The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 28, 1903, Page 7

GR :Ng;zaz‘ NORTHERN CALIFOR LAST TWH NIGHTS RAYMOND AND CAVERLY And Our Superb Esstern Company in “IN HARVARD” | NFORD UNIVERSITY HT Gion W. Gibson at a TO-MORROW PRIC s NEXT SUNDAY NIGHT, POLLARD LILLIPUTIANGO. In the PRIC 25e. TIVOLISSE. SRR D'ARVILLE L s gt I> ny in De Koven's THE HIGHWAYMAN. GRAND OPEE4 EEASON OPENS NEXT WEEK. snday We s fay and Ssturday AIDA." Shamid sy Evenings, Satur-| | DILAMMERMOOR l SAL | | KEOUGH and BALLARD Presenting AUDEVILLE SURPRISE;" The Fleury Trio; Sam Edwards snd | | Company and Larkins and Patter- son. Last times of Roberti and Billoski; Rosie Rendel; John Le Clair; Heeley and Meely and Lew 5 25 Balcony, 10c; Box Seats and Opera Chairs, M +4 co M,BI SAY FRANCISCO'S LEADING THEKVE LAST 2 IGHTS 7\‘ ATINEE SATURDAY. | AS THE SAN NIA COUPLE BECOME MATED IN THIS CITY Miss Jessica Longmire Becomes Happy Bride of Quiet Wedding Held in the Parsonage of the First Christian Church HENRY MILLER |+ ARGARET ANGLIN THE TAMING OF HELEN. | HE marriage of Gion W. Gibson and Miss Jessica Longmire was lebrated by the Rey. Frank S. o'clock Wednesday parsonage of the at 6 g at tue ristian Churc this city. The S < I 2 wedding was very qu only relatives Went Wosk —Senry Willer and Nongaest Anglia and few intimate f: s being present. 5 a2 eatirely new AMII LE Afterward the party partook of an el versien of C orate wedding supper at one of the do MATINEES IDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. | town res rants, EATS NOW ‘G Mrs. Gibson is the daughter of ome of SEAT o \Sl,le{\b the early settlers of ( nn County She e ——————— ot alities and is very popular at localit (FALIFORNI e 1w ey son, a California and an e T sivé land owner near ms, Colusa “eHE ” County. He i ord | SHENANDOAH | Drgmaretiy: o & it — = ity 1 5= - 3 wi- | T3] | engineer by profession, sev “E e | P ears he been engaged In manag- | S50 9 150 ing the large ranch of his f: r. He 25 | Special Matinee To-Morrow, | 95 one of the leading sportsmen of | " ' < ’ ” the St , by wing shot | rs. Dane's Defense. ‘ of Norther | Next Week | nsolvent Accountant. | a petition 1 the United HEAT | District Court. He owes'$734 and has no —_— assets | ADVERTISEMENTS. i 1HEAT fiENTR HELA:E“ - L T + Street. Near Eighth—Phone South 333. HT—THREE LAST NIGHTS TO-) AND SUNDAY Alexander Dumas’ ‘CAMILLE.” TO-NIG ROW TON as CAMIL [4 Supporting Co ALCAZAR TO-NIGHT. * 22 snuow | Be & Mayer, asc E EXTRA MATINEE NEXT SUNDAY | THE DAIRY FARM | T I€ F AKING 1 JRDE! XT M AY. al Season of ——FLORENCE ROEERTS— In THE T) LCOME MRS. HATCH. n San Francisco. SEATS NOW SELLING Star Cast, Including KOLB_AND I BA 3 DI ZR Five Baby Lions in the Zoo. . [ SHOW RY AFTERNOON ININ IN THE THEATER. Inspect “CABARET DE LA MORT.” SEE THE CHINESE BABY IN THE INFANT INCUBATOR. ~——VISIT THE— “MYSTIC MIRROR MAZB” ADMISSION, 10c; CHILDREN, §e. Phoning Ask for THE CHUTES. MISCELLANEOUS AMUSEMENTS. LYRIC HALL ™o Charies Frohman Presents EVERYMAN... the XV Century Morality Play. Evenings —Commencing Wed., Sept. 2, at 8:30. Afternoons—Thursday and Saturday st Reserved Seats ...52, §1 50 s A+ Bberman, Clay & Co.s. Now on sale. FOR SALE In Book Form ALL ROOK STORES BUY IT TO-DAY | | DON'T FAIL TO see the beautiful COURT Lounging ! | room, the EMPIRE ’ PARLOR, thei| PALM ROOM, the || LOUIS XV PAR- | LOR, and the LA- DIES’ WRITING‘ i i ROOM. AMUSEMENT! | — e [ ALL! PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE. RECREATION PARK, | ——EIGHTH AND HARRISON— | CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, 3:30 P. M.; SAT- URDAY, 3:00 P. M. SUNDAY. 30 P. M. OAKLAND vs. SAN FRANCISCO. LADIES' DAYS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. Advance Sale, 5 Stockton St LECTURES AND C@NCIRTS. RESERVE YOUR SEATS from 1 to 5 p. ‘-mud!ro:'lp.n. > STEINWAY HALL, 223 Sutter St., SUNDAY NIGET “The Marconi of the Mind,” on “How to Resd T L. With Exmnm!n-u’m Thought Reading. Tickets, 25c, Oc, | desirous of | purpose. | 1 SON OF WELL KNOW: PI10O- NEER OF CALIFORNIA AND | HIS BRIDE. s = WANTS ACTION 0N FRANCHISE Santa F's Railroad Urges | Street Committee Not to Delay. stem, appeared before the Super- visors' Street Committee yesterday and urged that immediate acti be taken on | the petition of the company for a fran- chise for a steam railroad long portions of