcuonnell of Idaho, the Noted Western Silver Advocate, Now at the Grand Hotel. [Sketched from life by a “Call” staff artist.] from the hard times. This is largely due to the development in the mi Spo- kane, too, is improving, till now it isabout the thriftiest town in the Northwest. Down at Boise, where there is almost an Italian climate, there has been consider- | able building lately. The population of Boise, the capital city of Idaho, has been found by a census just taken, so the Gov- crnor seys, to be 7200. Moscow, which is the Governor's home town and the seat | of the Idabo University, has about 6000 people. This university is the largest and most important on the Pacific Coast, out- side of Stanford ana Berkeley. overnor McConnell has very strong opinions regarding silver, and has lately been in conference with such notable leaders as Reed, Quav, Allison, McKinley, Culiom and others in regard to silver. He says Idaho will, in his judgement, send an unpledged delegation to the National Con- vention. He thinks this the wiser course, not only for his own State, but for all the Pacific Coast, for then we can ask for what we want and go far toward getting it. to any box “If we send delegates who are un- pledged,” said the Governor, “they will be iu a dignified position and able to com- mand respect. They can do far more that way than if tied up and unable to say any- thing when they get to St. Lonis.” Then, in regard to silver, the Idaho Goy- ernor talked in a very interesting way. Baia he: am asking for an execution of the law s it is on our statute books. We ought to carry out our contract as made. If we did as we should it wouldn’t be three months till there would be a meeting of the Latin Union, and they would pass reso- lutions to restore silver.” Continuing, he said: I believe the five Senators who recently voted againgt the consideration of the revenue bill ‘made & mistake. It matters not what ac- tion is taken on the silver question, the Goy- ernment must have sufficient revenue to pay itsrunning expenses without continually re- sorting 1o the sale of bonds. Free and un- limited comage would not furnish this revenue, because the silver so coined would not belong to the General Government, but to the individuals who took the bullion to the mints. As I concelve it, the first duty of every eiti- zen, whether in Congress or out of it, is to con- tribute his part to the maintenance of this Na- tion. The majority of the people may be wrong—sometimes they undoubtedly are—but | thal does not justify the minority in wilifully doing that which will damage the whole. Out- eide of the absolute need of the revenue which the bill was intended to provide, the protec- tion it contained was very important to some of our Western industries—notably the wool industry, as well a8 the lead industry. Itis useless to claim that the protection the measure carried was not enough. This may be true,but a protection of 66-10 cents per pound on wool would materially aid our wool- growers at the present time. The Congressional Record aiscloses that dur- ing the last four years a great deal of time has been occupied in both houses of Congress in the discussion of free coinage. Those who op- posed us on that proposition have patiently listened to our views, and we in turn should at least give them an opportu ity to be heard on any measure which may have its origin in efther body. As one bill had but recently passed through the Senate providing for the iree coinage of silver, it seems 1o me as unwise to impede the progress of tariff legislation. “he bill was doubtless inadequate to our needs, but opportunity shoutd have been given for its disoussion and amendment, if desired. I think the truth is that the Senators who opposed the measure allowed their anger to get the best of tneirjudgment, for they doubtless have had & great deal to aggravate them in the manner in . wiich silver has been treated by the present administration. The vote taken on siiver during the session of the House shows that a large majority is sgainst free coinage. I would suggest that before any {urther attempt is made to secure the passage of & free coinage act, we ascertain . The | Governor is for Senator Allison for Presi- | dent, but would not be pledged in advance | | * * * atthe market price thereof, * * * and to fssue in payment of such purchase of silver | buliion treasury notes of the Urited States, to be | prepared by the Secretary of the Treasury, in such | form and of such denominations ss ne may pre- scribe, and a sum sufficient to carry into effect the s of this act is hereby appropriated. * * * - 2. That the treasury notes issued in accord- ance with the provisions of this act shall bo ro- deemable on demand, in coin, at the treasury of the United States, or at the office oz any assistant treasurer of the Uniied States, and when 50 re- deemed may be reissued, and such treasury notes shell be a legal tender in payment of all debts, public apa privale, except when o:herwise expressly stipuiated in the con- | | tract, and " shall’ be receivable for cus- toms, taxes and all public dues, and when 80 received may be reissued; and such | notes. when held by any National banking associa- tion | serve. tary of 1 nited States shall, under regulations | as he may