The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 11, 1906, Page 3

GAS PIPES - ARE T0 Bt INSPECTED Company ls_NBw Ready to Proceed With Im- | portant Work. < Competent Men Will Make Examination of All Premises. to Save Both Time | BANKERS WISH POINTS MORE HOLIDAY Request Governor to Fix Them as Needed. Course _;\_pproved,; as It Assists Business. The San Francisco Clearing-House ociation, representing the commer- »¢ San Franclsco, has adopt- requesting Governor | he :nterest of business men | to decl v “untll the business cial banks th r them no longer necessary.” The olution and accompanying, preamble, as adoptéd, are as follows: | “Whereas, The conditions of the mercantile, banking and other business interests of the entire State are dis- |turbed by the inability of San Fran- and Money. [ o to immediately resume businesz bination of property owners on a block : c after its whole business sectlon; and Whereas, Proper time should be! giv ren and the financial institu- { sent to “THE: SFAN:-‘*ERAN’CTSGO CKLL. FRIDAY, M'A‘Yf'tft,?’l‘floe;- OUT THE NEED P GRAPPLE WINS OF PLAN IN REBUILDING| METROPOLITAN Co-operation of the Property D Owners Essential. * EN ADVICE GIV "BY THOMAS The following suggestions, which may be an aid to owners of business realty who wish to rebuild, have been the Mayor: 2350 Washington street, San Francisco, May 8, 1906. Eugene E. Schmitz—My dear Will you kindly refer to the Hon. Mayor: | re public holldays proper committee the following sug-|the accounts. gestions which will, iIn my opinion, ons Of the State become such as | 51 yn the reconstruction of San Fran-|could not be taken in the reconstruc- cisco. Now that all the knockers appear to have left town I belleve that prop- erty owners in this city will co-oper- ate on lines much closer than has, heretofore been possible, and a com-' conflagration which destroyed ' to build together can now be effégted subcommittee of your committee of where such course was impossible be-| fore the fire. The individual prop-| to safeguard these interests, and | orty owner who is fortunate enough|suggest that such’ subcommittee Iwithin the State. keep the necessary incorporation fees There should be also a provision that no salary be paid to the directors of the corporation. and that the only salaried officer there- of should be the secretary or busi- ness manager, who attends to the leas- ing of the improvements, the collec tion of the rents ana the keeping of 1 do not see why the same course tlon of the residence portion of the burned district, but such a plan 1s| much more important to the owners of business property, for the most es- sential thing to a successful rebuild- ing of the city is to preserve business ters. I believe that an energetic forty could do a great deal in this di- rection, and I would most respectfully be |13to1to1to rake’'s Gelding Is First in Fast- Run Race. Heavily—l;z;cked at Eight to One in DBELLing. NEW YORK, May 10.—Twenty-two norses of medwn Ciass went to the post uay in the lfieenta Metropolitan handi cap and, alter & mile jowney uver tue main cowse at Beimont Park in 1:39, Joan A. Drake's iour-year-old geiaing Grapple, by Wouisthorpe-rinbrace, flash- ed under the wire a winner by three- quarters of & length. Second was F. R. hitchoock’s four-year-old Dandelion, & head in front of James McLaughlin's Ox- ford Israfel, second choicc in the bet- ting, was fourth and Roseven, the public | favorite, was. rifth. Roseben led into the stretch, but died away in the last fur- long, his effort being a repetition of the losing race he ran ten days ago in the Excelsior handicap. The bettiog against the winner was 3 to 1 and he was heavily played. Against the second horse, Dandelion, there was 6 to 1 for the place, while Oxford was not seriously considered at 30, 10 and b. Israfel was always held at 5 to 1, while the now twice dethroned idol, Roscben, went back a zolnt in the betting from The big fleld managed to get away from [ 15, 1906 ALL EMERGENCY CLAIMS AGAINST THE FINANCE COMMITTEER | OF THE RELIEF AND RED CROSS FUNDS MUST BE FILED ON OR | BEFORE MAY 15, 1906. All claims must be accompanied by regular, carefully itemized bill, at LOWEST price of labor done or COST PRICES of supplies purchased or confiscated. Attach bill to back of Claim Form. Make out a separate bill for each requisition or authority. Attach authority to back of bill Sign claim form and have signature acknowledged by a Notary Publie. All claims must be presented on REGULAR FORMS provided for the purpose, OTHERWISE THEY WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. In the .absence of proper authority for supplies purchased or confls- cated, get the certificates or sworn statements from reliable parties as to the value of the stock taken, the time of taking, and the party who took the supplies in question Emergency Claims All persons having claims for labor, claims for supplies purchased or confiscated on account of relief work (PRIOR TO TWELVE O'CLOCK NOON, SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 1906), must be presented to the Claim De- partment of Finance Committee, attached to Special Emergency Claim Form provided for the purpose. Blanks may be had on application to Claims Department at the offics of Finance Committes, Hamilton School, Geary