The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 28, 1896, Page 9

SAVAGE ATTACK OF A RABID FOX, Anglers Who Encountered " a Very Unexpected Surprise. A GUEST AT LUNCHEON. Reynard Dashed From Under a Tree and Leaped Upon One of the Party. J. C. PELTIER'S NARROW ESCAPE The Enraged Animal Fastened Its Teeth in the Amgler's Coat and Held On Until Dispatched. “Was I frightened? Well, I should think I was, and who wouldn’t be under the circumstances.’’ said Mr. Peltier, after ‘'THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JULY 28, 1896. breaking it avove the knee. The limb is now three inches shorter than its mate. Burke claims the aceident was due to the negligent manner in which the towbost was handled, and therefore sues for damages. IMPROVING ALTA SQUARE. The City’s Park in the Northwestern Section Being Made Attractive. Alta Square, between Jackson, Clay, Steiner and Scott streets, is being very much improved, and is being converted into a site that is attractive to the eye and an ornament to the northwestern part of the City, A new sidewalk has been’ laid along the Clay-street front, a new wall has been built on that side, the slopes are being graded, and some of them have been sown witn Kentucky grass, which has sprouted, giving the north side of the square the appearance of well-kept terraced lawns. “One and a half vears ago,” said James Cronogue, the foreman gardener, who now has nine men under him, “this was a desolate-looking spot, covered with weeds, but in time the slopes were graded and covered with three coats of fertilizing matter that I obtained without cost to the City. I made arrangéments with the Fire Department house and the owners of private stables in the vicinity to have the stable refuse dumped on the square by the scavengers hired to remove it. In this way I have secured about seventy-five loads a week and then covered several df the slopes, which were then sown with grass that has-come up and is very thrifty. The other siopes will be graded and planted with grass and made as beautiful as_these are now. Three hundred and fifty Monte- rey cypresses have been set out on the graded slopes and as many mere will be planted as soon as the other grades are ready. By the aid of the men under me gutterways at the base of each slope have been laid in cement to prevent damage by the rains of winter.” relating a strange experience Le had while The people-in the vicimty are proud oy While Seated on a Tree Stump Just Before Having Lunch on Calaveras Creek a Fox Jumped on Mr. Peltier and Fastened Its Teeth Into the Angler’s Coat. ing for trout last Sunday on Calaveras Creek in Alameda Ccunty. The pleasure party was composed of L. H. Pockman, J. C. Peltier and Charles Riser, all of whom are passionately fond of angling. Sundav morning, bright and early, the three disciples of Walton tramped over | several miles of scountry to reach a favor- | ite fishing-ground near the headwaters of l Calaveras Creek, a stream which gives | good fishing during some months of the | year. At noontime, when the inner man re- belled against the forgetfiness of the an- glers, who. were oblivious of everything excepting trout, Mr. Pockman suggested | thata rest snd a little luncheon would | materially aid all concerned in the angle | in making better time on the home jour- ney. Peltier ana Riser readily acquiesced and an old tree stump was selected as the most suitable place upon which the lunch could be spread. After the napkins had been neatly spead over the dead redwood the gentlemen sat smilingly down to the mess, and just as they commenced to sample some pre- serves, which Mr. Riser had purchased | specially for the occasion, out sprang a | gray fox from under the log, and singling | out Peltier, he leaped at the angler’s neck. | The animal fell slightly short of the in- tended mark, but fastened its teeth firmly in the lapei of Peltier’s hunting-coat. The angler vainly tried to shake rey- nard off. Pockman grabbed the fox by the tail, while Riser, in his excitement, upset the dishes on which the pies were placed and everything was confusion. “Pull him off! Pull him off!"” shouted Peltier, while the perspiration rolled from his forehead. Pockman in the meantime was strain- ing every nerve in the vain endeavor to break the hold the fox had taken of his | companion’s hanting coat. Riser was completely tangled up. He had lost his equilibrium for the time being and was running around the tree stump in the hope of finding a cannon or some big | implement