The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 23, 1898, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, -MARCH 23, 1898. 9 THE CITY A VICTIM OF FAST METERS City Hall Machines Tested With Most Startling Results. : | ply with the conditions imposed by the | Joker referred to, except the San Fran- | cisco Gas and Electric Light Company. ] The San Francisco Company having {had a monopoly in lighting the ‘ city so far, in addition to- the material increase in revenue derived from its | erratic meters, it appears to be about time for the Supervisors to give com- peting companies a chance to bid at least on the contract. They Will Play for Charity. A benefit concert will be given to-mor- row evening by Alma Stencel and Lau- rence Strelitz, two young local pianists, at Sherman, Clay & Co. Hall, under the auspices of Mrs. Strelitz-Davis, in aid of the Children’s Hospital. " The pro- gramme to be rendered {s as follows: Sonata for two planos (Mozart), allegro con | spirito, I Strelitz, Alma Stencel; tenor (Bemberg), k Coffin; The Two Skylarks” (Le B minor ( “hopin), 2 " (Godard), (b) Nocturne' (Reinecke), (b) CONY Charged Exorbitant Rates for Elec- tricity That H as Never Been Consumed. 00000000000 COO000O00OO00000000OO00000000000 HOW COMPETIT *‘No bid will be received 00000000 ©00000000000000000 There are more ways than one of skinning a cat. There are also a multiplicity of ways f performing the same operation on treasury, some are well known to the San co Gas and Electric Company. > of these has just been d r Phelan, who is at pr 1 in considering the best pl - to put a stop to this municipal afting. familiar story of quick-con- a story made in-g It is the nption meters— 1s of The Call during the past three lays. weeks ago Mayor Phelan be- came convinced, from what he had lear 1 om private consumers, that it would not be out of place to have the electric watt s in the City Hall tested by exper sloyes the company furnishing There are fourteen meters in use at the City Hall, and securing the n whose business it T Mayor instructed d with the work. part of the basement vices of two to test me them to who estimate on any conti comply with or who are mot prepared or q carry out the terms and conditions herein imposed of which sur- | r to the public by the investiga- | ts independently of the | ION IS CHOKED. or enteriained from parties ngent event, or who cannot ali ~ - < 000000000 0000000000000 00000 | that suffers at the hands of this co: | poration. Private individuals a charged whatever rate the company sees fit to name—that is, where there | is no competition. Down town the rate | varies to a surprising extent. Where | the Mutual and other companies have | their wires thé big company has re- duced its rate as low a: cents, a | number of consumers naying those rates, while two blocks away the pre- | vailing price may be 10, 12 or even 15 | cents per thousand watts. Take for example, on Kearny street, only a block from the Palace, certain big merchants, by threatening to ps | tronize the opposition, have had the price cut to 8 cents and have entered into contracts with the big company at | that figure. Other merchants, who have not kept so well informed on the subject, are charged 9 or 10 cents. On | Market street, the rates vary from 6 | cents up. The Pabst Cafe is one of | | the extra favored consumers that got | | in on the 5% cent rate, though its | | neighbors, two or three blocks away. are paying anywhere from 7 to 15 ¢ where In the residence district: big company holds full swa is no likelihood of competition for y | to come, there i | a thousand watt: And vet it co electricity, to furn service and all, | Going to that | including manufacture, where ti s are located, an un- |33 cents per thousand watts, at the expected obstacle presented itself to |extreme outside figure. Such an exten- the experts the shape of a wooden | Sive concern as the San Francisco Gas sk i i purpose of | and Electric Company undoubtedly | e 4 ¢ 9% | manufactures it