The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 18, 1896, Page 10

. 10 RATES SLASHED IN THE VALLEY, A New Schedule by the Southern Pacific Company. MANY RATES HALVED. An Object Lesson on the Results of Competition by the Valley Road. COMPETITIVE FIGURES MET. Why Hauling Will Be Done Much Cheaper in One Region in This State. The freight department of the Southern Pacific Company yesterday issued a new freight rate sheet, cuttihg pretty nearly in two the freight rates between San Fran- cisco and Stockton and the shipping points in the S8an Joaquin Valley affected | by the competition of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad Com- pany, which announced its low schedule of freight rates some days ago. No more vivid object lesson on the need and the effect of railroad competition has ever been presented to the State of Cali- fornia. No more compact and vivid illus- tration of the need of the competing Valley road in the San Joaquin Valley, its benefi- cent effect ana its value to the regions to which it may be extended, has yet been put in form. A week or more ago Traffic Agent Moss of the Valley road announced a schedule of freight rates between San Francisco as one terminal, Stockton as another termi- nal and the various new stations on the Valley road from Stockton south to Le Grande, within a few miles of Fresno. Rates to Fresno may not be issued for some time owing to the pending right-of- way difficulties, which pirevent the new road from reaching and using the station facilities planned for it in Fresno. But the interesting and significant fact is that the Southern Pacific Company has been forced to cut in the middle its freight rates throughout a small section of Cali- fornia which has been reached by compe- tition. This section of the State so blessed has a somewhat elliptical shape, and ex- tends in the main from Stockton south to Berenda, which is twenty-five miles this | side of Fresno. It includes the region served by the Southern Pacific branch line from Stockton to Milton and the re- gion also served by the West Side South- ern Pacific line from Peters, on the Milton branch, down the valley to Merced. It is mainly between these lines of the Southern Pacific Company from Stockton south that the new Velley road extends, and it is this ‘region, now served by two companies, which enjoys the halved rates now put in force as aresult of competition. The region thus descriped is a little less than a hundred miles long and its width is regulated on the east by the com- parative nearness of the Southern Pacific’s east side line and on the west it extends | into the mountains as far as anybody has been dependent on the transportation fa- cilities afforded by the Southern Pacific Company from its branch line westward from Stockton to Milton south almost to Fresno. Everywhere else in the State and on its system the local freight rates remain un- changed. The new Southern Pacific rate sheet is- sued yesterday under the supervision of Assistant Freight Agent G. W. Luce af- fects points only as far south as Berenda, which is 178 miles from San Francisco by the Southern Pacific route, 98 miles south of Stockton and 29 miles north of Fresno. This new schedule quotes rates from both Ban Francisco and Stockton to all points on the main line south of Stockton to Berenda on the Milton branch, and on the west side branch from Peters south to Merced. In this new schedule the Valley road rates published some days ago are simply met at competitive points. he rates, like those of the Valley road, are based on the Western _classification. Special rates on commodities specifically excepted from the classification will be announced later. These rates have nothing to do with grain shipments, the rates for which were early announced by the Valley road and promptly met by the Southern Pacific. Shippers who wish to know the new rates will consult railroad agents, but those interested in a general way in what has happened may understand it from the following selections from the new South- ern Pacific schedule, figures in brackets crack riders, as the San Jose wheelmen and the third-of-a-mile-track there are both very gonnhr with the racing men and the public. The Garden City Cyciers will shortly inaugurate a series of Saturday afternoon meets on their track, and some in the evening by _electric light, during the fail months. "It is pelieved that matinee racing can be made to pay there. During the winter, when many of the Eastern cracks will go to San Jose to try for records, meets will also be held. The Olympic Club Wheelmen will have a theater party at the California to-night and nearly all the seats have already been taken by the members and their friends. The prizes run in their road race last Sun- day will be distributed after the perform- ance. Frank H. Kerrigan, chief counsel of the league in this State, has returned from his vacation trip to Lake County. There will be a meeting at the Imperial Cycling Club, 614 Van Ness avenue, io- morrow night, at which the delegates ap- pointed by tbe various cycling clubs of this City will meet to discuss the political situation and decide upon whom they will support as the wheelmen’s candidates. 