The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 5, 1906, Page 1

TEMPORARY OFFICE OF The San Francisco Cail 1651-3 Fillmore St. PHONE: WEST 956. R Ry ] * * VOLUME XCIX—NO. 156. trdbid bbb bbb bbb bbb I T TR R R R R SRR RS eSS RS RN ¥4 i Editorial Rooms, Phone. FEFFFFRRER R R ' OAKLAND OFFICE The San Francisco Call 1016 Broadway Business Office Phone: Oakland 1983 Oaklard 7460 WMETHODS OF THE STA ARE DENOUNCED BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT In Message to Go tion Violated v NGTON, M 4 not be forgotten that these ad-(Pany, said that thelr examination of ¥ - . 1 ¥ ¢ ages were In par: obtained by|lhe message and report had necessarily | H“ncml Ald e Reafihed & s ns of unfair competitive methods! been a hurried one, and that they| = i 2 ( ars of fierce industrial strife. (Should at j later date make full' an- e % ¥ 7 a ¥ o develonment of the pipeline|SWer o th shareholder Mean- | s P 1 ect h < result of special agreements|ment: | 5 a 0ad companies. Furthermore,i “In thE President’s efiort to secure | P ‘[ Y ]t R t d U G t o s 8 Srmpanies Foremrs|, o it mrasess G 6 [N o erred Upon Circui ¥ v t and are being greatly in-|ing the powers of the Interstate Com-| c nce discriminations in _fr(i‘h(!ll‘-")‘ce Commisssion and equitable rail-| Stru(;uon. Jlldges. 1 g t e = | way rates we have preclsely (he same 3 P f the powers of - An immediate result of this delimi- |interest that any good cltizen has—no 3 R t e Com on as ion « . competitive area is shown | more and no less. Regatding his crit- I 3 H 3 Al ( o e T it s upn e wanagennt ot e| OIGATTNG . HOUSE Committee [All Factions Are Ready € € hroughout the country. After de-!railways, or his stricteres upon any < C ; Ling the frelght rate the price of oil|acts of the Interstate Commerce com-| |SSUGSE Stfitemem, to o Suppol’t Pl'op()sed . y from 2 cents to 5 cents a sion we have neither responsibility L higher in the non-competitive{nor concern. When, hoWever, e “of Tn Eif A d g the competitive fields. A rea-| Commisssioner Garfield attacks the ls e(;t‘ me“ men‘" ble profit upon refined oil is about|Standard Ofl Company and uses its . _ half 5 cent per gallon. It is clear methods of doing business as an object| Several events took place yesterday | WASHINGTON, May 4. — What . exorbit profits are cbtained in|lesson f the purpose of promoting| of large importance in connection with | @mounts’ practically to an agreement ompetitive fields. This mo- we protest. { " on the existing differences concerning trol extends from the well| be frankly stated - at .ihef O Danks Of Bab Francisco. The ex-f iy "o i’ & taiw feature of the rate. bill = er to the doorstep of the outsei that the Standard Cil Company | ecutive committee of the San Fran-|nas been reached by Senate conferences = |has at all times within the limits of{ cisco Clearing-house adopted a dec-|extending over the last week, and Sen- e 'RET RATES fairness and with due regard to thel, 4 ator Allison viill offer an amendment s of $ = aration that while there will n % inning of the investigation, [laws, endeavored to secure the .most ot Fo conferring jurisdiction upon the Circuit thie Bthndard Ol Combany B8 A sl varte oo 2ret s A opportunity for the exercise of char- " . 3 S the Standard mpany de- | advantageous freight rates and routes 1ty -th the ‘CARERE 61 f b courts to hear and determine suits : ' it had obtamed in recent|possible. There will be no denial of{ R i"' + h"e"‘“ MEMDETS hrought against the Interstate Com- . now obtaining any rebate|this fact on our part. ‘The question|Of the community “the business fnter- ;o .ce “Commission. The amendment s s i ohies transportation aiscriminatory [is whether we have at any point vio-| ©St8 Of the city, as such, do not need ! wiii yot suggest to the courts whether st its competitors, and yet it|lated the laws or the proprietiés, charity. to aid them in rebuilding the their judicial revlew shall be confined apivree vt ind that the Standarc Oil Com-| “The present inquiry grew out of a|City.” to external questions or whether it R had habltually received from the |resolution adopted by Congress a year| The directors of the Wells-Fargo Ne-:shall be an inquiry into the justness ¢ aSioRbE. OF © bads and is now re ving secret lago, on motion of Mr, Campbell of| vada National Bank and the directors or reasonableness of the rates fixed by 4 nd and other unjust and lilegal dis-| Kansas, instructing the Secretary of! of the Union Trust Company voted not the commission. s . tlons. In 1804 these rates saved Commerce and Labor to investigate the|to call in any loaps and not to raise! Senator Long. who made the principal ) andard Ol Company mrw-‘un business as carried on in this coun-| the rate of interest above the low rate I¢falarguments for the House bill, and s of a million dollers, represent- We welcomed the investigation.! current just before April 18. { Senators Aldrich and Crane, the lead- \ e difference between the open|Wihen / Commissioner Garfield, in the| The National Bank of Chicago tele-|€'* Il the mavement seeking an amend- s tx-.