The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, January 19, 1904, Page 4

THE SAN FRANCISCO ALL, TU ESDAY.- JA <« NEWS OF FIRE ATTACKS THE NILE LB Beautiful Home Broadway Is Damaged by Flames 'l’lmt; From Defective Grate . MEMBERS SAVE PAINTINGS S SRS | on Start | | | | | | Los Sustains | Organization for the Third Time During | Its FExistence in Oaklaud| Francisco Call, 18 1 Offi 1118 Bro: clock th ructi at n 1107 n done ing and der arge fireplace Y yoom. Clarence Crowell and Kendall | ub member dor the to th paratus. ted his men and | i the A at Egyptiar vas bac of volun- acted to the the Nile suff srganization firs " rred three years ago | v iock, when a defectlve g able damage. vear ago by the n block, which has DESPONDENT BARTENDER | COMMITS SUICIDE Body of Lorenz Hamburger, Who Cuts | Throat With a Pocket Knife, Found at Lodging-House. OAKLAND, end by pondent b night pocke with a Fred Johnson's Broadway. Hamburger's s found on a bed. In was a note, as follows bad lodging- | a Co; one to but | worked for eeper at Em- years of age, a | unmarried. The ok rge of the case. | —_—— | Husband’s Return Quells Fears. | KELEY 18.—Fes ring that her sband had deserted her, Mrs. Bessie Howell. whose marriage | > I « ner How of New York riship created a | last, toid some | of her supposed pre- d went home to her pa- | nd Mrs. Jacob Bash of rkeley The husband re- his wife to-d however, | nterview at the Bash home he had been ill in a San ! He sent a mes- it did not reach | ————— Funeral of Dr. George Mooar. | OAKLAND, Jan. 18.—The funeral | of the Rev. George Mooar, who @led | vesterday at Fabiola Hospital, will be | heid at 2 p. m. Wednesday from the | - avenue Congregational | which the deceased was | more than fifteen rs. | | | ADVERTISEMENTS. | POWER LGB THE Made by the professors of this college nd guaranteed a perfect fit.- We. so- cit the most difficult @ses and make 2 specialty of natural looking and ser- viceable teeth. P Pzinless Methods—Extraction Free. Week Days, 9 to 9; Sundays, 9 to 1. Post-Graduate Dental Collag:, San Froncisco—3 Taylor Street. ©02r1and—873 Washington Street. Ban Jose—45 Bast Santa Clara Street. Sacramento—407 J Street | ple (RIPPLE SUES {15 LANDLORD | Millionaire Boardman Appears THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA 'COUNCIL COMMITTEE FILES REPOR e Proposal of Bay Cities Company, Which Owns Properties in Mount Hamil- ton Range, Is Rejected Because of Expert’s Unfavorable Opinion---Con- tra Costa Corporation Submits Offer to Arbitrate Valuation of Plant in Court to Defend Him- self Against James McKeon et BIG LEGAL GUNS PRESENT Lt Bk House of Plaintiff Moved With- | +— 3 out Notice and He Seeks| OAKLAND. Jan. 18.—The special . y . committee of tke City Council on a 000 for DiscomfortSuffered | municipal water supply after many months of work filed its report to-night. Jand Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 18. P contest ove ght by James McKeon, a crip- ainst illionaire Joseph L. Boardman, was begun this morning ith the trial of the suit before Judge | Both sides have strengthened | since the filing )gde their array of attorne of the uit and this Chapman appeared tc Bergen in the pr while D. M. Delmas of San Franciscc appeared to assist H. C. def Boardman. crippled with R H. morning M. aid Attornéy rheumatism, was Kec heeled to the first witness called. he had been renting a house of Boar man at 727 Eighth street and that with- ut warning or preparation for an emergency Boardman sent men ed the gas, water and sewer pipes and hooked to the building and moved | | it around to Brush street. He claims| | that the housé, after being moved, was | | 2ft propped up several feet in the air | for ee weel during which time he suffered great inconvenience. Boardman was present in court and istened apathetically to the recital of | the sorrows of his former tenant. Bc ¥ are over seventy vears of a he trial of the -MOrrow 1it will be continued morning. GAYLEY DEFINES | T 1 (O-EDUCATIO Head of the English Depart-| ment at the University of| California Defends Himself S e Berkeley Office San Francisco Call, 148 Center Street, Jan. 18. Pre | of the English department at the Uni- versity of California, wishes it