The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 25, 1902, Page 29

s 444444500 RS P OO PP PP T TOT ) [ daasasaasa st s e b | | | | Pages 01040 Pages 2010 40 Call, QHEHEEE2 P01 2000000000000 0000 SAN FRANCISCO, SUN AY, MAY 25, 1902 ENGINEER LOTT D. NORTON ADMITS TO COMMISSIONERS ALTERED SPECIFICATIONS HE Confesses He Comit- ted Serious Error. Asserts That Changes Yielded No One Benefit. CHIEF Encineer NomTorm Tyxbrams V3L oF EXPAnDED TETAL Sowa ISEDYIN “weoomEN CORINDERS -~ appointee of spons the State Commirsion- the humiliating con- t the meeting of the e had changed the mn: wharf construc- rged by The Call, but asserted because the character vas improved thereby and nected with the work had benefited. as ch t he had dc he e_report. which of the board little in- the cost of the changes without the slightest au- was directed to preparé that he had after denying jous occasion, was an he expose by The Call ods of doing business on by the State officials was t barren of results. Nor- nge no more specifi- e of his own volition, ing that the au- was vested absolutely in constituted body. ar a legal There were present at the meeting yes- terday President Kilburn, Commissioners Kilpatrick and Mackenzie, Secretary English and Engineer Norton. After the 2 of routine business the chair- lled for the reading of Norton's report. The report was couched following language: the Board of State Har % —Gentlemen: 1 _have th honor to submit the following report in rela- tion to the construction of the cylinder pler wharves Nos. 19 former ones have nder construction now under way bullt as_per ms_adopted by the board, of a few = i y: the length of plles nd, when the. work of con- menced, to be too short: ch a foundation that would load the wharf wes required to longer piles were eubstituted fe 2nd proper foundation. in the wharves so far middle portion of pier No. 21 it was e cylinders as called for in the plans uld not be driven without a deduction for the amount the contract price.y t was found that the length called for was too short, and vlinder a it was necessary to lengthen them to make them ayallable < The ‘#pecifications called for filling the ylinders within wo feet of the top e conerete. sacked pumped out before T found the method concrete did not fill the volds between the piles and sacks caused seams the concrete which in miy judgment is unsat- ctory and unsafe construction. Therefore, this method was improved on by putting forty 1o Aifty paretally fil bottom of the cyl from mixing wi nders to shut off the mud h concrete, then a trim mer was placed in the cylinder and the co rete deposited in the bottom of the cylinde through the trimmer, thergby doing away with the sacks except the number placed in bottom to shut out the mud The specificatior expended metal c3 w the top of the cylinder extending down. In placing the lower portion of expanded metal af eylinders were pumped out twenty-two feet) it was found In many, cases (owing to the frregular driving of the piles in the cylin- ders) that there was not room to expanded metal cylinder and then have suffi- cient space left to tamp the concrete. The workmen in- an effort to get the concrete in place would jam the limber metal in a way that cpused voids and unfilled spaces dn the call for eighteen feet of concrete which resulted in & class of comorete | nat Ges | tain changes in the ‘het Gestroyed the value of the cylinder pier. This, in my judgment,. was too important to be allowed to continue’ In cases of this kind, the lower metal cylinders were omitted. From extreme low tide tp the top of the cylinder Dlers the expanded metal has been- put in, This portion of the cylinder being exposed to the bumping and chafing of drift logs and the portion that would derive benefit by the reinforcing of the expanded metal. The unused expanded metal is the property of the State: the contractor would not be bene- fited by the portion that was bot used. In piere Nos. 19 and 21, in the interior portion of the wharves, the water was shallow, and o obtain a depth of two feet below the mud line did mot require but a depth of eighteen 1o twenty-two feet in the cyiinder, and in these enough sacked concrete was used to prevent the mud from mixing With the concrefe, and the cylinders were pumped dry and filled with eoncrete as per plans and specifications. The authority for the increasing asd dimin- filled with concrete from | inder placed two feet be- | place the | | ER LOTT D.