street, between Scott and ~ .CLAIMS Notice to Merchants to have sufficlent fire insurance or|composed, as far as possible, of own- nt of insurance and the | TODEY 'to be derived from outsid® ers of business property. arrange to protect ex- | SOurces to rebuild on his own lot will The plan suggested herein is not a ts; and | waste his money in rebuilding unless new one. The theory of it can be The Governor, at the re- | he is able, by co-operation with other found in the provisions of our statute the barrier in quite a compact bunch, except Ormonde’s Right, which was left,, and only the horses which finished in the be allowed ample time for | All goods purchased for rellef work AFTER 12 O'CLOCK NOON, SAT- A O e meommant_ i (hy URDAY, APRIL 28, 1906) must be accompanied by printed Requisition running. Ruseben’s defeat was accepted BIank, properly signed by Chairman and Recelving Clerk. Mail Bills and philosophically by the crowd. which was Requisitions to Claim Department. “Whereas, the | | ge in other as stopcock: s or L a leaking the house “DANGER! Louse pipes in this b e and must be repa be turned on. “Eave a gasfitter repalr the house pipes, and when repaired apply for gas | pt EHaight and Fillmore streets. “BAN FRANCISCO GAS AND ELEC- TRIC COMPANY.” “DANGER! “The house pipes in this bullding ere ctive and must be repaired by a before gas will be turned on. | repeirs have been made procure cate from the gasfitter and pre- at the office of the gas company Tt and Filimore streets. not under any circumstances at- betore tempt to turn on the gas on these premises, “By order Committee on Lighting and Electricity.” When such notices are posted on any pouses the occupants will not be al- lowed to use the gas till a registered pasfitter has been employed at their pxpense to repeir the inside pipes. The gas company will be responsible for | all connecting pipes and the meters, | but the pipes the houses will have to be repaired by the owners of the | butidings. { After these repairs have been made the bouseholder will have to present bie certificate to theoffice of the gas gompany =t Haight and Filimore. The company will then send another | Inspector to the place, and, if the fix- | tures are found to be in working or- | Ger, » permit ‘wiil be issued allowing | the householder to turn on his gas. | Enginebr Jonés ssys that this plan | wili be effective in connecting up 30,000 econsumers in @ very short space of | time, wherses the system of employ- | ing gasfitters end plumbers to make | the rounds in the old - 1 re- quire months @&n< r- @inary amount The regular ! is ss follow chandeliers capped ar tushed ™ puTe equ jeast tw o the elent he » with: to ) o |in his | services of Cromwell to the Panama| | Raflroad Company. { sues and sales, Cromwell answering lits inspection of houses without delay. the State Board of to declare holidays; | Resolved, By the San Fra.nciscaI C 1g-House Association that tha action of the Governor in declaring| such public holidays be and is hereby | indorsed, and that he be re- | to continue to declare public| from day to day until the| conditions of the State be-| a4 % render them no longer heartily sted ays iness come suct necessar ——— CROMWELL STILL REFUSES i TO ENLIGHTEN COMMITTEE 1 Counsel for Panama Railroad Defies! Senator Morgan in His Quest for Information. WASHINGTON, May 10.—“I will not reply to hypothetical questions. If vou will be good enough to ask a ques-| tion that is pertinent I will answer - A Thus William Nelson Cromwell,| counsel for the Panama Railroad and in that capacity an official of the United States, defied Senator Morgan uest for information as to the; meaning of a letter written by Crom-| well to the late Secretary Hay con-, cerning the original concessions to! the Panama company. After replying that the letter spoke for {itself and that questions relating to that trans- action were not germane to the pres-| ent inquiry of the Senate committee| on interoceanic canals Cromwell met rapid fire of questions with prompt, sal to answer. The Inquiry promised to be a re-| sumption of the sparring match be-| tween Senator Morgan apd Cromwell, | the reports of which attracted national | attention several weeks ago, The ses-| sion today was attended by Senators| Millard, chairman; Dryden, I\nox.] Morgan and Taliaferro. | Morgan found it impracticable to, pursue an examination which con- cerned the relations of Cromwell to| the old Panama Canal Company, and | he turned to inquiries regarding the! The examination for some time then | continned on the subject of bond is | these questions freely, but his recol- | lection on the subject was limited. He: said that in the books of the execu- tive committee, which Morgan had be-| fore him, were recorded .all of the transactions. —_— More Comfortable in the Country. Then why keep the family in the city this summer in the discomfort and aust of rebuilding? The Southern Pa- cific is making low, long-time excur- slon rates to summer resorts from | | San Francisco and bay points. Ask . the agent. ————. Rev. Dr. Gladden to Speak. This afternoon the Rev. Washington Gladden, D. D., of Cleveland, Ohio, will deliver an address in Plymouth Congregational Church. Next Sunday | meorning &t 11 o'clock he will preach at the same place. e of at least