The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 18, 1901, Page 2

2 THE SAN FRANCISCU CALL, TUESDAY, JUSNE 13, IyUl CALIFOR NIA CONGRESSMEN TELL HOW WATERWAYS MAY BE IMPROVED San Francisco’s Harbor Should Be Cleared of All Obstructions to Navigation. Oakland, Port Costa, Vallejo and Stockton in Pressing Need---Great Importance of More Sea Room at Mare Island Is Strongly Set Forth| Continued From Page One. calities that it is unnecessary to recapitu- Jate at this time. ¥ ince the bill was killed by Senator Car- ter the need for improvement has grown greater in this State. The steady growth of shipping and commerce is a phenom- enon that has Leen noted in the East. Some statistics for the year 1900 relating to the port of San Franc:sco are iilustra- tive of this advance. They are from data furnished by Secretary Scott of the Cham- ber of Commerce. During the year 1900 there ar- rived at the port of San Francisoc 957 vessels and 942 departed, not in- cluding vessels to and from domestic coast ports. The combined sail ton- nage was 1,077,385 and the combined steam tonnage was 1,818,883. Total of merchandise exports from San Fran- cisco bysea in 1900 was $41,919,679, foreign and domestic, an increase of $2,886,969 over the preceding year. The cxports of treasure by sea were £15,151,178, as compared with $10.- 660,231 in 1895. The total mint coinage in San Francisco in 1900 was $57,446,634; the internal revenus collections $4,019,086; the customs 1eceipts $7,693,342; the clearances of the San Francisco Clearing-House $1,020,582,585. In the list of new vessels built on the Pacific Coast in 1800 2nd dcocumented at San Fran- cisco were 51, with a gross tonnage of 20,221. Depositors had in the banks of the State of California $258,028,138. The production of lead, copper, silver and gold west of the Missouri River and including the Yukon region and British Colum- bia was $220,315,427. e say with reference to the needs of San Francisco's harbor: “The visit to California of the Rivers and Harbors Committee of the House of Representatives is bound to be of material benefit to our people. So far as the needs of the Fourth Con- gressional District in the matter of har- bor improvements are concerned they are comparatively few. The blowing up of Blossom Rock to a depth- of thirty-four od which it is now rapidly doing. It behooves every Californian, irrespec- tive of party or prejudice, to now make a strong and concerted pull wo secure deep water for Mare Island end for sufficient sea room. I wish that it could be impressed upon th2 wisiting committee that the channel - I < from here to Mare Island should also be deepened.” Mr. Scott also suggested that there is need for deepening the navigable channel at Oakland and also at Alviso. He also sald that a coaling statlon, equipped per- fectly and capable of loading a battleshi] in not over five hours and accessible to all vessels in the harbor, is necessary. METCALF QUOTES FIGURES. Gives Facts to Show Importance in Improvements in His District. Concerning the needs of the Third Con- gressional District in the matter of river + SNAGaING THE " SACRAMENTO. = CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON RIVERS AND HARBORS AND SOME OF THE SCENES THAT WILL BE VISITED BY THE MEMBERS OF THAT BODY, WHO ARE IN CALIFORNIA EXAMINING INTO THE NEEDS OF THE WATERWAYS OF THE STATE. These figures illustrate to some ex- tent the commercial claim that Cali- fornia has to harbor and river im- provements. The figures relating to wheat, flour, wines, brandy, fruits and other prod- | ucts of California passing through the port of San Francisco are also ir “The Missouri Pacific Limited” The only route having through sieeping <ar service between San Francisco and St. Louis dally. Stop-overs allowed at Salt iake City. For full information ask L. M. Fletcher. 212 California street. . CALIFORNIA CHUTNEY SAUCE beats the world for Game steaks chops —~efc- _15¢ & 254 Allgrocers - \ | | . ; | the millions. | ! They are omitted by reason of lack of space. | MR | SAYS GOOD BILL WILL PASS. Senator Perkins Outlines Some Much Needed Improvements. Senator Perkins says that he could not give a better jdea of his views in relation | to the needs of the State at large in the | matter of the improvement of its rivers and harbors than can be found in the | facts embraced in the report of the Gov- | ercment’s engineers. The California dele- | gation asked Congress to make all the | appropriations that were recommended by i Lieutenant Colonel Heuer. “These recommendations have- been | carefully considered by the Government | Board of United States Engineers,” said | the Senator. ‘“The California_delegation | was successful in embodying the most of | them in our bill for the improvement of | rivers and harbors, which failed to be- |come a law at the last session of Con- | gress. I think there is no question | that the. present Congress will pass an | equitable river and harbor appropriation | bill. In this bill California will ask for an appropriation for the removal of the sunken rocks in the harbor of San Fran- cisco, the improvement of the Oakland barbor, Alviso and Petaluma channels, Napa River, dredging at