The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 4, 1901, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JULY 4, 1901. C GREAT INTERESTS ARE INVOLVED IN THE SUIT OF SPRING VALLEY Facts in the Controversy Which Have Lead Up to the Opening of a Legal Battle With the City and County to Test the Va- lidity of Water-Rate Ordinance Passed by Board of Supervisors E % This morning The Call reviezws the facts that are fundamental in the controversy between the city and the Spring Valley Water Company over the fixing of water rates by the Supervisors. A | eat legal battle is about to take place in the courts and the outcome is of much importance. 2 —— 3 HE suit of the Spring Valley Wat- Rancho Laguna de la Merced and con- er Works against the eity and | _tinguous property L county of San Francisco, the | “alq,s'ehts: in addition £10,000 Board of Supervisors and the|For value, due to the fact that the members of the board individual- bun:fiu; gt the water company h; Iy to overthrow the water rate ordinan s o3 BHONL 5 _pak cout o 1 difference between the municipality | not included in above 95,000 he water corporation that the in- ved facts are possessed of much public one tends th y is entitled is $1,689,986, including ) for operating expenses and $196,000 taxes. The corporation, on the other nd, contends that it is entitled to 7 per inte: on $35,000,000, which amounts )000. Thus there is a difference, e operating expenses and taxes, least §760,000 in the two estimates. The city's estimate is taken from the re- side the city and county con- of the action of the Super- water company’s figures are the complaint drawn by M. B. Kellogg: attorn the pending suit. The city and county and the water company will soon begin to discuss the fundamental facts before Judge Seawall. Whatever value mdy be attached to the points raised by the attorney for the wat- er company concerning the legality of the acts of the Supervisors while the water rate ordinance was up for passage and the counter contention by the city, the public will be most concerned by the tes- -.xn y promised concerning the valuation of*the Spring Valley properties, which has the subject for debate annually for years The Valuations Differ. The Board of Public Works instructed v Engineer Grunsky to appraise the ley properties. The City Engi- sion was that the total value . The Board of Public Works, munication to the Board of Su- adopted the conclusions of and held that “this conclusion sky v Water Works now in use outside Board of Supervi fixed by Grunsky the sum of e deduction was “upon prop- ally in use for the water sup- e he e up this total are: 18: City Searsville property, er, chief engineer of the Spring Valley Water Works, prepared several pamphlets while the fixing of the water s for the vear were under con- the Supervisors. °ts Schussler estimated the Bases of Estimates. There being such wide divergence in the the engineers, Grunsky and o s fundamental point in n the real value of the r purpose of reference and nding, the items are here T: SCHUSSLER'S ESTIMATE rights - ..$10,550,000 s and watersheds sites and present irs Fran- in San F ---.. 4,186,000 umping stations in city and caneaes 1,182,000 s and dam 400,000 tc Lake Honda 577,000 am and pipe line........ 1,047,000 1 and No, 2 aqueducts 320,000 pipe line.... 3,898,000 additional f Spring Valley Water- 5 ESTIMATE. 0 Creek system Eoes pe system, ot services in- 000 ge and dams reservolr sites 0 s ek einiss of San Francisco, ake Merced lands .. @ i JUDGE MOGAN’S ORDER IGNORED BY COLLINS Fails to Appear in Court and Judge Insists on Reopening Case. The case of Matthew Collins, special po- -eman, charged with burglary, was again called in Judge Mogan's court yes- terday morning, but Collins, although in- t present. x-Judge Ferral, his attor- GRAPE-NUTS. FOOD AND WEATHER. Temperature Increased or Reduced by Food. The old army ration for the tropice has been very sharply criticised for the rea- son that it consists of articles of {ood that person even slightly acquainted with elements of food knows is not adapt- an3 «d 10 the nees of the human system in hot weather. Nature shows forth in the selection of food by inhabitants of varl- countries: for instance, the Esqui- maux in a cold climate selects heavy, car- bonaceous foods, tallow, bacon and such; while the Hindoo and inhabitants of hot countries turn to the cereals for susten- ance, We should follow this hint of nature, end particularly in hot weather should avoid much butter, meat or any of that food. Perbaps a little meat once ¢ is not amiss. even in hot weather, the breakfast 2nd luncheon shouid be made of fruit, one or two slices of entire wheat bread and some Grape-Nuts and cream. Grape-Nuts are mentioned be- cause they furnish the ideal cereal food in a most palatable and deliclous form, in addition to which they are ready cooked and require no attention whatever from the cook. A person can pass through weather that may be intensely bot in a comfortable manner if the food be properly selected, end the above suggestions can be put into practice with most excellent results. ss of at the income to which the water the Committee on Water, which | y