The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 19, 1896, Page 32

] (&) THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, JULY 19, 1896. good news, hundreds of by mail. FACTURING CO. starts SALE prices. These half yearly sales of ours are being waited for by thousands of prudent people. The country far and near is ringing with the Thousands of customers every day. Hotel furnishers and home furnishers have a financial interest in such selling—and to-mor= row the great stock of the KRAKER MANU- inquiries coming daily out at CLEARANCE FROM MANUFACTORY FOLLOW THE CROWD THIS WEEK. ; z 000000000000 DRESS GOODS. CLEARANCE SALE HARVEST | THIS WEEK FOR WIDEAWAKE | FOLKS. S 3E 33 IE ST IS IE I IS IT IS IS IS IS I I 3T 3 BLACK BROCADED SILK. a 47C| splendid quality for 76c, 1914 inches wide, our clearance price. Yard | | FANCY TWO-TONED TAFFETA, 1 sold all season for 75c, large and 48‘3 i medium designs, 19 inches wide, X to close the lot we offer it at..... Yard BLACK BROCADED GROS | GRAIN AND BLACK BRO- CADED SATIN. kv rd of our $1 and $1 25 stuff, 22and 24 inches wide, guaranteed all pure T 2C «ilk and best dye, Hale's price 9 | "r for clearance.......... vee Yurd EXTRA HEAVY BLACK SATIN Qe DUCHESS, the 81 25 kind, tull O 24 inches wide. Saleprice...... Yard SASON'S CHALLIES, the ce of the stock, colored figzures on Dav and black 1&)10 grounds, 31 inches, the lot re- - gardless at.. erssesesessecnen Yard FANCY CHEVIOT, all wool, 38 ©xC inch, colors of the season, worth - 50c, ‘CIeATance Price....... . .... Yard FINE FRENCH SERGE, all wool to 44 inch, never sold forless ! than 50c, tans, browns, modes, 99(, olive, cadet, myrtie, etc., abent & 1100 yards, price to clear. . Yard All of our $1 25 and $2 FRENCH NOVELTY IMPORTED SUIT- INGS, this season’s goods, made for swell folks. altogether at... DRESS TRINMINGS. Extra inducements in our Dress and Hat Trimming Department. | Bonafide reductions of one-third | to one-half. All this Season’s | Novelties—Aigrettes, Hat Pins, Braids, Trimmings, etc,, etc,. [0's] =] ) DOMESTICS. EVERY ITEM A LEADER TO SOME Sale of the Entire Stock of Made-up Goods of the - Kraker Manufacturing Co. Purchased at 60c on the Dollar, Manufacturers’ Cost, In connection with the greatest Clearance Sale new, fresh from the workmen’s hands. ladies, misses and infants. Ever held on this Coast. At this season of the year manufacturers are glad to turn their stocks into money. Knowing we have the greatest outlet in California, they turn to us first and make most liberal concessions. The stock that goes on sale this morning is from the KRAKER MANUFACTURING CO. of this city, all Thousands of dollars’ worth of standard Muslin wear for Aprons, Waists, Neckwear, Fancy Goods, etc., together with a handsome variety of Outing Suits, Separate Skirts, Infants’ Coats and Hats. never before. To-morrow sacrifice prices as: Wm&&a&s&&z% i KRAKER STOCK. There is practically no limit to the selections. Plain standard goods and elegancies undreamed of at present prices. MECCA OF BARGAINS. | Reduced from 64c. < blueand brown checks clearance sale down to Yard | 16x35 inches, fringed, o0 absorbers, clear: THEUK ance sale reduces 1C TOWELS., [them from 12%c 3 down to...... 3 Each Reduced from 1214c, UNBLEACH |13 yards wide and 1c 0} | good quality,clearance 3 | SHEETING. |sale......c. c.e....... Yard Reduced from 8140, | black gronnd with red 5C CALICO. figures, clearance price down to. < Yard Reduced from 1234c, DUCK 28 inch, light colors, 1C | SUITING. it's the time for duck 4 snits now. Yard Heduced from 121 DRESS colorea_stripes, dot 3C LAWNS. on linen grounds, t 1 Cl088. ... vinee Yard An extra good q CREAM ity, 56 incnes wide, a 25¢ DAMASK. | inducement for house- IRk Yard Also Figured Silko- TINSELED | lines, all reduced from 10°¢ DRAPERY, |121gc and 15c, clear- | ance price........ . Yard Reduced from $1 25, com- large size and good 9"(‘ FORTERS. |grade cotton filing, & ) { warmer at........ 3 Each Marseilles pattern, re- BED- duced from 81, large | 7HC SPREADS. |size. a big spread of { bedspreads, this one.. Each SIX different patterns CASTEL- In solid, black, crepe| ] O1C LANE efects, 31 inch, clear- 2 | CLOTH. | ance sale price Yard Reduced from plam and open work DAMASK ed borders, fine| TOWELS. | quality,knotted fringe, | 930 clearance price down | +J¢ i et --1__Each ground and worked in silk, a yard 50C wide, a big 'flannel affair this week, price. Yard nghan patterns, yds by 56 inches LACE white and _ecra, re-| &7].10 CURTAINS. |duced from $i 40, a— price to close. % Pair INFANTS WEAR! CHILDREN’S SUNBON ETS—Made of white cambric, small check gingham, | 5C pink and biue check calico, worth 26¢, J sale price. Each CHILDREN'S 50c S White and figured lawns, all em- 95O broidery trimmed edge; they should should be 50c, sale pri - Each CHILDREN’S T8¢ SUNBONNETS— Made of fine white colored lawn, tucked and ° embroidery-trimmed crowns, deep ruffie in_front—just the thing for summer. Cold type can't talk of such daintiness. Saie price... Each INFANTS LONG COATS, made of tan and_cream colored cashmere, scal- loped and embroidered . cape, large FTRC fuil sleeves, the regular $1 50 Kin {0 Bale e it L Each REGULAR 83 INFANTS' LONG COATS, tan or cream colored cash- mere, daintily trimmed with ribbon, -alloped and _embroidery ar littie comforts at on INFANTS' LONG COATS, regul $3 50, #4 and 85 each. fine whi mere, scalloped and embroidered cape and bottom, embroidery ruffle over shoulder, an aristocratic iittle affair and as dainty and elaborate as mother can make; sale prices $2 25 and, INFANT cream lengths $2.50 .. Each HORT COATS, made of d tan colored cashmere, 2, 24 and 26 inches, big gleeves and embrolgersd cape ' and & 1.00 bottom. Worth $1 50 at a sale, our —_— sale price...... Each INFANTS' 22 SHORT COATS, made of cream and tan cashmere, scalloped @ ] .25 embroidery cape and bottom, full el sieeves, pretty as can be Sale price.. Each INFANTS' SHORT COATS, double cape, mage of brown check cloth, stitched @ ] .50 with colored silk, full sleeves, wered) 1 — $2 50 each. Sale price... cssseceee Each INFANTS WEAR! INFANTS' SHORT CAMBRIC DRESSES, embroidery trimmed yoke 25¢ and full sleeves, sizes 1, % and 3, Kraker regular 50¢ kind: sale price.. Each INFANTS' CALICO DRESSES, cape ef- {;:csfi:r shoulder, lace trimmed and ves; you will pay 50c, but we purchased ai 60c on the doliar; our sale price. . INFANTS' DIMITY DRESSES, all small neat patterns, double rufile over sboulder, large sleeves and Valen- clennes lace trimmed: as quaint as quaint can be and 4 what thy ‘were made to sell fo) 2 75° Each INFANTS' SHORT § plain white SKIR cambric, 5 tucks, with a deep hem- stitched bottom. They were S0c less 25°¢ thanthe cambriccost at our sale price, Each INFANTS' LONG DRESSES, fine cam- bric, embroidery trimmed neck and 950 yoke, large sieeves. A dainty little af- OO fair and cheap at 75c. Our saleprice.. Each INFANTS' LONG WHITE, SOFT-FIN- ISHED LAWN DRESSES, neat as pins, embrodered trimmed yoke, £()C cuffs and boom. Sbould be $1. Our sale price. . P e Each INFANTS' LONG WHITE DRESSES— Made of soft finished lawn, drawn work and embroidery trimmed. Pie- EC ture this at $1 50, and it's classifie (53] our sale price. Each BOYS' FAUNTLEROY WAISTS— ‘White lawn: big strived collar, cuffs ()—C and rofiied front; sizes 3 10 8 yeais. ) Regular 50¢; our sale Price....ce..... Each BOYS' WHITE LAWN FAUNTLE- ROY WAISTSwkFancy collar, cuffs and front: severs! styles: sizes 3o 8 years: regular 75c; our Waist offer- ngs are especially good: see ourlin the price of this is.. LADIES’ WEAR. LADIES' PERCALE W AIST. laundered collar and cuffs, large full sieeves, full back ana front, neat patterns in differ- ent shades, sizes 32 to 40, the 50c kind, sale price. s 29° Each LADIES’ GRASS CLOTH OR SOFT- FINISHED PERCALE WAISTS, in plain or striped effects of tan, biue or pink, large sleeves, full back and front, K e to sell at §1 25, 75° .. Each LADIES' SOFT FINISHED BLOUSE WAISTS, a large ruflied edge, saflor 950 collar, lace trimmed cufs, Kraker made these for 78¢, our sale price. ... Each LADIES' SOFT FINISHED BLOUSE WAISTS, all dark colors in fancy stripes, made in the very latest style, gxira large sieeves, fuil back and 750 froat, Kraker made these for $15), ) our sale price.. Each CHILDREN'S MUSLIN DRAWERS, heavy muslin, tucked and em- 190 broldery trimmed, K raker made these 10 sell at 35¢, sale price..........c.uuue Each LADIES'’ MUSLIN DRAWERS, made of good heavy muslin, tucked and 2- Q%C inch embroidery trimmed, Kraker &« made these for 40c, sale price......... Pair LADIES’ MUSLIN CHEM fine muslin, square neck, deep-embroidery 40(.