| | | in the | | or diminish the work described in these speci- At this place they, were | ed sacks of concrete in the | the | As the expense of using the trimmer is equal tb the cost of the concrete in sacks there was no saving by the mtractor in making this betterment. | was held when a former engineer mace | | report showing in detail the difference in | expense, saving, etc., consequent upon the Jonn Mackenzie 3 ’; | / Famr f i KILsoe. | - * | MEMBERS OF THE HARBOR ; COMMISSION AND THE CHIEF ENGINEER. slawe: ¢ | “All work must be done under the supe vision and to the satisfaction o neer of the boar putes With regara 1o the Imteut and interpre uon of these specifications, and the estimates and measurements of materiais and work, shail be referred to wm and s decision thereun shall be tnal *“The board shall have the right to increase fications, and in such case an allowance or | deduction will be made which wul bear the ame proportion to the total contract which the work added or dinumisned snall bear to the whole work, the said auowance or deduc- ton 1o be fixed by the chief.engineer of the board. | “Should any ‘question arise as to the conduct | of the work ur.the intent or interpretation of these specincations or should furtner expiana- tion or detalls be required, the contractor must apply to the sald enginéer, allowing him a reasonable time to make the decision or fur- nish the required information or uirections and shall abide by and comply with the same.” Also by precedents set Ly your former engi- neer. Being a representative of the board in these matters, I supposed I was empowered to act, Respectfully submytted, LOTT D. NORTON, Chiet Engineer. Commissioner Kirkpatrick remarked af- ter the reading that the report did not give the Nnancial data demanaed by the resolution of the board. In otner woras, it did not give the Commissioners the 1n- formation us to the values of the changes made in the specifications. He aja not doubt some of the changes weresn the nature of improvements, but what he wanted to know was the savings, cost and et ceteras concerning the changes. “If any one has been benefited by tnese changes the board ought to know,” was Kirkpatrick’s summing up. “It is clear from tne report that the specifications were changed as charged,” remarked Kilburn, “The question 1s us 1o the authority of the engineer in order- ng changes made without the sanction f the board.” Attorney Budd, on being appealed to for his cpinion, said it was a matter of record that no specifications could be changed without the consent of the board. This | unauthorized changes. The engineer was the ubsolute judge as to the necessity for making changes, but the board was the absolute judge when it became necessary to order them. Kirkpatrick expressed the view that the board ought to have further data con- cerning’ the changes. He therefore de- manded that Norton file a suppiemental changes made by Norton's order. Engineer Norton took the stand in his own behalf. He sald he had ordered cer- specifications, but that he did so in order to improve the character of the work, which was suffer- ing by reason of faulty specifications. “I now know that I was wrong in do- ng =o without consulting this board,” he admitted blandly. “I have given orders that the work must proceed in future ag- cording to the specifications, no matter what the results may be.” “You shnuld‘knot have ordered ‘any changes witho notifying this board of your intention to do so,” remarked Kil- burn. Norton went on to say that he was ig- norant of the responsibilities of his act until The Call reminded him of the inter- pretation that might attach to his unau- thorized . procedure. = He believed . the changes made were of benefit to the State and certainly no ' one CHIEF ENGINEER Estres ALTER; Jchlr:ca-rxon,;'-‘- reaped any financial . benefit thefe- from. Where the piles . were short- ened, the contractor was required to make suitable allowance, and where piles of greater length than was called for by the specifications used the con- tractor was to be @llowed the excess of cost over the nrice allowed in his bid. Taking one with another, the cost-of the work was not increased by the changes, but on _the contrary a saving to the State was effected, not to speak of the gim- provement in the character of the work. “I felt that my reputation was at stake, and that the changes were an absolute | necessity,” went on Norton. *“As I have pointed out, the work was unsatisfactory and T deemed it to be my duty as engin- eer te improve it if I could. In order to prevent improper work from being done I ordered certain changes in the speclfi- cations. 