The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 8, 1897, Page 5

(TSTOERS ARE THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1897. VERT ANXIDUS Men Who Have No Residence 10 HAVE A 200 in Favor the Scheme of the Land Sellers. M SIOMTES D0 NOT WANT IT. They Feel No Crying Need for a Bear Garden and Play Ground. YING HARD TH JOB. KILL THE The Qourts Wi the Supervisors if the Appropri Among the many strange things t have developed in the attempt to force 1 the s the anxiety of y from far e to the onkey ranct unwilling res so pe taxpayers. An evening paper, wt in thi ch is d for a r the Mis- s to occir to the said paper that the residence of a ty of the de of the limits e City and Cc San Fri isco, they will not burden of he scheme succeed. m Py ble to obtain inter- taxpayers within the district cted by the foisting of a bear the people, the schemers evi- in the languaze of t e streer, ny old thing will do,” and they r them in wherever any one can be who desires to see his name in The interviews printed in THE CALL are m men who are weil known as San cisee axpayers, d essary luxu- elieve that t houlc ie people to pay for unne; absolute nec ed. ities have s0 1 as t been supy The following inter- views in int e clearly what the taxpayers e Mi-sion think of the scheme: ¥. proprietor of tco Dairy Company rrero street: “li wis zoo- park scueme was in good faith had selected a where it vle he people et to it, | ome con~ideration. 1 have interests in the vicinity I candidly say to buy thut ould be a crime. Every it would be wasted. The ot want a zoo. Th { for one ana are doing all they I this jrb. We want good street. to dollar put into well lizhtea. "No more la parks. Golden Gate Park is enough at present e eleciric road is compleied we C Go:den Gate Park in fifieen 1 e Su;ervisors atitempt 10 priate $100,00, or even less, for the . i«nd to raise wild animais tuey should be enjoined by the courts, ate is too iiigh already, and this the C treasury for and speculators must is entitled to every property-owner in San » for its bold stand and manly herwood W. Fuller of orge Fuller and of the Fleywood EBros., fi man turers at € street, and residing I own consiieravie proi Mission and have the E of the City ve art, ar a consequenc 11d like Yy mich to have a park such as we We would not oppose having a though small, iz it might be to the new High School. k I bours of rs of sunshine wit aving to pay carfar-. » to, we ares for our children etery lots were at eal spot tor tnis pur- 1 our requests the day us w Oue the and by with very for the itended. This wou i uding the High Scho at the same time answ of giving the peo- ple in the central 1 of tne Mission a breathing spot. ought ana titl think that we are justly entitled to at least one small park in the Mission. We do dge the people he western portion of the City their pleasure in having an abundance of small and for that matter large parks. But we wish to be recognized in the distr.bution of the taxes that we cheerfully pay for the benetit of the whole City, So far as a park and 3 zoo goes, where it is proposed 10 place it 1 am most decidedly opposed to any such propo-ition. Itisnot a Mis. sion park in auy sehse of the term, and the Mission prople never considered 1t as | such. It is much easier to go to the | Golden Gate Park from any portion of the Mission than it would be 10 go to| the gum tree site, and what is mote it is a thousand times more pleasant when you get there. 1don’t know of a more ohjec- tionsble site for a park within tLe iimits of the City than is the same gum tree hori- zontal land. It is exposed to the fuil force of the west wind and fog that come in through the gap be'ween the hills di- rect from the ocean. And what shall we about the price? Why, to any man who Knows anytbing sboai land valua- | ions in this City, it i8 t0o liigh at one- tonird the ficure asked. In tte languace of tue street it is the ‘rawest’ deal ever at- tempted to be foisted on tke helpless tax- payers. The promoters of this gigantic rob cunningly cover themselves up be- Jund a Misyion project. Whereas, the Mission people are opposed to it, And | i | matter | It would add 1o our attractions. for the sake of argument, supposing n favor of it, this is no reason Lie other taxpayers should be fleeced cc a few shrewd real estate agents at the expen-e of the general \We want neither a gum tree park 1l collection foisted npon se. And when I say this ak the sentiments of every operty-owner :n the City, except those that expect to be immediately benefited & So d street in the Mission tor tae last