The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 3, 1901, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1901 CONTRACT FOR THE TIDAL CANAL IS HELD UP BY CHAIRMAN BURTON, AND ALAMEDA COUNTY IS GREATLY !Old_-Time Fight Over Constructio T0 HIEH SEHnoL | i Largest Enrollment in History of the De- partment. 1 piifisiosls [ eception Is Tendered to} Principal Pond by Di- | rector Gray. S TRERAR Aug. 2. begins the enroliment to-day ast year it was 535, e ever before reached before the Central was organized, when it was at the enrollment will | re by next week. in connection with the | at the High | vill not be graduated & they are ful es ABANDOMNED S TEAM DHoOVEL AND C AR S re has been a gen- | fon which entitled from the- High to enter B e was com- ired a somewhat ning with the class School this year no ated unless they are the State Univer- or in chemistry | ol, has resigned of instructor in o High School e of the State Un! ed one of the ris- he Oakland High tor Giles H. Gray gave & H. Pond, the new >aklend High School, at A number of ar residents of vited to meet Mr. Pond, lowing Judge Fred C. D. Isasce, Dr. Randolph, C. H D. Robertson, ymonde, S. P Burrill, C. L d, Miss Annie | . Miss Florence Orton, George D Mise Mabel Gray, | | F. H. Gray. | y Superintendent étrcular in which he law passed at Legislature which | | igning work to | | | nd grammar y at home. Robbed. [ hip fireman, was | on East street, fter 8 o'clock last | g Police Officer Marshall and the Harbor | According to Lowry's ttacked from behind, and ion his pockets aken from him | one found in e time of his —_— fireman as gainst Mar- AKLAND, Aug. 2 fight over the Aiam. nal is again on in full force. Campfire. | more Alameda County is being Woman's Relief rent in twain over this ditch. Business and commercial circles are being stirred to the very bottom, political in- terests are being ruptured, the telegraph wires are being worked night and day and 100,000 people are agitated over the re- vival of this old specter. programme of mu-| It was thought that the tidal canal e stereopticon views. | question had been settled through the ef- ker and Dickey, littie | forts of Congressman Victor H. Metcalf and Mr. Sulove. Then |at the last session of Congress. It had and the serving in the | been arranged that the canal should be be coffee as they | completed, money was appropriated for the work and even the contract was let and the successful bidder put machinery Convicted of Manslaughter. | on the ground. The bridges were all buiit T 2 as found guilty of | and all that remained to be done was to in Judge Law-|cut a few hundred feet of earth away and complete the canal. Suddenly it is announced that the con- S e o4 | tracts are all held up, and it is discov- Tored et put | ered that Theodore C. Burton, chairman , a visitor of | of the House Rivers and Harbors Com- tertainment and | ¥ hall of the Pioneer aid of its fund of the Civil War re was a good at- | who are ever ready for their enter- inate woman | mittee, is the man who caused them to 2 few days |pe held up. the jury Telegrams have been flying to Wash- ederal officials who live in Alameda County and who are interested in the affairs of Oakland har- bor. This is the telegram that was sent | by Congressman Victor H. Metcalf: In his sagreeing 1 eral atur- Tobacco Men Receive a Rebate. UNOL, July_19, 1901 n R ng sident of the Na-| To Hon Root, Secretary War: Ap. nal Cigar Leaf Tobacco Assoclation at | Proval of contractor's bond for dredzing the e % tidal canal hus been unnecessarily delaved Philade forwarded a letter to | The tiGal cenal is part of the Oaklard harbor project and is provided for by act of Congress, t there be no further de- VICTOR H. M ALF. Metcalf has always been I earnestly urge t lay, Congressman » refund with- gressional pr % orto Rican | WILL OBSERVE SOLEMN the island in FEAST OF ST. IGNATIUS the passage of the For- Fided i p 1, 19%. These claims “’"“’*Specin] Services and Music Next ollectors | Sunday in Honor of Patron Saint. The feast of St. Ignatius, founder of the Society of Jesus and patron of St. Igna- | tins Church, will be celebrated with great expense to the | hly en- given last night | solemnity next Sunday. There will be a 04d ¥ ive Sons | solemn high mass at 10:30 o'clock. Very f Verm ent was | Rev. J. P. Frieden will be the celebrant, gre a numbers | Rev. Father Bell deacon and Rev. Father i Song ter Allan Lar- | janary subdeacon. Rev. Father Calligan . ,"I;:,S, ’1"2‘4!