1 now admit I was wrong in doing so, and I assure you that it shall not happen again.” With the filing by Norton next Wed- nesday of his supplemental report giving the data demanded by Kirkpatrick the in- quiry by the board will probably end. Both Kilburn and Kirkpatrick said after the meeting that they ascribed no ulterior | motives to Norton in making the changes | pointed out by The Call, but that he had | tne toilowing clauses in the specincations whicn | simply erred in fafling to notify the board. Nevertheless, the cost and saving effected by the changes would be rigidly scrutinized, and if it were found that any one profited by the changes summary ac- tion would be taken by the board. The Commissioners will meet again next Wed- nesday mornine. The Erie Railroad. Beginning on June 15 next will inaugurate a new limjted train service between Chicago, New York and Boston, lcaving Chicago at 10:30 ery morning and arriving in New York at 30 the next afternoon, with a Boston sleeper reacking there the second evening. Travelers going Fast will find in this train everything that comfort and luxury can suggest or de- mand—Puliman drawing-room sleeping cars of the latest type: unequaled dining-car service with meals at pobular priges; fast time over a track made perfect with rbck ballast and made #{c by the operation of the block signal and intericcking system, If you have not seen the beautiful valleys of the Susquehanna and Delaware rivers tra- versed by the Erie you have missed one of the most delightful sections of the East. Be surc that your :ickets read via the Erie Railroad. . e Singer Alfieri Discharged. The case of Frank Alfieri, charged with obtaining money by false pretenses by passing a worthless check for $60 upon William Rice, saloon-keeper, 6 Market street, was dismissed by Judge Cabaniss yesterday. Detective ~Bell, who - had charge of the case, announced that we had been unable to’ procure the attand. ance of two material witnesses from Fresno. Alfieri was a member of the Grau Opera Company, and has for weeks while confined in"’the City Prison. charmed the officlals and prisoners ‘with his singin, —————— Friends’ Supreme Lodge. The annual session of the Supreme Lecdge of the Friends of the Forest will be held in Red Men’s Hall In this city, commencing on Tuesday, June 3. Tt will be in session for three days. The several committees are busy arranging for tho event. The reports to be presented will show that the order made progress during the year, having added two new lodges-- Magnolia and Oak Leaf. —_—— Something New Is always hdppening in a poker game— two duces take the pot, etc. We have all the latest novelties in playing cards, poker chips, counters, dice and the cheap- est line of pretty tally cards and in the city. Banborn, Vail & Co., 741%\‘2:?”— < . ket street. ————— Burglars at Irish Fair. The police were notified yesterday that burglars had broken into the Mechanics’ Pavilion Wednesday night or early Thurs- morning and stolen five characfer wigs from the Irish museum. e wigs were valued at $40. The burglary was reported by J. C. O'Donnell, 2740 Folsom street. Looking at the Moon. 1f you have not seen the moon close to, take a chance at it some Saturday night by climb- ing Mt. Hamilton and seeins -old Copernicus and Keppler through the big glass of the Lick Observatory. Hotel Vendome. at San Jose, is the headquarters for Lick Observatory tourists.* ALBRIGHT TELLS OF TRAGEDY Recites Thrilling Tale of Collision on the Bay. i Describes Johnson’s EndinNight's Dark- - ened Waters. Launch Scout Struck -and Broken Into Kindiing. Albert Albright, a grocer's clerk, who | All Delegates Must Be Elected by People. Letter Carriers’ Pay ~Causes Slight Scare. —_— ELEGATES to the Republican State Convention will assem- ble at Sacramento on Monday, August 25, at 2 p. m. The call adopted by the Repubii- can State Committee at Golden Gate Hall yesterday provides that almost lost his life when Walter Johnson was drowned, told a graphic story to the | Coroner’s jury yesterday morning | which he described the most thrilling | episode of his experience. 