The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 2, 1897, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, MARCH 2’ 1897. PREDICTS TWILLBE ) SUCCESS | t absent from the City recent!y and upon bis return was directed by THE CArL and the leading commercial bodies of the City to a movement that has for its object the early commencement of the new Francisco Postoffice building. ““We should not be behindband or in- | different to-this proposition,” said he. “It A Large Attendance at the| Postoffice Mass- Meeting. BUILDERS’ . EXCHANGE TO CC-OPERATE. Strong- Resolutions Passed by the Directors of That Bedy. MEMCRIALS: AND- PETITION TO CONGRESS: Every Effort Will -Be Mad: by ths Ctz:ps to Have the. Work Begun Very Scoa. Every day ;adds strength to the move- ment that_has for itsobject the early be- ng of the work en' ths new-Postoftice nto line and the present. indications are that by the time the extra session of Con- gress is held they will have in° Washington a memorial and petition for.this work to be started that cannot be igmored orlaid oni‘the'shelf. Yesterday-afternoon the Builders’ Ex- nge we's called’ together by its presi- dent, Oscar Lewis, and it was decided to Ong body aiter anotheris falling | | Chamber of | Trade of San Francisco, the California | is of great importance to the contractors, mmenml men and the laboring classes. | All of these will certainly draw more or | less benefit from having the work begun and carried to completion and particularly at this time when times are decidedly dall in the building line. We should, as a body, do all in our power to have the au- thorities at Washington set the ball m motion. In presenting our wishes and making our requests we should be sure | that we are not misuuderstood. Our pur- pose is not to find fault with what has been done or what has not been done. It will be of no use to go back over the old grounds and raise questions as to the pur- chase of the lot upon which the building is to be erected, or comment upon the de- | Jay. Weshould impress upon our repre- | sentatives at Washington that we need to | bave and want the work of excavation and construction begun as speedily as pos- ible. | “Now, what I propose isthis: Let usas a body join with the other bodies and or- ganizations now in this move, the Manu- facturers” and Producers’ Association, the Commerce, the Board of | Brate Board of Trade and the Merchants’ | Builders’ Exchange is to be invited to be | I | able memorial Association.” “That would be a good move and I am in favor of it, that is if they desire our co- | remarked Contractor More- | operation,” house. *Have no fear about this point,” said Mr. Lewis. “I have seen Julian Sonntag and some of the others, and they will be | only too well pleased to have us with them. In fact, the entire body of the presentand participate in the joint mass- meetinz that is to be held in the Chamber of Commerce on Thursday. At that gathering it is proposed to prepare a suit- to be presented to the authorities at Washington urging them to bave the work on the Postoffice building started at once; also to have our repre- | sentatives in Congress ask, at the special session, for an appropriation of about $250,000, in order that the work, when once started on the $240,000 now on kand, may not be stopped for the want of money. first step in this direction I have prepared this resolution for your consideration: San | In order that we may take the| AWESTERN APOSITION Arrival of the Omaha Dele- gates on Their Pacific Coast Tour. SECURED MONEY FROM VARIOUS STATES. Will Visit the Legisiature To- Day in Aid of a $50,000 Appropriation. EXHIBIIION PRE-EMINENTLY TRANS-MISSISSIPPIAN. President Wattles and H E. Palmer on the Support ani Parpos: of the Prcj:ct. | The delegation of leading Omaha ‘ citizens who have been making a tour of five or six Western and coast States for some time past in the interest of the Trans-Mississippi Exposition, arrived here yesterday from Oregon in the special car Silver City. G. W. Wattles, president of the exposi- tion and a leading banker of Omaha, | beads the delegation, Besides him there are G. M. Hitchcock, principal owner ot the World-Herald; John L. Webstern, an_at- torney ; H. E. Palmer of the Board of Fire | and Police Commissioners; W. M. G. | Poppleton, a leading attorney, and Clem- |ent Chase, editor of the Excelsior. A number of ladies are in the party. President Wattles and the other dele- gates visited the officers of the Board of ' THE BUILDER TELEPHONE MAIN 5110 WHEREAS, class;: we" S San Francisc ago