The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 18, 1898, Page 4

4 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1898 CONGRESS HARD AT WORK]SY MATE() THIS MEASURE WILL EXCLUDE SOME ALIENS Immigration Bill Is Passed by the Senate. Restrictions Placed Upon Those Who Seek Admission. Chief Among These in the New Law Is the Educational Qualification. WOLCOTT ON BIMETALLISM Lengthy Speech Delivered by the Colorado Statesman in the Cause of the White Metal. Bpectal Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, Washington, Jan. 17T. The features of to-day’s proceedings in the Senate were the speech of Sena- tor Wolcott of Colorado, chairman of the bimetallic commission, upon the ne- gotiations of the commission with Eu- ropean countries reiative to interna- tional bimetallism, and the passage of the Lodge bill, restricting immigration into the United States. The proceed- ings were the most interesting and im- portant that have characterized any single day’'s work in the Senate during the present session. In anticipation of them the galleries were crowded at an early hour. Quite unexpectedly Sena- tor Hanna appeared at the opening of to-day’s session. Foraker, the senfor Senator from Ohio, presented Hanna's | credentials for the remainder of Sher- man’'s term, which will expire on March 4, 1899, and asked that the oath of office be administered to him. Foraker es- corted his colleague to the desx,.where | Vice-President Hobart administered the | oath of office. At the conclusion of the morning business Wolcott, at 12:50, was recog- nized to begin his address. He was in fine voice, and commanded the earnest attention of his auditors. At the con- clusion of the speech Wolcott was in- stantly surrounded by his Republican colleagues, desirous of tendering to him congratulations. . At the conclusion of Wolcott’s speech | the immigration bill was taken up and discussed until 4 o'clock, the hour at which by previous agreement it had | been arranged to vote finally upon the amendments and the bill. An amend- ment offered by Spooner of Wisconsin, providing that the ability on the part of an immigrant either to read or write should be accepted as sufficient test of his literacy, was adopted by a vote of 42 to 22. Another amendment by Spooner, pro- viding that the members of the family accompanying an immigrant rejected under the conditions of the bill should be returned to the country whence the; came by the steamship ~om- | pa: , was also adopted. Other ef- | forts were made to amend the measure, but failed. The bill was then passed by a vote of 45 to 28. The bill as passed provides that all immigrants physically capable and over 16 years of age shall be able to read or write the English language or some other language; but a person not able to read or write who is over 50 | years of age and is the parent or grandparent of qualified fmmigrant over 21 years of age, capable of sup- porting such a parent or grandparent, may accompany the immigrant, or the parent or grandparent may be sent for and come to join . the family of the | child or grandchild over 21 years of age, qualified under the law; and wife or minor child not able to read or write | may accompany or be sent for and come and join the husband or parent | who is qualified. | The act does not apply to persons | | | & coming to the United States from the island of Cuba during the continuance of the present disorder there who have | heretofore been inhabitants of that | island. Among the memorials presented were | the remonstrances of 512 Roman Catholic | socletles, representing more than | members, offered by Murphy of New | York, against the enactment of the pend- | ing immigration bill. | Foraker, for the Paclfic Railroad | Committes, reported a substitute for the bill relating to the Pacific railroads and asked for its immediate consideration, Objection was made and the report went | over until to-morrow. 1 Hale of the Appropriations ~ommit- tee reported the urgent deficlency bill passed last week by the House, and gave | notice that he would call it up to-mor- row at the conclusion of the routine | morning business, Harris of Kansas presented a resolu- | tlon, for which he requested immediate consideration, asking the Secretary of the Treasury why, since 1852, he had | omitted from his statement an item of | Something more than $11.000,000 interest | due the United States from'thé Pacific | rallroads. Objection was made by Thurs. | ton of Nebraska and the resolution went over until to-morrow. en of Nebraska presented and asked immediate consideration for a resolution directing the Committee on Pensions 1o ascertain by what authority the