The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 31, 1896, Page 10

10 HIELAND PIPERS ELAWED WI' BIRR, Thirtieth Annual Celebra- tion ‘of the Caledon- ian Club. MOST SUCCESSFUL DAY. Ten Thousand People Gathered in Shell Mound Park Yes- terday. A WORLD'S RECORD BROKEN. All the Events, Forty-Six in Number, Keenly Contested and a Fine Day’s Sport Enjoyed. “The skirl of the pipes” in Shell Mound Park yesteraay made it known to all and sundry that the Caledonian Ciub was cele- brating its annual gathering. It was the tbirtieth annual gathering and games of the ciub, and the exvecta- | tion of the officers that it would prove one of the most successful events in the his- tory of the club was more than realized. As early as 9 o'clock in the morning, when the first event on the programme was started, there was a fair-sized crowd of people on the grand stand, and it was gradnally angmented until by 2 o’clock in the afternoon there were, on a conserva- tive average, nearly 10,000 people on the grounds. Everything had been done by the offi cers of the club and the reception commit- tee to make the event one of the most en- joyable in its history and their efforts in that direction showed that they had not labored in vain. Among the guests of the club were: L. Colonel C. Andrew Wil Taylor, acting Mayor; president St. Andrew’s Society ; James Nab and Robert South- erland, ex-pre: nts St. Andrew’s Society ; Hugh Fraser, chief of the Thistle Ciub; ex-Chief Fraser, of Clan Fraser; Colin M. Boyd, John F. Kennedy, Captain W. J. Douglass, Daniel A. McDonald; W. Brod- City ' Auditor; T. Morton, h. Judge Campbell, J. C. Lawsen, an, of the S8an Francisco Handball Neil Mclsaac, P. T. Donnelly, Sen- ator Hawes, Captain Hawes and Alexan- der Martin. Among those from Sacra- mento were Chief Carlan of the Caledonian Club, ex-Chiefs Thomas Scott and Jonn Morrison, Secretary Kerr, ex-Chieftains McCitt and McLellan, and about fifty members; and from Siockton ex-Chiefs John McLaren and Dan A. McDougall, and many others. One of the most pleasing features of the gathering was the large number of children in Highland costume from Sacra- mento, Stockton and other cities, about seventy altogether, who took part in the dancing. There were forty-six events on the pro- gramme, and most of them were keenly contested. Tom Carroll, the well-known athlete who takes a pride in smashing records, made another world’s record by putting the light stone 51 feet 10 1nches, which was 10 inches in excess of the previous record. . Nothing unusnal oc- curred in the other events. There was a disappointment in the inter- school relay race. 1t was expected thatall of the high schools in the immediate vicin- ity of the City would compete, but the only ones who entered were Berkeley High School and the lower High School of this City, and only two competitors appeared from each. Berkeley won. One of the most enjoyable features of the gares was the dancing in Highland costume by the egirls and boys. About seventy competed, and when they ap- peared on the platform and gracefully tripped the light fantastic it was a sight long to be remembered. Tobe sug-of-war between eight- of the married men of the club and an equal number of the single men was looked for- ward to with the greatest interest. The married men were not in it, and they had to speedily succumb to the superior strength of the single men, much to the disappointment of the married ladies, who watched the briei struggie for supremacy with the keenest interest. Much of the success of the games wag due to the officérs of the club—D. R. Me- Neil, chief; John Reid, first chieftain; George Davidson, second chieftain; James H. Duncan, third chieitain; William Mitchell, fourth chiefiain—and to the committee on games, Angus McLeod, Jobn McLaren, Jerome McCarnac, P. Mc- Intyre, James W. Harris, James Gorie, W. R. Eaton, Charles A. McPhee, George McDonald and Thomas D. Carroll. The reception committee was unceasin, in its efforts to make the guests of the c:uE feel at home and everything was dune to accord them a hearty Scottish welcome. The committee consisted of First Cnieftain John Reid, chairman; D. A. Macdonald, Colin M. Boyd, J. F. Kenneuy, W. C. Bur- nett, C. Chisholm, Robert Sutherland, John M. Duncan, James McNab, Colonel Thomas McGregor, Captain J. H. Bruce, Colonel C. L. Taylor, Captain D. McKech- ine, James Miller, W. Urquhart, W. Nicol, T. W. Bethel, General J. J. Wall, John Mallon, C. Nash, James Aitken, Neil Car- michael, Dr. J. A. J. Macdonald, John Smith and D. K. Campbell. The committee on judges consistea of Daniel A. McDonald (chairman), John Donaldson, John A. Mcleod, Neil Mec- Lean, George W, Elder, J. T. McDonald, Sydney Miller, Georze Dingwall, Andrew Wilkie Jr., Walter Reed, James A. Mc- Kay, Jobn F. McDonald, M. P. Forbes, D, H. Finnie and D. J. McFarlane. Dancing was kept up in the two pavilions from 9 o’clock in the morning till 7 o’clock in the evening without intermission to the music of Greff and Fairgrieve's bands. J. E. MacCormac was floor manager in the large pavilion and A. D. McCormack in whe mound paviiion. Following was the result of the different events: Heavy quoits, open to all comers—First prize, $6; second, $4; third, $2. Judges—D. H. Fin® nie, Forbes, George Dingwali. First, B, Jardeen : second, Alex. Sharp; third, D. Finaie. Race for sons of members of Caledonian Club of San Franciseo (under 12 -years)—First prize, ¥3; second, $2; third, $1. Judges—Andrew Wilkie, Sydney Miller, Walter Reed. First, lé?