The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 16, 1896, Page 10

10 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1896, M I\ DEFENSE OF A FREE PRESS, Revival of the Old Asso-| ciation Formed in i 1890. OLD MEMBERS AROUSED. Judicial Despotism in Contempt Cases Not to Be Tole | rated. WILLENFORCE THE BARRY LAW to Have a Democratic An Effort to B: Made Plank Inserted in the Platform. Active preparations are being made to reorganize the Free Press Defense Associa- tion, which the now historic Barry con- tempt case called into existence some six | years ago. A great many of the members | of that organization have been seen dur- | ing the past few days and all are anxious to reorganize the association to take action in reference to Judge Catlin’s decision of the contempt case of Editor McClatchey of | the Sacramento Bee. At the time of the first organization of the defense association public sentiment | was aroused to a remarkable degree in | vor of freedom of speech and of the press. An immense mass-meeting was held on September 19, 1890, which was | barbers eligible to membership. | \ | officers,” says Mr. Gardner, cured for unemployed barbers upon the )}fl)'menv. of a registration fee ot 25 cents. here will be no preference shown; the first applicant will be the first served, if ne be competent. - No one will be admitted to membership unless he has served an ap}:renueeshlp of three years, and no college barber “graduates’’ will be admitted to the union under any circumstances, nor- are master The lat- ter, however, are favorable to the new union. The objects are to elevate the craft, pro- tect its members, lessen the hours of labor and secure the closing of shops on week | days, Saturdays excepted, at 8 p. m., and | on'Sundays at noon. So far 113 journey- men barbers have signed the charter roll. - SALVATION WOEK. The Volunteers of America Endeavor to Organize on This Coast. taff Captain Gardner, the officer in charge of the Volunteers of America on the Pacific Coast, was in the City yester- day on business. He finds the nucleus for a fine post already, and many are signify- ing their intention of joining the move- | ment as soon as the work is opened. The staff captain is well pleased with the outlook throughout the State, but. is bampered somewhat by lack of officers. He refutes the statement that the Volun- | teers are seeking to recrnit their ranks from the English organization. ‘“But any ‘who sever their connections honorably with the oid movement and seek admittance to the new will not be turned away, but will be given a place immediately, as our need is very great.” A post was successfully opened in Stock- ton on Thursday last and the prospects are said to be very encouraging. Many | other posts may be established on the | coast as soon as officers are secured. SCHIOL DAYS ARE OVER Interesting Closing Exercises of the Classes of St Pat- rick’s School. | Those Who Received Meda's and Pre- miums—The Graduating Exercises attended by thousands, who crowded the streets in their efforts to gain admittance | to the hall. Many of the most prominent | men of the City were present. Among | the vice-presidents were: Judge James G. | Maguire, Richard I. Whelan, John J. Me- | Dade, M. M, McGlynn, president of the ¥ederated Trades; W. J. B. Ma tor of the Coast Seamen’s Journal; Patr Reddy and others. Stewart Menzies pre- sided over the meeting. With the greatest entiusiasm the following resolutions were | passed : WHEREAS, On the 30th day of September, mes H. Barry was brought bejore the | rt of the City and County of San e of Califor or publishing s criticism of Judge er; and said Bar reupon de- randed his constitutional right of a trial by d to prove his charges as pub- nd the Judges presiding re- and announced that the nse, and thereupon ordered isoned and fined; the Sur Court confirmed such doc aiter keeping the cas eight months by & ision without citing & single authority; now be it the citizens of San Francisco in this case 15in de- n and a deadly as- upon the g 1 liberties of the of the United States and without a legal 1 founda n, fi'u% on & psar with the " 1 of Russia, where men are in like manner hurried to prison without frial, and ers the whole people subject to imprison- t any hour without trial or opportunity rove the truth, for criticism of & Judge, Ived, That the act of C , passed for the pury ngress of March se of preventing 31, 18: the Judges of the United States from ever de- nying a jury trial for matters spoken or writ- ten of a Judge out of court, and which for xty years has been found sufficient to protect United States courts and which is so 1in as to leave no room for Judges to destroy ty under the color of construing law, should be immediately substituted in place of section 1209 of the Code of Civil Procedure of California, and we demand such action by the next Legislature. The following Legislature obeyed the demand of the people thus expressed and pasged the following law, which has since become famous'as the Barry contempt law: No speech, statement or publication reflect- ing upon or concerning any court, or any of- ficer thereof, shall be treated or punished as & contempt of such court unless made in the im- mediate presence of such court while in ses- | sion, and in such a mauner as to actually in- terfere with its proceedings. Having accomplished this the old Free Press Defense Association went out of ex- istence. The recent effort to declare the Barry law unconstitutional and to assert an inherent right of a Judge to punish for contempt has aroused the spirit of the members of the old association and they will