for the company, in | s that the properties of the Spring | city have value in excess of cost, | franchise and water right val-| The Committee on Water Rates of | rs deducted from | items enumerated by the com- | = property, $631,360; value | ring Val properties. He 1 $40,231.750, the difference | as compared with Grun- 11,385,000 | scted by the Judge to be in court, was | 667,800 With his estimate Schussler has a foot note in which he say “This total does not include the assessed value of the | franchise, which is nearly $5,400,000, and | on which'the Spring Valley Water Works | $87,000.” He also says: | It has been considered by some of the muni- value of the stock-and bond issue of the Spri Valley Water Works should be taken as the | value of the works; but it must be remembered that, even when these are at par in the pu lic market, they represent only the public esti- mate of value, when and after they h: assailed year after year by inc | far below the just income warranted by the actual values of the properties i in the public service. areful and conservative estimates the plant in worth in reality, it can readily be determined what prices the stocks and bonds would bring in the market if rates commensurate with the values | were allowed. | “The public estimate, 0 the above made of what based on the present | premises, is neither a safe nor a just guide, nor | is the cost of the properties, which makes no | allowance for enhanced value from any cause. | Could it be assumed that if the actual value | bad depreciated, say. 50 per cent below cost, such members as may now favor cost as the basis would then favor it. If not, then the rule is radically wrong, for*it will not work both waye. | Lands and Water Rights. | On the other hand Grunsky has the | following note after his statistical sum- | mary 5 | 1t is to be understood that the prices allowed in the above appraisement for outside lands and. water rights are made liberal, tended to cover whatever allowance would ordinarily be made for the fact that the busi- ness was an established one. The values put | upon lands in reservoirs now in service should be considered as including also such expendi- tures as may have been necessary to clear the site and prepare it for use. For reservoir and other properties directly connected with the | service in the city, an addition of 25 per cent | is made as a reasonable allowance for value due to this fact. From Schussler's note it appears that he considers the Spring Valley to be worth, including the assessed value of the franchise, $45,631,750, or $20,933,950 | more than Grunsky ailows. * In the complaint filed by Attorney Kel- | logg the valuation is not definitely made, | but the sum of $35,000,000 is mentioned in the fellowing: | _Second—That plaintiff is entitled to have rates g pure, fresh water to sald city and its imhabitants for the fiscal | year commencing July 1, 1901, and ending June | 30, 1902, so fixed that they will in the aggregate afford a just and reasonable compensation for the services rendered and will yield a sufficient annual income to the plaintiff to pay its operat- ing expenses and taxes and to realize, in ad- dition, the rate of 7 per cent per annum upon its property in actual use in so supplying said ity and county and its inhabitants, and that p value of said property is a sum largely in ss of $35,000,000. Rejections by City. The large differences in valuations may call for some éxplanation on the part of the differing engineers. Grunsky reports that the statements of the water company may be accepted for the present as conclusive concerning the capacity of the works. . He says that the upper dam of the Pilarcitos reservoir works, which is by the company enume- rated as among the properties of the company now in use, having been sub- merged when the main lower dam was | built in 1868-69, should be considered as | having gone out of service. It will be 2,350,000 | noticed that there is a difference between | | the two engineers of $400,000 in estimating | the value of Pilarcitos. Grunsky also refused to consider part of the Lochs Creek line, above Aponolio Creek, near San Andreas reservoir, and the works above the creek as in service. He claimed that the repair of the works | would practically mean reconstruction. Pipe (thirty-inch) displaced by forty-four- main or lower Crystal Springs reservolir, | the Lochs Creek aqueduct work, the old works of the Alameda Creek system from a stone dam about two and a half miles above Niles to a junction with the new thirty-six-inch pipe on the south side of Alameda Creek, at Niles; the Searsville | reservoir site, the Lobos Creek property | and the rights controlled by Spring Valley s54,000 | o0 Pescadero Creek, are all either excluded | | by Grunsky from valuation for purpose of rate making or are considered to be re- | | dueed in valuation Grunsky Discusses Point. | One of the points discussed at length is the value of a franchise. Concerning this | Bngipeer Grunsky argues for the city that* It will suffice to say that mo franchise has any value beyond the capitalization of its net with fair precision the value of the franchise is_easily estimated. When