of torture with which he could | dispatch the unexpected and unwelcome | visitor. Pockman finally grew tired of pulling at the tail of reynard, and fell upon the i ground exhausted. A lucky thought for- tunately flashed through his mind. He | remembered that in the bottom of his fish basket was what midwinter anglers term & *roeknife,”” an implement which some fishermen use for “dissecting’’ salmon roe. | The knife was used to good advantage on the wild animal, which, however, held a firm grip on the angler’s coat until dis- patched. The fox was packed by the fishermen to a farmhouse which thsy had made their ! headquarters, and yesterday the carcass was sbipped to this City. Mr. Peltier in- tends having the body of reynard mounted, and with that object in view the carcass was given'to a taxidermist. The anglers cannot understand why the fox shoula have attacked them in such a strange manner, but they learned yester- day that foxes and coyotes of this State are frequently attacked with hydrophobia during the summer season, and in all probability the animal which fastened its teeth in Mr. Peltier’s coat on Sunday last was efflicted with ¢! For Large Damag! William J. Burke has sued the Northwestern Lumber Company, owners of tbe tugboat Traveler, for $30,000 Burke was first mate of the barkentine Nortk Bend on bruary 21, 1896, at which time she was at anchor in Gray's Harbor, Washington. The | | ! beauty by acclamation. | the work that has already been done on | the square, from which a most beautiful panoramic view of the City can be ob- tained. PUACHBONL, OB WHAT? Mrs. Perley’s Magnificent Dona- tion to the Woman Suf- frage Cause. Proceedings at Yesterday Morning'’s Meeting of the Joint Campaign Committee. A large and enthusiastic crowd of ladies attended yesterday morning’s meeting of the joint campaign committee of the Woman Suffrage Association, heid at the Woman Suffrage Bureau in the Parrott building. Among those bvresent were: Mre. Ada Van Pelt, Mrs. Nellie Holbrook- Blinn, Mrs. Hester A. Harland, Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper, Mrs. Ella C. Sargent, Miss Harriet Cooper, Mrs. Austin Sperry, Mrs. Mary A. Swift, Mrs. Ida A. Harper, Miss Mary G. Hay, Miss Elizabeth Sargent and Mrs. Emma B. Sweet. Mrs. Harper reported that since she had issued her list of papers which had come out in favor of woman suffrage a large number of journals whose names haa been inadvertently omitted had written to her complaining of the fact. “The only thing I can do is to get up another liet, said Mrs, Harper, “and I’'m afraid it will be ten times as long as the first.” “In the meantime,” added Mrs. Bwift, “since so many papers have followed THE oufht to go. Sad to relate, “‘repeating’’ wil i i be not only permitted but encouraged, each voter being allowed to vote as many times as he can raise the fee. No dime, no vote, 18 to be the rule, and as some will un- doubtedly cast & hundred or more votes for one favorite candidate the amount realized for the campaign fund promises to be large. SUSPICIOUS FIRES. Fire Marshal Towe Investigating Into Causes of the Losses in a Millinery~ Store and Tannery. Fire Marshal Towe is investigating into the cause of two fires, which have been reported to him as having occurred under suspicious circumstances. There was a fire in Adcock’s millinery- store, 10 Kearny street, early Saturday morning. Captain Comstock of the Fire Patrol found a gas jet burning againsta partition and another gas jet was at full cock: The escaping gas coming in contact with the light had caused an explosion. The Fire Marshal has summoned Mrs. Adcock and others employed in the store to appear before him to-day and make sworn statements as to what they know or do not know about the fire. The stock was insurea for $7000. The other fire was at Frank McAleer’s tannery on Twenty-sixth and Hampshire streets Sunday night. The Fire Marshal learned yesterdsy that McAleer had no insurance, as the underwriters had with- drawn their policies last June when there was a fire in the place. What the Fire Marshal wants explained is McAleer's nxlefied statement that the fire was the result of spite work. s FARM FOR THE RPHA Plan to Pay for the Site by One Dollar Dona- tions. Pitiful Story of Two Boys 9 and Io| Years of Age Who Had Never Been Taught a Prayer. There was a special meeting yesterday | afternoon in the parlorsof the residence of | Mrs. Chester L. Smith, at 2613 Pacific | avenue, of ladies intereste¢ in the San | Francisco Presbyterian Orphanage and | farm