Com. missioner of Pensions refused to pass upon applications for increase until twelve months should have elapsed since | the last allowance was made. | Gallinger of New Hampshire, chairman | of the Pensions Committee, objected to immediate consideration and the matter | went over until to-morrow. Volcott of Colorado, chairman o | Bimetallic Commissfon, was racog;i::;; for a speech upon the work of the com- NEW TO-DAY. Pears’ Pears’ soap is dried a whole | year. < Thats why it lasts so. | | | | | | the general character of the bill, pointed mission. By this time the galleries and the floors were crowded. Wolcott was in | fine voice and spoke with only occesional reference to his manuscript, which he had before him. He was accorded the closest attention by his auditors, among whom were many members of the House. Wolcott introduced his subject by sa: ing he was glad to make a statement re- | specting certain phases of the work of | the recent Bimetallic Commission, but in | so doing he spoke unofficially, not com- | mitting his assoclates in the slightest de- | gree, either 1o his opinions or deductions. | Allen of Nebraska, desiring to speak | upon the resolution which had been the basis of Wolcott's remarks, asked that the resolution be read. Lodge of Massachusetts demanded the regular order of business, which was the immigration bill, and as he was sustained | by the Vice-President, Allen said that, as he had the floor, he would speak on that bill. Hoar of Massachusetts announced that he would be compelled to leave the cham- ber, and requested Allen to yield him a few minutes for some remarks upon the bill. The request was granted, and Hoar spoke in favor of the bill. Spooner of Wisconsin, while supporting out a feature which, he said. was indefen- sible, namely, thaf requiring an immi- grant to both read and write portions of the United States constitution. Rather than support the provision requiring the | .immigrant to write as well as read he | would be compelled to vote against the bill. At the conclusion of Spooner’s remarks, an agreement having been reached by | the Wisconsin Senator and Lodge, in charge of the measure, that Mr. Spooner should draft an amendment providing that steamship compan should take back to Europe the w and children of an immigrant _who failed to meet the | requirements of the proposed law, Lodge spoke briefly in support of the measure. | He declared that the opposition to the bill | had been stimulated by the Germnni steamshlp companies, who would suffer by its passage. They had aroused the opposition to the measure, and had been aided materially by the Deputy Com- oner of Immigration, who had him- ol this country for cely seven yi The amendment offered by Spooner was then adopted by 42 to Caffery of Louisiana offered an amend- ment increasing the age of immigrants affected by the bill from 16 to 21 years. The amendment was lost by 28 ayes to 3% noes. | Kyle of South Dakota offered an | ameéndment providing that any immigrant | convicted within_a year of his landing | in this country of a felony or other vio- | lation of the law shall be returned to the country from which he came. The amend- ment was lost without division. The bill | as then placed on its passage and sed by a vote of 45 to 25, the detailed te being as follows: B4 , Burrows, Cannon, Car- n, Baker, T Elk]r‘\s H: Davis, “hilton. oraker, Clark, rriil, Per Perkins, Pettigrew, | t of Connecticut, Piatt of New York, | 4. Procter, ~ Quay, Shoup, | or, Teller, Thurston. Til Warren, ore, Wilson and Wolcott—4 Bacon, B Daniel of Arkansas, Kenny, After the immigrat! of the Senate devoted some time to the consideration of bills the calendar. | 1d, vas one of North on bill was disposed | of land of public moneys for be liable under their bonds for all moneys | red by them for the sale of Indian The bill was passed. A bill_authorizing the Muscogee Coal was passed, on motion of and Railro Company to construct and | b > Indian Ter- | ma Territory and for | | Baker. Carter, chalrman of the Census Com- i notice that after the dispo- s morrow of the urgent deflciency bill he should in: upon the considera- tion of the unfin 1 business, which is the measure providing for the appoint- ment of a director and thirty-one other employes of the twelfth and subsequent son, chalrman of the Appropriation Committée, in this_connection desired it | to be understood that the appropriation bills which, under the Senate procedure, have the right of way over other legisla- tion, would be pres: by his committee d’that_the pension appropriation bill, now on the calendar. would be called up | robably on Wednesday. X sponse to an inquiry from White of | California, Carter said he had no desire to endeavor to displace the consideration | the Hawaifan annexation in executive session, but he thought the census meas- | ure ought to be passed promptly. were passed providing for an American register for the steamer Navahoe, and to | amend section 4440 of the Revised Stat- utes, authorizing the licensing of mates | on river and ocean steamers. The joint resolution providing for par- | ticipation by the United States in the fisheries exposition to be held this year in | Bergen, Norway. which had been passed by the House, was passed. The Senate then, at 4:45 p. m.. on motion of Quay, went, into executive session, and at § p. m. adjourned. | BOSTON TARBOR T0BE PROTECTED, Land Purchased by the Gov- | ernment for Suitabie Fortifications. When Needed Batteries Are Put In All Danger From Foreign Fiests Will Be Averted. Special Dispateh to The Call. BOSTON, Jan. 17.—A large tract of land on Cushing Hill, Hull, belonging to the Battery Heights Land Company, has been sold by Charles Howard Smith to the United States Government on private terms, for fortifying purposes. The total | area is 347,748 square feet. Batteries lo- cated at these points would command a full view of the harbor and Massachus- etts Bay, while an_auxiliary battery on Paddocks Island, which, by the way, has also been purchased, would cover the bread sound, the Narrows and Nantasket Roads. The acquiring of this piece of land is of a great deal of importance to the national Government, as it is in a position of great strategic strength in the defense of the harbor. If this place were left unfortified it would be possible for a hostile fleet to lie behind Telegraph Hill, and without much difficulty land batteries which could | be placed on or/just behind the crown of the hill and from this elevated position deliver a plunging fire which would ettly embarrass the occupants of the | ort, and, if heavy guns could be landed, would silence it altogether, provided that the position couid be held from a land at- | tack. What might prove even worse, it | would be possible for a hostile flect, by | taking shelter behind the hill, to almost completely screen itself from the fire of | the fort, while, as the fort itself would be a fixed spot, its range could be easily as- | certained, so that shells couid be dropped | | into it, while with heavy enough metal | the city could be shelled, practicallly | from cover. With a battery of heavy guns mounted on the hills’ this danger will be entireiy removed, and a hostile fleet will be unable to approach within four or miles of Boston E‘h( without being subjected to a heavy plunging fire. —_—— Mill Valley Pioneer Gone. MILL VALLEY, Jan. 17.—The oldest native of this place died to-day at the age of 71 years. His name was George Hansen, and for vears he had lived on the Boyle ranch, doing odd jobs. Every day he would journey into town for the malils. ansen was one of the original Wworkers in the old mill, a portion of Which still remains, and after which Mill Valley was named. Hansen leaves no relatives and no money. There are only | two left in Mill of those who worked in the old mill away back in 1837 when it was built by John Reed. Thess u:‘flck Gardner and Ebenezer Wor- mi £ EEDS OF THE ARMY DISCUSSED Big Appropriation Bill Now Before the House. MecClellan Says the Serv- ice Is Not Up to the Standard. Son of the Famous General in Favor of a Complete Reorganization. | LEWIS JOINS THE DEBATE Denounces the Doings of Trusts and Talks About Seligman’s Con- gratulations to Hanna. Spectal Dispatch to The Call. Call Office, Riggs House, ‘Washington, Jan. 17. This was District of Columbia day in the House, but only three bills of local importance were passed. The remaind- er of the session was devoted to further consideration of the army appropria- tion bill. The debate was particularly notable for a vigorous speech by Mec- Clellan of New York, a son of General George B. McClellan, attacking present army organization as obsolete and ineficient. He asserted that we were woefully unprepared for war, should a crisis come, and he contended for modern methods in organization, equipment and supplies which would | enable the United States to meet an | emergency. Lewis of Washington also made a | speech that attracted attention in de- nunciation of trusts, which, he de- clared, were threatening the liberties of the country. The consideration of the army appropriation bill was not completed to-day. Tn the course of the general debate Griffith (R.) of Towa defended the policy of retiring army officers on three-qurters pay. The debate was made significant by an attack upon the efficiency of the