prescrive, redeem such notes in gold or | silver coin at his discretion. it being the es | lished policy of the United States to maintain the two metals on a parity with each oiher upon the | present legal ratio, or such ratio as may be pro- Vided by law. | Sec. 3. That the Secretary of the Tressury shall each month eoin 2,000,000 ounces of the silver buliion, purchased under the provisions of this | act. into standard siiver dolars until the 1lst of | July, 1891, and after that time he shall coin the | silver bullion purchased under the provisions of | thisact as much as may be necessary to provide | for the redemption;of the treasury notes provided for, and any gawn or seigniorage arising from such coinage shall be accounted for and paid Into the treasury, It will bs noticed thatsection 3 in making provision for the coinage of the bullion pur- chased under the I-rov!sions of this act pro- vides: “There shall be as much coined as may be necessery to provide for the redemption ?! the treasury notes hereinbefore provided or.” Does that language imply that the Secretary of the Treasury shall seli bonds to secure gold wherewith to pay these notes? I harély think so0. The act repealing the law authorizing the purchase of silver builion and the issue of lreasury notes in its payment did not repeal | any other part of the act of July 14, 1890, but | expressly stipulated as follows: “And it is hereby declared to be the policy of the Unitea Btates to continue the use of both gold and silver as standard money, and to coin both gold and silver into mouey of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value, such equality to be secured through international agreement, or by such safeguards of legisla- tion as will insure the maintenance of the parity in vaiue of the coins of the two metals | and the equal power of every dollar at ail lmé&l in the markets and in the payment of el It may be claimed and doubtless is claimed by the advocates of monometallism that the action of the treasury in seiling bonds to maintain the gold reserve was taken for the purpose of maintaining the parity of the two metals. The absurdity of such a claim may be ascertained by reference to the mint report of 1895, wherein the value of silver bullion is given as follows for the following years, re- s)&ectively: 1891 silver was worih 84.31; 1893, 65.20; 1894, 56.56; 1895, the highest was 52.683 and the lowest was 46.27. As will be seen by these figures the methods pursued by the Treasury Department are maintaining the parity of the two metals with a yengeance. In the finance re rt issued by the Treasury | Department in 18’ ¢ o 8, at which time Sengtor Sherman was Secretary of the Treasury, 'we | find the following : The Seoretary deems it proper to state that in the weintime, tn_execution of the law as it now stands, he wilf feel it to e his duty to redeem il United States notes presented on or after January 1next atthe office of the assistant Lreasurer of the United States in the city of New Yorx, in sums of not less than $50, with elther gold or siiver coln, & desired by the holder, but Teserving the legal option of the Governmeént; and to pay out ‘L':.:l:“dr;lmel Dotes for ail other demands on the , €XCept when coin n Habilices. " RS on oy Mark you, by this declaration he distinetly states that he ‘‘reserved the legal option of the Government to redeem them in silver.” Ido hot think it necessary to muke any other ref- erence to the law governing the redemption of Government liabilities. As will be seen by the extracts I have quoted, there ean be 0o ques- tion as to the duty of the Secretary of the ‘Treasury to exercise his option in the ‘payment of obligations in either gold or siiver, and in making such payments it is his duty to main- tain the avowed policy of the United States ‘‘lo continue the uge of both gold and silver s standard money,” and it is absurd to claim that that policy can be maintained by using only the one metal as & money of final redemp- tion and degrading the other. It may beclaimed that if the Secretar: should adopt the policy of paying ont silyer o} his option gold would go toa premium; bu in refutation of such a claim we have the his- tory of the administration of the Treasury De- Imnment nunder Mr.Skerman, when he pub- ioly announced his intention to exercise that option, and every member of Congress knows 10 such result followed. By all means let us first have it understaod whether this 1s & “Government of the people, b{ the people,” or whether itis a Governme: of departments run in the interest of mone chargers.. After we have nad a trial of admii- istering the intent of the laws as they now are =3 on our statutes we will then renew the discus- sion ot the {ree and unlimited coinage of silver in the hope of greater success than we have met with in our former efforts. MASONS OF HIGH DEGREE. Annual Meeting of the Royal and Select Masters—Officers Elected. The flag floated from the mast over the Masonic Temple yesterday, the occasion being the annual session of the Grand Council of the Royal and Select Masters of Musoary. There was but little business transacted and the most important was the election of officers for the ensuing term. Follow- ing is a list of the officers chosen: Most illustrious master, Willlam Hew- son Davis of