‘ B;‘"rt ‘a‘fi; will be master of ceremonies and Rev. Father Smith of the Paulists will deliver the sermon. In tke evening at 7:30 Miss May Rob- v and J. Foster there will be ree entitled A | golemn vespers. A sermon will be delivered by Rev. Father McDonald, pastor of St. RS ER O T | Charles’ Church. Solenn benediction will i T i issi llow the sermon. Very Rev. . o Paulist Fathers to Give Misston. | N0y il be eelebrant o1 vespers and : Smith and Wyman’of the Paul- benediction; Father Sardi Butler will assist. | “The music programme will be as fol- lows: | Morning service. 10:30. "o'clock — “Kyrle, " “Glorla” and ““Credo” (Cerrutl); motet, ‘-Veni Duleis Jesu (Cagliero); “‘Sanctus’” and *“Ag- and Father s will hold a two weeks' jubilee Mission Dolores Church, cor- T-past 16 services have been designed particularly r women, and those of the week foliow- | nus Dei” (Fauconnier). ng for men v priviieges can be| Evening service—Vespers (Gregorian); “Mag- gained by those who att the meetings | nificat” (Cagliero); motet, *O Quam Suavi for one week consecutive % (Cagliero): ‘‘Tantum Ergo" (Rossini): organ —_————— solos—Prelude (Rachmaninoff); “‘Marche So- 4 lennelle”’ (Lemaigre): ‘‘Bntrata” (F. Capocei), Haven't u seen women who remind | (a) “‘Meditation,’” (b) ““Toccata” (E. D'Eviy); you of disguised men? | “Largo” (Handel); "Postlude” (Wagner). Dr. very decided in his opinions and actions in regard to the Alameda tidal canal. He has been for the completion of the work and has been the most earnest advocate of the building of the canal and this is what he said to-day in regarad to it: If any member of the Oakland committee protested against the completion of the tidal canal it was an act of the grossest treachery. It was wholly unauthorized and not in accord- ance with, the general understanding nor the wish of the community. There was a specific agreement on this point between the public bodies of Oakland and Alameda. and any at- tempt to cut the completion of the tidal eanal out of the plans for improvement of the har- bor is an underhanded piece of business. A general agreement in regard to the improve ment of the harbor was reached some time #go and was sanctioned by special resslution of the City Council of Oakland and the com- mercial bodies of both Alameda and Oakland, Pursuant to that agreement, the first expendi- ture of the appropriation went to deepen the channel to a minimum depth of twenty feet. The remainder was to go toward the comple- tion of the canal. Acting under the dfrection of the public bodies of both cities, Senator Perkins and myself have used our utmost en- deavors to have the contracts let and the work proceeded with without further delay. This agreement should be carried out in good faith and the rights of the. people of Alameda respected to the letter. Any representation to the contrary is individual and treacherous, The people’ of Alameda have cordially co- operated in the effort to secure the appropriss tions needed to improve the harbor, contributed liberally toward the expense of receiving the committee and cheerfully aided in the labor for the common godd of both citiek. It Is un- just tkat any one in Oakland should now at. temst to have the work on the canal Stopped in the face of an engagement to which Sena- tor Perkins and myself have been committed by the authorized and representative bodies of both cities. The tidal canal has always been a sore subject of political discussion in Oakland. It has caused more trouble than anything else that was ever proposed in the way of Government improvements. When the original plan for the improvement of Maurice O'Connell will preside at the organ. Father A. Cottelli, §. J., will direct the chofr. —— Divorce Suits Filed. Suits for divorce have been filed by Priscilla Pearce against Frederick Pearce for failure to provide, Raymond L. Drake ::dgs!nst Anna A. Drake for desertion, s. P. Vanderlip against W. Vanderflip or cruelty and Ideline K. O'Neill againet William J. O'Nefll for desertion. —_—— Students Begin to Arrive. BERKELEY, Aug. 2—Students have already commenced to arrive in this city, although the opening of the university js yet two weeks away. A large number came in on the different trains to-day and the local expressmen were kept busy with the baggage. The crowds on the streets have noticeably increased and in familiar groupe old students gathered on the campus to-day to renew acquaintances. Many of