again take up the fight. Toward the end of this week a meeting ‘will probably be held and an effort will be made to have Congressman Maguire for president of the association. An effort will also be made to have a plank inserted in the Democratic plat- form voicing the sentiment expressed by the people of this City six years ago. In 1890 there were strong planks calling for the enactment of the contempt law in both Republican and Democratic plat- forms, and in compliance with the de- mands made in these planks the Barry law was passed. Whether or not the de- sired plank shall be inserted in this year’s Democratic platform the association will be reorganized just the same, and the old fight against irresponsible judicial power will be prosecated with old-time vigor. NEW BARBERS’ UNION. Organization for the, Elevation of the Trade Will Be Formed To-Night. The International Journeymen Barbers’ Union will be temporarily organized this evening. For some time past there has been much satisfaction with the prese: organiza- ons and several active mem An di out to organize a new body. These or- ganizers are: F. Hodges, J. Heegler, L. Less, E. Bergholtz, J. L. isaacs, C. H. Spencer and F. Barrett. Under the present order in the unions the members not only have to pay their | dues, but pay for every sitnation they se- cure from the employment secretary, and complaints have been made that those who paid the most zot the best places. The new union will at once apset the old order things and the organizers expect 1o absotb two of the present associations. After forming a temporary organization a request will be made for a _charter from the International Urion. The new bod will be a beneficiary organization as We{l as a trades union, The dues will be 50 cents a month. An allowance of $ a week will be made for sick members and $50 for funerai expenses in case of death. In addition an employment secretary will be kept under salary and work will be se- cay, edi- | s, for analleged | mbled in defense of liberty: re started of St. Vincent's Academy. The closing exercises of the St. Patric] | School, held in St. Vincent Hall on Mis- sion street, near Third, yesterday after- noon, was an event pleasant alike to the parents and friends of the pupils, to the pupils themselves and to the Sisters of | Charity, who are their teachers. | The hall, which was tastefully decorated | with garlands of evergreens and festoons of red, white and biue, and had in the center a large portrait of Washington rest- ing on American flags, was crowded to its | utmost. The exercises commenced by the rendi- tion of the hymn *“The Priceless Love of Jesus,” which was followed by an opening address by Joseph O'Lear: A little fel- low, with a merry twinkle in his eye, re- cite¢ with good effect “The Sword of Bun- ker Hill.” Then there was an exhibition of calisthenics by the fourth-grade class, a | enmic recitation, “Uncie Podger Hangs a Picture,” by Joseph Fiannagan, a panto- mime to the music of the *‘Suwanee | River”; a concert recitation, ‘Liberty Bell,” by the_elocution class, after which the third grade told what they knew about choosing professions. Eight little boys debated *Should | Women Vote?” and the verdict was that they should’ not. Seventy iarge boys of the lower grades gave a very amus- ing recitation, and Frederick Gorman gave a recitation, a humorous account of the troubles of Mr. Brown who had his hair cut. *“Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel,” sung by the fourth grade, was followed by a rendering by Joseph Far- relly of Patrick Henry’'s famous speech, “Give me liverty or give me death !’ Six- | teen boys of the military division of the | school,captained by Master Thomas Leach, | showed their excellence in military drill- | ing. Then came musical selections, In- | dian club swinging, address by Edward Manning and the award of premiums and medals, as follows: PrEMIUNS—Seventh grade: Joseph Flanna- gan, Joseph O'Leary, Thomas McDermott, Charles Quinn, Joseph Norton, Frederick Cor- coran, Edward Smith, Joseph Zilgun, Thomas ;;)lle_\‘, Philip Walcott, Joha Kane, James elion. s Sixth grade — Michael Moriarity, Edward Manning, Thomas McKeon, Edward McCarthy, Louis Cluss, Charles Hamilton, Philip Devine, i Thomas Leach, Charles Harrison, Frederick | Lyons, William'Nolan, John Carolan, Michael | Harran, Joseph Carrigan. Fifth grade—Daujel Suilivan, Walter Strick- | land, Thomas Grodden, John Donnegan, Rich- ard ‘O'Neil, Jeremiah' Regan, Joseph Nolan, | John McKeon, Peter Carroll, James Farrelly. | " Fifth _grade—James Mullen, Albert White- { man, William Slodn, John Tebeney, John Dougherty, John Heavy, Timothy Crowe, George Dooley, John Grimes, William McNal mee. Louis Burns, Eugene White, Thomas Rug- giero, Edward Rock, Francis Connolly, James Moriarity, William Regan, Joseph Mooney, | William Estelita. | Fourth grade—Daniel Ryan, Edward Fur- long, Willism Van Pelt, Robert Pratt, Clarence Foster, Edward Ryan, Emmet 0'Connor, Walter Coughlan, James Coughlan, Harold Lyons, James Briggs, Lester Jones, Francis Richards, William Cullen, Michael Gleason, Jumes Conologue, Felix Murray, Charles Kav- ensugh, James' Daley, Patrick 0’Malley, George Quinn, Thomas Fuller, Thomas White- mean, George Cooney, Joseph Daley, Ernest rk, mmile Gibourelle, Cieveland Hughes, orge Hughes, George Boyle, John Augusto, ederick Miller, Charles McGlynn, Thomas Burns, Daniel Anern. Joseph Flannagan of the seventh grade | was awarded a gold medal for excellence, i and Michael Moriarity of the sixth grade { a silver one. For the highest percentage on | the year's work a silver medal was award- | ed