The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 28, 1896, Page 32

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JUNE 28, 1896. PROTEST AGAINST PRIVATE CONTRACTS Merchants Have the Street- Work System Investi- gated. ORDER FOUND ILLEGAL. Say It Is Contrary to. the Best Interests of Property- Owners. AN EXHAUSTIVE REPORT MADE Will Submit the Document for the Consideration of the Super- visors. The Merchants’ Association has caused to be made by their consulting engineer a reinvestigation of the subject of havine street work done by private contract. The associetion has forwarded this report to the board with the foilowing letter: To the Honorable Board of Supervisors of the City and County of $ TLEMEN : The Merchants’ Association had occasion on ber 7. , to protest agaiust a system ng street work done by private contract. t was & thorough re- time upon the contract iting engineer ot this mber 23 1895, an our honorable board private contract f ha' companying the pre e, with great concern that this the order passed by your on the 22d inst. entitled ndatory of section 28 of the e to the construction-and treets and sidewslks. This order will e sysiem of doiug street work by rac s, therefore, requested its consulting engineer to investigate this subject ain and report upon this new order to your s report has just been re- that the order recently orable board would be to the best interests of submit it to respectiully ask that n be taken in executing this until the matter has been you find the conclu- that further 7, 1896. ectors of the an Francisco—GENTLE- quest for a report on contracts and work et of the Boord of 1 to pr followin, part III of the general street > of California, act of 1885, ndent as the per- f the streets, or statute to form is vested the Board of Super- s or the Cit The Street Super- endent can only The courts have h 3 to initiate edings is v in_tbe officials nated oy the Legislature (72 Cal., 404), that the power cannot be delegated by h officials (35 Cal., 699, and also 47 Cal., ts does not dispense ication of a resolu- Cal. 270), and in order to fie plaintiff must requirements have 456; cited 47 Cal ith th tion of in recover a show. that n’ fuifilled. 604. Also se There are many o line, but enough have been b that the order passed to print last Monday will be void if passed by the board. When street- work is ordered there mustfirst be a resolution of intention passed, published and posted. It must be followed by an order for the work, ete., and the object of all these proceedings is 10 give the pr owner timely notice &nd an opportunity to be heard. Under the order mow being discussed no resolution of intention needs to be passed by the board, and the Superintendent of Streets receives greater power than the board itself possesses. H deprives the people of the all sin the same iven to show Tight of protest, and the board must by law hear protests and stop work for six months upon receipt of & protest. In granting the Street Superintendent greater power than it possesses the board has passed an illegal order and one against public interest. The section mentioned reads as follows: «whenever the Superintendent of Public Streets, Highways and Squares shall deem it necessary, for the public good*or convenience, to order the improvement of the roadway or sidewalks of any public street, lane, alley, place or court in'the City and County of San Franciseo, net accepted by the City, or the Te- construction or repair of any sewer already constructed therein, he shall serve motice in writing upon the OWDers, tenants or occupants of the lots or portions of lots fronting upon Such street, lane, alley, place or court upon or in which the above-named improvement, re- construction or Tepair is required to be made, and the owner, tenant or occupant of lots or portions of 10ts S0 notified as aforesaid shall, Within five days after receiving such notice, commence such improvement, reconstruction or repair, and_prosecute the same diligently unti! completion.” 