located in San Rafael. Mrs. P. D. Browne, the president, oceu- pied the chair. Rev. Mr. McDonald of the advisory board gave an account of his recent visit to the home, declaring that it was one of the most happy homes for children who are | left to the care of strangers that = had | ever seen, and he also spoke in high terms | of those in charge of it. He then spoke of ! the site near San Anselmo which has been | selected for the future home and said: “I | have been all over the State of California and have never. seen a more beautiful spot or one better snited for the purpose of es- tablishing a home such as it is intended to build there.” Mrs. Browne said it had always been her belief that the country with the beaatiful surroundings of nature and the influence of Christian teachings was the best place for the bringing up of children, and that the place proposed to be secured is under the shadow of the magnificent Theological College, and that no better place for carry- ing out the purposes of the managerscould | be found anywhere. The board, she said, | will not incur any obligations until the | land is paid for. Then it will erect a com- fortable building, and in time, a more sub- stantial one. Miss Edgington, the matron of the home, gave a brief report of the home, which now has seventy-four inmates—all it can accommodate—forty of which are under 5 years of age, twenty are between that age and 12, and four areover12. The | children are all healthy, have plenty of | plain food and are content. All of those who are able to attend the public school | have made good records, a number having at the close of the last term been honorably | vromoted. She spoke of the lack of chairs | and penches, and sheeting for the beds, | and stated that for the seventy-four children there are but sixty-nine bowls, | but under the circumstances, those in charge make cups supply the deficiency. She acknowledged the contribution of a i quantity of sugar from Mr. Spreckels, soap from Robert Lucy, a bolt of muslin from Hale Bros., and a bundle of brooms from Armes & Dallam. The children, she said, want to keep clean, “‘but,” she added, “it requires a great deal of soap.” One of the ladies promised a further con- tribution of that useful article, and another promised benches. Mrs. Browne called attention to two boys who had been received at the home recently, saying that they had been res- cued from evil influence, and Mrs. Edging- ton added that they were ignorant of their | letters, haa never been taught a prayer and until last Sunday had never seen the inside of a church. The boys are aged 9 | and 10. *It is pitiful,” said Mrs. Browne, | “that such things ¢an bein an enli;m.ened age in a Christian country.” After Miss Edgington had taken her de- rture Mrs. Browne spoke of the young ady’s qualifications for the position she fills and cited an instance to show her seli-denial and interest in the work. *Mrs. Noble, the treasurer, and I,”” she said, “saw that Miss Edgington contented her- self with the food that the children re- ceive and feeling that she ought to be al- lowed a few extras, for she receives but a very small salary, so small that I do not care to name it, we told her that she would be given $5 a month more. She re- plied that she would not accept it because the home needed it more than she did.” Mrs. Browne drew attention to an illus- trated article descriptive of the home, which appeared in THE OALL a few weeks ago, and said that from the,number of let- ters received it wasevident that it had been extensively read. The president then outlined the plan by which 1t is proposed to raise money to pay for the land selected, and that is to have 6000 persons in the State contribute $1 each, have as many as will contribute $10 | CALL’s example and come out for suffrage our best course would be to give a vote of thanks to them in a lump.” And it was so ordered, THE Carr and its suffragist contemporaries being cheered to the echo. A vote of thanks was also tendered the management of the Chautaugua assembly at Monterey, in acknowledgment of its kind court-sy to the saffragist speakers and delegates on the “‘woman’s day.” _ Then Miss Hay, with all due i iveness, unveiled the piece de of the vay amid many “‘ohs” and *‘ahs” of admiration. It was a truly exquisite work of ceramic art. Some would call it a puncbbowl and cups, others a lemonade set. But whatever it be, it was voted a The bowl, hos- pitably wide ana deep withal, is hand- painted within and without in a graceful