S8acramento. Rigit illustrious deputy grand master, Henry Asberoft of San Francisco. Right illustrious ]rvrincipal conductor of work, Robert Ashe of San Francisco. Right illustrious treasure:, Franklin H. Dx;{ of San Francisco. ight illustrious grand recorder, Thomas H. Caswell of San Francisco. Right illustrious grand captain of the zu}ard, August Wackenbarth of Los An- geles, Right il]ustriousgrand conductor, Alex- ander Gardiner of Sacramento. Grand chaplain, Thomas Kyle. Grand lecturer, George Penlington. Grand organist, Samuel D. Mayer. Grand Bentinel, James Oglesby. In the afternoon the officers were in- stalled by retiring Most Illustrious Master Gillet of Stockton, after which the council adjourned. n the 15th of May a new council will be instituted at Auburn, Placer County. Jacob H. Neff of that place extended a cordial invitation to the officers to be pres- ent at the institution, and he promised them a true Placer County welcome. The Grand Chapter of the State of Cali- fornia, Royal Arch Masons, will meet in annual session this morning. It will also be in session to-morrow. On Thursday the Grand Commandery, Knights Templar, will be in session in the Temple. On Friday night California Commandery will banquet tge Grand Commandery in 0dd Feliows’ Hall. On Saturday a grand drill will be given in the Mechanics’ Pavilion by Golden Gate Commandery in aid of the Masonic Or- phanage. WS MARTIN - IVHNE?: Disposition of Thousands of Acres in Santa Cruz Hinges on That. Numerous Depositions Are Being Taken in Preparation for a Sensational Suit. Like a thunderbolt from a clear sky is the new sensation to be developed in the several million-dollar Santa Cruz land suit. The Los Prieta Lumber Company and the Pajaro Lumber Company of Santa Cruz are to be enjoined by plaintiffs from fur- ther cutting of timber on the Ogmentation Rancho of 20,000 acres, included in the land claimed, and will also be pressed to pay for the timber already cut. The value of the timber cut by the two companies will aggregate nearly $100,000. | The pivotal point in this well-known suit is the sanity or insanity of old Martina Castro Depeaux. The ancient Spanish dame deeded the Soque!, Ogmentation So- | quel and San Andreas ranchos, aggregat- ing 44,000 acres. to her eight sons-in-law a long time before her death. She obtained | possession of the land by United States grant in 1853, the same being duly con- firmed. On the old lady’s fondness for her several sons-in-law and her obvious generosity hangs this tale. Mrs. M. Elizabeth Peck, who was ap- | pointed executrix of the estate of her | mother, Martina Castro Depeaux, after | her death in December, 1890, claims that | the testatrix was of unsound mind; that her beloved sons-in-law took advantage of her mental condition and prevaiied on the old lady to deed them her extensive land- holdings. Beventeen or eighteen other heirs shared in this belief, and the azed Mar- tina having died intestate, Mrs, Peck The Late Martina Castro Depeaux, om Whose State of Mind the Disposition of Thousands of Santa Cruz Acrcs Depends. [From a photograph.] brough suit against the present owners of the property, who bought from the sons- in-law. Jeter & McKinney and Charles G. Younger, attorneys for defendants, and Koscialowski, for the plaintiffs, have little hope of bringing the case to trial before the fall months. The time since tne filing of the suit has been taken up with depo- sitions as to the sanity and insanity of the dead Martina. Both sides have been assiduous in their efforts and & volumin- ous array of testimony on that head has been piled up for future reference. The plaintiff’s attorney claims that abundant evidence is at hand showing the aged Martina to have been unbalanced mentally at the time she transferred her 44,000 acres, and the defense asserts that "l:ie preponderance of evidence is on its side. The present issue, however, is the prob- able tie-up of the two lumber companies whose names head this article. In this industry hundreds of thousands of dollars are at stake, ——— ‘Wants His Money Back. J. Howard Smith is suing the directors of the Ferries and Cliff House Railroad for $4500 in return for what he has paid on 100 shares ot stock in the road which he recently pur- chased. He saysthere were 24,750 shares of unpeid unsubseribed stock, which the direc- tors issued tothemselves and then sold after he bought 100 shares. Then an assessment was levied and he paid the assessment before :;z:acz‘tchke&mt state of ;fl‘l!rl.hbm mlw he o the st the $1000 assessment. pale Hesraug JusT recefved, newest and latest articles in Leather, including Pocketbooks made of Bird Skin, Leopard, Levant Brown and Black seal, Alligator in colors, Purses, Card Cases, Valises, Dress-galt Cases, Traveling Cases, Canvas T escopes, Japanese Baskets, ete. Bestgoods and lowest prices. Sanborn, Vail & Co. -+ SUTRD MAY GO EAST, The Mayor Asks and Receives Two Months’ Leave of Absence TO FIGHT THE FUNDING BILL. Supervisors Will Inveuiigate the Cas. troville Lakes Water Supply Source. Mayor Sutro asked and received at the hands of the Board of Supervisors yester- day a vacation of two months, to date from to-day. The matter came as a complete surprise to the majorify of the members of the board, though two or three of the City fathers