The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 28, 1897, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28, 189T7. RIS | i SIS amination. ‘ KING DILAPIDATIONS CARMIVAL. | | Nearly All the Vaults Found to| Be in an Unsanitary Condition, “MORE MONEY NEEDED” THE VERDICT. ] Overcrowded, Ill ntilated—Waller's The Solons of the Grand Jury, as the guests of the Board of Education, paid a visit to many of the public schools yester- day in er to investigate their condition and be able make intelligent recom- mendations regdrding their most pressing needs. Now those same learned gentle- nen p and declare with voice united that a arein an sanitation is concerned, to evil condition as far as that many of them sare overcrowded, that many are in | an advanced stage of dilapidation, and that the School Department needs more | money with which to carry on its work of | torm. General praise was heara of the admitted that there was room for much wore. It was about 10 A. M. when the party started from the City Hall.and four arriages wers necessary to carry them all. Every move made during the day was inder the guidance of School Director chairman of Committees of the Board of Edu- on, whose little protective wing was vs extended. In this work he was zs- by Build Inspector O’Brien. Tue members of the Grand Jury present 1 the excursion were: Foreman Hiram H. Hobbs, Secretary James A. Snook, John N. Mueh, J. R. Howell, C. 0. Bu ton, Barthold Kahn, Charles H, Stanyan, corge Schafer, Jobn Mallon, Henry Martin, Daniel O. Sallivan, E. T. Don nelly and F. L. Turpin. Two of these, Messrs. Burton and Howell, represented the committee on the Board of Education and the public schools. The members of the Board of Educa- )2 accompanying the party and acting nerally as escorts were: Bamuel L. | Waller, chairman of the Health Com- | mitiee: George Drucker, Thomas Burns, | C. Bantell, Secretary Charles W.Welch | and Building Inspector J. J. O'Brien | Following is a list of the schools visited | | proper order, with a summary of the | ondition in which each was found: | Noe Valley Primary 1\ rented, 1wo being at Twen Castro, one at Noe and Twenty-sixth and | Noe and Twenty-third. Light | pretty good, ventilation fair, but cold and | damp in winter, and vaults in bad condi- tion. Apartments overcrowded, Twenty- tive per cent 100 many pupils. Principal | has to be an ilinerate pedagogue and walk thirteen blocks to cover territory. k Grammar—Put in ition by last board. In | rain has wasned hole in | pavement. Principal Burns ithout pupils’ knowledge d in one minute and in Rooms are | James Li d sanitary c 1d rooms were clea. e seconds. condiiion, buildings ramshackle, yar generally in poor fix. Good four-room addition. Condemned by Health Department Monroe Primary — Vaults old style, no water «xcept trom Mission road. vercrowded, { as thev are here. large majority of the | od work already done, but it was freely | the Finance and | ixtn and | | H. Sherwood being elected president, THE BEST OUTFITTING CITY. San Francisco Should Be the Starting Point for Those HE merchants of this city struck the | an.fl blow yesterday in the fight that will be made to prevent the Alaskan trade being diveried to Seattle and otber Puget Souna points, and will keep up the war until San Francisco's superior claims as an embarking and outfiting point for all parts of Alaska are as well known in the remotest regions of the United States Tune committee of ten which was ap- pointed by F. W. Dohrmann, the president ot the Merchants’ Association, met yester- day and organized a plan of campaign which if carried out, as it will undoubt- | \ /! F.W.DOHRMANN ° PRESIDENT. EDWARD HOLLAND. Champions of Loc Commerce. edly be, will bring to this city the bulk of the next year’s travel to the Alaskan gold- fieids. There were present at the meet- |ing William L. Commercial Company, Edward Holland of the Commercial Hotel, Joseph Buckley of Dunkam, Carrigan, Hayden Company, Leopold Michaels of Greenebaum, Weil & | Michaels, George Leibes of H. Leibes & Co., Lesser Prager of A. J. Prager & Sons, | H. Sherwood of Sherwood & Sherwood, | H. A. Smith of Smith’s Cash Store, Emile Engelberg of Tillmann & Bendel, and Ed- ward Pond of C. E. Whitney & Co. Besides the members of the committee, F. W. Donrmann, J. Richard Freud, D. V. Kelly and other merchants who are in- terested in the