31 He was taking a walk, he said, along | the seawall on the evening of May G| when he saw a naphtha launch, th2 Scout, at a landing place about to start for a vessel In the stream. Walter Johnson, a nineteen-year-old boy, was engineer, and the other occupant was captain of the British bark Socotra, which was then lying in the stream. Albright | asked them to give him a ride andsthey delegates shall be chosen oy primary election. The scheme of the bosses to pack the convention with appointed dei- egates received its quietus. The right of Republican voters to a voice in the management of party affairs is recog- nized by the governing body of the party. It is practically settled, moreover, that the Republican citizens who are now waging a battle for clean government and honest administration of State af- fairs will organize the convention by electing as chairman the Hon. Jacob H Neff of Placef. The despondent and de- consented. When the launch was within one hundred yards of the ship the en- | gine broke down and in response to their signals of distress a boat put out from | the Socotra and took off the captain and | his luggage. Johnson and Albright | begged the captain to help them on; board or send a boat to land them ashore, | the launch belng unmanageable, but the captain heartlessly refused. Finally they ' hauled up the anchor and paddled toward the wharves, but they made but little headway and were obliged to let go the anchor again. Albright warned Johnson | that the launch was lying directly in the | track of the Sausalito ferry-boat, but | Johnson Insisted that he was mistaken and refused to hoist the anchor. Shortly afterward Albright saw the lights of the steamer Tamalpais bearing- down upon them and he tried to attract attention by | burning a newspaper, but the wind blew out his matches, and there being no lights on the launch, the steamer struck , | the frall craft upsetting it and throwing | it _aside. Albright had not had time to take off his coat or shoes and sank se eral feet below the surface of the wave Being a good swimmer he rose again and caught hold of the bottom of the launch. At that moment the paddle wheel of the Tamalpais struck the launch and broke it into a thousand pieces. Johnson was harging on near the engine at the time and must have been struck by the wheel, | for Albright never saw him again. Al- bright held on to a floating piece of wood until rescued by a boat that had put out from the steamer. th!ne jury rendered a verdict of acci- ent. In the case 'n, who'was. fi de; at —on ay 22 with in his left f Suicldé was rendered. | Brown had raised his unmdershirt and i glnced thé muzzle of the reyolver against | his naked bre: : e e — EMPLOYING PRINTERS HOLD A FAMILY PICNIC | Theiz Third Annual Outing at Mira- bel Park Is Largely At- | tended. | Two trains were necessary to convey the families and friends of the Employing Printers’ Association to Mirabel Park,’ Scuoma County, vesterday, It was the | anrual picnic of the organization, and, {like previous outings, was marked by an | orderly attendance. All those who at- | tended enjoyed themselves. Nothing hap- sened to mar the day. Games were omit- ted this year, and the picnickers devoted g'and strolling over | {heir leisure to dancin; | the beautiful grounds. | The reception committee was composed | of representatives of the following firms: | _ Dempster Bros., Frank Eastman & 'Co., | Gearse b Granam, 3 C. Hartle, Horwinski Bros, E. C. Hughes, W. E. Heinicke, John Kitchen Jr., J. R. Lafontaine; M. V. Lacaze, | W. E. Loy, L. Lacaze, Mutual Label and | Lithograph 'Company, Martin & Martin, R. Munk, Meyer Printing Company, Frank Mal- loye, C. Marzo “0., C. W. Nevin & Co., R. R. Patterson, Payne Art_ an pany, W. R. Phillips, Foundry, T. K. Phillips, J. W. Roberts, Reed & Goodman, Stuetzel & . J. Shattuck & Co., Joseph M. Torres, Union Phato-Engraving Company, J. S. Vandewater, Wilcox & Co., {uxemlle Engraving ' Company and Zellerbach & Sons. d_Printing Com< Pacific _States Type A AR RS 5% Lincoln Alumni Dance. evening school gave its first grand en- tertainment and dance last night at Gold- en Gate Hall. The hall was prettily | decorated with blue and white bunting. A large crowd enjoyed the evening. Danc- ing followed the entertainment. The pro- gramme was as follows: Overture, Hyne's orchestra; tenor solo, “A Rose in Heaven,’ Mr. J, Harris. *A Modern Pronosal,” .dialogue in one act; cast: Eleanor van Dyke, Miss L. Herzog: Nelson Robertson, Robert Lawier; time, the present. Barytone solo, Oscar M. Frank; plano solo, Miss Evelyn Jeanson: soprano solo, Mrs. Warshauer. . i Come Right Along. Plenty of fine men’s suits for every- body. To-morrow 750 men's all-wool sin- gle or double breasted suits, Scotch mix- i tures, cassimeres and fancy effects, Hirschman Bros. of New York make, worth $15, for $5 85. Also overcoats, the same grade, the same price. At the man- utacturer’s 'sale of clothing of the Ly- ceum, 915 Market street, opposite Mason.