‘{crl'llder; second, Dan Smith; third, Gus Handicap race for sons of members of Cale- douian Club ofSan Frangisco (12 to 18 yes: First prize, $4; second, $3; third, $2. Same {{xd s as No. 2. First, Kobert Duncan; second, V. Davidson; third, E. Gorie. - . Vaulting with pole, for sons of members of Caledonian Club of San Francisco (under 18 years)—First prize, §5; second, $3; third, $2. Judges—D. H. Filnie, M. P. Forbes, Géorge Dingwall. "First, William Davidson; second, Adam Bms;; third, Robert Ross. Putting heevy stone—First prize,$7; second, #5; third, §3. Judges—Neil McLean, James 8. McDonald, J. A. McLeod. First, T. Carroll; nmng. D.ln’he:]:u:h“d'!‘{. J. Cn‘mamn. Putting light stone—First prize, $7; secon: $5: third, $3. Judges same as precemndf . ¥irst, T. Carroll; second, J. A. Cameron; mxr!. J. 3. Cameron. 3 = ‘Throwing heavy hammer—First prize, §7; socond, §5 thirdy $3. Judges D, 5 aers - lane, J. F. 3cDonald, George W. Eider. First, J. J. Cameron;-seeond, T. Carroll; third, D. Rel : second, ird £3. Judees same as pre- ceding. First, J. J. Cameron; second, S. Carroll; third, S. Smith. Best-dressed men (in plain Highland cos- id. 'nmwxg light hemmer—First prize, $7; 3l John | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, MAY 31, 1896 t prize, $5; second, $3; third, $2. %’:{’Rfi;&&mnn; leoond.d'l). Reid; third, d Ross. Best-dressed boys (in full Highland costume) , $4; second, $3; thira. $2. First, o econg, T. 18?0“; ;.hirfld, ll)fi:z %milh. ‘Grand Highland reel (men in Highland cos- tume)—First prize, $7; second, $5; third, $3. m-n,) J. 8. McIntosh} second, P. B. Findley; third, Bealon. . Boys' b ndlupsw%‘iunder mé&n -First rize, $3; second, $2; third, $2. Judges, . H. Finnie, George Dingwall, A. Wilkie. First, John Kenny; second, Joe O'Leary; third, Otto Berth. Youug ladies’ race (15 years and over)—First rize, stamped ladies’ belt, purse and chate- P-ina bag, value $5, donnted by 8. MecGregor; second, cese of perfumery; third, box of hand- kerchiefs. First, Grace Levins; second, Miss Neale; third, Miss Lillie Joice. Race for men (twice around the track)—First rize, $6; second, $4; third, $2. Judges—M. Eorbe!, Sydney Miller, Neil McLean. First, C. Grant; sécond, G. Wilsor.; third, C.8. Thomp- son. Race for apprentices belonging to the ships 1 rt—First prize, $5; second, $3; third, receding. First, . Riccomi; third, stepand jump—First prize, $6; rd, $2. Judges—Walter Reed, rlane, George W. Elder. First, J. Murph: nd, C. Grant; third, W, Curley. Amateur handicap race (open 10_sil amateur clubs and under the auspices of the Amatenr Athletic Association)—First prize, gold medal; second, gold and silver medal; twice around the track, or 350 yards. First, Ralph B. Lioy; second, George James. Running high leap—First prize, $6; second, $4; third, $2. Judges—James A. McKay, Walter Reed, George Dingwall. First, C. Grant; second, T. Carroll; third, Charles Reid. Hurdle race (twice around the track)—First prize, $6; second, $4; third, $2. Judges same s preceding. First, C. Grant; second, F. Wil- s0:1; third, W. Gilli: Running jump—First prize, $6; second, $4; third, $2. Judges: M. P. Forbes, D. H. Finnie and D. J. McFarlane. First, C. Grant; second, J. Murphy; third, J. 8exsmith. nding high leap—First prize, $5; second, ; third, $2. Judges same ms precsding. First, C. Grant; second, J. Sexsmith; tnird, J. Murphy. Race for members of the Caledonian Club of San Francisco (five times around track’ rst prize, “Wall” champion diamond medal %200, and $7, to be won three times in sucees- n by the same competitor. (This is the econd elegant medal presented by General J. G. Wall): second, $7; third, $5. Medal to re- e ssession of the club until finally . A. Thompson; second, John Ali: P, C. Charles E. Nau- Judges same as Trethwan; second, man. R“"a"“éi hop, second, $4; D. J. | | Tossing the cabe rize, $8; second, $5; third $3; judges, James T. McDonald, John | A. MecLeod, A. McKa; First, T, Carroll; | second, J. Thro judges, Neil McLean, D. McFarland, Syduey Miller. First, J. A. Cameron; second, L. Smith; thirdd Dan McLeod. Thiowing light hammer, for members and of sister societies, whose record is not over 110 eet—First prize, $5; second, $3; third, $2; judges, same as’ preceding. 