movement and to whose action it was -tarted were in attendance. | Mr. Dohrmann called the meeting to orier aud then organization was effected, Gerstle of the Alaska | Going to Alaska. W. L, Gerstie, George Liebes and E | nor maks gool bread. Holland were appointed a committee on | arucle is excelle publicity, promotion and press and will bave power to arrunge for the dissemina- uon of sueu literature as will properly show the p2ople of the United States the advantages which San Franciscoenjoyson account of its peculiarly favorabie loca- tion, facilities for transportation and ability to furnish supplies and materials for Alaska. Edward Pond, Joseph Buckley and E. Engelberg were appointed a committee on transportation. They will conier with represeniatives from all the transporta- tion lines in the city with a view to gel- ting such information regarding trans- portation service as wiil be of much vaiue 10 all those Easterners who intend to start for the mines with the coming of spring. The whole committee will act as a finance and auditing committee ana will arrange for collecting subscriptions to carry out the work which bas been mapped out. The suggestion of Mr, Dohrmann that a bureau of information be established in some central part of the city to furni-h Eastern people with reliable information regarding Alaska and the best means of DANIEL V. KELLY reac'ing that golden shore was regarded favorably and will most likely be ac.ed upon. L. M. McQuesten, the father of the Ynu- kon, appeared before the committee and stated that he did not know of any reason why all the supplies for the mines in Alaska should not be got here. ‘‘All of the flour used by the miuers is California flour,” said Mr. McQuesten. **[t has been founc to be much better than any other kind. The miners tried British | Columbia flour, but it did not keep well I | 8an Francisce | fer that the California metropolis is too | far removed irom St. Michael to bz a de- | 000 | should.” The California keeping fbur, goes farther and makes first-ciass bread. No otuer flour is ;ow used. The miners pre- fer Cauifornia flour, even though ti.ey have ay the royalty on it. is tne same way with the fruits and vegetables. The Calfornia articies only are used in the.mines, as they have been found to be the best. All of these thines can be bought 1n San Francisco cheaper than they can anywhere else, and Ido not understand why this city does not supply them all to the miners in Alaska.” Mr. McQuaesten promised to givea de- tailed account for the use of the commit- y 1o reach the mines ie: of the easiest w and the best wuy (o pack goods for trans- portation over tue passes, W. L. Gerstle of the Alaska Company stated that he had in course of preparation a book of general information on Alaska which would show San Francisco’s supe- riority as a_point of arparture for the mines in its proper lizht. The books would be distributed sratuitously through- out the Eastern States, as the transporta- tion lines woa.d aid in the good cause of dirs'minsiing the information every- where, Thi- was deemel a very impor- tant feature of the work, as the Seattle and Victoria merchants have sent litera- ture all over the Easiern States, booming up those towns and creating the idea that as entirely off the line of o St. Michael and other pointsin | Alaska. By sending out maps which do not show San Francisco at all they have sought to do this city a grave injustice, as they in- sirable point oi departure, whereas the truth is that San Francisco will havea direct line of transportation to Alaska points and is nesrer than is Seattle when | the time for making the voyage is con- | sidered. The accompanying map wiil show the relative positions of the two places. All of the merchants who attended the Dohrmann, president of the Mer- ssociation, sa d that he firmly that the movement would be a as all of tue gentlemen compos- ing the commitiee were well-known busi- ness men and would spare no labor to carry out its purposes. Daniel V. Kelly, who has been foremost in 1naugurating the movement, expressed bimself as satisfied tha: the movement | would be of the greatest benefit to the peaple of this city. J. Richard Freud stated that the success | of the movement meant the bringing of | millions of do/lars to the city. It is est mated that from 50,000 to 150,- people will leave for Alsssa next vear,” sai