The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 8, 1898, Page 10

10 WORKS TO DEFEND THE CITY Force of Men Engaged to Strengthen the Interior Line of Batteries. Engineers of the Army Have the Torpedo Material in Shape for Use in the Harbor. It comes to light now that large forces of men recently engaged for work under the direction of the army engineers of the Pacific Division are employed in building for the defense of San Francisco new lines of interior fortifications. The army will be pre- pared to fight at the heads with the powerful twelve-inch batteries-at Fort Point and Fort Bak (Lime Point), and if through any wce of war one or more hostile ironclads should man- age. to pdss the outer line of works the fire of the interior batteries of Alca- traz, Angel Isi d and Gravelly Beach would resist the further advance of the enemy. It was not disclosed until yesterday ha what work has been assigned to the men recently employed. A heavy force of workmen and fifteen teams are working at Angel Island. At Lime Point remarkable activity prevails. Colonel Charles R. Suter, division en- gineer, who has managed to conduct the operations in his line with strict gecrecy, now admits that the workmen at Lime Point are making emplace- ments for new batteries. At first it was surmised that the military au- thorities, in emer; intended to supplement th breec! rifles with 8-inch muzzle-loading con- verted rifles, ascertained that the plans contemplate the immediate construction of emplace- ments for 8-inch breech and it is probable that new will be mounted on disap- pearing carriages. Captain Birkhimer's Batter— L of the Third Artillery, now stationed at Lime Point, has vacated the quarters belong- ing to the engineers and sought shelter in tents. The wooden quarters are used for the working parties. A regular camp has been established and the work of adding strength to the interior line of works is going ahexd with great vigor. The Lime Point reservation is one of the most important owned by the United States. It extends from the town limits of Sausalito to Point Bonita and has a depth to the summit of the hills. It is much larger than the Pre- sidlo reservation ang is destined to play an important part in the defense of San Francisco harbor. The main battery on Lime Point is 480 feet above the level of the sea, and is therefore classed as one of the highest, if not the highest, in the world. It is higher than the loftiest battery of Gibraltar. Three 12-inch breech-loading rifles mounted on bar- bette carriages are in position at the highest fortified position of Lime Point. Each gun has a seaward range of ten miles, and can throw a steel projectile of one thousand pounds weight that distance. In the dlvision of duty Colonel Suter has charge of the fortifications on the north and south sides of the bay, which territory embraces the batteries of Fort Point, Fort Mason, the Presidio proper and Lime Point. Major Willlam H. Heuer has charge of Angel Island, Alcatraz and the torpedo station at Goat Island. The intelligence comes from an au- thentic source that Major Heuer has the torpedoes In readlness for immedi- ate use. The material stored at Goat Island Is not obsolete, but i{s modern. trical apparatus order. The shore connections or tor- pedo casemates have been established, danger arrives. The engineers do not allow the public to know the inside facts concerning the style of the sub- marine agencies or the methods of manipulating them. The location of the torpedoes will be known only to those who have the right to know. Men of sound military judgment be- lieve that the War Department has adopted a wise policy in strengthening the interfor line of works and putting the torpedo system In readiness for fm- mediate service. JIM McDONALD GOES EAST. The Popular and Well-Known Um- pire a Member of the National League Staff. the popular night for the Eas e in the e > will be regretted by every lover of baseball, as the quiet, dignified and impartial umpire earned / his just decisions. He has 1 the best of reputations in In the many hundreds ts in this city his deci- questioned ~ by ball- ator—something that is un- Jim MecDon umplre, left | baseball player or spec usual. His impartiality in baseball led many fight promoters to acquire his services as referee, and, in baseball, he gave universal satisfaction. It was disappoint- ing for followers of pugilism to read in The Call a few days ago that President Young of the National League had noti- fled him not to referee any more contests, a8 they could always rely on McDonald giving an hones on. Jim enjoys t inction of being the only man besides Fitzsimmons of putting “Pompadour Jim” to sleep. He performed the deed while attending school with Cor- bett in their