to Peter Carroll, highest in examina- | tion a silver medal to Daniel Sullivan of | the fifth grade. A gold medal was award- ed to Joseph Flannagan and a silver one o | Thomas Grodden for Christian doctrine, | both donated by Rev. Father Power. Thomas Leach was awarded a silver | medal for excellence in writing. The exercises closed with some excellent { advice to the boys by Rev. Father Gray. | | Last Friday the closing exercises of the | girls’ classes were held, when the foliow- ing programme was carried out: March, ‘“The Popular Swing" (Skoorb), Misses Burns, 8 M Fitzgerald, M. Laydon, M. Shea, D. ' E. ullivan, M. Logan; | i Sullivan, A. ss, M. Laydon, E.Can- | 1g; salutatory R. Hussey; “Theerosen” | sses M. Farrell, N. Abern, B. Fooley. M cCormick, M. White, A. Mar- ; voeal solo, “Hearest Thou” . Lugagne; exercise with mu- accompaniment; essay, “A Path to Happi- Miss M. Paitenaude; address to his | Grace, Miss N. O’Malley; welcome chorus, | “Le Mardi Gras” (Schubert), Misses M. Patte: | naude, J. Murta, K. Lugagne, K. Cantwell, M. Kindergan, M. Augnsto, N, Hallinan, L. Dan: | neker; "*‘Beautitul Gates Ajar,” pantomime, | elocution class: song, Miss A. Turner; *‘Les Syiphs, * duo (Wilson), Miss Georgianitana Miss L. Danneker; essay. “The Crown of Poetry’ | (Miss G. Dixon), read by Miss M. Callaghan | vocal solo, “Winter Lullaby” (De Koven), Miss | Mary Augusto; recitation, “Grandma’s Min- | wet,” juveniles; sonug, “Only & Dream,” Misses { M. Coleman, M. Augusto, M. Ryan, M. Patte- | nande, G. Dixon; recitation, “The Mystic,” elcention class; “Spatz am Dach” (Wagner), isses N. Hallinan, A. Sweeney, K. . Flood, S. Scott, L. Danneker, M. essay, “‘Passing Away,” Miss M. O'Malley; recitation, “The Heavenly Guest,” Miss G. Dixon; chorus, “Fairy Bowers” (Glover). Then followed the aistribution of school | honors, premiums and diplomas, and the valedictory by Miss G. Dixon. The gead- | nates were Miss N. O’Malley and Mis§ N. | Pattenaunde. The school will reopen on the last Mon- day in July. i | | M | M R 1dle Men Boisterous. There was & small disturbance yesterday morning in the employment department of the State Labor Bureau. A number of unruly fellows more or less under the infiuence oi liquor entered the yard provided for the accom- modation of men waiting for situations. They became 50 boisterous that Deputy Dam sent for the police. By the time the latter arrived all was quiet. What started tbe fellows in their disturbance was not uppnfieul unless it was the liquor they had consumed. ————————— ON LOVE AND DOOM. Pastors Listen to Papers on Widely Differing Subjects. Rev. J. B. Knight read a blank-verse poem before the Baptist Ministers’ Confer- ence yesterday, entitied “An Infidel’s Re- flections on the Opening Scenes of the Judgment Day.” The poem depicted a aialogue between an infidel and a Chris- tian, and finally .showed how despair seized the infidel when he found that the judgment had really come. Rev. M. P. Boynton thought the poem depicted the last day in too dark colors, but he admirea the literary merits of the poem. Several of the other pastors in dis- cussing the poem said it was the most re- markable piece of literary work that had ever been read before the Baptist Preach- ers’ conference. Christian Pastors, The Coristian pastors met yesterday afternoon in the Y. M. C. A. building, and appointed Professor Elston of Berkeley temporary chairman. Officers will be elected on the last Monday in the month. Rev, Edwards Davis of Oakland ad- dressed the meeting on the divine com- mand to love one another. He pointed out that “Love ye oneanother’’ 18 an ideal command, difficult of fulfiliment_as long as man is mortal, and he gave as his opin- ion that the way to make the command easy of fulfillment is for men and women to strive to become lovable. In the discussion Rev. H. V. Morgan of Alameda said: “I_ believe when man reaches the truest state there will be much of the feminine nature of true lovableness about him.” Dr. Gardener sad true Christian love takes the form of help and assistance: “If we are actuated by this principle of love we shall go down into '.ge slums of the City and help the people there.’ Presbyterian Pastors. Rev. J. Cumming Smith read a paper before the Presbyterian Ministerial Union vesterday on Dr. George A. Gordon’s book, #The Christian of To-day.” He took ex- ception to a few of the Boston divine's views, but spoke of him as a fine idealist. Congregational Club. The Congregational Missionary Club de- voted its time yesterday to.listening to and discussing a paper by Rev. G. T. Mec- Collum of San Lorenzo on ‘‘Some Homo- letic Values of the Visions of Zachariah.” The speaker saia all the books of the Bible were written for some specific purpose in some special stage of history and to be understood should be studied in that light. REVERSED THE DECISION. The Supreme Court Renews the Injunction in the Paahua Case. Nevada Bank Will Not Vote Rudolph Spreckels’ Stock at the Next Election. The Supreme Court yesterday overruled the action of the - Superior Court in the case of Rudolph Spreckels against the Ne- vada Bank. The decision does not materi- ally affect the merits of the case, however, merely preventing the voting of a block of stock at the coming election of officers of | the Paahua Plantation Company of ha- waii. The history of the case as submit- ted to the Supreme Court is that the troublie started with the purchase of $700,- 000 worth of Hawaiian bonds by C. A, Spreckels from Claus Spreckels, C. A. Spreckels pledging collateral secnrities to secure payment. Rudolph Spreckels pledged 5000 shares ot Paahua Plantation Company bonds, valued at $1000 per share, under an agreement with Claus Spreckels that the stock shouid not be transferred out of the owner’s name on the books of the company until after the maturity of the debt. Claus Spreckels transferred the securi- ties to the Nevada Bank when one-half of the debt was paid and _one-half of the se- curities returned. 