Mare Island and Point Pinole, improvements in the San Joaquin, Sacramento and Feather rivers; also the port of San Luis Obispo and the San Pedro and San Diego harbors, and | also dredging in Humboldt Bay. “I trust that the committee who are now on the Pacific Coast, after seeing the varied and vast resources of California, her diversified interests. and especially the commerce of our ports and the great natural waterways in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, which will enable the farmers of that great empire to trans- fiort their grain and products to the mar- et, will see the necessity of the Govern- ment aiding us in keeping them open to commerce, thereby increasing the com- mercial trade of our coast ports and our growing maritime interests. These object lessons, I think, will make a favorable im- ression upon the committee, and the Cal- fornia delegation in Congress will have their co-operation in securing needed ap- propriations from the Government for these improvements. which are of so much importance to our State.’ SAN FRANCISCO HARBOR. Congressman Julius Kahn Describes Some Much-Needed Improve- l ments. Congressman Julius Kahn has this to feet is the most immediate improvement required in that district. Many of the residents of the district from the Potrero favor the dredging of Islais Creek, and no doubt the committee will visit that point. There are a num- ber_ of obstructions in _the bay of San Francisco and in the Golden Gate which should be removed or that should be so marked that no vessel need be in danger of being wrecked upon them. The most notable of these is ‘One Mile Rock,’ and I hope the committee will recognize the necessity of doing,k something to either remove this menace to navigation or at least minimize its dangers. Fl ““The commerce of San Francisco Is con- stantly increasing.. Since the acquisition of the Philippines our ~trade with the Orient has grown marvelously. With each succeeding year this commerce is bound to increase. Whilé we have one of the most beautiful and perhaps one of the safest harbors in the world, the fogs that prevail in this nelghborhood during a few months in the year make it important for our lawmakers to do everything that can consistently be done to remove every nat- ural obstruction thatlies in the path ot incoming vessels. ““The recent removal of Shag Rock and the early destruction of Arch Rock are steps in the right direction. It seems to me that when the Congressional commit- tee has had an oportunity to examine the beautiful bay of San Franciseo, with its magnificent harbor facilities, and when that committee shall have informed itself of the growing needs of our ocean com- merce its members will heartily fa- vor the necessary appropriations to make the bay of San Francisco as safe as any harbor in this country.’” it o s o VALUE OF MARE ISLAND. Irving M. Scott Declares That More Sea Room Is Absolutely Necessary. Irving M. Scott declares in positive terms that the improvement of the Mare Island waterway is absolutely essentlal. He says: “The great need of the harbor of San Francisco is that the navy vard shall bave sufficlent sea room and water room for the great ships that the Government is building. Suitable legislation should be procured at once to acquire these facili- tles for Government use. “It is a serious reflection upon the enterprise and spirit of Californians that they should sit idly by and al- low the navy-yard at Port Orford to become the naval station of the United States on the Pacific Coast, <+ and harbor !mprovements Congressman Metcalf expresses himself as follows: “The Third Congressional District has many needs, embracing as it does the ap- proaches to the San Joaquin and Sacra- mento rivers, the harbor of Vallejo and the navy yard, the Carquinez Straits, Port Costa, Pinole Point, Antioch and, last but not least, Oakland harbor. The great commercial interests located at and about Carquinez Straits have grown to immense proportions and represent an Invested capital of many millions of dollars, and I have no doubt upon a presentation of the facts and figures to the consideration of this committee the National Govern- ment will, through its recommendation, make liberal appropriation for keeping open the channel to this important point for vessels of the deepest draught. ““As glving some idea of the volume of business at ports along Carquinez Strnltnl here is a brief summary of figures: The annual exports of grain there- from amount, approximately, to from 750,000 to 800,000 tons, which re- quire from 175 to 200 deep-water vessels, drawing from twenty to twenty-five feet of water when loaded. There are imported from 50,- 000 to 60,000 tons of raw sugar, requiring twenty to thirty vessels drawing from eighteen to twenty feet of water. There are from 75,000 io 80,000 tons of coal discharged an- nually at the Southern Pacific Rail- road Company’s coal-bunkers at Port Cesta for distribution throughout the State. The Smelting and Lead Com- pany import from 60,000 to 70,000 tons of coal and coke, besides which they receive large quantities of val- uable ore from points along the coast. From South Vallejo there are ex- ported annually from 60,000 to 70,- 000 tons of flour and mill products, 2 considerable portion of which ia exported in deep-water vessels direct from the mill. In the foregoing state- ment no account has been taken of the immense amount of coasting bus- iness and inland commerce that comes from the two great rivers of the Stats and through the Straits of Car- LOOMIS BOES 10 NEW POST Minister Is Transferred From Venezuela to Portugal. Change Is Said to Be Madse| Solely to Meet His Own Wishes. WASHINGTON, June 17.