several branches of the army by McClellan (D.) of New York, a son of General Geor B. McClellan. The army, he declared, was little better than a clumsily organ- ized national force top heavy with gold lace of staff officers, many of whom had not seen more active service than falis to the lot of a member of the police force. The army should, he declared, bo entirely reorganized. He said this in no spirit of jingolsm, but for the purpose of calling attention of the country to the fact that we were paying a large price for a very ineficient arm: utterly un- prepared for war, while a very small ad ditional expenditire, with proper reor- ganization, would work wonders. McClellan then went into a detailed | discussion of the various branches of the service. Our infantry formations, he said, would have been considered excel- lent in the seventeenth century. He criti- cized particularly the organization of the cavalry. As indicating the poor qualit or condition of the mounts purchased for the cavalry, he said, we were each year replacing 25 per cent of the cavalry horses, ‘while in Europe, Austria, for in- stance, but 12 per cent of the cavalry horses’ were replaced annually. One of the gravest defects in the present or- ganization, he said, was the lack of a properly instructed and competent staff. In the modern sense of the word we had | no staff. At the present rate of accumu- lated reserve, he said, at the end of five years we would only have enough ammu- nition to supply the infantry for two days at the firing rate of the battle of Gettysburg. Lewis (D.) of Washington made a vig- orous speech against any increase in the army. He created something of an inno- vation by taking his position in the area in front of the Speaker's rostrum and speaking to the House face to face, as to a congregation. He charged that the trusts were in control of the country and constituted the mailed hand of power be- hind the decrees of the courts. If the army were increased the people would, he sald, be justified in asking whether it was not to be used to barricade the courts and break down everything that means the freedom of the country. He differed. he said, from the leader (Bryan) whose cause he' had followed to the pit. He was not willing to subscribe to the idea that free sliver was the single end to be fought for. There was necessity, he said for a return to the true democracy which had for its end the freedom of the individual as an indivioual. Lewis quoted a telegram which he said Senator Hanna had received from Frankfort, Germany, signed by A. Seligman. as follows: I congratuiate you on your election; it is most satisfactory to me.” That message, he said, came from the man who helped to place a mortgage on this Government of $200,000,000. Tts insolence, he said, had no parallel in history, save in the message sent by Pontius Pilate to the executioner of Jesus Christ, congratulating him that his work was well done. Crosvenor interrupted to ask if Lewis ‘was aware that Seligman was an Amerl- can citizen. “I am,” responded Lewis. unpatriotic American citizen.” on the Democratic side.) Grosvenor recalled the fact that Mr. Seligman, with the credit of his house, rendered Invaluable aid to the TUnion cause during the war. To this Lewis re- plied with the statement that Mr. Selig- man had removed his residence from this country at a time when he feared the fncome tax law would compel him to pay his share to the l\lplpfln of the Govern- ment. “He is the last man,” said he, “whom I should take pride in calling an American citizen.” Hull (R.) of Towa, chalrman of the Committee on Military Affairs, expressed concurrence in the views of McClellan to the extent that he believed the army should be reorganized, as the present or. ganization was obsolete. Tne discussion of the needu&‘)r the army was continued I')ivM“'r‘1 heol;r(‘ A)(flvf’Alfa!l\.ama. lark (D.) of Missouri. Cox (D.) of Tennéssee, M: (R.) of Tilinois and others. - Without completing the bill, the com- mittee arose, and at 5:10 p. m. the house adjourned. TO WELCOME VETERANS AND THE NATIVE SONS. Nevada City Preparing for the Entertain- ment of Encampment and Grand Parlor. NEVADA CITY, Jan. 17.—Preparations have been begun for the entertainment of the Grand Army of the Republic and kindred organizations of the department of California and Nevada, which will hold a rfinnd encampment here beginning on April 19, and the Grand Parlor of the Native Sons, which comes the following week. al veterans and natives are both arranging programmes of concerts, receptions and balls for the evenings, and daytime excursions over the mountains and down into the mines. “He is an (Applause the { the | WANTS THE BOULEVARD Citizens to Vote on a Model Highway = Project. Supervisors Decide to Is- sue the Call for an Election. Cost of the Road Estimated at $810,000 by Surveyor Gilbert. WOULD MEAN A SAVING. State Highway Commissioners Ex- plain the Many Benefits Cer- tain to Result, Spectal Dispatch to The Call. REDWOOD CITY, Jan. 17.