* —————— Files New Contest. Annie Quinn, an aunt of the late Thom- as W. Maloney, filed a contest to the pro- bate of the deceased’s will yesterday, al- leging that when he made his will he was of unsound mind. The will was recently adniitted to probate in Department 9 after the/trial of a contest flied by an uncle of Maloney. Under the will_ Maloney's estate, which is worth about $30,000, goes to Frank Conklin, a friend of the de- ceased. — e Now in Full Blast Is the manufacturer's sale of shoes. Reg- ular $4 shoes for $215. You can choose from calf, kid or patent leathers; for la- dies as well as men. Aristocratic in Jooks, hand-sewed and Goodyear welt; military or French heel for ladies; Columbla or Newport toes for men. All stylish, regular $1 shoes; $2 15 will buy them .at the Bee Hive, 717 Market street, near Third, < —_— Alleges Negligence of Owners. Eleanor M. Hoyland, who was severely injured by the falling of a porch at 973 Washington street, Oakland, has filed a suit for damages against Mary and Arthur Dewing, owners of the building. She alleges that the accident was due to the ligence of the Dewings in failing to keep the porch in repair. Your First Duty to Yourself Is to look after your own comfort. The com- fortable trains of the Nickel Plate @oad, Chi- cago to New York and rrying Nickel Plate dining cars, In which are served Ameri- can Club meals at from 35c to §1 each, always please the traveling public. JAY W, ADAMS, P.C.P.A..Wgwknhuudhr.mm.‘ cisco, Cal. The Alumni ‘Assoclation of the Lincoln | moralized supporters of the Gage ma- chine may not put forward an opposi- tlon candidate. The indications are that Gage's candidacy will be an incident of the past before the convention as- sembles. The retirement of Gage, however, will not signify the utter collapse of the ma- chine. The scattered Gagelings will prob- ably rally around some other aspirant in the boss camp. Last night the report was. current in political circles that Johnny MacKenzie had been assigned to the duty of managing the fight for the machine forces in San Francisco. It was said that Dan Burns had positively re- fused to manage the Gage fight in this city. Another version of the story was that Burns had not declined to manage Gage's fight, but that the Governor’s ad- visers had strenuously objected to the ‘Burns management, ‘and _therefore the selection of Mackenzie to rally .the push. The immediate friends and counselors of Burns are extremely bitter against Herrin. KNIGHT'S FIGHT. George A. Knight has just returned ! from Humboldt County. He remarked yesterday tnat he had but one politicai fight in view, and that one was in behalf ot George C. Perkins' re-election to the United States Senate. Knight said: “There is not an iota of foundation for the story that I intend to get into the fight for Gevernor. I have ne political ambition, and I would not accept the of- fice under any consideration. I am fox Perkins for the Senate, and you can say S0 in The Call; and you can say that I am riot a candiate-fer-Gavernor. or-any other office. Neither am I a candidate for chairman of the Republican State Convention, and if chosen I would not | preside.” Ihere was quite a throng of well known Californians in the Palace Court yester- day. Among the onlookers were Senator Corlett of Napa, A.J.Johnston and Frank D. Ryan of Sacramento, J. W. McKinley, C. W. Pendleton and, Robert D. Wade, Recorder. Los Angeles; Harold T. Power, | Placer; E. C. Voorheis ' and John F. Davis, Amador; Assemblyman Dunlap, Sar Joaquin; Charles T. Elliott, Stanis- lavs; J. W. Rea, Santa Clara; J. R. Knowland, Alameda; Major Frank Mec- Laughlin, Santa Cruz; Daniel Kevane | and “W. 