years and have paid taxes on ITam the re interested in g that would go to sion ‘attractive and increase } But 1 fail to see how a San Francisco | asure ground and a so-called zoo, lo- away out on the Gum Tree Tract, any mathematical calculation benefit to tie Mission people 1is the Golden Gate Park at present time. It wou.d be more diffi- | | t 10 it than 1L is to get to ater park now. Of course he ) 1on residents cannot but be ever | 0 much obliged to gentlemen who so generously offered this un- 1t-for audition for their comfort. I have noticed that they want the taxpavers to put their hands down in tueir pockets and pay for 2nd the price that is asked for the lant is so reasonable— three times its value, as 1 have been informed—that we are at a loss to know how to thank them for their d nteresteaness in our weifare. And in ad- dition to all this they are going to give us a collection of wi.d animals. Just the ot want thrown in as a gi nt the park at the price it is red as a gift to the peopie of the Mis- sion. If those gentiemen are in earnest— and we will give them credit for good in- ion—why don’t they offer some solu- n of repairing the streets and sewers of the City and a scheme by which we can reduce our taxes rather than add $400,000 more (o the annual levy, not to mention what it would cost 1o keep the animal show running year in and year vut. Well, to be brief and to the point, I am maost emphatically opposed to the entire propo- sition, and wiil add that the Mission peo- ple do not want those uninterested genile- men to pick outa park for us upon the terms set forth here.” . A. Hornblower, ex-Police roperty-owner measure to ben- efit the Mission in any sense of :he word. How can a park locat Addition be considered of any benefit the residents of the Mission any than it would be a benefit to tue people in the north end of San Francisco? A ming that the park was located there, the Mission residents, like all otuers going there, would be compelled to pay car- fare. What the Mission people would like to have, if they could get it, would be a to ed out in the Horner | the selection. | I | | | | [ | then taken. more | | lent abilities as a presiding officer by his park in the central poriion of the Mission | proper. But under no circumstances do we want a zoo piaced upon a barren tract b exorbitant fi-ure as the one pro- uck suadenly sprung up in our midst. Itisa cold scheme to unload a piece of worth- ess property on the peovle while th sleep, so to s Baui, thanks to TnE CarL for its s wholesale jou will not be permiited (o go unchallenged. We will oppose it first, last and all the . President ration and Co Banking Company : w totally opposed Lo the Whoie ouudit. I live in the Mission, it is true. But what s tuat to do with this humbug of buying a piece of land away out on the outskiris of the City to do with the people in the Mission any more than it bas with the people Living in Oakland or San Ratae:? The Mission- residents have never asked for a p. in this section of the City. If the people wisu to give a park well and good; we will thank them jor it; and we think we are entitied to one. But we fland at the expense of the taxpayers at | posed by the philanibropists who have so | liam L. Wilson, C. W. Fairbanks, William maker, Congressman William Sulzer, Postmaster Van Cott of New | York, Postmaster - General Gary, Wil- | do not want or wish to be asked | to contribute to the purchas of an unprofitable piece cf land that has been found for us by a lot of real estate schemers thatdo not residein the Mission or- have any interest in the nappiness or comiort of the residents who do reside there and who pay taxes. bother beciuse I know that the people who have commissioned themselves to find this land us simply want to sell it at the highest possible fizure thatcan be got from the guilible public. We have an excellent park now and one that demands the atten- tion of the people. And when this park is fixed up to suit us, why westill have other parss to improve and we still have our streets to look after and our sewers. Iam ;ainst it all the way through.’ secretary of the -mile Improve= ment « I am delignted that IHE CALL uas taken the stand it has on this question. The idea of any man who claims to have the interest of the City at heart 10 advocate the purchase of a park, when we are in such a condition as we are ou: here lor improvements, must want to make his pile at the expense of the unfor- tunate taxpayers. No park for me or for the club of which I am the secretary.” B. ¥. Holbrook of the White House (dry goods), 37 Liberty street: “Never in the history of Sun Francisco has there been attempted a worse raid on the City treasury than this zoological grab. It seems incredibie that anv nonest man shouid advocate the squandering of nearly half a million dol- larson a thing so needless, extravagant and imvractical. The people will sup- port THE CALL ir i1s batue for economy and pubiic honesty.” Ido not careto | 4 my-elf about the value of the land | 03t lasted half through the afternoon. | the National a<sociation.” | state his objection, as he was called to | i | Judge ohm A. Spinet secuting Attorney of the olice ¢ s “l have uot ziven the | mucu considefation, but from'| what I have read of itin THE CaLLl am | not in favor of it, while we have an ex- cellent park as it is, although I would like to see a zoological garden in this City. But our xes are already very high and our streets eed looking X4 George HBohen, who was sent while Engineer Suili- was g nz his views, said: word the Chier va = “I tully concur in every has -aid, and wou!d add thatto me it is nothing short of an atiempt 1o dispose of a p ece of land, by the <aie of which a tew shrewd real-estate sharks would make a vile of money.” James A. Dyer, wnilder, S22 Dolores stree 'HE CALL ex- Diesses my senliments on this question. I am opposed to the purchase of land for a 200, and £o areall my neighbors, The tuxes are 100 higk now. No more parks until we have good streets and clean sew- ers and sireet lights,” i Washington to this City and the fact that { many members who had attempted to “do’ | | Chinatown | to the convention in resting up, it was | | pointment of a cowmittee on credentials, | 0. J. Burson, Kalamazoo; J. E. Havens, |and I think I have accomplished much | tendance to be as iollow | the efforts it had made to have a law WANT 70 TALK | BY EXACT ROLE Eloquence Burst Out Fre-| quently at the Carriers’ Convention. The Members in Doubt as to| Whether the Meeting Was a Legal One, Many Letters of Regret Received and Reports In From the Commit- tees on Preliminaries, The eighth annual convention of the National Letter-Carriers’ Association | ovenea yesterday morning in Odd Fel- lows' Hall. Owing to an unavoidable de- lay in the transmission of credentials from the night previous, found | themselves slightly done up. and used a | couple of hours which rightiuily belonged | after 11 o’clock when President Parsons | called the meeting to order. The first business on hand was the ap- and the following were selected: B.F. Newell, Denver, chairman; .John C. Kel- tar, Clévelsnd; W. H. Geis, Baltimore; | Brooklyn. A ccmmittee consisting of Thomas Smith, Barney Curtin and Thomas ¥arm- er wa® appointed to draftaset of rul governing i e convention. Pending the report of these committees | George King of Washington, the legal rep- \ resentative of the letter-carriers, was | granted the floor, and spoke at some | length on the -ubject of the eigut-hour | law, free delivery and the proposition by | the Government to settle all just claims | | | for overtime due the letter-carriers. Mr. King stated that his law firm was vainly irying on their behalf to secure some chance to prove their overtime ciaims and have them considered on their merits by the Court of Ciaims. The car- riers have ulready received as the result of the firm’s legal battle somethins over $3,000,000 by appropriation of Congress. The sp-aker asseried that nearly all the iree delivery cities of this country except the Pacitic Coast States have been paid on their claims. He extended hope to | the San Francisco letter-carriers, who wave a big claim against the Government, with the statement that the contract to | which they affixed their names, signing away their statutory rights, wouid not/ hold good in a court of .claims. Reierring | to the statute of limitation the speaker | said that at the proper time iegislation | would be requesied favorable to the car- | riers for the just claims for overtime serv- ices subs-q uent to 1858. A vote of thanks was given Mr. King. The noon recess was Toe afternoon session opened at about 3 o'clock, and throuzhout the session the chief motive of the delegates seemed to | be to put themselves on record as parl.a- mentarians and speech-makers, and President Parsons displayed his el- untform coolness and the fairness oI his decisions, The firet business of the afternoon was the reading of responses to the numerous letters of invitation which had been sent out. Letters of regret at being unabie to attend were received from John Wana- M. Smith, George W. McCielland, N. D. Sperry, Thomas