‘ trimmed. Kraker made these to sell at 75¢, sale price. Each LADIES’ REGULAR 75¢ MUSLIN GOW NS, roffied embroidery trimmed collar and cuffs. Kraker made tnese 48° 10 recail at 75¢ or more, Kraker sale price. .. Each LADIES’ REGULAR $125 MUSLIN GOWNS, an elsborate affair, princess (C shape, embroidery-trimmed yoke, col- 2 lar and cuffs, our Kraker sale price... Each NOTIONS. THIS DEPARTMENT FAIRLY BUB- BLES OVER WITH BRIGHT NEW GOODS AT CLEARING PRICES. | Momie Linen—Fring | 990 BUREAU ed and stamped. SCAKFS. | Plenty of patierns...| Each For Ladies—Of Swiss d Silk, plain and| 38c SHIRT leated, trim-| 50¢ FRONTS, med with narrow| 75¢ | Valenciennes Lace—| _and | Kraker price Tocto| $1.00 | $150. Our price...| Each Heavy Taffota Silk—| SILK ‘Gauntlet style for bi- 190 MITTS. cyeles,in black only, & value 25c. Our price Each Momie Linen—Knot-| TRAY ted fringe. stamped | 19¢ CLOTHS, patterns, size 18x28| inches. Salefprice.. Each 10 yards in a roll— | SHELF Lace effect edge, for, 4° | PAPER, Roll Cross-cut Toll Toilet| G TOILET Paper—A great offer| PAPER. | for clearance sale... Roll | Hale’s Special Brand| NOTE Paper and Envel-| ] ()C PAPER. opes in fancy boxes. worth 26¢,clearance Box [One inch thick. size 4 ENCIL 9x6; these are very BL». TS, special...............| Tablet | Fancy Embroidered | S| Trimmed Collars, | (rakermade toseli| ] 5C at 50c and 76ceach, () sale prices 25¢ and..| Each | MUSLIN PILLOW SHAMS, tucks | 7 with plain_and embroidered rufiles, good size, Kraker made them to sell at £1 to $2 50, our prices $1 26, 81, 65° 75¢ and. Each LADIES’ FANCY SAILOR COLLARS, made of Swiss and embroidery £ ()C trimmed. Kraker made them to seil at 76¢ to $1 50, OUr PriCe............ Each 3 v DUCK SUIT ALL FROM THE KRAKER STOCK. IT'S THE TIME NOW FOR DUCK SUITS. SIEITITITITIT I e Is T Ie I We will sell 50 DUCK SUITS in swell blazer effects of blues, tans and drab mixtures, Kraker made these to_sell a: 81 75 each. we .00 have sizes 32 on special 122 sale....... 5 $ Each 47 DUCK SUITS that Kraker made to sell at $2 50, the popu- lar blazer jacket, full skirt, tans, biues and poika dots, sizes 32 to 40, come early for size; price .. gL Each Kraker mado about 50 DUCK SUITS to sell at $3, all were new blazer effects in navy, tan and black, sizes 32 10 40; we make a special price of . sz 37 DUCK SU1TS that Kraker made 1o sell for $8 50, in blazer :na$2.n 38; T —_— Each box effects, sizes speclal price.. WE_HAVE ABOUT 50 DUCK SUITS in tanand blue mixtures that Kraker made to retall at $2 00, the very latest cuts. Our special price. ... $12° LADIES' LIGHT TAN CAPES. These are trimmed with fancy braid and small pearl buttocs, 20 inches long, new styles. Re- duced from $8 00. Our price. .. LADIES' BLACK CAPES, the best of broadcloth, handsomely braided, top cape, 21 inches long, marked down from $4 50. A cape chance at. E3T3IE IS ITITIL I g5 Each E—- b = TAN JAORETS, 34 silk lined, velvet collar, ripple back, 4 large pearl buttons, wi 10, $5:0 Only a few to close at. Each etc. Ask to see. EALE EEIEIEIEIE I ITIT I I T BROS., Incorporated, 2987-945 Marlket Street. e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e The New and Seasonable Stock of the KRAKER MANUFACTURING COM- PANY Goes on Sale TO-MORROW at SACRIFICE PRICES. =ttt e —ms e —o HALE BROS., Incorporated, O987-945 Marlket Street. ST ST ST S Sr ISt St =28 I ASSESSOR SIEBE UPON THE RACK. Sharp Contest Before the| Board of Super- visors. GRAND JURY AFTER HIM | Hints of Jugglery in the Valua- tion of Spring Valley Property. THE PROCESS EXPLAINED. Assertion That $1,900,000 of Central Gaslight Stock Is Not on the Roll. A delegation from the Grand Jury con- sisting of alert, active business men of affairs met Assessor Siebe and Chief | Deputy Herzer in open session of the Board of Supervisors yesterday morning. The meeting was not unexpected. The members of the Grand Jury, accompanied by Expert Horace D. Dunn, were there to establish by facts and figures that the As- sessor, according to the system of valua- tion which he ‘applied generaily to the assessment of personal property, bonds, stocks and franchises, had not been ap- phed to the Market-street Railroad