The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 27, 1898, Page 11

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27 1898. 11 ADVZRTISEMENTS. ROCHEFORT * The Famous French Journalist. HENRI ROCHEFORT Writes: has com- Yovr precious “Vin Mariani” pletely reformed my constitution ; you should | certainly offer some to the French Govern- ment. HENRI ROCHEFORT. NEVER HAS ANYTHING BEEN SO HIGHLY AND SO JUSTLY PRAISED AS FAMOUS FRENCH TONIC FOR BODY, , NE ~— [ARIANI WINE, THE RVES AND BRAIN. FOR OVERWORKED MEN, DELICATE WOMEN, SICKLY CHILDREN Vin Mariani is indorsed by the medical faculty all over the world, It is specially_recommended for Nervous Troubles, Throat and Lung Diseases, Dyspepsia, Consumption, General Dehility, MALARIA, WASTING DISEASES AND LA GRIPPE. REFUSE SUBSTITUTION: STRENGTH vertisements are absolutely bona- repection of any and SOLD AT ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE. VN NARIANI GVES ted to the In properties the arrest a OFFER—To who write we send a book containing portraits and in- of EMPERO! EMPRESS, PRINCES, CARDINALS, ARCHBISHOPS and shed personages. MARIANI & CO., 52 WEST 1STH STREET, NEW ¥YORK. ard H London—s3 Mortimer Street; Montreal—28-30 Hosplital St. T .d by Governor Gage. recognized that the Healt but p judice will hardly permit th do the fair thing toward ae Supervisors have dela ortioning the $150,000 sur ¢ dared to and h The fact Depart- isan p RA CITY FUNDS 10 BE APPORTIONED SUPERVISORS CAUCUS IN SE- CRET TO ALLOT THEM. t can be applod to the best ad- vantage all round. 'o-morrow they will proceed to apportion it, so as not to leave ice Station Is Favored—The Department Is Left Out in the Cold. dollar of surplus func New Pol publican Board of 8 for the incoming pervisors to han- a R —_— ee———— Lurline Salt Water Baths, Bush and Larkin sts. Swimming, Russian, hot and cold tub baths. Saltwater direct from ocean. Held for Murder. Tomaso Kellini, the baker who shot and the saloon, 117 S 6, yember 6, and wounded George Spreen, ith the woman at the time, esterday held to answer before thé : 3 uperior Court by Judge Mogan on : combination in the board which dic- | charge of murder without bail. Kellini tates the policy in all important matters, | did not put In any defense. As stated in yesterday’s Call one item —_—— proposed expense is for the bullding | Advances made on furniture and planos, with a new police station on Seventeenth | or without removal. J. Noonan. 1017-1022 Mission. on district. The esti- ———— $80.000 and the Supervisors | A Memory of Thanksgiving Day. One of the most successful charitable icus favored the appropriation. It | mooted question with them wheth- | ginners given on Thanksgiving day was that tendered by the board of lady direct- mittee, The caucus, ading spirits of the uded t the Board of Health should re- add 1 $10,000 for carrying k. o . 4 8 T | ors of the eka Boys' Home. The little e weeks ago, prior to the election, |ones who joined in the feast enjoyed it and other Stpervisors favored gfv: | thoroughly, and the good things that were he Health Department an extra §10,- | profusely handed around to them have s°requested, but the resuit of the | formed the chief topic of conversation ng has completely changed this | since. The managemdat of the institu- %nd the Demscratic Supervisors’ | tion expresses its appreciation of the s vesterday was against doing any- | liberalit of the general public in sending STout the Republican Board of | the many donations of food ths T ‘hieh it is expected will be soon | dinner a success. atadertho ADVERTISEMENTS. 