tangle of wild grapes, the vari-colored leayes glowing with rich, warm tints, sug- stive of generous Southern vintages, and alf veiled by lace-like spider webs. The brim and bass of this miniature sea of liguid joy are girt about with wide bands of lustrous gilding, elaborately en- grossed in a flowing design of iptricate scrollwork. As for the cups, one of their best features is their size, there being notbing small about them. They have flaring brims and dainty gilded bandles, being decorated 50 as to harmonize with the design on the bowl. The set is the do- nation of Mrs. Perley, whose handiwork it is, and she may well be proud of it. ‘As the gift was presented in aid of the cause, the ml’ufion -as to its u;non ad- vantageous disposal was discus: at some length, It was at last decided that it should be voted for, or rather that any person willing to deposit 10 cents in the tug Traveler was engaged in moving the North Bend from her anchorage in the roads to the harbor, when & cablé snaj the end of it hit Burke on the right leg, m cast a vote for t contributions| ‘would have the nght to one to whom in his or punchbowl her opinion the gorgeous esch, and as many as can contribute $25 each; aud in addition it is pro) to ask a contribution from eve . school child. S s The party from whom it is proposed to purchase the farm will donate ; others vave promised about $200, and at the meeting about $60 was piedged. At the next meeting of the board the subject will be further discussed, as the first payment on the land must be made within thirty days after that meeting. ————— ROUGH ON CATS. Sad Fate of a Furry Pet at the Hands of Western Addition Boys. Mrs. Christina Whitney of 1201 Webster street has, or rather had, a cat by which | ing atter some of the Supervisors had | findings of that body have been acceptea WAGNER SPRINGS A BIG SURPRISE, Sensation in the Meeting of the Board of Su- pervisors. YEARLY ALLOWANCES. A Committee of the Whole Wiil Handle Them This Time. FINANCE COMMITTEE IGNORED Money Left From Last Fiscal Year Transferred to the Funds for the Present Term. The members of the Board of Super- visors were treated to a genuine sensation yesterday when, at the close of the meet- gone, Supervisor Wagner offered a resolu- tion that will overturn one of the oldest ana most sacred customs of the City Fathers. From time immemorial the matter of fixing the appropriations for the various municipal departments has been in the hands of the Finance Committee, and the by the board. Mr. Wagner's resolution was’ to the effect that the board should meet asa committee of the whole on Wednesday morning next at 10 o’clock to discuss the appropriation matter. Of course this was a direct slap at the Finance Committee, which is composed of Supervisors Taylor, Hobbs and Renjamin, but it was carried nevertheless, Mr. Benjamin, who was in the chair, voting with the majority to take the matter out of his own hands. Just why Supervisor Wagner should havedntroduced -uc: A measure seems to be a mystery tothose who opposed it. Supervisor Dimond, while not -P member of the Finance Committee, took up-the cudgel for tbat body aud declared that it was an_insult to take the matter out of its bands. Mr. Hobbs voted with Mr. imond after expressing the same idea about the resolution. The National Club sent in a petition to be permitted to give a boxing entertain- ment between now and November 1, no contest to exceed ten rounds. The matter was referred to the Health and Police Committee. The protest of the property-owners on Minna street, between First and Second, against the laying of artificial stone side- walks was rewarded by a six months’ ex- tension of time. A resolution was adopted transferring $150,000 from the tunds of the fiscal year 1894-95 to those of 1595-96 for the purpose of paying a large number of demands that have been incarred during the past fiscal year. ———— STREET IMPROVEMENTS. Detalls of City Work Considered Yesterday by the Super- visors. The following is a full review of the street improvements acted upon at yester- day’s meeting of the Board of Supervisors: STREET WORK ORDERED. “tone sidewalks. Octavia and Broadway one sidewalks. Buchanan Stone sidewalks. . Laguna to Buchanan—Stone sidewalks. Eighteenth and Guerrero, southwest crossing— Stone sidewalks. Sacramento and Baker, southwest crossing— stone sidewalks. Webster, Sutter to Post—Stone sidewalks. Larkin and Greenwich, crossing—Bitumen. Larkin, Greenwich to Lombard—Bitumen, Lombard and Larkin, crossing— Pitumen. Larkin, Lombard