The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 18, 1903, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1’8. 1903. C Tih 'y 0 ORDINANGES AGED MAN JUMPS ARE INTRODUGED FROM A STEAMER Alameda Trustees Ta.keéJOseph Assion Closes Action Regarding [ His Life in the Franchises. % Bay. | st That Southern Pacific Shall Pay Monthly Subsidy. Was Formerly a Wealthy ' Tailor, but He Met With Reverses. —_— ances | nmended | upon > offered Joseph Assion, a pioneer and former wealthy merchant tailor of this city, com- mitted suicide shortly after 6 o'clock yes- terday morning by jumping from the deck of the steamer Encinal. The steamer was returning on her regu- MAYOR OLNEY OF OAKLAND MAKES AKLAND, Aug. 17.—Mayor War- ren Oldey to-night sent to the City Council a message, covering in exhaustive detail the work of the present administration in the matter of a municipal water supply, and submitting for the consideration of the people of Oakland three maln recommen- dations. First, the Mayor recommends the pur- chase of the Contra Costra‘Water Com- pany’s plant for not more than $3,500,000. Second, he urges the proposal of the Bay | | | lar trip from Alameda. when a passenger notified Patrick McGrath, second mate of the boat, that a man on the saloon ck was acting suspiciously. MeGrath went to the deck and watched the pas- senger for a short time. McGrath states that he turned his back for a moment, whereupon wers intro- s and said that he did 3 rder that ght be ended to the gen- ned. Copies ted will be 5 T or he the man he was watching S hen be in | SPrang over the rail into the bay. s of the com- | _McGrath, with the assistance of Deck- hands John Carlson, Peter George and Ernest Holenberg, lowered a boat and made an effort to save the unfortunate man. After some moments the body was recovered, but life was extinct. In the pockets of the deceased were found a quantity of rocks and iron. On reaching the city the remains were to the Morgue, where they were as those of Joseph Assion, who 348 Third street. saloon at 348 Third street As- te addressed to his sis- Fehrenbach, who resides at stating that despond- of all he had were the identified resided at s left a ter, Mrs. M. street causes of his oseph A: ears of age. H vas a native of Germany, and came to is city 9, when he engaged in busi- ness as @ merchant tailor and accumu- lated a small fortune. Several years ago he retired from bu: and with his wealth ed a large share in the i Champ} h he became a di- rector. The reve of that mine consumed all his money and left him a poor man, old, destitute and too proud to ask for char- Assion in his more prosperous days owned and built the property on Third street between Folsom and Harrison, but later was compelied to %ell out It was a house had bullt that he was compelied to leave, taking with him his few belongings, to live with his sister, Mrs. Fehrenbach, who is & poor woman. Assion’s wife died nine months ago. aves no chi en. SEATTLE T0 BREET EUESTS Delegates to Commer- cial Congress Arrive on Every Train. MAGUIRE PROTESTS. E J Maguire ap- SEATTLE, Aug. 17.—Every train arriv- -mor- enes in this city row The congress will be called to order at k Pavilion on Lake Washing- m. to-morrow by Judge C. J. of Raton, N. M., president of the committee, who will introduce S by. Addresses of welcome of the i Judge Thomas Burke comm 1 organiza- Responses will nt Kirby on be- by the Gover- rmer Governors of States pres- fof t fous Stat The morning session will in- he annual address of President ions will be_held daily from 9 to 12 1 to 4§ p. m. The evenings voted ¥ the 1 features of including amer ride on ngton Tuesday, a reception shington Hotel Wednesday, a trip to the Puget Sound navy yard Thurs- it to Moran Bros. Com- ny’'s shipyards Friday. DEPUTY REGISTRAR PRATT SUSPENDED FOR A MONTH Board of Civil Service Commissioners inds Accused Guilty of Dere- liction of Duty. C. Pratt, a deputy ADVERTISEMENTS. ! et | Charles registrar, on trial last night before the Board a < of Civil Service Commissioners on a charge of neglect of duty and other minor sarges preferred by Registrar ~Walsh. ) n Commissioners Deasy, Boyle and nger were called to the stand to that Pratt had absented himself e registration office on several oc- On cross-examination by George llins, attorney for the accused, the ses would not say that Pratt's ab- at these times was not by permis- f some one in authority. After Mental Exer- tion—No Rest. Nervous, Irritable and Wretched. ARy Dr. Miles’ Nervine Saved My Life. nights and Sundays in the office in jon to his regular daily