earnings are un- | ney, said the court had lost its jurisdic- i tion when the case was dismissed Tues- day, and Collins could not again be brought into court unless a new complaint was sworn to, Attorney Ach, who was engaged by | Charles Bier of Rinaldo Bros., from | whose warehouse Collins was accused of | stealing the cigars, said that Bier had no right to swear to the complaint originally, and he would not allow/him to swear to a new one, as he would leave himself open to prosecution for false arrest. There was, in his opinion, absolutely no case against Collins. The cigars were not marked and could not be identified. and there was nothing to show that those purchased by E. Birdsey, the saloon-keeper. were not sold by the firm in the regular course of business. The Judge said all he desired was that the witnesses testify in open court, and he would instruct them all to be present to- | | Mahon to swear to a complaint on infor- mation and belief, but Captain Seymour objected. as the firm had refused to pros- ecute. The captain. however, said that he would see that Collins was'in court to- morrow. —_—————— Crashed Into the Wharf. The tug Active ran into the Clay-street bulkhead yesterday and did several hun- dred dollars’ worth of damage. There was a misunderstanding of signals and the engines were put “full speed ahead” instead of “full speed astern,” and then the crash came. Two 12x12 stringers were cut clean through and the planking for a space of fifteen feet was torn up. | Colonel Tom Burgoyne was standing with back to the steamer and when the f began to rise under his feet he got a scare that made his hair stand on end. The clock in the chief wharfinger's office stopped and Assistant Chief Wharf- inger Dryden ran out exclaiming, “Thc building is coming down!” For a mo- ment he thought it was an earthquake and feared for the ferry tower. ———————— Paid a Visit to Arch Rock. Members of the Technical Society and their friends paid a visit to Arch Rock yesterday. To the number of about fifty they were taken out on the tug Relief and shown all the preparations to blow up the menace to navigation by Contrac- tor Robert Axman. The method of drill- ing. the charges of explosives and the electric apparatus to set off the charge were all explained, and the visitors were more than satisfied. The rock will be blown up the latter part of this month and the operation will be watched with interest by all who went out on the Relief | paid taxes last year amounting to about | cipal authorities of San Francisco that the face | being in- | properties | inch pipe at San Andreas; the dam of the | earnings. When earnings can be determined | D e e e e e e e Y morrow morning. He asked Detective Mc- | certain the determining value of @ franchise is much more difficult. When, as in the case of the Spring Valley Water Works, rates are fixed )hy the consumers, the creation or destruction of the franchise value lies in the hands of the municipal authorities. The franchise in this | case is moreover not definable in terms of a | specific agreement with this city. Whatever there may be of value in it is due to the fact | \ that the business of the company is an estab- lished one. It is, therefore, to be considered | as included in the' valuation of lands and water | rights in so far as it appertains to works out- | side of the city. That portion of it due to the | fact that the city distributing system is es- tablished and in operation is at least equivalent to the expense which would now have to be incurred to connect all services with a new system of street mains. In estimating the income the Spring Val- any should receive there is an i open difference of 2 per cent per annum, | irrespective of valuation. The water rate ordinance was based on a 5 per cent per annum rate on the valuation adopted by | | the Water Rate Committee and by the Su- | pervisors. The Spring Valley, according to Attorney Kellogg, wishes 7 per cent on i its own valuation. This is another of | the radical disagreements. H Perhaps all that is needed to complete ! a fair general statement of the diver-| | | gence in view of the opposing parties to the litigation is to furnish an interview with Mayor Phelan, which is appended, and the summary of wants presented in the Soring Valley complaint. Mayor Phelan’s Views. Mayor Phelan made the following state- ments in an interview with a reporter for The Call: There were no irregularities in the proceed- ings in the Board of Supervisors attending the fixing of the water rates. This was the first time that the Supervisors had means to ascer- tain for thems: the real value of tha Spring Valley Water Works, and they appro- | priated money to find out. The Board of Z e i = 8 a2 3 H y Engineer were requested amination and they com. | verhaps the ablest and engineer on_ the Pacitic | Manson and ed civil en Mendell, Marsden The tes to the Supervi cerning the Troperty, Supervisors deducted from this the value of propertics which are not used in supplying San | Francisco with water and upon which the com- | pany is not entitled to receive interest from the | city. One of the items deducted was the bulid- | ing ‘in which the City of Paris