McEwan, Congressman Charles J. Faulkner, Senator Mark A. Hanoa, Governor Budd and many others, President Parsons then made a brief re- sume of his work during the vearas Na- tionul president, which was in part as fol- lo My work for the vear commenced by oaking 2 trip to Washington, where I used my utmost endeavors to bring closer togetber the heads of the departmentsand the carriers themselves, feeling confident that by bringing about iriendly relations more good can be accomplished by peti- | tioning those in power than 1n any other | way. [think there is inteiligence enough in the officers of the association to suc- cessfully adm nister its own offairs with- out any outside assistance whatever. Dur- ing the year I have visited many of the branches in my jurisdiction, both in my official capacity and as a personal visitor, good in this way, as I bave brought the individual branches into closer touch with A motion that this report be accepted | and the recommendations embodied in it be turned over to the proper commiitee for consideration provoked a discu-sion Mr. Quinn of Philadelphia seemed to have U1eimpression that Mr. Parsons had | made no mention or explanation of some of hus official actions during the year in | nis report, and would not consent to is | adoption until he was satistied on these | points, but did not get an opportunity to order on the ground that, as the creden- tial committee had not yet made its re- port the convention was not yet organ- ized and the report could neither be re- ceived nor any official action taken on it. This point wus decided as well taken, and resolutions, points of order to show they could not be received, motions to ad- journ and halt-made speeches ocoupied | about two hours. Finally Mr. Cambridge came to the conclusion ihat, whether | they were organized or not, they were | there in a body, the report had been | | given them and was their property, and as such they might d.svose of it as they saw fit. Afier some more discussion, in | which Mr. Quinn maue strenuous efforts 1o make uis objections, but was seated | time after time on pointsof order, the re- port was tinally adopted. Mr. McEirov then moved that the con- vention ausjourn until 8 P, when the report of the credentials commit.ce wouid be ready, but at this junciure the ¢ m- mittee put ip its appearance with the re- pori and the motion to adjourn was with- drawn. The report showed the actuul ai- Officers 17, Swate vice-presid-nts 7, delegates 360, branches represeuted by delegates 141, by proxies 177. The committee on rules then presented a set whicn It had drafted, which differed very little from last year’s, and they were adopted. It was then decided to devote some one session exclusively 10 matters pertaining o the Mutval Benevolent Associatio the day to be tixed by the board of tru tees. Mr. Morrison, secretary of the law and legisiat.ve committee, thsn made a lengthy report of the doings of that body during the 1.ust vear, relating mainly to passed providing that the salary of letter- carriers be not less than $1200 per annum, put which was ritlid out by Speaker Reed. The convention then adjourned till 8 o’clock this morning. After the convention adjourned many of the visitors made a trip through China- town, while others enjoyed a stereopticon lecture on **California.” Blonde bair is the finest and red the coarsest. | from that pa | ing it was decided WASHHODSES NOT NOISANCES That Is, When They Are Conducted Neatly, as They Should Be. Judge de Haven Renders an Opinion on the Rights of Property, A fan Mateo Ordinance in Conflict With the Fourteenth Amendment. United States District Judge de Haven rendered an opinion yesterday morning in the matter of Hon: Wuh, convicted in San Mateo City for maintaining a Chinese laundry in that place, and the matter was taken before Judge de Haven to deter- mine the constitutionality of the San Mateo ordinance against washhouses. Judge de Haven decided that Hong Wah or any other man, irrespective of color or race, had a right to oper:te a laundry in San Mateo or any other ciiy, so longas his business was not detrimental to the health of the neighbors. A mere arbi- trary declaration in a city ordinance that such and such a thinz is a nuisance and t it should b: suppressed amounts to a | confiscation of property and prevents the citizen from enjoving his richts under the constitution of the United States. - In reply to the proposition that the Supreme Court in ex-parte Hang Kie, 69 Celifornia, 149, had decided constitutional an ordinance of the city of Modesto, pro- hiviting the carrying on of