1t is claimed that the order is essentially the same as section 13 of the act of 1885. If so, there was no need of passingit to make such section operative in San Francisco, as the act is a general one and applies in all municipali- ties in the State. But there isa great differ- ence between the order and section 13, as the Jatter begins as follows: “When any portion of any street, avenue, lane, alley, court or place in said .city improved, or any sidewalk con- structed thereon shall be out of repair or need. ing reconstruction 8nd in condition to en- danger persons or Property passing thereon, or in condition to interfere with the public convenience in the use thereof, it shall be the duty of the Superintendent of Streets to require by notice in writing to be delivered, etc., etc.” This section provides for work to be done on streets which have been improved but not ac- cepted, and further, oniy provides for repairs. No comment is needed. Under the law also, as provided further on in the section, the Street Superintendent must describe fully the character and amount of work to be done and the materials and workmanship. On these points the order is silent. Subdivision 2 of the order unaer discussion provides for the granting of permits for pri- Tate contracts, but neglects to mention spekifi. eations for the work or whether the work will e accepted by the boafd or any official. My former report of November, 1895, men- tioned the evils of private contracts as carried out generally, 80 it i< Not necessary to mention some features. - It is well to say, however, that unless the work isperformed in accordance with specifications governing public work that & great injustice is done taxpayers. Every man who pays for street work expects to have the street accepted by the City, and it is only right that the City officials see to1it that the work is done to the proper standard and under their supervision. It is not right to expect the taxpayers to maintain forever streets which have not been properly con- structed in the first place. This is & matter in which everr resident is interested. A resolntion (No. 14.639) was passed last Monday to grant permits for private contracts on certain streets. If the})ermu was granted and no provisions made for specifications or acceptance by the City the property-owners shonld take care that they are not being in- jured. Before paying for the work they should understand where they have placed them- selves by signing the contraet. If the private contract was signed because ot an order issued by the Street Superintendent to do the work in five days they cannot be compelled to pay for the work, for the order compelling it was void and the contract being signed under compulsion was not right. Re- spectfully submitted, ERNEST MCCULLOUGH. On Monday the association will send covies of the following letter to 2000 of the leading firms of the city: To the Merchants and Tazpayers of San Fran- ¢lsco—DEAR S1Re: Your immediate attention is respectfully called to the circular letter sent 10 you at our request by the Board of Election Commissioners, requesting_you to have some of your clerks serve as official clerks at the approaching election, for which they will be duly compensated by the City. The coming general election on November 3 isof special significance to the present and future of our City. The question of the adop- tion of & new charter for San_ Francisco will then be decided. It is therefore hlfhly im- portent that competent and reliable clerks and watchers be stationed in the election pre- cincts, so as to insure a correct and prompt count of the ballots cast. This association has arranged to co-operate with the Board of Elec- tion Commissioners in_providing as many as possible of the election elerks from the clerical 1orce of the business community. You are, therefore, earnestly and urgently requested to have one or more of your clerks serve in that capacity; and fill out the election blanks sent to you by the Election Commis- sioners. If you have already done so, please send duplicates of the same immediately to this office. If you have not yet complied with the request of the Election Commissioners, please do so at once and torward duplicates to this office. Any further information that you may desire will be cheerfully furnished in personor by letter upon application to the office of the Merchants’ Association. You are, no doubt, aware that at the last election grave frauds were perpetrated at the ballot-box, which this association will