The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 20, 1903, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1903 MAYOR WARREN OLNEY ANNOUNCES HIS DESIRE TO SEE UNITED CITY 15 OPEN TO Declares at Annual ‘Banquet of Merchants’ Exchange That He Favors Consolidation of Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley Under One Gov- ernment and His_ Views Are Well Received by Other Speakers FOUR PROMINENT CITIZEN; ELECTED DIRECTORS OF OF OAKLAND WHO WERE RECENTLY THE MERCHAN BANQUET LAST "HANGE, WHICH s HEID ITS ANNUAL t ng ahead. | | said benefit of | mer T the ex- rectors have honored mo | the Mer ot be mis tvilege | r municipal p 1 priva highly upon | essful re- in detail with ear 1898 and has PRESIDENT GIER’S REPORT. | A 1 read his an-| ivanced many | following: s ansp Should Tender Thanks. share of the money which we is almost complete. We shoul wanks to the Boards of for the mater} ect @8 500N a8 We convinced value, and to all who have rally when called upon by our Gier ‘the impossibility of omised | & programme of improvements | seem to be provided for ex- | RE INDEPENDENT. 4 | rior hotel accommodations. <'s | alty Syndicate, which is to be congratu- Easy to Shake Off the Coffes| for the enthusiastic manver in. which Habit. | projects t fts many or rgore hotels in the any people who make the | m commercial and trans There are m humjliating acknowledgment that they | fon which Oakland is now command- are dependent upon coffee to “brace them | ing among the cities of the Union justifies us e fitete wh Thes: v o | 1D expecting that will be chosen quite often i Svery Mt wi These have Never | g4 a place for holding large State, perhaps na- earned the truth about Postum Cereal | tional, conventions. To insure this very profit- Sdh e P " | able business we must be able 1o care for our Coffee, which makes leaving off coffee a visitops and also to provide them with an wple matter and brings health and | audiforium of fitting size and dignity, and I cannot st this time think of anything that ength in place of cpffee ills. A lady of Davenport, Jowa, who has used Postum Food Coffee for five years is competent to alk upon the subject. She says: would be better calculated to gve Oakland a pronounced boost. The Merchants' Exchange has always given its assistance to everythinz tending to pro- interest in home affairs. I recall with ure and satisfaction the moral assistance ~I am & school teacher, and during ex. tra work when I thought I needed to be raced up I used to indulge in rich, strong offee, of which 1 was very fond and upon which I thought I was dependent. I began to have serious heart palpita- on and at times had sharp pains around e heart and more or less stomach trou- vie. Iread about Postum and got some to| 1 aropped coffee, took up the Postum it worked such wonders for me that of my friends took it up. “In & short time I was well agaln, even ble to attend evening soclals. And I aid t miss my coffee at all. Now I can uthfully say that I have been repald ly for the change I made. I have no indications of heart disease, and not once in the past four years have I had a sick beadache or billous gpefl.. “My father, 78 years old, is a Postum husiast, and feels that his good health & large measure is due to the six cups €ood Postum which ha enjoys each Say.” Name furnished by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. There is & reason. ded last year to the Elks’' street ch we are again extending to the street carnival to be held this summer. All these things are farreaching in their influence and tend to promote the general welfare of our city and vicinity. In conclusion I would like to paraphrase one of the great sayings of our President of the United States, which he uttered recently in San Francisco: “The place of the United States,” sald Mr. Roosevelt, ‘““is among those nations that dare be greal I would simply say, gentlemen, that the place of Oakland among_municipalities of the Union should be those that dare be greater. Respectfully sub- mitted. THEO. GIER. FINANCIAL CONDITION. ‘Wilbur Walker, secretary of the ex- change, read a report showing that the exchange was in excellent financial con- dition and dealing with what had been done in the year just gone and what was hoped for in the year to come. Mr. ‘Walker supported Mayor Olney in his suggestion of