youvager days, and even to this day the future Congressman regards McDonald with respect, as he is built on the same lines as the ex-champlon. — e The Lumber Contempt Case. The contempt and injunction proceed- ings in the case of the Pokegama Lum- ber Company vs. the Klamath River Lumber and Improvement Company oc- cupled the attention of United States Cir- cuit Jud%e Morrow all of yesterday after- noon. he argument will begin this morning. ADVERTISEMENTS. Is there any reason 2 for dodging and ig- d norin§ a great and © vital fact simply be- cause a few preju- diced, misguided people have anti- quated ideas of what constitutes morality and modesty? Rea- son and honesty say —ceriainly not. Men and women are at- tracted to each other because they are men and women and be- cause it is right and necessary that they should be so at- tracted. The things that make a man at- tractive are the char- acteristies caused b; his inherent manli- ness—by the strength which makes him a perfect man. The same is true of wo- man. There is strong attractiveness in per- fect health. Thereis \ fascination and mag- etism in it. 'man cannot be en- tirely womanly—she cannot be a perfect woman—if she is not in perfect health. In just so much as her sickness affects the organs that make hera woman, in just so much she loses attractiv ness. This is the vital part of her health. If anything i3 wrong there, it may result in 21l manner of ills all over the body, Care- less, or too busy, physicians frequently treat the symptoms this kind of disorder as separate and distinct ailments. The symp- toms are many and varied, so much so that when a woman is sick in any way, the first thought should be given to the organs dis- tinctly feminine. About g times in 10 the cause of the trouble will be found there. Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription cures all disorders of this kind. There is no guess- work about it. There is no chance about it. It is a fact that has been demonstrated in 30 s0lid years of extensive practice. Thousahds of women have written grate- ful letters, who have wished the whole world of women to know the wonderful things the “ Prescription” has done fot Shem. A wo- | 4 Bpecial SEQUEL T0 4 PRIVATE DEAL Raisch Loses a Contract to Pave a Block on Bush Street. A Story That Was Not Dis- closed at the Street Com- mittee Session. A True Statement Under Oath Might | Have Been Very Em- | barrassing. The little contest between A. Raisch and the Pacific Paving Company for the privilege of paving with bituminous rock under private contract Bush street from Baker to Broderick was won by the latter at the Street Committee | meeting yesterday. Some interesting facts were brought to light in the con- troversy. Shortly after the work was projected one of Raisch’s solicitors, in his zeal to secure a majority of the | frontage for Raisch, forged the name | of Antoine Borel to a petition for pri- | vate contract. Other signatures were | obtained by fraud. It is said that the [ bona fide signatures obtained for the ! Raisch contract represented only 254 feet of the 825 feet frontage. The con- tract price was 22 cents a square foot, but private arrangements were made | on the side to do the work for certain | signers at a figure as low as 15 cents. Raisch sought to get, at 18 cents, the signatures obtained by the Pacific Pav- | ing Company. In time he obtained a permit and threatened to go ahead with the work. The Pacific Paving Com- pany also decided to pave to the extent of its frontage and obtained authority ! from the Street Committee to work un- der the permit granted to Raisch. It seems that Raisch having agreed with property owners Fitzgerald, Ven- ker, Manning and Freeman to do their work at a price below 16 cents sought to compel the Pacific Paving Company to do the same work at that price. The | latter refused to go below 18 cents. Raisch then went to the Street Super- intendent’s office and got an order for | the suspension of the work until the | committee rendered a decision in the | premises. | Just before the committee met yes- | terday Raisch was told that he would | be compelled to make his statements | concerning certain agreements under |oath to the commjttee, and that The | Call's expert knew the inside facts | concérning the arrangement to do the ;work for certain property owners at a | figure less than 16 cents, while the con- | tract called for 22 cents. The story | 8oes that when Raisch reflected he de- |cided to pay the Pacific Paving Com- | pany the difference between 15 and 18 | cents and allow the latter to do all the | work. When he was told that The | Call was in possession of all the facts “he decided to_drop the contest In the | committee. It is clear now that the |original proposition under