'First, J. A. Cem- eron; second, Dan McDounald; twird, D. Reid. Putting heavy stone, for members and of sis- ter gocieties whose record is noi over 32 feet— First prize, §5; second, $3; third, $2. Judges: { James T. McDonald, D. H. Finme, J. A. Mc- Leod. First, J. J. Cameron; second, J. A. Cam- eron; third, D. Reid. * Putting light stone, for members and of sister societies whose record is not over 40 feet—First prize, $5; second, $3; third, $2. Judges same as preceding. First, J. A. Cameron; second, J.J. Cameron; third, Dan McDonald. Amateur handicap race—First prize, gold medal; second, goid and silver medal. Five times around the track, one-nalf m: First, George Klarmann; second, F. Race for memb ck—First priz third, | ond, | George W. Elder, J Thompson; second, ¢ Tug-of-war, eight men on a side (married and single men), turf pull—Fitst prize, case of wine; second, box of cigars. One pull. Cap- tain of married men, James W. Harris; captain of single men, William Mitchell—First, single | men; second, married men. | _ Bagpipe playing. (March “Strathspey Reel.”) | Eaca class of music to be played turougn twice ouly. First prize, $10; second, $5: third, $3—First, Donald Weir; sécond, Neil Lindsay; third, £d Ross. Sword dance (lads and lassies in costume). First prize, $4; secoud, $3; third, $2; prize to each remaining competitor—First, A. Ross; second, A. Melntyre; third, Tom Scott. Highlana fling (lads and lassics in costume, 12 years and over)—First prize, $4; second, $3; third, $2. First, A. Ross; second, A. Mc- Intyre; third, Jessie Carlow. Interschool relay race, under the auspices of the Amateur Athletic Association, for members of the high schools, one mile, five competitors, each of the competitors to run twice around the track. The winning team will be presented with a handsome banner. First, Berkeley High School. | _Vauliing with pole, handicap for amateurs— | First prize, gold medal; second prize, gold and | silver medal: First, Edgar Specker; second, Ray Simonds. Long Race for men (ten times around the track)- st prize, $10; second, $7; third, $5. Judges, James A. McKay, Walter Reed and An- drew. kie: First, F. Wilson; secord, F. Cooley: third, G. A. Thompson. * word dance (men in vostume)—First prize, 6; second, $4: third, $2. First, McCleilan; secona, J. 8. Mcintosh; third, J. Beaton. Reel-0’Tulloch (men in costume)—First prize, $6; second, $4; third, $2. First, J. 8. Mo- Infosh; second, A. Béaton; third, P. D. Findlay. Highland fling (men in costume)—First prize, 6; sccond, $4; third $2. First, J. 8. Mclntire; second, A. Benton; third, Ed Ross. Throwing 56-pound weight—First prize, $6; second, $4; third, $3. Judges—James T. Mc- Donald, J. A. McLeod, D. J. lane. First, T. Carroll; ,J.J. Cameron; third, J. A Cameron. TWODAYS CRICKET MATCH The Alameda and Golden Gate Grounds Met at Alameda Yesterday. The long-looked-for two days’ cricket match between the Alameda and Golden Gate grounds was commenced at Alameda yesterday. The result so far is slightly in favor of Alameda. Captain Hogue of the Alamedas won the toss and elected to bat, and he and Price faced the bowling of the Bohemian star trundlers, Robertson and Cookson. The latter got Hogue with a beauty at 17. Then came Theobald, who was run out for a “duck.” Two wickets for 19. Mutch ran up 22 in his wonted happy-go-lucky sty le, and he being disposed of, Hood and eyers ran up the total to 125, the former, with a somewhat lucky half century, mak- ing the stand of the day. Then camea fall, two ciphers and a single being regis- tered in quick succession, so that the total attained was only 148 runs. Robertson and Pollock made the first stand for Golden Gate. Robertson had put up a careful fifteen, when he was splendidly caught by Savior Mutch at sbort mid-on, Mutch subsequently dis- posing of Pollock also. whill was bowled by Peel for a single. West and Martin made a good combination. The latter was nicelv caught while endeavor- ing to make his twelfih run and the former is still in with Cookson. As the scores show Alameda is 92 runs ahead on the first innings, their opponents having lost six wickets. The match will be concluded to-day. The scores: ALAMEDAS—FIEST INNING. 14 10 0 22 52 1 2 9 G. Wiseman b. Robertson. (v;', Meyers b. Robertson. H. C. Cassidy b. Kobe: J. J. R. Peel b, Rovertson T. J. Tiedemann not out.. BOWLING ANALYSIS. Balls, Maidens. Runs. Wickets. No 114 [ 40 8 Bu'"" 102 3 80 esre ‘W. Robertson c. Mutch b. Casid; G. Pollock c. Mutch b. Peel.. W. K. West 50 out.... Dr. Thomas Bowhill b, Peel.. 5. B. Martin c. Wise b. Casidy C. Townsley c. Hood b. Casid: 0. J. Thomas b. Peel H. H. Cookson not ou ‘W. Reeves did not ba .. E. A. Smith did not bat J. B. Brooks did not bat. Leg bye.. ‘Total for six wickets...... et BOWLING ANALYSIS. Balls. u-lgeu Wickets. 3 . .84 4 8 (doors. Tais can better be Appreciated FAVORING PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, Leading Property-Owners Wish to Bond the City for Such Purposes. SUGGESTIONS ON PAVING A Feasible Plan Offered for the Repaving of Market Street in an Acceptable Manner. BITOMEN LARGELY WANTED. Foundations Should Be Laid With Care—Biue Trap Rock for Macadamizing. The request made by the Superinten- dent of Streets for the amount desired by him for the next fiscal year with which to maintain his office has led to a vast amount of talk in the City, resuscitating the question of bonding the City and re- viving many of the topics which led to the desire for a new charter on the partofa large number of the taxpayers of San Francisco, who are favorable to the project of improving the streets and public parks. For potent reasous many look for- ward to the time when a board of public works will becreated under a new charter and the City bonded in such a manner that the payments will