'he Reliance Club Wheelmen of Oak- land will have a theater party at the Mac- donough next Mondoy evening, August 24. Delegates from the various cycling clubs of Alameda County will meet to-night at the Acme Club to arrange the details of the proposed fifteen-miie roadrace for riders of that county. The trustees of the Mechanics’ Institute have set apart Friday, September 4, as a special bicycle day at the Mechanics’ Fair. &emplimentnry tickets will be issued to club members in uniform, and they will give an elegant trophy to thg club having the largest number of members present. A committee composed of one delegzate from each club will arrange the details of the affair. Entries for the big meet to be held next Saturday afternoon at Central Park close to-night with Manager Fawcett, and none will be accepted after then. A greatdeal of interest is being manifested in the meet among the club members, and the match race between Jones and Terrill is the one topic of conversation. There will prob- ably be a good deal of betting on this event, as the friends of these riders are legion and they are about evenly matched. OVERCOATS FOR NOTHING How Newsboys Were Enabled to Give Them Away Yesterday. Clay Street Excited Over a Gemerous Distribution of Useless Gossamers. “‘Buy a paper and get an overcoat free,” yelled an excited newsboy, as he dashed up and down Montgomery street, between Clay and Sacramento, yesterday afternocon about 5 o'clock, with a bulky bundle of evening papers under one arm and a still heavier package of gossamer waterproof coats under the other. Passers by looked at him in amazement, for the most glaringly advertised fire sale never offered any such indaucements as that, and their surprise was increased when half a dozen other boys appeared similarly laden and with like appeals for custom. Not a few pedestrians took ad- vantage of the bargains and received coats and papers in exchange for their nickels. There was no question of the coatsbeing genuine, but the trouble was to use them. All were neatly folded, but so stuck to- gether by the influence of heat that it was impossible to separate them, and the ma- jority were soon tossed away by the dis- gusted purchasers after the garments had been torn in vain efforts to separate skirts from sleeves or from eaeh other. The manner in whick the boys acquired possession of the coats was as laughable as their customer’s efforts to loosen the folds of the gossamers. Just before 5 o’clock an express wagon heavily laden drove up in front of one of the many employment offices that flourish along the north side of Clay street, between Montgomery and Kearny. The driver looked around fora moment and then said to a young man who looked curiously at his load: “Want a rain coat?” Of course the fellow wanted a rain coat, though rainy weather is still far distant, and he promptly came forward to receive the present. News of that kind spreads quick!ly and before he had had time to take a careful look at his prize others came forward and seeing that thers was no objection began to select coats for themselves, Next the crowds of men loitering about the employment offices rushea in for a share and were followed by dozens from the saloons opposite. Men walking along Montgomery and Kearny streets half a block distant each way caught the infection and joined the throng, and inside of three minutes the wagon wad surrounded by a pushing, shouting, perspiring mob, fighting for coats. Before the load, which contained several hundred garments, was exhausted the ex- pressman became irightened for fear that the crowd collected by his generosity might cause his arrest for obstructing the street, and drove away, followed by the portion of the crowd that was un- being the old rates: satisfied. Brrwees | In cents per 100 Ibs. In cents per 2000 Ibs. S. F.AND | FoLLowING ‘ — o —— NaMED | PoINTS 1N . 3 2 5 A » ] D E ONLY. i 15[24]/12[21] 11 (18] 917]| 9[17]||180[260] 175[250]|160[220; 5[ 2! 