a combined municipality upon the Oakland side of the bay. James P. Taylor dwelt upon the neces- sity of herbor improvement and urged the securing of Congressional action to this end. J. F. W. Sohst gave an account of the work of securing the intercounty tunnel, which is now _being completed. H. C. Caowell had much to say about bringin rade into Oakland from the sur- try and developing the re- city. re, who was the host at the poke upon the necessity of bringing tourist travel e has done much to bring tourists side of the bay during the winter and he is anxious to see some of the travel from which Southern California rs come this way. present were: Warren Olney, ' Gler, A. Jonas, W. H. . E. Collins, G. F. G. Eiben, E. F. hlueter, H. N. Gard, J. L. Corder, Irving Lewis, J. W. ¥ arwell, OFFICERS ) BE FLEETED Everything is in readiness for the open- Ing session of the annual convention of the Junior Order of the United American Mechanics, which will take place this morning at 10 o'clock in Crystal Hall in the Pythian building, %09 Market street. All long yesterday the reception committee was kept busy revelving and registering the different delegates as they arrived at the handsome headquarters in the Lick House, which are elaborately decorated with a great display of Ameri- can flags and a profusion of golden pop- ples. In the afternoon a large party of the visitors, accompanied by the national secretary of the order, Edward 8. Deem- er, took a teolley ride around the city in the parlor car Hermosa, and all expressed themselves as being surprised and de- lighted at the magnificent blocks fn the business portion of the city and the grand panoramic views they obtained from the heights as they were whirled along to the Golden Gate. Judging from those who have already registered It is fair to estimate that about 20 delegates will be in attendance, repre- senting every State in the Union. Prominent among those who arrived yesterday were George Bowers, the na- tional counselor of the order; Edward 8. Deemer, who has for forty years been the national secretary, and Le Roy Van Horn, who has the honor of being the founder of “flag day” and who is also past State counselor of the order and president of ‘the National Assoclation of Civil War Musiclans. i The convention will be in session eve morning until Saturday, when loto:l:e?! the bay cities will be made, while Sunday will be devoted to taking in points of in- terest in and about the city, including a visit to the park, ocean beach and luncheon on the broad verandas of the Clft House. In the early part of last evening the headquarters were thronged with the vis-. itors, and the committee had a busy time introducing the delegates from the differ- e:n; sections of the country to one an- other to Oakland. Mr. | NEW ROUTE MAGNATES Merger of Franchises Is Project of Boston Financiers. Use of West Shore Charter for Local Terminal Purposes. B Coast Line to Monterey, Thence to Fresno and' Across Eastern Boundary of State to Pioche. — el A project is under way In this city which may ultimately result in San Francisco obtalning another transconti- nental raflroad ‘connection. Part of the ‘plan has, in fact, been already carried out, Those behind it do not contemplate bul| a road themselves. They intend perfecting title to a valuable right of way and offering it to the highest bid- | ders among the railroad magnates who are eagerly seeking a feasible route into the State and to the gates of its fore- most commercial city. If . the undertaking is successful, a right of way from San Francisco south- ward along the coast to Santa Cruz and Monterey, thence to Fresno and thence in an easterly directfon across the Ne- | vada line to the town of Ploche, where it | is claimed that connections may be made with the Clark road and eventually with one of the larger af the Western lines touching at Chicago, will be open to some enterprising corporation. About three weeks ago there arrived at | the Palace Hotel from the East three | gentlemen who have since been quietly | working out a scheme for which they | have been guaranteed ample flnancial backing In the event of its success. One of the gentlemen is F. E. Pettingell of New York, who has been prominently identified with the promotion of rallroad enterprises in the East for a number of years, and the others are