1t is claimed that the securities retained are of greater value than the amount of the remaining debt. The bank tireatened to return the secur- ities to Hawaii to he transferred from the owner’s name, that the stock mirht be voted at the next. election of Paahua | Company officers, when Rudolph Spreck- els enjoined them from so doing. The Superior Court dissolved the injunction and the case was appealed to the Suprema Court, which has reversed that decision, so the injunction is again in force. - FOR THE FOURTH. The Japanese and School Children to Participate in the Parade. The several sub-committees of the Fourth of July executive committee are laboring zealously to insure a creditable celebration of our National independence. This evening the merchants and busi- ness men will meet the decoration com- mittee in the assembly-room of the Mills building to consider the feasibility of the adoption of the plan for a grand electrical illumination of the public streets. A novel feature of the parade this year will be the appearance in iine of the Jap- anese 'Patriotic Club. The members will wear their national uniform and be armed with muskets, Two floats will be dis- played by the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic, Gettysburg Circle. An erroneous impression got abroad that no floats reminiscent of the late Civil War would be permitted in the parade. This idea 18 entirely without foundation and the various posts of the Grand Army of the Republic will be so advised by Secretary Smith. At yesterday’s session of the decoration committee the secretary was directed to notify the decorators to be present at the meeting of the busin-ss men to be held to- night in the assembly-room and to be pre- pared to submit their respective plans and estimates of cost. An appropriation of $2500 will be asked from the executive committee. Grand Marshal Umbsen yesterday con- sulted with a number of the teachers con- cerning the display of floats to be made by the public schools. Historieal inci- dents dntinE from the landing of Co- lumbus will be designed and submitted by all schools desiring to compete for the prizes offered by the committee. P —— PRESBYTERY MEETS. Both the French and the Itallan Work Will Be Continued. At the meeting of the San Francisco Presbytery yesterday afternoon Judyge Thornton offered the formal call to Rev. 8. J. Kennedy to 8t. John's Presbyterian Church At the sugeestion of Rev. J. C. Smith the call was accepted. It was signed by J. 8. Thornton, E. W. Newhall and Rev. F. R. Farrand, moderator of resbytery. The pastor's salary will be 1500 per annum, but the young people wiil add several hundred /dollars a year more in the shape of rent. The French and Italian work of the presbytery was discussed, and it was re- solved to continue both, John Russell being superintendent of the Italian work and Reyv. Eugene Duprey of the French work. It was announced that the new Howard Presbyterian Churcnh will be dedicated on the 2d of August. —— e —— BORROW on ilks and jewels at Uncle Harrls’, 16 Grani s venue. { amounts than were appropriated were paid | ! against liability, must, against the best judg- “eration by the Board of Supervisors: ARE IN FAVOR OF THE DOLLAR LIMIT, Reéport of the Finance Com- mittee of the Super- visors. WANT A LOW TAX LEVY Condition of Trade aund the Wishes of the Public Given as a Reason. CITY FATHERS ARE ON RECORD The Health and Police Committee \ Strongly Condemns the City Prison Sanitation. The Finance Committee of the Board of Supervisors put itself on record yesterday at the meetiog of the board in favor of a lower tax levy than that of the year 1895-6, and while not saying it in so many words intimated that the public was much better satisfied under the old dollar hmit and that while the levy might not be confined to the dollar on the hundred it should be kept close to that figure. The committee asks oniy that the pub- lic organizations, large and small, lend them moral support and pledges a levy that will be satisfactorv to the public. The report of the committee is as follows: In the matter of the tax levy for the fiscal vear 1896-7 it appears irom the present condi- tions that the taxpayers deprecate and dread the imposition of an onerous tax rate, beliey- ing that it an excessive rate was imposed it would be a grievous burden and disastrous in iis effects at this juncture, when business and business prospects are far from alluring. The decadence in value caused by a decrease in rentals and the many unoccupied buildings and portions of buildings in various portions ofour City demand as light burdens in a tax rate as can be imposed. In addition to the aX rate street improvements are to be met by property-owners and all the expenditures which have to be provided for necessary to the | maintenance of business and the repair and improvement of premises to keep pace with growing wants in the endeavor to realize some Teturn on investments. Your committee cannot shut its eyes to the signs of the times and the present needs of our citizens, the most important of which is the tax rate, and for r!HL"P from an excessive rate | they look to the members of this board. In the imposition of & levy of 1.56} in addi- tion to the State levy of 6%l cents on each $100, making a