under- stood that he is not covertly sinking a ger into the back of co-education | JAAYOR ply because he has barred the wo- | WARREMN men students out of his course on | % Great Books” this term. In an inter- OLifiy view he said to-day that his sole pur- Ry pose in shutting the door against wo- men was to make co-education more efficient so far as his own classes are concerned. This, he says, cannot be done where the women crowd into the classroom so thickly that a poor, lone an cannot squeeze thromgh the door. That is not co-education. Professor Gayley's idea is that as- sociation in the classroom is not the a and vital principle of co-educa- He red the women out of his reat Books” course because there were too many of them, but next term he will put the same restriction on the men. In the meantime he is evening up matters by permitting co-eds only to enter his class on Shakespeare, the men being shooed away as fast as they come —_—————————— Marriage Licenses. 18.—The following an. a $5900 damage secution of the case, | McPike in the{ | he Courthouse and was | | He stated that | | who raised the house, disconnect- | | th| | ssor Charles Mills Gayley, head | One feature is the rejection of the Bay Cities Water Company’s proposal to in- stall a supply from its properties in the Mount Hamilton range, the com- mittee’s action being based upon Ex- pert Desmond Fitzgerald’'s unfavorable report uvon the projéct. Instead the committee has received from the Con- | tra Costa Water Company an offer to submit to a board of arbitration the long fought q! tion of the value of its plant, the valuation to cover a prop- osition to lease the plant to the city for twenty vears, with option of purchase. and to stand as a basis for rate fixing purposes as well. This proposition is contained n the age licenses were issued by the | fojjowing letter, made a part of the County Clerk to-day: Martin Felix, | repart: 23, San Francisco, and Elvira de Pass, . Cal., Jan. 14, 1904 0, Oakland: Jacob W. Ray, Stock- ton, and Minnie BE. Faught, 23, S | Francisco; Angeli Guliermo, 23, and Delina Barbagelata, 23, both of Tem- scal; Frank Roderick, 24, and Mary Swartz, 19, both of Oakland; Clarence Oakland, and Ella Bur- ; Nelson Coffin, 33, and er, 2 and Emma H. Re 8, Haywards. —— e “hairman Committe er Su To sbttle, if pos . the vexed questions concerning the water v of the city of Dakland, and being con- ard of arbitration will John L. sup vinced that any fair b r 3 find the value of the Contra Costa Water Com- pany to be fully that which the company as- serts, 1 make, through your committee, to the Council and the people of the city of kland the following proposition: 1. We will agree to the appointment of a commission of three competent disinterested experts, one to be appointed by*the city, one by this company and the two so chosen to se- lect a third, to value that portion of the sys- - s zains! “ine; % tem that pertains to supplying the_city of Oak- SRS et e l:fll()l Jand. We agree that the value so found shall OAKLAND, Jan. 18.—W. H. L.| be used as a basis for rate fixing purposes. & Hynes, the Rev. J. B. M and 2. We agree to sell said property to the oty 1 1 e , city at the valuation reached by the commis- William Walsh spoke before the City 4 Council to-night in protest against the location of the Pacific Incinerating Compan) plant at Twenty-second and Wood.streets. Consideration was postponed a week. Councilman How- ard said he would favor the abroga- —_—————— stro street, the services being con- cted by bbi Friedlander of the st Hebrew Congregation. The pall- arers were Nathaniel Rosenberg. N. Wachs, Abraham Jonas, Judge George Samuels, M. Eisenburg and Marcus Jonas. _——————— Reduces Time on Local Line. BERKELEY, Jan. 18.—The South- ern Pacific Company has inaugurated a forty-minute schedule on its local train system. The East Berkeley train stops only at Sixteenth street after leaving Golden ~-te, while the West Berkeley train goes through and picks up passengers at Shellmound, Emeryville, B street and Sixteenth street. ——————— Councilman Fitzgerald Recovers. @AKLAND, Jan. 18.