James A. Da- vis and George L. Stevens, well known | financial agents of Boston, who have come here as the representatives of a | syndicate which is interested in the rail- | road project of which Pettingell is tha father. Associated with the trio are | State Senator Thomas Flint Jr. and his father, Dr. Thomas Flint of San Juan, tirough whose instrumentality the men | from the East have been able to over- | come many of the minor obstacles whicn invariably lie in the way of financial un- | dertakings. ! TO UNITE OLD CHARTERS. Briefly, the plans of Pettingell are to | unite two old railroad charters under one | head, and ma it possible to furnisa | | ke rafiroad builders with an avaflable rovc intc, California and to the waters of San Fréucisco Bay. Some years ago a num- ber of Southern California capitalists, among them Dr. Flint, had surveyed and secured a title to a right of way for a road from Monterey to Fresno. A com- pany was formed under the name of the Monterey and Fresno Rallroad Company, and its agents were sent to the East to float-the bonds'of the-eorporation. Fin- ally the bonds were turned over to Pettin- gell, who soon had them placed to the ex- | tent of $7,000,000, but for reasons which were never clearly understood by those who had agreed to advance the neces- sary capital for the construction of the | road, the project was never carried out. Later Pettingell brought suit for his com- | mission in the deal, ard in January 1 | the Supreme Court »f New York State | gave him ‘a judscent in the sum of | $§79,900. With tuls judgment as a weapon, he was enabled to dictate his own terms as a means of settlement. He finally concluded that his best move would be to secure control of the valuable fran- | chises which were owned by the com- and his easiest method to accom- | Plish this end was to proceed to enforce his judgment. Under the latter an at- tachment and sale of the property is the | natural course, and one of the purposes | of Pettingell's visit to the coast at this | time is- to appeal to the courts for an | | execution of judgment and an order of cale, which will result in his bidding in the company's rights and titles for him- self. WEST SHORE FRANCHISE. While planning thig" action, however, Pettingell concelved the idea of making his prospective holdings part of a trans- continental project and he found his op- portunity Im the charter of the West Shore Railway, which was organized by local men in 190, In the following year the West Shore Company asked the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco for right of way privileges into the city along a route that would give it terminal facili- ties within eight or ten blocks of the City Hall. Actively promoting this scheme, which met with formidable opposition from the Southern Pacific people, were R. Hermann, the North Beach capitalist, and Robert 8. Thornton, a wealthy resi- dent of Colma. The application for a franchise aroused considerable specula- tion as to what Interests were behind the latter gentlemen and it was strongly sus- pected, and especially after the opposi- tion of the Southern Pacific had develop- ed, that Gould or the Vanderbilts were supporting them. The franchise was refused by the Supervisors of this city but granted the adjoining counties. Eventually the cheme was forgotten in the excitement over the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley road and it has since lain dormant. Some months ago Pettingell entered into a deal with Dr. Flint, wherein the latter was to secure an option on the West Shore Company’s rights with the understanding that if he were successful the right of way should be used in con- junctfon with that of the Monterey and Fresno Company for establishing a line from San Francisco to a point on one o the connections of a transcontinental road. Dr. Flint succeeded in his part of the undertaking and is now under bond to deliver to Pettingell in the event of the latter securing his title to the Mon- terey and Fresno holdings. ROUTE INTO METROPOLIS. ‘With these two rights of way merged into one, Pettingell, or whatever syndi- cate takes over his property, will have a route beginning at 8an Francisco and run- ning southward past Colma and thence on to Santa Cruz. From there it s planned to extend the road around the bay of Monterey to the town of