two men for two days on an average at each house, and after its completion it wotld then be necessary for the gas compdny to apply the above gas test before letting gas pressure | on the house’ pipes. The gas company will begin making { »rce of regular inspectors has al- sen incroased by the addition who have been advised to wnce. More will be put on n the next few days, o may be rushed through ~onnected up.as quickly 1e lighting. committee’ sport from Engineer plain in detail what map out the work The gas company ) recelve any-ad- which the light- it to offer. Chair- committes an- hat the situation hand and that he e to make good further delay. | be allotted to them by a board of three | tionate value of each lot conveyed. |such a plan and assume a business center. It would\be un-| rers, has declared and | fortunate indeed to have ohe or two formed, buildings erected on each blocK. Such' a course would tend to disturb busi- ness centers and render the property of the fortunate owner much less val-| uable than it would be if the whole block were built. My suggestion is that the proper; committee be invited to request the| property owners on individual blocks, particularly those down town, to trans-| fer their individual properties to a! corporation organized for the purpose; of rebuilding on such block &s a whole, taking in return for such con- veyances such a proportion of the stock in the mew corporation as shal competent disinterested appraisers, ! whose duty it shall be not to deter-| mine the actual value of each lot con-’ veyed, but to determine the propor-| FAIR APPORTIONMENT. It really will make no difference to! each property owner whether the ap-| praisers fix the cash value at $100 or 35000 per front foot. Their sole duty would be to see that each property owner got his fair proportion of the whole stock issued. With this aggre- gation of capital I think that good | loans could be secured from the east.| Eastern lenders may be loath to loan | to Individuals on specific lots, fearing| that other property owners in the same block might be unable to re- build and that through such inabil- ity business centers might change. If, on the other hand, the lender un- derstood the natural advantages of the location of the whole block and that the money would be used as far as possible in rebuilding the whols block and keeping the business cen-| ter at that location I believe that the amount of the loan would be much more liberal and the question of the possible change in business centers, settled forever. Take for example, the block bound-| ed by Geary, Stockton, O'Farrell and, Grant avenue. If the property own- ers on this block would all convey to one corporation I belleve that monev enough could be raised upon it to construct upon this block one class “A” building, three or four stories in helghth, with a thirty-foot arcade run- ning north and south through the cen- ter of the block and lined with small shops. The block bounded by Geary, ' Powell, Stockton and O’Farrell streets could be treated in the same way. The fact that on the latter block Mrs. Butler's building is not destroyed would not injure the general plan, as; the lender of the money would be sat-| isfied to have that corner improved by its owner. Mr. de Young, Mrs. Pillsbury, Mr. Rothschild and the other property owners In this block whom I know of would have, I think, sufficient public spirit, and would, | think, see the advantages of holding the center of business, to co-operate in «e active management and carry it into effect If all the property owners facing on Union square should adopt this plan it would be as efficient as if the property so incorporated was bound- ed by four streets. The property own- ers in such a scheme who are fortu- nate enough to have available funds could invest such funds either in the ’preter'red stock of such corporation | to be issued for cash or in the pur- chase of some of the bonds of such corporation to be secured by a mort- gage on theiwhole block. Such an ln-. vestment would show the confidence | of these property owners in the pro-| posed scheme and would assist great-| 1y 1ny l?cprlng the necessary outside loans: | | . DETAILS OF CORPORATION. Now in regard to the detail of such ' corporations: To meet the poaslble:, timAdy ‘of minority 'stockholders the corporation should be organized un- der the laws of some State which per- mits the issue of non-assessable stock, or our code should be amended so as to permit the issue of such stock by California corporations. The latter course being preferable, as it would \ of the representatives of business | Owners on the same block, to bulld | relative to the formation of homestead State, and also upon |up the entire block and thus make it | corporations. In fact it is the theory| upgu which all corporations are that in “Unfon there is| strength”; that an aggregation of cap- ital in the form of a corporation can do much more than can be accom- plished by individual effort. The plan has suggested itself to me frequentiy during my thirty years’ residence in| this city, but I have considered it too! “Utopian,” in view of the fact that the citizens of this city have been rather slow in agreeing to any planz of co-operation. I believe, however, that the spirit has now changed, ano that for the purpose of rebuilding the city property owners will waive ob- jections which they would not have| waived before the fire. In closing this letter, with apol- ogles for taking up your time, I want to express my profound admiration for your personal course during our timel of trouble. I feel that it has placed me under personal obligations to you and I shall wait impatiently for the opportunity of repaying such obliga- tions. Very truly yours, WILLIAM THOMAS. SSEELAL Ly s e DOORS OF A PITTSBURG TRUST COMPANY CLOSED Pennsylvania Commissioner of Bank- ing Orders the Suspension of \ the Institution. PITTSBURG, Pa., May 10.