any public laundry in that city, except within certain preseribed boundaries, Judge de Haven said: *The opinion in the case referred to undoubtediy supports the contention of respondent that the ordinance of the city of San Mateo now under discussion is valld, but toat case bas been virtually, although not exoressly, overruled by the Supreme Court of the State of California, and I do not think would now be re- garded as authority in that court,” The Judge quoted from ex-parte Whit- well to the following effect Alaw or ord'nance the effect of which is to deny to the owner of property the right to conduct theron a lawful business is invalid uuless the business to which it relates is of such a noxious oroffensive character that the beal:h, safety or comfort of the sur- rounding commuuity requires its exclusion icular locality, and an asylum for the treatmentof mild forms of insanity is not properiy classed as such. “It will be observed in the case just cited,” added Judge de Haven, “that the decision of the court rests upon the broad proposition that the ownersnip of prop- erty, no matter where situated, carries with it the rigut to use, and to permit the use of such property in the prosecu- tion of any legitimate business which is not a nuisance in itself, and that the ex- clusion of any such lawiul business from a particular locality canionly be justified upon the ground that the health, safety or comfort of the surrounding community requires such exclusion. ““‘A moment’s reflection will show that any rule less vroad would fail to give ei- fect to the comprehensive declaration of the fourteenth amendment to the consti- tution of the United States. * #* * The right to use property in the prosecution of any business which is not dangerous to others, nor injurious, nor offensive to per- sons within its vic nity, is one of the legal atiributes of the ownersbip of property of which the owners cannot be deprived by the arbitrary declaration of any law of the State or municipal ordinances, nor can the right of any p rson to engage in any useful occupation, not a nuisance per | se, at any place he muy selecr, without in- fringing” upon the lezal richts of others, be denied by any law or ordinance. “It is certainly a matter of common obseryation thar a puvlic laundry is { barmless 1n itself, and if properly con- ducted with reierence 1o sanitary and other conditions, which may easily be complied with, it is not offensive or dan- | zerous to the health of the community in which it may be situated; and this be- ing €0 2 person has under the constitution of the United States the same right to engage 1n the business of conducting a | public laundry as in any ofher, and bas equally with the grocer, the lawyer or carpenter the right to select the particu- lar locality at which he shall conduct such business. The ordinance in question | denies this right, and is for that reason in conflict with section 1 of the Fourteenth Amendment to the constitution of the United States. * * * A person desiring to carry on such a business has the right to select his own location and cannot be required 10 go elsewhere.” CAPT. JENES ARRESTED, Secretary Holbrook Charges Him With Cruelty to Animals, Brigadier-General Warfield Has Or- dered a Court of Inquiry on the Oaptain's Conduct, Secretary Holbrook of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | made his prontise good by swearing to a complaint 1n Judee Conlan’s court yes- terday morning charging Captain Charles A. Jenks of Troop A, First Cavalry, G. C., with cruelty to animals, The allegation in the complaint is that Captain Jenks falled to give twelve horses under his care sufficient sustenance for several week The warrant was placed in the hands of Ofticer W. T. Hoover of the society, ard he placed the captain, who was present in court, unaer arrest, booking him at the City Prison. Tuoe captain promptly gave $200 ¢ 1sh bail and was released from cus- todv. The biil was originally fixed at 0, but was afterward redu to <5 adier.