work, and - had never been paid or compen- the extra duties imposed upon t also showed that on one oc- rged against him in the com- nt that he had himself after = he dis. | P8¥IDE gained the permission of Election is little joy in living when the dis- | ooppissioners Roberts and Voorsanger nerves prevent sieep and rest; when | U5 o kes from = restiess might more tired | he board, after deliberating for hailf n the night ; wheh oy ‘d‘u{;‘:fix reprimanded Pratt and suspend- cugh the round ¢ y - oo "‘.:: e e . hlaicdy r thirty days. on is Gue (2 a derangement of the nerves fpse o . eiily Tegy TUNKNOWN MAN IS RUN Miles i 5‘“‘;‘; : | OVER BY FREIGHT TRAIN kzble me [ o cmves. :fgmtg as it | An unknown man was run over by a _need A Tet | freight train on Division street, between o A few doses. | Tenth and Eleventh, last night and in- stantly killed. Engineer Nevins was in esmyselfandin | 0o o0 of the train, but did not see the cars and it is thai L, seved my life. ed 16 have after givil < left me entirely a ng bed three or four hours accident happened. James Gallagher, a' switchman, was passing along the track about 10:30 last o right when he saw a dark object lying on Seep ond G 8"“‘i~c‘.‘g:“,'£ | the track. On investigation it proved to foor wnti jr‘?":”;‘vmd twelve | be the remains of a man. :u“l.fl»;si nt, \'.‘ehen 1 think of | The body was horribly mutilated, both er nervous, wretched, irritable state t to tell everyone what Dr. Miles’ has done for me. I can doas much ’ badly mangled. The dead man was smooth shaven and had a sandy colored | mustache. The body looked to be that of Ixu';’j:l ‘h‘f‘fi:k‘,":m {a man about 45 years old. Nothing was - | found that gave any clew to his identifi- | cation. He was poorly clad in a dark suit and wore a check shirt, with black Fedora hat and brogan shoes. In his pockets were found a hotel key with brass check attached, bearing the number 39, a cheap pair of spectacles and a cheap wateh. druggists sell and first bot- vous and Heart Diseases. iles Medical Co, Elkbart, Ind. € He adds that he believes the proposal of which Assion himself | He | Seattle from the east and south brought a gquota of delegates to | Mississippl Commercial Con-| sccused showed that he had worked | man and has no knowledge as to how the | | legs being cut off, while the trunk was | Cities Water Company, which controls watersheds andgother drains in the moun- | tains south of Alameda County, to sell| the city an equipped plant at the southern | boundary of Oakland supplying 20,000,000 gallons of water daily for $3,750,000. To this add $1,832,00 for a distributing sys- |tem, as estimated by City Engineer F. | C. Turner, | Third, the Mayor recommends its pur- chase of lands in the Niles cove, or gravel beds, and the construction of pumping sta- tion and pipe lines, These three major propositions are made contingent upon eafh other. His Honor gives the Contra Costra Water Company | ten days from date in which to accept the offer. He also recommends that the city’s engineer be given twenty-five days in which to report on the ability of the Bay Cities Water Company to fulfill its pro- posed plans. In the event of failure here the Niles cone project 1S to be taken. But in his recommendation the Mayor said he fncluded the Contra Costa Water Com- pany purchase, not because he thought it worth $3,500,000, but to forever end the litigation and turmofl in that quarter. | the Bay Cities Water Company to be the best from an economic point of view. INCLUDES EXPERT’'S REPORT. The Mayor includes in his message the report of Expert Desmond Fitzgerald on the value of the Contra Costa Water Com- ny plant. Mr. Fitzgerald places his fig- ures at $2,650,185, as the actual cash value of the water distributive system of the company in .ae city of Oakland. The estimate is exclusive of stock on hand, real estate, rights of way and ques- !tions of equity. Accompanying the Mayor's message to- night was a proposal from the Bay Citles ‘Water Company, with plans and specifica- | tions for a water supply plant. The pro- posal is signed by the following officers and directors of the corporation: liiam S. Tevis, president; Clinton E. Wor- ce president; Frank G. Drum, treasurer; w retary; Carroll N.' Beal, gen’ eral manager; Harry L. Tevis, capitalist; Wakefield Baker, president Baker & Hamilton' Mark L. Re president Pacific Steel and Wire Company, and James W. Byrne, capi- company provides that the city's engineers shall have forty-five days in hich to examine the plans, water shed, | etc., and a similar time in which to re- port to the City