‘i the }u!ks actually paid H_e!d,yv arge of his duty, visited our of- graphed an offer to G. W. Hellman to ment providing for a broad court re- s that ~ne_- Standard Oil Company i3|fices, he and his experts were given Joan $1,000,000, - Hir. }iellx;xan 52 ond-iv‘ew expressed themselves today as fa- re unjust discriminations in the | tree access to cur books and-the fuil-| O $L TR S FC 0en 1e pwas voring the amendment, snd both fac- itter open rates, the published)es: opportunity to asceriain the man-|c3 W hauks, that the y tions are agreed that the compromise is \ from the leading Standard ship-|ner in which our business was . con-| 1Ot heeded by the banks. satisfactory to the President, : |ping points being relatively much more | qucted. Frank disclosures ot all our| The declaration of the executive| pndoubtedly this means that ob- : an rates from the shipping points of | methods were made and every criti- , Comimitiee of fllg San Francisco Clear-|stacles to the speedy passage of ‘the l s competitors e cism offered by him was met With 2| Ing-house is.as o e g asure have been removed. ’ The widespread discriminations” In .g,4jg and palnstaking answer. | “The executivé” committee of the|’ Whether the conservatives or . the g et e in e leave the Inde-1 ..g; sonscious were we of our recti-| San Franciseo Clearing-house has had radicals have won a victory is a ques- 3 ents at serions disadvantage. Theiy, e that ‘we repeatedly importuned browght to its attention movements on tlon that is not disturbing either fac- “""'“ 3 Y 45 iy ‘Mr, Garfleld to make public the condi- foot directed toward securing for the tion. The agreement in a measure is ) g v e o sty Itions existing in Kansas, but he re-!city of San Francisco finanelal as.|'égarded as political. It is belleved € he bill of Senator osis ik ambe i 5 opaaond ”““;rused. We proposed ourselves (o an-|sistance from Congress or elsewhere.|that practically the Republicar strength 3 pretation if R e P [swer some of the unfaly criticlsms, While these measures are doubtless °f the Senate will be cast for the bill, 3 et ~In | ARIFFS KEPT SECRET. | whereas under the long continued es- u rend Y ™ - _upon the subject, but refrained on Mr. | intef for the best interests of the | investigation has shown very intehded fo : v . Judge Humg | E °'Y | Garfield’s advice and on.his assurance!city’ the committee is satisfied that: onSement It was considered that it to these secret one glaring defect in the Inter-| . i : FT il would require a minority indorsement state Commerce laws, viz: the method| 2t his report would present the caselgqmp of them are ill-advised, and that yates,” says the President, “the Stand- |State Col s fairly. It turned out that so far as to pass the bill and the Democratic g % v onen | of filing and publishing tariffs. Al- = sight has been lost of the distinction b siti sd On tely by oper Kansas was concerned the State au- IUECE, Wk B8 & position. to take g as 10 eive | 1hough a tariff or a ra‘e has been filed | bétween what could properly be eX- ) credit for it ® 1ged as 10 give ! mission I compliance thoTities abandoned - their attack. th 3 it a erwhelming advantage over jt the scommission * i6 compliancs | . one flces. 1iot ki ita. Nahiny asaalicOou | LUK o Beliinge people. In Hiiey independer mpetitors. This is a [WIth the terms of the law, none but the |\, " ihe President -of ‘the United| WoY.Of charlly, and what the business-TESTING THE GAS: MAINS. o o wred shipper y know of it xist- 2 . " e 2 '“I" “H.x Pr may kn a0 KRR easy. dbiiditerentinte commun;]ly;ann:;(‘):‘:;‘upon as fair and' AND THEIR CONNECTIONS ous evils which ar snder | s g ¥ . between Mr. Roosevelt, President, and |Feasonable finai A s g .| “The general result of the investi- . 3 “ ohil 1ie ¢ troe "mlf”{, | yuticn Has buen to disciose the exist-|Mr Roosevelr, the individual. He has Although the cases of actual des-| How ;’hheatw;;:r:"éza?lc::.;l::u?" % . i a t ‘\e: lh:dl u;“ |ence of numerous and flagrant Aiserim-| Eiven of his advice most generously on titution due to this unparalleled catas: fiste Becurity. e o Dovuse [inations by the rallroads in hehalf of{every-subject from the size of our fam- | trophe have so far been minimized by| 7qne employes of the gas company ’ g 7 ': lthe Standard Ol Company and its af-|iles (o the mistekes of Federal|the magnificent efforts of our frlends gre gtill busy disconnecting meters. kg € Of adequate and thor- | ted corporations. With compara.