—City Coun- cilman George Fitzgerald has recov- ered from his recent serious attack of typhoid pneumonia. —_—————— Yolo Pioneer Commits Suicide. WOODLAND, Jan. 18. — William Congrave, a pioneer settler of Yolo County, committed suicide in this city this afternoon. During the temporary absence of his family Congrave got his son’s rifie, placed the muzzle against his left breast and fired. He was 68 vears of age. Despondency because of illness was the cause. st S A, Fire Destroys an Opera-House. FINDLAY, Ohio, Jan. 18.—The Turners’ Opera-house of this city was totally destroyed by fire to-day. Loss $40.000. The opera-house was “dark” when the fire started. slon 5. We agree to lease that part of our sy- tem to the city of Oakland for the peried of twenty years with an option during that time asing the property at the valuation commission plus the cost of better- ents and improvements that may have been d hy the company between the date of val- uation and the date of purchase, the city to tion of the city’s contract With the| .\ rental at the rate of 5 per cent per an- company unless the site proposition | num, free from taxes, and in the case of non- was settied at once. purchase to return the property in the condi- tion in which it was received, maintaining the efficiency of the plant at the present stand- Mrs. Magnes’ Funeral. ard, provision to be made for the payment g by the any of any betterments or addi- OAKLAND, Jan. 21L.—The fun-| % " ih iy be made by the city during eral of Mrs. Sophie Magnes, Who [its lease. Yours very truly, died last Thursday, was held to- WILLIAM. J. DINGEE, President. from the family residence, 1009 BAY CITIES COMPANY. In the report, which was read by John L. Howard, chairman of the spe- cial committee, the reasons for the rec- ommendation of the Contra Costa Water Company tender and the setting aside of the Bay Cities Water Com- pany proposition are given in extended detail.. The latter company, in response to its request, was invited to submit another proposition. After reviewing the preliminary work the committee’s report takes up the Bay Cities’ matter and summarizes the objections méde by Expert Fitzgerald. In this connection the report reads: 1—Insufficiency of supply. The quantity of water available under the proposed plan will not be as ‘great as that tated in the company's proposition, and dur- ing long periods of drought, which "have heen experfenced and which may recur, there would not be a proper supply for the needs of the city in the near future considering the rate of increase in population. 2—Great confusion exists in the law and decisions in this State regarding water appro- priation. The exact rights and the extent of such rights in the region under consideration cannot now be determined. and they are likely to become the subject of iitigation. But. it .the enforcement of these rights by riparian owners should have no greater effect thau that stated by the Bay Cities -Water Company then the net amount available for the daily uee of the city of Oakland would be reauced to 11,350,000 gallons. ; 3—Unsatistactory _quality. - . Owing to the condition of water in the res- ervoir, and to the fact that the water drawn from the reservoir during & large part of whe year will be mixed with other waters flowing from creeks below the dam, and which has not had the benefit of storage, the mixed wa will m‘n. be l?l“h :oo'd. ryk& and »'h:“ onhgl to make ‘it standa r- e o e o ol LT ‘must_be incurred. 4—The form of dam which the plan proposes, ‘while theoretieally unobjectionable, has never hbT“u-l‘e& in Mme Ummdd ‘fuu-. se 1 sel turbances in 1orn|l1! Im fioth:fi;mmd the upedww with a dam of such height, and on a it of the importance of this part of the project Fyws Bl | tained‘at a value which we might 4 I RE QG RES i “fimnm/////_//,,@% 7 | CUOVELLIER ., | i ! * - B OAKLAND'S MAYOR AND FIVE MEMBERS OF THE WATER COMMITTEE. 5 - - - he advises adherence to some standard type of dam construction. 