The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 26, 1897, Page 7

TH E SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1897. AMUSEMENTS. BALDWIN THEATER.—“A Virginia Courtship,” to-merrow night. COLTMBIA THEATER—"The Wife" rOsco's OPERA-HoUs: ves of Gold cazar TH - “The st Bora” erious Tangle. COL1 OPERA # and “A S - men URrEUM. —High-Class Vaudevilla ORERON.—Grand Cone FUTRO BaTHs.—Bathine and Performances. THE CRUTES AND CHUTES FRER THEATER.— Great Vaudeville Compauy, every atierncon and even CovrsiNg—At Ingleside Park OAKLAND RACE TRAC to-morrew. AUCTION SALE: . H. UMBSEN & Co Heal Estate, at 14 o'clock. BY FASTON & E 28, Real Estate, af o’clock. Mondav, September Moncgomery st., av 12 day, September street, at 12 light £ to we winds. i MORE TROUBLE Forfeiture of the Charter Demanded by a Suit in Court. Filed Yesterday by the Citizens’ Municipal Alliance of San Francisco, llegations That Water Has Been Supplied Unlawfully Since the First of Last July. Spring V ther loss, as suit was compel the forfeiture of the big water com- pany char er. The loss of the ‘*‘solid eight”” was bad enouch, and the water company will doubtless make a desperate ey is threatened with fur- becun yesterday to B VALLEY WAS RECALKED | AND RIVETED {The British Ship Toxteth 1 Hovse—“The Flying Dutch | | { showers; | | | she remained on the beach with over 4000 Was Twice Placed on the Drydock. | Her Damages Found to Be| Greater Than Was at ! Rirst Suspected. i More Trouble on the Bark Oloncaird. Her Crew Was Taken to Sea in Irons. The British ship Toxteth came off the Merchants’ drydock yesterday, after a thorough overhauling. Includinga small amount of ballast the s.ip weighed 2200 tons, and a force of engineers watched her | night and day to make sure that the huge mass did not take alist. Had she done so both vessel and floating-dock would bave been wrecked. Al’s well that ends well, however, and the Toxteth is now safely moored at Harrison-street wharf. Besides being one of the largest vessels that bas ever been handied on Mer- chants’ dryaock she has the distinction of being the first iron or steel vessel that has been recaiked here in the ordinary course of events. Allof her bottom to the seam above the turn of the bilge has been at- tended to, and also the decks and the ce- ment in the lower hold. The Toxteth is now as good as new, and as soon as she is out of the nands of the marine surveyors will be ready for a charter. The Toxteth has been a very unlucky ship of late. Sue left Newcastle, N. S. W.. for Panama in charge of Captain Dunn with a cargo of coal. OUn March 8 last she went ashore in Parita Bay at low water. When the tiae made she was kedged off, but went on again next day at 5 A. M. at | the top of high water. On this occasion | the tons «f coal in her hold for a fortnight. | Captain John A. Bromley was in Panama and the owners of the ship cabled him to | take charge of affairs. He at once sent a | schooner with thirty- five men aboard to | the scene to lighter the ship and was pro- | ceeding to Parita Bay with the steamer | Avcons when the news came that the | A e e \ THE BRITISH She w S ‘Which was twice on the drydock. were much more serious than at first suspected. recalking and riveting her during the pas HIP TOXTETH, as a-hore near Panama and her injuries Over 100 men have been at work t few days. been made necessary by the accumula- tion of freizht at Astoria, Cap‘ain Stevens, mate of the State of California, lett yesterday to take command. Captain Pete Skow, known from one end gle in resisting this suit in order to ingz out of the wreck. 1o to Panama. On her arrival Captain Brom. ta was off the beach and on her way | S. Woodhams, secre’ary of the Citizens’ Munici hance, sentaiive of the j in the new jiti- gation the water compar Woodbams alleges thut the Citizens’ Mu- nicipal Ailiance was formed for the pur- pose of investigating the conduct of pubiic officers within the city and county of San Francisco and to use its corporate power in such manner as to secure for said city and county and the inhabitants thesreof all the rights, privileges and immunities to which they are entitled by virtue of the conduct of punicipal government of said city and coun I is further set that the g Valley Water Works is a corporation whose principal business is to supply water to the citizens of San Fran- cisco according to the governing waier and water rates and water rights in the State of California. Then comes the allegation which con- stitutes (he gravamen of the alleged of- fense, namely, that water company has been supplying waler to the people of Lhis ¢ since the first aay of last July s again rth in the complaint | the