The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 25, 1898, Page 14

14 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1898 PAID TWICE FOR THE SAME WORK Another Job Discovered in the Contract, for the Plumbing in the New Ferry Depot. THE OFFICIAL RECORDS FIX RESPONSIBILITY. An Item of Cost in Galvanized Iron Work Concerning Which Architect Swain Refuses to Be Interviewed—Interesting Letters to the Board. The whole story connected with the | Tequired about 117 holes and 65 trenches, 3 According to my contract I am required plumbing contract for the ferry depot | i, arill holes for soil pipes “where shown building has not been told on “plaus”; the numbe resterday the ors 0 . Call | sShown on’ plans was Yesterday the readers of The estimated thirty-five were informed how some thousands presumed dollars of the State’s money had leaked | through ’ths' {wo-toot 4 5 mbers of | ROW projected they will he pe through the fingers of the members O/ yyroygn "at least four feet of concre the State Board of Harbor Commi Of necessity the trenches and the holes sioners without any due return having | bored will have to be refilled to the top R OO R PR PR R | T | tion with the work covered by my co | trdet T will do the same, furnishing al | | R R R R R e S A e A SRR SRS MAYOR PHELAN NAMES THE Those Who Will Direct the Celebration o California Into the Unio olution was passed: by reason of her climate and past experience is well fitted as a location for su. French exposition is also to be held, and which may, on that account, force upo brated in Chicago in 1893, in stead of 1892; therefore, be it submit it at a meeting of citizens subsequently to be called, and that they be gf year it would be most advantageous too hold such exposition, and as to the cha (viticulture); John H. Grady, 18 Post street (real estate); A. S. Baldwin, 10 Mon Mills, fessional); John Lackmann, 818 California street (city government] After several days of reflection Mayor Phelan has completed the important task of appointing the com- mittee to handle the great international affair of 1901 to celebrate the admission of California into the Union. At a preliminary meeting held in the Mayor's office at th2 City Hall on February 25 last the following res- Whereas, There is a general desire to celébrate in a fitting manner the fiftieth anniversary of the admission of California into the Union by an international exposition to be held in San Francisco; and whereas, San Francisco, winter months; and whereas, the fiftieth anniversary of the admission of the State occurs in the year 1900, when the prapriety of holding their fair in the following year, just as the anniversary of the discovery of America was Resolved, As the sense of this meeting, that a fair be held commemorative of the fiftieth anniversary of the admission of California into the Union; that a committee of fifteen be appointed by the Mavor to devise a plan and In conformity with the provisions of this resolution Mayor Phelan yesterday appointed committee, assigning to the various members the branches of the celebration that they are to handle: J. B. Reinstein, 217 Sansome street (educational and professional); Charles Bundschu, Second and Market streets tion); General R. H. Warfield, California Hotel (Hotels); A. A. Watkins, 309 Market street (Board of Trade); W Hobart bullding (transportation); A. B. Spreckels, 327 Market street (commerce); street (manufacturers); Dr. T. H. Morris, Phelan building (professional); F. L. Brow turers); S. H. Friedlander, Baldwin Theater (amusements); Dr. C. A. Clinton, Twenty-first and Howard streets (pro- R. P. Doolan, 1424 Mission street (Federal offices). D R B R R b o R e o e R I R COMMITTEE. f the Admission of n. ch a fair to be held in the fall and n the citizens of San Francisco the cele- iven discretion in determining in what racter and scope of the enterprise. the following Associa- H. Irving M. Scott, Market 8 and 10 Pine street (manufac- tgomery street (Merchants' R R R R N o IR A A R AR R I TR SR S S S A R b e o trenches to be done to enable an estimate | Contractor McCarthy has been paid of the cost of same to be made, and |$1492. This was work included in the should your honorable board desire us |opening lines of the paragraph of the to do the aforesald extra work in connec- | specifications above quoted and was |a part of Mr. Duffy’s contract. 1In| the labor necessary and ' the materials | Other words, the State paid McCarthy required, except the cement, which is to | $1492 for doing work it had already paid | be furnished by you, and perform the | Duffy to do. { work to the satisfaction of your archi- Some such proceeding as this has | marked every stage in the progress of | been given therefor. The exposure of | the disho t methods of the men who | made the steal possible created a sen- | tion in the community greater, if po: n that caused by previous ex- L of a like nature in connection ith other contracts for construction on the building. Men whose experience in such mat- 2d whose official positions render | statements worthy of all cre- yce have come forward with the un- rocal assertion that the plumbing | the big ferry building, for which the State has paid a price so exorbitant as to be almost beyond belief, is almost r worthless, and is, bes , a menace to public health. As to the mat- ter of cost, an expert has pointed out some of the more glaring changes that have resulted in gain to the contractor or those who have aided and abetted hi Still more remains to be told. he specifications under which E. James Duffy was awarded the contract f doing the plumbing work in the building provided that he should, with one exception, do whatever cutting of floors or walls that might be necessary for the proper installation of the pipes. In the face of this provision the Com- | missione have relieved the contractor of the necessity of doing this work, and have paid the masonry contractor the sum of $1492 for doing what should have been done by Mr. Duffy. The work alluded to set forth in the fol- lowing paragraph in the plumber’s con- tract: ‘The contrac! r shall do all requisite cutting of floc iron flang: etc., but no cutting shall be done without the consent of the architect, and any cut- ting done contrary to his direction, or | anything done in a reckless manne shall be made good at the contractor’s > When pipes pass through brick walls the openings are to be made sufficient large to allow at least one inch clear space all around the pipe. Mason contractor will cut holes through first floor for passage of all soll pipes as required.” agraph is usceptible of but one cc Tt ns, if it means anything, that with the exception of holes fo: il pipes in the fi floor the plumbing contractor must all the | 300l 00 254 expeniien: sary for the installation The following commun: cutting I of his pipe tect who designed the structure, is cation, taken from the files on record in the office of the Board of Harbor| probably expr Commissioners, will show how this pro- | his company. vision was jur~led with to the great (N A MONUMENT TO THEIR OWN WORK. On a huge block of sandstone that supports one of the central arches of the ferry building the above inscription has been carved. ing modesty the gentlemen whose names are mentioned have said nothing about the State of Califernia or the taxpayers who provided the funds which The name of the late A. Page Brown, the archi- conspicuous by possible for him to return to the flesh and view the inscription he would his approval, as he was a man who always liked to pick the plumbing work. To narrate them all would only be to add uninteresting | detail to a condition already proven. A circumstance that may throw some light on the methods by which con- | tractors have been enabled to rob the State in connection with work done on the ferry building has just come to light. It has particular reference to the contract for galvanized iron work, concerning which some pertinent facts have already been set forth in these columns. The circumstance in point has to do with an item of $2956, which was paid | to William Cronan, the contractor, for extra work required to be performed on windows in the galleries leading from the ferry slips to the main build- ing. The first official document referring | to the transaction that appears among | the records of the Board of Harbor | Commissioners is the following com- | munication from Cronan to the board under date of January 31, 1898: | Gentlemen—I beg to call your attention | to the enclosed bill for extra work for | the windows in the gallery and bridges for the new Union Depot and Ferry House. As per original plans there were 214 open ~circle windows, with the neces- sary pilasters, ete. Now there are 318, of which 64 are closed, with filled-in_panels and additional pllasters, etc., which make the closed windows cost more than the open ones. 1 most respectfully ask your immediate consideration, as the work has been completed for some time and I am | badly in need of the money. Yours re- spectfully, WILLIAM CRONAN. [Enclosure.] 44 extra windows at $58.. ..$2552 20 closed windows, filled in, etc., at $18. . 360 Total $2912 From what can be gleaned from un- official sources it appears that this communication was turned over to Ar- chitect Swain for investigation. A few days later he made inquiries of a well- | known and wholly trustworthy con- | tractor who makes a specialty of gal- vanized iron work, and was informed | by this gentleman that $45 each was a big price to pay for the windows for | which Cronan had charged $58 each. Indications point to the conclusion that Mr. Swain and Mr. Cronan met in council soon after this, for a few days | later Cronan sent a communication to | the board, begging leave to withdraw | his bill on account of it not being suf- | ficlently expaicit. Under date of Feb- | ruary 19, 1898, Cronan rendered another bill for this work. It will be seen by a perusal of the following commun- jcation that he added somewhat to the sum total of the amount charged, but made a reduction in some of his former With becom- its absence. Were it profit of several parties SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19, Honorable Board State 'Harbor Com- | and concrete, for which no_provision has missioners—Gentleme am instructed been made—this work to be done after by your architect, Mr. Swain, to proceed | the said pipes are in place. This in- to drill all necessary holes through the | cre the number of holes to be drilled concrete arches of the first floor of the | to eighty-three and adds _sixty-six trenches and the filling of all holes and ferry depot building and to cut all neces- sary trenches in the concrete floor itself | trenches, which are in no way covered for the different pipes that are to pass | by the specifications on which I bid, and are therefore not covered by any con- through the arch: From the data fur- nished me it appears that there will be | tract. of the concrete floor with cement, mortar | tect and engineer for the sum of $1492. 