—In the matter of the contemplated boulevard through San Mateo County, Surveyor | Gilbert made a report to-day to the Board of Supervisors. His estimate of the cost was $310,000. The Commission of Highways, comprising Messrs. Price, Ashe and Manson, was present, and made a supplemental report commend- ing the project. The board considered and accepted the reports, and Instruct- ed the District Attorney to incorporate in his call for an election to refund the county indebtedness and to bond the | county for a $50,000 courthouse, a call | to further bond the county for $310,000 | for the proposed boulevard. At the next regular meeting of the board the call for an election will be passed, and the election probably will be held early in March. After the passage of the call for an election the Highway Commis- sion will make a tour of the county, advocating the bonding of the county and showing stereopticon views. Surveyor Gilbert’s report, which was submitted to-day, was as follows: To the Honorable the Board of Super- visors of San Mateo County—Gentlemen: In accordance with the order of your board passed on November 1, 1867, I here- | with submit a report upon the following high Commencing at the intersection of the center line of the county road between Menlo Park and Palo Alto, and the center iine of the San Francisquita Creek, the same. S being the boundary and Santa ( line between a counties, and he best grades arly as may be nd San Francisco ¥ feet. more or le and San Jose Railroad; thence southwesterly on the st grades and alignments and upon ades not in excess of four degrees, through Spanishtown, San Gregorio, Pes: cadero and Pi Point to the line be- tween San Mateo and Santa Cruz coun- | ties, at a point two and a half miles, more or less, east of New Years Point. The right of way of said highway in no case to be less than forty feet. The substructure of sald highway to be of durable material, as follows: Small @ s and culverts of the best a thick-walled, salt glazed iron gne sewer pipe, With concrete guard walls Large culverts and bridges to be of ma- sonry or concrete and existing structures to be utilized where they may be found of sufficient durability and strength. The ditches to be of adequate size and conducted on true grades to proper out- lets. The roadbed on that portion of said highway between Santa Clara and San Francisco County lines to be not less than forty feet wide and no less than efghteen (15) feet of this width to be macadamized throughout with at le broken stone, well selected, thoroughly screened and well rolled and sprinkled and laid in three lavers. The remainder of the roadbed to be graded to conform with the macadam.por- tion, rolled and spripkled to form an earth road for summer use. The essentlal features of the work on that portion of said highway between the San cisco County line and the Santa Cruz County line are to correct the ex- isting dangerous and at times impassable | grades and alignments, and to grade a roadbed not le width upon grades not exceeding four (4) per cent: the roadbed on this portion of said highway to be not less than forty (40) féet in widih in the level cuttings and | twenty (20) feet of graded roadway on sidehill cuttings. That portion of said graded highway | from the San Francisco County line to | the summit of the San Pedro Mountalns is abundantly suppiled with rock of a fair quality for surfacing at a moderate cost. That portion of sald graded roadway from the summit of the San Pedro Mount- ains to Spanishtown traverses a section | of country, the subsoil of which is a good road surfacing material, except in cer: tain limited portions thereof which are t be surfaced with rock or gravel. The remainder of this highway from Spanishtown to the Santa Cruz County line to be graded as herein mentioned, and graveled or surfaced with rock as the na- ture of the soil may require, and as the locality may furnish suitable material gorhe estimated cost of this work s 3310, No estimates are made for rights of way | for the various properties and inter involved will be sufficiently benefited justify the granting of such right without charge to the bond fund. I respectfully recommend that no work s be done, nor contract let, except upon the | basis of detailed plans and specifications prepared by this office and approved by the