Seventeenth, Mariposa, eventh, Six- teenth and Hubbell streets for a period of forty-four years. Payson stated that the company was ving the franchise granted by the present Board of Supervisors and was averse to any delay In its considera- tion. While appreciating the good fzith of the compan the committee decided to postpone consideration of the petition for one week The petition of the Hackmen's Unlon that Mission road, between Onondaga avenue apd the county line, be repatred to accommodate vehicular traffic was re- to the Board of Works for investi- gation and report. with a recommendation | that the work be done. Oimilar action petition of Lenormand was taken on the Eros. for permission to plank a porticn of Howard street in front of premises No, 795 Howard condition of t street The committee reported in favor of cer- tain street work on Green between Devisadero and Broderick, | stre , between Twenty-fourth | ty-fitth, and of accepting the roadways | of Askbury street, between Haight and Page; Lombard street, between Hyde and Larkin, and Broadway, between Baker | and Lyon streets. The committee approved the map show- ing the bounda assessed for grade chang :t, from Chestnut to Montgomery avenue; Francisco street, from Leaven- worth to Montgomery avenue, and Ten- nessee street, tieth. The petition of the University Mound on Jones and Bay View Improvement Club for the | 1 of obstructions on Twenty-sev- | remov; enth venue south and Railroad avenue | was laid over for one week. The recommendation of the Board of Works that V. Hoffman be granted a per- mit to pave with basalt blocks the side- walk of Sansome street, batween Vallejo and Green, was placed on file. The commidtee postponed action on the petition of Roger Johnson for permission to lay a spur track on Townsend street, from Java to Third. Joimson would not state who he represented and the com- mittee thought it should know who want- ed the valuable concession and for what Some time ago the Market- street Railway Company applied for a franchise along the blocks described, but the application was denied. v oS amion ‘Want Portable Schoolhouse. A delegation from the Sunset distriet, headed by C. Dietz, waited on School Die rector Walsh yesterday to urge that a portable schoolhouse be installed at some point on Twelfth avenue. Dletz said there is no schoolhouse between Seventh and Forty-second avenues and Walsh stated that if sufficient pupils are found he will place a portable schoolhouse in the desired district. ——tt e % An Evening Diversion. The proper thing now is to arrange parties for an evening trip on the new electric cars to Mill Valley. The fare is but 40 cents for the round trip via Sausalito Ferry, and the trip is comfortable and highly enjoyable, + pbschin ety e reior i, The Warsaw (Poland) jail contains a wholesale bigamist, who is known to have gone through the marriage ceremony with seventeen women, all of whom are alive. reet, on account of the bad 4 fes of the district to be | from Nineteenth to Twen- | FIGHTS AGAINST PROPOSED AAIGE Assessor Dodge Shows Why City’s Assess- ment Is tooHigh, Presents Facts and Figures for the State Board of Equalization. —_—— The State Board of Equalization will consider in Sacramento Saturday the proposed raise of the San Francisco assessment and Assessor Washington Dodge is preparing to combat vigor- ously the threatened Increase. He says that the data prepared for the equaliza- tion board this year is the same which has been the basis for raising San Fran- cisco's assessment in the past. ““This data,” sald the Assessor, ‘‘con- sists of a comparison of the assessed val- | ue of property, in selected pieces only, | with the mortgage thereon. These mort- | gages are selected in such a manner as to make any conclusions drawn thereon valueless for the purpose of establishing a basls of assessment for realty through- | out the entire State.” In addition to the foregoing reason the | Assessor will vigorously attack this | method of equalization adopted by the | board for other reasons. “It Is manifest- ly unfair to San ncisco,” said the As- sessor, “and for this reason: It is well }knnwn that the savings banks in this city loan at least 6 per cent and even more, often 80 or % per cent, on a liberal valuation of the property, whereas the same banks, doing a large country busi- ness, will loan only 30 per cent, o# in rare cases 40 per cent of their appraised value of country property. 