at considerably less preventin object the Mayor had | thap that. maviow. is barrier effectually shut| “j¢may strike the average citizen that off all view of the meters, but a door, fastened with a padlock, provided em- ployes of the company with a means of reaching ther were instructed to force The experts nce and proceed with their which they did by forcing the fastening to the door. It required some to test tk n meters, but time irtee s complished the g as it could well task we s as surpris r ing such a golconda the com- could afford to maintain honest but the average citizen, after all, has only a vague, indistinct idea of a corporation’s methods. Reverting to the subject of the mu- nicipal contract for electric lights, the | present contract, -which it is entirely safe to-presume thie San Francisco Gas and Electric Company has not been out of pocket on, will expire the 1st of May, or that portion of it providing for the Two of the fourteen meters Were|jghting of public buildings; the con- found to be slow one of them 20 Der | ¢ract for lighting the outside districts sent, due to the fact that it had not| witn arc lamps will expire on August 1. been cleaned for some time, and the | = At Jeast one of the opposition com- large quantity of dirt that I fted | panjes, the Mutual, is preparing to en- into it more than offset th "Dt | ter into competition for the contract for passing through it. One m Was | the ensuing two years, and with that found to be correct, that is it with- | gbject in view it presented a petition in one per cent of correct, which is as | to the Board of Supervisors January close as they can be made to register. |31 asking to be granted the right to 3 were fast; some of | “erect and maintain poles along the as 3 or 4 per cent, a great deal more, hi~h 20 per cent, ch othe reaching as as going the distance of 50 t faster than a well regulated long this ingenious sneak thief Jeen charging up 50 per cent more than the city b used on t, nobody knows, but its fel- career will probably soon be cut v Phelan has the report of serts in his hands now, but tion he will take has not yet 1 determined possible the sco Gas vent an independent test by erectin~ that barrier around them? »'s doubts are rai however, the terms of the contract the company I with the eity are thor- oughly understood. And that very con- tract proves the statement at the be- ginning of this article that there are more ways than one of depleting the treasury. The dishonest meters are shown to be one way; the price charged the city by the company in question is another. Two years ago the Edison Light and Power Company (since absorbed by the Fra Gas and Electric Company) was awarded the contract for lighting public buildings with elec- ity, at the rate of 11 cents per 1000 At the same time the same company was supplying private con- 1mers at rates, in some instances, as 4 cents per 1000 watts. But those rates were only made in tions of the city where competition 1 entered the field. Before bidding the city contract, care was taken at no competing company could, by ; possibility, carry out the terms of watts. contract. This was done through e Instrumentality of the Board of Supervisors then in office, which in- serted the following bit of humor in the proposals inviting bids: No bid will be received or enter- tained from parties who estimate on any contingent event, or cannot com- I ith, or who are not prepared or qualified to carry out the terms and conditions therein imposed.” The contract was to go into effpct May 1, 1896, but on one pretext or an- other the board delayed action until £ in April, and it was only about ten ore that date that the con- the joker. zdison Company, or, as it is now the San Francisco Gas and llectric Company, was the only cor- ration in the- city prepared to enter upon the terms of the contract at so short notic light companies, with facilities fully capable of -supplylng the required amount of light, but they were new in the field of competition, and