Department of Highways of the State | of California. In their auxiiiary report the mem- bers of the Highway Commission sa; We have made special studies of the development of suitable quarries. In ex- amining all existing quarries and many available sites we are pleased to find that your county furnishes an abundance of excellent materials. There exist several localities from which an excellent sub- rade or foundation layer of material can gfl obtained. From some of these the hardest flinty jasper (or chert) can be separated, which, mixed with one-fourth of the siliceous limestone from near Byrne's store, will make a surface material of the best qual- ity. In regard to this latter material, it has been alleged that it Injures the var- nish and paint of vehicles. We sub. mitted t..s stone to a preliminary exami- nation in the College of Chemistry in the University of California, and 1'nd this idea entirely unfounded, the material being neutral and harmless; the opposite idea being probably advanced as an ex- cuse for neglect in promptly cleaning ve- hicles of dust or mud, which from any source is injurious if neglected. The mixture of the hardest, clean and well-crusted jasper, with a proper pro- portion of the siliceous limestone as a cementing and binding material, with thorough rolling and sprinkling, forms a 8ood road surface of unexcelled quality and durability, and we are pleased to note that your county furnisues sucn exeellent t nine (9) inches of | than twenty (20) feet in | materials at available localities, and also express the belief that careful examina- tion will reveal many additional sources of equally good rock. Our thanks are due the members of tae Board of Supervisors for their courteous co-operation in the work of developing the wealth and resources of tue county by the construction of good roads, anu we | | feel assured that ..e citizens of the | county are awake to tue necessity of | prompt action in placing your county in the front of this important step. } In an interview with The Call cor- respondent, Commissioner Price said regarding the proposed boulevard: | “The Department of 'Highways has | | given some attention to the condition | of rozds and the financial policy of the | | present road building system in_ San | Mateo County. It finds that the Board of Supervisors is expending every year | in the neighborhood of $60,000 for road purposes. In the year 1896 there was | expended $63,278 95 for general road purposes. The assesssed valuation of | taxable property in the county for the same year was about $13,234,000, of | which $11,643,170 was assessed for road ‘ purposes at the rate of 40 cents on the $100 for the year 1896 and for 1897 49 | cents on the $100, the board taking ad- vantage of the late law permitting an assessment of 2 mills on the dollar for general road purposes. | “The Department of Highways has made a careful estimate of the cost of | building a model road upon good grades and alignments, and is informed that in no county in the State is there a greater demand for better roads than | in San Mateo County. The topography | of the'county is such that a portion of | the coast range mountains virtually | separates the eastern from the western inhabitants. Along the shore of San Francisco Bay the eastern division of the county is located, one of the most | prosperous and important sections of the State. Over the roads of this sec- tion all travel from or to San Fran- cisco, by land, must pass. There is no other outlet to the interior of the State by land, except this. It is a portion of the peninsula upon which stands the | metropolis of the Pacific Coast. The | present county road is graded and | graveled or rocked to some extent, but | with very inferior material, and upon | very faulty grades. “The electric car lines have taken | | possession of the present county road | | from the San Francisco County line to | @ point near Baden, a distance of about | | six miles. The roadbed has been so | thoroughly neglected and used by the | car tracks that the Commissioners are | inclined to resort to another route | g through this section of the county, as | no good highway can be constructed on | | the present right of way with the car | lines and other obstacles to contend | | against. : “A road constructed along the coast | | on good grades will become the great artery of communication with the me- tropolis, not only for the people living | along and adjacent to the road, but to all travel from the coast counties south of San Mateo and San Francisco. | It will immediately open to inspection some of the most inviting country on the Pacific Slope, and if properly con- structed