1 have caused some work on the | Six trenches are the items for which prices: Gentlemen—TI beg leave to call your at- tention to enclosed bill for extra work on the windows in the gallery andbridges | of the new Unlon Depot and Ferry House. As per the original plans there were 274 windows filled with wooden sashes, etc., with the necessary pilasters, etc. Now there are 318 windows, which makes 44 extra. Also there are now 64 closed win- dows, with filled-in panels, not contem- plated originally. I most respectfully ask your immediate consideration, as the Y, F. McCARTHY. (This bid was accepted by the Board of Harbor Commissioners on motion of Commissioner Chadborne on January 26, 1 Yours most respeclfgll The eighty-three holes to be drilled for pipes (not soil pipes) and the sixty- “CIRCUMSTANCES MAY NECESSITATE FURTHER CHANGES. work has been completed for some time. Yours respecttully, WILLIAM CRONAN. [Enclosure.] 44 windows at $49. 64 closed windows, etc., at $12 80.. Wotal s S cscaties The recorded evidence of Architect | Swain’s approval of this estimate, even after he had been informed by a com- petent authority that $45 each would be a big price to pay for the windows charged in the first item of the bill, is had in the following report, dated March 4, 1898: To the Honorable Board of Harbor Com- missioners—Gentlemen: I have the honor to report that William Cronan, contrac- tor for roofing and galvanized iron work for the Union Depot and Ferry House, has completed the work for which an ex- tra allowance was made by your board on March 4, 1898, and I therefore recom- mend payment in full as follows: 44 extra windows at $49. in, Total 35 ds Yours respectfully This closes the incident, as the war correspondents say, at least for the present. Mr. Swain refuses to be in- terviewed, because, he says, he “will get the worst of it, no matter what is said.” For a man of Mr. Swain’s po- sition this reluctance ¢o rusn into print in his own behalf is not without its compensations. It saves no end of trouble in trying to find plausible ex- planations for things that are not sus- ceptible of explanation. » R Injured by a Car. ‘William Emerson, a boy living at 400 Golden Gate avenue, was crossing Geary and Larkin streets yesterday afternoon when he was struck by a car and knocked down. He was taken to the Receiving Hospital, where it was found that he had escaped with contusions of the ear, side and hand. Dr. Fitzgibbon thought that he might also have been injured in- ternally. Eye witnesses of the accident | said that* the motorman did not ring his bell to warn the boy. NEWSPAPER THIEVES. A reward of $10 is offered for the arrest and conviction of any person caught stealing copies of this paper from the door- of subscribers. —_————————— An Official Visit. Charles Miller, Deputy Collector of Cus- toms at Port Townsend, is visiting friends | in this city. He was shown through the | intricacies’ and mysteries of the San, Francisco Custom House yesterday by First Division Deputy Farle ———————— It being the Intention of J. F. Kennedy, suc- cessor to Morrls & Kennedy, art dealers, 21 Fost street, to retire from business, he offers his lagge stock irrespective of cost. » | ter, the well-known LOS ROSAS WAS A “RINGER™ Identified as Mary Nance, a Well - Known Performer. | Harry Wise, the Real Owner of the Mare, Ruled off the Turf. A Carefuliy Laid Coup That Failed to Come Off at the Oakland Track. On Friday, March 11, the opening race on the card at Oakland track, was a flve furlong sprint for maiden three-year-olds and upward, and a big field of twenty horses lined up at the gate. Before the betting had fairly be- gun is was hinted about that Los Rosas was the “good thing,” and the books were fairly besieged with all sorts of coin, soon forcing the odds from 6 down to 2 to 1. The warm one was beaten out in a drive by P. A. Finnegan, an outsider. On the pro- gramme Los Ro: ppeared as four- | year-old, mare by Emperor of Norfolk- Josie Anderson. It now transpires that | the mare that started in that race was not Los Rosas at all, but Mary Nance, a daughter of Miracle and Martha K, a frequent starter o nthe Louis fair grounds track last summer. After thorough investigation the stewards of the California Jockey Club have discovered that the actual owner of the “ringer” was Harry Wise of this city, a son of ex-Collector of Port John H. Wise, and a familiar figure