repre- | provisions of iaw | without authority of law as provided ior in the c and statutes of the State of niz, inasmuch a- sach rates | were not fixed in_accordance with the | laws of toe State. The violation of the law, the plaintiff alleges, has caused the charter of the company to be forieited, | and the city is entiiled to recover the same for the beuefit of the people. Judgment is therefore demanded that the charter of the saia company be de- clared eired 10 the people, and that the Valley Water Wo.ks be for- | ever enjoined and prohibited from exer- cising any chise and wa er works other thaa as ci the city and county of San Fran- further control over said fran- | cisco, and jor such other relief s may be | prover. The theory of the plaintiff in this suit 1e provisio to the fixing of water rates in v are biniing on the water com- pany as well as on tne Supervisors and that it was theduiy of the water company to compel the fixix even if they dsmus, a8 they w do. Instead of taking affirmative action, the prosecution alleges, the water com- pany negiected to furnish the necessary information that would enable the Super- visors to perform their duty with facility. It is expiained that there is no des:re on the part of the prosecutioa to confiscate the property of the company without com- pensation, but that they will insist on the people owninz their own water works, the s ad 10 resort to man- of such ratesin Feo- | | biasting powder, which was taken ashore of the constitution | | far as ve the rightto | | D present owners to be paid a just and rea- | sonable compensation for their plant and tranchise. NEW TO-DAY. 123, 125, 127 and 129 Eddy St. CHANGE OF MANAGEMENT. HIS hotel has been purchased from the Buckley estate by Fred Ertel and Adam Hackmeier, the latter gentleman having managed the hotel for his father eight years successfully. They intend to conduct the “Hackmeier” as a first-class family and commercial aking a special feature of the table. The hotel is in the very heart of the city and scarcely three minutes’ It contains 170 choice rooms. Prices will range from $1 per day and upward. Special rates by week or month. A first-class bar, stocked with the finest brands of liquors and cigars, together with a commodious and attractive billiard and reading room,will be connected with the hotel, under the genial management of Paul Brown. Free bus to and from all trains. Cable address, *Hackmeier.” hotel, m: fastidjous. _ walk from all the principal theaters. Telephone South 339. ERTEL & HACKMLIER, Props. first suspected. ley tock command and Captain Dunn re- | turned to England via San Francisco. | At Panama the crew of the ship deserted in a body and Captain Bromley had to get | nien to supply tieir places the best way | he could. They were a motiey crowd and oniy lasted for the trip to this port. The | Toxteth arrived here on August 14 last| and a few days later went on the dry- | dock. The marine surveyors looked her over and decided that all she needed was | acleanine and a coat of paint. This was wckiy done and the vessel was supposed to be ready for a charter. was given another overhauling in the | stream, and when the cement in the hold | was removed 1t was found that the vessel was more severely strained than was at Many of the rivets were | ome of the beams were bent and | ident that the vessel wouid leak in_aseawav. Wednesday last she was put on the dry- dock again and over 100 men were put to | work on her. During ihe three days she has been on the dock over $20,000 bas| been spent on her, nearly ali of which went out in wages. Ever since the first | survey men hav: been at work on the ves- sel, and now Captain Bromley considers | his ship the equal of any vessel afloat as far as seaworthiness is concerned. Captain Broml is well known in San | Francisco, having been here in a number of vessels, his last command being the clipper ship Conishead. then | Sbe | Watar-Front Notes,. The gasoline schooner Moro, which was on fire last night, was not very much dam- | aged, owing to the promptitude of the crew of th~ State tug Governor Markham. | Captain Fislds and his men had the blaze | out when the Fire Depariment arrived on | the scene. There was no dvnamite on the schooner, but there were fifty pounds of as soon as the fire broke out. The cry of cynamite set evervbody on the run, and no one can now say that Drs, Hill and Deas and Drniver Tracey of the Branch Receiving Hospital are not sprinters. The latter got the ambulance out of the stable and drove at a galiop as Market street, while the two medicos took up their station in the mid- dle of the street and awaited develop- ments. When the fire was pu' out the