The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 7, 1904, Page 8

ANCISCO CALL, MONDAY MARCH 1904 BY PERFORMING THE WORK THAT IS NECESSARY BATTLESHIPS PURCHASED FROM CHILE BY GREAT BRITAIN ~|Sonoma County Road REMARKABLE FOR SPEED Naval Officers and Experts Are Dis- cussing This Achievement of Sir Edward Reed, the Designer. The purchase by Great Britain of the two small battieships from Chile has caused discussion among naval officers and other naval experts on the Continent regard- ing the merits and fauits of these two remarkable ships as compared with other somewhat similar vessels. The London Engineering in a recent issue devoted no less than this subject, and the critical com- battleships and armored twenty-five pages to parative data of the world's cruisers are interesting and valuable because of their ac- which they are presented. Experts are not agreed what constitutes a typical pattleship. Size, armament, protection, speed and coal capacity are factors in which compromises must be made, battleship of 14,000 tons on, the designer of the 11,800 tons | rifice { al to | in curacy and the manner on a en knots f compa has succeeded in attaining on knots with only a slight s | retaining a battery power equ fact in connection with these | not generally known. They were designed h,\" Reed, formerly chief constructor in the A with the Whitworth & Arm- g and successful career of al architect has made his name | world, and ships of his design | the e been found in neariy all navies during | He was born in iticeship as shipwright at Sheerness dock- | 1 1 school at Portsmouth and he was offered | constructor in the til 1870, when he to his advice, ontended was | ) the sh capsized, drowning its designer and in s of the crew. In addition to sug ndence of building war ves- | ts ing succeeding ye: the best books on th ca -building, and when Philip Watts left the ompany in 1902 to become director of naval | Edward Reed took his | Now, at the age of | succeeded in designing to be the best com- a less displacement than other navy | ITICISM OF OUR Armee ¢ papers” i > American n tend NAVY. | Marine the good United is the best | Good | by nade the trip across | beaten o ships a 1 displace- | aulois 11,667 1 of Kearsarge the | th CHARGES. f late to guns on « ~au of Or ssion by t guns and po 1 the t upor t be ¢ the There is fighting iency of ths the guns are dangerous to for with confidence shaken the lose all spirit and may become Our navy had a disastrous ex- e Civil War, when, during the bursting guns and prema- killed and wounded more The gun accidents duri rs have fortunately been without loss on our ships the enemy’s fire g f life, but ¢ blowing off of the muzzles of two eight- inch guns/on the Iowa while at target practice might | have been highly disastrous to ship and crew if occurring during a battle at sea. It has been reported that the board of inqui discovered that the forgings for the bursted guns at one time been condemned, and #n investigation is going on to ascertain the responsibility for this act of tre; d whether it was premeditated or due to a blunder. There may be other guns of that kind on board ships; defective shells, causing premature explosions, have been in evidence, but the chief trouble seems to be with the smokeless powder. Our navy ex- perimented with this powder for many years, but not until the Spanish-American war was it introduced in the navy, nearly ten years after it had been used in the prin- cipal European navies. It is conceded by all naval suthorities that this new powder is more destructive to guns than the brown or common powder, but its use abroad has not been attended with such serious results as in our navy. + 1830 and after a| | | reau of Ordna | velocity of 2100 foot seconds, ws | der ATTAINED ON LIGHT TONNAGE * | I | - — — B3 BRITISH DESIGNER OF WARSHIPS WHOSE EX- | CELLENT WORK IS UNDER DISCUSSION | | BY ENGLISH NAVAL EXPERTS. Prior to 1899 the length of guns ranging from 6 s to 13 inches were from to 40 calibers. The models of 1899, designed by the present chief of the Bu- , increased the length of the twelve-inch and ten-inch guns from 35 to 40 calibers; the eight-inch from 40 to 45 calibe the she six, five, four and three inch guns were lengthened to 50 calibers. The increased length enabled heavier charges to be used, thus incr the velocity of the projectile, its range and penet power. Thus the twelve-inch gun of 35 caliber, with a charge of 550 pounds of brown powder, having a muzzle gth and using ttained 2 mu the charge is to be from 2800 to 2700 guns from 0 to 350-pound charge of smokeless powder velocity foot seconds. Now reduce to decrease the velocity foot, and that of the older twelve-inch 2100 