|Judges, and some error fs inevitable|n other places there will come a time| By the end of the week the mains 4 otiilias Adith obtain fn a |tVely féw eptions, mainly of ather | NOW and then o the most conserva- | when actual want‘will be felt by in :Lflerze tifirf;dkbi)u :il::c;i:::fi:e;illagg 1s part of West and South- |18rge concerns in California, the Stand-| tive man. dividuals who have lost their all in a i {ard has been the sole beneficlary of| “We say flatly that any statement|the fire or who are temporarily with-|at once traced and repaired. ESRae ention to that |Such discriminations. In almost every |that the Standard Ofl has or is now |out employment during the interval,| Next Mouday there will be started = ¢ thee report regarding the |Section of the country that uompany:kv}owmgly. engaged in practices which | i which the aggregate may become pipes. ' First, the vieuum test will be ch the law is evaded by |Pas been found o enjoy some unfalr(are unlawful, is altke untruthtul and|pymerous, and will call strongly upon|yded, and if there is any doubt the commerce what in |8dvantages over its competitors, andjunjust. the sympathy and benevolence of all.; more delicate mercury test, which is a part of interstate 1’“““‘ of these discriminations affect| TO BEGIN INQUIRY. Our own citizens will hardly be in a!said to be absolutely secure, wjll be « He says it is clearly shown |€nOrmous areas Y % tilized. It is expected that it will ” . . = position to respond liberally and therefu pec “tha device is employed on the | “Many of the secret rates disscovered | {Il- undoubtedly be a continuing op-|t&ke & month to-complete these tests 3 Central Railroad, as well | DY the Bureau of Corporations have ap-| Thorough Investigation Into Oil Rates @ity for: more distant. . friendd Wherever a leak in the interior is de- Es y other raflroads, in such |Plied only on shipments of ofl wholly to Commence in Chicago. Y . |tected it will have to be completely |within singie Stal The Standard which could very properly be brought 2 h 11l be turned F to amount to thwarting the | Within ngle £ c Standard| icac0 May 4—One ofithe miost repaired before the gas w e turne 3y the law, althougn the forms | Oll Company. which contrcis refineries 5 S e i piomRpels ttention. . CatriRtions for g . AR, ST T Y in twenty States, is obviously in a po- ‘;";r"“:h : "““lrh'es e ‘d° “dt 7| this: purpose ‘should be distributed| it is sald that in some sectlons of fortunately not true, he says, |S!tion to make extensive. use of such ;l‘&da:‘i“gfil" L‘mfi Fr ";‘:n: :: e:,;: through regularly organized channels,'the city the mains are in first-class rd Oll Company fs the |Intersiate rates, or as ‘they are orlg- |5 e : ih Government | 10 order that they may go where they | condition and if the interlor connec- ; = delgnated '8 - 2 R R £ e e A < tions are in perfect order the gas may while i lesignated, State rates. For the will the most good and work the e P h has benefitec 2 7 will commence in this city on May 10 do ‘the most good ai be turned on within six weeks E s b g in wholly improper | rpose of miore effectively concealing before the Interstate Commerce Com- |1€ast harm upon thosé weaker mem- TR . s borate geries of rate |the Bocret SAER g,’.“‘,":, m, the Standard |, gion Special Counsel J, T. Mar- | bers of the community whom injudl-|{ gems premature {0 assume that our o NP S S ]”:‘l\]""""?);;s'a:‘_""": 'u;e;e‘":‘:l::' chand of the commission arrived here |clous or unorganized benevolence ' esources will prove inadequate and| ording the SRERIEE of Al e o today to meke preliminary arrange- | might tend to pauperize. especially that the occasion demands tigation now in progress, rarely (methods of billing and accounting. y. o et o S | FR VIOLATIONS. ments for the inquiry. Marchand au- “On the other hand the committee|stroquetion of untried methods of i gty JZALh- t DNy Yo el 1 “An enpeotally. da¥Ey e g thorized the-issuance of four subpenas | feels that the business interests, as|gpance which may be found to be il-|' CONTROL COAL LANDS {cret rates ana rebates ir. the transpor- :i’:m]:f‘:l T;z‘;:dl::l?:::"ffi;'me" at-| such, do not need charity to ald them|)agq) or otherwise impracticable. He favors as an element of compe- |tation of ofl was found in California. P in rebuilding the city/ With $150,| e have noticed with much grati- jon the passage of some such law |In all more than eighty distinct viola- 000,000 or more to be received from|goation the newly awakened spirit of | e s =« EXPLAINS POSITION. g | 2« that which has already passed the Ltlons of tariffs on oil were discovered the insurance companies, the banks in}¢ggperation that since the fire has House, putting ohol used in the a this State. The total concessions a strong, solvent condition, bountiful|;ctyated our citizens In many lines sl skt sy on ghe free list and | 1ippers and consignees under these| New York Central Says No Rebates | harvests promised in the State,, and|op activity. A realization of inter- of keepiug the fee to oil and coal | as compared with the published Were Allowed" Standard Oil. general underlylng business sound|egis in common has been developed, lands of the 1., ans, or the public do- | 8 mc:,\ be safely P-*Um‘alt’d at{ NEW YORK, May 4.