were evidently expecting the re- quest. The Mayor is very reticent regarding his reasons for asking so long a leave of ab- sence, but it is understood that he will shortly go to Washington to make a per- sonal fight against the passage of the funding bill and ‘try to convince wavering members of Congress that to pass the measure means much against the pros- perity of the Pacific States, as well as the country at large. Some months ago, when the concerted movement was made to raise funds to edu- cate Congress regarding Pacific Coast af- fairs, Mayor Sutro expressed a belief that while the efforts of the committee would bave some effect the railroad had a fight- ing chance to win its point, and that some one thoroughly conversant with the sub- ject should be sent to the National capital to make a fight to the death. He stated at the time that, if necessary, he would go himself, and it is now believed that he thinks the real hour of battie has arrived and that a very brief period will see him ace to face with Collis P. Huntington be- fore the National legislators. The Mayor made no explanation of his request when it was presented before the board. It was granted unanimously, and Supervisor Taylor was elected temporary chairman in Mr. Sutro’s absence. The board decided that the water sup- ply of the Castro lakes, near Castroville, Monterey County, is worth investigation with a view of purchasing the rights for the purpose of furnishing San Franeisco with water and set May 2 as a date for visiting the lakes in a body. Tne Superintendent of Streets reported to the board that a site for the United States Observatory, formerly located in Lafayette Square, could be had in Alta Plaza, south of Jackson and opposite Pierce street, and the matter was referred to the Street Committee for investigation. The matter of awarding the contract for the plans of the proposed Home for Dipso- mauniacs came up on the report of the Committee on Health and Police, which recommended that the work be given to Mooser & Mooser. Bupervisor Taylor moved that the sub- ject be laid over for two weeks, in order to give the Supreme Court a chance to pass on the recent decision of the Superior Court declaring that the lot on which it is proposed to build the home belongs to the City. The;motion was carried. A vote was taken on the matter of awarding the contract for furnishing plans for the new municipal building, and a deadlock still existed the subject went over for a week. The ordinance putting the matter of ex- tending the hog limits over for six months was passed to print without a dissenting | voice. . CITY IMPROVEMENTS. Detalls of the Work Now Before the Supervisors. Following is a summary of the street improvements, etc., now under the consid- eration of the Supervisors: STREET WORK ORDERED. Green, Hyde to Leavenworth—Granite curbs stone sidewalks. Green and Hyde—Stone sidewalks. Twelith aud Bernice—Stone sidewalk. Twelfth, Folsom (o Harrison—Plank sidewalks. Oak, Broderick to Baker—Stoue sidewalks. ¥ranklin, Ellis to O' Farrell—Stone sidewalks. ¥ord, Noe to Sanchez—Eight-inch iron-stone pipe sewer with two manholes. Fifteenth, Potrero avenue to Utah—Eight-inch tron-stone pipe sewer. Buena Vista, Waller to Thirteenth—Fourteen- inch iron-stone pipe sewer and storm water inlet. Hill street, Valencia to Guerrero—Stone side- walks. Gough, Sacramento to Washington—Granite ng, bitumen. reen and Jones—Crossing, bitumen. Firs: avenue, Washington to Jackson—Granite curbs, sione sidewalxs; paving, bitumen; storm water inlet. First avenue and California strest—Corners, stone sidewalks, bluumen. w uriposa and Utah—Crossing graded. Fifteenth and San Bruno—Graded. Markel and Sixteenth—Eighteen-inch fron-stone pipe sewer and sixteen-inch pipe in westerly por- tion of crossing. PROPOSALS READVERTISED. First avenue and Clement street—Eight-inch iron-stene pipe sewer. Fifteenth, Courch o Market—Plank sidewaiks. ‘Lhirtecnth, Folsom to Harrison—Paving with bitumen. RESOLUTIONS OF INTENTION. ro, Twenty-third to Twenty-fourth—Granite curbs, Lasalt block pavements. Chattanooga, Twenty-first to Twenty-second— Granite curbs and artificial stone sidewalk. Chenery, Falrmount to Miguel—Grading, red- woud ourbi, guiterways, macadamizing. Chenery and Miguel—Crossing, graded, redwood curbs macadam, Chenery and Mateo—Crossing, redwood cnrbs, grading. macadam. Chenery, Mateo to Roanoke—Grading, redwood carbs, macadamizing. Chenery and Koanoke—Crossing, Chenery and Castro crossing, grading, redwood curbs, macadam. Church, Seventeenth to Eighteenth—Tren-inch stone sewer pipe. Eighteenth to Nineteenth—Artificial awalks. Howard, First to Second—Artificial stone side- walks shere not laid. Flftn and Harrison, southerly corner—Artifiolal stone sidewalk. Bryant, Division to Alameda—Granite curbs, paviog, bitumen, Bryant and 4lameda—Paving, bitumen. Bryant, Alameda to Fifteenth—Granite curbs, paving, bitumen. Bryaot, Fifteenth to Sixteenth—Granite curbs, paving, bituman. Lyon; Jackson to Pacific—Stone sidewalk, Bryant and Sixteenth crossing—Paving, bitumen. Bryant, Sixteenth 10 Seveute:nth—Granite curbs, paviong, bitumen. Devisadero, Jackson to Pacific—Sione sidewalks, roughened. Devisadero and Jackson, corner—Stone aide- walk. ‘Twenty-second and Chattanoogs, four corners— Stone sidewalks. FULL