'H. Davis, Sacramento; W. M. | Cutter, Yuba; A. Hocheimer, Willows: { A. B. Lemmon and W. F. Price, Sonoma., 1 €. M. Belshaw, Contra Costa; Stephen Kelley, San Bernardino; Edmund M. Burke, Santa Barbara; George T. Ross, | San Mateo; Dr. Thomas Flint and Thom- as Flint, Jr., San Benito. X The meeting of the Republican State | Committee calied many of the well known public men to the city. There was the tsual number of proxies at the commit- tee session. Max Goldberg was repre- | sented in the perscn of Henry C. Dibble. | Judge McKinley of Losf]geles had a fine bunch of oroxies, but he did not bring | his rapid typewriting machine into action. A. B. Truman had the proxy of J. C. Bull of Humboldt. The committee was called to order by the chairman. George Stone, at 2 o'clock |at Golden Gate Hall, and after the roll- call of the executive and State Central i committees the secretary, W. M. Cutter, | proceeded to present the 'text of the cali | for Republican State and district conven- | tions, ~which _included an amendment Jouching the Fifty-second Assembly Dis- trict, wherein, by mistake, Alameda County and the town of Berkeley were given two delegates and all that portion of the city of Oakland lying within said | Assembly " District was given eight, | whereas they should have been consoli- l'dated and given ten. is amendment was carried during the reading of the call. As scon as the secretary finished, W. S. Wood moved that where the space was left vacant for the date of the convention the 25th of August should be inserted, and Secretary Cutter moved that Sacramento should fill' In the blank left for the eity where the convention should be held. Both of these motions were unanimously carried. A. B. Truman then made a motion that the call’ as amended should be adopted, and here the first hitch occurred. J. A’ Watt of S8an Francisco wanted that part of the call as recommended which reads as follows stricken out: That in view of the redistricting of the State into elght Congressional districts, and there being no Congressional district = committees which represent fully the new districts, it is recommended that the delegates to the State convention shall constitute the Congressional district conventions for the nomination of candidates for Representative In Congress for their respective districts as provided in section 1361 of the Political Code, and sald delegates POLICEMAN DENIES THAT HE ACCEPTED A BRIBE Judge Fritz Wants a Certain Class of Men Driven Out of the Ci Judge Fritz yesterday instructed the police to arrest all men who live off fallen women in Bacon place and sald from the bench that the people of the city would charges of vagrancy, he said. The judge's action arose out of the casz of Michel Guillaume, arrested by Polica- man Peters on a charge of vagrancy. Peters testified that the defendant livec off the earnings of Mary Duboce, a wo- man in Bacon glnce. and that there wer about thirty others of the same kind. At- torney Van Nostrand while cross-exam- ining Peters asked If the arrest was not caused by the fact that the defendant had refused to give Peters from $3 to $5 per week any longer, to which Peters | gave an indignant denial, saying he had never received any money from the de- fendant. The Judge asked the defendant if he had ever pald money to Peters or any other officer and under instructions of his attorney he declined to- answer, as it might incriminate him. The Judge thought in justice to the officer the statement should. be made now, but the attorney said it would be time enough when the case came before a jury. The Judge then continued the case till derive great benefit if that class of men!an agent of G. were all driven out of the community.| Newman, purchased a one-half interest He woulll be prepared at any time to,In the saloon, and avers that to the best sign the warrants for their arrest on°f IS knowledge and belief Choynski is CALL FOR THE CONVENTION AT SACRAMENTO IN AUGUST ADOPTED BY REPUBLICA NS VENTILAT- J-ALVA warT /) ' = SENAvON HANDED 1N / 17748 UryERL A REsowrion, {IWA7] w{ WAS T e . IN THE N SECRETARYS S T Eo.SMTH BACKED uP, His ) RESoLuTION wirHAa SAMPLE PACKAGE oF FLOQuENCE. - T. POWER gnt BLEw in FROM; PLACER - H ! SOME WELL-KNOWN POLITICIANS WHO WERE VERY MUCH IN ! i EVIDENCE YESTERDAY AT THE MEETING OF THE REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE. L ey to the State conventlon from each Congressional district shall respectively meet for the organi- zation