The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 11, 1906, Page 1

HEt b e b b R TEMPORARY OFFICE OF 1651-3 Filimore St. PHONE: WEST 956, Fbdebie b L b A The San Francisco Cal B e e R SRy VOLUME XCIX—NO. 162, P L ERA Foe ¥ 3 : § OAKLAND OFFICE The San Francisco Call 1016 Broadway Business Office Phone: Oakland 1068 Editorial Rooms, Phone. Oaklard 7460 TWELVE PAGEs—SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1906.—PAGES 1 TO 8 WAN T TO BEGI PRICE FIVE CENTS N BUILDING Committee RKecommends Jhat No Limit Pe Fixed on the JSkyscrapers CHE\IESE MERCHAN WILL NOT SUBMIT 10 10 Assign Themto New District. Ibject to Being Located at Hunters Point or on Front. at desires t Chinese ba- s are enforced by Chinese sources that ing into oying for a lon; iness center assertion it Lang & Co., whose at half a million dollars indications of what the total loss are in the district will reach. Bo insistent are the Chinese mer- chants in their position that they must return to their own property to rebulid that they do not hesitate to announce thelr stand as a definite and docided one. 'While ' enly éeclare the aitr .. serted by ma conversation: will lose its ncse locall points, w npatown « Gold 10 rep v ; Impatient | | The property-owners of San Fran- rebuild- are finding fault companies. In- co are impatient to beg Already they h the insurance obtain building permits at cause for much complaint. rkable unrest was shown at meeting of property-owners pf the y of Market and Kearny streets terday; Many of themt announced were ready to begin the of tall structures forthwith. scraper is not to be tabooed, the reconstruction com- essons of the earthquake high building is a safe it will be recommended ich restrictions be imposed vie to insurance com- of downtown secure buillding dominant subjects of 1d yesterday forenoon building on Market Young was selected had little to do, the H de but the business district be- lan of the committee v the insurance 7 that the In- could not get said back them 1 lenty of private resi- co in which their on of Samuel Knight it was 0 appoint a committee to re- the fire insurance companies to on this side of the bay and st all losses as promptly as cir- ances would permit The foi- 1g were appointed on that ‘com- ward W Rothschild, Samuel Han- E. Dean, David Rich and te: M sion then followed upon the building permits. The fol- announced that they were t permanent structures, they had been unable to se- ing permits from the au- ter g eyerfield, on Orpheum site e building, on O'Farrell and streets; Adams building, north- corner of Sutter and Kearny ; Byron Mauzy bullding, on the the old one; Phelan buiiding; a building, southwest corner of earny and Bush stretes, by Senator C. Perkins; Schroth building street, between Sutter and and another on Union Square; building, northeast corner street and Hardie place; block, Kearny street; Bush southwest corner of O'Far- r street and Carlos place; Roth- schild building, adjoining the new Humboldt Bank; Starr Estate Com- pany, Stockton and O'Farrell streets; Meyerstein bullding, Battery and Bush streets; A. A. Moore Jr., south- east cormer of Market and First sireets; White House, Kearny street; Frank Burke, northwest corner of Kearny and Sutter streets, and twen- ty-five other buildings downtown by other owners, The following were appointed a com- tee on permits: A. A. Moore Jr., Maskey, W. J. Adams and "~ farston. ving were appointed a com- | Pov siree 1t 1sh arny low ess: Barclay Henley, Will | eorge E. Starr, ng will be held in the 4. m. on Tuesday. ‘ULD NOT BE YS COMMITTEE the Class A t Enforced, rged. agreed by the on of building of the meeting upon the | mpanies had decided to their adjusting offices in with branch offices in San the reason assigned being | rom fire mittee on re- amend in any ‘e height of Property limits. This decision, which is of great importance to property owners, was practically reached at yesterday's meeting of the sub-committee, “whicl consists of seven Supervisors and seven architects appomted by Mayor Schmity Supervisor James L. Gallagher, whi presided, called for a general discus Owners Are Complaining of Delay. Many of Them Ready to Commence | Reconstruction at Once. REMDVAL Vigorously Oppose Plan * City Prison were being prepared by George. Russell of the de- Corporal partment. “It has not yet been decided,” said Union Square or Portsmouth Square will be I am still of the opinion that more suitable, the Chief, “as fo whether selected. Union Square is the HAVOC BY FIRE" ‘6’5%‘.'3,49 STREET NEAR G JONESS A SCENES ON GEARY STREET, ALONG WHICH THE FIRE LEFT I TS GREATEST DESOLATION. ion and the fact soon developed that it was the consensus of opinion that the height of buildings should not be restricted, as suggested by architects | before the general committee, to one and a half tlmes the width of the street. It was pointed out that the