Monterey, the most northerly terminus of the proposed Monterey and Fresno Raiiroad, whose franchise will be utilized as far as Fres- no. From the latter town it is planned to run the road across the State, through Minaret Pass in the Sierra Nevada Moun- tains, over the State line into Nevada and in a northeasterly direction to Ploche. Although Minaret Pass is avallable in a way, Pettingell claims that in order to shorten the route and lessen the grades, it will be necessary to construct a tun- nel of six miles through the mountains. At Ploche he figures that connections may be made with the Clark road and he states that he has already recelved as- MARRIAGE CEREMONY IS HELD BENEATH BLOOMING HAWTHORN Miss Alma Sherman and Allen L. Chickering Wedded at First Congregational Church Before Throng of Guests---Reception Follows at Home of Groom MR. AND MRS. ALLEN LAWRENCE CHICKERING, JOINED IN WEDLOCK LAST EVENING, THE EVENT BEING THB | LARGEST CHURCH WEDDING OF THE SEASON IN OAKLAND. WHO WERE AKLAND, May 19.—The wedding of Miss Alma Sherman and Allen L. Chickering at the First Con- gregational Church this evening was one of the most brilliant af- fairs of the season. Every avallable seat in the spacious edifice was occupied, over 700 guests having been bidden to the cere- mony, and as the young people are both very popular few of those invited sent re- grets. It was a pink and white wedding, the decorations of the pulpit and organ loft being very artistic. The decorating was /done by Miss Glover of San Francisco, and under her magic touch a tall haw- thorn tree laden with pink and fragrant blossoms grew in rosy beauty at one side of the platform, and under its branches the happy couple plighted their troth. The organ loft was almost concealed be- hind great plumes of the date palm and a wealth of pink hawthorn and white and La France roses. Rev. W. C. Sherman of Sacramento, an uncle of the br tied the nuptial knot, assisted by Rev. C. R. Brown, pastor of the First Congregational Church. The bride entered the church leaning on the arm of her father, Dr. W. N. Sher- man, and was met at the altar by the groom and his best man, Harry Chicker- ing. Her gown was an exquisite creation of white panne crepe with a wide panel down the front of duchesse lace, which also formed the wide coliar. The long- trained skirt was shirred to a deep yoke and heavily embroidered with white silk roses. The vell was held in place with orange blossoms, and a shower of white iris formed the bridal bouquet. Misses Pattie Chickering and Lillie Sher- man, the young Slster and cousin, respec- tively, of the groom and bride, led the way for the bride’s attendants clad in gowns of white mousseline de sole pretty @ il surances from the Gould people that if the proposed road is bullt to Eloche they its west- will extend the Rio Grande frofn ern terminus at Maysville in Utah down to a point of connection. When seen at the Palace yesterday Pettingell was not over pleased at the jdea that his plans were about to be aired in the press and for a while he was op- posed to discussing them. He finally ad- mitted that the purpose of his visit was to consult with Dr. Flint and arrange for the perfecting of his title to the Monterey and Fresno line. He said: lanning the building of a raliroad, bk ST mCh faparing to furnish the way for one: T8 the two routes which we propose to combine we believe that we possess a valuable holding and that others share this view. Myself and associates have six different offers for the Hehts of way us soon as we are prepared to Show that they rightfully belong to us, which $"%i11 ‘be able to do in & very few weeks. An Amsterdam concern is prepared to assume the entire bond issue and the other offers come from Eastern sources. NJ STOCK PROPOSITION. Davis and Stevens, who returned yes- terday from a several days' conference with Senator and Dr. Flint at their home in San Juan, were not so communicative as their financlal associate. It was learn- ed, however, that they represent Boston capitalists, whom Pettingell interested in his project and are accredited respective- ly to the Suffolk and the Merchant banks of Massachusetts. They were sent here to look over the scheme and report upon it. So far, it is said, they are well satisfied. Suggestions made to Pettingell that pos- sibly his scheme might be accepted