Council, The proposal means to sell an equipped outright to the city. recommended that the questioh of | issue of bonds to acquire a munici- water plant by the city should be | submitted to the people just as soon as is settled what system is to be adopt- {ed. If the Contra Costa Water Company | purchase be favored, he recommends a call for $3,500,000 plus $250,000 for' improve- | ments in the plant. If the Bay Citles Water Compagy proposal be favored an { issue of $3,750,000 will be required, or it i Niles cone plan is adopted an issue | of $1,500,000 will be necessary at the out- | set to purchase land, ete. CONTRA COSTA NOT IGNORED, At the outset the message thus speaks of the Contra Costa Water Company: | It is necessary to take the Contra Costa Water Company Into consideration in discu ing any scheme for introducing water into our city. That corporation is now supplying, and | for many years last past has supplied, the city. | Its pipes are Jaid in our streets, it has valua- | ble water rights and property and If it will sell out its plant for what it is actuslly worth, rence should be given it. for the reason is now a golng concern. The price that bas heretofore put upon Its plant and the value of that plant as fixed by Judge Hart, has been and is, in the opinion of our people and of myself, absurdly high The Mayor reviewed the legal aspects of the water rates suit, and explained that Expert Desmond Fitzgerald had been engaged as a skilled and, outside expert to make an unbiased appraise- ment of the company’s plant, and adds Mr. Fitzgerald was told that If there were any equities as between the Contra Costa Water Company and the City of Oakland he was not called upon to pass upon them, but that we would adjust that matter ourselves He was also told that, so far as the value of the land used by the Contra Costa Water Com- pany is conces outside and independent of Ite increased value for reservoir purposes, ‘we cculd pass upon that question here in Callfor- nia without the necessity of his making any inquiries and examining into 1t himself. What was impressed upon him was that we wanted him to fix & valuation of the plant of the Contra Costa Water Company that would include the water rights and the increased value of the land over and above ordinary purposes for which land is used, such as farming or grazing purposes, because of its suitableness for @ res- ervoir site, and also any value that the plant might have by reason of its being a going | concern. | GETTING AT VALUES. In his letter of instructions to Expert | Fitzgerald the Mayor asked him to deter- mine the actual cash value of the system in Oakland, taking into consideration that there is no exclusive franchise for laying pipes. He was to consider the adequacy or inadequacy of the system for supply- ing the city, and to work on the general lines that the company claims it can dis- connect its sources of supply to Alameda and Berkeley from Oakland. In his report Engineer Fitzgerald said: | In accordance with the instructions I have made the following estimate of the value of certain portions of the works belonglng to the | Contra Cesta Water Company’s system. It has seemed necessary to depart in eome respects from the strict letter of the instruc- | tions, but in the main they have been fol- | lowed | "'Temescal Lake has been omitted from the | estimate for the reason that it may properly | be retained by the company for the supply | of wortions of its ‘works outside the limiis of | the city of Oakland. | “Claremont reservoir in Berkeley has been | included in the estimate, for the reason that it is required to equalize the supply of the | mains feeding a large and growing district within the limits of Oakland. Parts of the distributive system belonging to the Contra Costa Water Company outside of Oakland have | heen included in the estimate. for the reason | that they belong topographicaily and logically to the portions of the company’s plant in. | cluded in my instructions. They comprise | principally the distributive systems for the supply of communities in Alameda 'County | along the lines of the mains included in the | estimate. The Piedmont tunnels and Sausal | Creek supplies have not been included, | MANY THINGS CONSIDERED. | 1 have taken into consideration the fact of | the inadequacy of the distributive system with. | in the city of Oakland and 1 have also taken | into consideration the fact that it can be made effective by the l27ng of mains to re. inforce different portions of the e is exclusive of stock o rights of way and questiohs of equity. | ESTIMATE. | Distributing plant. | San Leandro reservolr and fiiters. Alyarado pumpirg plant and wells. aremont reservoir Teservoir Highland Park reservoir and pump- ing plant. | Orange-street reservol Total +eere..