the new arrivals are freshmen coming for an early start upon their new career. —_——— Sending in Subscriptions. ALAMEDA, Aug., 2—Subscriptions to the library lot enlargement fund are com- ing in as a result of the postal card so- licitations sent out to patrons. The total amount pledged to date is $100, with many more people to hear from. —— s Musical critics should be sound judges. NE\w BRIDGE AcCROSS TIDAL Oakland harbor was begun it was de- cided that a tidal canal should be built connecting’ San Leandro Bay with Oak- land harbor, upon the theory that the rush of tidal waters from San Leandro Bay through Oakland harbor would al- ways keep that harbor scoured out and clear. As much ae twenty years ago this plan was opposed by the Oakland Water Front Company, which was simply the Southern Pacific Company” under another name, because that corporation wanted all the money that was spent on Oakland harbor to be spent upon that part of the harbor that was held and controlled by the Oakland Water Front Company. How the Battle Waged. Of late years this fight has been re- newed in the most determined manner anu it has cut into politics in many ways. The Adams estate controls a system of docks east of the Huarrison-street bridge. The Adams estate has always opposed the completion of the tidal canal becstise it would diminish the value of its prop- erty and because it wanted the money that was being used by the Federal Gov- ernment for the improvement of Oal- land harbor spent in front of its prop- erty. Then came the decision of the Supreme Court which gave to the city and to pri- vate claimants all of the water front Jand_in East Oakland. It became evident to the Oakland Water Front Company, which only controlled the water front of Oakland_city proper under the decision of the Supreme Court, that the comple- tion of the tidal canal meant the develop- ment of the East Oakland portion of the harbor, which it no loneer cantrolled. On top of this came the interests of the city of Alameda. Thinking that the tidal_canal was to be completed the city . of Alameda provided for a sewer system and partly constructed it, so that the completion of the tidal canal is espoused by the people of Alameda for sanitary as well as commercial reasons. The tidal canal became a factor in the ELKS PLAN Bl JOLLIFICATION Three Days’ Outing of the Order to Be Held at Capitola. —— Oakland Office 8an Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 2. The California jurisdiction of the Elks will be the guests of Oakland Lodge No. 171 at a three days’ reunion, beginning September 6, at Capitola. The local branch of the order is making elaborate prepara- tions for the event, which will include a programme of special features for each day and evening during the carnival. Boating. and swimming contests will be provided, and drives over the beach and country roads are being mapped out. One excursion will be to the Big Trees, to be by Judge 3 BRIDSE AcEOoDS TIDAL CAMNAL AT | PARK ST PRESENT APPEARANCE OF THE TIDAL CANAL, WITH ITS TEM- PORARILY USELESS BRIDGES. NEwWLY BUILT BRIDGES ACROSS ZANAL AT FruiTvaL e AVENUE.. - last Republican Congressional fight. Con- gressman Victor H. Metcalf espoused the cause of the tidal canal and Henry P. Dalton was against it. This caused the Adams heirs, who had always been bit- terly opposed to Dalton, to side with him as against Metcalf and politics and Oak- land club life were given a severe wrench thereby. Metcalf won and the tidal canal progréssed so far that the contract for its completion was let, approved in San Fran- cisco, the bridges were built and the con- tractors got their machinery on. the ground. Then it was giscovered that the Adams heirs and those opposed to the tidal canal had stolen a march on the tidal canal peo- ple. They had secured possession of Chairman Burton of the House Rivers and Harbors “ommittee, and he had held up the contract in Washington. He vis- ited Oakland harbor with the general committee some months ago, and went back East without saying a word and held up the Oakland "harbor contracts upon the ground that the canal is unneces- sary. Now there is consternation all around. Considerable Work Already Done. Along the line of the completed canal between Oaklahd and Alameda there is all kinds of evidence of money gone to waste. Three costly bridges have been bullt, two of which are across dry land and ' the third across an uncompleted canal. A ditch has been cut half-way