1 have letters from | them to this effect. Now, when the State Board compares the assessment of coun- try property, with mortgage thereon, of 130 per cent of the value of the property, | and then compares the assessed value of property in San Francisco with the amount of the mortgage thereon at 60 or 75 per cent of the value of the property, it can readily bhe seen how easily San Francisco property has been overassessed for years by the State Board, in compar- ison with other counties of the State. WRONG BASIS OF VALUE. “For instance, if country assessments |are as high as the mortgage at 30 per cent of the value of the property, it is | regarded as proof that that assessment { is higher than one in San Francisco | would be if slightly less than the mort- | Bage at 70 per cent of the value of the property, although a fact ours would be assessed twice as high proportionately. But why should the board Insist that property of citizens and taxpayers of the State should be sed on a mortgage basis, unless the board assesses rallroad | property on the same basis? Why should | the Board of Equalization insist that a | plece of real estate, mortgaged for $80,000, be assessed for $%0,000 or more, while it assesses a mile of railroad, mortgaged for | $80,000, at $25,000 a mile? | “Let us see how this operates. I have of the United Rafl- for 65 per cent of as made ntral Pacific Rall- uding the roadbed, | assessed the propert | roads in San Fran. !'the entire a 1 | State Board on the ( road in California, inc | rolling stock, right of w and franchise. Now, the board has fixed the assessment | of the Central Pacific Railroad for the same amount as last year. If all prop- erty in San Francisco is raised, then our taxpayers, Including the United Rall- | roads, pay more taxes and the Central Pacific pays still lass. This is for the reason that the more the State assessment | roll is raised the lower the rate will be, | and therefore the less the taxes will be | on that property not raised in valuation. In addition, however, to all this, if the | question were only between the counties | alone, the mortgage method is all wrong s far as equalization goes, and operates anst our cfty.” In this connection the Assessor is get- ting statements from the banks on this subject. He has' sent the following let- ter to the savings banks of San Fran- cisco: To the Savings Banks of San Francisco: The State Board of Bqualization contemplates a raise in this city's assessment. This would ! be rank injustice to San Francisco, as com- pared with the rest of the State, in my opin- | fon. «In ten years San Francisco's roll in- creased $110,000,000. During the same time the entire State, outside of San Franclsco, Los Angeles omitted, diminished In assessed value $50,000, 00 The & that San Francisco ought to be raised. This consists of a study of mortgage values with as- sessed values, Such a method, as you know, is manifestly unfair to San Francisco, as here banks loan up to 60 per cent of values at least on their own valuation, while in the country loans rarely will be given at over 30 or 40 per cent. Such comparisons of assessed values Wwith mortgages has for years forced San Fran- clsco to pay more than her share of taxes. State e a written statement ¢ end in those made in the country, that 1 may use the same to convince the State sard that this practice of the board of equalizing the assessments the various | counties in the State on the basis of mortgage should be abandoned by them as unscientific, nreliable and as manifestly unfair to San rancisco. Very sincerely yours WASHINGTON' DODGE, n Francisco. Various banks have already responded, stating that it is their custom to loan more than double the amount on their appraisement of city lots than they loan on counry lands. | WILL ASK FOR REDUCTION. “I shall ask the State board,” sald the | Assessor, “to grant San Francisco a re- | duction in her assessment and not for a | momént to entertain the idea that San Francisco should be raised 10 per cent or any other sum. When it Is considered that during the last thirteen years the increase In the roll of Sau Francisco has been more than double the increa®% made | in all the other counties of the State com- | bined, it will readily appear how unjust it would