Com- pany, the light corporations and the Spring Valley Water Works. The Grand | Jury was there to show that the under- valuation, as respects these corporations, amounted to $11,000,000. On one side of the room sat Jurors McLennan, Payne, Butler, McBean, O’Farrell and Cheever. On the other side were Messrs. Biebe and Herzer of the Assessor’s office, and Mr. Arnold, a member of the State Board of iqualization from Los Angeles. he assessment of the San Francisco Gas Light Company was one of the first items considered. As the undervaluation in this is only $254,000, the line of action was not uncovered by the jury. Mr. Payne explained that the bonds and stocks were considered by the Grand Jury as & means of ascertaining value, or the worth of prop- erty iu excess of the value of real estate. ‘When the assessment of the Spring Valley Water Works was reached a revela- tion came. Jobhn A. Russell read the Grand Jury figures as compiled by Expert Dunn, closing with the calculation that the undervaluation was $4,434,000. Then followed the ordinary questions about the assessment of the property in counties other than S8an Francisco. me of these etock questions are familiar to ex-Super- visors and ex-Assessors well as to offi- cers now 1n power. The Grand Jury con- tended that the corporation valued its property at $23,065,750, and of this prop- erty $17,500,000 was in San Francisco. Mr. O’Farrell of the Grand Jury asked the Assessor how much the com; ngm been assessed for real estate in San i | changed since the'roll was turned over. cisco. Assessor Biebe replied $1,200,000. Expert Dunn said the real estate assess- ment was $856,000. The Supervisors were about to treat the Grand Jury figures as worse than useless when Mr. Dunn challenged the correct- ness of the Assessor’s statement to the jury. . The Supervisors were inclined to insist that the Assessor knew, and one of the members of the board could hardly re- strain his glee at what he supposed was the utter discomfiture of the meddlesome Grand Jury. Assessor Siebe insisted that $400,000 more of real estate had been assessed to the company than the Grand Jury figures represented. One of the jurors asked: this assessment made?’’ Supervisor Taylor (chairman) said: is the record of the Assessor’s books."’ Mr. Dunn replied: *‘1 beg your pardon; it is not the record, or the record has heel} have taker from the index-book of real estate all entries of assessments of this corporation. I have the list of each piece of property here with me now. I made it after the books were turned over to the board, and if any additions have since been made I have no knowledge of the change.” Mr. Dunn was about to give his ex- planation of the transaction when the Su- pervisors discovered that time was very precious; that the board must hear other parties at 11 o’clock. It was expisined after the session of the board that the Assessor had taken. six pieces of real estate in which the water company owned a fractional interest and credited the company with the entire ownership. The total value of these six pieces of real estate is $579,350, of which the undivided interest of Spring Valley is $164,000. Being a co-owner, the Assessor credizs Spring Valley with $400,000 and goes to the Supervisors and leads them to believe that the assessment is $400,000 larger than it actually is. The Grand Jury simply takes this view of iv: “'If the Supervisors want to be de- ceived the juggling is at hand to deceive them.’’ The Spring Valley case, interesting as it was in tge introduction of peculiar meth- ods, was not a marker to the Central Gas Light Company incident. “‘Central Gaslight Company, deficiency “When was it | $908,535,”” read Mr. Russell. Assessor Siebe—Not in existence. As- sessed to Pacific Gas Improvement Com- pany. The delegates from the Grand Jury pro- ceeded to show that the Central Gaslight Company bad 20,000 shares of stock in March last, valued then at$95 a share, or $1,900,000. Mr. Dunn said the Pacific Gas Improve- ment Company makes no statement that it has any leased property whatever. On its own proper assessment there is an un- dervaluation of $169,577. Nothing of the Central is included in its statement. “Bring the gas people here,” said Mr. Biebe. “‘Ob, it1s 11 o’clock now,” said