of a Congressional district convention of said city of ————— prior to the final ad- journment of sald State convention, and nom inate a candidate for Representative in Con- gress, and provide for the selection of a Con- gressional -district Committee or -adjourn to such other time and place as may be deter- mined upon (or\(hat purpose. W. M. Cutter, in reply to Mr. Watt, stated that the committee did not want to take away the rights of any one: that the call was purely a recommendation and should be passed as a whole in order te place the committee right. Atter long arguments by Watt, H. C. Dibble, C. M. Belshaw,” Edmund M. Burke, T. C. Hocking and A. B. Lem- men_the call as recommended by the ex- ecutive committee was adopted. The text of the document was published in yester- day’s Call. TOUCHING REGISTRATION. W. S. Wood introduced the following resolution touching registration, which Wwas unanimously adopted: Whereas, the Republican party of the State of California regards with well-founded apprehension and anxlety the lack of registration on the part of the voters of the State: and Whereas. This committee recognizes that the work of its executive committee in bringing the matter of registration to the attention of voters has resuited In considerable increase in that direction. yet it is apparent that a more {Xtended effort is required; now, therefore, Resolved, That it be and is hereby made the The State Central Committee of | duty of every member of this committee to | give the matter of registration his immediate and earnest_attention. Resolved, That the various county commit- tees be requested to take up the matter of registration in their seyeral counties and to put forth energetic and diligent efforts to in- duce the voters to secure without delay the right to cast a baliot at the coming primary and State - elections. Resolved. That all Republican clubs, and particularly those affillated with the national league. be, and they are hereby respectfully invited to join the county committees or to proceed on thelr own behaif in the endeavor to induce an early and full registration through- out the State. Resolved, That the Republican newspapers of California be, and they are hereby each and all requested and urged to bring the mat- ter of registration to the attention of their readers, and\to press upon them the necessity of giving the matter prompt attentfon. THE LOUD INCIDENT. Tax Collector Ed J. Smith Introduced the following: Whereas, Senator Lodge of Massachusetts and Representative William Alden Smith of & an _have introduced bills in the Senate 23 H. R. 6279) providing for the increase of the pay of letter cwrriers; tharefore, be it Regolved, That we. the Republican State Committee, indorse said bill and ask for its speedy passage, Rerolved, That the secretary notify our Con- gressional delegation, also Hon. J. B. Hender- sor, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Serator Lodge ard Representative Willlam Al den Smith of the action taken by this body, This brought J. Alex Watt to his feet in a hurry. He said that_this resolution | was a deliberate slap at Mr. Loud, who had represented his dictrict in Congress and had its support for many years; that Mr. Loud held the respect of every one and had been head of postal aff: June 3 and meantime asked the police to arrest all the other men of the same class as the defendant. e P R Says Choynski Is Only Agent. Charles Newman, proprietor of the Richelleu, who is being sued for an ac- counting by Herbert Choynski, who claims a half interest in the resort, filed an answer and cross-complaint yesterday. Newman alleges that Choynski is merely L. Carroll, from whom he, not his partner. He alleges further that he is entitled to possession of the business by virtue of a lease executed on May 1. 