store is. That bullding pays for itself in rents. The abandoned site of the Market street reservoir was de- ducted, but that produces no revénue. In the valuation by the Board of Works was a large { item for ‘‘good will,"”" amounting to $1,400,000. The-appraisement made was llberal and repre- | sented a sum considerably In excess of the amount of money actually invested. Point About Interest. | On this appraisement we have allowed 5 per | cent interest. That is more than the company Tays on its average bonded indebtednes and floating debt and is cnough for stockholders representing the real value of the company's | | property, so the board allowed 5 per cent in- terest and taxes and operating expenses. The board gave a full hearing to Mr, 3 ussler concluded his testimony afd stated that he had ler on the last day of Ifebruary. concluded. He attempted to get into the com- mittee rooms afterward, but the testimony was all in and that court was drafting its findings and preparing its decision. All requirements of fhe faw were comniled with. There was a full public hearing; the deter- mination of facts was based upon expert testi- mony and an allowance of reasonable interest upon the real value of property actually in use | and supplying San Francisco with water. do not see how any court can go back of the proceedings of the Supervisors, so safeguarded | have they been. I suppose that the water com- | pany nas taken courage from the decision of | an Oakland judge in the Contra Costa Water case, where he taxes the community with a 7 per cent charge on a fictitions valuation. Here- tofore Spring Valley has been satisfied with 5 per cent interest. So the only real question before the court is | the proper valuation of ‘the company’s prop- | erty. As I said before, the valuation that has | been adopted by the board has been fortified | by the opinions and judgment of the best en- | gineers on the Pacific Coast. What more can | | be said? The Company’s Wants! | WAttorney Kelloge. for the Spring Valley | Water Company, said that there was no | | doubt in his mind that tne proceedings of | | the Supervisors were irregular and illegal, and that the court would overturn the water rate ordinance and direct that a new water order should be made. In the complaint Attorney Kellogg asks: i That the pretended bill or ordinance, the water rate order, be declared null and void; | that rates shall be fixed at the rate of 7 per | cent per annum on its property in actual use in | | Suppi¥ing the city end inhabitants with waters | | that the Supervisors shall be compelled to fix | the rates for the fiscal year and that they shall | be based on 7 per cent per annum on the value of the properties actually supplying water with ! opcrating expenses and taxes: that a perpetual | injunction shall lie against the enforcement of | the water order now in question and to re- strain the *bringing of any sult to enforce the ordinance; that the court shall determine the value of the company’s property actually In use and also what is a reasonable and just ret income, and also what is a reasonable amount to allow for operating expenses and taxes on the property and what is the legal basis for determining such amount. and what is a reasonable allowance for the deprectation of the plant; that the court shall adjudge that | o judgment ‘dated July 20, 1889, is res adjudi- cata between the city and the company on the value of the properties, the value being then fixed at $25,000,000, and that the city and the Supervisors be estopped from placing any lesser value thereon | SCHOOL DIRECTORS WANT $100,000 FOR SCHOOLS Bond Proposition Will Be Submitted to People if City Trustees Are Willing. J} ALAMEDA, July 3.—The proposition to raise money for school improvements by { issuing bonds was the principal matter for discussion before the Board of Edu- | | cation last night. Tt was decided that at least $100.000 will be needed to carry out | | the plans of the School Directors, and the | | City Trustees will be asked to submit a proposition for raising that amount to the voters of the city. For this amount the Board of Educa- tion expects to build a brick high school building for $55,000, buy a site for it for $10.000, add four 'rooms to the Wilson Scheol building for $8400. add eight rooms to the Mastick School building for $16,500, purchase a lot adjoining the Wilson School building and pay for equip- PP for the City Trust s fo e City Trustees finally whether they will !lthll‘?h:?;fl? ter to the peonle and it will be put into their hands by the Board of Education at their next meeting. — Harbor Commissioners Meet. The State Board of Harbor Commis- slofia;s decided yesterday that the sea- wall lots, now used as a repair yard b, the Pacific Coast Steumshfp Cmanpanyy. shall be set apart for a raflroad freight | terminus. The steamship company has almost moved all its plant away and the commission has decided to offer the space to the highest bidder. It is to be leased for a term of not less than ten nor more than twenty-five years. The tracks laid on the space are to be connected with the belt rallroad and all the hauling and switching is to be done by the State