outgrown and whereas, a o, March 1, 1897. The City of San Francisco has long been in need of a ‘Postoffice building suited . to the demands of a having many . years present antiquated.quarters; city of her the capacity of our large amount of money has been expended in the purchase of a lot now lying idle, and the necessary plans prepared; and whereas, the commencement of the work ‘at this time would be a great benefit i{o the State at large, and also-give great relief to the depressed condition, therefore be it RESOLVED, That we, the board of direc labor market in its present tors of the Builders' Exchange of - San:Frahcisco, heartily and earnestly join with the various mercantile and representatives urging our in Congress industrial organizations of this City in to use their Dbest endeavors toward the early commencement of the work and also to urge ‘at.the special session.of Congress an appropriation of money sufficient to-enable the continuous prosecution of the work. RESOLVED, That 'these resolutions be spread in full upon the minutes of the board and-a copy be sent to the joint meeting of industrial 'and ‘commercial -bodies ‘to-be held at the rooms of the Chamber :of Commerce. on Thursday, March 4, 18 By order of ‘the board. D710 7. ‘Zfi/z//&m/ The Resolutions Proposed by Oscar Lewis at the Builders’ Exchange Yesterday. co-opsTate with the organizations that are 10 hold a mass-meeting in the Chamber of Commerce on.the 4th ‘inst. At yester- day’s meeting the directors passed resolu- tions most favorable: t5 the .movement, @nd at a latér meeting the’ entire body vill take up the sabject for farther con- sideration. A. A. Watkins, . the president -of the Board of Trade of Sah -Francisco,.has jssued calls for the meeting of Thursday, and he says he expects s large attendance. The subject of the new Postoffice-is now a popular topic of . discussion around town, and the action of THE'CaLL in creating the agitation 'in this worthy cause is most favorably commented tpon.. SIX LARGE BODIES. The Builders’ Exchangé -Will”.Join in the Big Jalnt. Mass-Meeting. The Buijders' Exchange bas taken up the Postoffice building agitation in & man- ner that shows the members propose todo all in their power to have ke work begun as speedily a% possible. It frequently hap- pens that when there i3 any large move- ment on foot different bodies sre inclined 10 be more or less jealous of each other, and some annoyance is caused by each de- siring to'be in the léead. . Not so with the Builders’ Exchange. Acting upon the principle that tho greatest good can be done. by the united. action of a large body, the exehange has joined hands with the five large commerciai and industrial bodies in a joint mass-meeting, to be beld in the Chamberof Commerce rooms next Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock. This decision was: mide yester- day. In response to a <all ll!ued by the president, Oscar Lewis, the ‘board of di- rectors of the Builders’ Exchange met at their rooms; at 40 New Montgomety siréet, at1o'clock, and representatives ofall kinds of builders, carpenters, plasterers, brick- layers, painters and iron- men, were present. President Dum stated that ho had been i | President Lewis, accompanied by all who The resolution - was adopted witheut hesitation and it was decided that when the big meeting is held on Thursday, will be able to attend, will take the reso- lution to the meeting and present it to the body. It is believed that such an action will have much more effect upon the movement and upon-the people at Washington thar as tiough each organ- ization act by itself and forward to the capital a promiscuous lot of resolutions, and 50 it was decided. PR WIIL SEND DELEGATES. ‘The Local Board of Trade Joins the General Demand. The San Francisco Board of Trade yes- terday afternoon appointed a representa- tive committee to join with the other large commercial bodies of the City in hastily taking action calculated speedily to bring about work upon the new Federal building. Willigm Cluff, lho wholesale grocer; H. M. Holbrook of Holbrook, Merrill & Stetson, - iardware-dealers; Sanford Ben- nett of Dunham, Carrigan & Co., dealers in machinery, are the delegates that were named By President A. A. Watkins of the Board of Trade at the meeting of the di- recfors. 