en- deavor to prevent. For this, as well as the foregoing reasous, we hope that you will give l;\is very important matter your prompt atten- tion. LATE SPORTING NEWS. Boxing Tournament of the Acme Club. Trap-Shooting Contests. A bantam-weight boxing tournament for the championship of the Pacific Coast will be held in the Oakland Athletic Club gymnasium on Tuesday evening next. An excellent programme has been ar- ranged for the occasion, which consists of wrestling matches between Harry Gel- der, the champion feather-weight, and R. Wixon of the lightweight class, In all probability J. M. Whelan will be matched to box an unknown at 135 pounds. Itis amusing to note the many chal- lenges that are now being hurled at Cor- bett by fighters who have long since been declared past numbers. Every F\lzillst whose hide is saturated with bad liquor is now looking for notoriety, and the sooner those broken-down pugs depart for | the happy lands of Jordan the better it will be for the sport of fisticuffs. A meeting of novices in the art of blue- rock shooting was held in Alameda Wednesday evening, June 24, for the pur- pose of effecting the organization of aclub to encourage outdoer sport and to give the members gn opportunity of shooting in- animate targets at a minimum of cost. The name *“Encinal Gun Club” was adopted, and the following officers elected : H. A. Hoyt, president; J. J. Knight, vice- president; L. A. Hagy, secretary; H. Bet- ten, treasurer; F. Schultz, captain; direc- tors—J. Cummings, William Murdock, G. W. Lewis. Monthly shoots will be held at Birds Point and prizes will be given to members making the best scores. The club starts with twenty charter members. After the regular shoot of the Empire Club, which will be held to-morrow after- noon at the Empire grounds, Alameda, a fifty-bird open race will take place. The entrance fee is §2 50 and splendid prizes are offered. Work has been commenced on the exca- vations for the Acme Athletic Club’s new home on the north side of Eleventh street, near Broadway, Oakland. The building wili be a handsome one on the Venetian order, with a front of pressed brick and stone. In the basement will be alarge swimming-tank. A room for the wheel- men will also be provided. On the second floor offices will be arranged, while on the third floor a magnificent gvmnasium will be constructed. It is expected that the building will be ready for occupancy in October. De Witt Van Court, the boxing in- structor who was recently from the Acme Club, has been engaged by the Reliance Club, and will commence giving instructions in boxing to the mem- bers on the 1st of July. Professor Al Lean, who is wrestling in- structor of the Reliance Club, was severely injured by a weight falling on this bac while training for the Caledonia games. Lean is sufficiently recovered to go to work, and is once again teaching his pupils how to wrestle. NEW MUNICIPAL BUILDING Drillroom to Be Located in the Base- ment. Other Changes Recommend:d by the Commitete of the Supervisors. Important changes will be made in the plans for the new municipal building to be erected on the old City Hall site. Thief of Police Crowley and Architect Frank Shea were heard yesterday forenoon at a meeting of the Municipal Building Com- mittee of the Board of Supervisors. The subject of locating the drillroom and the dormitories for the police on the basement floor was discussed 1n the pres- ence of Supervisors Benjamin, Wagner, Hirsch and King. It appeared from the discussion that the drillroom, if located on the ubper floor, would interfere with the business of the courts and the departments below,as it would be impossible to entirely deaden the sound of a large body of men drilling. It was argued that the vibration would cause damage to the buildin -, notwith- standing all precautions, while the location of the prison in the basement would be undesirable by reason of the odor arising from the kitchen. The location of the prison on the upper floor would allow of proper ventilation and be an advantage to the safe keeping of the persons therein confined, while the loca- tion of the drillroom and dormitories in the basement would permit the force to be ready for immediate service, which would not be the case if located on the upper floor. The