—Replying to|any further financial help should be| which we can all wish should con- main of the Government, the lands to |8 $: “JM’ per yea':v of which|the statement by Commissioner Gar- |looked for only on strictly business tinue and increase. Much good can be ~nb““: only m‘,\ suc ;‘. ..;,Im ;‘m_f.fr 2"“',‘;“1,;: out $100,000 went to the|ficld that the New York Central Rail- principles. In other words, since thely, gecomplished through meetings, such periods as will enable the Gov- |f A*‘ - 5 3 road refslsed to discuss its rates | insurance indemnity will largely re- conferences and committees; some ernment to entirely control the i e commission finds that the gen-|within New York State, President 11 sccompanying the President’s mes. |eral policy of the railroads with regard | Newman of that company. said today: | Do, ie destroved bulldings &8 Welll niatters can be handled In no ofher sege was the report of Commissioner |10 other fréfgat traffic ~has been to] “We refused to issue our State rate] " frocks of merchapdise and' our|ygy, = But appreclating "that the Garfield, who speaks of his persona: visit to the ofl fieids and of the great mass of data obtained by him either personally through agents of th: Bureau of Corporations. Taking up the subject of the output or or refined oil Mr. rfield finds that it smmounts to about £5,000,000 barrels an- nually, of which the Standard Oil Company directly and indirectly con- trols about 23,000,000 and approximate- Iy the same proportion of thd other finished products of petroleum. Con- tisuing, the report say RATE DISCRIMINATION. The Standard claims that the loca- tiom of its refineries and the use of pipe ies are natural advantages to which s justly entitled by reason of the it energy and foresight of its managers. Whie in & measure that i= trua B NDARD OIL COMPANY ngrésg Executive Declares Gorpora- Laws Governing Shipping Rates. equalize conditions of competition in given markets by the use of commodity rates relatively meore faverable to dis- to the Bureau of Corporations of the Departmert of Commerce and Labor becanse the department has jurisdic- jtant producing poiuts thar to thetion only over interstate commerce, { nearer producing points. But it ap-|We cheerfully gave the department ac- pears that in the case of the oil in- cess to our Interstate commerce books, Jjust as we would give the proper State authorities Informataion as to our tate rate if it was called for. As to the New York Central veing the only company which refused to supply Commissioner Garfleld with the State rate attention should be called to the fact that the New York Central is the only large State railroad in the coun- try. “I do not think that the Standard Oll Company recelved rebates from any railroad. Naturally it is always on the lookout for the most favorable rates, nnd~hy reason of its compact organi- |dustry the policy has been generally |reversed and natural disadvantages of |the independents have been enormous- 11y increased. CHARGES ARE UNTRUE. So Declare Officers of Standard Oil When They Hear Messa NEW YORK, May 4—In reply to President Roosevelt's message and the report ef Commissioner . Garfield, Messrs. H. H. Rogers and John D. iArchbold of the Standard Ofl Com- SINTEEN PAGES—SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1906 { EBUILDING 14 | e - ‘San Francisco Does Not . Require Outside | NEEDS banks be able to meet general require- ments, individual® or institutions who may come to find it necessary or ex- pedient to apply to outside sources for loans should do so, as occasion may arise, on the usual basis of good se- curity. We cannot rebuild in a day. ‘We shall shortly have more money that can be lmmediately used; so it _htlen is instantly ready to take ad- vantage of changes in the tariff. “Any other shipper could do the same thing, only the Standard Oll Company, by being alert, has been eenabled to get the best possible rates by unceas- ing scrutiny of the tariffs. If it had falled to take advantage of any rate | changes