5 “‘The sooner the work is begun the bet- ter.’’ said William Cluff, chairman of the committée. ‘It cannot be started too soon’ during the present condition of workingmen in this City. The expendi- ture of all that money here is just what is needed torelieve the distress of the un- employed. It would furnish a large num- ber of men with work. “What is needed is an expression from the combined business bodies of the City urging upon our representatives in Con- gress the necessity for bringing every effort to bear to have the new Postoffice building started immediately. If the people will demand it and urge it, and our Congressmen will help, there should be Trade and Chamber of Commerce after their arrival. They interested both or- ganizations as far as possibie, preparatory to going to Sacramento to-day and cali- ing on the Legislature. In eeveral other States money has either been appropri- ated or steps have been taken that way. Captain Palmer said in regard to this «The Exposition Company is organized on the stock basis of $1,000,000, one-half of which is subscribed. Marvin Hewett, president of the Chicago and Northwest- ern Railroad, has just telegraphed us that he has subscribed $60,000 in aid of the ex- position. “Congress in the first place appro- priated $200,000 toward it. The State of Nebraska is to give $200,000. Colorado will make a small appropriation. It has recently haa a hard time with the strikers at Leadville, and is unable to give as much as it otherwise would do. +Besides these, the following States havealready appropriated, or have taken steps to doso: Montana, $25,000; Idaho, $25,000; Utah, $30,000; Wfluhmglon $25,- 000; Iilinois, $100,000; Kansas, $40,000; South Dakota, $20,000; North Dakota, $25000; Minnesota, $30,000; Missouri, $75.000; New Mexico, $15,000. “We also anticipate a small appropria- tion from Arizona. A number of these States have been personally visited by us. ‘We have been received in the most gen- erous manner. “To-morrow we will go before the Leg- islature at SBacramento. We hope to get an appropriation from -California of $50,000. Everybody is recognizing what a great thing the exposition is going to be for all the Western country. Itis to be pre-eminently a Trans-Mississippi Expo- sition, and we think it will be as great as any industrial exposition held in this country. *‘The exposition will open in June, 1898, It will be a revelation as to what the West is, though exnibits of all kinds from other parts of the world will be made there.” President Wattles talked much in the no further delay.” same vein, and was full of enthusiasm. Hesaid 1t was the first time an exposition | on such a scale had been attempted west of the Mississippi, barring the Midwinter Fair, which had been carried through to success here. He thought that Omaha, too, as a place for the exposition would open ihe eyes of many peovle. “After we bave been at Sacramento, where we hope to get ‘an appropriation of $50,000,” he said, *‘we will visit Carson, where the Nevada Legislature isin ses- sion. I don’t know what it will do, but we hope to get at least a small appropria- tion. “On account of the deadlock in the Ore- gon Legislature which has prevailed thus far, I do not know whether we will get anythiag there. Colorado, I am assured, will give us something. The strike at Leaaville has cost the State $300,000, but 1t will do its best for us. “The prospects for a great exposition are, in the highest degree, flattering. 1t will, in my judgment, be the greatest of the kind ever held.” The delegates visited Chinatown last night. They are at the Palace. JUMPED HIS BONDS. John Hogan, Charged With Grand Larceny, Fails to Appear in .Judge Low’s Court. John Hogan is a fugitive from justice and Judge Low yesterday morning de- clared his bonds forfeited and issued a bench warrant fer his arrest. Hocan was arrested at the masked ball in the Mechanics’ Pavilion on the meorn- ing of January 1 for stealing a diamond pin from Frank L. Noviega, who was president of the ball committee. The same day he was relessed on $2000 bounds, accepted by Judge Low. The sure- ties were Frank H. Meader, 2034 Pine street, who qualified oo 8 lot' 25x100 feet at Schoolhouse station,San Mateo Uounty, und Joseph A, Miller, 1032 Market street, who qualified on a lot 2232 Raiiroad avenue, between Oak and Walnut streets, Alamed Meader is what is known as a profes- sional bondsman and is surety on numer- ous bonds in the Police Courts. Judge Conlan on Saturday took steps to bring Meader before the Grand Jury. Meader wason the bond of Mary Brown, aiias Eliza Kilcline, charged with grand lar- ceny, and the Judge was notified by Ex- pert Newman that the property on which he qualitied was not in existence. The woanan was ordered into cusmdy. INTHREE WHITE CASKETS Pastint’s Children, Victims of Poison