in both trotting and running horse circles. And, at a meeting of the stewards held last evening that young turfman, to- gether with Al Goodin, trainer of the “ringer,” were ruled off the turf for life. From all the details learned a care- fully laid coup was planned, though by means resorted fo only by the most disreputable of outlawed horsemen on the Eastern fly-by-night tracks. | Goodin is well known on the outlaw tracks in the Middle West, having at one time operated a string of horses, among which were Arion, White Cock- ade and Ozark 11, the latter a very fair performer. STRONG LEADERS 12 12 +@+8+ o+o+o+o+o+o+o+§ STRONG Iz LEADERS ments to-day combine in an o In conncction with our PEERLESS DISPLAY OF NEW SPRING STYLES AND NOVELTIES, and as an extra induce= ment to its immediate inspection, six of our leading depart= SPECIAL LINES AT SPECIAL PRICES ! ffering of the following LADIES' LAUNDERED SH 35¢ $5.50 lar price $6 50. LADIES’ WAISTS. dark plaids; regular price 60c. LADIES' SILK WAISTS. In ¢ Will be offered at + 3 + [ e + (4 + $ [ ] + ® (-4 + IRT WAISTS, detachable collars, in ‘Will be placed on sale at 35c. latest plaids and stripes; regu- $5 50. all the 20c¢ to 3% bt 50¢ : 15¢ yard. VEILINGS AND EMBROIDERY. eces BLACK SILK VEILING, dotted and plain mesh, 18 inches a-large assortment to select from: on sale at 20c to 50c per 4000 yards CAMBRIC EMBROIDERY, neat open patterns, 4 and 5 inches wide; value 25c; on special sale at 1c per yard. 25¢ 33ic per pair. 75 _dozen M finished MERINO tra value . HEAVY VIC 1k finished; reg: 75c¢ 35 dozen LADIES’ 2-CLASP K brown, tan, ox blood, green an offered for 75¢ a pair. 75¢ 85c¢ NOTE—AIll our Chamois Gloves are RIBBONS. white and natural; worth $1 fered at lsc. fered at 20c. LADIES’ HOSIERY. 100 dozen LADIES' BLACK MACO COTTON HOSE, double heel and toe, with white feet; regular value $ 00 per dozen; on sale at 25c 300 dozen LADIES' FAST BLACK INGRAIN HOSE, extra heavy, black or white feet; also ribbed top; special at 33 1-3c. MEN'S FURNISHINGS. S FULL FINISHED HEAVY OXFORD GRAY ; will be offered at 15c pair. LADIES’ KID GLOVES. 43 dozen LADIES' 2-CLASP GEN GLOVES, embroidered in black and self-colored No. 40 3%-inch ALL-SILK COLORED MOIRE RIBBON will be of- No. 60 4-inch ALL-SILK COLORED MOIRE RIBBON will be of- with double spliced heels and toes; ex- UNDERSHIRTS AND DRAW- ular price $1 25, will be offered at Tsc 1D GLOVES, embroidered back, colors, d white; regular value $1 00; will be JINE FR CH CHAMOIS stitching, colors, 00; will be on sale at 85¢ a pair. guaranteed to wash and fit perfectly. RIBBONS. \J Murphy Bullding, Market and Jones Streets. 0+0+0+0+6+0+0+0+0 | | Murphy Bullding, Market and Jones Streets. 9+0+0+0+9+0+8+8+9+8+0+ [-] + + -] + .l cent of any attempt at fraud in the matter, saying that the horses were misrepresented to him, Mary Nance being pointed out to him as Los Rosas and vice versa, and that he onmly wagered $150 on the result of the race. Goodin, when found in Oakland Vesterday morning, wore a Very non- chalant air, declaring that he “got the coin” and it was immaterial what ac- tion was taken in his case. He fur- ther stated that others were interested in the job, but refused to disclose their names. Plunkett, in whose name the mare arted, is an_employe of "he,“'se ranch, and undoubtedly was not inter- ested in the result, his name merely | being used as a subterfuge to deceive the public. No credence was placed in HARRY E. WISE, THE EXPELLED TURFMAN. Mary Nance was formerly ow Elmer Slaughter and it was while rid- ing her in a race run at St. Louls one day last summer that Charley Slaugh- jockey and brother of her owner, received injuries through a fall that retired him from the sad- dle. Later the mare was shipped to Texas, where Goodin obtained posses- sion of her. She was shipped out here last fall in the same car with the horses owned by Nolan and Tholl, and was held as security by the latter firm un- til her tramsportation charges were paid, Goodin at that time being short of funds. At the Baldwin sale of “culls™ held at Oakland track late in Decem- ber last Los Rosas was krocked down to the bid of Goodin for $55. The latter mare resembled eatly in conformation and color Mary Nance, and both mares were sent down to the ‘Wise ranch, near Gilroy, where over a short track the ‘“prep” was put on for the “killing.” Before the board of stewards yester- day Harry Wise declared himself inno- ned by | the assertion made by Mr. Wise, with | the result stated. On the trotting turf Harry Wise is well known as the owner of the fast pacing mare Lena N, which appeared on the Montana circuit with some suc- cess last year. It would appear from outside sources that while Wise may not have cleaned up any great amount on the race, the | price for place being very short, Train- er Goodwin ‘“knew something” and Rosas for the place. Conley rode the mare in the race, and to all appear- ances did his best to win, though get- ting away from the post none too well. —e—————— Japanese Laborers. Sixty Japanese laborers arrived yester- day on the City of Puebla from Victoria. 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