The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 17, 1898, Page 12

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1898. 11 IRVING TELLS OF FIXED JOBS. Tight Thrown on the Way Harbor Commissioners Favor Their Friends. Colnon’s Strange Admission When Asked Why Justice Was Refused a Con- tractor—Dundon’s Erasures. “Iam so tied up to these other[ folks that I can’t help you just| now, but I may help you later | on. Harbor Commissioner Colnon’s | explanation to Samuel C. Irving, | manager of the Paraffine Paint | Company, for giving all the work of preparing piles to his favorites | and refusing to give any patron age to the Paraffine people. Samuel C. Irving, manager of the | e Paint Company, whose ac- | ainst the Board of State Har-| >mmissioners has attracted so | attention among the politicians taxpayers of late, was the princi- | ness yesterday before Judge B er. He told of many things in ection with the way the Commis- are accustomed to doing busi- | I P. F. Dundon, of the firm of Darby Laydon & Co., and A. H. Cole, bookkeeper for the S. E. Slade Company, were also examined | he meanings of a number of en- the books of the companies ned. The amount of ignorance ed as to the reason for many | ous erasures in matters of im- | nce left much for the court and spectators to guess at. Irving began by stating his po- | the paint and preserving firm | 1e responsibility of the stock- | hereof, and then he got down ubject under consideration, the ar manner of the Commissioners | g out contracts to their fa- | d shutting out competition nf{ not in favor. | witness had hardly made a start ‘ £ the Harbor | n making excep- rve the interests of his Irving testified that the | arrangements to se- ements and so in-| e per- | of the described y into all the that specifica- several of ard about the | rving pil at he ws ng pil for nis it the board at- t X a bid put in by H & Co., the latter firm | not s favor with the Com- | pile-preserving aid that in the e little was 1 Paint named Com- n of the Paraffine E Dundon had 1, and Watson vined to cut off the | v at both ends. | the virtues of creo- | e named the wi he had called the atten- board to 150 creosoted pil arm of the ferry slips. He s connection: oted by the Pacific Im- pr any_ 1 think during the of Mr. Is These in 1891 or 1 out by the limnoria. fact to the nd_they 1| attention of the | to go with me to s were supposed I creosoted. But I | member of the board me to look at them. These creosoted about ~fourteen | 1 1e cubie foot. | Mr. Cope—Fourteen pounds of creosote | to_a cubic foot of timber? Yes, sir Did you go yourself? I veral occastons; and down there one rd and invited Mr. Uhlig. This matter, too, was brought to the attention of the board, and Mr. Colnon 8 lay said: “We will investigate,” and there it ended. At this point At- torney Cope changed the subje:t and Did you know that the San Francisco Timber Preserving Company had threat- ened to enjoin the Paraffine Compan it were awarded a contract to creosote phies? 1 so understood, yes. At this Attorney Stratton put in a strong objection to this line of testi- 1ony. Mr. Cope defended his course ng: is one of the matters that goes to general benefit of the public. We leged that these specifications in such form that persons other were than the San Francisco Timber Preserv- ing Company would not venture to bid upon them. That is the last set of speci- fications. _And one of the reasons was it the San Francisco Timber Preserv- z Company threatened to enjoin any- body else from creosoting, and the par- ¢ icufar provision was put in the speci- ations which would make it very dan- gerous for any person to undertake the work and have to stand an injunction suit. Under the first set of specifications referred to in our complaint Mr. Irving, for the Paraffine Paint Company, was perfectly willing to have undertaken the | | down-and taken the chances of work and to hav he an injunction, being confident that could have beaten it: The ccurt overruled the ol and the witness resumed, saying: objection X | was informed that Mr. Dundon and Mr. Rood had been up to see Mr. Siratton, and told him that they would enjoin the Paraffine Paint Company if they were awarded the contract from going ahead with the work. I was informed by an official conneoted with the State Board of Harbor Commissioners. The witness stated that there w e | others desirous of bidding on the pile- | preserving work, but they were shut out for the same reasons—fear of be- ing enjoined. Several of these had good methods. The matter of the specification was taken up to show how the board had fenced off the outsiders, and on this Mr. Irving said: The specifications were to my mind very unfair, and I