to Chesinut—Biiumen snd sewer. Sacramento and Laurel, crossing—Bitumen. Cole, Haight to Page—Bitnmen. Clayton, Osk to Page—Bitumen. Shrader, Haight to Page—Bitumen. Howard, Sixth to Seventh—Stone sidewalks. Howard, Eighteenth to Nineteenth—Stone side- walks. Hayes, Laguna to Buchanan—Stone sidewalks. AWARDS OF STREET WORK. Fifteenth, Kaosas 10 Rhode Island—Grading, John Kelso. Clayton, Haight to Waller—Stone sidewalks, Gray Brothers. Cile, Haight to Waller—Stone sidewalks, same. Cole' and Waller, crossing — Bitumen, J. J. Dowling. Flxin Park avenue—Stone sidewalks, crosswalks, R. H. Woods. Fell, Buchansn to Webster—Stone ' sidewalks, Gray Brothers. RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO ORDER STREET WORIK. to Ellis—Basalt carbs. ‘ashington, southeast corner—Stone Octavia, Edd; Gough and sidewalk, cess| Gough avd Bitamen. Pine, Jones to Leavenworth—Stone sidewalks. Tweifth avenue, Point Lobos avenue to A— Twelve-lnch sewer, etc. Sneridan, Ninth 10 Tenth—Stone sidewalks. Laguna, Haight to Waller—Bitumen. FULL ACCEPTANCFS. Birch avenue, Buchanan to Thirteenth, Noe to Scoti— 5. Twenty-sixth, Capp to Missi.n—Bitumen. CONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE. Alblon avenue, Sixteenth to Seventeenth— Bitumen. Thirteenth, Noe to Scott—Basalt. Thirteenth and Noe, crossing — Hasalt. Tatrteenth and Scoit, Crossi ng—Basalt. ACCEPTANCE. Bourbin, Eddy to Ellis—Bitumen. Capp, Twenty-fiith 10 Twenty-sixth—Bitumen. Seutt, Thirtieth to Waller—EBitumen. York, Twentieth to Twenty-first—Bitumen. Capp'and Twenty-fifth. crossing—Bllumen. Scott and Waller, crossing—Situmen. Green and Leavenworsh, crossing—Bitumen, Van Ness and Greenwich, crossing—Bitumen, Van Ness and Lombard, crossing—Bitumen. Van Ness and Cbestnut, cross Green and Franklin, crossing—| Van Ness, Greenwich to Lombard— Bitumen. Van Ness, Lombard to Chesinut—Bitumen. Stelner, Pacific 10 Broadway—Cobbles. BI'S REJECTED. Nineteenth, Noe to Casiro—Plank sidewalks. Nineteenth, Noe (0 Sanchez, norih side—Plank sidewalks. i, etc. Vashingion, south balf of crossing— a—Bitumen. —Bitumen. t. BIDS TO BE READVERTISED. Laguna, Hermann to Waller—Paving, ete. RELFASE FROM CONTRACT. Market and Church, crossing—Bitomen, SURVEYS, l‘l‘c..vrv'rxolxlin. Coso to rgin) iy e e e Flricenth, Gasiro westerly—Surveys would cost Capitol svenue, Sagamore (o Ocean avenus—Sur- veys would cost ASSESSMENT DISTRICT. Polk, Greenwich to Lombard—Grad! County Attorney to give his opinion ':-’ 3 Cls and ing districts. she set great store. On Sunday the petted feline was reposing in a warm corner of the porch when three boys named Claire, ‘Whelan and Dixon, accompanied by two dogs of similar proclivities, compassed the poor animal's death. Wlea s. Whit- ney complained, the boys told her they infended to kill every cat in the vicinity in the same manner. The lady has taken out warrants for their arrest. Insane From Drink Mrs. Johanna Rodenburg, 110 Hyde street, told Judge Joachimsen yesterday that she was mortally afraid her husband, J. A. Rodenburg, would kill her. He had been drinking of late, and it had meade him cnri.‘ He while drunk always threatened to kill her. Yester- day morning she was so afraid he would carry out his threats thet.she had to leave the swore a m | with insi g LOANS on diamonds. Interest low. At Uncle Harris) 16 Grant avenue. ORDER EXPUNGING REPEALED. Romaln, Corbeit to Lincoln—To be an open street. ASSESSMENTS CONFIRMED. Market, Noe to Casiro—Bitumen. Market and Noe, crossing—Bitumen. B PROTEST TO BE HEAED AUGUST 8. Guerrero, Fourteenth to Fifteenth—Stone side- walks. v ASSESSMENT ISSUED, Lake, First to Fifieenth aveaue—Sidewalks. Calitornia, First to Fifteenth avenue—Sidewalks. d EXTENSION n:: TIME GRANTED. Casselll avenue, Vers (0 Falcon avenue— Grade, etc., sixty days. et i and Falcon, crossing—Grade, etc., sixty o leners. Fairmount 1o Miguel—Sewer, et aizty “&’n:-.-y. Mateo to Miguel—Sewer, ecc., sixty d:y'n:nuy, Mateo to Roanoke—Sewer, etc., sixty gihenery and Mateo, crossing—Sewer, etc., stxty and Roanoke, crossing—Se o ean Fis's, Walter wfimm_;.: : sixty days. A P fl‘ch.m and Miguel, crossing—Sewer, etc., forty v 5. P South, Fourteenth to Fitteenth avenues South —Grade, etc., sixty dars. Hailroad avenue, Second to Elghteenth mc':h—l’l.nk llflc'l\m K, etc., l|!l§‘l|l!