their lines did not cover the entire city, as did those of the big concern, and it would have been impossible for any of them to extend their service to the outlying districts in the intervening time, even had the board not prevented them from bidding by the insertion of the little joker. That bit of pleasantry is worth reading the second time. It may crop up in the proposals for bids that will be issued next month. With that “cinch” on thé contract th: Edison Company put in its bid ol 11 cents and got the job, of course. the same time it was supplying Palace Hotel at the rate of 5% cents. But the city Is not the only consumer | impos: champion of the lot—took | Jlectric Company o knowl- of the dishonest work of its me- | but, if so, why did it seek to pre- awarded, and therein was se- | There were other electric | At | bids for light the | fore the new contract would become | | public streets and thoroughfares |of the ecity and place light | and power wires thereon; the work to be done under the su- pervision and to the satisfaction of the | superintendent of the fire alarm and | police telesraph and of the Superinten- dent of Public Streets.” The petition concludes with the fol- lowing pledge of the company to save | the city $40,000 a year if it is permitted | to enter into competition for the public | lighting. All it asks is to be allowed to | extend its wires to the outside districts | and fire nouses: | "1t your honorable body will grant to it | exactly the same privileges for electric c0 @S Are NOW POS- | lighting in San Franc sessed by what was 1. v known as the | Edison Light and F Compan: but now known as thé San Francisco Gas and | ‘ Electric Company, it will furmish for the | term of two years, commencinz on May B me amount of incandescent light supplied in exactly the same public buildings as at present furnished-and sup- plied the city of San Francisco by the above company; and it will also’ furnish | the same number of arc lights as at present, of the same candle-power, burn- | ing the same number of hours and placed bstantially the same localities, for ars from the Ist day of August, a net cost to the city of $40,000 per | year less than tne amount the city is now Lpa)‘lnfl for exactly the me eclectric service; the payments to be maue month | as now. It being understood that the signed shall have the same pri now granted to or possessed by the said Edison Light and Pow Company | and its successors, namely, the San Fran- cisco Gas and Electric Company. | “And the undersigned further proposes | to furnish the citizens of San Francisco with electric light for private use along and upon all the streets of said city | Wherein Its wires run for a price of at | least 2 per cent less than what the said citizens of said city are now paying to the | San Francisco Gas and Electric Company, | it being understood that all the privileges and facilities now pessessed by or granted to the said San Francisco Gas and Elec- | tric Company shall be possessed by . and granted to the undersigned. | 1898, at | MUTUAL ELECTRIC LIGHT COM-} | PANY. W. R. S_OMMERHAYES, Vice-President and General Manager. JAS. FISHER, Secretary. This petition was referred to the | committee on Streets and by it held until March 10, at which time the committee reported adversely to “the granting of the order. On March 14 the Board of Supervisors adopted the re- port, thus refusing the Mutual Elec- tric Light Company the same privilege | now enjoyed exclusively by the San Francisco Gas and Electric Company, | anid showing a decided inclination to | follow in the footsteps of the former | board and continue to choke off oppo- | sition. | *'This can be more fully determinead if above | that joker in the proposal quoted appears In the new jcall for, bids. The Mutual company, however, is de- | termined to extend its service, which | at present it is unable to do except by | laying its wires underground, even if !1t has to carry the matter into the | courts. The company’s officials assert | that the San Francisco company has | not been granted a franchise to erect | poles and run wires along the streets, | but that it has done so at will without | molestation,and they demand the same privilege. Hithert to it has been the custom of e | the Supervisors to withhold the publi- f | cation of the notice of proposals for until about ten days be- operative. It is, therefore, an utter sibility for any company to com- (Chaminade), Laurence Strelitz; cello and piano (Gade), allegro ro molto vivace, Samuel Savan- 1itz and Mrs. Strelitz-Davis. Ninth Symphony Concert. The ninth concert of the San Francisco Symphony Society (Fritz Scheel, director) will take place to-morrow afternoon. Manager Albert marks announces the lowing- programme: Overture, ‘“Julius esar” (Schumann); violoncello concerto, c A minor, op. 83 (Saint Saens), Ernest Lent; phony 2, D major (Brahms): “Rhapso Erotique” (Ernest Lent), string orchestra, horn and harp, under direction of the composer; vorspiel, “Die Meistersinger’” (Wagner). —————————— “Our New Free— month's treatment Meth thma cured to stay cured. | Dr. Gordin, 514 Pine street, San e ———— Steamship Company Sued. The Meyerstein Company commenced suit yesterday against the Pacific Coast Steamship Company to recover $2000, the value of goods shipped to Juneau which never g LATE SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. NAPLES—Arrived—Burgundy, New York. PHILADELPHIA—Arrived—Waesland, Liver- pool. ENTION IS CLOSED Work of the Truth So- ciety During the Past Year. ‘Father Yorke Speaks of the Bright Prospects of the Future. The Society Will Again Convene the Last Part of the Present Year. “] think that all is possible to those who place their trust in God—there was never anything begun in the world that did not look dark at the beginning.” The above words by Father Yorke brought the annual convention of the Catholic Truth Soclety to an end last evening at Metropolitan Temple. The eminent preacher outlined the successful work of the society accomplished in the past year and upheld the great principles upon which the organization rests—to spread and disseminate Catholic doctrine and beiief among Catholics as well as non-Catholics. Among the work to be attempted the coming year the paramount effort will be directed toward assisting the Paulist community in establishing a sailors’ home on Mission street, which will be equipped and provided with literature of all kinds of a standard as well as ephem- eral nature. The amount.necessary for the erection of-the home is estimated at $1000. This amount, with but a small fraction lacking, is in the treasury of the society, but it is hoped that in the near future the entire amount may be raised. It°was originally intended that the ex- Heart of Adamant Turned Toward the Suppli- cations of a Specious Tramp. = uo.LuncH_ = - m—— “Frisco is the hardest town to touch I have ever found. Last night I tried to give them work, but it didn't go., All I got for my pains was ‘move on,’ ‘get out o' the way,’ ‘take a tumble on yourself,’ and a few other such greetings that do not make the heart glad.” That Is the verdict of Tom Peasley, tramp of “1492.”” On a wager he played the traveler of the dust-laden roads with urban interpolations, not on the stage but on two of the most crowded thor- oughfares of this city. It s a question whether the stage tramp would lose him- self in his shreds and patches and delude the keenest of men, hotel clerks and bar attaches, or appear no other than the specious article whose individuality could not be concealed by his clothes. This is Peasley’s story of a tramp ad- ventur “Monday night I fixed up as a bum and went the rounds. I entered the Columbia Cafe at the back entrance, walked down the long alleyway, when up I banged against a waiter. He said something I ought not to say, which wound up with, “Where in — 'd you come from?" I only wanted a drink, and I asked him for it. He didn’t have a responsive soul, but his foot was all right. I-dodged him and