ACCEPTANCES. Flficenth, Church to Dolores—Bitumen. Fifteenth, Shotwell to Folsom—Bitumen. Golden Gate avenue, Broderick to Baker—Bitu- en. Sheridan, Ninth to Tenth—Bitumen, Sanchez, Fourteenth to Fifteenth— Bitumen. Scott, California to Sacramento—Bitumen. Twenty-third and Chaitanooga crossing—Bitu- me. Page, Pierce to Scott—Bitumen. ORDERS TO BE ADVERTISED. Fell, Baker to Stanyan—To b2 a_boulevard, along 'which no railroad shall ever be built nor houses moved. Baker to Stanyan—Prohibiting heavy trafic upon. Fell, Baker to Stanyan—Empowering Chief of Police to enforce order. Frencn streei—Changing name from Southern Paeific Railway to Mission street to Charles street. AWARDS OF STREET WORK. Seventh avenue, I to J—Redwood curbs, road- way and s'dewalks. macadamized; curbs, 18c; macadam, 10¢; John Tattle. Dore street, Harrison to Bryant—Paving with bitumen, 23c; granite curbs, 88¢c; Filan & Trescy. York, Twentieth (o Twenty-firsi—Paving, bitu- men, 20c: ¢ranite curbs. 76c; Willlam C. aisch. Point Lobos and Fifth—Storm-water inlet, $54; W. C. Ralsch, Poin. Lobos and Fourth—Culvert, $54; Willlam alsch. Bay and Iarkin crossing—Ten-inch {ronstone sewer-pipe, 40c; 12-inch, 50c: 16-inch, 80c: cor- ners, each $82, with granite curbs and plank side- Talks. $40: manhole and cover, $30: to W. A. ark, Prescott, 137 feet 6 inches from Vallejo street, to connect with Vallejo sewer—Ten-inch ironstone pipe, 81 25: storm-water inlet, $30; manhole, $10; to Vanai Marjilio. Baker, Lombard to Beach—Macadam, 734¢; red- wood curbs, 15¢; plank sidewalk, 79¢; John Kelso. STREET COMMITTEE REPORT. San Jose avenue—City Engineer be requested to ve a tull descrip:ion of the land embraced in San 0se avenue, from Ocean avenue to Sunnyside. Manhole nuisance. Washington and Cherry—Re- ferred to Superintendent of Streets for examina- on. Greaz Highway, from Ingleside road—That the Boulevard and Driving Association be empowered to construct approach to, alo culvert, for $490. Iyon street, south from Filberi—In favor of re- ferring to City' Engineer to make surveys. Charles street bridge—Empowering contractor to cover exposed surface with sheetirou; cost $250. French street—To be changed to Charles street. First street, sidewalk on northeast side, between Mission and Howard—Straet Superintendent in- structed (0 require property-owLers to improve. Fell street, St-lner 0 Plerce—For acceptance: referred to Superintendent of Streets to examine. Etanyan street, from Haight to Eigh eenth: Cole, from Halght to Carl; Clayton, from Haight to Frederick—That bituminous rock sldewslks nine feet wide be constructed. Clay street, between Baker and Lyon — Pav- ing postponed for six montbs. Wardwell & Wiese released from thelr contract for constructing sewer Lombard, Hyde to Larkin. Union and_Tavlor—Sidewalk, That Superin- tendent of Streets recommend construction of permanent sidewalk. 5 Brannan street, Ninth to Channel—Fitteen days’ time extension on paving. Page, Pierce to Scott—In favor of acceptance; bitumen. San Bruno avenue at Marlposa street—Recom- mending passage of order changing grades. PETITIONS REFERRED TO SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS DIRECTING HIM TO RECOMMEND. Prospect and Esmeralda; grading, sewering, etc. Prospect, : smeralda to Virginia: grading, etc. Nineteenth, Castro to Ranchez: piank sidewalks. Florida, Twenty-first to Twenty-second; side- ‘walks. Charles, Chenery to French; grading, sewering, macadamizing. Xfteenth, San Bruno to Rhode Island: grading. Prospect and Coso; grading, sewering, etc. PROTESTS REPORTED ADVERSELY. Scott, Hayes and Fell; stone sidewalks. Amazon, Mission to Patis; grading, etc. Capp, Twenty-tifth t York, Twentieth to men. Twenty-fifth, San Bruno to Vermont: grading. Superintendent of streets to recommend and starc construction of artificial stone sidewalks around Alamo square. PETITIONS. Placed on file—Extension of time grading Alamo square; annulling gradingof Polk, Greenwich to Lombard; paving Greenwich ailey; opening Pope, Mission (6 Cross; protest against paving Franklin, Lombard to Bay; protest gainst acceptance of Hill street, Valencia 10 Guerrero: against paving Castro, Sixteenth to Seventeent Fourteenth, Church to Sanchez: Linden,Van Ness to Franklin OBJECTIONS TO STREET WORK RECOMMENDED TO BE HEARD, Against sidewalks—Fifteenth, Guerrero to Va- lencia, April 27, 8 P. M.; sewering—Lyon and Chestnut to beach, same date and hour; sidewalks —Chattanooza, Twenty-first to Twenty-second, May 4,3 P. M. FULL ACCEPTANCES RECOMMENDED BY STREET SUPERINTENDENT. Central avenue, Jackson to Pacific—Bitumen. Devisadero, Jnckson 10 Pacific—Cobbies. Masonic, Haight to Waller—Bitumen. Pi ne, Devisadero to Broderick—Bitumen. Shotwell, Twenty-fourth to Twenty-fifth—Bitu- men. Sacramento, Laurel to Locust—Bitumen. Sacramento, Spruce to Maple—Bitumen. Union, Scott to Devisadero—Bitumen. Crossing. Fillmore and Hayes— Bltumen. Crossing, Sacramento and Maple—Bitumen. Crossing, Sacramento and Locust—Bitumen. IMPROVEMENTS RECOMMENDED BY SUPERIN- TENDENT OF STREETS. Fillmore, Broadway to Vallejo—Artificial-stone sidewalks, paving roadway with cobbles. Filimore, Vallejo and Green—Stone sidewalks, paving wit h cobbles. Rbode Island, Twenty-second to Twenty-third— Grading, ten-inch iron-stone sewer pipe, covers for