widening |of streets, the cutting of new boule- |vards and the laying out of additional parks within the burned district will take many acres from the district that will eventually be covered by new buildings and will, of course, enhance he value of all property within the burned district. In view of this fact it was thought | wige not to retrict the height of build- 1lngs, but to permit every man to take |the best advantage possible of the |property that will remain in his hands. The character of soil and the engineer- ing problems to be met in various por- tions of the city will in themselves af~ |fect to a certain extent the- height of bulldings, but as to this it was agreed to permit every architect to be his own judge as to the weight that may be |safely carried by any lot in question. The question of construction was also briefly discussed at the meeting and it is quite probable that the so-called 1c_lus A construction will not be in- sisted upon. Suggestion was made that reinforced concrete construction would be proof against both earthquake and |fire and that other and cheaper meth- ©0ds also might be advantageously used. Al of these questions will be dealt | with in a report now being prepared by the sub-committee and it is prob- able that it will be filed when the gen- eral committee meets today. | { POLICE HEADQUARTERS MOVED TO LOWELL HIGH SCHOOL Chief Dinan Still Favors Union Square as a Permanent Location for the Department. Police neadquarters and Company A, Captain Duke, were transferred | vesterday from Bush and Fillmore | streets to the Lowell High School, on { Sutter street, near Gough. They will remain there till a temporary struc- ture is erected, either in Union Square or Portsmouth Square. Chief Dinan said yesterday that plans for a tempqrary structure, to accommodate headquarters, Company A, the Police Commissioners, Police and I think the Mayor will agree with me. I expect to receive his de- cision in a day or two, and the work of erecting the building will be com- menced at once. There are between forty and fifty carpenters in the de- | partment and it will not take them long to finish the job.” | ————— |BOLOGNA STRIKERS GIVE BATTLE TO THE TROOPS | 8everal Officers and Soldiers Receive Wounds and Many Buildings Are Stoned. ROME, May 10.—Disturbances of a grave nature have occurred at Bologna in connection with the general strike. Several officers and soldiers were {wounded and many buildings, includ- ing some of the hospitals, were stoned. At Milan the strike has not resulted in any disturbances and is generaly condemned, as 1t greatly affects the at- {tendance at the International Simplon Exposition. In this city “the strikers today at- tacked several shops and broke a num- ber of windows. j ——————————— COIN DEMANDED BY A STATE INSURANCE COMMISSIONER Sensational Testimony Given in the Trial of an Official of a North- western Company. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, May 10.— Sensational testimony was given here yesterday by W. F. Bechtel, being tried on g charge of misappropriating $35. 500 of the Nortnwestern National Life Insurance Company’s funds. Bechtel told of the paying of $5000 in marked bills to former State Insurance Com- missioner O’Shaughnessy in a room -in the Ryan Hotel in St. Paul. Bechtel sald O’'Shaughuessy had demanded the imoney, saying: “I'm not in the busi- ness for my heolth,” and ““Remember, there are two of us.” —_————— Nebraska Visited by Earthquake. CHICAGO. May 10.—A dispatch to ithe Inter Ocean from Cody, Nebr., says: At 6:25 o'clock last night an earthquake shock lasting nearly one !minute passed through the Elkhorn Valley, the earth seeming to move north and south. No damage is re- ported from the various towns which have teléephoned In the news. Towns in all directions for a radius of sixty thin the city | Courts, District Attorney’s office and|miles have reported feeling the shock. GAS EXPLOSION ' WRECKS BUILDING IN THE MISSION John Leis Suffers Injuries by an Accident. A two-story frame building at 3215 Nineteenth strebt was wrecked by an explosion of gas early Wednesday evening and John Leis, a tenant, was serfously injurcd. The front of the house, which tad withstood the earth- quake shock, was badly shattered. The accident was the result of a leaking pipe. The gas main in the neighborhood had been repaired and | gas restored. Workmen took out the meter.