is destined to become one of the scenic resorts of our State. “No county in the .State possesses more favorable material for road pur- poses than does San Mateo. The length of road from the Santa Clara line to San Francisco and thence to the Santa | Cruz line is about ninety-five miles and the Highway Commissioners have | asked for $310,000 with which to con- | struct the road. With this sum they propose to correct the grades of the present road, increase the width of macadam or rock roadway to eighteen feet or more and replace all bridges, culverts and drains with rock or con crete and drains with terra cotta drain pipes laid in cement. “The conditions upon_which this per- mission shall be granted, if the people grant tk ame, is that the Board of Super: reduce the road tax levy every year | hereafter to the amount required to | pay interest and principal upon the bonds as they may become due. Under these conditions and none other would | the Department of Highways consent to undertake the task of convincing the people that it would be a business | proposition. It will thus be seen that | this scheme does not purpose the in- crease of the taxes of the property- owner except in incorporated towns, | where no road tax is levied. | “The towns of San Mateo and Red- | wood can well afford to pay their por- | tion of the tax in return for the benefits derived from a good road system. It will increase trade, increase | travel, build up the surrounding coun- | | try, populate the beautiful building | places and gradually increase the value of assessable property in the county. | “No less than 500 bridges, culverts | and drainways must be maintained on | the road. Some of the bridges are ex- | tremely expensive to maintain, many | | of them being over streams of a consid- | rable watershed, entailing the Con»‘ struction of costly bridges. The lum- ber bills alone for the care of San Ma- teo County bridges and culverts often reaches $7000 per year, without the con- | struction of a single new bridge. The average bills for lumber for the past four years has been $5000 for each year. It has cost the county of San Mateo | $20,000 for lumber, labor on the bridges | | and drainways for the years 1895 and | 1896, or $10,000 per year. How much | | more has been expended in labor the | | records do not show. | ““The present structures, with one or | two exceptions, are all composed of | wood, which are fast decaying and will | require rebuilding very soon. No less | | than 140 bridges of lengths varying | from twenty to 200 feet, span the var- | lous drainways of the road above de- cribed. The life of a bridge construct- ed of wood may be put at five years. Therefore in the next five or ten years the county of San Mateo must renew all these structures either with wood r some other material. If the present ystem of building with lumber is con- inued it is safe to estimate the cost of bridges for ten years next following on the present highway at $70,000, or $7000 | per year, and as long =z» this system | in continued every ten years wiil cail | for an expenditure of $70,000. “The taxpayers can well figure what the future means, run upon the pres- ent wystem of temporary repaire. In | twenty years you will expend for bridees alone $140,000: in thirty years no less than $210,000. Will this pay? If we replace these structures with rock r concrete the expense will be at an nd, stone roadways can be construct- ed over them, thus making a perfect, | imperishable roadway. COUNT POSADOWSKY'S SECRET CIRCULAR. i Denounced as an Unheard-of Attack on the 1 Right of Combination, to Which Work- men Will Reply at Elections. BERLIN, Jan. 17.—In the Reichstag to- day,.in the course of a discussion on the Home Office estimates, Herr Wurm, So- cialist, denounced a_Secret circular of Count Posadowsky, Minister of the In- terfor, against strikers, which had re. cently been published in the Vorwaerts, the Socialist organ. “an unheard-of attack upon the right of combination, to | which the workingmen would reply at the | el(e‘clloltii.r"' a K 'oun! osadowsky, amid noisy demon- | strations by the Socialists, detl{red that the circular did not touch the right of | combination, but that workers must be | protected ‘against terrorism by strikers e asm?rl:et'l "‘Inh‘ 1nhE land t Y(: employ ers wel n_the hands of the & ul;!lnn!. su|‘h0 dlctn‘tie ;(rfl{os. Ll err Singer said the Vorwaerts wo continue to publish such dm.‘umentu‘.' e Count Posadowsky rejoined that Herr ger’'s words amounted to an invita- :Ihoen ('o n{flclnl!l to vlolfilet; their oath, for circular only reac the Vi by a breach of faith. 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