Chief of Police informed the com- mirttee that in the municipal building of Philadelphia the prison was located on the upper floor and in his oninion it was a good idea and worthy of trial. Mr. Shea told the committee that it would take four weeks’ time to prepare | proper pians and specifications. In order to carry out the intention of the board and the wishes of property-owners he would work day and night to complete the task. As the buildings to be erected are for the police and several departments and also for a public Morgue and must be let in one contract, bidders must specify a sum for which the same can be con- structed. - It was the expressed intention of the architect to have the buildings com- pleted in ten months’ time from the day of signing the contract. The committee decided to recommend that the Board of Supervisors should at once direct the architects to make the changes in the plans as above suggested. The new plans may also contain a more spacious and convenient entrance on Mer- chant street, as business men and otbers east of Kearny street and south of Wash- ington will prefer to enter the hall on Merchant street rather than walk around to Kearny and Washington streets. A JAUNTING PARTY. A STRAW-RIDE TO THE CLIFF TO CELEBRATE A BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY. A straw-ride to the CLff was given to Miss Josie V. McCarthy on Tuesday evening, it being the anniversary of her birth. The par- ticipants were: Miss Josie V. McCarthy, Miss Emily Nicoll, Miss Annie McCarthy, Miss Mag- gle Delury, Miss Varnie Tunney, ifies Annie 0O'Connell, W. Anderson, J. Blodes, T. Flynn, L. Bideman, C. Flanagan, L. Hatfield, G. Gott- lieb and Miss Kitty McCarthy. kg Thomas Slater has a message for every man on page 30, Don’t fail to read it. discharged | LACE CURTAINS The knife that scalps prices has been busy in Lace Curtains this week. Cash buying and di= rect importing make these prices possi ble. Bargain won- ders every one of them. NOTTINGHAM LACE CURTAINS in and ecru, You can buy for five days at prices. New Curiains for house-cleaning. fide reductions. 3 yards by 36 inches—Regular 60c, 3 yards by 45 Inches—Regular 85c, 314 yards by 45 inches—Regular $1 25, 3%4 yards by 56 inches—Regular $1 50, This week 814 yards by 60 inches—Regular $1 76, 314 yards by 60 inches—Regular $2 00, NT CURTAINS—In ecru 314 s by 50 inches. are the 3 50 kin tain sale this week Hales are headquarters fsr Bunting. Uncle Sam's agents for the Red, White and Blue. All kinds and never so cheap before. Stripes all over. Stars all over Stripes and stars. Flags at almost any price. PEOPLE IN tHE COUNTRY had bet- ter order early. Show COTTON BUNTIN! kinds. For the 34 yard wide, all ourth COTTON BUNTING, 7 yard wide, a little bette: : Special RED, WHITE AND BLUE RIBBON— A'tull line for the Fourth. Fix things up for your Uncle Sam’s birthday. Our prices are from 35C (. ..veeseenens 1 o le (oo, (INCORPORATED] 937-945 Market Street, | SAN FRANCIS CO. To-day we place on special sale 8200 pair of This week 45¢ pair. This week 636 pair. ‘This week 95¢ pair. "$1 10 pair. This week $1 25 pair. ‘I his week $1 65 pair. BUNTING FOR THE FOURTH. 0 your Yankee, blood or American breeding. Decorate your house, your horse and your ha white these Bona NOTIONS. _Our Summer equipment in No= tions takes in about everything worthy in the Notion line. Just NEW TO-DAY —DRY GOODS. CLOSED ALL DAY SATURDAY, SPECIALS. The 1214c kind — un- 1C CANTON b'eachea—30 inch—very [ (2 FLANNEL | heavy—Special........... Yard Plain colors—regular) 71C COTTON Special| (2 CREPON weeee | Yard Regular 18c—2 yards BLEACHED | wide—nio dressing. We | ] QU SHEETING | willsell but 10 yards to acustomer. Special..... Yard You'd pay 45c—bleached 33¢ TABLE —58 inches wide: all | ¢ DAMASK linen. Special, 85¢c Napkin—b-8 BL¥A KED |alllinen. Special PK NS Linen finish—warranted DRESS GOODS The Summesr Dress Stuffs talk with no uncertain sound. There’s a money-saving argument in have it altered to fit and you’re ready to start. 