1128 Market St.,, S. F., Cal, PATENT MEDICINES. SEVERAL GOOD BARGAINS FOR BRIGHT BUYERS. EVERY-DAY PRICES: Cuticura Soap 15¢ Paine’s Celery Compound 60c Mrs. dllen’s Female Restorer...70c Carter’s Pills... Beecham's Pills Carter’s Hair Repewer.. Perund...coeeme. When we buy Patent Medicines we buy for several OWL Drug Stores. We buy by the dozen gross at a time, not by the dozen bot- tles—we buy in quantities large enough to get the very best discounts. Thisis just one reason why we can sell medicines lower than other drug stores. Think over this awhile—that's all we need to turn you into a ready buyer. THE OWL DRUG CO, Cut-Rate Druggists, 1128 Market Street, Bet. Mason and Taylor. Telephone No.South356. SanFrancisco, Cal. 055600050669 65600606 6509000000000 000004 9966000000400 $ 000000000000000009900OIHI 0TI II000 041 ST SV AR 3 Supervisors | Startling Revelations Dollars Masonry contract.. ing work... Total(investigations bbb e bt A trifie less than $67,000 is the amount | named by the expert of the Senate In- | | vestigating Committee as the net loss to the State on four of the contracts | in connection with the construction of | the new ferry building. In other words, | the State has been robbed of that | | am unt of money by persons not named ’ in the expert’s report. The Senate Coi.mittee having au- thority to investigate the affairs of all| State institutions undertook the work | of investigating the ferry depot frauds about three months ago, soon after this paper had concluded an exhaustive in- | vestigation, by w hich it s proved be- yond a doubt that contractors and in- | terested officials had robbed the State | | of more than $100,000 in connection with | the construction of the ferry depot| building. The revelations made yester- | day by the expert employed by the | commit bear out in evewy detail the | truth of the startling disclosures made [ by The Call some months ago, as well | as by a partial report made by the | present Grand Jury. Under the search- ing investigation now being conducted | | there is promise that the guilty officials | will be brought to justice and the whole | shameful combination by which vast | sums generously provided by the ta s of the State for the erection of | | | payer: | a moael depot building for the benefit | {of th i been fraudulently | | appropriat private individuals | | met yesterday | ms of the Harbor‘ ferry building for | stimony of | ‘uflernnun in the roo | Commisstoners in the | the purpose of taking the te <pert James W. Reid, the well known architect, of this city, who. with Archi- | | tect W. B. raville, has been engaged in | the work of investigating the ferry | building contracts under the -direction | of the members of the committee dur | ing the past three months. The mem- bers of the committee present were: Senator J. H. Dickinson (chairman), Senator W. F. Prisk and Senator | John J. Boyce. All of the members of ihe Board of State Harbor Commis- sioners, hitect Swain, Chief Engi- neer Holmes and many interested con- tractors wer also in attendance. ‘After being placed on the witness stand Expert Reid stated that his in-| Jestigations had been confined to four | of the rincipal _ contracts con-| nfwm} © ith the construction of the building. These were the contracts for | the roofing and galvanized iron work, | iron and steel work, masonry work, | and the woodwork and plastering. As | et result of his investigations he found that the State was a heavy loser essive prices pald to by reason of exc contractors, and that the opportu- | nity for the payment of these| ive prices was brought about by | tem of changes and substitutions e original plans under which the contracts had been let. Each of the four contracts mentioned was | taken up in turn and the various | changes and substitutions made under Harbor Commis- foners and with the approval of Archi- iscussed in detail. in the contract for k Mr. Reid pointed | out the one having connection with the oteel braces for the tower. The orig- inal plans under which’ the contract | was let placed these braces on the in- side of the structure. Supplemental Dlans were afterward made placing the braces on the outside of the tower. | Tater on the plans were again changed | so as to place the braces where they | Were orlginally. These changes cost the State $1149, which sum represented a net loss. A change in the style of certain tie rods cost the State just $1080 50, and in substituting iron for | steel in another item of construction | the State came out loser to the extent | of $400, In the matter of the steel work ‘ for the large windows for the grand i | ex in th original Among the items | fron and steel wor nave the State was mulcted of the sum | of $600, and the substitution of wooden | for steel doors netted somebody an un- | earned profit of $854, which sum, of | course, represents the net loss to the | State on this particular item of con- struction. The expert’s figures show that on this one contract- for the iron | and steel work the State suffered a to- | tal loss of $3334 80. | "1t should be stated here, as the fact | wae brought out in evidence, that | Chairman Colnon is the only member | of the present Board of State Harbr | Commissioners who held office during | the perfod when the original contracts | were let and during the time when a | majority of the changes and substitu- | tions, by means of which the State was | robbed, were authorized. | The next contract taken up by Ex- | pert Reld was that for the masonry work in the bullding. He was of the opinion, he said, that the change from Oregon stone to Colusa sandstone as | the material for the outside walls of the building did not involve any loss to the | State. The substitution of common | brick for enameled and Roman brick, | and other changes in like material had | resulted in the State beinz robbed of the sum of $5496 98. That is to say, the contractor was paid that amount more than he should have been paid over and above a leeitimate profit. In all of these cases where changes and sub- stitutions were made the amountspaid out were fixed by the Board of Harbor | Commissioners and approved by Archi- tect Swain. The style of floor arches in the build- ing were changed from terra cotta to expanded metal and this change in- volved a net loss to the State of $10.- 952 18. Tt should be understood that in the case of this item, as with all jtems BIG FRAUDS IN FERRY BUILDING CONTRACTS Employed by the Senate Investigating Committee. {The State Was Robbed of Almost Sixty-Seven Thousand on Four Contracts Alone — How the Immense Steal Was Ac- complished. P T R R R LR RS R SR S S SUMS STOLEN FROM THE STATE. Galyanized iron contract Iron and steel contract.. Carpentering and P O R R e R R R R s | the change of the material for the in- that have been mentioned or will be mentioned as being a part of the ex- Made Dby the Expert (44 $14,789 94 3,334 30 28,042 62 laster 20,680 69 todate)$66,847 55 +++++ 44454 pert’s report, the sum named as the amount of the net loss to the State rep- resents an illegitimate expenditure for the work as performed. That is to say, the State paid a legitimate price for the work and then, as in the case of the item just mentioned, paid an ad- ditional $10,952 18 to the interested par- ties. The State suffered a net loss of $17 by the changes involved in the omission of the finish of the mezzanine floor, ehanges on the ground floor and the substitution of wire laths for ceil- ing tiles. Changes in the thickness of ome of the walls involved a loss to the State of $505, and changes in the speci- ations for certain marble work re- sulted in the public treasury being robbed of the sum of $2162. Other mar- ble work specified by the expert was the cause of a net loss of $196, and some additional masonry work put $1299 65 unearned dollars into the pock- ts of those who were interested in the thieving game. The item of extra ce- ment, the use of which was made necessary by various changes in the y contract, added $3167 82 to the bank roll of the conspirators, and the State was robbed of $2000 in connection with the construction of the mosaic floor of the grand nave. To make a long story short, the ille- gitimate profits in ¢ nnection with the masonry contract aggregate, accord- ing to the report of Expert Reid, no less than $28,042 46. In connection with the contract for rofing and galvanized iron work, all of the charges made by The Call were fully substantiated b™ the report of the expert. In this contract light iron was substituted for heavy iron, changes were made in the manner of construc- tion, and items provided for in the specifications were omitted. This, ac- cording to the report, resulted in a net loss to the State of $824431. Changes in the plans for certain items of mold- ing Involved a net loss of $302 40. The contractor charged extra for covering the west wall of the main waiting room with galvanized iron, though it was in- cluded in his original contract. For this he received $2978, all of which was net profit to him