5—He condemns the use of wooden stave pipes for the forcing main between the pro- posed pumping plant and the local distrib- uting reservoiss. Doubtiess this adverse report will prove a disappointment, and it may provoke eriticism and attack, but the committee concluded that before it could address itself to the commer- cial and financial aspects of this project those features of jt which were professional and technical in thelr character should first be set As the report of the expert is unfavorable the commitiee for that reason, If for no other, cannot commend the proposition to favorable consideration, because the interests involved are t0o vital to the city to justify a costly venture in a scheme which in Mr. Fitzgerald's opinion would be at best of problematical value. CITY SHOULD OWN SUPPLY. The committee emphasizes its belief that the city should own its water sup- ply, but adds: The monopolistic control of such a utility by a city and the mortgaging of its property to wrest such control from another strongly entrenched concern are propositions so dif- ferent as to demand cool reflection before de- ciding on a course that may cause future regret. It finds that $6,000,000 would be re- quired to carry through the Bay Cities’ project, requiring ~total annual fixed charges of $390,000 to meet interest on bonds and a sinking fund. The argu- ment is made that to establish this new plant in the face of the installed Contra Costa system would mean a division of business and a slaughtering of rates and, says the committee: It is safe to eay that under the flerceness of such valry the average rate would drop to at least 10 cents per. 1000 gallons, for dur- ing the war Wetween the Contra Costa and :‘l;eur(:nklnnd companies it went far below that With these assumptions, which are too fa- vorable to the city, we have a possible busl- ness of 5,000,000 gallons per day, which at 10 cents per thousand would yi gross | come of $500 per. day. or $182, with which to eet fixed charg sinning of $30,000 per annum, ing expenses and renewal Is it a sufficient answer to say that, al though during such a struggle the loss to the clty would meet its compensation in the re- duction of the total cost for water furnished to the consumer? - Apart from prejudice based on the past or of sentiment founded not upon a thorough study of the matter in all its bearings, the com- mercial question as it stands at present may be stated with exactness in the following manner: 403, ihe_slectors’ who are Broperty_owners o mortga eir vt t of 86,000,000 1o embark In a strugle of in. definite length with an established concern for 2 division of its business, that vields in the gross only $600,000 per annum? The com:ittee adds that it believes the existing difficulties will yleld to treatment that will be honorable and fair to all interests concerned. It re- ports that the Bay Cities Company is dissatisfied with Expert Fitzrerald’s repor: and has withdrawn its proposi- tion recently submitted to the Mayor and is preparing a new one. _ CONTRA COSTA COMPANY. Taking up the Contra Costa. Com- pany’s offer, and that ph:se generally of ‘the situ-‘ion, the committee says: Your committee, after a careful survey of the situation, conciuded in the beginning of its inquiry that 'the permanent and com solu- tion of this problem with its annually recurring R of "the exinting Water Bisnt, with &1 1o alleged deficiencies, provided it eould Yab o 8 mend to the favorable consideration of the Council. Under this conviction Mr. Fitzgerald was engaged in May to try to establish this value and in line with this policy r ccamittee o« pursistently and consistently worked until now. —e We are free to confess that the committee does not possess, mor has it expected to pos- sess. the knowledge to pass upon the technical Questions involved, but it has carefully scruti- nized the jtems of value set up by the water company ard as carefully weighed the argu- ments made before it by the water company's and the city’s experts in an endeavor to reach as nearly as possible an equitable result. We could not approach nor treat the problem in the manner chosen by the water company, which viewed it as an entire system and worth what it would” cost to introduce an equivalent supply, clo & by implication at least a value for what it regarded as a monopolistic position. The committee was of the opinion that the problem of value for purchase should be solved In the same manner as it would be dealt with if the intending buyer were a private indi- vidual or a private corporation, 1. e.: To ascertair