here or in the East as a tock proposition were met with scorn, his reply being: matter that local people will be u{:nd“tmlldzr. As I have already stated, we have mflfi ofters "’“"n‘l-“r.or":. mt; Eas now s b a0 alme to the Monterey and Fresno good our option on the West franchise. T am expecting a telegram now from the which will h:: ‘l:e ln;mp ‘beari on e disposition ran- | A b e West Shore’ route has for years chises. as _a valuable 'one. In fact, e ek m 4871 Jay Gould, then looking for- WaYa with much favor to plans for invading e ot almont. \dagtiont With 1 ‘e e one Made In the interest of the West Shore road, but he never went any farther with his plans. JL s e ved. ot an understanding. thak et Gould_away from this eity. over pink silk and carrying large bou- quets of pink Duchesse roses The four bridesmaids, Mi: aldson, Miss Emma Moffat, 8ims and Miss Edna Wemple, were at- tired in pink crepe de chine gowns with silk roses appliqued on the skirts. carried Duchesse roses, and the whole ef- fect was very pleasing. Miss Emily Chick- ering, a sister of the groom, acted as maid of honor and wore a beautiful gown of white lace over white silk and trimmed with chiffon. She carried white roses. The ushers were George Whipple, Frank Ballard, Stirling Carr, Eugene Hewlett, Roger Chickering and Walter Sherman. A small reception to the immediate rela- tives and the bridal party only followed the church ceremony at the home of the groom’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wililam H. Chickering. Both bride and groom have been stu- dents at the University of California, and a pretty feature of their wedding was the Mabel Don- fact that the majority of their attendants were fellow members of the respective fra_ ternities, the Delta Kappa Epsilon the Kappa Kappa Gamma, with which Mr. Chickering and his bride are asso- clated. yAllen Chickering Is one of the best known young men on this side of the bay, being very popular soclally. He was graduated from the university In 1598, at- tended Harvard for a couple of years and later finished a law course at Hastings. He is now assocfated in the legal profes- ston with his father, being the junfor member of the firm of Chickering & Greg- ory. The bride Is a very bright and lovable girl and has a host of warm, admiring trignds, both here and in Berkeley, al- though her home is in Fresno. Her father, Dr. W. N. Sherman, 4s a successful ph sician of that place. S Mr. and Mrs. Chickering will be awa on their honeymoon trip about two weeks, and on their return will reside in San Francisco. 0 0 e ] Marriage Licenses. OAXLAND, May 19.—The following marriage licenses were issued to-day: John A. Young, 29, and Sophronia A. Hull, 22, both of Fruitvale; Frederick A. Storm, 21, San Francisco, and Jessie M. Seiple, 18, Piedmont; Julius W. Morton, over 21, San Francisco, and Susie Gawn over 18, Alameda; Manuel Rose Jr., Oakland, and Mary C. Alves, 20, Redwood | Canyon. —_— e Convicted of Burglary. Joseph L. Kelso was convicted by a jury in Judge Cook's court yesterday, Judge Lennon of Marin County presiding, on a charge of burglary in the second de- gree and will be sentenced on Saturday. He entered the millinery store of Mrs. M. B. Quigs, 406 Sutter street, on Feb- ruary 9, and was discovered by Miss Lillie Perigo, one of the assistants, who fol- lowed him till she met a policeman. Miss Myrtle | They | and | SOEETY ERIDYS CLEVER ACTING Amateur Theatric;als of British Society Cre- ate a Hit. Two Sparkling Comediettas Give Opportunity for Rare Talent. —_—— Soclety elected to make the amateur theatricals given at the Republic Theater by the British Benevolent Soclety last night a notable function. All of the prominent members of the local British colony were in attendance, besides many other members of the exclusive set, who came to applaud the efforts of their friends on the stage. Contrary to the rule of amateur dra- matics, the two comediettas staged by the soclety folks were acted wtih a finesse which came as a happy surprisef to an audience prepared to mingle indul- gence with their appreciation. Besides the two playlets, “Sun: * and “A Box of Monkeys,” the programme was ren- dered charming by a violin solo by Miss Daisy Polk and a vocal solo by Miss Ge: trude Wheeler. In “Sunset,” edy by Jerome K. the touching little com- Jerome, Mrs. Arthur