35 {43)‘32 f.w‘!;so rssi‘zxgss],n [ss 810(400]| 275(810]|245[300° ‘}:o 3028 11(211110118]| 9{161] 7(15) 7 [181]| 12512501 120t210]1 11011001 108 00 These and the similar rates from other points correspond almost exactly to the rates 1ssued by the Valley road for com- petitive points. In many cases the Valley road rates are a trifle lower than those uoted by the SBoutbern Pacific and ina lew rare cases the Bouthern Pacific car- load rates are a very little lower than those of its competitor. ‘“Wherever our rates are higher we shall come down,” said Trafic Manager Moss of the Vailey road yesterday. Among the most important articles of shipment which go.into the San Joaquin Valley are agricultural implements, which are in class A, and the reduction in rates in which can be seen by reference to the table given. Dry goodsand clothing are scheduled in the first class as a rule, and most groceries go in the second class. Soap, which is one of the important arti- cles of freight traffic, is in the fourth class. The large reductions thus made by the Southern Pacific Com;)anv, however, affect but a small portion of California, and fur- ther announcements of similar reductions will accompany the progress of the Valley road. AMONG THE WHEELMEN Will Conduct d Electric Light Meets. Entry blanks are out for the big race meet of the Garden City Cyclers, to be hela at San Jose on Admission day, Sep- Garden City Cyclers Matinee tember 9. The events and prizes are as follows: One mile, novice—Gold medal, $25; silver medal, $10. One mile, open, amateur—Suit, $35; suit, $25|;le!mme trainer, $10; shoes, $5. Two-thirds of & mile, hand:cap, amatenr— Suit, #35; suit, $25; one-half dezen shirts, §10; shoes, $5. third of a mile, scratch, professional— cfl'fl?st‘s'(l)r; cash, §50; cash, $25; cash, $10. One mile, handicap, protessional—Cash, $90; cash, $50; cash, $25; cash, $10. The entries close Wednesday, Septem- ber 2, with J. A. Desimone, secretary race eet committee. m’.l‘hiu meet will doubtless atiract many The driver did not tell where he ac- quired the coats, but it was surmised that some burned-out firm of clothiers had taken this method of getting rid of mnse- less gossamers. ——————— FEW BEALS ARE TAKEN. Discouraging Reports From the Fleet off Privyloff Islands. SEATTLE, Wasn., Aug 17.—The steam- ship Portland, Captain William Kidston, arrived in port to-day from St. Michaels and Unalaska, bringing advices from the latter place to August 7. The revenue cutter Rush dropped down upon Unalaska on August 6 from the seal- ing grounds off Pribyloff Islands. There are some seventy sealing schooners on the grounds this season, so the commander of the Rush reported, and of these about sixty-five are flying the British flag. Owing to very unfavorable weather, not to exceed two or three seals to the schooner had, up to August 6, been killed—the season opened on August 1— whereas under ordinarily favorable con- ditions each vessel would capture af many as a hundred seals in that length of time. Captain Kidston says the water is very cold in and around the island, preventing the seals from making their appearance, owing to the prevalence of ice from the Yukon and the Arctic as late as July 10. The Government Seal Commission, headed by Dr. David Starr Jordan, was preparing to leave Unalaska on the Rush for a cruise to the sealing fleet when the Portland sailed. —— Rail Casually Near Stockton, BTOCKTON, CAL., Aug. 17.—The north- bound train of the Southern Pacific Com- pany on the eastern division of the yalley ran over an unknown man this side of Mendota to-day. The victim died in the County Hospital at French Camp. He did not see the approaching train and was struck before the engineer could reverse the engine. The unfortunate wasabout 25 years of age. He wore a sack coat and vest of cheviof i gg SO Loaxs on diamonds. Interest low. At Uncle Harrig, 16 Grant avenue THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1896. WHEN GREE MEETS. CREE Then Comes a Hard-Fought Game of College Football. ACTIVE PREPARATIONS. Possibilities of the Two Univer- sity Teams for the Com- ing Season. THE MATERIAL IN SIGHT. Berkeley Has Lost Most of Her Ol Line and Stanford Most of \ Her Backs. The prospects of the two big university football teams that will meet on Thanks- kind we want,” he said. ‘‘Big center men are what we most need. Berkeley has always had plenty of backs and ends. From what 1 can see so far, the class of 1900 has better football material in it than last year’s freshman class had.” > The Stanford team lost by Endnltlon Spaldirg, end; Campbell. tackle; Code, quarter; Reynolds and Frankenheimer, halfbacks, and Cochran, fullback, and none of these men will return to college. It was said last season that Camp had trained up a second eleven at Palo Alto that was dmofio as good as the varsity. Among the exceptionally promlsmgl men was Fisher, a halfback, who developed too late to make the team but early enougb to make the veteran halfbacks ap- Frehensiva of their positions. Amnother ikely back was Ben Thomas. The work of Mclntosh (138 pounds), captain of last year’s freshmen team, 8 & dumg: dashing quarter, makes him & prol