one of the Supervisors. *“We will take this under advisement and give it fair consid- eration.” The Grand Jurors were inclined to in- sist tuat the stock of the Central Gashght Company, which was worth $1,900,000 last March, should be assessed. The Assessor contended that it was in- cluded in the assessment of the Pacific Gas Improvement Company. Mr. Dunn—The Pacific Gas Improve- ment Company pays only on its own prop- erty. A{r. Herzer—We simply say that it has not_been omitted, but is assessed to the Pacific Gas Improvement Company. Mr. O'Farrell, whose ability to reach the true inwardness of complicated transac- tions is known, asked some “foundation’’ uestions, but Mr. Siebe replied, *‘Send or the gas company."” The situation became so embarrassin, that the Supervisors studied the clock witz eager interest. 1. McLennan said the Grana Jury had not Included the Central Gaslight Com- pany with the Pacific Gas Improvement Company. The dispute was unseitled when the chairman oi the Supervisors called ““Time.” A disinterested referee moved to award the contest to the Grand Jury. 1t will re- quire a deal of clever juggling to convince the jury’s expert that the $1,900,000 of stock of the Central Gaslight Company has not eluded enrollment. In the next contest between the Grand Jury’s expert and Assessor Siebe the latter was outclassed and Herzer had to come to his relief. The clash began over the Mar- ket-street Railway assessment. Theodore Payne, with his easy courtesy, said to the chairman: ‘“We see no assess- ment of cars. Here is a memorandum of 800.” Mr. Siebe—We assess so much per mile for the road and that includes rolling- stock. Mr. McLennan—Last year you assessed cars, but it does not appear so this year. Mr. Dunn—Why did you assess the Pre- sidio and Ferries road and the Satro road for rolling-stock ? Assessor Siebe—We did not. Mr. Dunn—Now, I can show that you a. Assessor Siebe—No, we did not. Mr. Herzer—Mr. Dunn may be right. There was an error in these two cases. We did assess the rolling stock. Nothing more could be said on that point. The Grand Jury contended that the deficiency 1n_ the assessment of the Market-strect road was $4,255,000. Among other deficiencies called in regu- lar order and passed over without pro- longed discussion were assessments of toe Edison Light Company, and Geary, Sat- ter and California street railroad com- panies, Shortly after 11 o’clock the Grand Jury Committee, through Secretary McLennan, thaaked the Supervisors for courtesy, and so the joint session ended. AL S b HEAR MANY PROTESTS. Supervisors Sit Continuously for Over Six Hours Listening to Ap~ plications for Reductions. After the Grand Jury haa filed out of the room the matter of the assessment of the Market-street Railway Company came up for consideration. A. J. Clunie was present to ask that the assessment be raised from some $5,000,000 to $18,700,000, and on the other hand E. Black Ryan and H. H. Lynch appeared for the company to ask a reduction to something less than $2,000,000. Clunie had subpenaed the fol- lowing witnesses, but they failed toanswer their names yesterday: Thomas Brown, H. E. Huntington, W. 7T. Adams and George T. Folsom. Clunie was willing to proceed, however, so at his request Asses- sor Siebe was called and sworn. In answer to Clunie’s question Siebe stated that the Market-street Company controlled the entire street railway system of this City with' the exception of a few companies, including the Sutter, Cali- fornia, Sutro, Union and San Mateo lines. ‘The capital stock of the company consisted of 187,500 shares of stock, whose par value was $100 a share, but which were selling at about $44 a share on the first Monday in March. At this rate the market value of the capital stock would have been about In getting at the value of the company’s franchise Siebe had deducted from the capital stock the value of the personal nroiperty and took 50 per cent of the re- mainder as the value of the franchise. Siebe didn’t know just why he had taken one half the amount—he admitted having known that in various cases the Supreme Court of the State bad approved the method of taking the capital stock minus the personal property as the value of the franchise. Siebe knew that at the time he made the assessment