so informed Major Harney and Mr. Colnon. I told them that there were provisions put in those speci- fications that had never occurred before, and that were all together unjust. In- stead of covering a year's work plus Sreen-street wharf, they were _simply )r Green-stréet wharf; and while, a year's work and Green-street wharf, d have been a paying proposition s to have set up a creosoting plant, T nhsmall Job like that it would not ve been. for h , moreover, in that conversation, called their attention to the fact that the patent T read. The purpose of their introduc- tion was to show that the Board of Harbor Commissioners had decided to adopt the creosoting treatment for the piles of the State in the face of the knowledge imparted to them that the treatment was a flat failure; and fur- ther to show that had the State Har- bor Commisioners not adopted this pro- | cess and worded their specificati.ns | with cinch clauses to keep as many as possible from bidding on the creosote propodition, they would not have been | able to hand over the job to the water- front combine, which had no other pro- cess upon which it could rely with safety; and, further, that the favor- ing of the combine in this way has cost the taxpayers of the State thou- sands of dollars In the replacing of piles that should have lasted for years. After some testimony concerning the extent of the Paraffine company’s’ busi- ness and the promise by Mr. Irving to show Attorney Stratton the firm's books the witness, in reply to a ques- tion stated that the paraffine method ~f treating piles is from 25 to 50 per cent cheaper than creosoting. Once more the matter of conversa- tions with Commissioner Colnon was brought up and Mr. Irving said he had at least a hundred with that official, and added: I told Mr. Colnon, not in one, but in many of these conversations, that I could not understand why we could not get any work. There was no objection to our process and our price was certainly lower than that of any of the others. T | called his attention to the fact that (hei Rood process was an old worn-out pro- ago when used as the Vulean pile armor | process. The State had spent about $8 000 in probably eighteen months and the piles were gone in probably two years fol- lowing. old Culver process which had been tried and was a failure, and yet in spite of al that Rood could get work and I could not. I told him if he could find me any report from any of his engineers or could get a report to the effect that our cover- ing was a failure I would not ask him | for any more work. Some time last year, while the other firms were getting considerable work and | not getting any, I said to Mr. “Why is it we don't get any- His reply to me was this; he s “Irving, I am so tied up to these other folks that I. can't give vou work | now, but it may be that I can give you some later.” ‘When Dundon resumed his testimony relative to the condition of the books of the San Francisco Timber Preserv- ing Company, he took up the thread of his evidence in a decidedly weary fashion. His attention was called to nearly a dozen entries in the journal of checks drawn in favor of “cash” and cess that had been abandoned here years | &1 Also the fact that it was the | & 000 a month, or $600,000 a year. This | comes from dockage, etc. The ex-| penses consume much of this amount, | so that he does not send more than | $14,000 to $30,000 per month to the State harbor sinking fund &t Sacramento. A long time ago he occasionally sent as high as $40,000 to Sacramento. The ex- penses of late have been very heavy. | Mr. Irving "vill be cross-examined to- day by Attorney Stratton. AMONG THE WHEELMEN. Officials for the Twenty-Five Mile Road Race—Bay City Wheel- men’s Party. The pleasant weather is favorable for the road-racing cyclers, and as a result there is a large entry list for the annual twenty-five-mile handicap of the Califor- nia Associated Cycling Clubs, to be held around the San Leandro triangle on ‘Washington’s birthday. The following is the list of officials who Will conduct the race: Referee, Charles Albert Adams; judges— Frank H. Kerrigan, George Peyton, J. U. B. Argenti, James W. Mullen, E. B. Jerome, O. R. Sterling, A. P. Swain, T. J. Winslow, J. F. McDonald, T. B, McGinnis, Joseph Jury, G. G. Taylor, Vincent A. Dodd and T.W. Flanagan; timers—George P. Wetmore, H. D. Hadenfeldt, Joseph S. Lewis, F." W. Sharpe, S. Bailey, John W. Leavitt and W. Pettis; starter, De Witt Van_Court; assistants—Thomas C. Meherin, O. B. Marston; clerk of course, J. F assistants—Andrew Bed- pillane; scorers—Herbert | Butterworth, S. G. Scov- | T. D. Whitman, A. L. Reid, Hubert Rees, J. M. | marshal, J. P. Thorn; as- | Hannan, H. A. Tubbs, W. 0. | Johnson, Bert