Freud. *You can readily see what that wiil mean to toe business of tuis eity if San Francisco secures her proper shure of the travel. This is the best outfitt city on the Pacific Slope, and everyth needed in the mines can be purchased here for less money tuan in any other place. If each one of the | people who go from here to Alaskaspends even a tr:fle you can see how it will affect the business ot the city. 1 bzlicve we will get our proper share of the Alaska busi- ness if every merchant will take that interest in this movement which he Eiward Holland of the Commercial Hotel bas been dealing with Alaskan miners for the last fifteen years, and is better informed as to the needs of peo- ple starting for the golufields than anv otber man in the city. He has personally done much to advertise the facilities which San Francisco po<sesses and is one of tne leading spirits of the movement to bring travel here. “We wiil be successful if we work hard and inteliigeniiv,” he said. “The Seattle merchants have spent large sums of oney in advertising and have captare most of the trade of Alaska thus far. Some years ago the merchants of Juneau ] ““There is a bitter feeling between the merchants of Seattle and Juneau now, for, not content with supplying Juneau with goods the Seattle merchants attempted to cat into the business of the Juneau mer- chantsby running a line of ships to Dvea, Skaguay and other Alaskan points, in the attempt to control all of the Alaska basi- ness. This has made the Juneau business men sore and they are willing to do busi- ness with us if we but invite them. “0 egreatadvantage which we have over the Puget Sound people is that those who come here intending to go to Alaska are not charged double prices for accommo- dition at hotels, restaurants, etc., asisthe custom in Seattle and Astoria. Many riners have told me that just as soon as the rush commenced the hotel-keepers ra se on their vrices. During last spring most of the hotels and restaurants doubled their rates and the unfortunates who were there had to pay them, as they were com- pelled to remain until the sailing of tne vessels, which sometimes were detained at those ports for a week or more. “By next spring San Francisco will have aline of steamers direct to St. Michael | ana other Alaskan ports, for the move- | ment inaugurated by the Merchants’ Freighting Association Is meeting with | | | | | | 1 | | | | SAN FRANGISCO The Most Direct Route to Alaska | Lies Through San Francisco. | | great encouragement. Already consider- | able money has been collected zna the esiablisnment of the transportation line may be considered assured. This will mean a great deal to thosz who intend to g0 to Alaska next year, as the rates for transportation will be so low as to offer special inducemens to those who are going to embark from this point, ‘*Another great item will be the dispatch with which prospeciive miners witl be | landed in Alaska, for there will be no stoppages at Puget Sound polnts or else- where, and tue passengers will not be sub- jected to the risk of being fleeced by the enterprising merchants of Seattle and | Astoria. | “The people of the East will soon be | made acquainted with the advantages which the Seattle merchants have at- tempted to prevent them from finding out—namely, that San Francisco offers them the best route, the quickest trans- portation, the most complete and cheap- est outfits and provisions to be found | anywhere, and the best accommodations bought ail of the goods which they sup- plied to the miners in San Francisco, but during the last two years they have been dealing with the Seatile merchaats, be- cause those merchants made a strong bid for that trade. and most reasonable prices. *“The movement has been giveninto the hands of business men.wha will carry it | to succe:s and gain for the city what prop- | erly belongs toit—a fair share of the north- | ward-bound travel.’” demned on account of seepage. Building needs painting. Principsl denies pub- lished statement that any transiers have been made on account of dip: theri Columbia Grammar — Vaults modern and flushing g Ventilation good and no overcrowding. Inone out- side classroom light bad. Mrs. Burke, principal, complimented on condition of school. Buena Vista Primary—Vaults buiit for two rooms. Too smail for five. Crowded, rooms leaky and yards in poor state. y — Vaults * con- Because of Failing Eyesight S. C. Walker Killed Himself. Fearing that his eyesight would bec earn a livelibood Selah C. Walker, photo nt 838 Market street, anide of potas-ium. Walker had been for fifteen years fore faithinl and tra<tworthy employe. He was divorced from his wife some yea agoand he worried over that fact. Recently his sight began to fail and he feared s defective vision might interfere with the realization of this added to his despondency. his life he left several Before taki i nts with u1s sister, M mother is an inmate of the Old Laates’ Home in this city. Tue suicide addressed a letter to San Francisco Lodge of Odd Fellows, of ing that body to see that he was cremated. Tha decessed was a native of Rhode Island, and was about 50 years old. took nis life yesterday morning by swallowing a capsule of AN W { “‘"’J‘ i i ome im[waired and imveril his ability to -printer in the Elite Photograph Gallery eman in that establishment and was a the excellence of his workmanship, and letters to debtors of his requesting them rs. L. C. Stration, 604 Hayes street. His which he was a memniber, ask- Starr King Primary — Vaults | | Vaults poor. and floors old and bad. Condemned by Health Department. Not overcrowded, ana principal admits only one case of diphtheria—in early part of August, Polytechnic HighSchool—Yard entirely too small. Otnerwise in good con- dition. One of Waller’'s examples. Le Conte Primary—Veritable fire trap. Dilapidaied. Notovercrowded. Broadway Grammar—Another fire trap. Windows going 1o pieces. Vauits fair. Not overcrowded. Washington Grammar—Build- ing and walks 1n bad coaditiod. Stairways rotten so only one side can be used. Irving Primary—Bulkhead of side caving in. Sewuge and water from side sireet seeping into yard and vault. Hancock Grammar—Sewer rot- ted away, but will soon uve reconstructed by private contract. Some rooms over- crowded. Cooper Primary—Good example. Every niue all to ve desired. Garfield Primary — Bad close Heslth Committee bhas recommended two 220-gallon flushers. Otberwise fair. The party also proceeded to the vicinity of Douglass and Twenty-second and Doug- lass and Twenty-third and viewed several sites recommended by the West of Castro Street improvement Club as the grounds whereon a badly needed scnool should be consiructed. The general verdict of the members of the Grand Jury was that there are not enough schools in the city for the proper accommodation of the pupils. As a ¢ of last resort the John imary was visited. condition, owing to the free use of disin. fectants, Muir It was in excellent | ! Last Wednesday the same party visited | the following schools: Adams Cosmopoli- tan, Clement Grammur, Redding Primar: Spring Valley Grammar, Hermann Pri- mary, Pacific Heights Grammar, Grant Primary, Madison Primary, Hamilton Grammar, Richmond Primary, Park Pri- mary. Sutro Primary, new Mission High, Mission Grammur, Marshall Primary, Lincoln Grammar, Golden Gate Primary, Weuvster Primary and Horace Mann Grammar. Of these the Golden Gate Primary, the Clement Grammar, the Redding Prima the Horuce Mann Grammar and the W ster Primery were found to be in very oad condition as re.ards vaults. They pos- sessed other inconveniences in many in- stances. Confirmation on Saturday. Master Julius Sahlein will be confirmed Sat- urday morning, October 30, at the Sherith Israel Syungogue, corner Post and Taylor streets. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Sahlein will be pleased 1o receive their friends next Sunday aiternoon from 2 10 5 o'clock at their home at 415 Devisadero street. 00000000000000000000000000 W. C. MORROW’S STORY, “A REMARKABLE WOMAN,” Wiil be conclud:d in next SUNDAY’S CALL. 000000000000 0000000000000 N0 GONDOLAS FLOAT FOR 05 San Francisco Has No Vene- tian Streets, Says Mr. McEnerney. Argument in Judge Hebbard’s Department of the Supe- rior Court. Title to North Beach Property Held by the James G. Fair Estate Is Involved, Considerable civic ardor was manifest in Jndge Hebbard’s court yesterday morn- ing when the litigation between the Fair estate and the Pacific Gas Improvement ompany, otherwise known as Angus et al. vs. Colnon «t al., over the North Beach water-front property, was called up for hearing. The Fair estate managers have driven some piles in the bay opposite the foot of Devisadero street, and the gas company desires to have them