Raisch’s contract was to compel some of the property owners to pay the top price, 22 cents, and allow a handsome rebate to others. ——————— Special Internal Revenue Agent. R. E. Towne, Special Internal Revenue Agent, arrived yesterday from the East’ | for the fims"} of the:n;porufly assisting »ading It was sent to Goat Island in 1893. Elec- | for the submarine | but it is now definitely mines has been secured and placed in | -loading rifles and the mines can therefore be planted | everal of the in the harbor whenever the hour of | | THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1898. WILL ACT AS THE PRISON Nepotism Practiced in the Police Depart- ment. Chief Lees Provides for His Nephew, Ser- geant Wolf. Gives Him Captain Robinson’s Soft Job During the Lat- ter’s Absence. EXPERIENCE IS IGNORED. The Selection Has Caused Consider- able Comment in Police Circles. For the next two weeks Sergeant Reu- ben Wolf, Chief Lees’ nephew, will act as captain of the City Prison. This fact was announced last night by Chief Lees. In explanation of the change, tne aead of | the Police Department said that Rohin-! son had been granted a two weeks' leave | of absence, and that he intended to visit his relatives in the East. Just why Wolf was selected to take his place was the source of considerable comment at police headquarters. Since his appoint- ment as a patrolman Lees has been doing all in his power to promote him. Al“er a hard struggle, he finally managed to ma.‘ke | him sergeant. Instead of assigning him to some district, as 1s always the case, tae Chief detailed him to act In conjunc- tion with Captair ooinson. His most la- borious work was to *look wise,” as one of his fellow-officers expressed it, and smile benignly on the man in charge of the prison. Robinson has been contem- plating & trip to the East for some Jms, and the Chief, knowing this, had him “school” his favored relative, so that he could take his place during his absence. Yesterday Wolf assumed the duties of | captain of the prison, much to the chagrin | of the men who have been acting as desk sergeants for a long number of years and who are manifestly more capable of fulfilling_the position than either Robin- son or Wolf. Chief Lees, however, is determined to provide for his pet relative, and it is more than likely that he will endeavor in the near future to advance him to the | rank of captain, if the other commis- sioners do not call a halt. When asked last night why Robinson was granted a leave of absence, Lees [PHELAN CHECKS CAPTAIN OF TILTON'S SCHEME | board Monday authorizing Surveyor Til- said: “He is entitled to a vacation just the same as any other member of the de- partment, and instead of taking it when his turn came he decided to walt until the present time, so that he could visit his relatives, who I belleve live in the East. 1 appreciated Wolf in his place as I am thoroughly convinced that he is competent to fill the position. The fact that he is my nephew did not influence me in the least, and I want that distinctly understood. Rube is all right, and don’t you make any mistake about it. He will be captain as long as Robinson is gone, and if these other fellows continue shooting off their mouths they will find themselves before the commissioners for violating a rule of the department. I am running this department, and will do as 1 please.” The Chief refused to discuss whether or not he had Instructed Wolf to give the prisoners a more liberal allowance of bread than they recelved from Captain Robinson. —_———— A Sequoia Picnic. L. C. Pistolesi, H. C. Hasselbach, J. F. Murray, J. S. Ward and other officers of the Sequoia Drill Corps have a treat in store in the way of a picnic for all who attend Mirabel Park on May 22 next. Valuable prizes will be offered during the day. | | work for preparing plans and specifica- Vetoes the Order Allow- ing $1400 for Sewer Plans. Already Paid $11,100 for Pre- paring Specifications for the Work. The Mayor Says He Can Have the Service Performed by a Com- petent Engineer for $800. City and County Surveyor Tilton knows 2 good thing when it comes his way, and he s not averse to annexing it if he can do so with propriety. His salary s small —only a paltry $500 a year—and it has long been a source of wonder to those not posted on the perquisites that fall to the Burveyqr's lot, how Mr. Tilton has been content® to accept the office term after term, especially as the law requires that he shall pay his assistants out of his own pocket. An incident of the meeting of the Street Committee of the Board of Supervisors yesterday shows how Mr. Tilton can af- ford fo devote his time to city work, pay his help and still have a little something to the good. Colonel Sullivan, Mayor Phelan’s secre- tary, presented