Edwards, C. H. Trolliet, D. Cardinell, J. A. Desimone, S. J. Severance; chief umpire, John F. TPurke; assistants—James M. Hamilton, H. V. Scott, John S. Egan, R. T. McKissick, M. E. Gaines, John O'Malley, George Brouil- let, H. C. Hahn, E. Lehnhardt, J. G. Stubbs, James E. Little, L. A. Hagy; Robert A. Smyth; road rac- ing committee—C. S. Myrick, Theodore C. Dodge, J. S. Shedd. The thirteenth anniversary reception of the Bay City Wheelmen will be held to- morrow night at the maple room of the Palace Hotel, and the members antici- pate an elegant time. Dancing will be indulged in from §:30 to 12 o'clock, to the music of Huber's orchestra, and light re- freshments will be served during the in- ssions. ames of the Cycle Baseball League on Sunday resulted as follows: Bay City Wheelmen 17, Encinal Cyclers 0; Olympic Acme Club Wheelmen 3; Cali- Club 8, Olympic Club sistants—C. fornia C Wheelmen §. George A. Wyman, the new acquisition of the Reliance Club Wheelmen, made the best time in the club’s five-mile handicap PRETTY WOMEN PLAY AT GOLF ON THE PRESIDIO LINKS. 4155 HOFFMANN S | | | naments of the San Francisco Club. N ideal day blessed the lady =olf- %@w"flnm‘ HERSTRORE - ) ers of the San Francisco Club on vesterday. After the past few disagreeable days a bright sun, with a bracing breeze sweeping across the Presidio Links, made perfect weather for the devotees of the game that the modern Anglomaniac has bor- oW from his English cousins. Yes- terday's match was the first one of the ladies’ tournament, to be played for the Silver Scratch medal, and of the six ladies who entered, Miss Alice Hoff- man was an easy winner, making the eighteen holes over a three-mile course, a distance of 4 yards, in 119 strokes, not including her handicap of ten, which is a remarkably few number of strokes for that distance for a lady. Miss F. A. Sprague was second with 138 strokes, and a handicap of six, which is also a most excellent record. Even allowing for Miss Sprague’s large handicap, Miss Hoffman was easily entitled to first honors. Two prizes were awarded—a silver jewel case and a handsomely lacquered cologne bot- tle. There will be another tournament next month and the concluding one will be held next November. In or- der to obtain the silver medal it will be necessary for Miss Hoffman to win three successive tournaments. The play of yesterday was fast and excellent, and the links were dotted from start to finish during the three hours of the contest. The play began at 10 o’'clock in the morning and there was quite a large number of specta- tors in attendance for that hour. Miss Hoffman’s stroke was strong and sure and her approach was as careful as it was certain. The other players also did some fine work, and while the course Is not a difficult one, yet it requires a great deal of Judg- ment to make a low score upon it. The detailed score for bot for the links were circled t\?lc;?uv?g?; the handicaps and the net scores is as follow: numbers had been attached to our pro- cess and to the Rood process, but had been omitted from the creosote process, although I had seen those numbers in the rough draft. When Mr. Uhlig, 1 think it was, telephoned up to our office for us to get the numbers of our patent, 1 went him and told him that I would not have our patent numbers in- serted in the specifications because I un- derstood the law did not allow the pur- cl e of a patented article. Mr. Uhlig informed me t if those numbers were not inserted our method would not be in- cluded in the specifications; and to show that was being treated the rough draft with tent numbers attached to the creo- soting. Attorney Cope asked if there were any other reasons why the Paraffine Paint Company was deterred from bid- ding under the last set of specificaticns and the witness replied: It would be absolutely impossible to do the work called for in those specifications under the creosoting method in the time called for, and do the work properly. The witness gave considerable testi- mony relative to the merits of treating piles by the creosoting process, and he repeated much information that he had imparted to the Harbor Commissioners from such authorities as Marsden Manson, former engineer of the board; Professor L. J. Le Conte of the State University, Lum Sears, U. S. A.; Colo- nel Mendal, U. S. A., and others, all of whom pronounced this process a fail- ure. The result of their observations and experience were read to the court, as they had been to the members of the board, together with ex-president's report on work on the Nicaragua canal. The president’'s report was indeed strong, for he said: The pier constructed by the canal com- pany for the purpose of securing an en- trance, as built December, 