Fungus, Carried to the Vault. As Soon as the Parents R:cover the Little Bodies Will Bs Cremated. Three white hearses bearing three tiny white caskets in which were incased the little bodies of the sons of Mr.and Mrs. wheeled slowly away from the | desolate home to the cemetery yesterday afternoon. Six horses, white as the mournful hearses they drew, walked slowly abreast, not one pair behind the other, as thaugh the little boys, poisoned at their last even- ing meal, wished to be together in death, as they were in life. Arriving at the cem- etery, the white caskeats were placed side by side in a cheeffess vauli; t6 wait until the heartbroken parents have recovered their health; then the bodies will be cre- mated. Many friends followed the bo dies to the cemetery and before the vault was closed moved past the caskets to read the simple inscriptions on the silver plates each bore. | They tell a sad story. Egidio Pastini, aged 8 years, was the first to die after havine eaten the poison- ous fungus at that fatal meal. On the afternoon of February 26 death claimed him. A few bours afterward Tito, aged 5 yearsand 11 months, the youngest son, succumbed (0 the poison. The eldest boy, Attilio, aged 11 years and 6 days, strag- gled lnng for life, but he sank slowly into a deeper and deeper sleep, from which he could not be roused and it ended in death on the morning oi February 28. There were no religious services over the bodies. Though the famiiy had always been re- Iigious, still the last great blow seemed to have robbed them of all faith, and the children were buried without a word of prayer. Happiness has gone out of the life of Ricardo Pastini, father of the little boys. ¥or hours precemng the faneral he paced up and down past the tiny caskets, paus. ing often to look upon the marble features of his children, whom he had loved so | well and had lost. He will not be com- forted, and what makes his lot the harder is his belief that he is their slayer. “There they lie, all dead together,” he would say, “‘and it was I who poisoned them; poisoned them with my own hnnds and now how I sufier—mlseuble miserable man that Iam.” ‘When the time for the funeral came the scene was most pathetic. The father and mother and their daughter, little Eda, are still suffering from the awful poison. and fearing that it mizht overtax their strength the doctors forbade their under- taking the journey to the cemetery. At 2 o’clock the caskets were gently picked up from the stools on which they rested and were slowly carried to the waiting hearses. The father and mother gazed at each other in silent awe. Their grief was too intense for tears. In connection with the tragedy it has been suggested that twenty-five or thirty pellets of ‘‘anti-scrofuloso” administered to the children would have saved them. This is said to be an effective antidote against that peculiar form of poisoning. — PLYMOUTH CHURCH PASTORATE. Indications That Some Division Exists Among the Congregation. Rev. W. D. Williams, D.D., who has filled the pastorate of Plymouth Congre- gational Ohurch for the past seven years, preached his farewell sermon last Sunday and will probably leave for the East in the ensuing month. Though the pastor himsell and the co gregation deny the rumor that any di sion within the church itself has led him to take this step, other sources of informa- tion would seem to justify the rumor. It is known, for instance, that certain mem- bers of the congregation are so warmly attached to Dr. Williams that they would not hesitate to sever their connection with Plymouth Church if he could be induced to accept a locai call. So strong is the feeling that about a fortnight ago a gen- tleman from Plymouth Church waited upon Charles Geddes, an elder of the Westminister Presbyterian Church, which is at present without a regular pastor, and uskea him if tuat body would entertain a proposition to appoint-Dr. Williams to fill the vacancy, intimating that in the event of such action being taken, a con- siderable proportion of the congregation would attend the Westminister Church. Mr. Geddes bimseli declined to discuss, though he did not deny the lact. “Qf course such a proposition was ridic- ulous,’” he said, briefly. “How counld a Presbyterian Church engage a Congrega- WILL ViSIT SPANG VALLEY So the Board of Supervi- sors Voted Yester- day. Resolution Léoking to Reducing the Expense of Ho.ding E ections. srchants’ Associalion Forms a Plan for the Improvem:nt cf F.rst Avenu:. The Board of Supervisors voled yester- day afternoon, in accordance with the