and net loss to the State. On this contract, which originally amounted to less than $20.000, the State was mulcted of the total sum of $14,- 789 94. The last contract taken up by Expert Reid was that for carpenter, plastering and glazing work. He showed that by terior partitions from oak to Oregon pine the State was juggled out of the sum of $10,640 80. Itemn after item was taken up and in almost every instance where changes were authorized by the Harbor Commissioners the State was swindled, the sums usually being pro- portionate to the amount of work done. On the entire contract the net loss to the State was stated as being $20,680 69. The grand total of lossec on the four contracts investigated is given as $66,- The figures of the expert have to do with the kind of material and work actually furnished and do not take into account the great loss the State has suffered by reason of the substitution of poor and cheap material for the good and expensive material originally con- tracted for. This is particularly true of the substitution of Colusa sandstone | for Oregon gray stome. It is not con- | tended that one is Inferior to the other, and the expert in his investigations was not authorized to go behind the bids actually made to the Harbor Com- missioners; but it s, nevertheless true that the Harbor Commissioners, by their act in substituting one for the othen, made it impossible for the State to benefit by the disparity in the bids for the balance of the material included in the blanket contract. The effect of the change was to make the contractor a present of about $11,000, the difference in the cost price to him of the two ma- terials. Several important contracts have yet to be investigated, and the work of the Senate Committee will not be com- pleted for several weeks. Another ses- sion will be held on Monday morning, at which contractors will be given an opportunity to question Expert Reid on the accuracy of his report. TWO OLD MEN GONE TO REST. One Dies in the Receiving Hospital and the Other in theAmbulance. Two old men died suddenly yesterday, one while being removed from the City Prison to the City and County Hospital, and the other in the Receiving Hospital. A. J. Owen, a veteran of the cival war and an inmate of the Yountville Home, fell at Turk and Jones streets Wednesday afternoon and was taken to the hospital. He was not much injured, but .early yes- terday morning he was stricken with ap- Gplexy and dled in a few minutes. John D. Ross, a wheelwright, 75 years of age, was arrested on Kentucky street Friday night by Policeman C. Murphy on a charge of drunkengess. While Judge Conlan was in the prison yesterday morn- Infi discharging._‘“‘drunks” the old man, who was a sufferer from asthma, was seized with a fit and the ambulance was summoned to take him to the City and County Hospital for treatment, but he died on the way. Ladies' taflor-made suits. Fur capes, cloaks. credit. M. Rothschild, 211 Sutter st., r. 6 and 7. ————————— ‘Was Severely Scalded. Bernard McArdle has sued the A. S. Neal Warehouse Company and the Ca-| hill & Hall Elevator Company to re-| cover damages In the sum of $50,000 for | personal injuries. On October 1, McArdle alleges that while he was in defendants’ employ a defective valve on a boiler blew out and he was severely scalded by th escaping steam. Hence the suit. SENATORS AND ASSEMBLYMEN COME TO TOWN Legislative Quorum Present. COMMITTEE CHAIRMAMNSHIPS FOUR CANDIDATES TO - HEAD WAYS AND MEANS. Lieutenant Gevernor Neff Listens to Hints About the Organization of the Senate for the Coming Sessicn. There was a quorum of the next Legis- sco yvesterday and | mblymen | many of the newly and several of the hold-c enators as- sembled at the Palace Hotel just after the Wisconsin hed. The arrival of Governor-elec e and the event at the Union Iron Works attracted the leglsla- tors to the city. Much of the gossip around the Palace had reference to legislative affairs. The United States Senatorship discussed and many opinions were expressed to the preference of individual members of | the Legislature. Among the guests aboard t Commissioners’” boat, the G ham, were Senators Di nson, Bulla, Morehouse, Boyce and Prisk, and Assem- blyman