the value of the useful physical property in its present condition, alsa of other asscts, if any, in the shape of rfights or equi- To give due consideration to its earning power and the prospect of its continuance in order to fix, if possible, its value as a going con- cern, or what is commercially known as the £00d will of a business. These are the points that would be taken acgount of In regular mercantile practice, but to’ this method of the committee the water company took exception. DINGEE LETTER NOTED. After receiving estimates from A. L. Adams of the water company and from | Expert Fitzgerald on valuations, the committee, by process of compromises, | reached a total figure, greater than what, says the committee, is popularly believed to be the value, but much less than that fixed by the water company. The report continues: But at this stage the committee be, s came convinced that its valuation, no matter how reached, Wwas unsatisfactory to the water company, and therefore would be ince ive and nerren of Dractical resuits e started with the fixed determination that if any possible method existed of forever set- tling this question, it would seek it and fight the matter to a finish, Theh follows the letter from Presi- dent Dingee to Chairman’ Howard, commented upon as follows: Under that policy we have evoke: the Contra Costa Water Company ‘:h: 1.';’2'," which was written in good faith, and which we commend to the careful and favorable at- tention of the Council. - In detail the committee declares the fcllowing as its reasons for recom- mending the plan: 4 This we regard as the first step in the best and final solution of this water question. The proposition to iease with the right to purchase at a value fixed now, and this we indorse, has the following commendable features: 1. The annual strife over valuation and rates will be settled at once and for all time. 2. The expense of the existing lawsuit may be immediately stopped, and the uncertainty of_a decision avolded. 3. The city may at once enter into posses- sion of a going plant. 4. That in having the values fixed now the city will reap the benefit of eahancement in value due to increase in population and in volume of business. whereas if the effort to acquire it be deferred it is certain to be more costly and more difficult to obtain. 3. If the water company can assume the riek of a value to be placed. upon its property by a board of carefully chosen experts it wiil be equally safe for the city to assume a like risk as to value. 6. The water company will be forever re- moved from participation in city politics, and from past experience this is a greater evil than alleged excess s charges for water. t this juncture the city is practieally confronted with the choice hetween ncq\dr'ln)[ & water plant and accomplishing other needed public improvements, because, admitting that the electors are willing to vote an issue of bonds to the available limit, there will not be a sufficient fund to acquire a water sys- tem and to cover the cost of all the projects which are now pressed upon the attention of the Council. A lease with the option will admit of the RAILROAD GETS REGARDING WATER SUPPLY FOR CITY| RIGHT OF WA Supposed Projection of Gould System Indicates Approach by Filing of Several Deeds e PASSES REDWOOD SCHOOL BT ReE Much Conjeeture Set at Rest by the Purchase of Property for Line Through Oakland fa e S Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 18. Forty transfers of property for right of way filed to-day by the Western Pa- cific Railway set at rest'much of the speculation over the intended route through this county, of what is sup- posed to be a projection of the Gould system. The right of way through the city has been known through the pur- chase of property and securing of pub- lic franchises, but it has been a matter of conjecture from which direction the road would make its approach from the Livermore Valley. The deeds filed are disconnected, but show the general line of approach to Oakland. From these deeds it is evi- dent that the line will not touch Hay- wards, but will run from Dublin, at the eastern end of the Haywards pass From there it runs northwesterly across Cull and Crow creeks and along San Leandro Creek and the Redwood road to the Redwood schoolhous From here it crosses the hills by mea of a tunnel 2355 feet long back of Leona Heights. Connecting deeds between the East Oakland franchises and the western end of the tunnel have not been filed RAILROAD WINS ITS LQN_G_F [GHT After Seven Months of Agita- tion Alameda Trustees Have Granted Loeal Franchises A ALAMEDA, Jan. I18.