—The follawing changes in diplomatic posts were an- nounced to-day: Francis B. Loomis, Minister to Venezu- ela, has been transferred to be Minister to Portugal, vice John N. Irwin of Iowa, resigned. Herbert W. Bowen of New York, pres- ent Minister to Persia, has been trans- ferred to Caracas, succeeding Mr. Loomis as Minister t6 Venezuela. Lloyd F. Griscom of Pennsylvania, pres- ent first secretary of legption at Constan- tincple, has been made Minister to Persia. Spencer F. Eddy of Illinols, present sec- ond secretary at Paris, has been made first secretary at Constantinople, to suc- ceed Mr. Griscom. Arthur Bailey Blanchard of Louislana | has been promoted from third to second secretary at Pagis. The change, so far as it concerns the | Venezuelan Ministry, it is sald at the State | Department to have no particular sig- nificance. Mr. Loomis goes elsewhere | than Caracas at his own request and de- sire. It is true that the Venezuelan Gov- ernment has expressed dissatisfaction with Mr. Loomis in more ways than one, | but the fact that the Minister is ngt re- moved from the dinlomatic service, but is | given another post of equal dignity and | honor, Is a mark of the esteem of the State Department. It may be noted also that Mr. Bowen, the new Minister to Caracas, #oes to his post with instructions on the same line as those supplied to Mr. Loom- is, which formed the basis of his action, so that Mr. Bowen, who is a man of great vigor, is likely to follow Mr. Loomis’ | footsteps in the matter of policy. By his transfer from Venezuela to Port- ugal Minister Loomis will lcse $2500 a e He is now on leave in England. | is actual rank will be the same; namely, Minister Extraordinary and Envoy Pleni- Ppotentiary. Herbert W. Bowen, who becomes the new Minister to Venezuela, has a most creditable “ record in_ the consular and | diplomatic service. ~He became United | States Consul at Barcelona in 189, and | his office at that post was raised to the | rank of Consul General five years af-| terward. Mr. Bowen stuck to his post | through the exciting days preceding the Spanish-American war as long as any | American could have found safety on | Spanish soil. At the conclusion of the | war he was about to return to his old | g“t‘ but instead was appointed Minister | esident and Consul General to Persia. L e e o e e S el quinez. Aside from the large com- | mercial interests located on tha Straits of Carquinez and at Vallejo is the naval station at Mare Island. From 1600 to 1800 skilled mechan- | ics and laborers are employed at this | yard, and if the battleships and firs:- | class cruisers were taken to this yard | for repairs it would result in the em- ployment of from 500 to 1000 addi- tional men. By dredging the channel at Pinole Point and removing Commission Rock from the Mare Island Channel, the largest battleship could be taken to the yard for repairs,and this would | result in hundreds of thousands of | dollars being paid out annually in this State by the Government for ad- ditional labor and material. At the present time all the battleships are| taken to the Bremerton Station at| Puget Sound to be docked and re-| paired, but with the improvements above referred to they could, and would, be all repaired at Mara Island Navy Yard. - “T would also call attention to the great benefit to be derived from deepening the | channel between Antioch and the Straits | of Carquinez. This improvement would not cost to exceed $25,00 and would en- able deep water vessels to land at Antioch | and open up to deep water commerce an | immensely productive and fertile region | of country. Harbor of Oakland. “The importance of the improvement of Oakland harbor, its widening, deepening and extending, 'has already been recos- | nizeqd by the general Government, and | large sums of money have been appro-| priated and expended thereon. fa back as 1873 a_beard of officers was con- stituted to make the examination, survey and plans for Oakland harbor, in accord- ance with the provisions of an act of Congress approved March 3, 1873. The plans prepared were adopted in 1874, and the work of improvement was placed in charge of Colohel Mendell. Congress has continued to make appropriations from time to time since then aggregating $2,- 450,000. It must not be forgotten, how- ever, that since the adoption of plans for this’ harbor improvement, twenty-seven years ago, the commerce of Oakland has grown to a magnitude which could not at that time have been imagined by the most sanguine. In 1874 the freight ton- | nage amounted to 134,300 tons; in 1900 it amounted to 3,263,212 tons, a twenty-fold increase. “Moreover, during the years since the adoption of these plans a