ability for that position in the varsity. Rice (172 pounds), for the last three years one of the most conscientious players ir the Stanford foot- ball squad, wifl be a strong candidate for the vacant tackle position. Wilbur, the giant shot-putter and hammer-thrower, who entered the university after the foot- ball season was over, will try for a place in the line, probably tackle or guard, having played the latter positiop in the Olympic Club team Jast year. He weighs about 195 pounds and is powerfully built. In addition, there are Harrington, 187 pounds, substitute guard last year and a promising man; Bunker, 155 pounds, a second eleven man, who played for the Reliance Club part of last season, and Hflfihe!. Holbrook, Arnoid and Straight, all lively light men. Soper, a resident of Honolulu who was absent from college last season, developed later in the year into a punter of unusual ility, kicking forty and fifty yards regu- abil; larly. To him the fullback position may go this year. For new men, so far known,;Btanford Dave E. Brown of Oakland, Coast Champion Mile Runuer, and Manager of the Stanford Football Team. giving Day for their sixth annual match game are already being studied with keen interest by the partisans of each college. The University of California practically began the fall term yesterday; but foot- ball practice will not commence at Berkeley before September 15, and Coach Butter- worth will arrive from the East two weeks later to take the men in hand after they have gone through the preliminary lim- bering up under the direction of Captain Ransome and such volunteer coaches from among the graduates as may offer their services. Stanford University will net open until the first of next month, but her athletes will be out on the field fully as early as their rivals across the bay, for the Palo Alto coach is to arrive October 1. All that is known at present as to his identity is that be is not Walter Camp, the “Father of football,” and the veteran Yale coach who has instructed the Stan- ord men for three seasons. Just how the two college teams stand at the opening of the season may be seen by the following table, which indicates what veterans will try for their old positions and what places must be filled owing to vacancies due to graduation and to other causes. The figures after each name desig- nate the man’s playing weight: Positions. Stanford. U. C. Hutchinson, 155 Kennedy, 147 Sherman, 140. Capt- Ransome, Each eleven has lost six men. Berkeley will bave to build up a new center; Stan- ford will ke strong there in the experience of her men, but will have to fill all the positions back of the line with material from her last season’s second eleven, which Walter Camp so carefully trained in Fraplrnion for the future. Dole him- self, the coast champion pole vaulter, was really a second eleven man, having taken part in last year’s match only near the end of the game when the veteran Frank- enheimer was retired from the field lame and exhausted. There is a possibility that Berkeley ma; not lose the services of her last year's guards, Plunkett and Walthall, who, though now students of the Affiliated Col- leges in this City, are still eligible to play. There seems to be a good deal of doubt, however, as to whether the men them- selves care to train under the difficulties incident to their residence far from the college campus. Of Berkeley’s other old players who will not puton the padded suit this year thereare: Reinhardt, tackle, who is now football manager; Douglass, tackle, back in his former position in the mines at Angels Camp; Wilson, end, raduated and out of college, and Hupp, alfback, again in col!lege but unwilling to rlny because of severe injuries received ast season. But for one tackle's position tne Berkeley men are sare of Simpson, 185 g:nnds, the promising player who was rred last year for scholastic reasons. The vacant halfback position may be filled by Hall, 164 pounds, or by Carr; 154 pounds, both substitutes last year. Then there are Kaarsberg, a substitute back ; Bender, a substitute quarter; Greisberg, a second- eleven man; “Giddy’’ Wilder, the substi- tute quarter, who played in the big match of '94, when he and Harrelson were put in the game after the Berkeley and Stanford quarters had been ruled off for losing their tempers. Then for new men so far known there are Dickie, who was a substi- tute back for the University of Chicago team last year; Anderson, a halfback from the Oakland High School; Kingdon, 192 pounds, last year’s Olympic Club cen- ter, who, as a student in the College of Pharmacy is elifible' Whipple, a back from the Centerville High Scl 0ol, and Birdsell, a big, short fellow from le, 180 Sacramento, who weighs 215 pounds at present, but who has declared his inten- tion