not be either bur- densome or cumbersome to the property- owners. A represeatative of THE CALL endeav- ored to obtain the consensus of opinion regarding the repaving of accepted streets, and strange to say those of the contractors of the City who might appear to view tne subject from a selfish standpoint corre- spond with tuose of a majority of the tax- payers that were seen. Public opinion was found to favor the improvement of alt accepted streets where improvements are needed, particularly on Market street, where the basalt blocks are considered to be exiremely obnoxious as they now exist there. There is, however, no definite idea as to what is most desirable for a pavement for that thoroughfare. A large number favor the bituminous rock, while others fear that it is not sufficiently strong to stand the wear and tear of the heavy traffic to which tae street is subjected. For that reason the ti.eory is advanced that a com- tinaton of small basalt blocks, asphait | Br}d bitumen, laid with care, wouid meet all of the requirements and prove durable and inexpensive. Agaiun, it is contended that bituminous rock should not be laid where there are streetcar tracks, while it is generally conceded that such a pave- ment is the most elastic and if properly laid where there is not toc much heavy trucking it will meet every requirement that is demanaed of it. It is easily kept clean, does not accum- ulate much dust and dirt, aifactor very much desired here, owing 10 the high winds, and which, agan, requires very little sprinkling if the street-sweeping is properly done. Too much sprinkling, it is saiu, renders the streets where bitumen is used extremely slippery, and it is, furthermore, disastrous in Lot weatner. To sum up the entire matter, the opinion is géneral among taxpayers and property- holders that the streets and boulevards | should be improved and such methods adopted and paving done as will meet with the necessities and demands of the individual streets themselves and the localities in which they are situated. Abp antipathy seems to be prevalent aguinst. the use ot red rock in either macadam or bitumen. One prominent taxpayer, when seen on this subject, said: *“When a committee of the Board of Supervisors visited Oakland and Alameda for 1he purpose of determining what is most desirable for San Francisco as re- pards the rock which shall form the foun- dation of the future pavements of S.n Francisco they found in those two cities the hardest and most even streets that could be found in the State. The reason that was given for this condition of affairs was that blue rock was used exclusively in accordance witi their ordinances.” Article I, All macadamizing shall be done only with hard rock of igneous character. known as hard blue trap rock, or hard gray (rngl’o«k, or basalt rock, and shall be such rock only as shall come within the require- ments of either first-class rock or second-class Tock, the requirements of which classes are as follows, to-wit: First-class rock shall be rock of igneous character and formation, trap or basalt, of ir- regular cleavage, and such as shall not lose by erosion and fracture, upon testing same in the “rattier” belonging to the eity of Oak- land for purposes of testing rock, revolving at the rate of notless than tweuty-eight revolu. tions per minute for three hours, more than 15 per cent of its original weight. Second-class rock shall be trap or basalt rock, such as shall not lose by erosion and fracture upon testing the same in the said ‘“rattler,” revolving at the rate of not less than twenty-eight revolutions per minute for three hours, more than 25 per cent of its orig- inal weight. *“The committee then concluded to adopt the rattler test and purchased a testing machine, which is the invention of Pro. fessor Le Conte of the University of Cali- fornia, making the requirement for this City only equal to that of the second-class rock that is used across the bay. This rock can be loaded in San Francisco at a cost of -about 90 cents a yard, which is about half the cost of that used in the cities that 1 named, and only about one quarter ot a cent more than red rock, which is soft, and aiter laying on the streets for a short time creates 2 aust that is almost intolerable where macadam i used, to say nothing of the mud that it creates during the winter season. This rock does not even come in a pure state, as the quarries in which it is found are inter- stratad with clay, all of which becomes mixed together in the blasting and makes a very undesirable combination, while the blue-rock quarries vield a rock that is hard ana weighs ten pounds heavier to the square foot than granite. ’ ‘At the time of the opening of the Mid- winter Fair it was feared that that event would be delayed owing to the heavy mud in the roadways that had been macadam-, ized with red rock. The committee in charge finally for the purpose of facilitat- ing matters ordered them covered with six inches of blue rock, with the result that nowhere in the world can a better driveway be found to-day than that which was around the grand court of the Mid- winter Fair, “‘San Francisco is especially fortunate in having this