‘l- enery, Cascro oie—Sixty days. M Bout, Tweifth to Fifieenth aventss South— Gradi nety days. ¥ lu’“flf{h avenune Sou'h—Ninety days. NOTICES OF STREET WORK. Union, Franklin to G n—Bltomen. Hayes, Pierce 16 Scott—Basalt and stone side- walky Hayes and Prerce—Basalt, stong walks. Scott, Hayes to Fell—Bitumen sidewalks. E]:fl avenue, Poik to Franklin — Stone side- waiks. Franklin, Grove to Fulton—Stone sidewalks. Haight, Webster to Fillmure--Sione sidewalks. Pacific avenue, south side, Frapklin to Gough— Stone sidewalks. PI:rce. Jackson to Pacific avenue—Stone side- avenue s York, east side, Twentieth to Twenty-first— Bitamen sidewalks. ESTABLISHING GRADES FINALTY PASSED. Brady and Market—42 £ Brady and Stevenson—40.35 teet. Brady and Colion—88.50 feet. Brady and West Mission—26 feet, qeSievenson, 180:11 southwes: from Potter—39 < Stevenson and Brady—10.25 feet. Stevenson and Crocker—4 1.75 feet. Crocker and Coiton—40 feet. Crocker and West Mission—32.25 feet. Clement and east line of Thirsy-seventn avenue— leet. Clement and east line of Thirty-elghth avenue— 315 seet. Clement and Thirty-ninth avenue—318 feet. Clement and Foruieth avenue—318 feet. Clement and Forty-first avenne—314 feet. ement and Forty-second avenue—312 feet. lement and Forty-third avenue—306 feet. Clement and Forty-fourth avenue—281 feet. Clement and Forty-fifth avenue—269 faet. Clement and Forty-sixth avenue—263 feet. Clement and Forty-seventh avenuc—234 feet Clement and Foriy-eighth avenue—204 feet. BRECOMMENDED FOR FULL ACCEPTANCE. Fliteenth, Noe to Sanchez—Bitumen. ‘Twenty-fifth, Mission to Capv—Bitumen. Twenty-fiteh, Capp to Howard—Bitumen, RECOMMENDED PASSED TO RESOLUTION ORDER- NG, Morrell place, Pacific to Broadway—Bitumen, EXTENSIONS OF TIME EECOMMENDED. Eighteenth avenue South, G to H South—80 days, macadam, eic. Eighteenth ayenue Sout, I to J South—80 days, macadam, etc. Eishteenth avenve and I South— 60 days, macadam, etc. Eighteenth avenue and J South— 60 days, macadam, etc. Eighteenth macadam, etc. cott, ¢'Tove to Fulton—80 days, paving, etc. iz, Hayes to Grove—60 days, Paving, eic. Scott’ #nd Grove—80 days. paving, etc. Bay, Jones to Leavenworth—60 days. paving, etc. Thirteenth, Foisom to Harrison—60 days, pav- ing, etc. Presidio Reservation—60 days, sewer, etc. Broderick. Post to Geary—60 days, paving, ete. Waller, Devisadero to Broderick—80 days, stone sidewalks. Corvett, Clara to Caselli—60 days, grading, etc. Corbett, Clara to Douglass—60 days, grading, etc. C C avenue and H South — 60 days, STREET WORK RECOMMENDED. Masonic, Fulton 10 Grove—Grading, redwood curbs, macadam. Masonic, Grove to Hayes—Grading. etc. Ashbury, Fulton to Grove—Grading, etc. ‘Ashbury, Grove to Hayes—Grading, etc. Clay ton, Fulton (0 Grove—Grading, ete. Clayton, Grove to Hayes—Grading, etc. Grove and Masonic—Grading, etc. Grove, Masonic to Ashbury—Grading, etc. Grove and Ashbury—Grading, ete. Grove, Ashbury to Clayion—Grading, ete. (rove and Clayton—Grading, etc. Grove, Clayton to Cole—Grading, etc. Hampshire, Twenty-first to Twenty-second— Bitumen, curbs. Templé nnd Serpentine place—10-inch sewer, macadafuizing, ete. Castro and Army—Grading, sewer, elc., plank sidewslks, ete. Corbett place, Seventeenth to Corbett avenue— Grading, macadamizing, etc. Fifteenth avenue sSouth and L South—Sewer, corners, ete. Fifteenth avenue South and N South—Grading, ete. T. First to Seventh avenues—Grading, plank sidewaiks, etc. Fulton, Baker to Lyon—Bitumen. Golden Gate avenue, Devisadero to Broderick— Stone sidewalks, curbs. Steiner, Oak 16 Page—Stone sidewalks, curbs. Pierce, Oak to Page, east side—Stone sidewalks, curbs. Broderi-k, Eddy to O'Farrell—Stone sidewalks, curbs, Central avenue, Hayes to Grove—Stone side- walks, curbs. Central uvenue and Grove—Stone s'dewalk. Tenth avenue, to I-Grade, macadam. H, Tenth (o Eleventh avenues—Grade, macadam. Page, Webster to Fillmore—Stone 'sidewalks, curbs. Page, Fillmore to Stelner—Stone sidewalks, curbs. Page, Steiner to Plerce—Stone sidewalks, curbs. Page, Scott to Devisadero—Stone sidewslks, curbs. Puge, Devisadero to Broderick—Stone sidewalks, curbs. Broderick to Baker—Stone sidewalks, Page, curbs. Page, Baker to Lyon—Stone sidewalks, curbs. Page, Lyon to Central avenue—Stone sidewaiks, curbs. RECOMMENDED BY CITY ENGINEER. Army, Cratro to Noe—Iutermediate grade would benefit property. Potrero olock No. 6—Submitting plat showing encroachment on City property. Mission Creek and Channel sireet—Submitting a plat. Brazil_avenue, Pai DecessiLy Of surveys, el Twenty-sixth, Harri ete., can be made for $56. Russia, Paris to Moscow—Surveys, etc., can be made for $202. PETITIONS BEFERRED TO STREET COMMITTEE. Sbrader, Haight to Page—Pacific Paving Com- Ppany to pave with bitumen. Twenty-second and lowa—Potrero Land Im- provement Company for plank culvert. Mariposa, Pennsyivania to Indiana—Plank cul- to Munich—Reportin, at a cost of $281. % to Treat ave.