favorable to itself the Stand- ard Ol Company would have been feolish. | T I —PAGES 1 TO 8 PRICE FIVE CENTS RATE BILL - GERTAIN T0 BE PASSED Agreement Upon Gourt Review Feature Is wealth of the ety is the sum of that of its individual constituent members the committee believes that the main thing, after all, is for every one to concentrate his energy upon his own particular industry or occupation, con- sider and work out his problems and ré-establish and develop his own business. That is to say, if each of us in the community will work dili- .:nflr and understandingly in his own fiela’ general plans of comprehensive fl:, ance can fdllow in their natural se- quen Let us direct our efforts to- ward a normal order, not away from it ; ‘ . ‘This was signed by Homer S. King, einhart,’ C. K. McIntosh, F. 3 , James K. Lynch, F. B. An- derson and Wellington Gregg Jr. i i MONEY: ALREADY BEING FORWARDED 10 SETTLE CLAIMS OF INSURANCE Money in great volumes is already being forwarded here by the insurance of the Unlted States and Europe to immense ithey will have to pay. Many of the companies have decided to reimburse their clients with spot cash at their of- fices or with drafts as good as coin here and thus avoid the delay that would ensue if bills of exchange were issued on centers. The companies are not waiting for the losses to be adjusted before having the wherewithal handy to make good, but are taking time by the forelock and hurrying the coin to the front, where companies meet the losses it is being anxiously awaited and where Every cempany in-| it is most neeled. terested realiz2s that the eyes of the entire world are steadily watching its poliey in settling losses in the great double disaster of earthquake and fire, and that the course thu company pur- sues may make or mar its future. The great losses are to be taken up and adjusted first. This method was| decided upon at the meeting of the fire| underwriters’ adjusting bureau held in Reed Hall, Oakland, yesterday. The general adjusting committee has al- ready comnienced its work on the Mo- nadnock building. Other big struc- tures, such as the Palace Hotel, the LOSS IN CITY OF ROSES i WILL AMOUNT TO MILLIONS Alleged Estimate by Governor Pardee Fixing Damage at $147,000 Is Ridiculed. Eastern or foreign money| St. Francis Hotel and buildings of like pattern will pe examined as speedily as the adjusters can perform the dus ties cut out for them. The Fire Underwriters’ Adjusting Bureau has approved the committee of | fifteen appointed yesterday by the ex- ecutive committee of the organizatien to adjust losses. H. Atwood, secre- tary of the Rochester German Company of Rochester, N. Y., who Is regarded s one of the ablest insurance men in the United States, is chairman of the adjusting committee. This committee reported to the underwriters’ bureau yesterday morning and outlined the plan to be followed in the preliminary | work. In the afternoon the ccmmittee held an executive session, at which, accord- ing to Chairman Atwood, the principal matter discussed was the form to be used in adjusting losses. These, It is said, will be similar in many respects to the forms used in settling the losses ,in the Baltimore conflagration of twe | vears ago. But eight of the adjusting commit- tee were present at the afterncon meet- ing and this fact was scmewhat dis- appointing to Chairman Atwood, whe would have been better pleased with a fuller attendance. There will be no meeting of the insurance men in Oak- land today. * P SAN JOSE HIGH SCHOOL IS A COMPLETE LOSS Wreckers Succeed in Saving Part of Furnishings, but Building Must SANTA ROSA, May lished statement in a !paper this morning quoti 4—The pub- metropolitan ng Governor } Pardee as saying that the ‘logses in Santa Rosa by reason of thé earth- quake and fire which followed would not amount to but $147,000 has caused a storm of criticism. A large number of the thinking people will not believe for a moment that the Governor ever made any such statement. The faet of .the.matter is that there were #wo structures destroyed by the earth- quake which did net catch fire, which alone represent an investment of $100,000. These buildings are the new Masonic building and the Athaneum, both three-story structures, the former stone, and the latter brick and stegl. The loss by fire and earthquake in this city at the very lowest estimate is from $3,000,000 to $4,000,000. The cost of clearing the debris from the three main streets—Third, Fourth and Fifth—with the seéven cross streets in the business section of the eity will j amount to not less than $150,000. The 1 city and county buildings are all gone and it will require fully $1,000,000 to replace these structures