em- ployes. In moving the adoption of the resclution, Commissioner Herold said the needs of the port required extra facilities for hardling railroad freight and that the space proposed to be set aside was the | mostbdesirafblehnogr a\éaflable. The other | members of the board agreed wi and bids will be called l’of Linkeizn ‘The specifications for repiling and re- pairing Union-street wharf were adopted. Captain E. V. Rideout’s request for a berth for the steamer Alviso at Wash- ington-street wharf was referred to the —_—— “The Missouri Pacific Limited” The only route having through sleeping car service between San Francisco and St. Louls daily. Stop-overs allowed at Salt Lake City. For full information ask L. M. Fletcher, 212 California street. ol jon the trip between Oakland an !ing bracer on 1| Denison News | tain a “thirty-day’ or a “ten-day” notice | The bullet struck his saddle, but did not BARS 0 CLOGE ON THE BOATS No Liquors Will Be Sold on Ferry Boats After July 31. Southern ‘Pacific Railway Company Makes a Rad- ical Order. OAKLAND, July 3—The Southern Pa- cific Company has put its corporate foot down upon the saloon bars that for years have been permitted to operate upon the ferry-boats owned by that railway sys- tem. Before August 1 every bar on every ferry-boat or other steamer controlled by | the Southern Pacific Company in Califor- nia waters will be closed. The proprietors of the bars on the cross-bay ferry-boats, the Sacramento River boats, the Carquinez Straits trans- fer boat Solano and the Southern Cali- fornia ferries between Los Angeles and Catalina Island have been notified that they must get out of business before Au- gust 1. Some of the floating liquor dis- pensaries will be boarded up by July 10, as the contracts with the company in a number of instances only require ten days’ notice, and the company, through General Manager Julius Kruttschnitt, ! dated the summons July 1. ! This is a drastic move on the part of | the railroad company, for these saloons have been conducted on the bay ferry steamers ever since the system was opened. For nearly thirty years the trav- eling public that had a thirst to uegch an Francisco has had the means at hand. The commuter from dry Berkeley has cuitivated the habit of taking his morn- the ferry-boat and the thirsty ones from the neighboring burgs of Oakland and Alameda have contrib- uted largely to swell the profits of the dispensers of the joyful glass. Indeed, so important had this business become that when the Southern Pacific built its new Berkeley it made special reservation be- low decks for the accommodation of the commuters who take a drop on the cross- bay journey. Then the other ferry-boats were remodeled on the same lines. But the bay tourist will have to find a new source of supply. The company has not only flatly and firmly ordered the saloons out but it has officially declired that it will be the policy of the company in the future not to permit the selling of liquor on any ferry-boats controlled, or owned by the Scuthern Pacific Company. It is sald that depot saloons will also be abol- ished. From Francisco the responsibility for this or- der is placed upon President Charles M. Hays himself. During a recent trip across the bay on the Berkeley he discovered that a bar was conducted on that vessel. He immediately made inquiry and then declared that the saloons must go. The move is in line with Manager Krutt- schnitt’s abolition of liquor selling on the trains of the company. It was explained to-day that the ferry-boats operated by the company in the East are not equipped with bars, and that President Hays de- cided they could as well be dispensed with | at this end of the system. ! The decision to abolish the saloons means an estimated loss of revenue to the company of $50,000 a year. Most of the bars have paid under their contracts abcut $10 a day for the privilege. All of the ferry-hoats on the broad and narrow gauge routes between Oakland and San Francisco have bars, including the Oak- land harbor steamers. The river boats are also thus equipped. Manager Kruttschnitt said to-day that the train news agents would not be in-| terfered with at present, because the | Company, handling that | service, has a long-term contract with the company. All saloon contracts con- railroad headquarters in San to_terminate clause. William McCormick has owned the bar privileges on the Oakland boats for many | years. It is sald that he has amassed & fortune by selling cocktails and beer to | the weary travelers. He received a mno- tice vesterday that his contract would be canceled. H. P. Flannery, who also holds contracts, will have to retire from busi- ness. Manager Kruttschnitt, in speaking about the new order, said there were a number of reasons why the saloons should be done away with. One is that the Southern Pacific does not have to be in the liquor business, and another that the room occupied by the saloons is valuable space and should be used to afford more comfort to travelers. THREE OUTLAWS HOLD 0P A TRAN Continued From Page One. bound for Seattle, leaned out of a window and was shot in'the right arm, but not seriously injured. Conductor Smith notifled all