—Surveys, vert. Point Lobos and Central aves.—Western Addition Improvement Club for removal of fence. Unton and Taylor crossing—Joseph Britton for paving, etc. Leavenworth, Chestnut to Bay—Peter J. Finley and others for grading, Octavis, EdCy to Ellls—Property-owners, bi- tumen. Napa and Tilinols—For permission to lay spur tracks. Chattanooga and Twenty-first—Property-owners to withdraw petition for change of grade. Plerce, Golden Gate 10 Turk. Howard, Seventeenth o Eighteenth—Flinn & Treacy, release from contracts. Harrison, Second to Third—S. E. Tucker, that propertr-awners be compelled to replank sireet. Kuss, Howard 10 Folsom—Property-owners, for grading and paving. Seventh avenue, K to L—Jonn Tuttle, to grade. Bernal Park— Property-owners, grading. Frecita place, Foisom to Alabama—Grading. Davis, Pacific to Broadway—Plaak aidewal Twenty-second, Chattanooga to Church—Stone sidewalks. Lynch, Leavenworth to Hy de—Property-owners for removal of obstructions. PETITION REFERRED TO FIRE DEPABRTMENT COMMITTEE. Chenery, south from Fairmount School—Fair- mount property-owners, for hydrants. PETITIONS REFEREEE TO JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. Silver Terrace tract—Property-owners, for recog- mition of streets on official map Division, Channel to King—Property-owners, to = Thirteenth, Folsom to Harrison—In favor of 18- Inch sewer by private contract. PETITIONS BEPORTED PAVORABLY. Cortland avenue, Mission to Andover—Plank sidewalks. roadway and Davis—Plank sidewalks. Bay and Polk crossing—Bitnmen. Elizabeth and Noe—sidewalk to remain. Devisadero, Thirteent to Waller—To retain sidewalks. Bay, Polk to Vau Ness—Sewer. Prescott place—Grade established. Steuart, Folsom to Harrison—To repair. Eighteenth. Kentucky to Mississippi—Bitumen sidewalks, five foet wide. PROTESTS REPORTED PAVORABLY. | Hayes, Pierce to Scoit— Agalust paving. Hayes and Plerce—Against paving. | Steluer. Page t0 Oak—Against paving. Van Ness avenue—against exemption from boulevard order. | Grove. Devisadero to Scott—Against sewer. 1 Van Ness aveuue—Against narrow sidewalks. Huron avenue, Sickles to Mission—Against clos- PETITIONS REPORTED ADVERSELY. Lily avenue, Gough to Octavia—For granite curbi. Van Ness, Market to Turk—For exemption from bouievara order. ir sidewalk. Jessie street, 261—To re Seventeenth, Castro to Douglass—For extension | | of time in laying sidewalks. 2 BARRED FOE SIX MONTHS | Greenwich, Hyde to Leavenworth—Grading, on Drotest of majority of property-owners, ROUTED BY MOSQUITOES | A Plague on the Residents of Hyde and California Streets. The attention of the Board of Health | has been called to that neighborhood of | which the intersection of California and | Hyde streets is the hub. For more than a month swarms of mos- quitoes have night and day made the lives 5 of the residents in that section almost un- | endurable. Mosquitoes are almost unknown in this City and their appearance in such quanti- ties brought about an investigation. | It was generally belived that the pests | were bred in the immense water tank on ' the roof of the Hyde-street car power- house, but the impression was removed afler careful inspection. The tanks, how- | ever, were found to be in such slimy con- dition that even if they are not the birth- | place of the mosquitoes they certainly are | elegant refectories wherein to fatten them and make them more robust. The health officers discovered that the swarms descended from the north on Hyde street a little before nightfall, and traced | them to a grove of eucalyptus trees near | Clay and Hyde, their birthplace. The | pests, however, migrate daily to ithe | very great discomfort of the residents on | their route. The various boarding and lodging ! houses in the vicinity have lost several uests because of the pest, and other sim- | ilar houses have suffered to a greater or less degree. The question now 1s: How are the pests to be got rid of ? | Mr. Katz, proprietor of one of the board- ing-houses, will probably purchase the | eucalyptus grove and destroy it. | The only other plague spot in the City | which is known to the Board of Health is, strange to say, that gore formed by the in- tersection of Geary and Market streets— the Adam & Kibbe property. Charles Newman, the lessee, lost one of his ten- ants in the basement about two months ago on account of the defective sewerage. The mosquitoes found this a great breed- ing place and time has brought noim- provement. 