$2,080,185 In closing I desire to acknowledge my in- debtedness to the of s of the Contra Costa Water Company, who have given me every as- sistance and opvortunity to examine their works and records. Commenting, the Mayor thus discusses the matter: ¥ 4t will be observed that the foregoing re- FULL REPORT ON WATER QUESTION His Discussion of City’s Supply Reviews Situation in Detail and Advises Purchase of Contra Costa Plant, Acceptance of Bay Cities Company’s Offer, or Buying of Niles Gravel Beds -+ — MAYOR OF OAKLAND WHO LAST NIGHT SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AN EXHAUSTIVE MESSAGE, WITH HIS RECOMMENDA- TIONS, ON THE SUBJECT OF A MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY. port places a value only on that vortion of the Contra Costa Water Company's plant that, in the opinion of Mr. FRzgerald, ts nécessary for the use of Oakland. That corporation also supplies Alameda, Berkeley, Fruitvale and San Leandro. This fact should be kept con- stantly in mind in these discussions of value of its property within-the city limits, as well as much of the property of the company out- side the city VALUES TOO HIGH. It is not Aifficult to ascer what _the value of the lands owned by tle Contra Costa Water Company, and necessary to the opera- tion of its plant, is, for the nurposes for which sald land is suitable other than for reservoir purposes. It ot possible that such lands, for ordinary purposes, would bring the valuafion of the plant upon Mr. Fitz- up to $3,000,600 of Oakland elects to it will thereby f the value plant, Water gerald's estimates, Therefore if the city install & water plant of its ow practically destroy a large of the Contra C te while at the same time th Company will be compelle n ue its supply to the people of Oakland at the rates fixed by the City Council for wat ng the period that must elapse betwee making such election and the completion c own water works, say for three years. It the city should elect to install another plant of its own, jndependent the Contra Costa Water Company, it shou in my opin- fon, pay to the Contra Costa Water Company a liberal sum for its distributing system with- the present in the city and continue to pay high rate for water during the period that the city is installing the new plant. The course of the Contra Costa Weter Com- pany has mot been such as to recommend it P e ‘people of Oakland, but the veople of Oakland desire to avold doins an_injustice to Tt the Contra Costa ‘Water Com- any one. pany will sell to the city of Oakland as much of its plant as the city needs 1 recommend the city to buy, provided the price is not unreasonably high. 1f the corporation will not sell its property outside the city limits for a fair valuation then the city should pay for its distributing system a liberal price i within the cf 1imi “l. the ertln: 4 Sent ‘that distributing system at suc bk o should not allow f to be 1 the cit: BEor up. but should install a plant of its own, My own opinion is that If the city pays $3,600,000 for the property of the Contra Costa Water Company it will be paying a suf- ficlently liberal price. If it pays to the Contra Costa Water Company $1,500,000 for the dis- tributive system within the city limits speci- fled by Mr. Fitzgerald and agrees to continue the present high rate for the period of three Vears mno injustice will be done by the city to that corporation. CORRESPONDENCE SUBMITTED. The Mayor submits coples of corre- spondence had with the company asking for a selling figure and he adds that no proposition or bid has been received in response to his PGQUEEB: Taking up the Bay Clties Water Com- pany project, the Mayor writes that in April he received an offer from the com- pany to deliver tater at 350 per million gallons a day, or 5 cents a thousand gal- lons, yat the southern boundary of the city. But this plan fell through because the company’s attorneys held that a con- tract to supply water cowld not be made binding on the city to compel i. to take the water at a fixed, unchanged rate. The second proposition to sell a plant outright was then submitted by the company and it is included in the Mayor's message. nual expense entailed upon the cT;:‘; S OaKland through the acquisition and operation of the plant under consid- eration is estimated by Chief Engineer Duryea of the company at §325,000, viz.: Interest on $3,750,000 bonds at 4 per cent, $150,000; operation, $100,000; maintenance, $30,000; other expenses, $25,000. The annual capacity of the plant (20,- 000,000x365) is seven thousand three hun- dred million gallons, and the cost to Oak- land delivered at elevations which will) properly supply a gravity pressure dis- tributing system therein, figures out $44 52 per million gallone. WHAT IS CONTEMPLATED. This contemplates the building of a ter- minal reservoir of twenty to thirty mil- lion gallons capacity, the city, however, to install its distributive system. The Mayor says of the proposition: The Bay Citles Water Company offers to sell a sufficient olr for the storage of eight thousand five huRdred million gallons of water and water rights capable of yielding that amount of water per year, together with a suf- ficient pipe line to the southerly limits of the ity "ot "Gakland, and there o erect and deed to the city a sufficient pumping plant, with pipe linet to reservolr, to be selected by the city within its limits to elevate the water to a sufficient height for the city's purposes for the sum of $3.750,000. ‘WOULD GIVE BOND. It also offess Lo give & bond in the penal sum of $1,000,000, the bond to be approved by the Mayor of the city, guaranteeing the per- fo ce of the work in accordance with the terms of the contract, and at the outset to make a deed of conveyance to the city of its water rights, reservolr, rights of way, site for pump- ing plant, etc., to be held in escrow by a trust company ‘and delivered to the city in the event of the failure of the corporation to comply with its contract, and also to be delivered to the city upon the corporation having satistac- torily performed its obligations. When it is considered that the Spring Valley ‘Water Works of San Francisco claims that a supply of water costs in the neighborhood of one million dollars for every million gallons of dally supply, making, according to the esti- mates of that corporation, a daily supply to the clty of Oakland of 20,000,000 gallons, worth the sum of $20,000,000, and when it is consid- ered that the estimates of other engineers are to the effect that a supply of water In great quantities will cost about eight hundred thou- sand dollars for every million gallons fur- nished daily, it will be seen what a remark- able contrast there is between the prices pro- posed by the Bay Citles Water Company and anything heretofore considered as a bas calculation for the cost. SUPPLY VERY &AME Twenty millions of gallons of wates is more than the city of Oakland will rreg::z for many years to come, but it is sound pol- fcy to secure that supply at once If it done for the price proposed by the Bay (‘\'A(Qr CUmp‘u.ny, The Contra Costa “ompany claims that it has furnished the of Oakland a dally supply of twelve or mors milln_gallons of water. It seems InoreRiine that anysuch quantity of water coula . be consumed Yy a population in consumed »op the nelghborhood At the earnest solicitation of the 1 have consented to that portion of ther meion fon that r!ht pla and specifications, ps, etc. of water ed shall not be sul - ted to public Inspection until after there pas been a favorable report by our engineers oy the people are called upon to vote upon ‘the proposition. Tf the engineers report favorably and this Council fs of opinion that the prepe. sition ought to be accepted and proposes vy e people a bond issue to carry it out, then all the plans and specifications, description of water shed, etc., are to be laid before the peo- ple of Oakland for their consideration so that they can act intelligently in voting for or agginst the issuance of bonds. ut as the corporation anticipates b opposition from its rivals aiready In the fioig it desires, for business reasons, that its prop. erty and its plans, etc., be not published woni fuch time as this' Couricll approves its propo- sition and is ready to submit to the peopl Question of lssuink bonde. ks NILES PLAN REVIEWED. Mayor Olney treats at some length o n the Niles Cone project, which has already had exhaustive consideration in the citi- zens' committee of five report. He pre- sents that source as a last alternative. Summing up, Mayor Olney write After a survey of the whole flel tions are as followe: it e Contra Costa Water Com; sell so much of its plant as 18 Included” o Mr. Fitzgerald's report for a price not ex. ceeding $3,500,000, the city ought to buy, 1 do not recommend such purchase because I believe the property is worth the amount spec- ified, but because such purchase I3 in the. fne terest of peace and quiet. In my opinion the proposition of the Bay Cities' Water Com. pany is, from the standpolnt of economy amd actual money values, better than the purchase of the Contra Costa Water Company’s plant for $5,000,000. The Bay Cities' Water Com= pany will furnish, for a moderate price, enough water of a better quality than that | furnished from San Leandro reservoir - ply Oakland for many years to come. “The supply of water from the San Leandro reser- voir is limited, and the quality fs not of the best. All additional supplies must come from the Niles cone, and the rights of the water company thers are not exclusive. The city is as free to get water there as Is the water company. 