Browne as “Lois’” and Miss Claire De prey, cast as “Joan,” created a distinct hit with thei pathetic rendition of the parts. Mi nor Dixon carried | off “Aunt Drusilla” weil and Reginald | Mason, Arthur Browne and Eric Roberts won applause in the roles allotted to them. The old standby, “A Box of Monkeys,” carried the audience by storm. The gen- | tlemen were given much opportunity to | display their talents, and the three ladies of the cast, with vivaclous characters to depict, fully satisfied the audience. The cast was as follows: Mrs. Ondego-Jhones, Mrs. Charles Mason: | Sterra’ Bengaline, Misa Eleanor Dixon; La | Guinevere Llandpoore, Miss Mabel Mason; ward Ralston, Mr. Reginald Mason; Chaunc Oglethorpe, Lieutenant Clarence Carrigan, U S.A. Between the two plays the two musi- cal numbers rendered were encored to the echo. Miss Polke's “Legende” on the violin and the song, “Love Me If I Live,” given in the rich contralto of Miss ‘Wheeler, were of the highest order. The people who insured the success of the evening by their patronage were: Mrs, Milton S Latham, Mrs. m | Mrs. Charles Mason, Mrs. Janet Porteous, Mre. Robinson, Mre. Monros Salisbury, Mrs. the Rev. Fred Clampett, R. C. Foute, D. D.; Willlam Harrison; Courtenay Walter Bennetl, . H. B. M. Consul General. 7 S The ladies of the California Club heard | an instructive and entertaining lecturs | yesterday afternoon at the club rooms by Miss Jessica B. Pelxotto upon “Impres- stons in Russia’” The civic department was In charge of the day. Mrs. George | Law Smith, president, presided. Light refreshments and a soclal chat closed the afternoon. Mrs. Cadwallader and Miss Linda Cad- wallader gave an informal tea on Mon- | day for Miss Pleasants of Philadelphia. Miss Pleasants is the flancee of R. T. Devlin, now of this city, fornierly of Sac- ramento. Mrs. Harry Gray entertained a fe friends at luncheon on Monday in S Dunstan’s grill rooms The decorations were sweet pea; . o The Woman's Auxiliary held a meet- ing yesterday afternoon at the Richelleu to = arrangements for the garden fete, which takes place next Saturday at the Presidio for the benefit of the Sea- mén’s Institute. The benefit will be a | popular society affair, as pretty girls will | preside over the booths, while others | dance to the music of military bands. The | fete will be from 3 to 7 o’clock. Among | those interested are Mrs. McCalla, Mrs Merrill, Mrs. Pratt, Miss Harrington, Mrs. Mi Mrs. Oulton, Mrs. Gowing, Mre. Pond, Mrs. White, Mrs. P. B. Corn- wall and Mrs. nor Martin, | Mrs. H. E. Huntington, Miss Hunting- ton and Miss Marion Huntington hav taken poss: on of the Barraclough house !'at Pledmont for the summer. | A. C. Bira, general passenger agent of the Gould lines, with headquarters in Chi- ned last, evening at din- | cago, wa 2 | ner in the red room of the Bohemian | Club by C. L. Canfield, general Pacific agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee Paul Rallway. Those present at the dinner were Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Bird, Miss Bird, Mrs. Lippincott, Mrs. Dyer, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Towne, Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Vail, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Vail, W. J. Shotwell and Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Canfleld. Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Sherman and daughter, Jennie, have returned to the Hotel St. Nicholas after spending two weeks in Southern California visiting va- | rious points of interest. .« e | Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Dundon and two | daughters have gone to New York and will go to Europe before returning. + e o Mrs. J. F. Schemp, who has been spend- ing the past montH at Redlands with her sister, is a guest at the Arlingtod, Santa | Barbara. After having spent a short time in Southern California, Mr. and Mrs. Jules | Clerfayt have taken apartments at the | Palace Hotel, where they will remain for the summer. BUFFALO, May 19.—At the second day's session of the Women's Baptist Home Missions Soclety resolutions were adopted placing the society on record as opposed to the seating of | Reed Smoot _in the United States Senate and petitioning the Semate to exclude Smoot from | its counctls. ADVERTISEMENTS. 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