1892, May, 1893. The pler timber and piling were creosoted with sixteen pounds of wood oil to the cubic foot, but this proved un- avalling as a protection from the teredo, and when examined {n May, 1895, the piles mear the outer end were found to have been badly eaten, and many of the channel side had disappeared. The reports of the other experts These ranged from To the best of his recol- lection these amounts were for his salary. But there were erasures in these same entries, the sharp edge of a knife having removed from the paper the cold records of transactions that some one wished to hide from the eyes of the world. The witness could not or would not explain why these era- sures had been made, nor what record had been thus removed. - Neither did he know when they had been made and he even went so far as to say that he was sorry for it; and then Attorney Cope induced him to acknowledge that the erasures must have been recently made. He stated that while he has full access to the books of his firm and occaslonally makes settlements with his partner, he is sadly ignorant of the meaning of a great many entries. A. H. Cole, bookkeeper for the S. E. Slade Lumber Company, was called and his attention directed to the erasures in the books of the other concern, in which he had made a few entries, but he knew nothing, he said, of the ob- literations. The next witness was J. J. Keegan, clerk of the Board of Harbor Commis- sioners. He told of a conversation in the board rooms between Attorney Stratton and the Commissioners rela- tive to a proposition to compromise the case of the Pacific Pine Lumber Com- pany against the board. The former sought to restrain the board from pay- ing to the Slade Lumber Company the sum of $12,000. Keegan stated that on that occasion Attorney Stratton told the board that Jordan and Herrick of the Pacific Pine Lumber Company had tcld him that they would like to com- promise the suit, and proposed that if the board give them 75 per cent of the lumber trade, all of the shingle and all of the pile trade for two vears they would abandon the suit. Mr. Stratton at once informed the board of the prop- ositicn and advised against the com- promise. Mr. Keegan was questioned as to the monthly income of the Harbor Com- delivered to him. $250 to $500. miasioq, which he said was about $55,- Lin his own way. Competitors— . G Miss Alice Hoffman... @ a5 Hfl;"'“;fi Miss F. A. Sprague. 6 6 138 Miss Ella Morgan. 5 51 Miss M. A. Page. 58 T Mis 81 1216 51 1216 over the Haywards course on Irom scratch he rode It in o5 e ositions of the first six finishers we position nishers were as Name. Net Hnnldlfap, riding time. 0 Scratch ————— ‘Willcutt Still on the Stand. J. L. Willcutt, secretary of the Mar Street Railroad Company, was - on :(:; stand again _all day vesterday in the case of C. B. Polhemus against the estate of Charles Mayne. Mr. Willcutt, who wag the secretary of the 8an Francisco and San Jose Railroad Company, busied him- self on the stand reading from the book- of the company. V. resolutions shedding some- light on the cause of the litigation were read by the witness. Noth. ing sensational developed yesterday, but it is thought that before the tria] 1s closed some interesting facts will b rought to light. e cas, xmen g e will. go on ——————— Wants to Save Durrant. Charles Fellowes, 611 Minna street, taken before the Insanity Commissioners vesterday by his wife and was commit- ted to the Napa Asylum. Fellowes is an ex-acrobat, who performed under the name of Nelson. Recently he has been ‘abufl?gl In:('(clr ‘the deluslr;ln that he had a special mission to save the life - dore Durrant. 0,! e O'Brien’s patent spring; best ana -alnle it g%n‘g b|{kgg ma%e;l 5ubb‘§r or steel 'zlre: rien ns, Golden Gate a i Polk street. T —————— A Neighbors’ Quarrel; , D. Sullivan, 936 Harrison street, was taken to ‘the- Recelving Hospital by his wife yesterday to have a lacerated wound in his scalp dressed. During a fight with a neighbor about a clothes’ line theneigh- bor threw a piece of lead pipe at. him, ‘which struek him -on the head. Dr. Bun- nell, who examined the wound, thought there was a possible fracture of the skull. After the wound was dressed Sullivan said he would get even with his neighbor | square reservoir. | holders to make provision in the new | Board of Health in the matter of sani- DAIRYMEN PROTESTING Want to Be Treated as Those of Outside Counties. Health Board Will Hold a Special Meeting on the Subject. New Positions Created — Samples of Water Were Found Impure. The Board of Health has called a special meeting for Tuesday morning, March 1, to decide whether or not to quarantine milk from out-lying coun- ties where it is shown that the cows have