recommendation of the Water Committee, to visit the offices of tie Spring Valley Water Company ' Wednesday morning. The Water Committee reported that they had visited the o ffices of the water cora- pany yesterday forencon. There they made a demand for detailed information concerning the compensation and salaries of officers and employes of the company, and generally for such other detailed in- formation as the board has sought from the beginnig of the water-rate inquiry. They saw books and accounts, and Charles Webb Howard, president of the company, agreed io have prepared a de- tailed statement of the operating expenses and expenditures of the company as re- quested by the board. Mr. Howard gave assurances that all the iniormation that was sought should be supplied, but some of the facts were to be given to the mem- bers of the board in contidence. These were the facts as they were re- ported by the Water Committee. Super- visor Clinton offered a resolution that the board should visit the water company’s office Wednesday morning at 10:30 o’clock and spoke to the question. Supervisor Clinton said that the board would be able to determine whether cer- tain facis should be received in confidence. Mr. Howard had answered some questions propounded by the Water Committee, but had refused to answer vital questions i the answers were to be submitted to the public, but he had said that he would answer every question asked of him if cerfain answers could be considered as re- ed in confidenca by the Supervisor$: Mr. Howard had said that he would satisfy the Supervisors that his course would best subserve the interests of the public. Supervisor Clinton added that he was not authorized to make any answer. he therefore moved that the board shoulid visit the Spring Valley offices. Super- visor Rottanzi alone voted no. The board also moved to meet again next Friday evenirg to resume the con- sideration of the water rates, The following resolution, which was in- troduced by Supervisor Britt, was adopted : Resolved, That the Legisiature be petitioned by the Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco to facilitace the pas- sage of the act reduciug the expenses of hoid- ing Freeholders and charter elections, and also of the joint resolution proposing a con- stitutional amendment bringing Connty as well as City offices within the scope of a Legis- letive or Fréeholders' charter. The resoiution concerning the placing of the public printing again went over. Supervisor Smith opgosed furthey delay. Bupervisor Britt favored putting over for one week, because, he saia, the Typo- graphical Union desired to be heard. Supervisor Britt introduced a resoiution to appcint Joseph J. Dunne as assistant to the District Atiorney. Mayor Pnelan spoke on this proposi- tion. He sa:d that an assistant attorney had been engaged during the Daurrant trial, when the District Attorney was crowdea with work. Now there would be very little to do for the assistant, and he thought that it would be well to save the §250 per month which it is proposed to pay an assistant. The matter was laid over for one week. Supervisor Rottanzi introduced a reso- lution and spoke in favor of it, the pur- port of the resolution being to favor legis- lation to provide for the payment of the City's creditors. The resolution was unanimously adopted. A resolution provicing for the purchase of certain inventions of fire apparatus irom H. H. Gorter was rescinded and an- other resolution was adopted in its stead, limiting the amount to be paid to 5500 upon motion ot Supervisor Britt. Action was postpor.ed for one week in the matter of appointing sn attorney for the delinquent tax department. The Ju- diciary Comm ittee recormmended the ap- vointment of Alfred Fuhrmann to the position. A communication was received from the Mutual Electric- Light Company, giving notice of an intention to commence dig- ging trenches, laying wooden conduits for electric cables aud constructing manholes in streets as follows: Beginning at the southeriy corner of Market and Second strees, thence along Market street 10 East street; also beginning at the junction of Market and Spear streets, thence along Spear street to Folsom street, and thence along Foisom street about 150 feet east- er'y. With this was also filed a bond of $5000 to lay conduits. Petitions were recently received from the Pacific Athletic Club for prrmission to hold & boxing tournament during the month of Merch or April; irom the Polk- street Improvement Club for a permit for the Mutual Electric Light Company to erect