25 LADIES' BROWN MIXED DUCK SU very fuill skirt, sizes 34 1o 40. swell thing and worth your inspec- tion. a Fourth of July price 40 LADIES' WHITE DUCK SUITS— The nobbiest suit of the season, Blazer effect, sizes 32 to 40. your chance, ye wanderers. .Come and look and buy. Cheap at $3 50. Fourth of July price 22 30 LADT effects, a 5 yards wide and bound with velvet. You'd expect Lo pay tlon opportunity and & Fourth of <) b July price.... - ach ‘" 25 LADIES' BLACK SERGE SKIRTS, 514 yards wide, thoroughly lined and velvetbound. The maker made too many or they would be $7 50. ) — =1 Y - = Don’t miss a trip to the seashore or conntry because you’ve no dress suitable, Step into one here. Pay about half its fair worth, [TS—Blazer Jacket with strap $25° ’s garment A summer girl’s g o at Here's SEIIESE O $23° Each - = UITS—Blazer v silk lined, skirt $10. A vaca- g =00 ACHINE |3 cord—50 yds to a spool C 1 5 the things you want for this |JRACHIYTE |3quionsosoastooll 2| every yard of these—just about | However, our Fourth of july pricels — Each Iy week. 25, 80, 35. Special.. loom prices. 25 LADIES’ FANCY MIXED SUITS. L = = — Blazer eftects and the cutest little ‘" BONA FIDE R®EDUCTIONS THIS | SCHOOL il uses BpeCIAL,orereen R 95 D s wad bownd.Tho SKIro 1s WEEK IN MILLINERY TRIMMINGS. | TABLETS z toned novelty, 19 inches wide, all £ 51, yards wige and the sizes are 34 ‘ All new summer of '96 novelties. Buckles, | ————— ——— light colors for linings. Special.. Yard to 40. They ought tobe $15. Never $10 50 “r Hat Pins, Aigrettes, Birds, Jewels, Butter- A MISCELLANEOUS LOT OF mind how we got ‘em. The Fourth 450; 40c reduced 1o 20¢: $1 25 reduoced to | SHAELDS = galines, Crystals, fancy change- 35C | 18 LADIES' SUITS—In Tan Kersey, . 90c. We gusrantee these reductions, Come stly shell color, wa 10° S s mns ol Brocades. . O%) - box coat, skirt 514 yards wide. lined ‘“ early for full assortment. HAIR ncnés tocg. | 10 Special, dhroughiout.and velvet bound, jack et 2 . 2 ox VENIY FIVE CENT (AE- 5(C| blepeart buttons, sizés 3210 40, o @] (:50 b & e — 5 A, fancy tw s, less than chey ought to be. Fourth — We carry full line of JAPANESE BAS- Colored gi ¥ b ¥ 2 ‘" KETS, Just the thing 10 make yoursym | SOAP stundohavg on he wall. | ] £ AGTalAU SOl qOIINE " Snecity, | pvert o July price. i Each mer trip with. All sizes. Prices from 20c i Boarding-house keepers LI-WOOL CHES SUITINGS, c & up. In the Bazaar. Suppiy your roomers.... | Each | AL5WOOL CHECH S0 e 10! Order your Vaca= kb 5 AT Buy a pair for the fourth Byscial < srateel St tion and Fourth of ‘" of July outing—heavy ALL-WOOL CHEVIOT, 35c kind, July things by mail. c SILK stitched backs — colors Cc 37 inches wide, all staple spring ©)=C : 5 CUR BAZAAR. GLOVES | Zoas Sisten ana Bracke | 19 Soeat ome et Iaeers 20 Experienced help to Yard Sizes 51pt08....... - | Palr this. Special . Yard represent you and Our Big Basement Bazaar shows all the Ruffle this with Chiffon SEVENTY-FIVE-CENT FRENCH 1C [ picnic_necessaries—Lunch Cans. Baskers, | w and you have & $2 col- 2 NOVELTY SUITINGS, this sea- | satisfaction guaran=- 31 | ete. complete assortment of Stationerv and | LACE A sou’s stuffs, all wool and silk «nd Fri Yard | oflet articles, Toys. Books and Games. | COLLARS 25 wool, 85to 2 incnes wide. "About £OC teed. . Write early All at prices to corréspond with our reputa- Butter color. Special.... | Each what it cost to raise the sheep, O¢ ) for Bunting and tion as pricemakers. = = = Special......... S5 Yhed g 2 L Fourth of July Rib= Yard bon. . GENTS' FLANNELETTE AND COTTON CHEVIOT OVER- SHIRTS—Dark colors, well made, vaine 76¢. Speci-l this week.. LAUNDERED SHIRTS— y muslin, re-enforcen back and front, 75c kind. Special this week . 5 45° Each 59° Each GENTS' LADIES’ AND GENTS’ FURNISHINGS. GENTS' NIGHTSHIRTS—Heavy Muslin and fancy trimmed collar and cuffs, plenty big. Special this week........... 48° Each INFANTS' LAWN BONNETS—The dear- est little things you ever saw. Prettily trimmed. Made for 75cselling. Special this week 33° Each LADIES LISLE THREAD VESTS. L. N, N. 8. Fancy ribbed. gho Pink and blue. An offer for a week......... Each LADIES' SILK VESTS—L N, N. 8, Swiss ribbed, cream color, 5O 52, 3and4_Will be closed 49 out this weex. Special at....... . Each S e e e e e e o e e e e ot T Sale Foo (INCORPORATED] 1937-945 Market Street, SAN FRANCISCO. AMADOR COUNTY'S MINING ACTIVITY, Work Is Resumed on a Mine Which Has Paid Handsomely. UNION CONSOLIDATED. Immense Bodies of Ore of a Paying Quality - in Sight. A PERFECTLY EQUIPPED MINE. They Are