The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 19, 1906, Page 6

SAN FRANCISCO CALL Proprietor Manager JOHN D. SPRECKELS JOHN McNAUGHT . TEMPORARY 0rfl§§ . OAKLAND OFFICE . .....00000..... 1016 BROADVAY Phone Oakland 1083 THE MORTGAGE TAX. reported that one impediment to the inflow of capital for uction of San Francisco is the objection of New York n to the California mortgage tax. The statement is »t upon what authority, that these money lenders | jere more than a hundred millions of dollars for the | > city will demand that the mortgage tax law shall t loosening their purse strings. It is said, indeed, repeal is held by all Eastern capital to be a condition t to the investment of money here. 1k that this is based upon a misunderstanding of the pur- the mortgage tax. That tax was conceived in a to capital,. It was the fruit of a desire to pinch the| get at him and in some way do him harm. It! ch a law would take from him a portion of his obtained in the form of interest on his capital, and time it would relieve the money borrower of that f the tax on h's realty represented by the amount of the 1 me know that logy can be made for the spirit in which the law was en- i to be carried out. It was conceived in a dense e of the natural laws which govern the relation | i the lender of money. ' rotecting himself by adding the probable and his mortgage tax to the interest which he Indeed, that prudence which is accountable 1 of capital has gone farther than this in its use rate of interest exacted has been some- t of the mortgage tax, so that the bor- g. and the lender has a little more than taken iew of it the mortgage tax is an inexcusable ice of the naturallaws that govern the use of a sorry manifestation of spite against the lenders. w, however, has served another and perfectly, laudable a purpose which vindicates its existence and should plead | its repeal. It has prevented the double taxation of prop- 1ipon which a mortgage lies is taxed at its full rtgage upon it is taxed upon its face value, 1 of the same property. There is a prevailing | on this subject, based upon the supposition age has been given upon realty a new value has » existence. This supposition is untrue. If the entire| every square inch of realty in it, were put under| The lender has proved ' SAN FRANCISCO | & A SAFE CITY Judge Maguire Dissipates Several Erroneous Im- pressions. Lectures Beffiriendly Club and Predicts a Bright Future. The Friendly Club placed itself on record last Thursday night as being | the first soclal organization of this city | to, assemble at dinner since the great fi The meeting, in commemora- | tion of the first anniversary, was held at the residence of Past Sire John H. Robertson, 2017 Webster street. Can- dles, stuck in the muszzles of empty beer bottles, {lluminated the wit that went around the table. The feature of the evening was a sp2ech by Judge James G. Maguire in response to the toast, “A New Deal’ He dwelt upon the recent earthquake and fire and the lessons to be deduced therefrom, and dissipated some erron- eous Impressions that had gone -abroad.! In referring to the loss of fortune that had befallen many citizens by reason of the fire, and comparing the work of life to Sisyphus eternally rolling a heavy stone up hill, Judge Maguire said: “I don't know but it is a good thing to find all the stones rolling to the bottom of the hill in order that we may be made more sympathetic, more earnest and nobler men and wo- | men, instead of trying to maintain false ideals and notions of caste and superfority in proportion to the dis- tance up the hill that our ancestors succeeded in rolling the stone, “San Francisco will be rebuilt rapid- ly—more rapidly and better than any city was ever rebuilt in the history of the world: San Francisco, ten years from today, will be the greatest city, in & certain sense, in the world. It is the coming metropolis of the western division of our hemiephere, the gate- way through which the trade of the Orfent will come to our great and growing country. It will be, ten years from today, the only fireproof city in the world, and it will be the safest city In the world in which to live. BEST PLACE TO LIVE. “It is said that earthquakes are ter- rible things, but that is not the fact. If you compare the conditions exist- ing on the Pacific Coast during the whole period of recorded history with conditions in almost any other sec- tion of the world you will be Yorced to conclude that this coast and partic- ularly that portion north and south of San Frencisco for five hundred miles each way is the safest part of the! - tomorrow there would be no more property here was before. There