removed, Inci- dentally, title to property worth over $500,000 is invo!ved. Mayor Phelan was present, as was also City Attorney Creswell, for they had been notified that the municipal corpora- | tion has an interest in some of the valu- ab.e lois that were reclaimed from the waters of the barbor by the late Senator James G. Fair and bis successors. A hint was dropped that the city mignt become a party 1o this litization by tiling u petition in equity as intervenor, but Mr. Creswell did not feel disposed to proceed in that way, remarking that a suit deal- ing with this question is vending in one of the departments of the Superior Court, and he would not consider himsel! justi- fied in appearing here as an intervenor unless directed 10 ¢o so by the Board of Supervisors, The point being temporarily dispossd of | a spirited controversy arose between At- torneys Mhoon, Pilsbury and Baggett on one side and Attorneys McEnerney ana Goodfellow, who represented the Fair es- tate, on the other. Attorney F. S. Stratton spoke for the State Hurbor Commissioners, holding that these Commissioners have absolute con- trol over all the harbor of San Francisco, which, according to his view, included all the waters thereof and all the land that was ever covered by tidewater, and that | theretore they had & right to remove the piles from the foot of Devisadero street. Colloquies between counsel were fre- quent. Mr. McEnerney insisted that when a water-front line or seawall has been established and recognized by the State all lands inside that line may be | sold and usea for any purpose that up- lands may be used for. Mr. Pilisbury interrupted by saying that the piles complained of are in the water in the line of Devisadero street, and he wanted to know if the State do-s not hoid such streets in trust for the peo- ple of the State. “That may be true,’’ assented Mr. Mc- Enerney, “but we have no Veneiian streets in San Francisco, and the State, if holding this street in trast, so holds it that i citizens may pass over it by walking or riding, but gives no guaranty to -upply gondoias for such as wish to proceed be- yond the upland or the space that might be filled in up to the water-front line.”” This point was emphasized by Mr. Mc- Enerney when he replied to the conten- tion presented by Mr. Stratton to the effect that the Harbor Commissioners ha a right 1o remove obstructions in the har- bor. T:is might be trae, Mr. McEnern: y said, but the piles complained of here are notin the barbor, since they are inside theline established as the water front. Mr. Goodfellow made a vigorous argu- ment in favor of the Fair estate’s claim. He said this property was bought twice and paid for twice by the late Senator Fair, and he protested against tnis at- tempt on the part of the Staie to nuliiiy a title that it had passed to others in the most solemn manner, and after the claim- ants had spent $200,000 in improving the vroperty. He deciared that Judge Mec- Kenna, while or the bench in the United States Circuit Court, bad decided in favor of the Fair estate's claim aiter a trial last- mi for thirteen months. urther argument will Judge Hebbard to-dav. be heard by The Loss of the Caspar. 0. Anfindsen, master of the steam schooner Caspar, yesterday filed with Capiain O. F. Bolles, United States local inspector, his report of the wreck. Captain Boiles will Bold an in- vesuigation (0-morrow afternoon at 1 o'clock. —— ek NEW TO-DAY. you ean’tsleep at night; Tou afe ail unstrung; you are tired ana blue; | the DR TOGGLE HAS RESIGNED City and County Hospital to Have a New Super- intendent. The Board of Health Will Thoroughly Inspect Cigar | Factories, Bacteriologist Spencer Finds Disease | Germs in the Tobacco That Is Used. The City and County Hospital will have a new Superintendent on the first of next month as a result of the resignation of Dr. Tuggle, wko was recently appointed by the board. Dr. Tugele, in his message to the board, said be bad thought at the time he was appointed that he would be able to attend to bis private practice as well as the duties imposed upon him by the board, but had found the combination impossible. He asked the board to relieve him, and the members unanimously decided to do so. The vacancy was filled by the appoint- ment of Dr. J. C. Sussdorf, who, until | recently, was a physician at the Keely ! institute. Bacteriologist Dr. Spencer