formation of rock at its very when it 18 2 known fact among engineers that the State Legislature of Massachu- setts appropriated a large sum of money to be used in securing any trap rock for- u that could be found in the State of chusetts, so that it could be shipped to different parts of the State and as a dressing over softer rock, which is the only material they have as yet been able to find for roads and street work, and which is very unsatisfactory. “The streets of San Francisco should be improved, but care should be taken that whatsoever ml{ be decided upon, the foundation should be properly laid.” _Flynn & Treacy, the contractors, be- lieve that these improvements should be made at once, as the cheapest and best work in this line is being done in San ¥rancisco at present. ‘“Instance,” said Mr. Flynn, “the block that we recently laid on Page street where the citizen soldiery will drill. No such work is done in Kastern cities for less than 80 centsa uare foot. We received but 22 cents. ork done as carefully as that was is bound to last,” J. H. S8wift of the Pacific Paving Com- pPany is of the opinion that streets ought to be put in shape and no patchwork done. “There never will be another time, eaid he, “in the history of San Francisco when work will be done as cheaply as it is being done now, and the property-owners ought to take advantage o1 it. In Eastern cities the prices run from 45 to 65 cents a square foot, here from 18 to 20 cents. The California pavements are superior in every respect and cost a great deal less for their maintenance.’ - A large number of members of the Cycle Board of Trade, Merchants’ Association and Chamber of Commerce were seen. . All of them were unanimously in favor of public improvements, most of them being iavorable tcward bituminous rock for pave- ments. A LARGE CONTRACT. The Union Paying and Contracting Company are laying the bitumen pave- ment on Van Ness avenue, from Union to !fi streets, equivalent to - seventeen blocks. This is the largest single public contract for bitumen pavement ever let in San Ffancisco. Their bitumen plant is the largest in operation in this City. Their Stone quarries are at Santa Rosa and An- nadel, Sonoma County, and their bitumen mines in San Luis Obispo and Santa Cruz counties. PLENTY CF BLUE ROCK. That Paving Material Is No Longer the Product of a Monopoly. Warren & Ma ley’s Extensive Plant Can Furnish It in Large Quantities. “The talk about there being a monopoly on blue rock that will stand the rattler test for paving purposes is all nonsense.” This reply was given to 8 CALL representa- tive by C. A. Warren of the firm of Warren & Malley when asked to gwve the views of his firm on the question of street and other city improve- ments. After taking THE CALL man through the firm’s quarry he said: *“Blue rock is the basis of the concrete which forms the base of all bituminous rock pavements as well as macadam. *Now, I know of no better illustration of the fact that it makes the best macadam- ized roads than out in San Mateo County, just beyond the Six-mile House. The county purchased 450 yards of blue rock from our quarry to patch up the red rock macadamized road. Where red rock has been used tuere are several inches of mud after a rain while with blue rock the mud is scarcely perceptible. “All acceptea streets ought to be ren- dered comfortable and sightly and such roadways made that the cost will not seri- ously discommode ths property-owners. Itis not reasonable to suppose that work- ing people can stand a tax equal to the property-owners ot Market street. ‘A united effort on the purt of the people to make San Francisco ahead of its sister cities at the present time would meet with exceilent resuiis, as nowhere in the world is paving done as cheaply as in San Fran- cisco at present. Bond the city for the necessary cost. Ic will pay in the long run. ‘Work done by fits and starts is ex- tremely costly. ‘“lama tirm believer in the efficacy of blue rock. Alameca has the cleanest and best streets in Culifornia, all of which are macadamized with blue rock. There are several firms now enga:ed in quarrying it. The great trouble is that the State is interfering with the industry, forcing a great many large and expensive lants 10 compete with the prisoners at folsom. ‘‘Warren & Malley have a fortune in- vested in San Mateo County, nine miles from San Francisco, in a quarry, where the system of handiing the rock is most complete, and they can land it in San Francisco at the lowest possible price. ‘The price of labor, of course, is a great factor. The plant in its entirety is lurger than that of any firm of contractors in the United States. Everything that they use is manufactured in California. ‘“We make all of our wagons, boxcars, etc.; have our own blacksmith-shops, and continuously employ from 300 to 500 men, frequently requiring 150 to 200 teams, be- sides working fourteen portable engines. **Our piant for quarrying biue rock is lo- cated in the San Bruno Mountai: 10 which we built a narrow-gauge railroad one and three-quarters miles in length. At the approach to the wharf, which we built at a large cost expressly for the handling of our blue rock, we