would be one value only, | lu When our mortgage tax law is un- | e East to have been deflected from its original ignor-| yurpose, the injury of the money lender, and has been of the realty. world for men and women to inhabit. “Cyclonés are unknown here. Many people have come to California to es-| cape them. We have no tornadoes, no | Dlizzards, no destructive thunder UF THE M[U“HY mfl and lightning storms that are likely elsewhere to strike a house or a church at any moment. We have no SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1906. PHILIPPINE RAILWAY GONTRAGTS ARE TO BE SN QUENTIN FELONS MAKE QUAKE EXCUSE LOSSES NOW BEING PAID, ' Insurance C;m—panics Ready With Cash to Make Settlements. Adjusters Are at Work on Many Tasks of Im- portance. are riow a* work on 326 of !h:dbj::'lz':!e! by fire, in which six of more companies are interested. Many ! of the losses in which les | companies were concerned have al- ready been adjusted.l lne.nu:\.err'ou: in- ances where the loss ::xd but oneb::mpmg interested pay- n made. m‘v‘;faxvh.‘amen( of the Home Insur- ance Company of New York says that his corporation has aiready pald out $50,000 on local losses and payments will increase as the work of adjusting ‘we have rogresses. Pr Nost of the payments that made thus far” sald Mr. “have been on small losses, such persons as wers in need money—persons whose all was i 5.1%;55 4 i %3 af Al leves that if there had been a law effect in California requiring insar- H tiani, “The Empire,” enworth streets. Heywood Brothers Company, 173-79 Jessie street. The White House, Post streets, ¥ re of things to become a really beneficent against double taxation of property, the ob-| :::‘:D’;‘,efiz‘:,e‘;re?e'r'"r;‘;?“%r:zkn;‘:"“::_ As at present administered it does the | the bubonic plague may visit us, for! & n,,',,‘m. lender no harm. It simply | ¥e have demonstrated that though San' Men's Club of California-Strest M. E. o . SIMPLY | Francisco may get sometimes bacteria| Church /.dopts Resolutions Testi- ble burden of taxes from the same from the Orient, it does not grow or| fying A ,preciation of Results. | thrive, or spread or even live here, and | —_ | we have no need to quarantine against Commends Action Which Made San SIGNED N FEW DAYS Construction of Several Hundred Miles of Track Is Assured at an Estimated Cost of $30,000,000. FOR LIBERTY DL Claim Their Services Are Needed to| sireet. Support “Families” Rulned by mt_th'h:n.l::n-. “The Renals- the Disaster. . J. C. Johnsen & Co, First and Min- story of legislation, or even in the lcssi the fundamental law, that a statute | orehensible intention as this. | eal, which would expose every mort-| % | ation as a part of the personalty of sion of .he subject because scvcral; mbering only the original evil inten- | ch back into the past and bring! ) that intention for use as a club to kill it ! papers to consider how fully that law has | 1 pose of those who originally pro- expectedly it has become the best and most regulation for the prevention of double taxation of | ch taxation is a reprehensible policy for any civilized WATER AND CHIMNEYS. ill be pleasant news to the public that the water supply of ity is now almost restored and that in two or three days it will be normal again and ample for all municipal and private require- ments. Some districts, notably Richmond, have been on short water rations for weeks, to their extreme inconvenience and dissatisfac- tion. After the water comes the chimneys—so they say. We have been waiting for those chimneys a long time and we need them badly. We have been put off with promises of all sorts and we are getting very skeptical over them. We do not need the promises, but we do need the chimneys. Verb. sap. e e—— DR. DREW MEETS GENTLE PHILOSOPHER AMID RUINS i REAL ESTATE BOARD INDORSES ACTION OF SUPERVISORS | Old Lady Tells Quarantine Officer! Favors the Early Converslon of Afl| How to Be Happy Though Cable Railways Into Overhead | Homeless. | Trolley Lines. Dr. Drew of the Federal quarantine v The * following resolutions w service tells a story which lllustrates sa i § the philosophic menner in which gen- g‘;‘{:{:‘,,;’;d.