total of $2 25 for the fiscal year of 1895-96, our ci s were appalled and have not yet recovered, but now simply dread any such tax rate being imposed under present conditions. { While it is true that the last Legisiature aided greatly to maintain the levy, yet the Supreme Court in its decisions has substan- | tially decided that it is the duty of the Board of Supervisors to levy a sufficient amount to provide for and pay all liabilities that may | occur and which in'the exercise of a wise dis- cretion is simply a matter of impossibility to provide for, yel in order to avoid and hold the city harmless {rom paying past claims, such is the dictum ot the court and therefore the law, because it is the eonstruction placed on the constitntional provision which inhibits ex- | penditures in excess of the revenue. i The dollar-limit pledge of conventions was a | boon to the taxpayers and was auch piedgs | as protected all the material intereste and checked to some extent extravagant expendi- tures. All went well and for years this pledge | recognized and steadily adhered to, but | Dby the extravagant expenditures of depart- | ments having independent powers and subse- | quent decisioms of the Supreme Court larger | outof the treasury and legimate demands | were practically declared illegal, thus causing an itdebtedness which the court decides can never be paid out of the treasury. In addition the court decides it to be your duty to provide sufficient funds to meet all liabilities. The custom heretofore pursued in making | the levy was for your houorable | board to make reasonable estimates of what proper expenditures should be made for the various municipal purposes, and in making such estimates the dollar-limit pledge was kept in view, 50 that the total leyy would not exceed that pledge. At the close of the fiscal year certain in- debtedness in excess of revenue often oc- | curred, but it was never contemplated that | this indebtedness should be repudiated, but by common consent was paid and the govern- ment went without violating its tax pledge. It now appears from the position heretofore assumed by officers of the City and the conse- quent decisions of the Supreme Court that un- less sufficient revenue is provided in any one vear no exvenditure of that year in excess of the revenue can be paid and that the tax levy must not be increased beyond any reasonable requirements to meet expenditures that could not be estimated or provided for. Your committee feels that your honorable board is placed in a false position; in other words, after using your best judgment in estimating and providing for reasonable ex- penditures the onus and fii-bilhy is imposed on the board if for any cause the revenue pro- vided isnot sufficient to meet the expendi- tures, and while such a conclusion is unjust, yet the Supreme Court holds this to be the law, and this board, unless indemnified ment of the members, impose & tax rate which as individuals they cannot indorse. Your Finance Commiitee feels and so ex- Erusseu its views, believing that all the mem- ers of your honorable board will indorse such action as will insure a low and yet sufficient tax rate for the ordinary expenses of the gov- ; that if representative bodies of our tizens will indorse such & proposition and will pledge their support in case of ex- | penditures by indcpendent departments in excess of appropriations, that said bodies will aid in absolving this board from any liability in case of such expenditures ereating a de- ficiency, that there will be no question that your board will cheerfully respond in making appropriations that will tmpose only such & levy as will be indorsed by our citizens. Your committee, in order that the feeling of trepidation and unrest in the minds of our citizens may be allayed, will on receiving the Auditor’s estimates this month proceed at once to revise and make estimates that the amount of the tax levy may be determined, and such rate be levied on the third Monday 1n September next as is required by law, so that the different departments may be advised of the e‘rproprhllnn to be made for the fiscal year, and govern themselves accordingly. N In individualinterviews the Supervisors, with the exception of the Supervisor from | the Third, expressed themselves as thor- oughly in favor of a lowerrate, and agreed that the big appropriations asked by some of the departments must be pruned down. The Health and Police Committee re- vorted to the board that it had made an in- spection of the City Prison and had found it in a very bad samftary condition. It as spoken of as remarkble that in a build- ing that had cost the taxpayers so much money such a state of affairs could exist. Numerous improvements were advised. . The ordinance placing the power of giv- ing permits for boxing contests in the hanas of the board instead of those of the Mayor was finally passed. The matter of selecting an architect for the new municipal building was put over for one week, as was the matter of select- ing a site for the Pesthouse. momenen STREET IMPROVEMENTS. Complete Report of the Work Con- sidered by the Board. The following is a full detailed sum- mary of the street work now under consid- ACCEPTANCES. Market, Sanchez to Noe—Bitumen. Market, Noe to (‘asiro—Bitumen. feventeeuth, Castro to Diamond—Bitumen. Seventeenth, Diamond to Douglass—Bitumen. g?fl:;:l:l:d-fldgmm crossinz—Bitumen. ermann crossing—Basalt. Market and Sanchez cro-lnt—‘Bltumn. FULL ACCEPTANCES. Folsom, Ninth to Tenth—Basalt. Masonic, Waller to mflcl—gll‘"- Masonic and Waller crossing—EXumen. | Williams, Belser & Co. Folsom and Ninth crossing—Basait. Foisom