Howard Wright. They ignored legislative topics for the time being and alked of crulsers, gunboats, battleships and torpedo craf . “in ; at the headquarters of Later in the day the .Republican State committee and in of the Palace the court and corridors Hotel political topics engaged the atten- tion of visiting and resident statesmen. Many a hint was dropped to Jacob Neff, utenant Governor-elect, concerning the good qualities of this or that State Sen- ator for service on some important cox mittee. The Lieutenant Governor may have some trouble in arranging committee chairmanships to {he entire satisfaction of the Senate, but his difficulties will be triv- fal compared with those which Howard Wright, as Speaker of the Assembly, will encounter when the time comes for mak- ing up the committee lists of the lower house. Already four Assemblymen aspire to the position of chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. Henry C. Dibble, Grove L. Johnson, C. M. Belshaw and L. H. Valentine are candidates for this po- sition. 2 Republican leaders recognize that the party will be held responsible for the acts | of the incoming Legislature. The Re- publicans control the executive depart- ment and both branches of the Legisla- ture, and will therefore be held account- able’ for all appropriations of public money. Some of the politicians perceive an ele- ment of danger to the party in the mag- | nitude of the Republican majority. Should the various State institutions and com missions applying for allowances of money combine, as they did in the noto- rious Buckley = Legislature of 188, a strength sufficient to overcome the ob- jections of the executive department might be rallied. semblyman Wright does not apprenend danger in_this re- spect. He relles on the wisdom and sirength of the conservative forces to | hold the Legislature in check. Whatever may be said concerning the wisdom and virtue of the Legislature, the people generaily build their hopes of economical administration on the firm- ness of the chief executive officer, The chairman of the Senate Finance Committee can accomplish much good in keeping appropriations within a proper fimit. At the recent convention of min- ers Governor Budd expressed regret that Senator Voorhels had retired from legis- lative service, remarking that the Ama- dor Senator, s chairman of that com- mittee, had saved the State a million dol- lars. Senator S. C. Smith of Kern Coun- ty is spoken of as a man possessing many of the qualities that a chairman of the Finance Commiee should possess. | The coyote claims are bound to engage | the attention of the incoming Legislature. | It is said that the claims are now in the hands of a few respected bankers, and | that the work of handling the bill for the payment of bounties will not be in- trusted to talkative agents. he Harbor rnor Mark- Swedish Ladies’ Ball. The third anniversary entertalnment and Christmas ball of the Swedish Ladies® Society will be glven Saturday evening, December 3, at Turn Vereln Hall, 3% Turk street. Dancing will continue until 4a. m. and the programme is composed of select and interesting numbers. Visit oir immense and valu- able assortment of ancient art ware, and you will surely find things suitable for an odd and artistic Christmas present. THE P. ROSSI CO., 117 SUTTER STREET, San Francisco, - - - - California. 1416 Kearny Street, Is the very best place to have your eyes ex- amined and have them fitted to Spectacles and Eve Glasses with instruments exciusively their own. whose superiority has not been coualed. Our succ-ss has been d- to the merits of our ADVERTISEMEIN1S. ANNOUNCE.... HOLIDAY DRY GOODS CO., 129-141 Geary St., 128-138 Stockton St., Union Square, SAN FRANCISCO. OF THE.. Decorative Art Department MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1898. OPENING i oy LADIES o wokuor DR.FELIX LE BRUN'S “>Steel § Pennyroyal Treatment e Pri 00; sent GEO. DAHLBENDER & CO., Sole Agent 214 Kearny Francisco. - st., San Fran PAINLESS DENTISTRY! Teeth filled by Care- tul, Experienced Den- tists at % the usual cost Fillings from......... 25 Plates, with free extrac- tion, from.... .....