great change has taken place in the size and construc- tlon of ships; they are larger and draw more water, and thus the improvements then contemplated are quite inadequate to present conditions, to say nothing of those | which will soon ' exist from the tre- | mendous increase of Pacific commerce. Oakland harbor offers possibilities for one of the best harbors in the world, and I am confident that to be convinced of this the committee will need but to inspect it. It contains no rocks or any obstruction of any kind which cannot be readily removed by ordinary dredging. It is an ideal har- bor_ for ship-buil lnf. repairing and dry- docks. Its entrance is only six miles from the open sea. “Oakland harbor already has the largest yards for the building of wooden ships on San Francisco Bay, and these ship-| yards are turning out yearly an aggregate | tonnage larger than all other shipyards on the shores of San Francisco Bay com- bined. The largest sailing vessels ever built on the shores of San Francisco Bay have been launched from Oakiand ship- gm‘d& ‘The coal bunkers in Oakland har- or are among.the largest in the State. “Along the water front of Oakland be- sides the shipyards are numerous and large factories, comprising cotton and jute mills, foundries, machine shops, planing mills, flour mills, sash and door factories, railroad shops, numerous large lumber yards and a variety of other Industries. With the further improvement of the har- bor all these will increase in number and importance.” NEGRO DESPERADOES FOUND SHOT TO DEATH Are Killed While They Were in Am- bush Waiting to Murder a Farmer. ‘WELBORN, Fla.,, June 17.—News reached here. to-day that Tom Thomas and Mose Maxwell, two desperate ne- groes, have been found dead in the road four miles east of this place. Maxwell had worked for W. R. O'Cain, a farmer, but having had a dispute with his em- plover was driven from the plantation. ubsequently O’Cain went to-Live Oak on business.” While he was away Maxwell and Thomas returned, heavily armed, and learned the whereabouts of g‘caln. They then left and stationed themselves on the roadside to await his return. Late in the afternoon a fusillade was heard and neighbors rushed to the scene to find both negroes dead. There is no evidence as to ‘who fired the shots. | their child. | times. ADVERTISEMENTS. o ONCE MORE A HAPPY WOMAN. Completely Cured of Catarrh| by Peruna. 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If you do not derive prompt and satis-| factory results from the use of Peruna, | | e ec0s0 00t e eeseed 909 CRIOIIOIIESSOIIIC S OET M's: Ida Murray. | write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving full statement of your case, and he w be pleased to give you his valuable adv: Tatis. &l ddress Dr. Hartman, President of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, Ohio. a 11 ca HATZFELDTS TO CONTEST THE HUNTINGTON WILL friends of the Huntingtons. Years| ago Mills lived in Sacramento and | there: formed the acquaintanceship of ! the late C. P. Huntington. The families were neighbors and the friendship that was there cemented remained undisturbed | until the death of the great financier. | Mills admits that he is here on import- | ant business, and the wise ones shake their heads and suggest that he is called | here in connection with the case. One | thing is certain, and that is that no ope | outside the Huntington family is able to | give a better statement of the situation | than he. | “T know that Princess Hatzfeldt is dis- | satisfled with ‘he terms of the late C. P. Huntington's will,” he said. *‘She is going to take some legal action, but what it is I do not know. You may not possibly be | aware of the fact that since C. P. Hunt- | ington d'ed his estate has increased in| value fully 40 per cent.” H “Do you thirk that Huntington legally adopted the Princess?” he was asked. “He may have, and he may not. That is the best way I can answer the ques- tion,” he replied. “When the Princess was a mere infant she was taken by P. Huntington and his wife and raised as The Princess was a niece of his former wife. The child was taken from a large family and taken into_their home, as Huntington had no children. The Princess was raised and taught to call Mrs. Huntington mother, and her real mother she was told to call aunt. She grew up in the belief that Collis P. Huntington was her real father. and was not told the real truth until she was about 18 years old.” Estate’s Increase in Value. | “Often when I have been In the Hunt- ington house or when they came to my house Mrs. Huntington spoke of the; Princess as ‘My daughter Clara’ Mr. | Huntington also spoke of the young girl in the same way. Huntington never told | me that he had adopted the child, but | everybody in those days was under that | impression. “I do not know if Huntington did ever draw up a legal document of adoption. | but if the Princess can produce any such | paper I imagine that the courts will | recognize its weight and a different dis- tribution of the estate might be made. A peculiar feature of the will of C. P. Hunt- ington is that in it he left to Archie Hunt- | ington, his adopted son, $250.000. It is the ! general opinion