and Eleventh crossing— Basalt. Foisom and T welfth crossing—Basalt. EXTENSIONS GRANTED. N south, Fifteenth avenue to Nineteenth south— Grading, 80 days. Van Ness, Union to Bay—Paving, etc., 60 days. Thirteenth, Castra to Scott—Paving, 60 days. Alameda, Potrei0 to York—Grading, 60 days. Folsom, Sixth to Nineteench—Repairing, 30 ays. N south, Rallroad avenue to Sixth avenue— Grading, 12 months. Brauvan, Ninth to New Channel—Paving, etc., 30 days. AWARD OF STREET WORK. Bruno to Vermont—Grading 15 cents; J. M. Handly. Twenty-fifth, Xe;(monl to Kansas—Grading 3 Bay, Jones to Lea) 3 curb 75 cents; City Street Improvement Company. Central and Pacific avenues, crossings—Bitumen 18 cents: Pacific Paving Company. Kighteenth and Diamond, crossing—Bitumen 18 cents, four corners each 831; Pacific Paving Com- any. Eighteenth and Collingwood, crossing—Bitumen 18 cents, each corner $31; Pacific Paviug Com- pany. Fuiton, Baker to Lyon—Bitumen 18 cents, curb 40 cents; Jefferson Martenet. Seventeenth and Sanchez, crossing—Paving 18 cents; Pacific Paving Company. Taylor, Green to | njon—Cobbles 934 cents, curb 78 cents: Pacific Paving Company. Twen(y-fifth and Lilac avenue—Bitumen 18 cents. curb 60 cenis; City Street Improvement Company. ‘Twenty-fifth and cents, carb 60 cent pany. ongh and Clay crossing—Sewer 70 and 85 cents, water inlet $59, manhole $35: John Dolan. Gough, Sacramento to Clay—Sewer 69 cents, manhole $30: John Dolan. Gough, Washingion to Clay—Sewer 65 cents, manhole §30: John Dolan. Central avenue and Jackson—Bitumen 19 cents, 10-inch sewer 60 cents, manholes $27, corners $73, stone sidewalks 46 cents; City Street Im- rovement Company. P mazon avenue, Mission to_Paris—Grading 9% cents, roadway (macadam) 8 cents, sidewalks 3 cents, curbs 15 cents John Kelso. firazil avenue, Mission to Paris—Grading 20 cents, roadway 5 cents, sidewalks 214 cents, curbs 14 cents: J. A. Hyla d. Persia avenue, Mission to Paris—Grading 20 cents, roadway 5 cents, sidewalks 215 cents, curbs 14 cents; J. A. Hughes, RESOLUTION OF INTENTION. Haight and Cole—Stone sidewalks, cesspools, etc. Cortiand, Mission to Andover—Plank sidewal ks. Charch, Market to Fifteenth—Plank sidewalks. Devisadero, Waller to Thirteenth—Sione side- walks. Fell, Buchanan to Webster—Bitumen. Army, Church to Sanchez—Plank sidewalks. Geary, Polk to Van Ness—Stone sldewalks. Julisn avenue, Fifteenth to Sixteenth—Twelve- inch sewer. Sanchez, Twenty-ninth to Army—Plank side- walks. Douglass, Twenty-third to Twenty-fourth—Plank s idewslKs. ‘wam)flmlrd. Castro to Douglass—Plank side- willcs. 'ypress avenue—Bitumen 18 City Improvement Com- mbeth, Castro to Douglass—Plank sidewalks. thorne, Howard to Folsom—Stone side walks. Eli: H Minna, First to Secon: Howard, Second (0 I'hir: First, Mission to Howard—Stone sidewalks, Bernice and Thirieen h—Stone sidewsiks. Halght, Clayton to Cole—Eight-inch sewer. Halght, Ashbury to Masouic—Ten-inch se Lombard, Webster to Fillmore—Bitamen. RESOLUTIONS ORDERING STREET WORK. M south, Ninth to Tenth avenue south—Grading, te. e Central avenue, Halght to Waller—Fourteen- inch sewer. ASSESSMENTS SIGNED BY THE MAYOR. South Broderick and Fourteenth, intersection— Macadam, etc. ‘Thirteenth, south of Noe— Bitumen. Scott, Hayes 10 Grove—Sewer. Olive avenue, Octavia to Laguna—Sidewaliks. Fifteenth avenue south, M to L; street south— Sewer. Clay, Maple to Spruce—Sidewalk: Henty, Castro, 330 foet westerly—Sewer. Sixteenth, Church to Sanchez—Paving. k, Gough to Laguna—Paving. Seventeenth, Kansas to Vermont—Sewer. M street south, kighth to Ninth avenue south— Grading. Bay and Larkin, crossing—Sewer. Webster, Onk to Page—Paving. Fifieenth, Valencia to Guerrero—Paving. Folsom, Eighteenth to Seventeenth—Paving. Fell. Clayton to Stanyan, south half—Paving. Laurel, California to Sacramento—Paving. ASSESSMENTS AWAITING THE MAYOR'S SIGNA- TURE. ¥ifteenth avenue, M to Railroad avenue—Sewer. BIDS REJECTED. Fifteenth, Castro to wes:erly termination—Grad- ng. Vailejo, Fillmore to Webster—Paving, etc. CONTRACTS REPEALED AND WORK STOPPED. Chestnut, Larkin 10 Polk—G rading. Point Lobos, Fourth to Fifth avenue—Storm- water inlets. APPEAL FROM ASSESSMENT. Laurel, Sacramento 10 Clay—Plank sidewalks: 10 be heard June 22 at 3 P.M. PROTEST T0 BE HEARD. Cole, Haight to Waller—Stone sidewalks. Clayton, Haight o \Waller—Stone sidewalks; to be heard June 22 at 3 p. M. PROPORTIONAL ASSESSMENT. Van Ness, Union to Bay—Paving, etc.; Superin- treets directed to make. ENDENT OF STREETS TO MAKE CON- TRACT. Gough and Lily avenue—Ten-inch sewer, at cost not 10 exceed $70. BADING ESTIMATE. Railroad nue, Twenty-fourth to Thirtieth svenus south—City Engineer to make estimate of work. DIRECTIONS TO SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. Stetner, Tnrk to Eddy—To cause property-own- ers o lay sidewalks. To enforce order 2146—Prescribing general rules lndkaueclfi‘ ations for materials, etc., In street work. tendent of SUPERIN SIDEWALK REDUCTIONS. ‘Thirteenth, Howard to Harrison—Reduced in width three feet and established at ten feet; re- ferred to Street Committee. Dore. Harrison to Bryant—Established at ten feet. LOWEST BIDS. Hnight, Shrader and Stanyan—Sewer, 80 cents; manhole. $30: J. M. Handley. Noe and Fifteenth, crossing—Bitumen, 1714 cents: Pacific Paving ‘Company and City Stree. Improvement Company. Point 1.obos ana Seven h avenues, northeast cor- 387 Connor. Point Lobos and kieventh avenues, northeast corner—Water inlet, $62 50; John Dolan. Point Lobos and Twelfth avenues. northeast corner—Water inlet, $65; Jobu Dolan. Ninth avenue, Clement to Point Lobos—Sewer, 59 cents; manhole, $30. City Street Improve- ment Company. Point Lobos and Ninth avenue, northeast corner £wate - inle:, $59 90; John Dolan. Fifth avenue and A, southwest corner—Cesspool, $81 50: John Dolan. Fifth avenue and B, southwest corner—Cesspool, sidewalks, etc.. $50; Warren & Malley, Fiith avenue and C, southwest corner—Casspool, aidgwalis, etc., bids rejected unopened owing to errdr. Union and Steiner, northwest. northeast and southwest corners—Sidewalks, $30; Union Paving and Contracting Company. Union and Pierce, southeast corner—sidewalks, $30; Union Paving aud Contracting Company. Ttah and Seventeenth—=~ewer, 90 cents; corner, each, $30; manuole, each, $30. 