got out in the bar, and, oh, my! what a lunch! I was beginning to feel my part, and just then the barkeeper began to feel for me. He came up softly and whis- pered in‘my ear that there was a fellow outside who ‘'wanted to see me. I kept right on eating; that s, until he grabbed me and threw me out. “Qut in the cold north wind I went. The crowd gave me the laugh and the glassy eye. Outside there was Johnny | McCahill and Frank O'Brien, two fellows I know well. I braced them for a dime, mumbling something about bed, eat and drink not for a year. They said, ‘No, BE old chap, we ain't got it." Then Cahill saw m nd he was surprised into ‘Well, I'll be — if it isn’t old Peasley out on a drunk.” Now I have | never been drunk in my life, and this is the first time I ever did this act. “Well, after that I pulled my lid down | on my head rted out for the hotel | nan. pense would be defrayed by the Paulist priests themselves, "but “this Father orke, as the head and representative of | the Truth Society, refusesto allow and | will award the necessary money from the | treasury of the organization. it is hoped that in the coming year reading rooms of this character may be established in all parts of the city for the instruction and pastime of young men wishing to go somewhere to pass their evenings and who at present are from the lack of this advantage compelled to frequent low re- sorts as the only possible means of amusement. It is the purpose of the so- Kidney and Uric Acid T You May Have a Sample Bo Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-R Men and women doctor their troubles | so eften witfout benefit that they get| ciety to have the rooms accessible for boL&nd}lhollcsha.nd non-!i;xnlholi(_ . h discouraged and skeptical. In most ‘‘We have those outside onr church,” i 1id Father Yorke, “as well as the such cases serious mistakes are made e : within it who must be redeemed. We | in doctoring and in not knowing what | {la\'_e to save them and unless we try at | our trouble is or what makes us sick. least to save them their blood IS uUpon | The unmistakable ‘évidences of kidney The convention was opened by Frank trouble are pain or dull ache in the J. Pierce, who delivered the fntroductory | back, too frequent desire to pass water, address. This address was followed by i Tracts,” which was read by Father Pow- | kidney disease advances the face looks ers and afterward discussed by J. J. 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Sold by druggists, price fifty cents and one dollar. So universally successful | pulpits. | to aitcend, and was di: tent and expressed which non-Catholics | express toward those of the true Mr. McKinstry stated that the hot existed generally in those who occupied The treatise w read by Father Yorke, as Judge McKinstry w: unable ussed by Rev. C A. Ryan. ather Ryan In his exposition of the Subject attacked the question of _early | prejudice against the church and Catho- lics generally, and the traditional preju- | dices which had been handed down .to | the modern non-Catholic mind. He traced | the bi%otry of the middle ages from the time of Elizabeth and Mary, and spoke of | the absurdity of Protestants holding the | Catholics of the present day responsible for what was done then with a due refer- | ence to the bigoted relgn of Protestant | Elizabeth, a daughter of the same much- | married King who also clalmed Mary as | | his daughter. Setting aside the early | | reigns of kings and princes, he traced the | | subject to the present day and showed | | the” existing ideas modern non-Catholics | have of Catholicism. The discussion, although based upon a motive of seriousness, however afforded many opportunities for the eloquent | speaker to engage in flashes of wit, in expounding the idea of the Protestant conception of the Catholic ritual and its | teachings. | The convention was closed by.the ing of a hymn by the entirs £ An annual meeting of the society wlll‘ be held toward the end of the present year and reports of the