reported that | he had examined the refuse pickeda up in | a number of Chinese cigar factories re- | cently and had found the bacilliof disease in a numter of cases. In one sample of tobacco the germ of tuberculosis was plainly to be seen. The board deemed it advisable to begin an investi ation and to take stringent measures to prevent the spreza of disease through the factories. The matier will be discus-ed at a meeting to be beld in the near future. The question of abolishing the tood in- | spection stations was brought up, and Dr. Morse stated that it would be impossible keep up the system under the aporo- iation granted the board. His motion tuat the services of the fol- lowing inspectors be dispensed with afier October 31 was adoptec T. S. Tayior, John Hart, William Swe:t, P. Kissane, T Callen, M. Gibney, H. O’Donnell, J. H. Bre Jos'ph Lehaney, Ben Hanlon, Andre Barrigan, T. McEnrol, G. W. Davis. W. Brennan and John Kird The State Board of Health was invited to insp the City «nd County Hospital, | the Aim-house and Pest:ouse to-morrow. | The Precita Valley lmprovement Club | sent in a communication requesting that board look into the sewage system of the district represented by the oigani- zation. Health Officer O'Brien and Dr. Fitzgib- bon were Instructed to look into the matter. Ex-Mayor E lert notified the board that the sanitary reduction works were ready for business, and asked the members to inspect the plant. It was decided to call at the works on November Tittle Agnes Howe Loses. In the suit of Agnes Howe,agea 4 years, ag st the Market-street Railway Company, 0,000 damnges ior personal injuries, the ave a verdici in favor of the defendant. -~ ADVANCES made On_furniture and p or without removal. jury g 0s, with Noonan, 1017-1073 Mis sion The N \ You are nervous, aud Life is a burden; when you drag about, more dead tha when you can’t alive; nor enjoy anything; whe you are all out of nn’- with cv'en‘::o:il; and yourself in articular. then your nervous soh does not work, your Dr. Miles’ Nervine. svatem is at {aull; then your .brain does not blood becomes -In:{hh. Book on_the heart DR. T k act properly, your stom- a eyo\u head aches. Thep MILES MEDICA. and nerves sent free by L CO., Eikhart, Ind. 3 is on every wrapper ~of CASTORIA. NEW TO-DAY! We won’t pass in our checks until Christmas day—then we give up the ghost for good and all. In the meantime we can sur- prise you with the values in the stock we have left. No store in town will sell goods at our prices, for they are here to make money. We are here be- cause we have to pay the rent to January 1st through an unfortunate lease that makes us put up until then, We bave quite a stock of Jackets and C A full | 1 and Plush Capes, from $1 75 in fur and $3in plush up to $15. Lad es’ Dress Skirts from $1 if yvou ean buy within 1t of our prices we'll take ours pack. In Lace Curtains, Portieres aad Draperies we can do vou a world o c good and save ycu a barrel of money. Portieres from $1 75 up. Lzce Curtains positively 3314 less than anywhere. Downsiairs in our Domestic De- partment. where we sell Wasn Go Flannels, as, Blanke and Beddin., the prices will ke:p ming us long as we are here you step down thers, Remember, this stock is being sold out. It is an hoaest, hona-fide affair, and everything in it has to be sold before Christ- mas. There isn’t a de- partment in the house that has not some meritorious merchandise to give away for little money, notice ably, in Hosiery and Un- derwear. Messrs. Baldwin & Howell have the store to let, and they can tell you whether or not this is one of the fake sales of retiring from business—practiced by peculiar San Francisco merchants on a patient and trusting public. The Hamburger Co., ¥arket and Taylor Sts. 2 wllullflflfilllmllmlj only tobacco that has that delicious Chams- pagne Flavor,and the New Five-Cent Piece is nearly as large as the 5-cent piece of common brands USE NO MORE JRON | B9 1oops or Stee: ~privgs. | Rupture reiained with ease nnd comfori, and THOU- | SANDS radically 'CURED by | DR PIERCE'S Celebrated Ma netic Elas: BFCall at office or write for 'w Pamphie: No. 1. Address MAGNETIC ELASTIC TRUSS CO., 704 Saciamento s, or 640 Market st., San Francisco. © Truss. DUPEE HAMS. ODGE, SWEENEY & CO. . Over . Patients t0 3 P. ROSCOE McNULTY, M. D., 26 Kearny Street. 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