The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 16, 1898, Page 5

MORE PROOF OF CITY FRONT CROOKEDNESS W. D. Conniff Tells How /0Old Piles Were Resold to the Harbor Com missioners. Hundreds of Timbers Not Up to the Stan- dard Sizes Disposed Of to the State. P. F. Dundon, Who is the “Co.” of | The attorney next called the atten-| the 1 vy Laydon & tion of the witness to a lot of spruce on the stand Paraffine Paint Co. Harbor Com- n court opened yes- He had with him the books m, as well as his smile, which 0 much attention dur- ss of the case. rd s ended the wit- foundered with a to abandon the lat- was over the s some of ly ‘and small importance e first was on nt hun- n- Com- of the rday, tha than the by th d to had been at After Conniff tructions m of Dar- ive to the de- bor Commis- the State offi- cers, was on his feet in a second and fired off a bunch of objections a yard long. It was very e nt from the attitude of the plair attorneys that they expected to introduce evi- de: substantiating the statement of The Call that the contractors have been furnishing the State with piles not up to the standard of measure. ment. The attorney for the com- ission evidently intended to shut out evidence if possible. The judge ded to let the testimony in and niff made a long atement in which he said that for years he had measured and’delivered to the com- on piles not up to the require- ments. For instance he and the fore- man of the State pile driver would measure the timbers and allow for more than the actual lengths. “To what extent did such measure- | ments exceed the actual lengths of the piles?” asked Attorney Cope. rom two to three feet on a pile,” answered the witness. “I think that the company knew all about it, for they seemed to be pretty well satisfied with the measurements. He (evident- ly referring to Laydon) told me to measure the pilés in good shape and get all that T could out of it. I turned the figures in on regular printed blanks. My figures were in lead pen- cil.” Conniff said that these transac- tions took place within the past three years. Conniff testified that some time ago | a lot of old niles were pulled up at| Fisherman’s Wharf, and these he took | around to Darby Laydon & Co.’s yards, or log “boom’ at North Beach. These old piles were trimmed up. he | sald, and sold to the State again. This | done under the direction of Darby Laydon & Co.. who gave the orders | to have the old piles towed to Nnrth} 3each, cleaned and towed back to the Creen-street wharf, where the State| pile-driver drove them again. Conniff | exvlained that the old piles were not all | delivered to the State at once. but a few at a time. In every raft of twenty- | five piles from four to six of the old | ones were worked in. | ers, | terson,” piles that some time ago had been sold to the Commissioners. The witness explained that spruce timber is of no | for piles. It is soft and decays easily, while as a rule it is full knots and too slim for wharf uses. Whart builders do not like it and do not use it. account se the matter of the size of Then t the piles delivered to the San Fran- cisco Timber Pr works for creosc ie more objections, but to and Conniff stated that the t of the piles delivered were eraging from ten to twelve t the butt. On the front they pipe stems.” proceedings were opened Dundon produeing the agreement of the San Francisco Tim- ber Pr rving Company with Curtis & Tsaacs relative to the use of the pat- ent chemical preparations for the piles. This was dropped, and the books of the firm of Darby Laydon & Co. were taken up, and the evidence of the wit- n conc showed that the affairs of that rn, the Timber Preserving Com- pany and the Slade Lumber Company were so closely interwoven as to make their divorce impossible. In the books there were erasures, er roneous entries, etc., that only the wit- ness could understand. There was one showing a difference of $400 in a and two others that referred yment of nearly ¢500 to the members of the Pile-drivers’ Associa- tion, of which Dundon is the treasurer; but why these latter sums should ap- pear in the books of the firm the wit- ness did not attempt to explain, and protested against doing so on the ground that the affairs of the P. D. A. should not be forced from him. Then came some very pointed questions by Attorney Cope as to what appeared to be erasures and changes and for what purposes certain sums of money were aid out. Dundon failed to remember d he was excused until he could re- fresh his memory. Late in the after- noon he was again placed on the stand, and by the time he got through his ac- customed smile was not visible. The witn 3 S xplanations failed to explain to the satisfaction of the Paraf- fine Compan; attorneys, while the | books showed a most strange system of keeping accounts. Dundon’s reason for the insertion of the names of “Mat- “Batterson” and ‘“‘Ratterson,” that attracted much