2—If the Contra Costa Water Company will not sell the entire plant specified in Mr. Fitz- gerald’s report, but will sell its distributing system within ‘the city limits at an approxi- mately fair valuation, the city should buy. This recommendation is made also, not be- cause we want or need the tributive system, but is m ried out, it will ‘end all controversy. Our Cit; Engineer has made, at your request, ve’r; careful estimates of the cost of a first-class distributive system, including reservoirs and meters. The pipe is of castiron, the most expensive and durable known, and of capacity cqual to the needs of a city of 120,000 people. The estimated cost at present prices of labor and material is $1,980,000. If the estimated cost of meters is deducted—$154,100—the total cost of this up to date and modern plant for distribution 1s $1,832,900. Irrespective of all considerations except ecomomic ones, such a plant is cheaper at the price stated than the estimate placed on the water company’s plant by Mr. Fitzgerald. 3—In the event that the water company Tefuses to sell its plant at the price indicated within_ten days from date, then I recommend ot e T, B e S report within next twenty-five there- after whether or not. in his opinion, the Bay has the ability to fur- SGENIC ROAD WILL BE BUILT Board of Supervisors Takes Necessary . - Action. Plans Magnificent Boulevard Along Crest of Contra Oosta Hills. y Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Aug. 17. Action was taken by the Board of Su- pervisors to-day that practically’ insures the bullding of the scenic boulevard from Oakland to Haywards along the crest| of the Contra Costa hills. This drive will be thirteen miles in length and it is es- | timated that it will cost from $200,000 to | $250,000. | A resolution unanimously adopted by the | board makes provision ‘““to acquire and | construct the road in the most sub!tan-I tial manner and in the shortest time con- sistent with reasonable taxation, as pro- vided in section 2643 of the Political | Code.” ! It is believed that the construction of | this road will be of the greatest benefit as an advertising medium to Alameda County. The plan has been advocated by the Board of Trade, Merchants’ Ex- change and prominent citizens with a view to having such a driveway as will attract people from all over the State. D e e e e e e BRUTAL SLAYER LEAVES NO CLEW Early Morning Murder in a Los Angeles Resort. Special Dispatch to The Call. LOS ANGELES, Aug. i8.—Eva Drouein was murdered at 12:2) o'clock this (Tues- | day) morning In a resort.in the heart of the red light district. The murderer left no clew to his identity and the only de scription of him in the hands of the police is that he wore white canvas shoes The attention of occupants of adjoining | rooms was attracted by a noise and blew their police whistl Before the police responded a man was seen running from the place. When officers entered they | found the woman lying dead upon the | floor. A towel had been tightly twisted | around her neck and her skull had been | crushed in in several places with a large boulder, which was found lying near the body. The contents of the drawers of a| dresser in the room were scattered on the floor, indicating that robbery was the | motive, but on the dead woman's fingers were several valuable rings and on her wrists several bracelets, showing that the | murderer was looking only for money. | The woman arrived here three weeks | ago from San Francisco. But little is | known of her here. | @ it e e e @ | plans and specifications are satistactory. and | in case his report is favorable, to_pass an or- | dinance looking to the purchase of the plant and water rights of the Bay Cities Water Com. | pany in accordance with its proposition, The limitation of time above mentioned & necessary because the Bay Cities Water Com- pany, by its proposals requires the city to make its