to train down, harden up and try for center rush. In addition to these players, Captain Ransome said yvesterday that he has noticed a good many big, heavy fresh- men, although he knows nothing of any of them so far. ‘‘But they appear to be the will have Murphy, & quarterback from alem, Or.; Harry Scoville, a Riverside Hi, chool player who weighs175 pounds and is solidly built; SBheehy, a big San Francisco boy who weighs 200 pounds and can run a hundred yards in less than eleven seconds, and perhaps Perkins of Southern California, a man who attended the Case School of Applied Sclencesin the East last year; a brother of Clemans, Stan- ford’s football hero and captain of 92; and ““Pogey’’ Griffiths, a filnyer from St. Mat- thew’s School at San Mateo. Clemans will fry for the football team, his brother writes, and is sure of making the baseball team. He spent the last year in one of the colleges of the Ohio Valley. Griffiths is now a lively baseball player. Manager Dave Brown of the Stanford team said yesterday that he purposes to have two football fields ready for use as soon as college opens. He believes that many of the eariy accidents of each season have been due largely to the poor condi- tion of the field when the beginners first got out. Brown is an Oakland boy and all bis earlier_schooling was obtained in that city. While at the High School he de- veloped into a wonderful runner and be- fore his graduation in December, 1892, had won thirteen medals in contests with many of the best distance men on the coast. Immediately after leaving the High School he entered Stanford and for the last four seasons has been a member of the varsity track athletic team. In 1895 under his captaincy the founda- tion was laid for the excellent team that competed with the Berkeley champions this year hnd divided honors evenly. Brown was energetic amd enthusiastic, and through his efforts what was the mere outline of a cinder track at Stanford for several ycars was converted into a use- ful reality. Last season Brown was manager of the track team. His success in the past made him the logical candidate for the responsi- ble managerial position he now nolds. Dur- ing his three and a half years at college Brown has distinguished himself as a mile-runner, having on several occasions lowered his own coast record for the mile, which stands to-day at 4 min. 36 sec., although he has covered the cistance in Prncnco in 4 minutes 29 seconds. Not arge, Brown is one of the few persons that would be taken for a record-breaking athlete, He is 21 years of lfa.bfoot % inches in height, and weighs 145 pounds, He is an exceptionally good judge of gm and seems to run naturally and without oxaomon. trange to sa; Everett Brown, ‘{1’1 at Berkeley, is also his younger brother, year's track captain i unusually fine half- mile and ‘mile ran: But though the brothers attend rival universities they bave never yet decided their relative speed in a race for that purpose. ATTORNEY QU11Z)W'S ANSWER Denles That He and His Wife Swindled Carpenter Clune. Attorney H. W. Quitzow yesterday filed his answer to the suit of Carpenter John Clune, who alleges that Quitzow swindled him out of $8105. Quitzow denies severally and collectively the allegations ot the plaintiff. He says that Clune resided in his (Quitzow’s) house of his own volition and was not so- licited to come there. It is acknowledged that in 1890 and 1891 Quitzow received irom Clune §2825 for stock of the River, Harbor and Canal Dredging and Lan Company, but he says that the stock be- longed to Quitzow and was not purchased by him for Clune. [t wasnot transferred to Clune because he requested that it be left in Quitzow’s name. For a further and separate answer, it is alleged that the clause is icvalidated by the statute of limitation. In regard to the Emigrant mining prop- erty, all the allegations of the plaintiif are denied. It is also claimed that the case bas already been tried and decided in favor of Quitzow by Judge Troutt. ————— Red hats were first worn by Cardinals in the year 1245, SAN FRANCISCO'S WEIGHT OF TAXES Merchants Trying to Have It Kept as Low as Possible. i ASK FOR MORE TIME. Preparing for the Meeting of the State Board of Equali- zation. IN DANGER OF A BIG RAISE. A Committee Appointed to Protect the City — Resolutions and Telegrams. The Merchants’ Association, aroused to unusual activity by the prospect of having the last assessment of property in San Francisco raised by the State Board of Equalization, called a reeting of business men and taxpayers yesterday. The meeting was held in the assembly- rooms of the Mills building and was a thoroughly representative gathering. The real estate men attend-d in force and to- gether represented over $200,000,000 worth of taxable real estate in this