$4.50 (S PAINLESS EXTRACTION A SPECIALTY. METROPOLITAN DENTAL PARLORS, DR. T. S. HIGGINS, Proprietor, 927 Market Street. Over Cafe Zinkand. TAKE ELEVATOR. STANDARD MIXED PAINT! AT MANUFACTURERS' PRICE, | 7 56 Per Gallon Reduced from $1 2% per gallon. Color Card Sent Free. | Money Back If You Do Not Like It. BUSWELL PAINT CO., 302 Market St., Cor. Front, S.F. | Johannis. A Table Water of exceptional | purity and excellence.—Lcndon‘ Lancet. CAPITALISTS! | ELLIS-STREET CORNER. 75 feet from Powell and one block from Market street, front- age of 100 feet on Ellis and 110 feet on Glasgow street, FOR SALE BY W. H. CRIM & CO,, | LA GASCOGN 118 Montgomery St. NEW WESTERN HOTEL, KEARNY, AXD WASHINGTON STS.—RE- mModeled and renovated. KING, WARD & | CO. European plan. Rooms s0c to $1 50 day $6 to § week; $8 to §30 month. Free baths; hot | and cold water every room; fire grates in every room; elevator runs all night. i | OCEAN TRAVEL. Pacific Coast Steamship Co. Steamers _leave Broadway whart, San Francisco: For Alaskan ports, 10 a. m., Nov. 27, Dec. 3, transfer at Seattle. For_Victoria, Vancouver (B. C.), Port Townsend, Seattle, Tacoma, _Everett, Anacortes and New Whatcom (W 0 a. m., Nov. 27, Dee. | every fifth day thereafter, transfer at Seattle fo this company's steamors fof Alaska and G. N. Ry., at Tacoma to N. P. Ry, at Van- couver to >, RY. For (Humboldt Bay), 2 p. m., Nov. 25, 30, Dec. 5, and every fifth day thereafter. 'For Santa’ Cruz, Monterey, San Simeon, Cayucos, Port Harford (San' Luis Obispo), Gaviota: Santa Barbara. Ventura, Hueneme. San Pedro, Bast San Pedro (Los Angeles) and Mewport, § a. m., Nov. 2, 29, Dec. 3, and every fourth day thereafter. For San Diego, stopping only at Port Har- ford (San Luis Obispo), Santa Barbara, Port Los Angeles and Redondo (Los Angeles), 11 a. m. Nov. 2, Dec. 1, and every fourth day thereafter. For Ensenada, Magdalena Bay, San Jose del Cabo, Mazatlan, Altata, La Paz, Santa Roealla and Guaymas (Mex.), 10 a. m., Dec. 15, Jan. 12, Feb. 9, Mar. 8, Apr. 6. For further information obtain folder. The -company reserves the right tc change without previous notice steamers, sailing dates and_hours of sailing. FICKET OFFIOE —4 New Montgomery street (Palace Hotel). GOODALL, PERKINS & CO. 10 Market st., THE 0. R. & N. CO. DISPATCH FAST STEAMERS TO P OER TEE, A N ) From Spear-street Whart at 10 a. m. FAHE $12 First Class Including Berths $8 Second Class. and Meals. COLUMBIA sails.... Nov. 24, Dec. 4, 14, 24 STATE OF CAL. salls. Nov. 29, Dec. 8, 19, 29 Short line to Walla Walla, Spokane, Butte, Helena and all points in the Northwest. Through tickets to_all points East E. C. WARD, . Gen. Agt: San Franci ., S0, Generai Agent, 630 Market strest. PERKINS & GOODALL, 5. Superintendents. Compagnie Generale Transatldntique. <E (French' Line) DIRECT LINE TO HAVRE-PARIS (FRANCE). Salling every Saturday at 10 a. m., from Pier 42, North River, foot of Morton street. LA TOURAID LA CHAMPAGNE. LA BRETAGNE. LA NORMANDIE. First-class to Ha cent reduction on round trip. Second Havre $5, 10 per cent reduction round trip. GENERAL AGENCY FOR UNITED STATES AND C. DA, 3 Bowling Green, New York. J. F. FUGAZI & CO., Paclfic Coast Agents, 5 Montgomery avenue, San Francisco. The S. S. MOANA salls via Honolula and Auckland for Sydney Wednesday, November =™\ 30, at 10 p. m. AMSNIpe) ~ 8. °s. AUSTRALIA saiis for. Honolulu @"pa Wednesday, December 14, at 2 p. m. Line to COOLGARDIE, Australia, and CAPB TOWN, South Africa. . D. SPRECKELS BROS. & CO., Agents, 114 Montgomery st. Freight office—327 Market st.. San Francisco. BAY AND RIVER STEAMERS. FOR U. 5. NAVY-YARD AND VALLEID, Steamer ‘‘Monticello.”” Wed., Thurs. and Sat. 5 p. m. (8:30 p. m. ex. Thurs.) Supdays... 0 a. m. Lending and offices—Mission Dock, Pler 4. Telephone Main 1508. oy Gl $1.50 o Toar If you don’t find that sort of Ripans Tabules At the Druggist’s Send Five Cents to THE RipANs CuEMICAL ComPANY, No. 10 Spruce St., New York, and they will be sent to you by mail; ar, 12 cartons will be mailed for 48 cents. The chances are n t® one that Ripans Tabules are the very medicine you need. : = ONE GIVES RELIEF, Don’t Spend a Dollar Medicine until you have tried LRUILP AN 1S [T LAZBIULLAE 45/ You can buy them in the paper 5-cent cartons Ten Tabules for Five Cents. I