across the peninsula that connects Ala- meda and East Oakland. A right of way for the canal has been secured and con- tracts aggregating about $1,000,000 have been completed. The people are confront- ed with a question of spending more money to repair and undo the work that has been done than it would cost to com- plete the canal. The first shovelful of earth moved for the’ canal was turned in 1888. The first contract was for $600,000, calling for the removal of earth from an area 400 feet wide and 1000 feet in length. ' The cut ex- followed by a dinner at Capitola on re- turning. On ’ge night of the 7th there will be a grand ball in the pavilion. The festivities will close with a high jinks Monday night, but arrangements have been made for a special train Monday morning to permit tgose ‘who wish to attend the Native Sons celebration of Admission day at San Jose e Sommittee of local Elks in charge of the arrangements for the reunion com- rises the following named: W. H. J. atthews, D. J. Hallahan, G. R. Lukens, A. W. Baker, J. W. Matthews, Guy Smith, J. A. Colgrove and iheo Gier. Communications received from the lodges scattered over the State assure the committee that its resources will be taxed to provide for the delegations which will attend. ———— Oakland Divorce Record. OAKLAND, Aug. 2—The absence of Mrs. Mary Leveira_from court to-day when her suit for $1500 attorneys’ fees, $500 costs and a month_ alimony against Jose Leveira was called elicited the warning from Judge Greene that the plaintiff would do well to appear week if she expeots to keep the case on the calendar. The Leveiras are the aged San Leandro couple whose married life was wrecked after almost half a century by quarrels, which led to a separation. Leveira has property estimated at $25,000 in_value. Both the suit and cross-suit of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph August were denied to-day Ellsworth. The husband next | tended from the edge of the estuary 1000 feet across the peninsula. In the course of the work the dredging machinery was submerged by the over- flowing of Sausal Creek, and the water had to be pumped out at great cost. When the work was finished the cut rapidly filled with seepage water, which soon be- came stagnant anq bred disease. After a struggle on the part of the health authorities of Alameda the War Depart- ment was persuaded to connect the tidal canal and the ¢stuary by dredging out the strip of land that separated them, the object being to allow the tides to enter the canal. The first cut was too small for any practical use, and subsequently was enlarged to the full width of the canal at an expense of $§100,000. The canal and Brooklyn Basin, into which it empties, have become filled with | mud to such an extent now that they are navigable only at high tide. This is due to the sewage from Oakland and Alameda which empties into the estuary. The in- flowing tides carry the sewage into the canal, but are not strong enough to carry it out again, allowing it to settle to the bottom. It is the theory of the Govern- ment engineers that the weight of water from San Leandro Bay, rushing through the canal, will carry the sewage into the bay The sewage matter is a menace to the health of the city. First Bridge Across the Canal. The first bridge across the canal was built at Park street shortly after work was finished on this section. It cost in the neighborhood of ,000, and is one of the biggest drawbridges in' the State. It has never been turned since it was built and probably will have to be rebuilt be- fore it will turn, so rusted are the bear- ings. Two bridges have been bullt within the last year, one at Fruitvale avenue and the other at High street. The Fruitvale-ave- nue bridge is a combination wagbn and railroad bridge and cost $55,000, to which must be added $40,000 paid to the Southemn Pacific Company for the land occupied by .it. It was built in anticipation of the com:pletion of the canal and the contrac- tors were compelled to dredge out a place for the plers and foundations. This hole is now filled with stagnant water, refuse anG dead animals, which adds to the peril of those living in the vicinity. The High- street bridge is that cost the Government $100,000. It is not surrounded by stagnant water, as it/ is reached by the tides. Another costly improvement is that by which the waters from Sausal Creek have been diverted from running into the canal. At a cost of $50,000 this creek