'S. L. Lent. Utah, Seventeenth to Mariposa—Sewer, 59 cents; manhole, each. $30. City Street fmprovement Company. Broderick, Jefferson to Tonquin—Grading, 40; roadway, 8: si.ewalks, 85; curb, 15. Warren & Malley. Fell?’soottw Devisadero—Sidewalks, 14 cents: il on. rerto Fillmore—Sewer, etc.: bids rejected unopened. webster, Fell to Oak—Bitumen, bids rejected. Fillmore and Fell, crossing—Bilumen, 18 cen City Street Improvnment Company. BIDS TO BE OPENED JUN© 22, ‘Chirteenth avenue south, L to M street south— Grade, sewer, macadam, plank sidewalks, etc. Kddy, Van Ness avenne to Franklin—Bitumen. Eddy. Devisadero to Broderick—Basalt. Fifteenth, Guerrero .0 Dolores—Bitumen. Market, Church ta Sanchez—Bitumen. Market, Valencia to Church—Bitumen. Market and Church, crossing—Bitumen. Duncan, Church to Sanchez—Plank sidewalks. Mcallister. north side, 38114 feet westerly from Parker avenue—Sidewalks. Union, south side, for 8215 feet westerly from Taylor—3ldewalks. Trescott, southerly from Valiejo—Sewer, etc. B street, Sixth to Seventh avenue—Grade. Berry, Sixth to Seventh—Basalt. Flith avenue, Point Lobos to A street—Bitumen. Fifth avenue, A to B street—Bitumeén. Fifth avenue, Bto ¢ street—Bitumen. Fifth avenue, C to D street—Situmen. Goagh, Filbert to Greenwich—Bitumen. Devisadero, east side, Jackson to Paclfic av- enue—sidewalks. Devisadero and Jackson, northeast corner—Side- walks. ¥ifth and Harrison, south corner—Sidewalk. Twenty-second and Chattancoga, four corners— Sidewalks. PROTESTS REFERRED TO STREET COMMITTEE. Polk, Greenwich to Lombard— Froperty-owners ag:lust assessment district for gradiug. Stanyan, Hayes to Fell—Propercy-owners against 12-luch sewer. Stanyan and Fell—Paving. Fell and Fillmore—Property-owners against aving. 2 '1'wn'ntydu¢nnd. Dolores to Fair Osks—Stone sidewalks. Union, Scott to Devisadero—Property-owners, stone siiewalks. Octavis, Jackson to Pacific—Stone sidewalk. Scott, Thirteenth to Waller—Property-owners, aving PAVevster, Sutter to Post—Stone sidewalks. Elizabeth, Castro 10 Diamond—Property-owners, against sidewalks. % Geary, near Buchanan—Stone sidewalk. Lom! and Scott—Property-owners, against ving. P obbard and Devisaders — Propersy-owners, against paving. | ombard, Scott to Devisadero—Property-owners, against prving. Lom bard, Devisadero to Brod erick—Property- owners, against paving. PETITIONS REFERRED TO STREET COMMITTEE. 1, Twelfch and Thirteenth avenue—Grading. e nue and 1, crossing—Grading. glon and Cherry, sewer, etc.—James Ho- gan requesting that it be examined. Twenty-second and Chattanooga, crossing— Property-owners. paving and stone sidewalks. Church, Eighteenth to Nincteenth—From Con- ation Emanu-El and Kureka Benevolent Asso- ciation to rescind order of May & oraering work. Market and Sixteenth—Daniei Kelleher, for re- lease from contract for sewers. Sacramento, Wainat to Laurel—G, M. Perine, for permission to pave by private coniract. Chattanooga, Twenty-fourth to Jersey—Stone sidewaiks. ighteenth, Dolores to Sanchez— 3 sking for con- sideration of raising grade before paving. Lombard, Van Ness 10 Oak—Property-owners to grade. Thirteentn, Howard to Shotwell—Property-own- ers requesting that sewer work be deferred. Mission, Pope to Ottawa—Property-owners for sewer Pine, Broderick to Baker—G. M. Perine for pav- ing by private contract. Collingwood, Seventeenth to Kighteenth—City Street Improvement Company (o pave by private contract. Broderick, Lombard to Tonquin—Property-own.- ers for three electric li=hts. Lvy avenue and Octavia—Flinn & Treacy for con- tract to construct twelve-inch sewer. COMMUNICATION FILED. Market and_Sacramento—Western Union Tele- graph Company will build manhole. East, Murket to Sacramento—Conduit. APPEAL REFERRED TO STEEET COMMITTEE. Sanchez, Seventeenth to Eighteenth—E. Dusne from assessment for paving, etc. PETITIONS REFERRED TO JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. Harrison to Bryant, in block 328, that no street existed, from W. H. Martin and John Ballard. Ash_avenue, Webster to Fillmore—Property- owners asking it be closed. FULL ACCEPTANCES RECOMMENDED BY SUPER- INTENDENT OF STREETS. Grove, Fillmore to Steiner— Hasalt. Jones, Green to Union—Cobbles. Sixteentn, Church to Sanchez—Bitumen. Van Ness, Green to Unfon—Bitamen. GRADES RECOMMENDED BY SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. Chapultepec. Coso to Virginia—That grades be established. BIDS TO BE RFADVERTISED. California, Wainut to Central avenue—Twe!ve- inch sewer, on recommendation of Superintendent of Streets. BESOLUTION ORDERING WORK RECOMMENDED BY SUPERINTENDENT OF STREETS. Guerrero, Twenty-seventh 1o Army—Plank side- walks. EXTENSIONS RECOMMENDED BY SUPERINTEND- ENT OF STREETS. geBroderick, Lombard to Chestnut—Gradizg, 90 ays. Broderick and Chestnut crossing—Macadam, 80 days. bster, Francisco to Bay—Macadem, etc., 60 ete. days. - Webster and Bay crossing—Macadam, etc., 60 ays. Broderick, Post to Geary—Paving, etc., 60 days. Dore, Ha P south, Fourteenth to Fifteenth