three poles on each block on Polk street, from Vallejo to Sutter, on Sutter, from Polk to Larkin, on Larkin, from Sut- ter to McAllister, and on McAlhstsr, from Larkin 10 Jones. The Merchants’ Association asked that tion concerning the proposed bitumin- izing of First avenue between the Presidio gate and Golden Gate Park be postponed. The reason given for this was as follows: This association is informed by s number of the property-owners that it is the desire of 2 majority of them to increase the roadway of -aid_aveius by reducing the widtn of the sidewalks from twenty-two to seventeen fee or such width as will meet with the approval of your honorable board. Your petitioner be- lieves that this will in time become s most popular and much traveled boulevard, and for this reason it respectiully requests your hon- orable board to delay action for two weeks, during which time your yetitioner will call & meeting of the property-owners, ud wfl[ then lay before your honorable boar tition Waich we think will be for the in{erests of the City. —— STREET IMPROVEMENTS. Summary of the Week’s Work Acted On by the Board. The following is a complete summary of the street improvements which passed the Board of Supervisors at yesterday’s ses- sion: AWARDS OF CONTRACTS. N street and Tweifth avenue—To Willlams, Bel- ser & Co., 00 storm water inlet, cu'. N street and Thir eenth avenue- N sreet ‘and Fourteen i avenue—To M. C. Ko gan, on stormwater Inlets, eic. P street and Twelf h avenue—ta B ireet and 'l nirieont aveneTo Willlams, Belser & Co., 0n same. ¥ sireet and Fourteenth avenue—Same. Montgomery avenue, Bay to Nor.h Point street —To Warren & Malley, on grading. LOWEST BIDS ON STEEET WORK. Devisadero and Page—slinn & Treacy, on bitu- ‘minous pavewent. tionai divine? Nor have we any desire to be mixed up with the quarrels of our neighbors.” Franklin and Union—J. J. Dowling, on same. Fi in snd Union—vaniel Kel.eher, on carbs, sidewalks, etc. The' fac-simile signature of ot T is on every wrapper _of CASTORIA, | Tweuty-second, Sanchez to Noe—Louis E. Een- rior, on stone sidewalks for north side. Callfornia aud ¥ilimore—J. J. Duwling, on same. Vallejo, Plerce to Scoti—adamantine Paving Compuny, on same. nih ue, H to I street—J. H. plank sl tewa ke RESOLUTIONS ORDERING STREET WORK- Bush s.reet, Plerce to Scoti—Stoue sidewsiks. Bagamore sireet, Plymouth to Capitol avenue— Gradiug, curbs, etc. Fair Oaks sireer, Twenty-sscond to Twenty- third—Curbs and paving. Thirtee 14 str-et, ~ancnez to Noe—Stond side- walks on southeriy sid e, BECOMMENDED PASSED T0 RESOLUTION OB ERING. Tennesses streot, Twenty-second to polnt 466 feet south—Paving. Rhod~ Is'ana street, Twen!y-second to Twenty- third Graaing, sewers. etc. De Huro siree:, I weniy-s=cond to Twenty-third— Grading and sewer: o Lweuty-third street, Bhede Island to De Haro— ume. Spear street, Market to Mission—Sewers, etc. BESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO ORDEE STREET WORK. Thirteenth street, Devisadero to Alpine—Pipe sewer, etc. Hliers sireet, Brvant to Federal—Curbs aad paving, Harrison etreet aud Precita avenae—Cesspools and calverts, Treat and Precita avenues—Same. Rincon p.a lermon 1o Eryanl—Curbs and bituminous pavin Kishth strect, prannan to Townsend—Curbs and basalt paving. g iEhicenth sircet, Townsend to Rbode Istand— nme, Khode Tsland street, Division to Alameda—Graa- ing, curbs, etc. rhoue Island and Alameda streets—Same. Rhode Island surcet, Alameda to Fifteenth— Same. Dlason street, Beach to Jefferson—Same. Mason and Jefferson sireeis—Grading, brick sewer, etc. STBEET WORK RECOMMESDED BY SUPEBINTEND- ENT OF STEKETS. California street aud Twenuieth avenue—Grad- ing. seners, ec. Green street, Scott to Devisadero—Curbs and paving. Gre u and Scoit streets—Paving. Sixin ‘sireet, Channel to Hooper—Curbs and paving. Sixth and Hooer streets—Same. Sixib street, Huoper to Irwin—same. Sixth and I'win streets—Same. Clemen: street and i wenty-fifth avenue—Pipe sewers, manuoies, cu Veris, eic. Whlaid and Aidine sireets—Stormwater inlet, etc. Leavenworth and Jones streets, Goiden Gate avenue 1o Mcallister sireet—ston » side waiks. Stuckion sireer, O’k arreli 10 Geary—P1, e sewer. FUBTHER PROCEEDINGS RECOMM « N DED OMITTED. Leavenworih and Union streets—stone side- walks. 