manholes. ‘Ireat avenue, Twenty-first to Twenty-second— Granite curbs, paving with bitumen. Twenty-first, Folsom to Harrison—Bltumen. Twentieth, Howard to Folsom—Bitumen. De Maro, Twenty-second to Twenty-third— Gradeu. De Haro and Twenty-third, crossing—Graded. Twenty-third, Rhode Island to De Haro—Graded. Clipper, Castro to Dimond—Plank sidewslk. Alemeda, Potrero to Utah—Graded. Twenty-eighth, Guerrero to Dolores—Plank side- walk. Plerce, Golden Gate to Turk—Stone sidewalk, westerly side. Pierce, Turk to Eddy—Stone sidewalk. Plerce, Eddy to Ellis—Stone sidewalk on west- erly side. Plerce, Ellis to O'Farrell, westerly side—Stone sidewalk. Hayes, Stefner to" Plerce—Stone sidewalks. Scott, east side Oak to Fell—Stone sidewalks. Guerrero, Nineteenth to Fwentieth—stone: side- o Twenty-sixth; paving. ‘I'wenty-first; paving, bitu- walks. Fifth and Shipley—Stone sid ewalk. Twentieth, Howard to Shotwell—Ten-inch fron- stone pipe sewer. Freelon, kourth to Fifth—Bitumen sidewalk. Branuan, Fourth to Fifth—Bitumen sidewalk. Page, Central avenue 10 Masonic, north side— Stone stdewalk. ‘Ireat avenue, Twentieth to Twenty-first—Bitu- men. k;lgm Park, Hermann to Thirteenth—Stone side- walks. Mission blocks 13 ana 14—To establish grades on Stevenson, Crocker, Brady and Colton place. Larkin, Laguna, Lombard and Bay—That Clty Engincer be justructed 1o prepare system of sewers. Chelsea place, rrom Bush southeasterly—Re- estabiishment of grades. Jackson, opposite Pierce—That s plat 40 feet square be provided for the United States Geodetic Survey observatory now in Alta plaza. RECOMMENDATIONS BY SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. City Hall avenue, McAllister to Larkin—To re- Twenty-third and Alabama—Crossing; to reject all bids for stone sidewslks. Chestout, Larkin to Polk— Clinton_Park, Valencia 10 Stevenson—To pass street-work to a resolution ordering grading. Caselli_avenue, Falcon 10 Danvers—To grant sixty days’ extension on gradiog contract. Seventeenth. Kansas to Vermont—Sewering con- tract, extension thirty days. Lombard, Polk and Lyon—Curbs, cesspools, etc., xty days. Missourl, Silver to Huron—Grading, etc., thirty ays. ‘Thirteenth, Castro to Scott—Paving, sixty days. Van Ness avenue, Union streetto Bay—Paving, sixty days. Broderick, Geary to Post—Paving, seventy days' extension. PROTESTS. Twenty-third, Rhode Island to De Haro—Sewer. De Haro, Tweniy-second to Twenty-third— Sewer. A and Eighth avenues—Sewer, A, Seventh to Eighth avenurs=Brick sewer. Valencia, Sixteenth to Seventeenth—Stone side- walks. Union, Pierce to Scott—Stone sidewalk. Twenty-ihird, Kansas to Rhode Island—Side- walk. Market, East to Seventh—Bitumen. Linden' avenue, Frankiin to Gough streets— Bitumen. Marrison—Seventeenth to Eighteenth—Paving. Fiilmore, Haight to Page—Paving. Church, Sixteenth to Seventeenth—Paving, etc. Castro, Twenty-third to Twenty-fourth—Paving, ete. Seventh avenue, H to L Sonth_streets—Grading, Bay, west of Jones—Paying with cobbles. Referred to Street Committee. PETITIONS. Charles & French—Electric light. Thirteenth, Folsom to Harrlson—To resume vin PFrom Mary E. Rowlands for refanding $225 paid on an erroneous assessment on real estute. Sixteenth—To lay stone sidewalk at 313 to 3187, Seventeenth, Diamond to Douglass—To lay as- phalium sidewaik. De Haro and Twenty-third—Resuming work on sewer and substituting stone for plank sidewalks. Eiizaveth, Castro 10 Sanchez—Stone or plank s:dewalks, Brady—Construction of sewers. Elizabeth, Castro to Sanchez—Stone or plank sidewalks. Kailroad avenue, Eighteenth to Thirty-ffth avenues—Grading, inacadamizing, etc. Pope, Mission to county lne—lstablish grades, sewering, grading and macademizing. Filbert, Leavenworth and Hyde—To pave with cobbles. Stanyan, Eighteenth to Haight: Cole, Halght to Cari; Clayton, Huight to Frederick—Laying stone sidewalks. Guerrero, Fourteenth to Fifteenth—Release from paving contract. Seventh, King to Berry—To lay sidewalk. Fourteenth, Church to Sanchez—For improve- ment. San Miguel and Thirty-fourth—For a steel bridge over Southern Pacific Kailway. Bemis, San Miguel (0 Mateo—Grading, macada- mizing, éte. Jefterson and Broderick—Appeal from assess- ment of cost of paving. LOWEST BIDS. Broderick, Lombard to Chestnut—Grading 30 cents, macadamizing 7% cents, piank sidewaiks 10 cents and 15 cenis. Broderick and Chestnut—Crossing macadam 7 cents, complete corner $15. cbster, Bay_to Francisco—Macadam 7 cents, plank sldewalk 77 cents. Twenty-fourth avenue, A to C—Regrading 10 cenis. Twenty-first, Csstro to Diamond—Grading 51 cents. Webster and Gray crossing—Mscadam 734 cents, complete corner $15. Fifteenth, Valencia to Guerrero—Bitumen 17 cents, curb 85 cents. Unfon, bupont to Kearny, paving—Bitumen 15 en! 0 cents. , Green to Union—Bitumen 22 cents, curb ¥5 cents. Page, Cole to Shrader—Curb 85 cents, stone side- walk 10 cents. \ Corner Tenth and Folsom—Stone sidewalk 13 cents. Rallroad avenue, Second to Eighteenth—Plank sldewalks $1 19. Union, Polk to Van Ness—Stone sidewalk 814 cents. Valencia, Sixteenth to Seventeenth—Stone side- walks 1014 cents. Wl:‘llel" Scott to Devisadero—Stone sidewalks 13 ni ce 2 Waller. Devisadero to Broderick—Stone side- walks 13 cents. Dorland, Dolores to Church—Sewer 12 inch, 93 cents; manholes, each $35. o AUTHOBIZATIONS. Brondway and Van