that he was not left a | larger sum in_order ‘that in pro-| bating the will the collateral in- | heritance tax could be . evaded. | Archie Huntington is the son of Mrs. C P. Huntington and in making his will he evidently thought that Mrs. Huntington vould well look after her own son at all | “Mrs. H. E. Huntington and _the Princess are sisters and their maiden names were Prentice. After the Princess was married she lived abroad nearly all the time. It is about three years since her last visit to this ecity. I think hat the Prince and Princess are here on jome business, but I have not seem them and do not know the nature of it.” Former Searches After Adoption Papers Recalled by Presence of Princess. SACRAMENTO, June 17. — Princess Hatzfeldt is visiting her aged mother, Mrs. Clara Prentice, at Fourteenth and L streets, in this gity. To callers this evening she said that she was here merely on a pleasure trip, and that aftor a few days’ rest here, her old home, she | would rejoin her husband. She avoided reference to private matters connected with her journey, if such exist. The presence of the Princess in Sacra- mento revives interest in the fact that shortly after the death of C. P. Hunting- ton a search was made through the musty archives of the county by some one repre- senting the Huntington interests for a record of the formal adoption of the Princess by Huntington, but though the search was vigorously carried on, the doe- ument could not be found. The opinions of various persons were obtained, and some of these were to the effect that no formal adoption, as mow provided for by law, had been made, and that therefore there could be no such doc- ument on file. Others, however, asserted that such a document was in existence and that it might be found had not the imperfect system of indexing in vogue by county officials at that time made the search difficult. Mrs. Clara Prentice, the mother of the Frincess, declared that she signed papers relinquishing her claim to her daughter and that the adoption was properly pht on record. She expressed the opinion, when interviewed at the time, that the record was in New York, as the adoption did not take place until Mr. Huntington and his first wife, who was a sister of Mrs. Prentice, went to New York to live. Mysterious Searcher. The search of the Sacramento County records to which reference is made oc- curred early in September, shortly after Huntington’s death. Men close up In the Southern Pacific had first quietly conduct- ed incuiries and then an agent came up from San Francisco to institute a search. It is recalled now that this man did not state bis name, nor would he state his object further than that he was looking for certain adoption papers In an estate whose name he declined to mention. Even the deputies in the County Clerk's and Recorder’s offices were unable to divine his errand. He Kkept up the search for a week, but no record of the adoption of Clara Prentice by the railroad magnate was discovered. The opinion is entertained among the Courthouse officials that if the adoption actually took place in this county it may+ have been in chambers, in which case it was as likely as not that no rec- ord of it was entered by the judge who confirmed it. This tposulbm(y evidently was not lost sight of by the agent from San Francisco, who not only searched all the archives for documents, but narrow- 1y scrutinized the minute-books of the Su- perior Judges covering the period In ques- It was generally understood at that time that the mysterious searcher had come in Continued From First Page. the interests of the Huntingtons and as a preliminary step toward resisting any _D(m!ible attack to break the Huntingtom will. STUBBS TO BE GIVEN AN IMPORTANT POST Will Be Made Traffic Manager for ths Harriman Group of Rail- roads. CHICAGO, June 18.— Middle West and Northwes H. Harriman and J. P. Morgan, Gerbilts and J. J. Hill are interested, here- after will be practically under one man- agement. J. C. Stubbs, now third vice president cf the Southern Pacific, will be the traffic expert or manager for the Harriman group of roads, and Darius Miller, second vice president of the Cireat Northern. will occupy a_similar position for the Hill roads. Both probably will have offices in Chicago and will act in eonjunction. Mr. Stubbs will have full charge of ail the traffic_affairs of the Union Pacific, Southern_Pacific, Oregon Short Line and Oregon_ Railway znd Navigation Com- pary. He also will have charge of the transcontinental traffic affairs of the Chi- cago and Northwestern. Chicago anc. Al- ton, Iilinois Central, Milwaukee and St. Paul and one or two other lines that may come under Harriman's control. Mr. Stubbs and Mr. Miller will act in unison on all transcontinental and competitive traffic matters. It was given out last night'by a rafl way official high in autherity that Mr. Stubbs was soon to be tramsferred to a position as traffic expert for the Harriman syndi- cate, but Lis headquarters will be in New York, not Chicago. — ALBANIANS ATTACK SERVIAN POPULATION | Serious B.letingro:::::xrs in the Turk- ish Town of Novi- Bazar. BELGRADE. 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