‘“‘ g g tly nurtured people accepted the hard- ships attending the recent calamity. On the ruins of what had been San- guinett!'s restaurant Dr. Drew, on the Friday following the earthquake, espied a strange figure. Closer inspec- tion revealed the dearest of old-fash- ioned old ladies reclining comfortably in a rocking chair. The chair was placed on a roun! mahogany table top. To the chair back was lashed a parasol, and under its shade the old lady was reading, with consuming in- terest, a current magazine. ‘Whereas', The Board of Super- visors has granted permission to the United Rallroads to convert its cablel lines into electric lines operated by the overhead electric troliey; and “Whereas, the San Francisco Real! Estate Board had, before the recent disaster, declared f{tself In favor of the improvement of the streetcar ser- vice of S8an Francisco by the introdue- tion of the overhead trolley on all lines of the United Rallroads; and “Whereas, It is expedient at the | and ‘Buddensieck’ | the wrath of God. With a dainty toe pressing on the polished surface of her limited but very swell hardwood floor, the old y gently rocked herself back and , a8 comfortable and as much at ease apparently, as if she were on her own porch. “How long have you been bere?” asked the doctor after exchanging greetings. “Only two days,” responded the old lady cheerfully. Are you comfortable?” “Quite, thank you. I expect my son will be back In a few hours.” “Are you getting plenty to eat?” persisted the doctor. “Old women do not have very vigor- ous appetites, so 1 don’t think much ebout food and I had quite a large Crink of water this morning. So you sec I'm one of the fortunate ones.” présent timeé that the transportation |facilities of the city be again put in working order as soon as possible, in order to hasten the upbuilding of the city; m{v therefore be it “Resolved, That the San Franc , Real Estate Board does hereby mm"?} {indorse the action of the Board of | Supervisors and does hereby declare that In its opinion nothing will tend to facilitate the resumption of normal business conditions to the degree that the early conversion of all cable lines into overhead electric trolley lines, where grades will permit will effect.” ¥ ‘Wants to Locate Husband. Bot Seen heard of siace the eas Chief Dinan has M‘m mmhm%nd had Or., asking him to her busband, e | bonts it. Climatic conditions protect health and life here and keep out the {lls that strike terror to the hearts of the peo- forces of natural law, so completely | ple of other parts of the world. Sick- | W |Dess and suffering and sudden death| from the causes I have mentioned are unknown here, “I have felt all the earthquakes that have taken place in this city since 1865 and found nothing dangerous in any of them, if you keep away from flimsily constructed brick buildings frame ones. TALL BUILDINGS VINDICATED, “The recent earthquake has demon- strated for all time that tall buildings properly constructed are proof against the severest earthquakes that ve ever vyisited the Pacific Coast within the whole period of recorded history. Frame buildings were absolutely unin- jured by the temblor of April 18, ex- cept where such buildings stood or rather tottered upon flimsy or rotten foundations. Class A buildings of whatever number of stories will with- stand any earthquake that San Fran- cisco has ever felt. ‘Again, let me impress upon you the fact that there is less danger in San Francisco from any cause destruc- tive to life and health than in. any other part of the world. There is no place on the face of the earth where human life is not destroyed within seventy years on an average, and San Francisco is safer than any of them. “It has been said by some persons, that the earthquake was a visitation of the wrath of God upon tha people of San Francisco for thelr wickedness. 1 don't think that San Francisco was any more wicked than many other cities of the world that never had & shake. I don't believe that the wrath of God is exercised in that way, and I don’t think that an affiiction, falling more -upon the innocent than the guilty, can Be truthfully attributed to Just be careful to construct our buildings a8 thHéy should be Built and we will be toléf- ably safe from earthquakes or visita- tions of the wrath of God as they are called. “A man called my attention the oth- er day to the fact that a certain liquor warehouse containing many thousands of gallons of whisky had escaped botH the earthquake and the fire, and that the great heat had aged and mellowed the liquor. ‘Phen’ said my friend, ‘It this was a visitation of the wrath of God why were the chury ‘burned and the whisky-house saved? ” Among the guests present weré Major General A. E. Bates, U. S. army (retired), but now on Red Cross duty, and W. Quiriby of New York. —_—— New Buliiding on Post Street. building at 1111 Post street, ;u.n Ness avenue stréet, which otk Willard 3 Sheidon, the Callfornia. W 9 Irrigated Land Company, the Butte Coun- tv Canal comm&.. the ted s pany, %amr, ity Company, Herman X. real Wi in the building. It is stated that afl of 1 ! Francisco Most Orderly City of Its | Size in the United States. i Says Most Poten. Factor in Preserva- tion of the Peace Was the Closing of the Saloons, The Men's Club of California-street ‘\Methodisl Episcopal Church has unan- | imously adopted the following resolu- tions in testimony of its appreciation |of the eflicient work done by the civil jand military authorities in this city: “We do hereby express our appre- Project 'mmmondud by Commission of Engineers and Secretary Taft Will Be Followed Closely. Cempanies Granted Perpetual Fran- chises and Interest Is Guaranteed for Thirty Years on Capital. WASHINGTON, May 18.