the company was paying divi- dends on $18,700,000 capital stock. He also knew that one of the directors of the company had declared that the road was worth several millions more than the capital stock at that time. ‘When Clunie had finished his examina- tion of Assessor Siebe E. Black Ryan spoke in behalf of the raiiroad. To sup- port his contention that the railroad’s as- sessment should be reduced to $1,032,000 he callea H. H. Lynch, the saperintendent of construction of the Market-street Com- pany, and questioned him as to the cost of z(;:onsuuc\ion of the various roads in the ity. Lynch had constructed twenty miles of the cable roads and all of the electric roads of the company. The Market-street sys- tem proper had been originally constructed at a cost of about §$150,000 per mile, aggre- gating $3,873,000. The roads were not con- structed economically, Lynch declared, and could be easily duplicated now for $40,000 a mile, a total of $1,032,000. The Ferries and Cliff House line, originally | costine $1,567,000, could now be built for $698,000. .The Omnibus Cable system, which had cost $2,175,000, could be put in operation now for $345,000. The company also expends a great deal of money on street work, Mr. Lynch de- clared. n many of the thoroughfares that its cars run on the company has to keep half the street in repair. About seventy-five men are thus employed by the company all the time and often more. In fact, very often the company had more Lnel{x busy on street work than the City ad. In building roads the company often had to raise the level of streets, and this | was quite en item of expense, in fact, this often amounted to nearly as much as all | the rest of the expenses of construction. While it was true that bonds of $7,000,000 | had- originally been issued, nevertheless, the whole system could be constructed now for $2,000,000, Money had been wasted in every direction, Lynch affirmed, in the original construction. For instance, they now bought cement for $1 10 per bar- rel which they had then paid $4and $5 a barrel for. In regard to the value of the stock, Lynch knew that as a matter of fact there was little sale for it and that the high market value assigned it was bused upon the sale of only a iew shares. At the con- clusion of Superintendent Lynch’s testis mony the board adjourned until 1 o'clock. At the opening of the afternoon session the application of the Spring Valley Water Works for a reduction irom $3,549,265 to $2.549,265 was_heard. The reduction was asked on the item of franchise which had been assessed at $2,500,000. According to the sworn statement of William Brooks, the company’s agent, the franchise was worth only $1,500,000, at which it had been previously rated by the Supervisors in fix- ing water rates for the present year. The matter was taken under adyisement. James K. Green appeared in behalf of | the Edison Electric Light and Power Com- ny to ask a reduction from $700,000 to ,000. The company was assessed at $250,000 last vear and the Assessor made a raise of $450,000 on account of the appre- ciation in the value of the stock. The mat- ter was taken under advisement. Edward Owens appeared to ask a reduc- tion in the assessment of the property of the Fair estate. ‘The following reductions were asked on the various lots of land de- scribed below : Twenty-seven pieces of property, consti- tuting the Fair seawall property, from $121,500 to $89,150. Denied. Twenty-one pleces of property in the business portion of tne City, from $1,200,- 180 to $1,114,950. Denied. Three Western Addition lots, from $24,310 to §21,420. Denied. u-L.hl‘l cgmcxm of the San mmloo' (:;a mpany urged that, in W O . depreciation of ,21 estate values in this 01? and the fact that the gas eom%nny had voluntarily reduced its rates from $2 to $175, the assessment of the real estate of the company should be reduced from sslsfll; wss‘u,g: “nxg.:d m;‘ t;’:' im- rovements from $1,! to$1,000,00e- ghe 'I::o-rd took the matter under advis0. ment. The application of H. M. Wolley fora reduction of the assessment on eleven pieces of property belonging to the Ho- bart estate from $36,340 to. $20,250 was de- nied. An application by the same person for a reduction in the assessment of nine- teen pieces of property belonging to AL vinza Hayward from $87,700 to $61,300 was also denied. Joseph Rice appeared on behalf of M. H. de Young for a reduction on thirty-eight pieces of property from $161,740 to $102,- 590. Denied. The ex-director-general succeeded, how- ever, in obtaining a reduction from $323,- 546 to $299,040 on his personal property, be- iug 50 cent of the reduction asked for. 