and fully fur- nish them for the various officers. The State Home for the Feeble- minded at Bldredge has suffered a loss of about $150,000. Stoneman Hall, the south wing, a two-story brick oc- cupied by the epileptic girls, was wrecked and Bently Hall, the hall oc- cupied by the boys, was badly caved in. The Manse occupied by the epi- leptic boys is uniniibitable and the boys have been removed #o the Manor housgs, the first building grected on the grounds years ago. The new hos- pital escaped with light damage and the ‘Lux Cottage, given BY the widow | of the late Willlam Lux, eéscaped. The !sun corridor of the boys' cottage was completely demolished. The funeral of Commissary Sergeant R. G. Alkire of company C of Peta- luma, who died Sunday as the result of exposure while here on duty, was held this afternoon at Petaluma. His | company was allowed to return home { for the services. It was accompanied by forty members of company E of this city. The school children of this city sent a large donation of flowers for the soldier boy who had come to help ~protect their home during the time of danger. ———————— Come Down. SAN JOSE, May 4—The work of clearing away the wreckage m the demolished high school building in this city is proceeding very rapidly. The building itself is a complete loss, except the basement and must be torn down. The wreeking crew, however, has saved furnishings and removable portions of ~the .structure to the was saved in its entirety, as were the valuable chemical and physical lab- oratories situated in the basement. The earthquake has caused no little inconvenience to the Superior Court of this county. No records were de- stroyed, but the effect of the two weeks' postponement of all cases will be to erowd an already full ealendar. ——————————— GLEASON READS MANY - REPORTS OF HIS DEATH Police Captain Who Had Narrow Es- cape During Fire Is Again at Old Post. Captaln Gleason of the Police De- partment has completed the reading of his own obituaries in the Eastern papers, and has been on duty since last Saturday.r While fighting the fiames on the morning of the fire he was blown up by dynamite and was reported killed within the hour. When the conflagration was at its fiercest at Jessie and Second streets {Captain Gleason was in the thick of the flames attempting to fight back | the fire. A premature explosion of a charge which had been laid to bring down one of the buildings threw him into the air and back again among the wd, unconscious and bleeding. Into an ambulance he was rushed immediately to the Mechanics’ Pavil- fon, which was serving as a tempo- rary emergency hospital. There the {physicians declared that he could hardly live half an hour, as he had a badly fractured skull. When the Pa- vilion was doomed by the flames and the patients hurriedly removed Cap- itain Gleason was taken out for eme of the dead. However his strong constitution came to his support and brought him through the awful experience. He QUAKE DAMAGES THE LINE H OF NORTHWESTERN ROAD | Ruing Machinery at Drawbridge and Prevents Traffic Over Lines of the Company. NAPA, May '4—The California Northwestern Railroad, which oper- ates between Napa, San Rafael, Santa Rosa and Ukiah, was seriously dam- aged in the great earthquake. The drawbridge across Petaluma Creek, between Napa and San Rafael, was wrecked, the machinery of the draw being badly damaged. The long tres- tle near the drawbridge was also wrecked by the earthquake shock. No trains ran between Napa and San Rafael for two weeks after the earthquake and traffic to Santa Rosa was also interferred with. The draw- bridge and trestle have been tempor- arily repaired and today traffic be- tween Napa and San Rafael was re- sumed by passenger trains. Seeks Tivoli People. Frank W. Healy has important news for the members of the Tivoll Opera Company and requests that they call on or immediately communicate with him. Healy can be found at the head- quarters of the building committee at the northeast corner of Golden Gate avenue and Gough street. was able to be up and around last Suaturday, and though his wounds trouble him some he declares with Mark Twain that “The reports of his death are very much exaggerated.” ——— FREE MARKET WILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN JUNE Ground Is Being Made Ready for Oc- ithin the Next One effect of the fire has been to hasten work on the free market, from which will be distributed the bulk of the vegetables sold in this ecity. The site of the market will be at Fourteenth and Valencia streets, and a large force of men and teams are preparing the place. It will be thrown open for business on June 1. Applica- tion for space must be made on the grounds.