to the committee the Mayor's veto of the order passed by the ton to prepare plans for a sewer system south of the park, and allowing him $1400 for the same. The Mayor gave as his rea- son for vetoing the order that the amount was excessive, and stated that he had the word of a competent engineer that $300 would be a fair price for the work, which would require about five days’ time. Phe- lan called attention to the fact that Tilton was paid $11,000 by the city less than a year ago for devising the sewer system, and that he had the specifications in his office now from which he could draw the lans in short order. Furthermore, the Mayor stated that the California Associa- tion of Civil Engineers had a regular schedule of rates for such work, which was 1 4-10 per cent of the cost of the tlons, and 4-10 of 1 per cent for the de- tails. The estimated cost of the work contemplated was $60,000 at the outside, and as the specifications were already prepared, by allowing % of the 1 4-10 per cent, together with the additional 4-10 of | 1 per cent for details, would only bring the cost of the work Tilton proposed to do for $1400 up to $660. Tilton’s deputy, who was present, sald that his superior was the only person au- thorized to perform such work for the city,~and intimated that unless the Sur- veyor's terms were acceded to the board would have to get along without the plans. At Sullivan's request the committee de- ferred action on the veto for a week In or- der that the Mayor might have an ex- pert appear before the committee and give his opinion on the value pf the work. It may be of interest to thé readers of The Call to know that during the last fiscal year Surveyor Tilton received ap- | proximately $50.000, as follows: Fourteen thousand eight hundred dollars according to the books of the Auditor; $11,000 for the sewer system above referred to; $12.000 for engineering work on public contract, | according to the books of the Street De- partment, while it is estimated that he re- | ceived as much more on privaté con- tracts. Mr. Tilten's force of employes, | including two fleld parties and office men, does not number a dozen men all told. ————————— For Vviolation of Copyright. Munyon's Homeopathic Home Remedy Company began an action in the United States Circuit Court yesterday against Waller Bros., druggists, to enjoin them from imitating the bottles and labels of the complainant and from selling reme- dies under the name of the Pacific Homeopathic Home Remedies. In the same court a suit was brought to restrain Fred H. and Christian Hil- | bert from using the label ‘‘Angostura | Bitters.” The complainants are the Sie- | gert Bros. of Trinidad, Venezuela. | ————— To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All drug- glsts refund the money if it falls to cure. 25c. The genuine has L. B. Q. on each tablet. Lecn Durand’s Widow Tells How He Was Murdered. Coroner Hawkins held an inquest yesterday morning on the body of Leon Durand, who came to hi8 death on April 3 from the effects of inju- ries received at the hands of John L. Carney. Mrs. Cecelia Durand, the widow of the deceased, told the Jury how Car- ney, who is the son of her landlord, came into her house In an Intoxicated | condition and asked her for 10 cents with which to get something to drink. She offered him a dime with which to go for beer, but he objected and said k He became very abusive after a while and made a felonious assault upon her, forcibly seizing her and throwing her down She screamed for her little boy to run and call his The deceased came and threw Carney out of the house. returned in a few minutes with an iron bar in his hand and struck Durand with it several times on the head, breaking his skull. Miles Lewis. a passer- by, witnessed the assault and corroborated the statements of the widow as to the manner in which the injuries were inflicted. The jury rendered a verdict to the effect that the deceased came to his death from the injuries inflicted by Carney. . g that he wanted whisky. upon the floor twice. father. Carney TALK OF PAVING. ANOTHER BLOCK Market Street May Be Bituminized to Golden Gate Avenue. Report of the Merchants’ Asso- | ciation Considered by the Street Committee. Proposed Blanket Contract for Repair- ing Accepted Streets for a Period of Two Years. The members of the Street Committee of the Board of Supervisors announced themselves yesterday as favoring the ex- tension of the bituminous pavement on Market street to Golden Gate avenue. The work now in contemplation provides for bituminizing that thoroughfare from Second to Fifth street, but at yester-| day's meeting Deputy Superintendent of Streets Donovan appeared before the committee and stated that his chief had | received a communication from President