-General Warfield has ordered a court of inqury to meet at brigade headquarters on the evening of Septem- ber 14, or as soon &s practicable there- after, for the purpose of examining into the imputation against Caprain Jenks. The board is composed of the following: Colonel J. F. Smith, commanding First Regiment Infantry; M jor Charles Jen- sen, inspec or Second Brigade; Cantain Reinbold Ricuter, Company I, First Regiment; Captain D. A. Smith, adju- tani Fifth Regimens Infantry: Captain P, J. Perkins, commanding Siznal Corps, Second Brigaite, and Major D. 8. Dorn, judge advocate. . A Successful Affair. The Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners successiul celebration at the Chutes on Labor day will give the organization quite an in- crease of funds, At e meeting held Inst even- that the valuable prizes won during the day should be delivered to the lucky winners at 11333 Mission street and at 915 Market street. S ———— More Estate Litigation, Mrs. Elize More Miller has been appointed administratrix of the estate of A. P. More, de- ceased, with bonds fixed at $200,000. T A NOT LOVES DREAN Colonel Dickenson Is Rudely Awakened by His Spouse. Mixes Reveries and Rhapsodies, Betraying a Musical Deficit, Fun at the Seventh Annual Convén- tion of the Women's Press Association. A man blundered at the opering meet- ing of the seventh annual convention of the Pacific Coast Women’s Press Associa- tion yesterday, and ihe superior sex, si- lently and smilelessly, overlooked his mis- take, and were even superbly indifferent when his wife tersely and sententiously called atiention to his errors and he ac- cepted his correction with commendabie dignity. The faulty man was Colonel Dickenson, husband of Mrs. Hester A. Dickenson, the worthy president of the association, and one of a small army of five brave men who attended the convention at Native Sons’ Hall yesterday afternoon. It all came about by reason of a faulty programme and the colonel’s love of music, an unhappy mixing of reveries and rhapsodies and a deplorable deficit in musical knowledre. Miss Alice Beach McComas, a charming and beautiful young woman and delight- iul pianist, was down on the progremme r two numbers, “Love’s Dream’’ and LiszU's Sixth Rhapsodie. She threw so much soul and pathos into her execution of herfirst selection that the gallant colonel was compelied to rise and speak out right in meeting. “Itis a matter of regret to me,’” he said, “that encores are not allowed. This charming young pianiste has touched my heart. Love's dream,” mused be in ten- der accents. I felt myseif young again and was walking with my best girl in a moonlight flooded path,”’and then Mrs. Dickenson deliberately arose and _calmly expiained that it was not “Love’s Dream’’ at ali, but the Sixih Rhapsodie. Of the 300 women present not one smiled and the colonel—he saw -cales. At the morning session of the conven- tion only members were present, with one notable exception, Dr. A. M. Beecher, who was admitted as an honored guest. But Jittle bu iness was trensacted. A few un- important revisions of the constitution were made and it was arranged that the organization should affiliate with the In- ternational League o! Press Clubs and the General Feaeration of Women's Clubs. In the aiternoon the general public was invited and the following programme, un- der the direction of Miss Francis F. Vic- tor, presented: Address, Mrs. Dickenson, president of the essociatio; paper, “The Colorado Canyou,” Mrs, Mary E. Hart; barytone solo, Dr. E. H. Bertaud; paper, “The Psychic or Poetic Tem- perament’”” (Mrs. Marion Beattie Foster), read by Miss Alice Ferkins; piano solo, “Love's Dream” (Liszt), Miss Alice Beach McComas; oem, “Two Must Be Two"” (original, Mudge Morris), read by Professor Ross; vocal solo, “Waltz Song” (Arditi), Miss Marie Hagan: pa- per, “A Plea for Skilled Labor,” Mrs. E. O. Smith; poem, “The Weaver” (original), Mrs. Mary Clay Knupp: plano solo, ““Polonaise, E major” (Liszt), Miss Alice Beach McComas. At the conclusion of the exercises Mrs. Sara Reamer, the club’s delegate to the International Congress of Women in Pa- ris, was called and responded enteriain- in This morning there will be an election of officers and in the afternoon a pro- gramme of exercises, To-morrow the members of the associa- tion go to Menlo Park, and on Friday will enjoy an excursion round the bay aboard the General McDoweil. KEW TO-DAY. Fall Styles Ready $10. This is the house that dont have to wait for drummers to show samples and then or- der from the East, None of the drummesrs’ expenses and jobbers’ profits to pay, either. Made in our mills at Oregon City., Made right. Buy of the maker. BLUE signs, 2d bloEk ffi)m Marlket, BROWN BROS. & CO0, Wholesale Manufacturers Selling at Retail. 12123 SANSOME ST. ANY MAN 7 HO SUFFERS OR JUST BEGINS TO SUF- fer from lost vigor nerve-waste, weak back or any other weakness due to youthiul errors. etc., can be entirely curd by DR. COUK'S Restorative. 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There would be nothing left for them to With us it is different. = live on. ito get out, and want L] g i e % 60c Hemstitched possible---Henee such prices. 