foot secor e It is especially the older guns which a material reduction of charges are to be made, the eight-inch guns having their initial velocities decreased from 2200 foot to 10 foot seconds, and the six-inch guns from 2400 foot to >0 foo econds. The effect of this diminution of powder charges will place United St: naval ordnance y low in the scale of effectivenes: French, German and British guns. inch gun has 2 compared with Thus the Canet twelve- 500 tons; the Krupp twelve-inch gun tons and the Elswick gun of like caliber has striking force of 48,800 tons. | The States twelve-inch gun with reduced charge striking force of only about 43,000 foot tons. apparent thatin the effort to produce the most effect- guns the margin of safety has been almost stepped is a serious condition of aff that confronts the N Department, the first inquiry which must be to deter- mine whether faulty gun construction/or dangerous pow- ove are responsible for this sv ng reduction of effi- ciéncy. TRENGTHENING OF BRITAIN'S NAVY. The British naval estimates for 1904- | 000,000 in round numbe and exceed thc ago by $ 000,000. The personnel for 1894-5 was | and will now be 131,100. The amount voted for new construction has increased from $22,600,000 to $58,270,000 | during this period of ten vears. A like increase has been made other navie notably in that of the United tates. In 1894-5 the total appropriation was only $2 360,000; now not less than $96,000,000 is likely to be al- lowed, showing an increase of about $71,000,000. The personnel in our navy has increased from 11,300 to 38,000, and new construction has been ised from $10,100,000 to nearly $32,000,000. A river gunboat named the Vaterland has been built at Elbing for service in the German colony in China. The boat is 164 feet 5 inches in length, 26 feet 3 inches beam and displaces 200 tons. It is fitted with twin screw en- gines of 1400 horsepower, which on trial gave a speed of 13.5 knots. The Vaterland has a light armor protection and carries a battery of one three and a half-pounder, one one-pounder and three machine guns, and its com- plement is fifty-three officers and crew. The latest Spanish naval reconstruction bill provides for four distinct departments at the Admiralty—a central naval staff, a department of naval construction, a naval supply department and a general department of naviga- tion, fisheries and naval industries. A sum of about $9,000,000 is to be expended upon dockyards and ships, of which Ferrol is to have $2,500,000; Cartegena, $420,000, to fit it for a torpedo station, and $1,222,000 is for improve- ment at Carraca. This would leave the modest sum of $4,858,000 for new construction and armament. The firms of Gio Ansaldo Company at Genoa and Whitworth, Armstrong & Co., at Elswick, have combined to build warships at Genoa. The new firm’s capitaliza- tion is $6,000,000. The company’s statute: distribution of 5 per cent of the annual profits among the men employed in the shipyard. in EIGHT POLICEME ARE | made to keep them CAUGHT PLAYING RACES | doubtless be brought before the Police — secret. They will | BENEFIT MASK BALL ATTRACTS LARGE CROWD Board. It is a misdemeanor for a " Wittman's Five Captains All Visit member of the police force to leave the | Pleasant Function Is Given by Danish Oakland Track and Make a Rich Haul. ¢ The love of a good race, with a }t- tie betting as an appetizer, on the side, | is not to be encouraged among the members of the San Francisco police force. Chief Wittman recently disco ed that the Oakland tracks were be- coming extremely popular with his men, and Saturday afternoon he spent all the five captains in the depart- ment—Duke, Anderson, Spillane, Moon- ey and Dunlevy—across the bay to spot any members of their commands who might have strayed from the straight and narrow path of duty. The captains made a pretty thor- ough search through the crowd about the betting stands. Their expectations of finding the missing “cops” there were fulfilled. Eight of Wittman’s fin- est were discovered in the act of put- ting their spare cash on long shots, eure things and the like. The names of the offenders could not be learned last night, every effort having been | eity without the permission of his su- | periors. —_——— Retail Grocers Will Meet. | At a called meeting of the San Fran- | cisco Retall Grocers' Association, held | {last Friday night, in relation to the Pure Food and Industrial Exposition to | | be given next May under its auspices, | 12 committee of the Amalgamated Re- | tail Association was in attendance. It! was decided to hold a special meeting ! “nr the various retail organizations of the city at the grocers’ headquarters, | in the Parrott building, at 2 o’clock