were obligad to trestle about 700 feet. Four barges of 600 tons capacity each arzrequired to carry the rock to San Francisco. **I'wo hundred and forty flatcars holding ! six tons each are used in carrying the rock from the quarry to the city. The cars are loaded on the barges and dumped but once. It will thus be seen that the cost of handiing has been reduced to a minimum, With our present capacity we can deliver 600 yards of crushed rock a day and 35,000 tous rex; month for s:awall purposes. The u--‘p(g y is almost inexhaustiole. -*Our machinery at the quarry is perfect every detail, "the rock being carried to bunkers, which have a 600-ton ca- ity, thence to the crusher, where it vhmes ont for paving purposes. The ¢rasher supplies an elevator belt on which !5:\0 rock is carried upward sixty-two feet ¥ a revolving screen, which throws off ¢very particle of dust and dirt and then <dumps into a flatcar. The cars go down the railroad by gravity, but are returned part way by horses and the remainder of ihe distance by a cable. *‘It will require 350,000 tons of this roc to build up the seawa!l ot the Fair estate. We have the contract for doing that ~ork, grading and tiiling from Van Ness :venue to Buker street on the one side and bA Lombard street to Lewison the other. he cost of this improvement will be Jibout $1,000,000. We aiso furnished the Pock for the Alameda mole. Next week we will begin to till up the Bay District race- ‘rack. This will cost about $450,000. In all ot this, blue rock from our quarry will used. This rock loses but 10%4 per cent in the rattler test, which is very small. We are satistied that the supply” will be ndequate to meet alt of the requirements »f every S8an Francisco County coutractor.’ R s nteling PROPERTY-)WNLRS CO-OPERATE Many New Members Added to the Mis- sion Defense Union. There was no regular meeting of the Mission Defense Union last night owing to the fact that yesterday was & holiday. The officers of the club remained at the hall, corner of Twentieth and Guerrero streets, to attend to those who have re- ceived a summons in the Noe suit. The attorney of the union is answering the complaints against the individual defend- ants who belong to the club, to prevent the suits from going by default. Quite & number nine\f the club last night, and during the past weex about thirty new members have been added. The Eroperxy-ownen in the district af- fected by the present licigation are stand- ing together well, there being already nearly 700 members. 3 On_Saturday next, June 6, a meeting will be held, at which Joseph Leggett will give an address, at the invita- tion of the club, on the subject of the single tax, S ———— Thomas Slater has a message or every man on page 26, Don't fail to read it regular THE OLD BLOCKS CAN BE USED Thousands of Dollars Can Be Saved for the Tax- payers of the City. REPAVE MARKET STREET So Says J. W. McDonald, the President of the City Street Improvement Company. ALSO, SILURIANISM IS DEAD, San Francisco Is Approaching the Dawn of a New Era. One of the firms who are largely inter- ested in public improvements and are par- ticularly and directly concerned with the subject of street pavements and the project of beautifying the City with well-made and well-kept streets snd boulevards is the City Street Improvement Company, whose offices are on the fifth floor of the Mills building. Their bituminous rock mines, which rank probably among the largest on the coast, are in Santa Cruz County. They occupy an area of about 500 acres, from whicn there is.an oatput of about 5000 tons per month. They are also owners of ex- tensive bituminous-rock mines in Kings County. J. W. McDonald, president of the City Street Improvement Company, when seen by a representative of THE CALL said : “The City of 8an Francisco is certainly approaching the dawn of a new era in her progress, if the immense amount of boule- vard work now being done and being pro- jected can be taken as a sign. There are several reasons for all these improvements which are projected, the chief of which can be found in the fact that silurianism isdead. Nothing in the last decade has accomplished so much for the Citv of San Francisco as the work of the numerous improvement clubs and societies for the dissemination of facts of interest about our coast and City. The movement started with the inception of the Midwinter Fair | and has been steadily moving onward. *'One of the associations which have | already accomplished much for the City is | the Merchants’ Association, which has | roused public sentiment to such a pitch that the citizens generally have awakened to the fact thatstreet improvements are necessary to uphold property valuations and to give the City a_metropolitan ap- pearance. It is generally conceded that pavements must be constructed upon sani- tary principles and according to the best rules of modern street-building. It has been found that no street answers all the re- quirements exacted by the wear of trafiic and the elements so successfully asour celebrated bituminous rock é»vemems. There are pavements in the East known as asphalt pavements which are manufac- tured and have done much to improve and