be to raise the assesment of this city. Since 1890 the assessment roll of San Francisco has been increased $127,000,000. During this time, a period of thirteen years, the assessment roll of the | entire State, outside of San Francisco, | Los Angeles County being omitted, has only increased $52,000,000. During the same period the increase in the assess- | ment of Los Angeles €County, including | the large raise made therein this year, | | | Assessor of i has increased but $97,000,000, and yet Los Angeles in the past thirteen years, in both the city and county, has had the most phenomenal growth in population and wealth—far greater than has San Fran- cisco. “Even if we include Los Angeles, with its phenomenal growth, with all the other counties of the State, we find that from 180 up to and including 1603 the assess- ment roll of all these countles, other than | 8an Francisco, has increased only $148,- 000,000, while S8an Francisco, having only one-third the population and property of the State, has alone increased $127,000,000, Now,”’ continued the Assessor, ‘‘can any fair-minded man for one moment jus- tify the contention that San Francisco's assessment should be raised, in view of these facts and figure: Are we not rather entitled to a reduction? The duty of the State board is to equalize the as- gessment of the various counties of the State. For them it Is not a question whether San Francisco realty is d at less than market rates; it should be a question for them whether or not San Francisco property is assesed on a higher basis of valuation thon is other property by the | td has hid data prepared to prove | FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 1903. ADVERTISEMENTS. PR, MILVES’ i=Pafm P Quickly and effectively in all cases of Nervous Headache, Sick Headache, Lumbago, Sea-Sickness, Car-Sickness, Irritability, Periodic, Bearing-Down and Ovarian Pains. ‘I could not get along without relfef from almost any vllnA I bad effects afterwards, as one Dr. Miles’ Anti-Paln Pills. gtve almost 've them to all of the e‘;mdrcn -m'm. btg. and we loes from most - MR! EN, 208 indiann Ave., Riverside, Calif. 8. IRA “Two years ago I had a severe attack of La G: . and was under the doctor's care five days without any relief. Then I bought & box of Dr. Miles’ i Eain Bhis snd: ove Pils cured me. A short time ago I had another attack, thanka to the Pain Pills, I was soon but cured, taking only three of the pills.”—JOHN N. PURTTEMAN, Glendale, Ore. “I have used Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills for a lumber of years, and find that they promptly relieve ordinary and neuralgiac headache. They give lun‘!)hr; relief to wife.". it no Angeles, “Once, and often twice a week for years I have had spells of duil, ki ns across _the foreh o s T et I The, Boart. Bim nd shomders. 1 And Dv. Sies Ant-rui Pills very beneficial, one tablet usually being suficlent to stop the pain.”-— MRES. LEONA ER, Wheatland, Calif. “I have frequently used Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills for Neuraigia, and they give q.:s relief. Also in traveling. am never without them, using them to ent drowsiness headache.”—E. L. SANFORD, Mgr. BEtna Springs Hotel, Etna Springs, if. MRS. M. S. TOBEY, who was 11 years postmistress at Carpenteria, Calif.. says: ‘I suffered a long time from nervuos headachee. and very severe pain in back of my n Dr. Miles® Anti_Pain Pills brought relief, for which 1 am very grateful. I am to others. Sciatica, Backache, La Grippe, Pain in Stomach, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Nervousness and Sleeplessness. Ague Pains, Indigestion, Dizziness, = ed Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills for Neuralgia and Nervous Headache and alwa; recetyel Rrotape o Ml Aeadaches occurred at intervals, usually in the morning, and u.\ur;f a Pain Pill when first s)’mplgm lppoah r::fild‘x'&”n rma:lggu: (o My husband che, says he e " has also used them for headache, an ¥ o e the : & “] am very grateful that I have found such & ect remedy for headache. ‘1! m roke while in the army, and ever since have su ered 2 tly headache an 'i“he only thing that ever gave me any relief was Dr. nm'mm- Pain Pils, which I hav used With ‘satistactory Tesults for a number of years . Lo o cotiing Ave. Pasadena, Callf. - ‘with headache and dull ns. I came across some of Dr. have been bothered for years Gy 2] fles' Anti-Pain Pills, and tried them. and they gave t‘;’e just the thing, and recommend them highly.’ —? “1 was long subject to spe caused by indigestion. to do anythin g. Dr. MO, me relief at once. FRANK STERNS, Bugene, Ore. ils of severe pain through the eyes and across my The attacks often continued two days, Miles' Anti-Pain Pills relieved the pab attacks by taking one Pill when I found the pains comin and they never failed to relieve me. Dr. Miles’ Anti-Pain Pills are sold by_all druggists, 25 cents a box, under a positive guarantee that the first box will bene / R. HOYT, Hill forehead— dur!nf which time I was unable ,_and I afterwards prevented tI 1 have used them for a long time boro, Ore. t or money refunded. TION MRKES 10 GITY FUNDS Fire ChiefSuliivan Turns $1000 Back to the Treasury. D. T. Sullivan, chief engineer of the Fire Department, made a voluntary do- nation of $1000 to the city yesterday. Sul-| livan was allowed the amount named by resolution of the Board of Supervisors to defray his expenses in attending the na- tional convention of fire department chiefs at Atlantic City next month and in inspecting various Eastern departments, | which he was ordered to do by the Fire Commission. Sullivan secured the demand from Au- ditor Baehr and proceeded to the City Treasurer's office. On presenting his de- mand to Deputy Treasurer Devoto it was cashed at once. It was then that Sullivan presented the money to the city. “Please give me a receipt for this money,” said Sullivan. I desire to turn it back into the Fire Commission’s fund. There has been some objection tc my be- ing given this money and the vote of the Supervisors was not unanimous on the resolution. 1 therefore will not take the money and will pay my own expenses to the convention.” Sullivan was then given a receipt for the $1000 and this he proudly exhibited to sev- eral friends. The only Supervisor- who voted against the resolution allowing Sullivan $1000 was Connor, who, while an admirer of Sullivan, believed it would be a bad precedent to establish, as other city officials might desire the same priv- 1lege. T‘he graceful act of Chief Sullivan will tide over the Fire Commission in its tem- porary difficulty of having a deficit of $1069 in its salary account. L e e e et in the State. I contend that all property in San Francisco has been uniformly as- sessed at a fair basis of valuation by me &t least this has been my endeavor. I know that the data gathered by the State board or its agent to justify the raise in our assesment is unreliable and any con- clusions of whatever ature drawn there- from are worthless, and I am prepared to show this to the State board when San Francisco's hearing occurs. “The following table is con:lusive proof that San Francisco's assessment has been increased out of all proportion to the rest of the State, and this city should, there- fore, be reduced, not raised: Assessment of San Francisco— 800, 1900, 1903, $300,000,000 $410,000,000 $427,000,000 Gath, s o 110,000,000 000,000 Rest of Staie except Los Ange 000,000 000,000 $742,000,000 ¥ .""25,000,000 Gain. 52000000 o okos ™t L orad o0, 000 7,000,000 Ly o 000, Ao e 2,000,000 149,000,000 | at work on Geary street, *| Kearny, ALLEGES SCHEME 10 GRAB STREET E. P. E. Troy Complains of Action of United Railroads. The following communication was sent yesterday by E. P. E. Troy to the Mayor, Board of Supervisors and Board of Works, in which he alleges that the United Railroads is planning to grab the street of certain blocks on Geary street that it may connect the road on that thoroughfare with its main line: I have reliable information that recently the United Rallroads has had ‘ts employes between Taylor and making prevarations to connect its tracks with those nmow on Taylor street. ¢ The purpose of this is to prepare the Geary street track and roadway so the company can come at night or on Sunday ‘with a large gang of men #nd connect its tracks with those now on Taylor street. All this work has been done through the counivance and with the consent of the Geary Street Rallroad and so as to make it appear that it was being done by that company. ; 1 gbe!:e\'e ()hll the United Rallroads intends to attempt to use that portion of the fran- chise granted the Central Railroad Company in 1879, by order No. 1244, and which ex- pires