City. The result of the meeting was a tele- gram to Sacramento asking that the State board delay action until San Francisco can properly present her case, a series of resolutions which clearly announce the sentiment of the men assembled and the appointment of a committee of five to take up the City’s fight and carry it through. The telegram sent was as follows: BAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17, 1896. To the State Board of Equalization, State Cap- itol, Sacramento: The Mayor, the chairman ot the City Board of Equalization, the Assessor’s office and the Merchants’ Association respect- fully request an extension of two weeks’ time in_which they wish to be heard relative to subject of valuations in this Cltl, inasmuch as the agsessment as now made is kaown to be in excess of irue values. Address immediately to MERCHANTS' ASSOCIATION. The resolutions were as follows: ‘WHEREAS, It appears from reliable data fur- nished by the g_x;openy-ownerl of the City and County of San Francisco that the assessed val- uation of property in San Francisco exceeds in many instances its actual value; ana whereas,the assessment roll has been increased in the present fiscal yeAr 1o about $357.- 000,000, being an inerease of about $30,000,- 000 over the assessed valuation of the past fis- cal year in spite of the general depression; and whereas, the present assessed valuation of Eropeny in San Francisco is comparatively igher than in other counties throughout the State; therefore, be it Resolved, By the members of the Merchants’ Association ‘and the property-owners of San Francisco, in meeting assembled this seven- teenth (17th) day of - August, 1896, that the State Board of Equalization be hereby earn- estly and urgently requested to forego any in- crease in the present assessed vaiuation of g;o‘perty in the City of San Francisco; and t Resolve tice of the State Board of Equalization, and express our confidence in any action they may take respecting the assessment of this City, and if any alteration is made in the present assessment that it be in the nature ot a reduc- tion instead of an increase, because of depre- ciation in real estate. The committee appointed consists of M. A.; Rothchild, O. F. von Rhein, .Lamles Kelly, A. 8. Baldwin and Colonel ittle. The action of the merchants was taken because &t present the Board of Super- visors, which is the proper body to attend to such matters, is on a vacation, and un- less the matter was attended to at once it was as weil not to do anything. President Dohrmann opened the proceed- ings by explaining the sitnation, and an- nounced as the object of the meeting the solution of the question, ‘‘What was to be done to prevent the assessment from be- ing raisea?” He then asked A. S. Bald- win to address the n.eeting. Mr. Baldwin said it had been the policy of the State board to take certain sales of property and upon them to base the rate of assessment. In doing so, he continued, the board takes only those sales which illustrate and lead to the point sought to be made. The entire assess- ment, he said, should not be raised just because some assessments are irregular, but, he remarked, that was just what was being done. The assessment-roll of this City, he said, is a farce. No city in the Union has a roll so irregular, so inaccurate and so useless. Some property, he went on, had been sold for less than the assessed valuation, and he asserted that, if such a thing were pos- sible, if all San Francisco should be sold it would not bring the amount at which it is now assessed. And this figure will be raised at Sacramento unless someihing be done. He suggested appointing a com- miltee to collect data to submit to the State board. Thomas Magee then spoke. He said that the real-estate men of the City are always willing to help the Assessor, but they had pot been called upon. Mr. Siebe, he continued, had promised the non-partisans that he would seek such information when making assessments but he had never done so. Then Mr. von Rhein moved that the chairman, Mr. Dohrman, and Colonel Taylor of the Bn&erflwrs, Colonel Little representing the Mayor, and Mr, Briges representing the Assessor, should be ap- }wlnud a committee to seek further time rom the State board. He wished at least two weeks. Mr. Briggs of the Assessor’s office was then called for to speak to the motion. Mr. Briggs was notu prepared to say whether or not San Francisco could secure more time. His office, he continued, had furnished all the data possible, and it That we appesl to the sense of jus- could do no more. Continuing, he said that the assessments this year had been in a great measure based on the sales of 1894 and 1895, and they were undoubtedly a little irregular. He said, too, there was no doubt but that San