passengers as fast as he could go through the train to keep out of sight, which they did by getting down in the middle of the cars. Dynamite was then applied to the ex- press car. ¥ A sheepherder riding about a quarter of a mile from where the express car was blown up was fired upon by the robbers. inflict any serious wound nor hinder his horse from making a wild dash for lib- erty. The sheepherder reported the rob- bery at Wagner about 3:35 p. m., and a posse of men from Malta, Mont., twelve miles , from the scene of -the robbery, and a posse of men from Glasgow, Mont., seventy miles east, were started within fifteen minutes by special train. A special train was also started from Havre with doctors to attend the wounded. On the arrival of No. 3 at Wagner, Sheriff Griffith organized a posse of ‘en men and started on the trail of the rob- bers. After the robbers blew up the ex- press car they gave the express messen- ger a revolver and started south for the Little Rockies. The reward is $5000 dead or alive, and it is said the robbers cannot possibly escape, such quick work was done in getting the hgsitl gun men in.the country on their trail. b A late report says the amount secured from the through safe was $50,000. The express company has offered a reward of for the arrest and conviction of the robbers. Licensed to Wed. OAKLAND, July 3.—The following mar- riage licenses were issued at the County Clerk's office to-day: Christian A. Ander- son of Alvarado, aged 34, to marry Bodel K. Petersen of Mount Xden, aged 25; Ulysses G. App of Berkeley, aged 23, to marry Stella Bishop of Berkeley, aged 25; Clarence Crapo_of Crockett, d 29, to marry Lulu L. Bradley of Crockett, aged 28; Albert J. Anderson of Oakland, aged 24, to marry Alma E. Lorson of Oakland, aged 25; Antonio Bisagno of Oakland, aged 32, to marry Anna Cordano of Oakland, aged 24; John Wharton of Oakland, aged . to_marry Jenty Wharton of Oakland, aged 20; Leo E. Darling of Dimond, aged 29, to marry Frances R. Barley of Dimond, aged 29; Charles A. Tibbits of Stewarts Point, aged 35, to marry Ollle Roberts of Guernevlile, aged 32. —_———— Camp Meeting to Close. OAKLAND, July’ 3.—The Pentecostal camp-meeting, which has been in progress at Beulah Park for several weeks, will close to-morrow with special exercises, beginning at 9 o'cleck a. m. with a testi- many meeting. The Rev. A. C. Bane will preach at 11 o'clock. R. 8. Marshel will conduct services at 2:30 o'clock and the closing session will begin at o’clock. ————————— Estate to Be Distributed. OAKLAND, July 3.—The estate of Mrs, Charlotte Sahlmann of Fruitvale, who be- queathed $7000 to relatives here and in the East, has been ordered distributed. The King's Daughters’ Home for Incurables will also receive $500 under the terms of the will. X ———— Dolly Tester, dowager of the scaj Marquis of Allesbury, was ml.rrll,e Te- cently to a Scotchman named Webster at Shanghai. CONGREGATION IS READY TO LAY CALVARY CHURCH'S CORNERSTONE Impressive Ceremonies Are to Mark Formal Beginning of House of Worship That Will Be Ore of the Finest Structures for Use of the Presbyterian Denomination Upon the Coast R ALVARY Presbyterian Church will lay the corner-stone of its new house of worship, on the northwest corner of Jackson and Fillmore streets, this afternoon at 2 o'clock. In the ceremonies, which will be impressive, the Revs. George C. Eld- ridge, D. D., of St. John's Presbyterian Church; W. K. Guthrie of the First Pres- byterian Church, and George C. Adams, D, D. of the First Congregational Church; M. C. Minton, D. D., the moder- ator of the General Assembly of the United States: Bishop J. W. Hamilton and Rev. Robert Mackenzie, D. D.. of the will take prom- First Presbyterian Church inent part. The addresses will be made by Bishop e 23 a2 e e e SOCIETY SNGER h STAGE STH Mrs. Scott McKeown Is Back From Her East- ern Tour. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, July 3. “Dorothy Studebaker, society vaudeville balladist,” as Mrs. Scott McKeown is known on the stage, returned from an Eastern engagement to-day in response to a telegram urgently requesting her presence at the bedside of her mother, who is critically ill at her home, 118 Twelfth street. The story of the McKeowns running through with the bride's $100,000 dowry in Los Angeles before the end of their honeymoon is still fresh in the public mind, as is the young wife's debut at the Orpheum last February, when want stared them in the face. In the brief interval since that time Dorothy Studebaker has become a recog- nized star in the vaudeville firmament and has a number of lucrative offers for the coming season. “My husband dosen't like the idea of my being on the stage,” sald the singer to-day, “but it pays—and we had to have the money. I went alone; he said he didn’t want to be ‘excess baggage.’ I've met lots of charming people and some not so nice; it's just like life elsewhere. The audiences have been awfully good to me and I've had nice press notices. I dread to look at them, however, because people tell the papers such ridiculous stories about me. “My work s very simple. I just go on and sing two or three ballads and then I'm at liberty. It isn't hard. “I used to_be stage-struck, but I'm not any more. But I doubt whether I'll ever leave the stage as long as I have my way. I shall probably go on in burlesque in New York next season.” Mrs. McKeown will return to the East as soon as her mother’s health permits. A Fat Deputyship. Politicians out of a job.are very much interested in the outcome® of an applica- tion made to the Treasury Department by Customs Collector Stratton for the ser- vices of an additional Deputy Collector in the Custom-house at this port to take charge of the Bureau of Navigation, now handled by Deputy Collector Newton S. ¥arley. The business of the port has in- creased 8o ra.gidly since the beginning of the war with Spain that there is too much work _even for a deputy and a_half, and an additional deputy for the Bureau of Navigation is imperatively demanded. The salary of the position is $3625 per year. The plum will be large enough, coupled with the permanency feature of the civil gervice, to attract a large num- ber of prominent politicians. Among the possible candidates mentioned are Wil- liam B. Hamilton, John P. Jackson Jr, Senator Jack Tyrrell and Alva Watt. —— e Companions Install. The new officers of Robin Hood Circle, Companions of the Forest of America, were Installed last night by Mrs. Emma A. Harrington, D. G. C. C., assisted by the honorary l:l!emberho]f IlX:r Nos Circle rand marshal. After the - ::::lng B‘d’rs‘ L. Puttkamer, the ret?x?lrneg cme{ companion, was presented an em- blematic %adge and a chatelaine pin in - recognition of her services. Then the retiring past chief, Mrs. 0. C. was presented a e of her rank in the order and a handsomely framed cer- tificate. - The officers of Lorely Circle of the same order were installed 1% Grand Sub-Chief Companion Mrs. H. 'orms, who, after the proclamation, was presented a basket of fine flowers by the circle. Important Corner Changes Owners The southwest corner of Ellis and Leav- enworth Streets, having a frontage of 56:6 feet on Ellis street and 56 feet on Leav- enworth and running through to Cohen lace with a frontage of 20 feet thereon, gu been sold throush the agency of the & Marsh_Comj for Mrs. L. M. L. Heinlken to John Wobecke for $50,- 000. On. th_'?hlot is a three-story frame buildl: e same brokers have pur- chased feet on the northwest line of Stevenson street, 310 feet northeast from J'Hhr-rs = Y, Xy i E3 NEW CALVARY PRESBYTE- RIAN CHURCH AS IT WILL APPEAR FINISHED. | | 1 } | kS - Fourth, from Mrs. ‘Anna M. Etigue and ! others for $15,000. They have also sold to | Willlam Bader for the estate of Rebececa | Carson_three flats on Minna street, be- tween Fourth and Fifth, with lot 24:4x30, | for $6500. ——————— Will Organize the Barbers. kersfield Barbers' Union, Local N was organized on Tuesday night at | Bakersfield by 1. Less, secretary of the lo- cal barbers’ organization. The oflmers; elected are as follows: President, H. C. | ‘Wagner; vice president, Frank A. Smith; treasurer, Henry Koch; recording secre- tary, Charles Gagne; trustees, W. W. Childs, Daniel Rosier and O. A. Riegle. Every barber shop in Bakersfield is em- braced in the union movement, and an | agreement was reached to close all shops at 7 o'clock, except on the evenings pre- ceding holidays and on Saturday nights. | During the coming week, Less will visit | Vallejo, Stockton, Fresno and Los An-| geles, with a view to organizing the barbers in those cities. All these organ- izations when formed will affitiate with | the State Federation of Labor. —————— Correction of Assessments. Only thirteen applications have been filed by property owners with the Board of Equalization in the last two days for correction of assessment. They are all for | small amounts except one flled by Alex 'W. Wilson, who petitions that the assess- | ment on a lot at the southwest corner of Turk and Taylor streets be reduced from $10,000 to $20,000, on the ground that the improvements consist of an old frame building remodeled. James R. Garnier aske that the assessment on_ his property on Pine street, between Hyde and Leav- enworth, be reduced from $12,940 to $3627. The Park Congregational Church and the Bethlehéem Congregational Church want the assessments on mortglues on their groperty, respectively on Hayes and on ermont streets, canceled, under the law exempting church property from taxation. ————— Thirty-Ninth District Club. At a meeting of the Central Republican Club of the Thirty-ninth District, held in Saratoga Hall last evening, the following officers were elected: President, D. H. Skillin; vice president, L. Vincent; treas- urer, A. Simon; secretary, H. H. Adams; assistant secretary, A.R.Gould; sergeant- at-arms, P. Goldstone, It was decided to hold meetings évery Wednesday evening during the campaign and to invite all Re- publicans in the district to join the club. ——— Battalion Chief to Use Automobile. The practicability of the automobile as a conveyance m carrying fire department officers to the scene of a fire will be put to a test to-day. Battalion Chief J. Wills, | whose headquarters have been established in the Mission for the Fourth, will use an automobile instead of a horse and buggy during the day. He has been practicini