examination by its engineers within forty-five days from August 12, 1903, and if the report is unfavorable the propoesition is wn, 'l:—mxr\: the event that the Contra Costa Water | Company does not agree, within the time speci- fled, to sell its plant, subject to the approval of the people, expressed by voting for a bond {ssue, and in the event that our engineers are not reasonably certain that the Bay Citles Water Company can live up to its contract and, in the language of merchants, eliver the goods,” then we should, as soon as the Su-4 premé Court decides the case of Katz vs. Walkinshaw, proceed to purchase land on the Niles cone and take steps to lay a pipe line, erect a pumping plant, etc., for supplying the city with water from that source. BOND QUESTION VITAL. The question the issue of bonds to acouire s “municipal water plant by the eity shouid be submitted to the people just as soon 2s It is settled what system is to be adopted. In the event that the Contra Costa Water Company consents to sell, the bonds for the | water plant should be in the sum of $3,500,000 | for that plant and about $250,000 for improve- ments in that plant, particularly in its distrib- ve system. ey the event the Contra Costa Water Com- | pany refuses to sell, there should be an issue | of bonds in the sum of $2,000,000 with which | fo lay & distributive system, buy reservoir | sites. etc. And likewise there should be sub- Mitted to our people, in the<event of our engi- neers reporting favorably on the Bay Cities | Water Company’s proposal, a bond fssue for $3.750,000 with which to purchase that plant: But if the report is unfavorable, then for an jssue of about $1,500,000 to acquire land on the Niles cone, erect pumping plants, lay pipe s e iewing all these different schemes of upply 1 have no hesitation whatever in :..yln:;!mp:dhe best of all, from the economic point of view, and keeping in mind' the cer- {ainty of an immense increase in the wealth and population of our city, Is the one proposed by the Bay Cities Water Company. "The corporation is a responsible one. Its president and leading stockholder is Mr. Wil- Jam S Tevis. His financial standing you all Mnow. He is, without doubt, absolutely cer- tain of being abie to supply us with more than 20,000,000 gallons of water per day, and Sl be one of the Bondsmen on the $1,000,000 guarantes bond. This bond, however, will not g0 to the extent of guaranteeing from the | watershed a continuous daily supply of 20,000~ 300 gallons, for that would be a guaranty against & succession of droughts that might SSRIST all water supplies. Therefore, our en- gineers must tell us whether, judging from $he records of the last twenty-three years, the Bay Citles Water Company owns & suppiy of Water equal to a drain of 20,000.000 galions per Sy, 1t the supply 18 only certain for 12,000,000 of 15,000,000 per day during such years as the fast five, I-should still be in favor of accept- Ing this company’s proposition. * WANT THEIR MONEY. losing I desire to add that your Mr. Jonelof Howard and mayself paid Mr. Fitz- gerald his fee of $1000 for services. and we Ehould like to have this money, with interest 5t the rate of P per cent per annum from June 3" 1908, repaid to us. I have also paid out $50 for telegrams, stenographer’s charges, etc., ) connection with this water investigation. I0n Gtemized statement of these expenses will Do handed vou as soon as made up. Mr. Fitzgerald is Low n the city of San Francisco, epgaged in_an_ important profes- Work, but am arrangement has been P Gde by which he is to give such time to Ouk- Jond as it may require. I most Reartily com- Thend him to you and the people of Oakland. T professional _reputation among engineers 1'%t The best. I do mot belleve any influence Whatever can swerve him from the straight Dath of integrity. The interests of the eity pail ate In the hands of our comvetent and Upright City Ensineer and Mr. Fitzgerald. Finally, permit me to express relief that now the burden of responsibility and anxiety of the Jast few months can be, in large measure, ta- ken from my shoulders. It s for you to de- Kiie whether or not my recommendations, or Sny of them, are best for the interests of our | 2Ry, " Ever since your entrance upon your im- Sortant and responsible office you have shown Poal 'Eood judgment and sound business sense in managing the affairs of the city. There can be no doubt the people trust you and believe ' in you, They know you will o your best, not | IRIy for the Oakland of to-day, but for that | Qqueenly eity of the future that Is the hope and the