beautiiy municipalities there, but nowhere in the world is there such an opportunit; tor cheap pavements of bituminous roc! of the very best quality, as it is found in greater quantities in this vicinity than elsewhere, in places of easy access, and it can be transported very cheaply, “This movemen: for improved highways means a great deal to San Francisco. We have the muking of the most beautiful city in the world. It can be doneeconomi- cally by doing at once, owing to the cheap- ness of labor and material at the present day. We bhave a commanding location and handsome buildings; all that is needed is sightly, well-paved streets and boule- vards. The money, I believe, can be raised without increasing taxation to any mate- | rial extent. “Bituminousrock can be laid cheaperand give better and more service and satisfuc- tion to the taxpayers and proprty-owners than any other pavement known. The: cost of keeping it in repair being merely nominal, our company is willing and does guarantee all of its pavements from five | to ten years at a cost not to exceed one- | quarter of & cent per foot. I believe that Marketstreet ought to be repaved from the ferry to Larkin street, but, strange to say, I am not in favorof a bituminous rock pavement for that street, | owing to the enormous traffic which will be always increasing, the strain of which bituminous rock cannot endure. In my opinion that street can-be paved at a very reasonable figure with small basalt biocks | not to exceed three ifiches wide, eight inches long and six inches deep,made uni- form_ and laid on a concrete foundation; the interstices filled with a preparation of bitumen and asphalt poured in ..ot, which will make it impervious to moisture and almost as noiseless as a bituminous pave- ment and quite as smooth. The material now on the street can be largely used in the construction of such a pavement, thereby saving thousanas of dollars to the taxpayers. > - dpnvamant laid in such a manner we would be wiliing to put ug a bond to kee; in repdir for tep years for a very small sum of money, in fact, a very small per- centage in addition to the original cost. “If this pavement is laid on Market street in the mannerJ have suggested, the blocks cut of even size, particular care taken as to the deylh and evenness of the concrete base or foundation, which must be covered with about an inch of sand so as to insure the whole being even, then will the property-owners of that thorough- fare enjoy a pavement that wiil meet their every requirement and which will not re- quire repairing at short intervals. It will stand the test of the elements and the heavy traffic, and in the long run wiil prove itself to be the cheapest as well as the best. “Thereisone important factor of which 1 would like to speak. Bituminized streets should be swept clean, so as to avoid the dust, snd they should be sprinkled as lightly as possible if at all. Thorough sweeping will remove all possibilities of dust, and 1f any sprinkling is done it siould be at a ‘time when the travel is light and never in the heat of the day, for water added to a bituminous-rock avement not only makes it ulip};ery for Eorses, bat it has a tendency to soften and melt it, particularly in warm weather. There is nothing more disastrous to a bituminized pavement than a pool of water where the sun will shine on it on a very warm day. *‘1 am particularly in favor of using every means possible—that is to say within the bounds of reason—to beautify our City. Tne public parks and places of recrea- tion for those in the rer walks of life should slighted. A vast amount of attention i: ing given to them, but if the improvements were made now so that the future expense would be lifl: I think that agrand work will have been consummated.” Stabbed in the Back. At an early hour yesterday morning there ‘was a drunken row in a saloon on Battery and Pacific streets wlich resuited in the arrest of D. Romeo, the owner of the saloon. Romeo was cutand beaten about the head and face and John Dener, a sailor who was drunk in the place, was stabbed in the back, but not seri- u;:‘:{.u Noone would tell the cause of the NEW TO-DA o_(\.\ERF Al \\:\‘\ NHARIE SHUAR NS DOCTOR SWEANY HIS CELEBRATED PHYSICIAN, whose offices are located at 737 Market street, is thoroughly devoted to his profession and is ever ready to help the unfortunate. He is a graduate of the leading colleges of America and a seli-made man in the schodl of experience. Always on the alert to discover new remedies and new methods for treating diseases, he has accom- plished that which few physicians ever attain. His study and experience have not been confined to one branch of the healing art, but cover the whole field of medicine amd disease. WONDERFUL SUGCESS Has crowned his efforts in the treatment of all chronic and special diseases of men and women. Carefully read the following, as it contains golden words of advice from the world’s greatest specialist : ~Gloryof Manls His Strength Strong and Vigorous Cenerative and Sexual Organs Make Healthy, Light-Hearted, Vivacious, Bright-Eyed Social As Well As Business Men and Women. Those organs Debilitated and Diseased, produce through the