'he following is a complete list of the other reductions on real estate or improve- ments made by the board: L. Geiseberger, $200 to nothing; Rebecca Rudee, £3000 to $2500; Fred Gordman, $3750 to $3000; Patrick Holland, $1000 to $900; Mary A. Dougherty, $1800 to $1500; Emma J. Lowell, $1000 to $800; Bridget Y. $6800 10 $6000; George Heyl, $ nio Devoto, $470 to $250; $2750; Sidonia Mahl, Shirley, $17,500 to § $2000 10 $1750; Mary cGee, $700 to $500; Peter Clark, $700 to $500: Mary E. Brown, $1400 to $1000; Ottilia Mau, $14,500 to $12,- 500; August M. Cayot, §1000 to $200; Annie | P. McCann, $1850 to $1260; £l W man, $1800 to $1250; A. il. Baldwin, $27 $2 ; M. Chandler, $3000 to Ubhams, $1500 to £1200; H. 000 to $4500; Anna M. Crosby, $6 - 00; G. Johnson, $3150 to $2700; Cath 10 erine raber, $6000 10 $5000; E. D. Sawyer, 300 to ;. J. G. Wittmeier, $4200 to 500 _to $56000; H. Autoine Buchiguani, §3650 to $3250; A. Mac- donnel, $1000 to $750; John Piorr, $3200 to $2500; Oliver Madson, $2800 to $2500; Frank Happersberger, $20,200 to $17,500; H. and Joost, $6850 to $5750; George T. Poultney, 51950 to $1500; James Fitzgerald, $4200 to $3750; Willlam’ Dergan, $1400 to'$1200; E. R. Baugge, $1500 to $1250; T. McCarty, $2500 to $2250; D. R. Meacham, $400 1o $200; B. Martinusan, $930 to §750; William ' Mullowney, $1250 to $1000; Mary McCormack, $3500 to £3000; William "Miller, 0 to $1500; Thomas Knight, §14,300 to 12,300; Amelia Newhouse, $2050 to $1750; Yee Sas Kerai, $3100 to $2750; Robert Wat- son et al, $3500 1o $3000; W. W. Belshaw, 400 to nothing; R. C. de Boom, $14,000 to G. E. Bacoa, $14, $12,500; A.S. 1all, $2500 to $2250 William Monaghan, $1000 10 $750; H. W. Smith, $3000 to $2500; J. B.and L. B. Joseph, $23,000 to_$18,000 Isanc Rudee, $1200 to $1000; Mrs. M. 2000 to $1500; James Gilehrist, $2000 t0 $1800; Rosg. A. Pritchard, $3000° to $2750; George T. Marye Jr., $190,000 to $175,000; Mary Craig, §2500 'to $2250; L. C. Cole- man, $5600 1o $4500; E. Bush, $1250 to $1000; L. and I. Cahen, $4000 to i D. Costello, $1800 to ¥1500; Mary 2 James _ Me- C.__ Stod- Newell, Koch, $1000 to $300; Susan M. Morrili, $2000 to $1750; Eugens to_$2250; C. L. Schoema: £5000 to ; John F. Lindow, $3600 to $3150; Abbie L. Soule, 2500 to $1750; P. urtha, $750 to §550; Arthur Freiling, $3500 0 $3000; A.J. Kieinaupt, $3750 to $3400; John Doherty, $3250 to '$2750; Jeannette Bernstein, $2500 to $2250; P. J. Fitzsimmons, 10 $4250; #5150 ; Effie A. Berlin, $2500 to $2000; R. S. R. de la Hautiere, $3000 to #2000} D. E. Melliss, 1150 to $900; Antoine Borel, 8wiss Consul, exempt; E. E. Harris, 200 to $3750; M. F. Fragley, $1500 to 1250; Albert Jacobs, $1750 to $1950; Martin . Mohrdick, 10 $5000; C.J. Behlow, $4000 to $3950; Sarah G. Grabill. 81000 to $750; Albert Jacobs, $1500 to $1000; Mar; Slavin, $4500 to ; L. J. O'Farrell, 19,900 to $15.150; Isabeila R. Kinsey, 10:200_to ; Sarah N. Morris, $2750 to $2250; Pauline Grodzinsk Elizaveth Martin, $750 to At 7:30 o’clock, after a continuous sittin, of six and a half hours, the board ad- journed until Monday morning at9o’clock. i_,, $2250 to $1000; 00. ‘WE have framed up 2 lot of etchings and photographs in new green, Japanese gray and English oak. They are low in price, but very stylish, and good enougn for any parlor. San- born, Vail & Co., 741 Market street. ¥ e e Minetti Retires. Giulio Minetti, who has been first violinist in the Tivoli orchestra for a long time, retires from that organizaaion Sunday night. Mr Minetti will begin a series of concerts eazly in September. ———————— THE King of Pill’s is Beecham’s—BEECHAM'S. Len- 50 o | IS HERE TO BUY MINES, An Ohio Syndicate Secretly Ex- amining the Mother Lode. Invested Over $60,000 in San An- dreas and Now Hunting for Other Good Things. The agents of an Ohio syndicate are here looking for investments along the mother lode. For some little time they have been quietly at work, and already they have in- | vested between $60,000 and $70,000 in one property in Calaveras County. Professor P. L. Hobbs of the department | of chemistry in the Western Reserve University at Cleveland, Ohio, is at the head of the party sent here to look over the ground. B 3 “From time to time during the last two years,” said Professor Hobbs yesterday at the Grand, “this syndicate has had men out here looking round for mines, but they have not been able to find anything that just suited. 