this | { afternoon. | —_————— Servians Will Honor Poet. The Servian Club of this city will give an entertainment and dance at Lyric Hall, 121 Eddy street, next Tues- day evening in honor of the seventieth birthday of the noted Servian lyric the occasion. . Brotherhood and Sisterhood for Sick Fund. The annual masquerade ball ‘under the auspices of the Danish Brother- hood and Sistehood attracted a large crowd to the Turk-street Turn Verein Hall Saturday night. The ball was giv- en for the benefit of the sick fund of the two societies and a large sum was re- alized from the sale of tickets. Dancing was inaugurated with a grand march at 9:30 o’'clock and con- tinued till the early hours of the morning. None but maskers were al- lowed on the floor. Sixteen valuable prizes were awarded the maskers ap- pearing in the most elaborate and unique makeups. The following com- mittee had the affair in charge: T. Jensen, C. Breuning, P. Jorgensen, Mrs. Hansen, Mrs. T. Jensen and Mrs. Sillensen. —_—————— It is claimed that the record for poet, Dr. Jovan Jovanovich. An elab- | Jife saving is held by Joseph Danglois, orate programme of musical and liter- | a Chicago policeman. only 37 years old, &ry numbers has been prepared for | who has rescued at least 100 persons from drowning. increased to 40 caliber | ovide for a | | | | Jury, Improvement Is Proposed. Dunbar Club Calls Convention to Consider. The work of the Dunbar Club of the Glen Ellen district has been praise- worthy. The club has a membership of more sthan two-thirds of all the farmers in a large district that ex- tends ten miles nofth and south and eight miles east and west, having the villages of Glen Ellen and Kenwood within its boundaries. Meetings are held once a month, at which com- mittees make reports and road and other matters pertaining to the welfare of the farmers are discussed. An account of the procedure is of interest as it may be of application in many communities similarly situated in California. Beside provement of roads this club has se- cured a plat of land, about a quarter of an acre in extent, in the heart of Glen Ellen as the site of a public li- brary. It has applied to the postal au- thorities for free rural delivery of mails and, at its’ January meeting, put itself on record in favor of the Brownlow bill for granting national aid for road building. METHODS OF WORK. The method of work is this: Some one who will be benefited by a change of road or the improvement desired first makes application for the club’s aid. The applicant sets forth how the work or change will benefit the public and offers a resolution to have a committee appointed to draw up a petition and to get the signatures of interested par- ties to the same, and, when it is neces- sary, to take the petition to the county seat while the Supervisors are in ses- sion and present it. A special meeting of the Dunbar Club was held on March 5 and the date of a gcod roads convention to be held in Glen Ellen was fixed. The gathering will take place on April 30 for the pur- pose of formulating a recommendation to the Legislature relative to new road laws such as the convention may think to be best for the people. This action will be taken in accordance with the recommendaticns of the Sonoma Coun- ty Grand Jury. The delegates to the convention will be the Boord of Super- visors and all ex-Supervisors residing in the county, members of the Grand members of the late Grand Jury, Trustees of the several incorpor- ated cities in Sonoma County, delegates from each improvement club, delegates from each grange, all members and ex-members cf the Legislature residing | in Sonoma County and the County Sur- veyor and ex-County Surveyors. The impertance of the movement to Sonoma County is apparent. TWO YEARS OF SERVICE. Si the organization of the Dun- bar Improvement Club, two years ago, many important improvements have been made on the roads. The changes and work now being considered for this d ‘t will be of lasting benefit if suc- fully carried out. The basis of distribution of the $24,- 000,000 to be appropriated by the terms of the Brownlow bill would give Cali- fornia $430,000 in three years from the national treasury for the public high- ways in this State. The condition is that a like amount %hall be expended by the people of the State for roads. The bill is strongly favored by the Dun- bar Improvement Club. Good roads are of great importance to California farmers. The Dunbar Improvement Club has proved its good faith in t regard by its deeds. As an instance, there was an old wooden bridge crossing Calabezas Creek, on the Santa Rosa and Sonoma road one mile north of Glen Ellen. A new wooden bridge was proposed. The Dunbar Improvement