aspiration of all our good citizens. The message was referred to the special Bond Committee of the City Couneil, composed of President George W. Dornin, John L. Howard, chairman of the Audit- ing and Finance Committee; A. H. Elli- ott, chalrman of the Ordinance and Ju- diclary Committee; B. C. Cuvellier, chair- mar. of the Fire and Water Committee; B. H. Pendleton, chairman of the Public Improvements Committee. of | and ‘his bvatting NITOSTS THAEL IV ARETIG WILDS Mr. and Mrs. Glidden Journey Beyond the Circle. ‘W ill Plant Colors of a Massa- . chusetts Club in Far North. —— Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1908, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. LONDON, Aug. 17.—A telegram re- ceived to-day at-the Herald London Bu- reau from Hapawanda states that M. and Mrs, C. J. Glidden of Boston suc- ceeded in entering the Arctic circle at 2 o'clock on Sunday in their automobile. The present trip was planned by Glidden to cover 4406 miles, occupying forty five days. It was to begindn England and to be continued through Ireland, Scetland and Norway, to Mondhjeim, to 84 north latitude, within two and one-third degrees of the Arctic circle. Mr. and Mrs. Giidden started from Boston on June 17. Glidden was present- ed at his departyre with the colors of the Massachusetts Automobfle Club and, in accepting the flag, he said he would en- deavor to carry it in his automobile to the most northern latitude possibie to drive an automobfle, leaving it there In the hands of a custodian to be delivered to a member of the ciub arriving In an to- mobile that will take it a point fa north. They left Copenhagen on July —_—ee———— CINCINNATI AND NEW YORK NATIONALS BBEAI' EVEN Poole Pitches Well and Does Good Service With His Mighty Bat. NATIONAL LEAGUE. NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—The Cincinnati and local Nationals broke even in a double-header to-day. New York won the first game wit Matthewson pitching against Suthoff. In the second the visitors batted Taylor out of th box in the fifih inning. Poole pitched well was useful. He made tw scored one run in the same in two more while: tak hits in the fifth, inning_ and dro his second turn at bat. Attendance, 12,68 Score: First game. R H | New York . . 10 | Cincinnati . . 4 T Batteries—Matthewson and Bowerman; S off and Peitsz. - Second gam« R. l! Cincinnati - 2 i{ v: New York T . Batteries—Poole and Harberer; Taylor, Mil- ler_and Bowerman. Umptres—Morun and Emslie. BROOKLYN, Aug. 17.—Brooklyn double-header from St. Louis to-day. held the visitors down to three hits in the first game, all of them in the ninth inning. In the second game the locals were outba: but bunching of hits won in the tenth inning. Attendance, 2800. Score: won Ga First game. R H E st. Louts g <3 Brocklyn . . 6 T s Batteries—Currie and O'Neil; Garvin and Ritter. Umpire—Hurst. v Second game. ’? H. E st. Louls . £.738 .4 Brookiyn . &'y 3 Batteries—Murphy and O'Neil; Reidy and Tmpire—Hurst. 17.—Boston played an Jacklitseh. BOSTON, Aug. burg usually cléver game to-day, while Pit played loosely. _Carney was not obliged exert himself and Phiilippl was batted - | Iy, receiving the weakest kind of support. At- tendance, 2400. Scor! R H E Boston . e TR W Pittsburg . 4 92 Batterles—Carney and Moran; Phillippi, Fal- kenburg and Phel Umpire—Johnstone. AXERICAN LEAGUE. CHICAGO, Aus. 17.—Washington won to- day's game by bunching four of their six hits in the second and third innings. Chi- cago's only run resulted from a base on balls and a single. Attendance, 1670, Score: ¢ Chicago . - e Waahington - 2 6 o Batteries—Owen, Flaherty and Slattery; Lee and Kittredge. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 17.—Philadelphia defeated st. Louis to-day in a closely played game. The home team went to pleces in the first in- ning. Attendance, 2300. Score: R H k. 8t. Louls . - ——remien 2 E 2 Philadelphis e L Batteries—Slevers and Sugden; Plank and Powers. DETROIT, Mich., Aug. 17.—Kitson pitched a fine game to-day and won from New York. Barrett’s hitting was a feature. Attendance, 2170. Score: R. H. E. Detroit . . —ces 6 11 3 New York . - . 3 fait Batteries—Kitson and MecGuire; Howell and Bevill LAND, O., Aug. 17.—Cleveland made 4 straight to-day, _defeatin; Boston Sehe "t Atiendance, 3200, Score: R H E Cleveland o w. s B3 Boston - . 8§ ~68 Batteries—Joss and Bemis; Winters and J Stahl. ADVERTISEMENTS. Pears’ To keep the skin clean is to wash the execretions from it off ; the skin takes care of itself inside, if not blocked outside. 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