0O'Brien, on same, g D- Haro and Twenty-third stree! PROPOSALS TO BE EEADVERTISED. First aveuue, Liement sireet 10 Kichmond ave- nue—sewer. RECOMMENDED FOR BEADVEBTISING. Taylor aud Union—Paving, etc. ECOR AT R0 NORSULL AOsEEARCE Noe und Fourieeuth—ruv} Fitbert, Hyde to Leaveaworth—Cobbles. BECOMMENDED FOR CONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE. Ash avenue, Laguua to Buc.anan—Paving. EXTENSION OF TIME GRANTED. Cole and Walier screeis—10 J. J. Dowling, sixty days ou PAVILE, et Boker sireet, Touquin to Lewis—To Warren & , ninety days on grading, e.c. EXTENSION OF TIME BECOMMENDED. Octuvia and kddy—1o.. I O*Brlen, Lwenty days ou paviu, ‘ollay, Gotavia to Laguna—Same. PETITIONS BEFEBRED TO STREET COMMITTES. Poik street, Vail §2 to Sutter—Polk-sireet Im- Pprovemeiit Club for eleciric Ligut poies. POk L0 Larkin—sam uLter (0 McaListe MeAllister, Larkiy 1o Jone First uvenue and Goiden Park_to Presidio reservauion—>Merchanis’ AsSuciation for postpone- meunt of paving. Chenery street—San Francisco and San Mateo Eiectric Ralifroad Compauy to postponé grading. I street, Tenih (0 Lleventa avenue — Sunset District impryvement lub for g-adin I sireet, seventh to Tenth avenue—Same for plank sidewalks. Montgomery street, Bush to_Sutter—City Street Improvement Company for §490 toward oitum in- ous pavement. Moutgomery street, Pine to Californla—Sam| ety mirear: beiween Kdy and. Eidia— Patrick Lynch to make runway In iront of premises. Firsu avenue—Property-owners for reduciion of width of slaewalks. Castros reet, Sixieenth to Seventeenth—Prop- erty-owners 0r no departure from oflicial grade in Moultree to Benuington avenue, streei—Pioperty-owners, for grading, etc. Chenery streei—Fairaiount improvenient Club 10 disregird pio. st axalust grading, ef reemriehy Wessees 10 Busmase = Property- owners for plank sidewalxs iu front of schoul lot. inirdand berey scceets—William Giseiuan 1o remove obstruc-iug bulding. California street, Fifiu (0 Sixth avenue—Emily . Barstow 107 permission to curb, ete. PROTESTS REFERRED TO STREET COMMITTER. ¥inin avenue, Clement street i0 California— Emma ¥. Church sgalust remacadgmizing east side. Card alley. Stockton street westerly—Property- OWNErS B2ai08 PAVILE. Cole street, haight to Waller—Pacifioc Paving Company sgainsi 1ssuance Of paving permit to City ~treet smprovement Company. Lombard street, Vai ess avenue to Lyon street—Same. Second avenue, California to Luke street—Prop- oW ners against paving. henery street, Miguel to Castro—Property- owners against grading, eic. FAIr Unks street, . wenty-second to Twenty- thirc—Same against paving. KEPORT OF STEEET COMMITTEE. Sutter stree extension through Laurel Hill—In- definite pos. ponement reconimended. Yrecita avenue, Alabama to York street—In of pos.poning grading. etc., for six months. Flor.di, Atmy to Tweuty-sixth—S.me. Mason,’ Beach to Jefferson sir-ei—Foundation 100 pOOr fur brick sewer. Fiith avenue, Ciement to Califorala street—In favor of omuiting further proceedings Fourteeuth stre-t, Noe (o Castro—In favor of ‘pavivg. Prosper strcet, Sixteenth to Seventeerith—Same. bert Lo Greenwich stieet—same. Kirrekd simects EyeHBO o Lo ;first—same, or, Sixteenth (0 Seventeenth—Same. Fiiber. sireet, Fillmore to Steiner—same. ¥ifth and sixth avenues, Ciement 0 California street— I favor of rema. adam zing. Califoroia street, Twenty-first 10 Twenty-sec- ond avente—In favor of sewer. California sireet and Twenty-first avenus— me. Willard street, north at Aldine—In favor of ex- amina.ion by Superintendent of Streets. ‘I hirtventh streei, Noe 10 Sanchez—In favor of sidewalks. First avenue, Clay to Washington—In favor of paviug. F rst avenue, Point Lubos &venus to Clemen: sureet—same. kirst uvenue and California street—Same. First avenue, Fu.ton sirees to Point Lobos ave- Due—same. First avenue, California to Clay street—Saine. Twelfth avenue, C to Fulton street—Against petition not to grade. ASLD steeet, oIk to Larkin—Aganst géad- \ allefo street, Plerce to Scoti—1In favor of side- ics. " iiart street, Van Ness avenue to Frankiln street— Work postponed for Commissioners. Filbert street, Polk to Van Ness aveaue—same. Standard for Tomatoe Catsup. The Board of Health bas sent out a circular to manufacturers of and dealers in tomato catsup which is as follows: On after April 1. 1897, 'l tomato catsup con- taining salicylic acld, boracic acid, benzoate of soda coloring matter, etc. or being below the standard of tomato_catsup, adopted by the Board of Heaith of San_Fruncisco, as follows: Eighty r cen: of water and 20 per cent of organic aud norgani total solils will be considered adulter- ated, aud asa violaiion of the pure food laws of this State will be vigorously prosecuted. ———— Three times as many herrings are con- sumed as any other kind of fish. NEW TO-DAY CITY Street Improvement Co. Rooms 11 & 45, Fifth Floor, Mills Buildiag. Telephone Main 5377. CACRAMENTO OFFICE: 411 J STREET. H. DUTARD 2R ucno'uu). Pm C. B, } s N H W E DENX § SoLo m M n%u. = rps Of U.S.A. 3 (Reu |m>"'"‘ DENNISON | CONSULTING ENGINEER. PROPRIETORS CONTRACTORS Sania Cruz, Cal., Al Kinds of an . Brid; and mnx City, Monterey Co., | Ratway Conseraction TUMEN MINES, | barves, Jeisies and L Sea Walls. P & COMPOSITION AND EHA!E[. HIJ![!FIIIH P.