—The ar- rangements for carrying out the plans of the Government for a system of railways in the Philippines are about concluded, and the last of the con- tracts will be signed in a few days. ciation of the quick action and spien-*They involve the construction of sev- |did results of the civil and military | chaos following the greatest calamity in the history of our country. While the average citizen failed to fully real- |ize the magnitude of the catastrophe |after the earth had trembled, with its | dlsastrous results, you with your corps 1of assistants and commanding officers grasped the situation and, with that heroio effort that becomes a master in emergencies, in two hours had the city under your control and were direct- ing the movemeénts necessary for the sands who, in the twinkling of an eye, became dependents, you have made its size in the United States and won the appreciation and gratitude of the | community. A “While there may have been some instances of disorder and some repeat- ers in the bread line by conscienceless people too much pralse ¢cannot be those who have been at the head of each of the various departments-—law and order, finance, Red Cross, etc.— who have so successfully carried on their work under conditions of great difficulty, “We do heartily believe the most po- tent factor in the preservation of or- der during the conflagration and ever since was the proclamation of the Meyor closing the saloons and strict enforcement of that order by Chief Dinan, assisted by the Federal officers, and the subsequent actlon of the Police Commissioners in revoking all saloon Ifcenses. /The order which has been preserved With these places closed, which are fesponsible for so much crime and vio- lence, is the strongest evidence that can be produced ih favor of high 1i- cense, which should be sufficlent at t to Py the ¢ is almost wholly re for (Police Department), and \m‘dnr the gost stringent “We request and urge that the prop- er authoritles give these mattets the most careful copsideration and, when the hour of present pecullar conditions shall Have passed they shall take such turther action for the protection of so- clety a8 has been accom; shed by your BE LAID ALONG THE MILLS Chief Engineer Sthissier of the Spring Valley Company priter+- ! | | ;eral hundred nflles of track and the authorities in bringing order out of| expenditure of about $30,000,000, most of it within the Ifmits of the islands. The project recommended by a com- mission of engineers while Secretary Taft was Governor Géneral will be fol- towed very closely, with a view to the development of the great natural re- sourcés that are now inaccessible, as well as providing suitable transporta- tion facilitles for those sections which are most thorouhgly settled and culti- vated. Contracts for about 400 miles of | protection of the mass of moving, be-, track in the Island of Luzon have been wildered humanity. By your action in agreed upon by Secretary Taft and the interest of the hundreds of thou-|John G, Milburn, attorney for James Speyer & Co., the well-known bankers of New York; the terms have been !8an Francisco the most orderly city of | approved 1y the Philippine commission at nila and the papers will be signed as soon as they are received. Con- tracts for 300 miles of track in the islands of Panay, Negros and Cebu have already been signed by J. G. White & Co. of New York, represent- given | ing a syndlcate incorporated under the title of the Philippine Railway Com- pany, and ' composed Charles M. Swift of Detroit, Cornelius Vanderbllt of New York, President Wilson of the Linceln Trust Com- pany, New York; Heldelbach, Ickel- | heimer & Co. and the International it of the department, | o Banking Corporation. “The Speyer contract carries no sub- sidy, but a perpetual franchise. The the | philippine Rallway Company also has a perpetual franchise, and the Govern- ment of the jsland guarantees 5 per cent Interest upon 9¥ per cent of the actual cost of construction for a term of thirty years. P B RACING AGAINST DEATH ACROSS THE CONTINENT Dying Railroad ‘Man Is Being Speeded Hemeward in Order That