5 *The truth is wherever there isa good property it is beld too nigh. There has beenr so much trickery in trying to work J. | off poor properties that California mines for a long time have had a black eye in | the East. Now it has come to be a busi- ness proposition for intending investors to find out quietly for themselves just what is here before they say anything of their intentions. “] haye been in the State since May, but 1 have been here rather on the quiet. We have bought a pretty strong property in San Andreas. It is a question whether we will buy any more. I am going back | to Calaveras County to-day, however, and | 1 shall continue my investigations until September. “The syndicate that I am here for is composed entirely of Ohio men, and they all have considerable wealth. “Western Reserve University was founded a little over fifty years ago on what was_ then known as the Western Reserve. It is a university in all the senses of the word, for it embraces | academic and professional colleges. There are 450 stundents and about 180 teachers in the various departments. Dr. . F. Phwing is the president of the uni- versity.” e e THE SUPREME COURT. A Decision Affecting Sheriffs’ Liabil- ities—Damages Sustained. The judgment and order of the Superior Court in the case of James Daly, an infant, by John Daly,his guardian, against Adolph F. Hing, has been affirmed by the Supreme Court. It was an action to recover per- sonal damages caused by Hinz running over the child, who was playing in the public street. The jury in the Superior Court awarded the plaintiff a verdict for $1000 and the case wis appealed on the ground of contributory neglect on the part of the boy’s parents in permitting him to play in the streets. mAsdncision cl;:sn been e Supreme in the case of George H. Fuller Desk Company against 'egx- Sheriff John J. Mc¢Dade. The plaintiff al- leged in its complaint that on May 25, 1893, it was.and now is the owner of cer- tain goods valued at $1132 at that date in the possession of the Carnall-Hopkins Company, which com; ny’s property was levied upon by the Sheriff by virtue of a writ of attachment. The plaintiff notified the Sheriff that the property in question belonged to the desk company and de- manded its restoration. By reason of the wrongful conversion of the goods the desk handed down by company claimed to have been damaged in the sum of $1200. The defendant ap- pealed from the judgment entered in a verdict in the plaintiff’s favor for the sum of $1132. The judgment was affirmed. The case of Edward Kenny and others against Joseph P. Kelly and others was an action to enforce an assessment against lots of land for work done in the improvement of D street and Twenty- fourth avenue in this City. The lower court held that the property-owner was doubly assessed, and the decision was yes- terday affirmed by the Superior Court. e e—— Volunteer Salcationists. Those wishing to know something of the Vol- unteers of America, Commander Ballington Booth’s mew movement, will have au oppor- tunity to-night (Sunday) at Mozart Hall, 1358 Market street, where Major Blackhurst will or- anize the first San Francisco post. The San ose post and band will assist, also the officers and part of Stockton post are’ expected. The volunteers and their purpose will pe the sub- ject on which Major Blackhurst will speak Mon- day evening in Howard Methodist Episcopal Church, near Third street. To Foreclose a Mortgage. ' John J. O’Farrel], the real estate broker, has brought suit against Willard H. Seaton et al to foreclose a mortgage on real estate in the Hardy tract in Berkeley. The money involved is $1708 47. e a ey Every man should read the advertisement of ‘Thomas Slater on page 9 of this paper. 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