«f the house during the day and plugged the pipes, but they evidently left a hope where the fluid escaped. Iarly in the evening Leis went to the basement with a candle. He had hardly opened the door of the cellar | when there was a terrtiic report caused by the gas coining into contact with the lighted cardle. Material from tha 'house went flying in every direction and the neighborhood for ~blocks daround was in great excitement. Some of the residents believed at first it was another earthquake, while others ‘thought the shock was caused by dyna- mite. | Lels was badly injured. " His face !wal burned an¢ his eyes were closed. His family and.the landlord, C. Fah- renkrug, who occupied one room, were ,rescued by Sergeant Hook, Corporal 'Lane and Policeman McGrath. A still alarm was turned in. The flames were extinguished, however, with a garden 'hon before. the department arrived. | TS DESIRE TO REMAIN ON THE OLD SITE NEW QUAKE FOR SPRING - VALEY NN President and Secretary of City Water Com- pany Resign. Il-Health and Desire to Retrench Are Given @ Reasons. Gaptain Payson and F. H. Howard Fill Vacated Posit ons. The Spring Valley Water Company, already badly shocked by the disturb- ance of April 18, suffered another tems bior yesterday. President Charles ‘Webb Howard and Secretary Pelham Ames handed in their resignations, which were accepted. Vice President A. H. Payson and| Assistant Secretary F. H. Howard were respectively elected to the va- cated position, Second Viee President J. M. Quay becomding vice president. 1 The reasons given at the offices of | the company for these resignations are ill-health and a desire to curtail the expenses of the company. President Howard, it i{s stated, is ill and aged and felt that at the crisis he should help out by giving up his position ‘with its emoluments. The fact that it is the son of Howard, F. H. Howard, who becomes secretary by the changes, is pointed out as proof that the new ar- rangement was amicable and not the result of friction over the present dif- \ ficulties of the company. As to the resignation of Secrelary‘ Ames, the statements are less defi- nite. It is merely stated that the con- dition of the company made a redue- tion of expenses necessary and that Ames, who had been in the service, of the company many years, volun-, teered to sacrifice himseif. The loss of income of the company through the earthquake and fire, Vice President Quay says, will be about 100,000 a month, the services having been reduced from §5.000 to 30,000. To ; be added to this will be the expense of reconstructing the broken mains and reservoirs. The water condition, however, is rapidly improving. The engineers have LUNATI LS Hi ‘BROTHER Indiana Banker Is Slain at His Home in ‘Montezuma. Murderer Ta_kes Refuge in Shed After Firing Fatal Shot. Surrenders?the Sherifi When Latter Assures Him of Safety. MONTFZUMA, Ind., May 10.—W. H. Sylvester, president of the First Na- } tional Bank of Montezuma, was shot and ’kmed at noon today in his home by his brother, whose mind is believed to be affected. Sheriff Carter and Marshal Boyd ar- rived here this afterncon from Rock- ville after a hard drive across the country. The two officers approached the shed where Stephen Sylvester w‘:-l concealed and called on him to surrén- der. After a moment’s hesitation he said he would surrender if he was as- sured safety. - This assurance Wwas given and Sylvester opened the door, stepped out and locked it after him. Ha then surrendered, and, accompa- nied by the two officers, started for Rockville to be locked in jall. The murderer was injured several years ago by a fall and his mind has been af- fected since. .After shooting his brother Stephen ran from the hcuse to his own home and took refuge in g shed recently buiflt by him with an iron roof and wooden walls eight inches thick. In this he had placed a number of re- volvers, rifles and ammunition. He entrenched himself Inside, shouting through the door that he would never be taken alive. While running through the streets Stephen’ was pursued and fired upon several times by neighbors, but he did not return the shots. He was not hit, so far as is known. A thousand per- gons were watching the shed from & distance. —_————————— Changes. in Railroad Service, SAN JOSE, May 10.—J. E. Buell, for seven years traveling freight and pas- senger agent of the coast division of the Southern Pacific, has resigned to There have been numerous complaints | been agreeably surprised. the last few,,seume the management of the Klam- by residents of the odor of gas escap- | days With the condition of the mains.|gy, pajis, Oregon, Land and Electrical ing from leaking maing'and in the Mis- The pipes are far more intact than had Railroad Company. T. A. K. Fassett, sion district passersby can easily de- | been expected. The Western Addition ojty ticket agent. will be promoted to tect the odor of the escaping fluid. |iS now supplied and the Richmond Dis- | guelr's vacated position, and C. L. Me- The gas company is repairing its mains and installing gas, but there still are many defective plpes which need re- pairing. trict will be supplied this morning. | Fgul, traveling city freight and pas- The stoppage of waste has raised the senger agent, wili succeed Fassett, and pressure considerably and the engi- |E. W, Gill, eastoound billing clerk, will neers are NOw very sanguine. |succeed McFaul \