with a horseless carriage for several weeks and {s now an expert chauffeur. ——————— Boys Steal Giant Powder. Several days ago several boys broke into a shanty on Second street that was being used by a contractor to store glant pow- der in. The lals stole about 150 sticks of powder and hid them in anticipation of a reat time on the Fourth. The police gav_e been working on the case and are attempting to locate the stolen powder, as great damage might be«aused through its explosion in the city. ? Wanted in San Jose. Callle Lowe, a girl 20 years of age, was arrested yesterday on Ninth street by De- tective O’Dea and taken later to San Jose. She was a_domestic in the employ of Mrs. J. G. McKinley of C-mpbell‘.. Byn'ntl Bal ar Clara County, and |s aecused of stealing %elry and other articles of the value of C —————— ‘Wounded by Blank Cartridge. ‘Walter Newman, 15 years of age, resid- ing at 9 Enterprise street, was treated at the City and County Hospital yesterday for a painful laceration in the palm of his left hand. The wound caused by the explosion of a blank ldge- which he w‘:.: ltrylns to force-ifto a cheap toy pistol. LIBEL FOR DAMAGED CARGO.—The Ames Mercantile Company filed a libel yesterday in the United States District Court against the Kimball Steamship Company to recover $5527 12 all damages for failure to deliver a cargo at Nome and for to cargo in transit on the steamer J. S. Kimball in August, 1900. LAX IS ARRAIGNED.—Julius Lax, clerk in Schwartz’'s clothing _store, Kearny street, 407 arraigned in Conlgn's court yest. m'mmg.mm,“x.:._m& e 1s_accused ‘Which ‘W, Johnston, an ex- , gave him for safe- Kkeeping. The case was con! il July & T—————\—.{. Hamlilton and the Rev. Dr. M. C. Minto The laying of the corner-stone will be pe formed by the Rev. Dr. Hemphill. irtent clergymen of the various denomina- tions have been invited to be present and invitations have been accepted. A very good attendance is assured, as the Cai- vary Church congregation is large, and the structure will be one of the finest on the Pacific'Coast. Contests Uncle’'s Will. H. J. E. Vaupel filed a contest yester- day to the will of his late uncle, Herman E. Hempel. The contestant avers that the deceased was of unsound mind and was unduly infuenced to execute the will in question by his wife. Decedent’s es- tate is worth about $20,000. FAGE OF DEATH AT THE WINDOW Stare of Lifeless Eyes Transfixes a Po- liceman. Oakland Office San Franeisco Call, 1118 Broadway, July 3. _In the dim light of dawn this mornin Policeman Frank Lynch, while on his beat, saw a woman's form in a sitting posture at a window of the Newlands | House, northeast corner of Seventh and Washington streets. A peculiar stare about the face attracted the patrolman's attention, and he became possessed of an uncanny feeling. Again he gazed at the figure, and again he was moved to stop and scan still more | closely the form that had caught his pass- ing giance. He could not tell what impelled him to 80 over to the lodging-house and arouse the landlord. The policeman after gain- ing admission went to the room, and fail- ing to get a response to his repeated knocking, forced an entrance. His pre- monition that something was wrong was verified. He found the occupant of the chair at the window dead. Indeed, the gaze that had been so unexplainable to the blue-coated patrolman was the stare of death. The roomer was Mrs. Francis Gleason, an aged housekeeper, formerly employed at the Newlands House. Some time last evening she had seated herself, fully clad, in a chair, and while there death had summoned her so quietly that her body remained in a natural position. The Coroner took charge of the case. It is supposed that heart disease was the cause of death. Little is known about the woman. She had of late been manufac- turing a patent metal polish of her own invention. Roomers at the place said she had a husband and a son. but none was able to give a clew to their whereabouts. Oakland Transit Company Waits to File Its Mortgage Under the Revised Law. OAKLAND, July 3.—The Oakland Tran- sit Company filed its new mortgage with the County Recorder this afternoon. The face of the mortgage is $3,000,000, which represents the bonded indebtedness au- thorized to cover the entire syst in- cluding all of the old lines of the c% Transit Comra.ny and the San Pablo nue and Telegraph avenue lines, which dalayea Aing. thi n'tTa'::“th::h the lela; ing s mortg: a & bom{ls!ne was authorized several months ago, until after the 1st of July, when the new revenue law went into effect. The new revenue law does not require revenue stamps upon mortgages, and by until to-day the company saved 31500 in revenue stamps—quite a little item when ;hh would bave had to be raised by car ares. This mortgage will cover the balance upon the purchase price of the S8an Pablo and Telegraph avenue lines, which was $1,500,000, with $100,000 paid down. The balance, $1,400,000, will be issued to the public and’ sold 'to make improvements and reconstruct most of the old Hnes of the company. & Three new British battleships p for this year will cost $6.250,000 eac] ADVERTISEMENTS. 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