—After seven months of agitation the City Trustees to-night voted to give the Southern Pa- cific Company franchises for its local lines for the term of years asked for by the corporation, namely, forty-five vears for the north side line and thirty- three years for the south side line. President J. F. Forderer, who has opposed the granting of the franchises, was absent. The four City Trusiees whose votes disposed of the franchises were B. E. Combs, C. J. Hammond, Dr. H. M. Pond and W. M. Bowers. City Trustee Combs, who had all along opposed the granting of the north side franchise for more than twenty- | five years, changed his position to- night and in explaining his action said: T believe that this railroad agitation should be settled for the good of Ala- meda. I am satisfied that it cannot be settled any other way than by the gi ing of both franchises for the term of years asked. ““Therefore I will vote for the award- ing of the franchises as amended.” s — REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. Alameda County. rv Agnes Hutchings to J. H. Aydelotte tor YW Tire of East Eleventh street. 50 S of Ninth avenue, SW 100, SE 50. SW 50, S! NW 55 to beginning, block st Oakland; $10. (single) to Alice H. Corn- single), lot on E line of Webster street, T hiva, S 25 by E 15, lot 5, block 16, ellersberger's map, Oakland; $10. ‘Assaria Rewrick (single) to James H. O Brien. lot on § line of Thirty-seventh street. 15 W of Market, W 60 by S 100, lot 12 and portion of jot 11, block B. map portion of Mre. M. J, Evo property, Oakland; $10. Edward Andrew Newland to Martha Jand, lot on NE corner of Seventh and W ington streets, N 50 by E 90, conveys an undi- Vided oighth interest acquired from estate of Mary Newland, Oakland, quitclaim deed; $10. \nna B. Barnes (Hughes) (wife of W. E.) to Julia Zuleika Hayes (wife of W. J lot on NE corner of Jefferson and Twelfth streets, E 50 by 95, Oakland (first party reserves life estate); gift. Mary E. Davis (widow), T. C. and Grace R. Marsteller to William A. and Julfet E. Middle- ton, SW 20 feet of lot 14, parallel with line di- viding lots 13 and 14, and NE 17 feet of lot 13, parallel with same, block map resubdivision of blocks G and H, Flint Tract. Oakland (deed made to correct error in description in former deed); $10. . John P. and Edna F. Beckett to Mary J. Robinson (wife of Thomas M.), lot on N line of Thirty-sixth streei, 266.35 W of West, thence 5. Clinton, William Barnickel N 125 to beginning, ete., thence from beginning N 34.44 by E 40, portion of lot 7, map Beck- ett's Addition. Oakland: $10. arah A. and David W. Robinson to Robert 'Smith, lot on § line of Simpson avenue, ® W of Telegraph, W 30:1 by S 106.33, be- ing W 14 cf lot 18 and” E 5:1 of.lot 19, map Simpson Traet, subdivided for Mrs. Mary H. Simpson, August 15, Oakland; $10. Thomas Foley (widower) to Matthew D. Fo- ley (som), Iot-cn E line of Chestnut street, 269 — of its intersection with S line of Third. S 25 by E 132, lot 15, block 443, map Adeline and Market-sireet Homestead Association, Oak- land; gift. W. T. and Flora Bell Smith to W. A. Gran- icher, lot on NW line of Twenty-first avenue (Alameda street), 35 SW of East Twentieth (Jackson) street, SW 35 by NW 100, block 49, San Antonio, East Oakland; $10. Mountain View Cemetery Association (a ‘cor- poration) to Margaret A. Vogler. (widow), lot in cemetery, Oakland Township; $108. e + that such a plant would be subject to the evils of political patronage and place hunters and to abuse by unworthy men who may get into power. We conceive the following plan to be entirely feasible if legallv practicable: Enact legislaifon giving the present Mayor the power to create a self-perpetuating Board of Water Works Trustees. He may be trusted to nominate first-class business men of wide experience in large af- fairs, wio