was turned from its course and now empties into San Leandro Bay. The contract which Chairman Burton is trying to hold up calls for the removal of 1,370,000 cubic yards of earth at a cost of 19.74 cents per cubic yard. the total con tract covering about $230,000, let to the At- lantic, Gulf and Pacific Company. Now the whole question seems likely to | be reopened and the tidal canal will not down in the commercial and political life of Alameda County. L e RN B i i e o o T aa aaaT) charged desertion and the wife filed a counter complaint on statutory grounds. Judge Hall to-day released Charles Kohl from the judgment of $15 monthly alimony recently obtained by his divorced wife, Florence. Boy Runaways Arrested. ALAMEDA, Aug. 2—Two runaway boys applied at the Bay View House this morning for something to eat. The owner notified the police and they were taken to the City Prison, where they gave the names of A. N. Daly of Coos Bay, Ore., and Lorenzo Edgar of San Francisco. aged 17 and 14 vears respectively. - They said they had been on the road for six months. The police will send them home. —_———— Graham-Mackey Wedding. BERKELEY, Aug. 2.—Miss Elizabeth Mackey, daughter of the late Hugh Mezckey of San Franeisco, and John Graham, a contractor of that city, were married yesterday at the home of Rev. Dr. E. Graham, 2606 Dwight way. Dr. Graham, who is an uncle of the groom, performed the ceremony. The newly married couple will reside in San Francisco. —_—— Officer Kills a Desperado. PHOENIX, A. T, Aug. 2.—At Gleeson Sunday Deputy Sheriff Moore shot and killed John Kohn, a well-known desper- ado. Kohn was trying to effect the re- lease of Andrew Garrett, who was under arrest and in Moore's charge. B a substantial structure | WROUGHT UP OVER IT n of the Improvement Is Renewed After the Work Has Been Authorized by Congress and a Large Portion of the Ditch Dug and Bridged at Great Expense—Congressman Metcalf Is Indignant BANOMS WL HGHT BOVEOTT Well Known Rotisserie Asks Court to En- join Unions. | —— | Would Have Cooks and | Waiters Compelled to ; Raise Embargo. Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway. Aug. 2. The proprietors of Barnum'’s restaurant, the old-time resort of Oakland gourmets on lower Broadway, have thrown down the gage of battle to the Cooks' and Wait- ers’ Unifon by suing for a writ of injunc- tion restraining the unién from carrying on the boycott now in force against the eating-house. « | Antone Pagge, the surviving member of the firm of Laverel & Pagge. which for | many years conducted the restaurant, is Qlamlifl' in the suit, and the Alameda | Sounty TLabor Council, the Cooks’ and Walters” Alliance and the Bartenders® League are named as defe ndants, Attorney J. J. McDonald, acting for the plaintiff. presented the complaint to Judgs Greene late this afternoon and asked that a t;r;nnorary Writ of injunction be issued Pending the trial of the case. Judge Greene took the matter under advisement until to-morrow morning. The complaint, after citing the facts de- fining the identity of the parties to the | action, alleges: That in order and with the purpose to to the control of said defendant a combina- tion and conspiracy was entered into between the sald defendants to injure, coerce and in- timidate plaintiff into combliance. with the rules and regulations of said associations and the subjection of his business to the control of | said defendants is then stated that threatened to cause the the patronage of County who were | unless he s the defendants plaintiff to lose all laborers in Alameda members of any unfon ned the union agreement, which is quotad in full. The institution of the boycott s then referred to: Plaintiff alleges that in the furtherance of said unlawful combination and in order to de- prive the plaintiff of the services of his serv- ants and the patronage of those who were ac- | customed to @ h caused certain men to be | the said place of business | march up and down in fro call forth in loud and thr public who were passing the said place @F business of plaintiff not to patronize plaintiff or trade with him in any manner; that plaintiff | was unfair and kept an unfair house. | Further articles quote the language psed by the pickets in dissuading patrons rom said defendants eted in front of of plaintiff, and to of the same and to tening tones to the entering the house and deseribe the transparencies which were carried about the ty bearing irseriptions with a The