King of the Merchants’ Association, stat- ing that the association strongly favored the paving of Market street with bitu- men from the southeasterly line of Fifth street to the southwesterly line of Sixth street, which will extend the smooth pavement to Golden Gate avenue. The communication further recommended that Fourth street, from Market to Mission, also be paved with bitumen in view of the fact that the Merchants' Association had made a canvass of property owners in the block and had received signatures guaranteeing to pay half the cost of the work., As Fourth street has been ac- cepted, the city will have to bear half the cost. The street committee received the re- port with decided favor and agreed to recommend a resolution providing for the work to the board. The committee recommended the adop- tion of the proposal for bids for repair- ing and keeping in repalr for a period of two years all streets, crossings or por- tions of streets paved with bitumen. A draft of the resolution, together with specifications and a report from the Street Department giving the total area of streets and crossings now paved with bitumen at 13,185,849 square feet, was laid before the committee, and after a few minor changes they were approved. The proposal provides that the contract shall extend for two years from the date of award and all repairs must be mage in strict accordance with the specifications. All streets or portions of streets and crossings paved with bitumen and accept- ed by the city must be put in thorough repair within three months from the date of the contract, in addition to such streets as may be paved during the term of the contract except such s are covered by a bond, and any abrasions or breaks that may occur thereafter must be repaired within forty-eight hours. Bidders must state the specific sum for which the entire work will be performed, and monthly payments will be made to the extent of one twenty-fourth of the entire amount. The specifications have been carefully prepared with the inten- tion of providing for the constant and efliclent repair of bituminized streets. It was decided to hold a joint meeting of the Streets and Street Lights Com- mittees at 10 o’clock on Saturday morn ing to consider Supervisor Dodge's reso- lution calling on the Mutual Electric Light Company for information as to :\'here étl wlll“l’m;iedm erect poles in order | 0 enable it to on the ¢ ! Ry e City Lighting Action was taken on a I petitions as follows: groFlis e In I:}VDI‘ of extending City Improve- ment Company’s contracts for ninety days for paving the crossings of Haight and | §hrauer, Haight and Cole, Haight and Clayton and Haight and Ashbury streets; éa(l)so( J.tli. Bingm).(in lh}:ny days on his ntract .0 pave Gough stre Tlllrk land R g eet, between n favor of sustaining the protest o . A. Hedger and others n,gajnspt the llflilg passage of the resolution granting the San Francisco Launch Company the use of a portion of Taylor street at North Beach for sixty days for the purpose of gonstructing a stern-wheel steamer there- In favor of empowering the Su; - tendent ot Streets to remove obstrug:}gx’l‘s on Colton place, opposite Colton court, consisting of an ld varn, and for the con- demnation of the land 'occupled by the obstruction for street purposes. Agalnst the Buckman Contracting Com- pany being released from its contract to cuntsltructt i‘t’?fimwater inlets in the inter- section of ard street north ux;tef&venuei h g2 oblden n favor of the protest of Mich: Me- Ca\l'tkery aéa.lnst tue cogxstructlon :?]sldg-‘ walks on Grove street betwe e en Gough and In favor of the petition of citizens for the construction of sidewalks on Filbert street, between Leavenworth ‘and Hyde. In favor of repealing the award of con- tract to Thomas Clarke to grade Fif- | teenth avenue south, between Railroad avenue and N street south. blnaftavglr olt( pr{;mrty-ownempa\xng with as: locks more street, be Page and Halght. e Denying the appeal from the assessment | for street work at the intersection of Lower Terrace and Serpentine place. { In favor of stopping street work on G | street, between kighth and TenthL av- enues, i In favor of overruling the objections of property-owners against the construction of a sewer on Fifteenth avenue, between California and Lake streets. In favor of grading and sewering Rivoll avenue, between Stanyan street and tue Pope & Talbot line. —_————— The Fire Department. The Fire Commis:c.oners met ycsterday afternoon and accepted the resignation of | J. J. McTiernan of engine 29. W. 1. Gal- latin was promoted from steward of chemical engine 3 to fireman of engine 29, and N. Barbetta from hoseman of engine 1Z to steward of chemical engine 3. An- drew Reid was appointed engineer of en- gine 16; Charles