Francisco was assessed fully 15 per cent higher than any other city or county in the State. Regarding remarks made that property was being assessed too high, he said that if any one who believed un over-assess- ment had been made would come out to the office and show where such existed the Assessor would be glad to hear from him and consider the question. One gentleman asked Mr. Briggs who made the assessment. He believed Mr. Briggs made the assessment himself, and he had found that Mr. Briggs had been very hard to approach. Hr. Dohrman declined tp hear anything of the past, but Mr. Magee believed that it was necessary to show to the State board that the Assessor ana the Assessor's office were alone the cause of the over assess- ments. Such pertinent questions, how- ever, were ruled out. It was a future con- dition, not one past, that confronted them, the chairman said. Colonel Taylor said that in the absence of the rd committees were takin action. As chairman of the Board Equalization of San Francisco he did not intend to go to Sacramento, but he would write a letter. He would call attention to the fact that the assessmentroll of the City had been increased $30,000,000 within Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. the last year and that real estate is now worth less than it was a year ago, and much less than it was two years since, and not over 60 per cent of what it was three vears ago. Such a letter would go this morning to Sacramento, he said. Continuing, he said he would not ad- vise to send a delegation, but he would send the ideas of the Merchants’ Associa- tion in black and white. He had not much of an opinion of the effect of a delegation, and he thought a let‘er would be better. Colonel Taylor said he would have no ob- jection to ask for delay. Mr. Briggs was then asked if_he would join in the request for delay. He said the Assessor’s office wonld join in anything of that kind, but he did not think any delay would be granted. Mr. Rothschild then offered as a substi- tute for Mr. von Rhein’s motion that a telegram asking further time be sent, and a committee of five be appointed to take charge of the affair, and in case of time being granted to appear before the board in person if recessary, and also to prepare a statement for the board’s action. After some discussion Mr. Rothschild’s motion prevailed and Mr. Dohrman ap- pointed the committee. The members at once drew up their chairs to the table and started the formulation of the resolution and the telegram, which were afterward adopted by the meeting. INTEKESTS THE COAST. Discharge, Transfers and ILeaves of Absence at the Presidio—Pensions. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 17.—By direction of the Assistant Secretary of War Isaac Londer, Battery A, Fifth Artillery, now at the Presidio of San Francisco, will be discharged from the service of the United States on receipt of this order by the commanding officer of his station. The following transfers in Ninth In- fantry are made: FWirst Lieutenant Frank L. Dofids from Company A to Company I, First Lieutenant John M. Sigworth from Company I to Company A. Captain James 8. Rogers, Twentieth Infantry, will report in person to the commander of the United States Infantry and Cavalry School at Fort Leavenworth, Kans., for duty. The following transfers in the Fiith Cavalry aremade: Second Lieuten- ant Powell Clayton Jr. from Troop C to Troop M, Second Lieutenant Eugene P. Jervey Jr. from Troop M to Troop C. Leave of absence for two months and seven days is granted Captain Henry P. Kingsbury, Sixth Cavalry. By direction of the acting Secretary of War the leave ofeabsence granted Major Henry McEIl- derry, surgeon, is extended two months. I Harrison Jr. was to-day appointed pay- master at Hernandez, San Benito County, Cal., vice E. McKean resigned. Pacific Coast pensions have been issued as follows: California: Original—Clark M. Smith, Hanford. 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CALL FOR ORGANIZATION e O OFFICIAL REPUBLICAN DISTRICT CLUBS, LL BONA-FIDE REPUBLICAN VOTERS of te City and County of San_ Francisco will meet in their respective Assembly Districts on TUESDAY EVENING, August 18, 1896, at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of organizing Official Repub- lican District Clubs underthe auspices of and by authority of the Republican County Committee, in accordance with the plan adopied by the Re- publican County Committee at s regular meeting held August 13, 1896, a certified cypy of which is in possession of the County Committeemen, who are authorized to act as organizers of clubs in thelr respective districts and at the meeting- places designated as follows, viz.: Where precints are mentioned they have refer- ence to the district maps of 1894. DISTRICT 