might object to standing for elect- ive office, but who would serve the city in an office of appointment. Starting with that class of men who would operate the plant upon strictly business prin- ciples, and free from what are known as Htical influences, they would see to it that in the filling of vacancies none but men of their own grade would be appointed and that the strictly tusiness policy at first engrafted upon the system would be continued “untnterrupt- v. Let them in the interest of economy and ef- ficiency buy the services of the most compe- tent engineer attainable and give him full ad- deferment of a water plant purchase until a more opportune season. METERS ARE SUGGESTED. 8. The city could change the present jllogi- cal system of flat rates by installing meters and selling water by measure, charging for the amount eeu‘m.n:d. A5 - This would have the effect of stopping wast S e Y e © By aking water bills a Hen on meap properiy losses will not be incurred. and by making hills payable at a ceatral office the cost - ministration Will be kept low. by 9. From the results hitherto obtained in g.‘ui I:nuu- ::' are nunw;“ in the bellef aaeh: which, "1t appiied from yese " eq year year to reduce the principal debt and the rental charge, ‘will enable it to nearly if not l!lurely. ::1‘ !:0‘ ndth.ul purchase price within the life We might anticipate the usual argument ministration charge with the responstbility for the outcome. ‘The report is signed by the commit- tee as follows: John L. Howard (chair- man), George W. Dornin, B. C. Cuvel- lier, A. H. Elliott and B. H. Pendleton. The Council adopted a resolution di- recting the president to appoint a spe- cial committee of three to select an ex- pert for the city on the proposed board of arbitration. The bond committee's report on gen- eral municipal improvements will be filed next Monday night. An ordinance was passed to print re- imbursing Councilman Howard for $2500 advanced as a fee to Expert Fitz- gerald,. who has gone to Manila to handle a waterworks project for the United States Government. SR ! BRANCH OFFICES OF THE CALL IN ALAMEDA COUNTY | OAKLAND. 1118 Broadway. i Telephone Main 1063. BERKELEY. 2148 Center Street. Telephone North 77. ALAMEDA. | 1435 Park Street. Telephone Eagle 502. —_—— VICTIM BEATE BY HICHWATMAN Three Men Are Held Up at Small Station in Contra Costa County in Broad Daylight | —_— fHUBHERS GET BUT LITTLE | e Angered at Meager Results of Holdup One Thug Strikes i John Meyer With Revolver | Oakland Office San Francisco Call, 1118 Broadway, Jan. 18. Three men were held up by two high- waymen at 5 o’clock this afternoon at Point Isabel all station in Contra Costa Coun and robbed of 75 cents, all the money they had. The victims of the daylight holdup were John Mey- er. a blacksmith; W. H. Wallace and Robert Freeman, laborers. One of the highwaymen, enraged at a finding so little booty, struck Meyer twice on the head with the butt of his revolver, inflicting a couple of ugly gashes. Wallace, seeing his companion struck down, ran and one of the high- | waymen fired a shot at him, but missed Freeman and Meyer were then re- leased. They walked to Oakland and reported the matter to th lice. Mey - er's wounds were dressed at the R ceiving Hospital Broadfoot (admin rgaret B William Dwyer) to Thomas ( in_lot on ¢ Stanford int being er of block T " 103.40, SE 59, to Belle Fol street, 150 W keley W. and Sarah undivided Hfth t ow San J w ment; $10, agres Georze ton, Mound, by S ck 5 ap Ata- meda, surveyed and deawn by-J. T. S ) 1853, Aiameda; g Susanna A. and R. A. Andre to A Denke iot or $ Nne of Railroad avenue, 50 E Charles street, E 80 by Encinai Park Tract tersen, o1 1 A, N 33:4 by W 134 D and subdi on ( Tract, Oakland; $10. Mary A. O'Corm to Dennis O'¢ on W iine of Hollls street, 250 N by W beinz subdivisions 9. and C and D in lot 10 Watts Tract; also lot on and Henry streets, N 95 street, W 25 to beginning. of resubdivision of land; gift. Joseph R. Helmke, ior Sev W s10 Cornelius and Johanna McCarthy, Ellen Cre- ton, Johanna, Patrick, Catherine and Ellen Hayes (heirs of Ellen MecDonald) to John Des- mond, lot on'N line of Lydia street, 50 W of Curtis, W 50 by N 80, portion of lots 9 and 