interest, seemed to be of questionable merit. He said that the former bookkeeper for Darby Laydon & Co., Townley by name, got into business for himself and left the firm’s books in a bad way. Later on, | after Townley failed, he asked for his former position, and his request was refused. This angered Townley, who threatened to expose “that Patterson matter.” It was this that induced Dundon to have the present bookkeeper change the entries of Patterson on the books to the names ending in ‘“‘atter- son” that have caused so much com- ment. Dundon was closely questioned as to what these dealings between Patterson and Laydon consisted of, but he re- fused to answer, saying that they were private matters between these two men named. The court and the specta- tors were left to surmise what could be the secret transactions between the head of the Darby Laydon Company and the former superintendent of con- s*-uction for the Harbor Commission- nt‘ | LATEST ADDI the Copper River-Juneau-Dyea-Skaguay Route. TION TO THE KLONDIKE FLEET. | The Pacific Steam Whaling Company’s Steamer Valencia Arrived From Baltimore Yesterday. - Accommodations for About ’ 500 Passengers Will Be Put in, and as Soon as Those Alterations Shall Have Been Completed She Will Go On WILL CARRY - GOLD MINERS Arrival of the Steel Steam- ship Valencia From Baltimore. | When the Alterations Are | Made She Will Go on the Dyea-Skaguay Run. The Morgan City, Now Due, Had 168 Staterooms Put In Before Leav- ing the East. The Pacific Steam Whaling Com- pany's new steamer Valencia arrived in port from Baltimore yesterday. She brought out a cargo of coal, which will be discharged into Rosenfeld’s bunkers, | after which she will be fitted out as a ‘\pnssenger boat for the Dyea-Skaguay | route. | The Valenciz came out in command of Captain James Lord, making the | passage in 55% days. The run from the Straits of Magellan was made in twenty-four days, and Captain Lord said he could have easily reduced that time by at least one hundred hours had | it not been for the continual fog which was met with on the way up the coast, Before leaving Baltimore Captain Lord wrote to the owners of the vessel here that he would arrive in San Francisco February 15. He kept his promise to the hour, as at 4 p. m. the' Valencia was alongside the Mission-street whart ready to begin discharging. The Valencia is a fine steel steamer of 1197.56 net burden. She was built in Philadelphia in 1882, is 252.7 feet long, 34 feet broad and 19.7 feet deep. She has a nominal horse power of 900 and can make about thirteen knots an hour. The Valencia is not unlike the Maripo- sa and Alameda, and when fitted out she will have accommodations for about 500 passengers. Alterations will be commenced as soon as her coal is out, and she will be got ready as quick- ly as possible for the run between San Francisco, Copper River, Juneau, Dyea and Skaguay. The British ships Glenogil and Ben Lee are going to try conclusions during the run from here to Cork. The Glen- ogil has a cargo of 79,347 centals of wheat, valued at $115,938, while the Ben Lee carries 85,775 centals of wheat, valued at $121,000. The Glenogil got away yesterday and the Ben Lee will leave with this morning’s tide. Consid- erable betting has been done on the race, the Ben Lee being the favorite. A great number of people bound for the Klondike via Dyea' and Skaguay are going to-send their provisions by the all-water route. They will take along with them just enough provisions to last them until the river opens, and everything else they will send to St. Michael for transhipment on the river steamers. In order to avoid any com- plications with the Canadian customs authorities the miners are taking their freight contracts, invoices and receipts to the British consulate where the mat- ter is looked into and the papers vised. All the owners will have to do, there- fore, is to present these receipts to the Canadian authorities when the river boats arrive at Dawson City, and take possession of their goods. got away for Dyea and Skaguay yes- The steamer Whitelaw was to have terday, but owing to the fact that the J alterations were not completed she will not get away till to-day. The steamer Morgan City, now due here from the East, will be ready to go into the Klondike trade a few days after her arrival. Before she sailed for this coast she was built up and 168 staterooms added to her, besides ac- commodations for many more passen- gers in the 'tween decks. The stars, the emblem of the old Morgan line have been painted off the smoke stack and a shield bearing a miner’'s pick and shovel, the emblem of the new com- pany, has been placed in their stead. The British bark Helen Denny made a long run to San Francisco of seventy- five days from Newcastle, N. S. W. From the time she left Australla the old vessel never had a chance, as noth- ing but light and variable winds were encountered during the passage. The steamer Australia will not get away for the sound to-morrow, as at first expected. The alterations cannot be completed in time, so she will sail next Monday at 4 p. m. Headache Quickly Cured. Dr. Davis' Anti-Headache never fails. 