1902, by which the building in which the Richelleu is located is leased to him in- dividually. The litigants were given a hearing by Judge Hebbard yesterday. when the suit was continued until next Tuesday. —_——— Ask for Improvements. The Sunset District Improvement Club petitioned the Board of Supervisors yes- terday to appropriate $11.480 for grading and bituminizing the city's portion of H street from First to Seventh avenues; $8500 for grading and macadamizing H street from Seventh avenue to Twentieth avenue; $5000 for a sewer in H street from Seventh and Tenth avenues, and $4000 for the grading of Nineteenth avenue from Trocadero Gulch to Ocean avenue through private lands. The Sunnyside Improve- ment Club has indorsed the proposed spe- clal tax of 72 cents for school purposes. | constdered | of his remarks he intimat | sure to protect the allowance Yo raflroads | for carrying the mails was the obstacle Congress for a number of years, conduct- ing that legislation with exceptional abil- ity; that he had been elected to Congress Lfive times, only jo get a slap in the face from this committee. Ed Smith at this point rose to a peint of -order -and. sald that the matter before the house was not nfuns( Mr. Loud, whom he esteemed highiy, but was in- troduced to benefit the overworked letter carriers. The chalrman considered the point well taken and warned Mr. Watt to stay with- in his province. Mr. Watt, however, continued to ex- claim that the resolution had been intro- duced to bring prejudice against Mr. Loud through the press, and that the com- mittee had no right to entertain such a | resolution. Watt was again stopped by Secret: Cutter calling him out of order. o WARM DISCUSSION. ‘Watt replied that the secretary himself was out of order and concluded by sayin; that the resolution should not be ldopus —it was making politics against one man. H. C. Dibble said he felt that it had been bad policy to introduce the resolu- tion, but that it would be worse to turn it down. He quoted the resolutions that had been passed lately in San Jose and that the letter carriers’ was entirely inadequate. In the course ed that a pres- Wwhich stood in the way of an Increase of pay for the letter carriers. C. M. Belshaw maintained that the res- olution ought to be referred to the State conventlon, as the committce was no place for its consideration. He was in favor of increasing the pay of the car- riers. Tgle[hconvenflon at San Jose h: expresse: e sentiment of th f&\\,‘orBotTlncreuse. i A. B. Truman considered that the rese- lution was properly before the commtiia: that it was right, and that the Republican party as the friend of the laboring classes should declare in favor of the increase, Tax Collector Smith, who had presented the resolution, said he had not introduced the resolution as a slap at Mr. Loud, as he esteemed him highly, but at the desira of e _letter carriers of Twen ninth District. o George C. Ross of-San same views as Mr. Watt they were not there to d politics, and moved that laid on the table. The motion was lost, was carried. Mateo had the and said that o that kind of the motion be and the resolution J. Alva Watt, being nettled on the tion of the resolution, said: “If you want to do politics I will give you a resolution. ‘Whereupon he introduced the following: Resolved, That a special commit members of this State Central ,Cm::r:xll‘::an;: appointed by the chair investigate the charges contained in the San Franciseo Cam of this date concerning the Hon. Henry T. Gage, Governor. and the administration of the Stacs ntin and that said commit- report at an adjous . ing of the State Central Commiciey o, be hetd at this hall on Saturday, June 7, 1902, at 2 o'clock .p. m. On a motlon this resolution was placed he. meeting -on a qui on the table and t motion of J. W. McKinley of Los Angel adjourned. L HARRIMAN WILL SPEND SBVENT!-_FIVE MILLIONS Enormous Amount of Money to Be Used in Extending and Im- proving Railroads. NEW. YORK. May 24.—E. H, Harri- man. who has been away for two months ivspecting the Union Pacific, Southern Pacific and Mexican Railways, is hasten ing home to attend the meetings of direc- tors of several rallway companies of Which hs is head, called for the middle of this week. A ‘member of the Harriman syndicate sald to-day that as a result of Harr man’s $rip $75.000,000 would be spent in ex- tensions and improvements of the roads in the Harriman system. — e e Motorman Is Missing. Alonzo Smith. motorman on the San Francisco and San Mateo line, residing at 30 Twenty-elghth street, has been missing since March 4 of the present yeaF. Smith’s wife revorted this fact to the Morgue officials last evening. Mrs. Smith !e“:rrd tha? her husband has commi‘ted suicide. St. Paul’s Parish Piénic. The twenty-third annual excursion and pienic of St.- Paul's parish will be heid at Mirabel Park on Tuesday, June 10. The boat will leave the Tiburon fe at 9 a. m. and the returning train leave the park at 5 p. m. v