Club was against such a temporary makeshift. A stone bridge has been constructed at the place mentioned, on the site of the old wooden structure, and not one foot of lumber was used in its construction. The foundations were built in the bed- rock. Great Interest will be taken in the coming convention for good roads in this county. Bad roads, like the poor, may always be with us, for however much aid may be secured for road-building purposes, there never can be sufficlent money raised to make all the thoroughfares of the country good, although most of them can be made much better than they are. A physician, when called upon recently at a meeting of the Woman's Club of Sonoma to give his views, sald that he did not think the roads of the present were very bad. In early days the roads near Sonoma were so bad during the ralny season that he took his saddle along with him in his buggy so that If he got stalled he could continue on his way on horseback. He did not tell his fair auditors what he did when, after mounting the horse and riding a short distance farther, the animal got mired. With such an expenditure as there is annually on the roads, they should be better than they were in early days. Information is had from a reliable source of a valuable horse that was lost while being ridden ever a private road near Kenwood a few years ago. Two young men were out on horseback looking for stray stock. One was riding a little in advance of the other when his horse plunged forward into what appeared to be a pool of water. By the assistance of his companion the rider of the animal was assisted from his dangerous position on the horse, but the horse was suffocated. The new free library of Santa Rosa will be opened to the public on March 10. The presidents of the women's clubs of the city will have the affair in charge and will elect committees to assist them. nce effecting the im- | T0 MAK E THEIR OWN MANY KINDRED ORGANIZATIONS STRIVE EAGERLY TO PROVIDE FOR THE STATE'S BETTERMENT COMMUNITIES INVITM% i.os Gatos Trade Board‘ Takes Advice From | H. E. Law. ; One of the most active and promising organizations in Northern California for the betterment of existing condi- tions is the Los Gatos Board of Trade. With this article the pictures of its wide-awake officers are given. H. D. Curtis is the precident; A. B. Smith, vice president; Martin 'A. Lathrop, secretary, and K. H. Erickson, treas- urer. The work of the Los Gatos| Board of Trade is to promote the wel- ‘fare of Los Gatos and the surrounding country as much as possible. In this the officers, directors and members are | concerned. The opening of the interurban| electric road between Los Gatos and San Jose has stimulated | the expectations and reasonable hopes of Los Gatos measurably. | In addition to the board of offi-| cers mentioned in the foregoing, the board has as directors E. L. Ford, Lee | Darneal and J. A. Tudor. Herbert E. Law of San Francisco has Interested | himself in the work of the Board of | Trade. At a recent banquet Mr. Law | spoke earnestly and made recommen- | | | dations that are summed up substan- tially as follows: Mr. Law's theme was “Opportunities and Good Roads.” He sald it was ce tain that Los Gatos was losing oppor- tunities. He recommended the culti- vation of flowers for perfumes at L Gatos and sald that a small tract 4 | voted to such a purpose would _Vlsldi | greater returns in Los Gatos than many a 60-acre fruit ranch. He found that there were numerous opportunities at Los Gatos for making various charm- ing walks and drives. The canyon could be converted into a veritabic fairyland by trails, walks and pictur- esgue foot bridges at intervals to cross and recposs the stream. “We are likel. he said “‘to be lulled into inactivity by our profusion of ad- vantages. People will come here if they have something to come for, if we have something attractive. When they com« to look at orange groves and palm- lined streets, let us be able to show them what they have come to see. Show them clean, attractive back yards along the line of the railroad as well as beau- tiful front yards. Extend our sewer system to every part of the town. That i3 one thing that prospective citizens will require to Induce them to settie here. | | | | | | PUBLIC SPIRITED OFFIC: OF THE LOS GATOS BOARD 1 = - P Body Has Strong Array of Officers and Directors. P “Another important thing for us to| have to attract people here is good roads. Make our streets attractive by planting palms and beautiful trees. Make our country and mountain road: wide and have them Have all mountain roads on an easy grade—not steeper than five or six per cent. Allow all kinds of vehicles to traverse them. Another attraction "k we might establish here is a con- servatory of music. All these and many other things accomplished and people weuld visit us by thou here, invest in real estate and spend hundreds of thousands of dollars in Im- provements. Let us take advantage of our opportunities.” These remarks are indicative of the practical purposes of the Trade. The board is determined to do macadamized. | nds and men | of wealth from the cities would come Board of | luti | en is a follow: good work and the handsome city of | if the it is Los Gatos is certain to thrive, energy displayed In improving at all commensurate with Its very great | natural advantages. — TRINITY COUNTY MOVES. 