not been subjected to the tubercu- lin test. The matter was brought up at the regular meeting of the board | yesterday through a petition from the San Francisco dairymen, who asked that no further test of their cows be made unless those of adjoining counties were put through a like ordeal. It was decided to ask representatives from San Mateo County and Marin County as well as General Dickinson, the representative of the local dairy- men, to be present at a special meeting to be held on the date mentioned. Th beard proceeded to create quite a number of additions to the employes now on the payroll. It was decided to appoint two matrons for the Park Re- ceiving Hospital at salaries of $60 per month each. The night job was given to Mrs. Swett and the day job to Mrs. | Brown. Health Officer A. P. O'Brien | rendered a report stating that in vie\\'i of the increased clerical work of the | pure food department now under his control it would be necessary to have | a new clerk and he named John F. Der- ham for the place at a salary of $100 per month. The appointment was made. B. Posner was elected janitor of the department, to take the place of | the present janitor, who has been pro- moted to a clerkship. Dr. E. S. Howard sent in a communi- cation to the board, stating that he had rented the offices recently occupied by the late Dr. James 1. Stanton, and that he would therefore be compelled to re- sign his position as Assistant Police Surgeon. It was decided to recommend to the Board of Supervisors that the right of way through a strip of land at Eigh- teenth and Urana streets be purchased for the purpose of making more per- fect sewer connections. The drafting of the gas order, based on the measure proposed by Supervisor Lackmann, was completed. The lines of the original order was followed and the presence of more than five per cent | of carbon monoxide in illuminating gas | is prohibited. B Secretary Godchaux reported that the | receipts from plumbers’ licenses, per- | mits and Jjourneymen cards had amounted to §1278 and that the attor- ney of the board was preparing an opinion_whether or not the money | should be returned to the plumbers. | Chemist Wenzel reported that the| samples of water brought from the house of J. H. Crocker at Washington and Laguna streets for chemical analy- sis were decidedly dangerous to health, and that measures should be taken to remedy the matter. It was found that the samples came from the Lafayette- John L. Sullivan was appointed an istant food inspector at a salary of $75. John Wagner was appointed a night watchman at the City and Coun- ty Hospital at a salary of $35 per month. Dr. Morse called attention to the im- portance of urging the Board of Free- charter for increased powers for the tary legislation. ——————————— LAW TOOK 1TS COURSE. August Uhhob“t?Sox; He Ignored a Summons. August Ubhobt wanted to go to the Klondike and was anxious to raise the money on his property. He had nearly made a sale of it, but a search at the court house showed that there was a big cloud on his title to the extent of a judg- ment amounting to about $700. The un- happy state of affairs was caused by a little contempt for the law that may yet prove expensive. Some time ago Ubhobt borrowed heavily from J. D. Carroll and gave his note for the amount. Time went by and Carroll died without making any effort to col- lect his money. His executors, however, were more practical, and Rose M. Car- roll brought suit against Ubhobt. The summons was served duly, but Mr. Ub- hobt declined to pay any attention. He wasguot at all pleased that suit was brou%ht and concluded that as he heard no more about it his indignation had been defense enough. Nothing m&zre was thought about the matter till Ubhobt wanted to raise money to go north. At the County Clerkc’s office the record of the judgment was found to the gold-seeker's surprise and annoyance. The case had been reg- ularly tried, service of summons proved and judgment given by default. —_————————— NOT A NEW POINT. Decision of the Collector -Denying Admission to an Alien Cannot Be Reviewed by the Courts. The decision of United States Judge Hanford at Tacoma, published in The Call of yesterday, to the effect that the courts have no lawful authority to review the decision of the Collector of the Port or other Federal official denying admis- 8 to an alien, is not a new point, as e unfamiliar with the subject might ny g‘?’l‘(e’v& The decision of a Collector ad- mitting an allen can be overturned by a court, but his decision denying admission cannot be reviewed except by the Sec- retary of the Treasury, whose decision L. lsAflx;lam"Br opinfon was rendered in the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York in re