1 e e { One-third of the recruits for the British | army enlist in London and Dublin. = | NEW TO-DAY. P. & B. Paper. .. SOLD BY ALL DEALERS. JOHN E. MILLAR. THOS. B. SIMPSON. Searchers SIMPSON & MILLAR, Seszonozs Branch Office, NW. cor. Mcallister and Larkin. 535 CALIFORNIA STREET. Telephone 1932. San Francisco P & COMPOSITION AND : s GRAVEL RODFING. ne Paint Co., 116 Y. t R gLSAgDINg.McBEAN&(Q =1360- MARKET ST. LEZIILT WORKS,LINCOLN CAL. NEW TO-DAY. CITY Street Improvement Co. Rooms 11 & 45, Fifth Floor, Mills Building. Telephone Main 5377. SACRAMENTO OFFICE: 411 J STREET. H. DUTARD £ J.W.MCDONALD, Pres . N E S W.E DENNISON, Sec. T, B. BISHOP 'S COL.J. H. MENDELL. W. CWNALDIE Corps of Engineers, U.S.A. W. E.DENNISON 3 (Retired), CONSULTING ENGINEER. PROPRIETORS CONTRACTORS Santa Cruz, Cal., All Kinds of Street an Work, _Brid; and King City, Monterey Co., | Rallway Constraction. BITUNEN MINES. | sea’waiis GRAY BROS. Concrete and Art Stone Work. CRUSHED TRAP ROCK ——FOR-— Macadamizing and Concrete. OFFICE--316 MONTGOMERY ST. Telephone Matn 5111. A.E.BUCKMAN, 302 Montgomery Street, Room 4, GRADING, SEWERING, MACADAMIZING, BASALT and BITUMINOUS PAVING. TUNNEL, RAILROAD and CONCRETE WORKE. OFFICE TELEPHONE Main 991. STABLE, STEINER AND WALLER STS, Telephone West 14. 'WARREN & MALLEY, OFFICES: 232 Montgomery St. Telephone, Main 1 2 rievione, s 120s. (ONTRACTORS, Telephone, South 16L. Bay and Laguna Sts. Telephone, Wes: 789. San Bruno Quarry. Telephone, Mission 200, 4 bells. CUSHING-WETMORE COMPANY. GONGRETE AND ARTIFICIAL STOME. FIRST QUALITY ONLY. 508 CALIFORNIA ST., ROOM 9. Yale Locks 17 AND 19 BEALE STREET. PROPERTY OWNERS ! ATTENTION. 172 CENTS Per square foot (no discrimination) is what you can gel your street paved with BITUMINOUS ROCK for by the PACIFIC PAVING COMPANY. Office 106 and 108 Phelan Building. Call on us or send your address and our repre- seniative wili call on you. Telephone Main 636. TELEPHONE 1752. CHARLES M. DEPEW PLANING MILL COMPANY. GENERAL MILL WORK, SHIP AND STEAM- BOAT WORK, Sizing and Resawing. FICE AND FACTORY, Bet. 4'h and s5th. Exchange, ENSIGN & McGUFFICK, LUBRICATING OILS, Planing, OF] +{ Paints,Varnishes, Nevada Compound,ete 23 SPEAR ST. Telephone 5320. expunge from map. et firat and Towenty-second avenues South— Stephen T. Gage. requesting that the strecis be not Qelineated on oficial map. M South and Nineteeath avenue South—| erty-owners, for delintation of'streets on Lew map. PROTESTS REFERRED TO STREET COMMITTEE. " Haight, Webster to Fillmor e—Properiy-owners against sidewalks. Larkio, Union to Filbert — Property-owners against paviog. N-u'-u-n.y. Vallejo south — Property-owners against PAVIDg. Scott, Hayes to Fell-L W. Lees against side- walks Larkin, Filbert to Greemwich—Propetry-owners ag ainst paving, ete. Sanchez. Twenty sixth to Twenty-Seventh—J. W. Kyan agaivs: siduwalks. Plerce, Jackson to Pacific — Property-owners against stone sidewalks. Eody, Devisadero to Broderick—P. A. Fortler sgainst paviog. ‘Ocean View District—Preperty-owners against expense of grading. x(‘y):-n(e alley, *wamy-nnh 10 Twenty-sixth— Properiy-owners againsi paving. R ving. P Paciic_avenue. Franklin to Gough—Property- owners against stone sidewalks. Decatur nml-—l’r:finyovmm against omis- sion 1o delineate on official map. Faight and Masonic—Crossing. Haight. Masonic to Ashbury. Haight and Ashbury— ng. t, Ashbury to Clayton. Haight to Ulayton—Crossing. Crosst; Haight, shrader to Stanyan—Property-owners agains: paving, etc. @ avenue—Property-owners against change grade. kory, Lagzuna to Buchanan—Property-own- ers againa basait: APPEALS FROM ASSESSMENTS. arket, Noe to Casiro—Bitamen, denied. Jarketana Nos crossing— Bitumen, denfed. OBIECTIONS TO STREET WORK. Thirteenth, Sanchez to Noe—Sidewalk, sus- Minna, Firet to Second—sidewalks, sustalned. Street Committee Report. M and Twelfth M, Twelfth to ivenue south. Thirteenth avenues south—In favor of Su) lutendent of Streets to ex- amine o Park—In favor of spreading losm at cent mm“' Union to Filbert—In favor of stopping Linden avenue, Buchanan to Webster—in favor of 8 work. Har Fremont to First--Stopping work till strecicar (racks are chavged. “Judgment!!” BattleAx The umpire now decides that “BATTLE AX” s not only decidedly bigger in size than any other 10 cent piece of tobacco, but the quality is the finest he ever saw, and the flavor delicious. You will never know just how you try it good it is until