10, block H, Curtis & Wiiliams Tract, Oakland: §1. M. A. McAuliffe to Grisella McAuliffe (wife), 1 0 N of being S 8:4 of subdivision in lot 10, block 795, Watts nnor, N of A and B block 800, m: ¢ corner of Fifth . E 25 S to Fifth Iot 1, block 495, m: ¥ blocks 494 to 496, Oak- 100 and Agnes Kaelin to Charles lot on NW corner of Railroad avenue ® street) and Union street, N 100 by block ap. Oakland: Boardman’ lot on NE line of East Twenty-sixth st 313 SE of Thirteonth avenue. SE 35 by NE 140, lot and gortion of lot 35, map of Ho- gan’s sub-map of block 87, Highland Park, East Oakland; gift Berry-Bangs Land Company (corporation) tc Henrietta W. MeCreary, lot on N line of Rus. sell street. 120.41 W of Regent, W 40.14, N 316 E 40, 8 128.3 Jot & biock G, Berry- ngs Tract maj - Bangs Trac D 2, Berkeley (deed and agres. Edson B. and Elizabeth F. Spit! A. and Michael P. McDonald, lz,; m’;fih’x‘g feet W from SW corner of Grove and Addison streets, thenee W 37.25 by S 60, block 1, Me- Gee Tract, Berkeley: $100. . Chauncey W, and Lovina M. Gibson to Car- bonie Dioxide Corporation, lots 1 to 7, 25 and 26, block 69, Tract B, Brookiyn L. and T. I. Association, Berkeley, warranty deed: $10. Willlam Clark (single) to Samue! Abrams, lot on E line of Hillegass avenue, 100 N Stuart street, N 50 by E 148, lot 15, block B, Berry-Bangs Tract, Berkeley: $10. Frank M. and Rose H Wilson (wife) to Sallle H. Richards (wife of J. W.), lot on N line of Haste street, 317:8 W of Shattuck ave. nue, W 37:6°by N 135 portion lot 13, bioek 3. Barker Tract, portion plat 68, Berkeley: $10. H. V. Swain to Charles B. Miller. lot on NW corner of Kearney avenusé and Warring street, W 135 by N 120, lot 9, block 1, prop- John Kearney, near State University, Berkeley: $6000. eph Westall (widower) to Andrew Guild, lots 28 to block A, map Laurel Grove Park, Brooklyn Townshin:; $10. Adelbert or A and Lillian A_ Belknap (wife) to Walter E. Rosebro, lot on NE line of Glen avenue, 260.60 SE of Redwood avenue, SE 61 by 'NE 110.25 portion lot 2, Bond Tract. Brooklyn Township; $305. Henrietta J. and W. M. Simpson to S. H. McCauley (single). lot 7. block C. Daly Tract, Brooklyn Township; $10 Charles J. Bosworth to Ad Schubert, lot 107, Map Encinal Park Tract, Alameda: $350. Puget Sound Lumber Company (corporation) to same, lot on W line of Weber street, 163:08 S of San Antonio, § 50 by W 1 lot 107, Encinal Park Tract, Alameda; $10. Harry L. apd Nyda W. Holcomb to Harey chols, _lot on S Iine of Thirty-seventh , 380 W of Telegraph avenue, W 0, 3 E 4014 N lot 25, Roosleveit Oakland Sllen 8. and D Svenson, ot on Lirden s L Andrew G. Montgomery to John rner of Eighteenth and N 125 by E 125 Oakland: $10. Griffin _and Gustavus R A Browne and as trustees under will of Edward et B. Rambe to Citizen als. by C. Crowell, commisafons: aliding and_Loan' Association It on 8 line of Geary of Telegranh av N 114.82, lots 8 of estate of John Evoy and 9. block 2071, maj m plat 36 Charles Joseph T. Frater. lot on way, .86 W of Louisa Oakland Township: $— gnes G.. John ¥ and Anna . E, itne Berkeley 45 by N 124, iot M, Twitchell tract, !nlz (trustee). Berkeley Land ard Town Improve A tion, Berkeley: $10. Provement Associa A. Spencer (widow) to Arthur G N 04 feet of ot 14, block 1, trac A John T. and Annie Mabey to Erma S¥id- more. lot_on E line of Louisa street, 180 & of e § 40 by E 135 block 15, Map prop- erty Borkeley Villa Association. Berkeley: $10. Central California Fand Company to Wii- Crocker, land bounded N by § lipe ! canal as “established by the United States Government. E by center lne of Mul- Dberry street snd extended td sald line of fidal { canal. S by Blanding avenue and W hy cen ter .line of Willow street. extended N at being all of tract 6, map Alameds Marsh Land as partitiened among owners in su:t %023 Pacific Improvement Company ve. James al. together with land adioin- ing and Iying between cemter line of Blanding avenue and § line of tidal canal and said center lines of Mulberry and Willow. strests ex- tending N as aforesaid. Alameda: $10. acharies or Kar! Istensiand to Sarah T Hen- rson, lot on N cormer of East and Fourth avenue. NW 33: 7. Clinton. East Oakland: M -nw_". 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