avenue—Graa- ing, etc.. 30 days. P south and Fourteenth avenue south—Grad- ing, etc., 30 days. STREET WORK RECOMMENDED BY SUPERIN- TENDENT OF STREETS. Capito!, Sagamore to Sadowa—Grading, etc. Capitol Capitol, rison to Bryani—Paving, etc., 60 days. dowa crossing—Grading, ete. owa Lo Broad—Grading, etc. Sadowa, Capitol to Plymouth—Grading, etc. Sagamore, Piymouth to Capitol—Grading, ete. Sagamore and Capitol crossing— Prospect and Esmeralda crossin 10 and 8 incn sewer, etc. adiog, etc. Grading, 12, Prospect, Virginia'to Esmeralda—Grading, etc.: 12-inch pipe sewer. Prospect, Virginia to Heyman—Grading, etc.; 10-inca sewer. Prospect and Heyman, crossing—Grading, 14, 12 and 19 inch sewers, etc. Prospect. Eugenia to Heyman—Grading, etc., 12-inch sewer, elc. Eugenia and Prospect avenues—Grading, etc., 12 and 10 incn sewers, etc., granite curbs. Prospe inch sewer. Prosvec: and Lizzie avenues, crossing—Grad- ing, etc., S-inch sewer, - Prospect, Lizzie to Cortland—Grading, 8-inch sewer, etc. Wajler, Masonic to De Long—10-inch sewer. Elizal walks. Liizabeth, Noe to &anchez—Stone sidewalks. Twenty-first, walks. Twenty-second, Church to Chattanooga—Plank sid_walks. Church, Twenty-first to Twenty-second—Plank sidewalks. COMMUNICATIONS FROM CITY ENGINEER. Referred to Street Committee: Lyon-street sewer outlet—Can be built at cost of $18,500. San Jose avenue, Ocean avenue to Sunnyside— Description maxing avenue 66 feet wide. First avenue, Lake to Presidio reservation—Re- commending distiict b> assessed for changes in grades. Eugenia 10 Lizzle—G rading, etc., 8- etc., beth, Noe to Castro, south side—Stone side- Dolores to Church—Stone side- NOTICES OF STREET WOUK. Lombard, Vau Ness avenue to Franklin—Bi- tumen. Lombard and Franklin, crossing—Bitumen. Lombard, Franklin to Gough—Bitumen. Lombard and Gough—Bitume: Lombard, Gough to Broderick—Bitumen. Lombard’ and Lagun: ete. Lombard and Bucbanan—Cesspools, stone cov- ers, etc. Lombard and Webster—Cesspools, stone covers, “es8pools, stone_covers, etc. 7Twenty-first, Potrero avenue and Hampshire— Eight-inch sewer. < Octavia, Jackson to Broadway—Stone sikewalks. Octavia'and Broadway—stone sidewalk, south- eest corner. Geary, Buchanan to Webster—Stone sidewalks. Geary. Laguna to Buchanan—Stone sidewalk. Buchanan, Geary to Post—Stone sidewalks. Webster, Sutter to Post—Stone sidewalks. Union, Scott to Deyisadero— Stone sidewalks. Eighteenth and Guerrero—Stone corner, south- east. Sacramento and Baker—Stone corner, south- east. Grove and Devisadero—Stone corner, northwest. Stanyan. Hayes to Fell—Twelve-inch sewer. and Fell—Twelve inch sewer, manhole, & rbs, stone sidewalks, corners, etc. Stanyan and Fell, crossing—Bitumen. §treet Committee Report. Thirteenth, H to I—Proposals for grading laid over for one weex. Elizabeth. Diamond to Dougiass — Protest of property-owners favored on condition that plank k 3 feet wide be laid by them. PETITIONS FAVORED. Hampshire, Twenty-fifth to Serpentine avenue— To lay. plank sidewalk. Jackson, Davis to Front—Temporary plank side- walk. Sansome, Broadway to Union—Io erect tele- graph-poles. Nineteenth, Castro to Sanchez—£roper ty-owners t0 retain plank sidewalks. Van Ness, Unfon to Gr:en—From Van Ness Im- provement Club for sidewarks. Jones, Green to Lincoln—Plavk sidewalk. PROTESTS FAVORED. Sixth avenue and A crossing—Property-owners against sewer. Sixth avenue, Point Lobos to A—Property-own- ers against 8-inch sewer. Fillmore, Geary to O’ Farrell—Sidewalk. PROTESTS REPORTED ADVERSELY. Cole and Waller, crossing — Property-owners against puving. B street, Sixth to Seventh avenue—Mrs. Brown against grading. Polk, Greenwich to Lombard— Proverty-owners against assessment district for grading. PLACED ON FILE. Romain, Corbett to Douglass—Protest of prop- erty-owners against grading. Petition of San Francisco Association of Im- provement Clubs for abolition of ra. tler test. Protest of non-partisan committee azainst ex- tension of Geary-street railway franchise. Certificate of abandonment by the Metropolitan Raliway Company of portion of streets. side OAMERON AND THURMAN, The Former Told How He Would Save the General. Representative Brosius of Pennsylvania has a good deal of veneration for the great men who have shed luster on his State, and he treasures the incidents and anec- dotes which illustrate their character. Here is one which he tells on Simon Cam- eron. General Cameron and his friend, Judge Thurman, were enjoying together the twi- light hour, both in a contemplative mood. After a period of silence Thurman said: “General, don’t you think both of us had better be thinking of St. Peter? You are oider than I, and I know you will die first. Then you will go up to the gates of| heaven and be forced to wander around awhile till I come as your attorney. I willisimply say to St. Peter that you were a fast friend, a stanch patriot, and gave the best of your vouth to the Democratic arty; that you became ‘fishy,” that is, epublican in faith, when possibly it would have been well for a good many more Democrats to have mrneg Wwith you. But I will tell 8t. Peter that, though you are a_Republican now, you are a stanch American and he had better let you in, for, if he don’t you will raise Ned outside. Then, as an honest advocate, I will tell the court that when you get in you will insist upon having the appointment of ail the of- ficers of St. Michael's army, and every one there will be a Penmylv-nun or the son of a Pennsylvanian.” This, of course, referred to Cameron’s well-known devotion to his friends and his success in securing appointments for them. 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