complaint continues: fendants did in the furtherance send emissaries to the var- and similar int throughout the ¥ of Alameda and caused such organizations to pass rules forbidding any of their members to patronize said plaintif under penalty of a fine or expulsion from the order to which the members belonged. That the good will of said restaurant is a part of the ts of said partnership and is of great value. The plaintiff says that this part of his property is being destroved. and estimates the damage already suffered at $2500, but points out that the defendants cannot be made to pay damages should judgment be rendered against them. as they are “financially irresponsible.” It is further stated that no dispute exists between the restaurant and its employes relative to or_wages. intiff further alleges that none of his employes desire defendants to attempt to help them. but all desire defendants to let plaintiff and his emplo: transaet their busiress in their own w | | On the ground of all of which charges | the plaintiff asks the court for an order perpetually enjoining the defendants from committing any of the injuries com- | plained of. Th« action is based on the re- | cent decision of Judge Sloss in San Fran- | cisco. | WILL TAKE CHARGE | OF GERMAN STUDIES BERKELEY, Aug. 2—Dr. Hugo Carl Schilling, recently appointed head of the German department of the University of California, arrived in this city to-day from the East. He will take up his work at the university at the beginning of the coming term. Dr. Schilllng comes to Berkeley from Harvard University, where he has held | an assistant professorship since 1891. He was born in Germany and was educated there, but he has studied in England, France and this country. He is known as an able scholar and a man of unusual administrative ability. —_————— Trade Stagnation in Russia. LONDON, Aug. 3.—"“As evidence of the ruinous stagnation of trade in Southern Russia,”” says a dispatch to the Standard from Odessa, “ a Government factory in- spector asserts that 70 per cent of all the industrial works of the great manufactur- | ing plants of Ekaterinostav have sus- | pended, and in order to relieve distress | and to’ prevent disturbance 40,000 artisans have been deported to their homes in the | interfor at the expense of the Govern- ment. Conditions in the industrial centers of Russia are simila: st F SRR Gives Up a Decoration. LONDON, Aug. 2—There is a curfous announcement in to-night's Gazette to the effect that King Edward has accepted the resignation of Major Karrl Davies of the Companionship of the Bath, “that officer | having expressed the wish that he might | be permitted to serve his Majesty without any reward,” Major Davies received the decoration for conspicuous services in South Africa, especially in connection with the relief of Mafeking. Such retrocession of a decoration is unprecedented. Arrest of Anarchists. PARIS, Aug. 3.—According to the Rome correspondent of the Figaro, who alludes | to the recent arrest of Amiel Galliotti, the anarchist, in Switzerland, Quintivallo and | Lanni of the Paterson_anarchist group, | who recently arrived from _the United | States, have also been arrested in Geneva. | The correspondent repeats the rumor that Galliott! is' an accomplice of Bresel, who killed King Humbert. and came to Europe with a mission to kill Emperor Nicholas. Faithful Mexican Hanged. SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. Juan Rocha was hanged in the County Jail to- day for the murder of John Grimsinger | about a year ago. Rocha was an aj Mexican servant of the Grimsinger family. and was_deeply devoted to Mrs. Grim- singer. She lived unhappily with her hus- band and she induced the old Mexican to kill him while he slept. Mrs. Grimsinger is serving a life sentence for the crime. Fred Jevne Badly Hurt. DENVER, Colo., Aug. 3.—At midnight Fred Jevne, an old-time baliplayer and umpire, who has been umpiring the West- ern League games here this week, fell from a third-story window of the Vietor Hotel and was probably fatally injured. —-—— Hans Luding Forshell. STOCKHOLM, Aug. 2—Hans Luding Forshell, formerly Swedish Minister of Finance. died last night at San Bernar- dino, Switzeriand. He contributed largely to the introduction of gold into the cur- rency of Sweden. Preparing for Waldersee’s Return. BERLIN, Aug. 2—The Senate of Brem- en has voted (o confer the freedom of the city upon Count von Waldersee on his re- | turn from China.