trio returned to the hospi'al. Dr. Hill asserts that the race up Misslon street and along East, with tie fear of an explosion at any moment reduced bis weight ex- et £ pounds. In the meantime Dr. 18 has grown two inches. Tracey is ail righr, but Maggie Muiphy, one of the ambulance horses, is sore on her fore feet owing to that mad gallop over the cotbies. Tie steamer Oregon is again to be vl:ced on the Portland route. This has It is their ambition to please the most | Very Soon to Have in Operation Forty- | 35, Jamestown 41 | Whitely, | of the water front to the other, has gone | insane and 1s now an inmate of a private |asylum. Hec owns the scow schooners Colonel Buker and Katie 8. Fami'y troubles lea him to drink, and the latter landed him where he is. ‘The battle-ship Oregon will be open for inspection to-day. The launch Amy will carry visitors to and from her. The launch will dock at the Fol-om-street steps. There was more trouble on the British bark Cloncaird yesterday. When tne at- tempt to fire the vessel wasdiscovered the ringieaders were put in irons. Yesterda the menre used to get the bark ready for sea and Captain Caddell locked them up | iv the forecastle. nen sentashore and | got ten lon:shoremen, Who went as fa ihe whistling buoy on the vessel. T then came back to San Francisco on the tug Rescue. When last seen the mutinous crew were making sail, but t e chances are that Captain Caddell will have consid- erable troubie with them before England’s shores are reached. NEW SIERRA RAILWAY. | ) | | One Miles of Xoad. The Sierra Railway will be completed and in operation by October 10 to James- town, Tuolumne County, forty-one miles from the original terminus at Oakdale. The stations in their order and distance | in miles from Oakdaie are: Occidental 6, | Pauisell 11, Warnerville 18, Cooperstown 20, Rosascoes 26, Don Pedro 29, Chinese | At several stations freight and passenger vehicles will meet all trains for connection with the towns adjacent to and distant in miles from each as shown below: At Warnerville for Knights Ferry 7)4, Cur- tins 1115 At Cooperstown for La Grande 64, Haywards 9, Sellacks 9, Coultervilie 27. At Don Pedro ior Crimea House 1, Coulter- ville 20. At Chinese for Chinese Camp 1, Montezuma 2, Jacksonville 5. Big Oak Fiat 11, Grove.and 13, Coulterville 20, Yosemite 60. At Jamestown, Stent 215, Sonora'4, Tuilletown 4 5, Springfieid 5, Columbia. Soulsbyville 12, Cherokee 13, Arastraville 14, Confidence 1 14, Aliaville 15, Murphy’s 18 or Quartz Mountain 13, haw's Fiat | wrsouvile 4 mervilie , Angels Caip THE CARNIVAL CLOSES, Mr, Schord and Miss Mart-| land Take the Cake at the Walk, Tableaux Were Well Arranged for the Mexican, Musical and Greek Evening. The cake walk was the feature of the closing night of the historical carnival last night, the antics of the participants provoking much mirth from the on- lookers. Louis Schord and Miss Mart- land of the Mexican booth took the cake. I'he evening was under the auspices of the Greek, Mexican and musical booths. The Mexican booth presented a *“Fan- dango” scene for its tubleau, the following t.king vart: Messrs. Lewald, Hai:ht, Schord, Growey, Westerfield, Wise and Hooke; Miss Heppner, Miss Hughes, Miss Chelgren, Miss A, Chelgren, Miss Creighton, Miss Martland, Miss Lud- low, the Mis-es Mande and May Folsom. The musicale booth presented a picture ot “Marguerite’’ and the Irish booth “Departure.”’ The Scotch booth, by special request, | repeated its tabieau of Wednesday even- | g, “Mary, Queen of Scots, and Rizzio.” The carniva: has been a success finan- cially and otherwise, ana Mme. Sorbier, president of the Woman’s Eduocational and Industrial Union, pronounces her- self pleased in every way. — . e - Women’s Press Association. A very interesting programme will be ren- dered at toe reguiar oven meeting of the Women’s Press Assotiation, to be held in Shasta Hali, Native Sons’ building, Monday, September 27, &t 2 P. M. Bertna Monroe off, the literary critic, will read her re- “Quo Vadis,” aiter which the book will be discussed. Emma Seckle Marshall wili reset.a paper on “The Development of Slavic Literature,” and exceilent music is promised. S R c] view o s A e Globe Realty Company. The Globe Realty Company has been incor- porated with a capital stock of $20,000 by J. F. Uirichs, W. Plazemanu, Alvert A. Ritter, Charles W. Arp and Enri de Veuve. e VisrToms to the city should not fail to inspect S & G. Gump's gallery of painiings aud different departments of art gocds, pictures, crockery and glassware. POLICE REFUSE 10 INTERFERE iChief Lees Would Not Do the Bidding of Mayor Phelan. Operations of Contractors on the Fair Estate. The District Attorney Says, “‘Wait