6c and 5¢c Embroideries- 12ic Damask Towels I 5¢c Cerman Flannels. .. 20c Floor Mattings---- .. 35c and 25c Dress Coods- 25c Boys’ Shirt Waists...... 75c and 50c Fancy Ribbons- 65c and 50c Dress Coods: - 75c and 50c Ladies’ Waists. . $1 Camel’'s-Hair Blankets. % $1.25 Lace Curtains........ $1.25 and $1 Silk Velvets. $2.25 Percale Wrappers.--- “Good-By” Is THE HAMBURGER GO, NARKET ST., CORNER TAVLOR ST. AND GO OUR DOORS _ § WILL SOON BE CLOSED! WE ARE POSITIVELY RETIRING FROM BUSINESS. None could do it and We are 2oing to get ont as soom as %% ..6ic fic --12ic s 2Be Bed Sheets--39c .....606¢C ....75¢c -$1.25 --$2.95 o o Close at Hand, N GATE AVE. STATEMENT ——OF THE — NORWICH UNION Fire Insurance Society OF NORWICH, ENG. JANUARY 1, 1897. Amount of Capital Stock Paid Up in Cash - - 8660,000 00 $ 182,000 00 40.000 00 R 1 Cash m ¢ Cash in Ba Tuterest d and LOADS...ocov..voeoess Interest due and acerued on Bonds and and acerued on Premiums i Course of Collection Bills Receivable, not Matured, taken for ¥ire Risks Total Assets. LIABILITI Losses Adjusted and Unpaid.. s in process of Adjustme }c 420,316 22 | el ncinding expen | Gross Premiums on Fire Risks running e ye.r or less: re-ins. 50 per cent... 1,634,832 08 s Preminms on Fire Risks running ear; re-ins. prorata.. 797,560 68 Cash Dividends remaining unvaid. 48 00 Duie and accrued for Accepted Bills, uot d Total Liabi Cavital | ai Net Surplus. INCOME. Net Cash actually received for Fire (EYSINIUIASLS o & s o253 3 Received for interest on Bonds and Total Income... EXPEND ITURES. Net amount paid for Fire Losses. Dividends to Stockholders..... Paid or allowed for ommission Brokerage. Paid for Salaries e for officers, clerks, ete te, Nationil and Loc ‘All other payinents and expenditur or Total Expenditures $1,459.45% 66 RISKS AND PREMIUM: ¥IRE Net amoun: of Risks | Written during the 1,709,741,955 ore me this 29th day Ha otary Public. Pacific Department—308 PINE STREET, San Francisco, Cal. W. H. LOWDEN, Manager. J. L. FULLER, Assistant Manager. SPECIAL AGENTS: R. H. DELAFIELD, A. W. GIESY, ¥. C. SIANIFORD Chichester’s English Diamond Braud. ENNYROYAL PILLS s2d Only Genutne. SAFE, “alwaye reliable, LADIES ask Druggist for (hichester s English Dia- monid Brand ia ed and Gold metalie scaled with biuc ribbon. Take no other. Refuse dangerous rubetitu. tions and imitations. At Draggists,or sevd de. in_stamps for_particulars, tes . and i “Relief for Ladles.” tn ecter, by Paturn N Fepinil, 10,000 Tectionials, Fame Cuper. Chichenter Chemleal Co., Madison £ yuares @10 by all Local Drnesista. PHILADA., PAY Gross premiu | Losses incurred during the year FIFTY-SECOND ANNUAL STATEMENT —OF CONDITION AND AFFAIRS —OF THE— MAGDEBURG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY F MAGDEBURG, GERMANY. ON THE 81st day of December, A. D. 1896, and for the year ending ou that day,’as made to the Insur- ance Commissioner of ths State o1 Califoriia pur- suant to the provisions of sections 610 and 611 of the Political Cole, condensed as per blank fur- nished by the Conimissio er. CAPITAL, tock, pald up in THE— Amount of Capital Cash.. $750,000 00 ASSETS. Real Istate owned by Company. Loans on Bouds and Mortgages. . Cash siarket Vaiue of a s and $378,903 12 1,181,248 (9 Bonds owned by Comp 234 89 Cash in Company’s Uffic 768 30 Cash in Banks.... 316,083 27 Interest due and Stocss aud Loans 15,993 00 Horiiisisises = 26,059 91 Due fiom other Compa insurance 493 884 60 Total Assets $5,118 174 18 LIABILITIES. Losses in process of Adjusiment or in Suspense. S B Ri §456,484 49 i ning one year or less, 50 per cent. Gross premium ning more than one yea auce pro rata. .. reinsurance 1,451,008 11 sks reinsur- 236,213 06 Cash dividends remain ng unpaid.. 650 50 All other demands agaivs. the \ om: PANY ....... % = 326,166 08 Total Liabilities INCOME, Net Cash actually received for Fire Premiums. ..... .$3,742,298 31 Received for interest on Boids and Mortgazes.... coueee 45,867 77 Received for interest and dividends on Bouds, ~tocks, Loans, and from all other sources i 99,362 17 Received from all other sources. 50,115 73 -$3.942,646 9% Total Income.......... EXP Net amount paid for Fire Losses (in- cluding $449,298 86 losses of pre- vious years) den . $2,253,934 83 Dividends to Si . 75,000 VO Paia or allowed for Commission or Brokerage. . 616,498 10 Paid f.r salaries, other charges for officers, cierks, ete...... Paid for State, National and local 2,825 45 49,012 63 135 553 51 “xpendi- (fire) .$2,253.934 83 ROB TSCHMARKE. General Director. E. F. 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