Schemel hoseman of en- gine 12 and Patrica O'Donnell hoseman of ADVERTISEMENTS. LADUE-YUKON TRANSPORTATION C0. «GOLD PICK LINE” —FOR— COPPER RIVER, JUNEAU, SKAGUAY, DYEA, via | SEATTLE, The Fast, Elegant and Completely Refurnished Steamer, “MORGAN CITY,” Capacity 700 Passengers and 2500 Tons Freight, will sail from San Francisco (on her arrival from New York) ONORABOUTAPRIL 10 And take the outsids passags for Junesu, thenos to Skaguay, Dysa and Coppor River. In this way the dangers of the inside pas- sage will be avoided. The ‘‘Morgan City" one of the finest Steamers afloat, lightes electricity, elegant accommodations, boudoirs, special cabins, grand salon. social hall, smoking rooms and buffet. Largc number of handsomely equipped bathrooms furnished with porcelain bath tubs, steam heat, 20,000 candle power searchlights. The best table will be served on the ‘‘Morgan City” of any steamer on this coast. This Beautiful Steamer will_later on run between San Francisco and St. Michael. For freight and passage apply to JOHNBON-LOOKE MERCANTILE 00. ; Passenger Office—609 Market 8t., SBan Franciseo; ot 0r JOHNBON-LOOKE MERCANTILE C0., Mataal Life Building. Seattla. engine 10. Richard Driscoll of engine 10 was fine. thirty days’ pay for neglect of duty and was severely reprimanded. He was toid that it was his last chance. e } HARBOR COMMISSIONERS MEET. Accepted Bids, Sié;d Bonds and Adjourned to Meet at the Call 1 | of the Chair. At a meeting of the Board of State | Harbor Commissioners yvesterday after- noon eleven bids were presented by con- tractors for the construction of a shed? over the bollers and heating plant of the | ferry depot on the slip between Nos. 3| and 4. George W. Campbell was given the contract, and in accordance with the acceptance of his bid gave a bond in the | sum of $1200. The bid, which was the low- est submitted, called for $2367, and the highest was put in by Valentine & Franz for $3580. The board also signed bonde submitted by the Mutual Electric Light Company, George H. S. Dryden and that of James Byrnes Jr. The board was adjourned to meet at the call of the chadr. —_——— Bunko-Men Caught. J. W. Davis and B. Frankton were ar- | first witness rested yesterday by Detectives Egan and | T. B. Gibson and booked at the City | Prison on a charge of vagrancy. They | and others were running a bunko “joint™ | at 462 Geary street, and a lot of bogus | guartz, gold nuggets and other articles of | the bunko art were seized. | THAT SCHOOL SCANDAL. The Grand Jury Resumes Its Inves- tigations Into the Charges of Bribery Against Directors. The Grand Jury yesterday continued its investigation into the charges of bribery against certain members of the Schuol Board, made by Kilpatrick and Stanton, former teachers in the department. The xamined was young Free- man, a relative of Stanton, who called on Director Ragan at Stanton’s request, according to the latter’s confession, and n from the doctor the imed to be due him T ve tOwn. tTv::“n;\;:; vere cal ipon to o Seanton's eonfession and an ged trap to catch Ragan, as the ex- teacher outlined In his confession. Pres- ident Barrington and Director Drucker were also in attendance. The Grand Jury adjourned without reaching a conclusion in the case. —_—————————— Mabel Keating’s Assailant. The preliminary examination of Jerry Sullivan, one of the City Hall janitors, charged with assault to murder in shoot- ing Mabel Keatin; the notorious pick- pocket, and her husband, James Keating, on March 6, in ..eating’s salsoon, was commenced before Judge Conlan yester- day. Several witnesses were examined and the case was continued until to-mor- row. ADVERTISEMENTS. a+E+n+a+a+n and everything kept in 718 M B+E+E+e+ndads+a+E+E BE+R+a+E+EdE4a+ 8+ 8348424 E+ B4 E+ a4 S 084 SALE. Your money back if your purchase doesn’t suit, repair gne year free. §G RKET ST. S.F. KEEP THE WELL, WELL. “T suspect that I may attribute my recent headaches to doing so much night-work of la own living. “I had an order to te,” said a lady who earns her address a large number of en- velopes and as I was paid by the thousand and others wanted the work, too, I sat ugypretty late and perhaps worked in a room not so well ventilate as-it, might be. more than once had a headache the next day. As a consequence I have I have found, however, that if I swallow a Ripans Tabule just as soon as I have a premonition of the trouble, it staves it off and I escape scot free. That is why I say that Ripans Tabules are a medicige for well people, for I am certainly a healthy woman, but I use tise Tabules now and then and would not like to be without them.” o packet cATTLSS tn carton AR TIvE Gaire, num.p’f’damummf"mm ithout glass) 13 now for sala,, . some o e coonomiosl, ‘ORE dosenof ccontaning SR i e s R R e G