1 Development Association Formed In- tent on Making Resources Known. The Trinity County Development As- sociation has been organized with James W. Bartlett as president, W. I. Hupp as vice president, C. H. Edwards | as secretary, C. W. PBremer as treas- urer and D. J. Hall, Dr. D. B. Fields, 8. Karsky, R. L. Carter and J. H. Boyce as directors. Twenty-flve lead- ing men signed the roll at the first meeting of the association. It is iIn- tended to advertise the county as much as possiblef The Trinity Journal says: The assoclation will be general in its char- acter and will embrace within its scope eve: section of Trinity County and every industry carried cn. All ‘mines, whether developed or undeveloped, Will be listed and accurate in- formatian of the same can be obtained at headquarters. Also the agricultural and stock- raising interests will be fully cared for. Among other things it is intended that a prospective investor in any enterprise or ness in the county can obtain full information regarding the same at the office of the association with- out cost. From time to time the association will pub- lish in pamphlet form full statistics concern- ing the county and distribute the same to points where they will do the most good, and Trinity will thus be represented with other counties of the State with a representation in the important centers of the country. The assoclation will handle no properties and will gain nothing from its efforts other than they, -as individuals, will be benefited by the increased prosperity ‘of the county. Owing to the fact that the bulk of the re- sources of the county lie outside of Weaver- ville, the benefit of the active and Intelligent efforts of the association will redound chiefly to the outlylng districts, and for this reason there should be a large membership therefrom. Owing to the regulations of the committee having cliarge of the State exhibit at St. Louis it will be impossible for the county to parti- cipate therein, as there is not sufficient time to gather and prepare a suitable exhibit. —_—— The Ladies’ Improvement Club of Healdsburg will celebrate March 10 as Arbor day. Maple trees will be planted on the county road, between Healds- burg and Lytton. The Woodmen, For- esters and Knights of Pythias will take part in the tree-planting. Midway be- tween Healdsburg and Lytton the ladies will serve luncheon, and at that point exercises appropriate to the oc- casion will take place, -+ IRRIGATION JUBILEE. Modesto Plans Brave Show to Cele- brate Good Results of Labor. The Modesto Herald supplies some facts relating to the irrigation jubilee that will take place in Modesto in April. It says: SIx or seven lines of six-foot and eight-foot flags to each block, every second line draped, and a line of the jublles colors—orange, red and purple—running down the center with the course of the street, will contribute to the sala attire of Modesto on the occasion of tion, 5 decided on this. with vari-colored electric light globes, yet to be_arranged for. Nine blocks will be Included in the scheme of decoration, from the depot east to the end They bave night {llumination, of the Courthouse Park, on both H and I streets, and half a block south of H street and balf a block north of I Special decoration at the depot. to embrace streamers of flags and Jubilee colors running from the big flagpole to the telegraph poles on the west side of Front street, are embraced In the scheme of decora- tion, and a spelal feature, yet to be definitely determined, at the intersection of I and Tenth streets, over the fountain, also contemplated, and very likely the county will make provision for the decoration of the Courthouse. It is planned to have open air concerts and addresses on the east side of the Courthouse square. —_——— NEW BOTTLE FACTORY. San Jeaquin County Hopes Enterprise ;g‘lbont to Be Established. The Stockton Mail says that a bottle factory may be built in San Joaquin Ccunty. The following regarding the matter is from that pape An expert in the work of constructing glass factories has been investigating the facilities not only here but In the northern part of the county. He says that from the San Joaquin River, the Calaveras and the Mokelumne, sand excellent for the manufacture of bottles, flasks and the cheaper grades of glassware can be obtained in ary desired quantity and at nom- inal cost. The facilities are much better than in San Francisco. where the bottle makers im- port sand from Monterey. The glass made from San Joaquin River sand is espec t Bordeaux, France, & Sirength and incidentaily lass rand to give it st ?Mdulmwhrtnh—llne.