money received | into the organization during the year and | the work done will be forwarded The influx of new members into the | society during the past year exceeded the | most sanguine expectations of Father Yorke. Contesting His Wife's Will. The contest over the probabing of the will of the late Mrs. Angelina R. Scott was begun yesterday before Judge Cof- fey. The decedent left an estate valued at about $500,000, and in her will practic- ally disinherited her husband. The con- testant, E. W. Scott, clalms that his wife at the time she made the will was not of und or disposing mind. - There is quite an array of legal talent interested in the | contest and the trial promises to be stub- | bornly fought. The first witness called yesterday was | Mrs. Annie Ogilvie, a s who testified that Mrs. Scott was arrant- | edly jealous of her husband and in ad- dréssing him used language that is not generally heard in family circles. She at e irons the st Two ‘pikers’ were at | times acted as if mind was affected. the counter registering and I brushed in | The conclusion drawn by the witness | etoenn them acking for a room. 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BOATS, ETC BIRCH Creek district; now nearly deserted owing to lack of food; larger and just as rich as Klondike; produced about $5,000,000;" 1500x 100 feet; our new modern steamer. Alice Rix, stops there going to Dawson City; our book free. Alaska Transportation Co., 224 Montgome: Hous: ARCTIC sleds, /rctic dogs, Yukon boal pilot maps to the Klondike, Alaska outfits, steam launches and stern-wheel steamers, with boilers suitable to burn wood; 50 boats can be seen at salesroom. G. W. KNEASS, 718 Third ‘Phone Red 2261 RAILROAD TRAVEL. SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY. (PACIFIO BYSTEM.) Trains lenve and are due o arrive as SAN FRANCISCO. (Main Line, Foot of Market Street.) ' RAILROAD TRAVEL. SAN FRANCISCO AND NORTH PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. Tiburon Ferry, Foot of Markst St. ARRIVE SAN FRANCISCU 10 SAN RAFAEL. :43, | WEEK DAYS-7: 9:00, 11:00 a. m.; 12:38, 10:434 $:30, 6:10, 6:30 g m. Thursdays—Extra tri, at 11:30 m. aturdays—Extra trips at 1: 5:43» | _and 11:30 p. m. 8:40¢ | SUNDAYS—8:00, 9:30, 1L:00 & m.; 1:30, 33 180 Martinez, San Ramon. Vi 6:00, 6:20 p. m. 3 Calistogn snd Santa Rosa. ©:15p SAN RAFAEL TO SAN FRANCISCO. 81004 Atlantis xpress, Ogdon and Jcast.. 8:40r | WEEK DAYS—6:10, 7:60, 9:, 11:10 a. m.s 0 Niles Joag, iockton, Tond: 1: &0 p, m. Siturdays—ixtra’ tripa to, Muarysvil ‘hico, . Ten"umm.':udxmfi'x’mg: oo Ausr | SUNDAYS 610, 5@, 10 & m: *8:30 ilton and Oakdaie. 1Z3p | 6:00. 6:25 p. Oro0s Ko Grtoans Kaprocs, Merced. Hay. Between San Francisco and Schuetzen Park mond, ¥reguo, Lakersteld, Bunta same schedule as abov Barbara, 1os Augeles, Deming, Tl El Paso, New Orleans and Fast. 6:43p In eft 00a Vallejo, Martinez, Merced aud San Fraocieoo: | ¢ oet restio . 12157 | “woor | Sum 1897. 0r Sacrament itiver Steamers. sm:00p | ek | S| Destnation 3:00r Niles, San Joso and Way Stations.. 39:18a | - DAys | davs. | 1:80r Martinez and Way Stations......... ~7:45¢ a.m. (8:00a.m.| ‘Novato, | 2:00¢ Livermore, Mendota, Hanford and 8:30p m. (9:30a.m.| Petaluma, | Vizalia..... s 5:1pm. 5:00p.m.| Santa Rosa. | <+« Livermore, San Jose, Nilcs and Way s e 3 Stations. . L 110 | ) Rl 4:00r Mutiues, Sau oo AL Napa, Calistoga, Bl - el Sl Geyserviiie, N 7:30p.m. |5:00a.m.| Cloverdale. | 7:8p.m.| 6:2p.m. Y yille and Swcra opland and | 41807 Niles, San Jose, Tracy kiah | 7:3p.m. 4:307 Lathiop, Midesto, Merced, Boronds, T roano, Mofave (for Randsburg), B i uta llnflu’rn and Los Augeles.. Guerneville | 7:35p.m. | Fo ite Iflllunfln Eixpress B _ | 6:2%pm. vo nud Jast. = 110400, 8:40am. 43:80¢ ** Sunze. Limited.” Los Angeles, E1 e o Paso, Fort Worth, Little lock, St. Gien Bllen. o Louis, Chicago and East, «5:80p “Sunsct Limited Annex,” Ei Paso, New Orleans and East . 