& 8. PRPER SOLD BY ALL DEALERS. FETTETTGIADDING McBEAN&.CO. (WENILLY 3581360 MARKET ST, FIRE PROOFING WORKS.LINCOLN CAL. MISCELLANBOUS. . = . K UWN THE WORLD OVeh One of the Forfmos{ Med:.cal Men of Amenca. - His Success, Ednc’uuo‘n,'Exi!erlebce and Integrity Warfant the . Broadest Claims. Thoisands From A1l Parts of the Couns try Restored to Health Who Had _ Been Given Up by Uther - Physicians:. 1f graduation with highest hopors from one_of the.foremost medical colleges of America; if zealous effort while in atiend- snce at the most ‘prominent hospitals of London, Paris, Berlin, Heidelberg, Munich, Vlennn, ‘Florence, Rome and St Petersburg; if ten years .of practice in one location' with thousands of ‘cases-stc- cessfuily treated and the warm friendship of all who have ever been ‘on the list of patients is'a sufficient guarantse of'the standing and reiiability of a- practicing pbysician and specialist, Dr. F. L. Sweany of this City is entitled” to rank as ong of the first. m n of his profession in the land, It has come to be a recognized fact’ in re- cent years that a spec.aist .in any classof diseases becomes an exper: in that par- Aicular line.: This is aday of specialists and to-this-aloné is attribitanie the rapid advancement of sc¢ience in.afl branches and particalarly is this true in the practice of medicine and surgery. Diseases which a few years ago were cflnsxdered as incurs- ble have become through- the. efforts of the eminent specialist, r. F. L. Sweany, easy 10 musier and permunently ‘cure. Resulting from bis auvanced idéas and phenomenal success, Dr--Swedny’s offices at737 Market street are daily crowded by those. who have confidenee in his skill His fame has reacned all over.the world 0 that patients mdy be found in his gon- sultation rooms who, have traveled . from. remote distances to avail themsglves of his famous services and udvice, P¢ this reason can be traced the wide- acqbaint: anceship .ho possesses and the host of friends he has all over the United States and the honors loaded upon hini.by sci- entific societies and -benevolent institu- tions all over the werld, itis an admitted fact that Dr.- Swnny bas the largest practice of any spetialist on the continent, and also an admitted fact that he is “the most successful prac- titioner. In speaking: of his specialiies in a re- cent interview-the doctor said;.*I treat blood, skin diso:ders, female coigplaints, stricture, liver, lungs, stomach and heart diseases, piles, rupture, hiydrocele, varicos cele and kindred troubies. “Above al} things, I strive to save the thousands of young and middle-aged men who are plunging toward the “grave, tor- tured by the woes of .nervgus debility. I self-confident regarding my treatment of this phase of disease. And whenever a patient iscurable (and thé¢ incurables are rare exceptions) 1 lend him out with life into a new world,”" . When asked if his practice was confined to his office solely, he replied, ““Ou, ol I have hundreds of patients uxmuguouc tue country whose cases are successfully treated by confidential gorrespondence,’ 1t may be relied upon thav Dn F. L. Sweany makes no promises that ‘his edu- cation, experience, age and hisiory ol his practice do not gusuly. oLflEN U GBAZAARLE tiere Are Prlces and gonds that carry the convnctlon of- theu_' cor= rectness. : . Sllver=plated Ware Is what' we are tnlkm.g. % about this week. : Quadruple pl B. “ qu suuun £ “ Persian glass.$1.35 4-Piece Tea Sets, quuruple plate 83,25 Little Prlces & “‘and Big Values. 5-Botue Dinner Casters..... .81, 5-Rottle Dinner Casters, quadgupie plate, embossed .. ‘83, Jmbossed Butier Lishes, ziass stand. 24 Pleces—Knives, Fotks-aud 5poons, i plush case:. Cut P-rices' Aluminum ‘fea Spoons. m ot6 ‘Table Spoons, set of 500 81.00 &g wpTabie Fockn, det of 4. 00 Russell's «Stag. Carvers, . 50 $3.50 " Eiaaisea Knives ana Forks, st 750 75c 76 wseoning ipiepiated Kaives, séi of Bed-rock Prices - .and guaranteed qual=- ity 20 together- & ’7 1i8 MARKE'I‘ STREERT. O-O-OO-O-O-OO-O'OO'O'O AN EXCELLENT MEAL P-roperly prepared and, ‘promptly- served; can ‘always be obtained in THE GRILL ROOM " QF THE Decidedly® the % i PALACE ment in towh.