Ness avenue, crossing, bitu- men, Clty Street Improvement Company, 18% cents: total $1746 50. Taylor, Pacific to Broadway, repaving, bitumin, $1944, Sixteenth, Folsom to Harrison, $643 98, rock mmféfeg:sm paving, granite curbs and plank sidewalks. GRADES RAISED AND ESTABLISHED. San Bruno. south of Mariposa street, 2.50 feet, blished 102.50. e‘é:n“’flxuno, 150 feet south, established, 110.75 feet. EXTENSIONS ON STREET WORK. A ‘Waller to Thirteenth; Market, Noe to tros Market. No6 0 Sanchez: Market and N crossing—Sixty days. Twenty-fourth and Chattanooga and Twenty- fourth and Dolores, erossing, thirty days. Folsom, Seventeenth to Eighteenth, and San. chez, SB\'!nteenlhll‘o E‘:I;]lleetn";;;l;(ny days. ker to Lyon, thirty days. B otrier South, Tenth and Eleventh avenues, thirty days. Holly Park avenue. thirty days. Seventeenth. Potrero to York, thirty €ays. Sixteenth and Vermont, crossing, thirty days. Eranna, Ninta to Division, fifteen days. RESOLUTIONS. San Francisco and San Mateo Railway Company required to file statement of gross receipts and o pay 2 per cent of same to City Treasurer. Same, insiructing ’CIL}' lm:‘ Lounlg’:';'iofiey to 0 necessary legal imatters in eetaraing oheck of 8500 involved in Norton sult, deposited with F. W. Doyles bld to remove garbage for year . &'.{mfimfun'z William Mooser Jr. architect of the Home for Dipsomaniacs and requiring him to file plans in fifteen days. BIDS RECOMMENDED BY STREET COMMITTEE. Prescott for 137:6 from Vallejo—V. Marjlllio, sewer, 81 25; stormwater nlet, $30; manhole, $10. Bay and Larkin crossings—W. A. Stark, 40, 50 and 60 cents; corners, $82 and $4 hole, 840. Point Lobos and Fifth avenues, northwest corner —W. C. Raisch, stormwater inlet, $54. Point Lobos and Fourth avenues, uorthesst cor- ner—W. C. Ralsch, stormwater Inlet, $54. Seventh avenue, I to J_streets—John Tuttle, curbs. 10 cents: macadam, 18 cents. York- Twenticth and Twenty-first streets—W. C. alsch, curbs, 76 cents; bitumen, 20 cents. Dore, Harrison and Bryant streets—Flynn & Traecy, curb, 88 cents; bitumen, 23 cents. IMPROVING THE HEIGHTS, Sewers, Curbs and Cesspools Finding Places on New Streets. sewer, m an: A Reservoir cn the Topmost Elevation to Be Constructed in the Near Future. The Southern Heights district, which is the aristocratic name for the Potrero, is assuming residence pretensions which may in the near future compare favorabry with the Nob Hill section as a choice elevated site for fancy dwellings. To the end that these praiseworthy and lofty aspirations may be realized the Po- trero lmprovement Company is doing all it can to place the land in suitable condi- tion for comfortable if not for fancy home sites. The superintendent of the improvement company put an extra gang of laborers to work vesterday to level, fill in and grade Mariposa street, between Pennsylvania and Mississippi. Besides this the work on the blocks bounded by Minnesota, Indi- ana, Napa and Sierra streets is being pushed as fast as men and money can force labor in cutting and filling the hills and hollows in this sectio:. An extra cable has been put on the erav- ity road, by which additional carsand beavier loads may be used inremoving the rock and clay from the cuttings to the hol- lows where the earth is dumped. This work necessitates the raising and lowering of houses erecied on those streets before the official grade has been ascer- tamed. In some cases the rise is as much as fifteen feet and inothersonly about five feet, but in all cases the owners cheerfully acquiesce in the extra expense, as they know that without an official grade, good streets and proper sewerage the district would never improve or become a favora- ble location for residence. A fourteen-inch sewer is being put down on Kansas street, between Sixteenth and Seventeenth, with crossings, culverts and cesspools on Seventeenth and Kansas. This sewer will be continued up Seven- teenth to Vermont with the proper curb- ing and culverts. This will bring the sec- tion into practical utility as a residence location and easily accessible to the Six- teenth-street electric-car line, One of the great drawbacks to the South- ern Hei%hts as a suitable residence loca- tion is the lack of water. In consequence of the elevation being higher than any of the Spring Valley Water Company’s reser- voirs it has been found impossible to get a supply of water to_ the ‘dwellings on’ the summit of the heights. The water which supplies the Potrero comes from the college reservoir on the Mission road. The Spring Valley Com- pany has and is now looking for a suitable site at the highest elevation on the South- ern Heights summit upon which to locate 2 reservoir. In speaking with the officers of the en- gineers’ department of the Spring Valley Water Company vesterday a CALL man was informed that just as soon as the com- pany found a suitable location and one that the owner would sell for its valuea reservoir would be built and a main run from it that would su?’ply the highest point with water. “But,” added the offi- cial, “‘the property-owners must first assist themselves by grading the streets. This company cannot go to the expense of put- ting pipes in the air nor yet so deep under ground as to bury them for all time to come. “Just as soon as people on the Southern Heights invite