6:00¢ Vuropean Mail, Ogdes 6:001 Haywards, Nil 1%:00r Vallejo . Stages connect at Santa Rosa for Mark West Fprings; at Geyserville for Skaggs Springs; at Cloverdale for the Geysers: at Hopland tor 8:00% Oregou ikpress, Secvamonto, Marys. I e e e T ana ville, Iteddiug, Portland, Puget H :‘;’;‘fl I et ssp Lioass o Ui op Vichy Springs, Saratosa Springs, Blue Lakes, Sk Laurel Dell Lake, Upper Lake, Pomo, Potter | ¥alley, John Day's, Riverside, Lierley's, Buck- T6:005 3 | neil's, Sanhedrin Heignts ‘Huilville, Boonville, 8:004 | Melrose, Seminary Park, nm:h | I!<>rrm :x }\'fi";-x 3&‘2‘.“5‘..; L endocino ity, 193004 | Fitehburg, Rimhurst, Lt Bufiraay 0 Monday round-trip tickets at re- i11:004 | San Leandro, Sonth Ssn. | 4 nd sumdays round-trlp tickets to all points Leandro, Estudillo, | beyond San” Rafael at half rates. Lorenso, Checry Ticket Offices—650 Market street, Chronlcle (o B e = X. RYAN. Haywards, | “Pres. and Gen’ Manager. Gen. Pass. Agt. CALIFORNIA LIMITED. SAN FRANCISCO CHICASD. HeRise COAST DIVISION (Narrow Gawge). (Foot of Market Street.) BukB A Newark Centeryille, San Jose, Felton, Boulder Oreek, Senta Cruzand Way Stations. . & 2 » Newark, Genterviile, Sau Jose, New Alnaden, Felton, Honlder Ceoek, Route i | : : 45 | Sodinboan® o ) Hertibomnd. Bauta Crus ‘and Prineiml Woy o o0 | 1 i tati e v - | Fdmsen BNy suationa’ JUXR, Pasex | gne ll;enrkn.l i ot i L Gatoe 9304 Leaves San Francisco at 4:3 p. m. | b meve ek b I NSRS mas) NONDAYS AND. THURSDAYS I 2% b Merced 123 pm SM o CREEK ROUTE FERRY. 10340 a.m. 8:00 p.m. Fresno am. 2:20 pom | From SAK FRANCISCO—Foot of Market Strest (Slip 8)— Carries first-class passengers only, but with- 1 g am. ‘1)“:;'p.m 'Z«Jg ’;:gg 1:3:»-. 11:00 *2:00 $3:00 | out extra charge. 5 am. 1240 pm | 00 *6:00r.u. DINING CAR, ; 4 intermediate o dnts when required | prom AXLAKD—Fool of Brosdway.—*0:00 8:00 10:004.M. BUFFET SMOKING C. i Pl ol fiockion with steamboats of | $1300 *100 1890 300 14:00 “5:00r.. I AR. | Biockton at § p. m. daily; at Merced i FOAST T b 2 Pullman Palace Drawing-Room Sleepers, %, and ‘trom Bneliings, Coultervitie. stey | T ass Sones) 3 days to Chicago, &% days to New York. also with stage for Hornitos, Mariposa. etc.i at Lankershim with stage to and from Maders. NORTH PACIFIC COAST RAILROAD. l Via Sausalito Ferry. From San Francisco T.‘I;Q"n.:\mencmx September WEEK_DAYS. Mill Valley and San Rafael—e7 113 3 *1:45, 3:45, *5:15, €:00, 6:30 p. m. Extra_trips for 'San 'Rafaél on Mondays, ‘Wednesdays and Saturdays at 11:30 p. m. SUNDAYS. For Mill Valley and San Rafael—*5:00, *10:0, 11320 &, m.; *1:15. 3:00, %:30, 6:15 p. m. Trains marked * run to San Quentin. i THROUGH TRAINS. & m, week days for Cazadero and way sta- . &5':5 . m. Saturdays (mixed train) for For and way stations; §:00 mmmmmmfis‘ 54 San Jose aud Way Stations (New Almaden Wednesdays A Sau Jose, Tres Pinos, Saul THE ATLANTIC EXPRESS Leaves daily at 4:30 p. m., carrying Pullman Palace and Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars on Tast time. Direct connect:on in Chicago and Kansas City for all Eastern points. Trains arrive and depart from Market-street Ferry. San Erancisco ticket office, 644 Market street, Chronicle bullding. _Telephone Main 15%. ‘Oakland_office. 1113 Broadway. Sacra- mento office, 201 J street. San Jose, T West Santa Clara street. HOUNT TAMALPAIS SCENIC RAILWAY Cruz, Pacitic Grove, Paso Robles, San J,uls Obispo, Guadalupe, Surf and Frincipal Way Statior 10:404 San Jose and Way Stations. 53:30A San'Jose and Way Stations *2:30r San Mateo, Redwood, Menlo Park, Santa Clara, SanJose, Gllroy, Hollister, Sauta Cruz, Monterey and Pacific Grove 2238 San Jose aud Princlpal Way 1351 San Jose aud Principal Way Stations 9:454 San Joso and Principal Way Stations 1:30¢ | 13 230 San Jose and Principal Way Stations 8:30r (Via Sausalito Fi Wi 7520, Lt L4 S4B San Jous an Way Siatians Tizor PO el Fpauciiste: Sudnenctiy’ Navens: A for Morning. - P for Afternoon. ‘Week Days—9:30 a. m., 1:45 p. *Bundavs excepted. $ Sundays ooly. 1 Saturdays only. da; :00, 10:00. 11:30 . 1:15 R R T | Bl ke T e ednesdays and Baturdars, g | atreet, fan Francisco.