Moses on habeas corpus. The act of August 18, 1894, provided that: “In every case where an alienisexcluded from admission into the United States under any law or treaty now existing or hereafter made, the decision of the ap- propriate immigration or customs officers, if adverse to the admission of such alien, shall be final unless reversed on appeal to the Secretary of the Treasury.” —————————— For Sailors’ Wages. Robert Vogel, V. B. Evarts, Hermana Frenz and John Svenson filed a libel in the United States District Court yester- day against R. A. Gilbride and others of the schooner Christina Steffens to recover $69 alleged to be due them as wages. THE WAY IT IS IN SEATILE Troubles of J. M. Van Hill, a Would-Be Klon- diker. Locked in a Cellar Three Hours and Robbed of His Coin. Police Gave Him No Assistance—He Threatens to Commit Sui- cide. J. M. Van Hill, a Chicagoan who is now in this city, after an ineffectual attempt to reach the Klondike, tells a strange story of how strangers are treated in Seattle. He landed in the | northern town with $600 in his pockets, and now threatens to commit suicide because he has not enough money to return to his native place. Van Hill is an educated German, who speaks sev- eral languages, but is apparently not over-well versed in the ways of the| world. “I have been on a tour of the world,” said Van Hill yesterday, “and, hearing of the Klondike excitement while in Australia, started for Seattle for the purpose of fitting out and going into the gold fields. “When I landed there it seemed to me that every establishment in the town was labeled ‘Klondike outfits.” I selected one place where fur coats were advertised for sale cheap, and inquired | the price of the garments. I was told | that the proprietor would be back in a | few moments, and while I waited sev- | eral men came in and proposed a game of cards. | “I was not in a mood for gambling, | and started to leave, but the men in- sisted that I .should stay and wait for | the proprietor. While my back was | turned to them for the purpose of ex- | amining some fur garments I was seized, gagged and carried into the basement of the place. Here I was kept | for three hours, and every dollar I possessed, amounting to over $600, was | taken from me, and I was kicked into | the street. “I applied to the Seattle police, and a couple of officers accompanied me to | the place where I had been robbed. afterward learned that it was a no- torious gambling-house. I could see no one who resembled the men whorobbed | me, and I was told by the police that I was dreaming and that my story was | false. | “After trying several days to get re- | dress, a number of charitably inclined people assisted me with money to reach | San Francisco, where I hoped to find friends who will help me back to Chi- cago. I am stranded here, and unless 1 find employment soon I will take my own life rather than face the poverty to which I have never been accus- | tomed.” J. C. Nobmann Attached. John C. Nobmann, doing business at | 2029 and 2031 Fillmore street, called a meeting of his creditors at the Board of Trade yesterday morning for the purpose of adjusting the attachment against him. He made a statement showing that his assets, including stock and fixtures and outstanding ‘accounts, amounted to $11.-| 000, and in addition there may be some | equity in real estate. His liabilities are $16,320. The attachment was brought by the estate of H. D. Barr_for borrowed | money. The amount is $1500. The mat- ter was placed in the hands of a commit- | tee of the creditors, and subsequently a bill_of sale of all the assets was made to | J. Levi Jr. of H. Levi & Co., for the | benefit of all the creditors pro rata, | provided that Nobmann is released from | all attachments. —_————— Advances made on furniture and pianos, with | or without removal. J. Noonan, 1017-1023 Mission. | —_— e Nature Play for Children. Miss Amalie Hofer delivered a lecture vesterday at 921 Ninth street on “Nature Play.” The audience was composed mostly nrf kindergarten workers, as Miss Hofer's | address was directed chiefly to them. She | spoke of the way that people should edu- | e cate their children that they might know nature and that they might love it. | She pointed out the beautw in the aif- | ferent lessons that the children learnt | in the kindergarten, and compared the | little children srowing up to flowers in | the garden. | She said that more trust should be | placed with the children that they might | be alone and commune with nature, | “for as we grow older,” she said, “‘we | would not have the time to pass with it ;m(}i v]n;ie would not know all the beauties | o | ADVERTISEMENTS. 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