Nervous Sysiem almost all the horrible and distressing diseases which human fiexh is heir to. i w7z ) (£ Has by years of experience and unceasing toil in the fields of Medical Science discovered new methods and D 3 octor sweany new remedies for thé treatment of such disesses, which NEVER FAIL to produce the most gratifying results. Young, Middle-Azed and Old Men, If you are victims of youthful indiscretions and unnatural losses; idlocy, insanity and the grave; if gloom and melancholy, haliticinations, morbid fese ang unnatural lust Pervade your mind; if you are despondent and downhearted; if vou have jaq all enerey and ambition: if you have an aversion to society; if your memory if fafling and you are unfit for business or study, come at once, before it is 100’ late, to DOCTOR SWEANY and he will quickly, safely nnd permanently cure you. The strictest secrécy observed in cnoce of this character, so cast aside all feelings of shame to consult the DOCTOR. Get well and be s man. if you are on the road to Wrecked Manhood and Wrecked Womanhood, There are thousands and tens of thousands unhappy homes in our land eause can be directly traced to the loss or partial loss of sexual power in either ihe mep wife. Many of those 50 & eve their condition to be a process of nature which s oo be endured, when in fact it is a disease and CAN BE CURED. But it is a Inmontable fact thig the mujority of those who are in this deplorable condition, through false pride snd. urnet modesty, neglect and allow the disease to run on unil the result is total impotency, & blighteq home, and in many cases desertion or separation. To such unfortunates I wll simply say that Lhave a treatment for such diseases which has never in one instance failed to restore 1 wenp, debilitated and diseased organs to their natural conditions and to their full power ang vigor. | Private Diseases, Gleet, Stricture, and that most loathsome disease. Blood Poison, the curse of humanity, thoroughly and forever cured. z ALL CHRONIC DISEASES. All cases of acute or chronic inflammation, far or near sighted: vision, scrofulous eye, closing of the eve duct, squinting, cr%ss-e;‘e?":ilfi“;:r:t syphilitic sore eyes, granulated lids, tumor, cancer of the lids, ete. 5 Denfness from catarrh, singing or roaring noises, thickened dr external ear, purulent discharging from ear, etc. to-day where the g X Eye. Ear. um, inflammastion of Neuralgis, sick, nervous or congestive headache, dull, full feeling, H €AW, memory. dizziness, softening of the brain, tumors and eciema of zhe':c'u:;.m ot Catarrhal and syphilitic sore throst, acute and chronic pharyngitis, enl. Throat. tonslix and Palate, hoarseness, loss of voice, thick phiobm 1o Eris: Caning awking. Consumption in the first and second stages, hemorrhages and chronic bron. Chitis, dry and loose coughs, pains in chest, difficulty in breathing, hepatiza. tions, asthma, ete. Lungs. Valvular diseases, weak and fatty heart, dropsy and rheumatism of heart, Heart. i circulation, ete. Catarrh, nlceration and Stomach. & eating, heartburn, Kid Inflammation_of the kianeys, Bright's disease, diabetes, congestion of IANEYS. the kidueys, uraemis, gravel, stone, all scientifically and_ suceosstuliy treated. Bladd Inflemmation, eystitus, eysterrhen, catarrh of the bindder. QAUUECY. ing diseases invariably sield to my system of treatment. : All diseases of the liver, spleen, bowels (constipation, chronic diarrhea), kidne leer. and bladder, all nervous and reflex disorders. thenmatism and Al skin Alcearey, joints, hare lip, eczema, salt rheum, ringworm, hip-joint disease, old sores, fever sores, stiff spinal irritation, nervous prostraiion, rupture, piles, fistuls, rectal ulcers, ‘Wwhich produce pain in small of back. R t Piles, fistula, varicocele, hydrocele and all swelling and tenderness UPTUFE. auickiy cured without pain or detention from busincss, ; . Heart, Brain and Nerves, 1.0 050w of o v t, diflicult breathing and suffocating .feeling, fullness of the heaq, a tired, discontented feeling, fear of impending danger or death, a dread of being alone or the reverse, you are suffering from a serious disease of the nerves, brain and heart. You have no time 1o lose. Callat once and consult the old Doctor. w If you are suffering from any of the diseases pecullar to OMEN. fuling or displacement of the womb, leucorrhes, menstruation, inflammation- or ulceration, bloat , headaches, spinal weakness or any disease of the genito-urinary organs, call or write to him. He will buil u; your shattered and broken- Yown constitution and bring back to you that health, strength Lus -beauty which every woman should possess. ; You Can Be Cured at Home. I the sick who live at a distance and are unable to call will write a full deseri tion case it will be given his careful consideration and advice will be given them (xeoro‘; eol&M e F.L.SWEANY,M.D., 737 Market Street, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. Ofice Hours—9 to 12 A. M. and 2 to 5and 7 to 8 P. M, ‘Sundays—10to12 A, acid dyspepsia. indigestion, pain and fullness waterbrash and difficulty in swallowing. The distress- If you have a dizziness of the your gex, such as suppressed or’ painful M. only