Now Sinking the Shaft to a Depth of One Theusand Feet. Amador County is advancing rapidly to the first place among the gold-producing sections of the State, and,singular as it | may seem, this section of the great gold | belt, though having yielded millions of dollars’ worth of the precious metal, is still in its infancy as a quartz-mining region. In the early fifties, and up to within a recent period, the miners of Amador County confined their operations to placer mining principally, and not until the now famous Kennedy and Zeile mines aston- ished the mining experts of this ana European countries, did the people of Amador realize that within its confines was more wealth contained than its mest visionary citizen ever dreamed of. Then commenced a system of deep min- ing which is developing this class of prop- erty not only on the mother lode, but in some instances miles away from the parent lode. One of the remarkable instances of that fact is the Union Consolidated, formeriy known as the Clinton Consolidated. This property is situated eight miles southeast from Jackson, toward the Volcano district. Some years ago more than a quarter of a million dollars’ worth of gold was taken from this mine, although at that time it hat mnot reached the 300 level. Re- cently the mine has been purchased by practical mining men and material addi- tions to the working capacity of the plant has been the result. During the period that the property re- mained idle water filled the shaft to the 200-foot level, and as the main shaft is down to a distance of 330 feet it required some expenditure to relieve the shaft; but, with the perfect pumping appliances now in use, as large as any-on the coast, it only required ten days to get the mine in working order. A tunnel 1400 feet in length taps the shaft at the 200-foot level, and at the level of 300 feet two drifts, one of 210 and one of 280 feet, extend on either side of the shaft, ana an immense body of ore is in sight, ore which has averaged from $13 to $10 per ton. : ‘When the main tunnel reaches the shaft at a depth of 200 feet it is'the intention of the company to pump all water from the lower levelsinto this tunnel and thereby send the surplus water about 1500 feet from the shaft. The equipment of this mine is most thorough. The hoisting en- | gine, of the most improved pattern, is | from the Risdon Iron Works, while the | pumping engine is an Erie, |~ Both of these are operated by water ob- tained from the Volcano ditch, but a skort | distance away. This water is afterward utilized to furnish power for the air com- pressor, thus economizing as far as is practical. The air compressor, thus set in motion by the surplus waste of water from the main shaft, is capable of running three machine drills. These drills bave been started, and work in sinking will not stop until the 1000 level has been reached. Over $500,000 has been expended in the Union, but that is a smali sum compara- tively with what is in sight. There is now a thirty-stamp mill in_operation and another of like capacity will be erected soon. This fact alone bespeaks an im- plicit faith in the future of the Union, so far as the company is concerned. With sixty stamps from 140 to 200 tons of ore may be crushed daily. The nine-inch pump, connected with a twelve-inch column, is capable of keeping the mine dry under any cirenmstances. Itis run by a' ten-foot Pelton water-wheel fed from the ditch with a fall of 196 feet. Thirty-five men are now at work in the Union, and there is no doubt but that double that number will soon be needed. As an illustration of the faith of the stockbolders in this mine, one has but to look at the perfect “equipments and the commodious quarters designed for the comfort of the employes. The superin- tendent’s residence, in close proximity to the main works, is a substantial and cozy home, presided over by one of the women who make men’s fortunes. Then there are tenement-houses fitted up with a view toward the comfort and convenience of the married operatives and a large and convenient boarding-house capable of accommodating sixty men for the single ones. The Union Consolidated Company owns | 800 acres of patented land, and the ledge now in sight is not the only one which in all probability will be