28. Club No.1 wi ] meet for organization st Rin- con Hall, SE. corner Second ard Folsom sts., on Tuesday evening, August 18, at 8 o'clock. DISTRICT 29. Club No.1 will meet for organization at Irish- American Hall, 818 Howard st., on Tuesday even- ing, August 18, at 8 o'clock. DISTRICT 30. Club No. 1 will meet for organization at Pythian Castle, 909 Market st.,on Tuesday evening, Au- gust 18, a1 8 o’clock. DISTRICT 31. Club No. 1 will meet for organization at Teutonts Hall, 1323 Howard st., on Tuesday evening, Au- gust 18, at 8 o’clock. DISTRICT 32. Ciub No. 1 will meet for_organization at Black's Hall, 619 Bryant st, on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, August 18 and 19, at 8 o'clock: and on Thursday and Friday evenings, August 20 ana 21, at Pennie’s Hall, Eighteenth and Kentucky sts.: and for permanent organization at the Potrero Opera-house, Eighteenth and Tennessee sts., on Saturday evening, August 22. DISTRICT 33. Club No. 1, comprising Precincts Nos. 1 to8inclu- sive, will meet for organization at Maennerbund Hall, Twenty-fourth st. ana Potrero ave., Tuesday evening, August 18, at 8 o'clock, and for perma- nent organization at Mangel's Hall, corner Twen- ty-fourth and Folsom sts., on Saturday evening, August 22, ut 8 o'clock. Club No. 2, comprising Precincts Nos. 9 to 14 in- clusive,will meet fororganization at Masonic Hall, Railroad ave., between Fourteenth and Fifteenth aves.,on Tuesday evening, August 18, at 8 o’clock, DISTRICT 34. Club No. 1 will meet for organization at Mission Turners’ Hall, Eighteentn snd Lapidge streets, on Tuesday evening, August 18, at 8 o'clock. DISTRICT 35. Club No. 1 will meet for organization at 1339 Valencia street on Tuesday evening, August 18, at 8 o’clock. DISTRICT 36. Club No. 1, comprising Precincts Nos. 1 to 8 In- clusive, will meet for organization at Twin Peaks Hall. corner Seventeenth and Noe streets, on ‘Tuesday evening, August 18, at 8 o’clock. Club No. 2, comprising Precincts Nos. 9to 16 inclusive, will meet for organization at Rolando’s Hall, northwest corner Church and Twenty-eighth streets, on Tuesdsy evening, August 18, at 8 o’clock. DISTRICT 37. Club No. 1 will meet for organization at Mowry's Hall, southwest corner Grove and Laguna streets, on Tuesday evening, August 18, at 8 o’clock. DISTRICT 38. Club No. 1 will meet for organization at Mascot Ha'l, 1106 Golden Gate avenue, between Bu- chanan and Webster streets, on Tuesday evening, August 18, at 8 o’clock. DISTRICT 39. Club No. 1, comprising Precincts 7, 11, 12, 18, 14,16, 16 and 17, will meet for organizasion at 1017 Larkin street, on Tuesday evening, August 18, at 8 o'clock. Club No. 2, comprising Precinets 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8,9 and 10, Will_meet for organization at Grove: street Theater, Grove street, betwecen Polk and Van Ness avenue, on Tuesday evening, August 18, at 8 o’clock. DISTRICT 40, Club No. 1, comprising Precincts 1,32, 8, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 16, will meet for organization at Bear Club Hall, southwest corner Fillmore and Post streets, on Tuesday evening, August 18, at 8 o’clock. Club No. 2, comprising Precincts 8 to 15 inclu- sive, will meet for organization at Hamllton Hail, southwest corner Geary and Steiner streets, on Tuesday evening, August 18, at 8 o’clock. DISTRICT 41, Club No. 1 will meet for organization at Pixley Hall, northeast corner Pacific and Polk streets, on Tuesday evening, Angust 18, at 8 o'clock. DISTRICT 42, Club No. 1, comprising Precincts ‘1 to 7 fnclu stve, will meet for orzanization at Bensvolence Hall, B'nal B'rith building, 121 Eday street, on Tuesday evening, August 18, at 8 o’clock. Club No. 2. comorising Precincts 8 to 14 inclu- sive, will meet for organization at 1002 Hyde street, on Tuesday evening, August 18, at 8 o’clock. DISTRICT 43. Club No. 1 will meet for organization at Califor- nia Hall, 620 Bush street, on Tuesday evening, August 18, at 8 o'clock. DISTRICT 44, Club No. 1, comprising Precincts Nog. 1, 2, 8, 4, 5,11,12,13 and 14, will meet for organization at 1408 Dupont street, between Green and Union, on Tnesiay evening, August 18, at 8 o'clock. Club No. 2, comprising Precitcts Nos. 8,7, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16 and 17, will meet for organizacion at 604 Lombard_street, between Powell and Mason, on ‘Tuesday evening, August 18, at 8 o’clock. DISTRICT 45. Club No. 1 will meet for organization at 539 Cal- ffornia street on Tuesday evening, August 18, at 8 o'clock. By order of the Republican County Committee. CHARLES MANWARING, Chairman Repablican County Commitu JOHN JACKSON, Secretary Republican Connty Committee. JOHN M. CHRETIEN, Committee Chairman Executiva County Committee. GROVE P. 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