TUntil the Supreme Court Can Act” The Police Department refused to do | Mayor Phelan’s bidding yesterday in ths matter of preventing Warren & Malley, the contractors, from driving piles at the foot of Devisadero street. The firm was employed some time ago | to compiete certain improvements con- templated by the James G. Fair estate, the plans caliing for the driving of a line of piles across Devisadero street, Tonguin and Jefferson. Devisadero street at the point mentioned isan open water- way used by ihe Pacific Gas Improvement Company for the barges coal to the gas works. When the Street Committee of the board met yesterday a complaint was lodged stating that the contractors were engaged | in obstructing a pablic thoroughfare and that if they were aliowed to continue their operations the gas company would be un- able to go on with their works without in- curring great expense. The committee, after hearinz all the evi- dence presented, decided that it wasa case for the Mayor and police to ceal with and sent toe following letter to Mr. Phelan: OFFICE OF THE CLFRK OF THE BOARD; SAN FRANCISCO. Sepiember 25, 1897. Hon. James D. Phetan, Mayor—DEAR SiR: I am directed by the Commitiee on Streets, Wharves. etc., of the Board of Supervisors at its meeting held on this date to request you to direct the Chief of Police to detail a suffictent nmnber of police officers to prevent Messrs. Warren & Melley or_uuy other persons from driving piles on Dev.sadero strect, between Tonquin wnd Jeffcrson, untii farther order of the board of Sujervisors. Joux A. Ru: Clerk Board of Supery Mayor Phelan, immediately on being officially notified of ihe action of the com- mittee, sent word to the Chief of Police asking bim to prevent further operations. Chief Lees wis determined not to be precipitate and consulted the District At- torney regarding the matter. He was inicrmed that as the permission to place the piing had been granted in regular form it would be well to await the decision of the Supreme Lo'irt regarding which is the r-al board. Under his ad- vice Chief Lees refused to interiere and so intormed tne Mavor. LOWER COURT R:VERSED. The Firm of Darby Laydon to Be Paid for Extras. The firm of Darby Laydon in the ctase of John A. Townly, plaintiif, versus rdson F. Adams, defendant, entered in contract with defendant for consiruction of a bulk- head upon bis properiy in Oukiand. Tue action (brought by the firm’s assignee) was to recover $:534 73, alleged to be due for exira labor and materials. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff; there- upon the court, without motion or appli- cation of either party, set aside the ver- dict and ordered a new trialon the ground that the evidence did not justify the ver- dict. From this order the plaintff ap- vealed, contending that under tie facts presented the order wasin excess of the jurisdiction of the court. The order was reversed, the Supreme Court giving as its reasons that tne lower court had ex- ceeded its jurisdiction in setting aside the verdict of the jury without a motion or application, the law declaring that only “where there has been such a plain dis- regard by the jury of the instruction of tne court or the ev.dencein tue case as to satisfy the court that the v rdict was rendered under a misapprehension of such instructions, or under tune influence of passion or prejudice,” could the court set aside a verdict and order a new trial. Was Ordered to- Prevent the| between | that bring its | | | | | | | | | | | | the public. | of the'gross rec CLAMOR OF All Want to See That Ttemized Balance-Sheet of Games. Yesterday’s Game at Central Park Foorly Patronized by the Fublic. EW LEAGUE’S PROSPECTS BRILLIA | Recreation Park and How the Grounds Differ From Those Formerly at Haight Street. Notwithstanding the cheering reports | and words of encouragement which have greeted the advent of the California | baseball managers and the players in the now disrupted and divided tournament | emphatically demand an 1temized balw | ance-sheet of thie games played. They say that yellow baseball methods have gone | far enough, and they want to see the ficures and what thereceints and expendi- tures have been. vast sum that the promoters would make | aroused great indiguation. The most en- | cepiion of the magnitude of the receipts ; and the profits accruing to the saffron management from them. H After THE CALL'S ligures were carefuily studied all pronoun ed the baseball tour- nament in ihe interests of charity and for | the advancement ol the national game a stupendous scieme o mislead and rob | On every side the exoression was heard: “Yon will never see me at a game at Central Park again. Not a cent | will I contribute to advance such dirty methods where the management gets it | all and the players nothing. Why not | reverse things and give the piayers some- thing out of the receipt-? It isashame | the way the present tournament has been conducted. I am with the new league, where the bvlayers get 60 per cent | ipts. The management | at Central Park has been making barreis | of money out of the games, while the poor | players, direc untavle for the hand- | sonie box-offi ipts, have been train- | ing on laminated sandwiches and coffee. | Give the players a -quare deal.” 1t further atiestation of the unpopular- ity of baseball under the present tourna- ment management were necessary it was furnished in yvesterday’s game between | Santa Cruz and the Caiifornia Markets. | Less than 80U peop'e attended the game | if the box-cflice receipts be a criterion. | The game was well played. But in saying tnis, allowance aust be made for the i tall used. The dead ball is entirely difter- ent from the live bali of the Nationai Leazue and which will be batted about the fieid at Bighth and Harrison streetsin | [ the new California League, composing the | o1 Gilt Kdges, Rehances mpics, cktons. I'he Eighth and Harrison street grounds when completed will cost betw.en $7000 and $8000. B The grounds are superior to those of | & Haight street. The foul line, left-field.| side, is four feet longer than the foul line in the Haight-street erounds. The right ficld foul line 13 eignt feet shorter than the gnt-street grounds. There is a differ- | e of tour feet 1n favor of the Hasight- street grounds in the center garden. The shortest ».int in right or center | @ tields, will be the same distance from the | home piate as the mammoth scoreboard at | the Haight-streei grounds. | rhe grand stand will be the most . modern ever constructed on grounds in Catifornia. Itissoarranged that the sun | | and | g strikes the spectators in the face. At the Haight-street grounds the sun was at the back. The main grand stand is 356 feét long and is equally divided on eacn side of the home plate. In the second story boxes have been reserved for the Bohemian, Pacitic, Cosmos, Colurubia, Produce Ex- | change and Athenian clubs. It is esti- mated that the grounds will seat 8000. The pleachers in right field will accom- modate 3040, and thoss on the leit garden 922. The carriage driveway will be in right field. Every carline, except those of the Unlon and Geary street iines, will transfer djrect to the grounds. The Market-street line will run cars down Eighih sireet | during the game hours and will transier | from ail of its subsidiary lines. On Satar- day, October 2, the grounds will be dedi- | cated by » gime on (he grudiron between | f | { \ { | | the Univeirity of California and the Re- liance football elevens. On_Sundsy, October 10, the Olympics and Rehance wiil play the initial game of baseball in the new league. Callaban’s Bond in Danger. T. H. Callahan has secured s restraining | order to prevent the forfeiture of his bond in Judge Conlan’s department of the Police Court. He says he was unlawfully arrested and was subsequently induccd by trick and | artificc to piead guiltly to some crime that he | had not committed and _concerning which ne | hed no knowledge or understanding at the | time. Judze Daingerfie d wiil decide on the BASEBALL | PARTISANS GREAT FALLING OFF (N ATTENDANCE | § B | | i : | League on the diamond in this State, the | " |8 The expose in yesterday’s CALL of the | & thusiastic baseball partisan had no con- | 3 o 4 Z =X £ = = = = = = = = = Z S = N %, & ///////////m ROLLING MERRILY ON! SINGLE AND DOUBLE bre rate counter to be sold for $ effects have been reduced fr. the iatest shades. We exchange goods, or, Our line of Gents’ Furni every detail. 718-722 MAR Corner Powell THE BALL GOES Both stores open evening: S.N.WOO0D & CO. (Columbian Woolen Mills), NEW ¥0.DAY For this week we have placed several hundred asted Sack Suits on a sepa- 8.85. Some of these swell om $15.00 and $17.50—all if we cannot please you, refund your money cheerfully. shing Goods is complete in gs, KET STREET SN R and Eddy Sts. | Is rich in some exceedingly good values. Our line of Decorated China furnishes a splendid example of how cheaply we are selling thing In Dinner, Game and Fish Sets especially are we offer- ing wonderful bargains. DINNER SETS. 103 pieces, b.‘aul(ifullv decorated in enam- eled colors, marked down from the regular price of $13.90 to.., $|0-00 FISH SETS. 15 pieces in these sets, handsomely hand- painted fish green fern decorations, eal china, old price has been $12 set, reduced to ju: $600 GAME SETS. 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