—The Co- lumbia Savings and Trust Company of this city has closed its doors by order of the Commissioner of Banking. Hon. William J. Diehl, former Mayor ' of Pittsburg, is president, and J. M. Votan is secretary and treasurer. The capital is $145,000; deposits, $200,000; loans, $90,000, and surplus $6000. | Attorney T. F. Newlin of the board | of directors declared there was no shortage, that all the securities were good and that every dollar of lndebt-i edness would be paid. | o——— Clara Spikes Goes Free. ! BERKELEY, May 10.—Clara Spikes, a young mulatto brought from Arizona to answer to the charge of robbing Thomas Driscoll of West-Berkeley, of several hundred dollars he carried in a purse on his person, was released by Justice Edgar yesterday morning when her preliminary examination was con- cluded. Driscoll is an old man, whose acquaintance with Clara Spikes was of but a few hours’ duration, when, as he alleges, she removed his fat purse from his clothing. . 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We Urge You to Consult Your Doctor. the largest of-the racing season, despite the cold and threaténing weather. Roseben carried 129 pounds, the top weight, -but despite this heavy impost ha whirled away in front at a dlzzy pace and it was due to his early efforts that such good iima was made over the dead track and in the going. The big geiding maintained his lead to the stretch. but Dandellon, Oxford, Israfel and Grapple were always within striking distance In the run home Grapple closed with a great rush and won handily under Garner’s gocd ride. O'Neil urged Dandelion into second place, while Hildebrand performed the unexpected feat of landing the gray horse Oxford inside the money. ller was on Israfel and Lyne as usual was in Rosehen’s saddle, The Metropulitan was worth ne(;r.l‘ 314,000 tbis vear, of whish the se horse recelved $2000 and the third $1000. —————————— ODD FELLOWS’' AND OTHER CEMETERIES SUFFER HEAVILY Earthquake Plays Havoc in the Cities of the Dead About Santa Rosa. SANTA ROSA, May 10—An exam- ination of the various cemeteries of the city and vicinity shows that great havoe was wrought in the Silent Citie® by the recent earthquake. In the 0adad Fellows, Rural and Calvary cemeterles there ig hardly a monument or head- stone which has not been damaged. Some of the larger and more preten- tious monuments were shattered so that they will have to be removed entirely, while others were broken off and rolled about the grounds. What ig true in these eemeteries is also true in a more or less extent in all the cemeteries of the county. Word has been received of the complete destruction of the Odd Fel- lows’' buildings at Occldental, Sebas- topol, - Healdsburg and the wreck- |ing of thelr hall at Windsor. The or- der's loss in buildings in this county ig larger than any other fraternal or- der. The hall in this city was a large three-story brick building and what was left after the shake was destroy- ed by fire along with all the records and paraphernalia of the subordinate, encampment, canton ®and Rebekah lodges. The work of clearing the property preparatory to rebuilding is being rushed to completion. Grand Master Phelps was here yes- terday and, after consultation with the local members, it was decided that the 0dd Fellows should rebuild two stories at once, and possibly three. Thig will be good news, as there is now no fraternal hall In the city with the exception of the Hermann's Sons’ one- story frame hall on Third street. —_———— Soldier Sa Life. ‘Willilam E. Locke, Troop D, First United States Cavalry, saved the life of a civilian yesterday on Fillmore street by draggmg him from in front of two electric cars running in oppo- site directions, between which the man was caught. 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HENRY BRUNNER, Cashier. + — CEMENT The Standard Portland Cement Company’s factory at Napa Junction has a present capacity of 2000 barrels per day. This will be increased at July 1st to 3000 barrels. The Santa Cruz Portland Cement Company’s plant will be completed in November and will have a capacity of 6000 barrels per day, and ar- rangements are already under way for an increase of this output to 3000 barrels per day at May 1st, 1907. The price of these Cements will not be advanced, and In the present emergency preference in deliveries will be given to contractors and actual consumers rather than to dealers. Western Fuel Company General Sales Agents, 340 Steuart Street. Approved: STANDARD PORTLAND CEMENT CO, SANTA CRUZ PORTLAND CEMENT CO, By WM. J. DINGEE, President. UNION OIL C(i)aMPANY Oakiand Office Removed to San Francisco, 16th and Illinois Streets