in 1920, covering Taylor street from Geary to Post. This portion of this franchjse has been abandoned for over five years and is therefore forfeited, as provided by section 26, article XIV of the charter. e reason of the proposed use of this street by the United Railroads is to hamper and block as much as possible the operation of the municival road on Geary street, for which the peobla are to vote October S next. The use of these five blocks, with those on Market street, It is hoved will keep the municipal road more than ten blocks away from and thus prevent it from reaching the ferry. lsuyn.hur evidence of the opposition of the United Rallroads to municipal ownership of a street rallroad on Geary street ls shown by the signature of that company, hy its presi- dent, Arthur Holland, to the petition of the Geary Street Company for a new 0 se, under the now void provisions of the infamous Broughton act. Therefore 1 earnestly request that you have policemen stationed day and night and on holidays on Geary street to prevent any per- son connecting the United roads tracks with those now on this street, and 1 further request that you have injunctions immediately issued to prevent said work being done, and further, that you, as soon as possible, have suits brought to, forfeit all franchises granted along the line of the proposed municipal road where the same have been unused. o 20 120 Firemen Need Not Pay Fee. The Supervisors’ Joint Committee on Fire and Police reported yesterday in fa- vor of amending the ordinance imposing a fee of $1 per month for rental of fire alarm tappers, so that firemen and em- ployes of the Departments of Fire and Electricity, Fire Marshal, Fir: Patrol and the Pacific Telephone Company shall be exempted from paying the charge. —_————— A gas range that could cook for a ho- tel full of people can be purchased of us for $5. 8. F. Gas and Electric Co. ¢ SUPERVISORS EXCEED POWER They Have No Right to Issue Special Build- ing Permit. According to a decision rendered by Judge Seawell yesterday in the suit of the Ploneer Automobile Company for a writ of mandate compelling the Board of Public Works to issue a permit to the company to erect a frame building on Golden Gate avenue and Laguna streets, the Board of Supervisors has no power, by a special order or resolution, to relieve any individual from the operation of a general ordinance in terms applicable to all persons. He therefore denies the company the writ of mandate and sus- tains the action of the board in refusing to allow the building to be erected. ‘The plans for the contemplated building show that its height is to be fifty-four feet six iInches, or four feet six inches higher than the law allows. When it was first proposed an application was made to the Board of Public Works for & bullding permit, which was refused. The com- pany then took its petition to the Su- pervisors, who adopted a resolution giv- ing the required permission. The erection of the building was commenced, but was interrupted by the Public Works Board, which refused to take any cognizance of the resolution. Judge Seawell declares the resolution invalid. He savs: Section 21 of article 1 of the constitution pro- vides that no citizen or class of citizens shall be granted privileges or immunities which upon the same terms shall not be granted to all citizens. Independently of that prohibition it has been uniformly held that a municipai ordinanice which is not equal and umiform in its operation and discriminates against or in favor of particular persons is unreasonable and void. My conclusion is that resclution 3887 is in- valid, that it was properly disregarded by the Board of Public Works and that the applica~ tion for a writ of mandate should be denied. - Board of Works Meets. The Board of Works yesterday denied the petitions of Flinn & Treacy to pave the roadway of Twentieth street, between Alabama and Florida, and of C. S. Harney to pave Cumberland street, between Do- lores and Guerrero. The offer of B. S. Harris to keep the City Hall roof in repair for one year for $40 per month was taken under advise- ment. The board ordered grades to be changed at certain points on Tremont avenue, ‘Masonic avenue, Buena Vista avenue and Congress street. The plans for the grading of the Noe ' Valley school lot at Twenty-fourth and Douglass streets were adopted.