struck, as another tunnel is being pushed in another direc- tion with every prospect of running into a new body of pay ore. It is these vast bodies of low-grade ore, almost limitless and always paying, which are fast acquiring for Amador County a reputation which might be envied by any mining section in the world. A chlorination works, a timber-yard, ad- joining the shaft building, and a iarge lacksmith-shop completes as fine an equipment as could be required for the guccessml operation of any mine in the tate. WIDOWS ARE HIS BANE. Edward Bartsch Arrested on a Charge of Insanity and Released on His Own Recognizance. Edward Bartsch, manager of the Kirk- wood Hard Rubber Company, was ar- rested yesterday morning charged with being insane. He was taken before Judge Hebbard and hig examination was con- tinued till to-morrow morning. Attorney Davis later procured his release by Judge Slack on his own recognizance. Bartsch declares that the chargeof in- sanity is simply a continuation of a sys- tem of persecution to which heshad for years been subjected from Mrs. Childs, a widow of Sacramento. “In 1889, said Bartsch, ‘I entered into partnership with Jacob Hoehn of Sacra- mento for the manufacture of a patent, Hoehn paying in $5000 for a half interest. Hoehn died in 1890 and his widow sold one-half of her interest to Mrs. Chiids for $3000. The business did not pay and Mrs. Hoehn put into 1t the $3000 she received from Mrs. Childs. Then Mrs. Childs sued Mrs. Hoen in Judge Catlin’s court for the $3000 and judgment was given against ber. Since then she has been trying to injure me in every possible way. “I have been unfortunate with widows. I married one and soon found I had made a great' mi stake. Then I had one as a partner and she took in another one into the business by selling her a half intere st and she is doing all she can to ruin me.” ' | NEWS OF WOMEN AND POLITICS, Chautauqua Gives Suffrage a Day at Pacific Grove. MANY LADIES TO SPEAK Rev. Anna Shaw Has Planned Out a Lively Two Months’ Campaign. M'GOWAN WILL GO ON STUMP. The Story of Hew Indomitable Suf- fragists Got a Big Audience at Fortuna. There was rejoicing at the Suffrage headquarters yesterday over the brilliant success of Friday’s ratification meeting in Metropolitan Temple. “The audience was more than half men, and that was unprecedented at a woman’s suffrage meeting,”” said Miss Susan B. Anthony. “That very fact shows that the men are interested. They have been largety helped to become so by seeing a paper of the standing of THE CALL come out for sutfrage.” Miss Anna.Shaw left yesterday after- noon for,'Santa Barbara, where she will rest for a week and be the guest of Dr, Ida Stanback. One week’s rest is all she in- tends to allow herself. At tke end of that time she will go to speak on the 11th and 13th of July at the Chautauqua meetinz at Oregon City, and on toe Sunday between those two dates she will preach at Port- land. From Oregon Miss Shaw will visit a number of Chautauqua meetings, prin- cipally in the East and the Middle West, lecturing at all of them. Toward the middle of August, she will turn her face westward again and will reach Boise City, Idaho, in time for the Republican State Nominating Convention, when the women wiil hold a State Suffrage campaign, sim- ultaneously with the men’s convention. At Boise City Miss Shaw will be joined by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt of New Yorl and after the convention sne will come back at once to California, to plunge into the campaign work in September. The Cnautauquans at Pacific Grove have offered the California suffragists a whole day during the coming meetings, and July 17 has been chosen. Among the speakers on that occasion will be: Miss Susan B. Anthony, Mrs. A. A. Sargent, Mrs. E. 0. Smith of San Jose and Miss Mary G. Hay. There will be three sessions during the day, and it is expected that a good deal of enthusiasm will be stirred up, which will result in votes for the amendment. On the 20th Miss Anthony will lecture, and on the 21st, Miss Shaw, who expects to ay a visit to Pacific Grove, will also be el.lisi Yates, another of the Eastern lec- turers, bade farewell to her friends at the headquarters yesterday. She leaves for the East to-morrow. Miss Harriet Mills is st lecturing