-l"n: The decoration | and fllumination of the Courthouse Park is | | | erty south of the station | and L. o Important Themes Taken Up in Wide Range of Counties. Py SR At the third annual meeting of the Santa Clara Commereial League Presi- dent Menton advocated greafer support on the part of business The league has erected two signs, each ten by thirty feet, one on the Pierce prop- and the other which will the men. on the Menton tract, north, advertise Santa Clara to tourist or the sojourner for a day. these signs is inscribed: “Central counties. Santa Clara—Noted for it municipal ownership and educationa facilities.” The signs ‘also give the pop- ulation, the altitude and the mean teh perature of Santa Clara. Similar signs have been put up along the railroad at towns comprised in the association from San Luis Obispo to San Mateo. The new officers elected for the com- ing vear are as follows: President. R. 3. Roll; vice president, F. A. Alder- man; secretary, F. A. Quinn; treasurer, Earl Jordan; board of directors—A. F Killam, W. C. Raymond, C. F. Em Manuel Vargas, W. Black, R. B. Roli, Dr. H. O. F. Menton, C. A. Nace, Earl Jordan, F. A. Alderman, A. Raventos W. Starr. The campaign of the Sacramento County women for better conditions in the city and county of Sacramtnto has begun. The first meeting of the executive committee of the Women's Council—by which name the organi- zation formed by the women's clubs and societies is known—has been held. Mrs. R. T. Devlin is the presi- dent. The most important move made at the first meeting was the doption of a memorial asking the Trustees of the city of Sacramento to bmit to the people afproposition to authorize an issue of bonds in the sum of $100,000 to provide for a new high school building. The text of the reso- lution that found favor with the wom- Resolved, Th the Women's t the executive committee of repre- “ouncil of Sacramento, of the capital cit orable Board of City T tees to s the people, alone and w lated to any other propositfon, the question of bond issue for & new high school, the sum the bonds not to excesd $100,000. At a meeting of the Sacramento Chamber of Commerce the following was adopted: We, the directors of the Sacramento Cham- ber of Commerce, bearing in mind the many needs of the city, and after due consideration of the order of imoortance of clear water, sewer system, City, Hall, ete., feel that all, or perhaps the most important, if there be such, would not carry it all wers submitted to a vote of the people at once. The very magni- tude of the expenditure that would be neces- sary to give us all these and a high school in addition would probably defeat each voter's pet_proposition in its turn. We feel that the proposition most apt to carry at a bond election is that for a new high school. We know of no serious contro- versy as to the manper of providing one. It i certainly a pressing necessity and one which will certainly be attended very soom, if not now. If the City Trustees will hasten to sub- mit the proposition we promise to aid them in every reasonable way within our power to carry a bond issue of $200,000 or less, We recommend to the City Trustees that an option be obtained upon some such site as that now occupled by the Orphan Asylum, and that the site and the amount to be paid thers- for be made a part of the proposition, so that the voters may know what is to be done with the portion of the bonds lssued to buy the site. —_—— The Davisville Enterprise says that the peach, prune and apricot trees in Yolo County are the wonder of the State, and that oranges in the county ripen and reach market very early. The county is about to perfect one of the most comprehensive irrigation sys- tems in the country, which will pro- vide for the irrigation of more than 100,000 acres of rich soil. Good prices for products are assured by the or- ganization of the Farmers’ Protective Association. Yolo County has a fine climate. Its soil produces a great va- riety of fruits, vegetables and cersals to perfection. SEE THE PHOTOGRAPHS. THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE. A DISTINCTLY UNIQUE AND FASCINATING PAGE. NEXT SUNDAY CALL. '