us by putting their streets in proper condition, and will sell us a proper piece of ground upon which to erect a reservoir, the company will respond and give them all the water necessary for the next hundred years.” More progressive residents on the Ken- tucky-street line are clamoring for a police atrol-wagon for that and the South San Francisco district. An application to this effect will be presented to the Supervisors in the near future. ——————— Large Real Estate Transfer. The property on the southwest corner of Van Ness avenue and O'Farrell street, having a frontage on Van Ness avenue of 120 feet by a depth along O’Farrell street of 178:6 feet ex- tending through to Olive avenue, has been sold by Madison & Burke for $65,000; the own- ers are the McNamara estate; purchaser the Congregation Sherith Israel. ghh sale has been pending a long time and was finally con- summated by this firm. —————— Folsom-Street Electric Railway. Work on the Folsom-street electric road will be begun about Thursday. Material is now being hauled to the neighborhood of Nine- teenth street, where the construction work is to begin and whence it will be continued east- ware. —_———— Missionary School. The Missionary Extension Summer School will be held this year from June 24 to July 8 at Glenwood, in the Santa Cruz Moun Miss M. L. Berry is the superintendent. ains. NEW TO-DAY. JOHN E. MILLAR. THOS. B. SIMPSON. SIMPON & MILLAR, Searchers Branch Oftice, NW. cor. McAliisterand Larkin. 535 CALIFORNIA ST . Telephone 1932, R:nfi ;:r.ncm ALSEN’S PORTLAND CEMENT. gtex:'n;is:,‘{h:u:humn;g andMost Unitorm ent made in the world, Greatest Production. sl L0 WILLIAM WOLFF & C0., Agts., 327-329 Market St., S. F. NEW TO-DAY. M. STEIN, Successor to SWAN & STEI House and Sign Painting Papering, Etc. AT THE OLD STAND... 759 MARKET sT. T§9 Opposite Phelan Bullding. TELEPHONE MAIN 372, ONLY FIRST-CLASS WORK. REAL ESTATE INVESTORS SHOULD HAVE THEIR TITLES INSURED Before purchasing. - Property which does no: have a perfect titfe 15 & bad investment. A policy of insurance in the CALIFORNIA TITLE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY GUARANTEES A PERFECT TITLE, And secures the purchaser against all loss and damages incident to record defects. The Company has a pald up cash capital of $250,000 and a cash reserve fund of $25.000. Abstracts Made for the Use of Attorneys. MONEY LOANED on real estate at cur- rent rates. This Company has the best abstract plant west of the Rocky Mountains. OFFICE—MILLS BUILDING. CITY Street Improvement Co. Rooms 11 & 45, Fifth Floor, Hills Building. Telephone Main 5377. SACRAMENTO OFFICE: 411 J STREET. H. DUTARD J. W. MCDONALD, Pres C. B. STONE ‘W. E. DENNISON, Sec. T. B. BISBHOP COL. J, H. MENDELL, J.W. MCDONALD Corps of Engineers, U.S.A. W. E. DENNISON | (Retired), CONSULTING ENGINRER. PROPRIETORS CONTRACTORS Santa Cruz, Cal., All Kinds of Street s g 8 g g - and Work, Bridges and King City, Monterey Co., {“9;;;: c?':::{&ctm BITUMEN MINES. | SE35%. OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: Timothy Hopkins, J.S. Severance, N. T. Smith, 4. . Bassott. 3. H. Swi F. C. Lewi tary PACIFIC PAVING COMPANY (Incorporated 1887), GENERAL STREET CONTRAGTORS. Santa Cruz and San Luis Obispo Bitu- minous Rock For Sale in Any Quantity. OFFICE-Rooms 106 and 108 Phelan Building. Telephone—Main 656. GRAY BROS. Concrete and Art Stone Work. CRUSHED TRAP ROCK ol = T Macadamizing and Concrete. OFFICE--316 MONTGOMERY ST. Telephone Main 5111. A.E. BUCKMAN, 302 Montgomery Street, Room 4, GRADING, SEWERING, MACADAMIZING, BASALT 8nd BITUMINOUS PAVING. UNNEL, R AILROAD and CONCRETE WORK. OFFICE TELEPHONE Main 991. STABLE, STEINER AND WALLER §TS., Telephone West 14, WARREN & MALLEY, OFFICES: 252 Montgomery St. { ‘Retepone, stata 120, CONTRACTORS, 212 Ninth Street. Telephone, South 161 Bay and Laguna Sts. Telephone, West 789. San Bruno Quarry. Telephone, Mission 200, & bells, SHINGLE STAIN. Dexter Bros.’ English Shingle Stains have proved a very superior ariicie for general use, not only for preserving and_beautifying shingles, but for all outside work. This stain is a real preservative and will not fade or grow dingy, but, on the contrary, increases in brightness with age. 1t does not scale, biister or peel oft. SMITH & YOUNG, Agents, 723 Market Street. ALIFORNIA ONCRETE OMPANY. Artificial Stone Pavements, Poundations, Cellar Floors, Steps, Garden Walks and Orna« mental Work. 14 POST ST. Telephone Main 110. CUSHING‘WETMORE COMPANY. CONCRETE AND ARTIFICIAL STOKE. FIRST QUALITY ONLY. 508 CALIFORNIA ST., ROOM o. GEORGE GOODMAN, PATENTEE AND MANUFACTURER OF ARTIFICIAL STONE IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, OFFICE--307 MONTGOMERY ST, NEVADA BLOCK. ALVA B.CLUTE, C. 8. HARNEY, President. Vice-Pres. and Mansger, Union Paving and Gontrating Co., 302 MONTGOMERY ST, JOHN TUTTLE, OONTRAOTOR, Telephone West 583. 516 Haight st CITY LOTS SURVEYED. SMITH, SOULE & STAHLE, 418 California Street. R. FLAHERTY, ASPHALTUM-WORKER Pure Crude Asphaltum For Sale. 85 POST STRr:E'r'f A SHEA & SHEA, AROBITEOTB, Telephone 911, 26 Montgomery st. FLINN & TREACY. ART .- STONE -- SIDEWALES -- AND . STREET PAVEMENTS. 801 MONTGOMERY ST N. CLARK & SONS, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN = PIrem. ‘Tel. Main 771, Office—17 and 19 Bpeaf St.