in Humboldt County and expects to stir up a suffrage wave in Del Norte CoumF before September. Miss Anthony will remain here all summer, with occasional trips to interior towns. To-day she speaks at Mill Valley. Mrs. Smith, an ardent suffragist, arrived here yesterday from Humboldt County. She says that the way in which the men, especialiy the young men, attended Miss Shaw’s lectures was something quite re- markable. ‘“For one thing, vpeople ad- mired Miss Shaw’s pluck,” she said. ““There was one occasion that was a good deal cited. Through some mistake in the date, when Miss Shaw and the otherspeak- ers arrived at Fortuna they found no one to welcome them and no hall taken for them to lecture in. Did they give up? Not a bit of it. They took a hall right away and hired a boy to go round with a bell, eailing ‘Woman’s suftrage meeting to-night!” The bhall was crowded and Fon__unn got suffrage before the lecturers leit. Senator McGowan of Humboldt County has announced his intention of stumping the Siate for suffrage this fall, however the fortunes of politics may treat him per- sonally. ELECTRIC RAILWAYCARS Fourth and Townsend Line to Connect ‘With the Ellis-Street System. Next Monday the Market-street Railway Company will begin some important work of railway construction. The old Fourth- street line will be reopened as an electric road and operated in connection with the Ellis-street lines. In accordance with law the following official communication was filed in the office of the Board of Supervisors yester- day: Notice is hereby given that on Monday, the 29th day of June, 1896, the Market-street Rail- way Company intends to and will commence the work of reconstructing its railroad tracks on Townsend street, from, at or near Third street, to Fourth street, and on Fourth street from Townsend street to and across Market street to a connection with its tracks on Ellis street, in the City and County of San Fran- cisco. The locality of said work is as above stated, and the character of said work is the coustruc- tion of a double-track electric street railroad between the points aforesuid and the erection of poles and wires to be used in connection therewith. In withess whereof I have hereunto setmy hand and the seal of the Market-street Railway Company on the 27th day of June, 1896. J. L. WILCUTT, Secretary Market-street Railway Company. During the reconstruction of the Fourth- street line, the Howard-street cars will transfer to the Fitth and Sixth street lines, and transferring to the Kentucky-street and Ellis-street lines from the Fourthe street cars will be suspended. TO SAVE CITY LOTS. Mayor Sutro Advises That a Correct Survey Be Made at Once. Mayor Sutro has sent a communication to the Board of Supervisors stating that the records of the Surveyor’s office show that in block 6, New Potrero, there are some City lots. According to a diagram sent to the Mayor’s office at the request of the acting Mayor, C. L. Taylor, the west- ern boundary of such lots intersects the northern line of Fifteenth street. 1t fur- ther appears that on the easterly side of Harrison street a private owner or claim- ant has erected a fence inclosing a yard. 1t is sugeested that the City and County Surveyor should at once be directed to make a correct survey to protect the City interests. e Richard Cunningham’s Estate. Judge Slack yesterday issued letters of ade ministration to Alice I. Cunningham in the estate of Richard Cunningham, which is worth £5750. THINGS ARE WARMING UP. FIREWORKS! We put up Assorted Boxes for Chil- dren, including Firecrackers, Torpe= does, etc., for %1, 2 and $3. We make a specialty . of Lawn Dis- plays—assortments for $5, $8, 812, $20 and upward. Special Designs, Portraits and sugges= tive effects in Fireworks made to order. CALIFORNIA FIREWORKS CO. Salesroom 219 Front Street, Upstairs, BET. SACRAMENTO AND CALIFORNIA. Telephone No. Front 38. Boys’ and Misses’ Wheels $35 $40 $50 | CLEVELAND-—Stands for all that can be desired In the Highest Grade Bicycles, Price $100. CRESCENT—Stands for the best $75 Bicycle in the Market. Our High Art Bicycles, '96 Model, at $47.50, are Appreci- : ated and Selling Rapidly. $15 $20 $25 $30 $35 Second Hand Wheels LA NVITT & BIL.l, 303 Larkin Street, San Francisco, or 1112 Broadway, Oakland.