He Onece More May See His Relatives, NEW YORK, May 18—With the highest speed that a speclal train can make Charles tm rLt::ba‘(v(. ttesnhornl passenger agent of t es ora Rallroad, is Dbeing borne homeward from Florida in order that he may see I‘I’l: relatives and friends before’ he 8. For & year or more his health has been failing and several weeks ago his nnmn;‘ told ng 2‘:& ndn. wou.lfl proloag z ive up ofclal &{m and g6 away for perfect luctantly he gave up his duties went to town, o of that firm— | Liberatlon of Few Worthy Ones ?lv- Clew to Many Who Would Deceive Governor. Scores of Convicts Convenlently Find Suffering Relatives and Apply to Pardee for Pardon. SACRAMENTO, May 18It is & Da streets. Strauss & Strauss, 1447-49 Stockton street. P. Greenberg & Co.. Flood duilding, Markst street. W. H. Taylor, Missien and Sixteenth streets. street. Strauss & Frehman, 108-9 Post well known but unexplained fact that| street. inmates of State’s prisons obtain Henshaw, Bulkiey & Ce, Mission and streats. accurate knowledge of the happenings| Fremont of the outside world almost as quickly as they are recorded by the news- papers and they are in now way slow in learning anything that they think can be turned to advantage to them- selves. This fact is being strongly on Governor Pardee at the time, as he is receiving scores of let- ters from inmates of both Folsom and San Quentin prisons, who ask for com- mutation of sentence or parole on the ground that their loved ones have been ruined by the San Francisco disaster and require their ald to procure a livelihood. The convicts have learned that in one or two instances where men were serving time for offenses that were not of an aggravated nature the Governor, learning their families were really In want, commuted their sentences, and every convict within the walls has now discovered a number of relations whe want his help. PARDEE MAY DISCONTINUE HOLIDAYS FOURTH UF JUNE Determination of Banks to Open for Business Soon Will Put End to Present Plan. SACRAMENTO, May 18.—Although nothing definite is known as to the date on which Governor Pardee will discontinue the string of legal holi- days which he has instituted to as- sure a resumption of business in San Francisco with no danger of a panic, it is presumed here that they will be discontinued about the 4th of June. It is known that the Governor has stated that he would discontinue the holidays as soon as the banks in San Francisco were ready to resume busi- ness and that he would give at least five days' notice before calling them off. As it is announced that all the banks will de ready for business about the 1st it is presumed that the holi- days will cease a few afterward. . Obtain a Right of Way. RED BLUFF, May 17.—Manager Cunningham of the Red Bluff ana Reading Railway Company announced today that his company had finally reached an amicable settlement with H. Mooney of Tehama for a right of way over land. The company has terms from Mooney. Cunningham de- clared that his company now has a clear right of way with the exception of two small places near Red Bluft, and for these its attormeys have been instructed to institute condemnation proceedings at once. Miss Temple to Become Bride. SANTA u.—m:uu—, L Temple, ‘hB.OBL. .u-fimm the h‘t‘o :’up“mm' Juum‘mmhnn Jackson Tem- e this . marrfed tomorro to Fred ‘fmc. a_prominent business man of Vancouver, B. C., home here. The ceremony will be per- formed by Dean Burleson of the of the Incarnation. e e Today Also a Holiday. Robert 8. Atkins, 113 Montgomery street. tgomery street. Gibson’s, 1034 Market C. A. Harmon, 1 2em Bass-Hueter Paint Company, 818 street. 900 Eddy street. street. A. Merle & Co, Bay and Steckton M. Blaskower Company, 333-39 Mon! Vanderslice & Co., & strest, receiver Puctfic and Moulding Company, §33-38 Pifth strest. Mission Maurice Rosenthal, 13-15 Sansome Mercantile Tewe! Supply Compeamy, L. Ransohoff, 117 Schililng Wine and Walter Real Estate Company, 531 Market street. ot Davis & Market strest. G. W. Towle, Hyds and McAllister streets. Roman Catholic Arch San Francisco, St. Mary's Van N acine Ge aricn, c Gear and Tool W 519 Mission street. W. W. Mon & P *s tague & Ce., 309-17 Mar- Shreve & Co., Post street CGrant avenue. & o George H. Kahn, Kearny street. South End Warehouse. rious locations. Naber, Alts & "y S Bruns,’ 323-25 Market I'.r;et. . Thomas Dye! and Cleaning ‘Works, 21-31 l"lr-th;‘treeh B. F. Thomas Dyeing and Cleaning ‘Works, various locations. Wiester & Co. 613 Market street. ———— OUSLY HURT IN COLLISION WITH AUTOMOBILE Hugh Burgess, Nine Years Old, Suffers Fracture of Skull In an Aceident 5 on Cole Street. A Honolulu Plantation Company, va- *