25¢.* —_——e—————— HART NORTH INSTALLED. The Assemblyman From Alameda Assumes the Duties of Immi- gration Commissioner. Hart North, Assemblyman from Ala- meda County, and recently appointed sioner of Immigration, took pos- of the office yesterday afternoon. He was cordially received by Walter P. Stradley, the outgoing Commissioner, and Inspectors Schell and Jeffeney, who turned over the accounts and effects of him. v intends following the prac- aw in this city with an in- cidental excursion into politics. He was appointed four years ago last October. It is not expected that angl- change will be made in the inspectors, they being un- der civil service, Assemblyman North made a good re- cord at the last session of the Legisla- ture. WILL FITZSIMMOAS BREAK HIS WORD? The Champion Offered Tempt- ing Inducements to Fight Corbett Again. His Friends Are Sanguine That the Cornishman Will Refuse the Offer. Jim Corbett, the scientific boxer, and Bob Fitzsimmons, the champion punch- | er, may meet again in the Sagebrush State, to battle for the veriscope cham- pionship. .- Dan Stuart, “the man of fine hand and large head,” who failed to make a barrel of money from the pictures taken of the fight on March 17, last, is anxious for another trial, believing that the improvements recently made in in- stantaneous photography will result in successful shots of the fighters being taken, in case they meet again. Of course, Mr. Stuart, for reasons best known to himseif, does not wish to figure as one of the interested par- ties now making arrangements for a second meeting of the pugilists in the city of Carson. According to recent developments Joe Harvey, a well-known turfite of this city, has been appointed director- general of the proposed battle between champion Bob and boxer Jim, which is to take place in July next at some point west of the Missouri River. It is said that a purse of $50,000 has been offered to Corbett and Fitzsim- mons, and that the offer was made by a syndicate of sporting menrepresented by Mr. Harvey. The conditions are that the fighters can divide the purse as they please, but so far as a per- centage of the privileges is concerned they will have no voice in the matter. The whole thing has all the earmarks of a big money-making scheme. BOTH ROBBERS WORE MASKS The Detectives Searching for Two Desperate Men. Held Up William Beckman’s Grocery-Store on Bryaunt Street. Emptied the Cash Drawer and Got Away With a Bottle of Liquor. Captain Spillane and his men are anxious to secure the two robbers who, at the point of revolvers, held up the clerk in William Beckman’s grocery store at Sixth and Bryant streets, last | Monday evening, and got away with a bottle of gin and a small amount of | money. The clerk was conversing with a customer named Reynolds, when the men, who wore masks, entered the store, and drawing their revolvers, or- dered them to throw up their hands under penalty of being riddled with bullets. Reynolds was made to turn his face toward the wall while one of the robbers searched the cash drawers, securing about 30 cents. As he walked from behind the counter he picked up a bottle of gin, which he passed to the confederate. After warning the aston- ished clerk not to make an outery the desperate robbers then left the store, and immediately disappeared down Bryant street. As soon as they were out of sight the clerk ran outside and lustily shouted for the police. Officer O’Connor responded and on being told of the daring robbery he at once sent word to Captain Spillane. The latter detailed several of his men to hunt for the robbers, but up to a late hour last night they had not suc- ceeded in obtaining a clew to their identity. The clerk in the store seri- ously doubts whether he can identify the men in case they are arrested. He described one of them as being about .35 years of age and wore a dark slouch hat, which was pulled down over his eyes. The other, he thinks, was much younger. He also wore a slouch hat, and was shabbily dressed. The police are inclined to believe that the robbers are the same men who entered a grocery store in the same vicinity several weeks ago, and after holding up the proprietor and several patrons purloined the contents of the cash drawer. One of the men was arrested, but as his victims were unable to identify him he was released. Moquette Carpet $§1 Per Yard. Brussels carpets, 50c yard; iron beds $3 90; parlor sets, five pleces, $20; oak bed- room sets, worth $150, $85; dining chairs, 65c; dining tables, $4. These are a few of the many bargains given during the big sale at Pattosien Co., 16th and Mission. * —_—e——— Death of Arthur G. Fletcher. 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