The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 28, 1906, Page 6

SPRECKELS JOHN McNAUGHT PR e S SRR THE HAULING QUESTION SETTLED. sco will mak 1es unabated and the mills still report their order dise is still . with prices good. nd the hide and leather mar litions in California are about as noted last week. Francisco situation is steadily improving. The banks have reopened up of spot gold as mentioned for the first time they can get temporary roofs over their return to regular business will be rapid. f the past few days, while naturally damag-| » varieties of fruits and hay cut and down on the or benefit to vineyards and orchards on the whole | st assures the State another year of prosperity. ered by imperfect repairs, inability landlords, ete. s is doubtless true, but it is not the point. I, and in which it is supported by every householder > city, is that just as soon as a citizen repairs his chimney/he ve it inspected and that if it is found in order he ed to nse it without waiting until every chimney in a t is ready for use. The fiat that no person be allowed his repaired and inspected chimney ~until every one of his ks around has had his chimney repaired and in- ulous as to be ineredible. Whoever is responsible nterdiet is incompetent to hold a public office. ted is so ridie SAN FRANCISCO CALLIINTS INSURMGE . SAN FRANCISCO. .Oakland 1083 MAY 28, s have signed an agreement by which itted to remove the debris from their lots This is one of the most important 1€8. reconstruction of the city. ns of salvage different r - for action and the railroad d from the main lines to thi on within a day or so. It will not ite different from today. TRADE REPORTS STILL EXCELLENT. wout the United States continues last week was the weather, ample least equal to those of 1905, and on of last year was founded. This is we may expect this year as we can the la inerease in railroad earn- e fine financial situation at San r operations here without any o onounced feeling of optimism r ‘he supplementary news that > money than needed and that nee it came was still another | lines of commerce. Indeed, Sa neiseo has been going on for however, are not making a very ff last week 3 per cent from regate clearings declined I as noticeable, too, isual reported a decrease, New nt, Pittsburg eitl 1d the agg e time. is 5.9 per ¢ best known not even brilliant re- been sending in "ge gains. nguid during the week. the lowest of the current year dur- and the tone of stocks continued easy ket has been 1 as previouslysstated. New July 1, when the semi-annual divi- ts fall due, provided they need assist- not considered probable, as there are rht. There are some payments to be yseriptions to the $£50,000,000 Penn- and as the 20 per cent installment on ms took § 500,000 and a 50 per d Hudson bond subseriptions The current demands on the money market v in funds is noticeable, however, o whatever demands are likely to arise reports are uniformly cheerful and indica- 3 general trade. The demand for iron linary calls which the vast rebuild- upon the market for sev- far into next year. The movement of The textile mills report as a rule. Raw wool stands s are reported in satisfactory full tim The San h more money than they care to - have the same feeling and are depositing they are drawing out. This piling is resulting in large shipments of it to the East erent stock exchanges will open today ire and the wholesale and retail hou THE HEALTH BOARD AND THE CHIMNEYS. the Health Officer, has ranged himself with The Call at the continued delay in permitting citizens to use v have been properly repaired is a menace i Ith, especially during the current rainy weather. He the houses have become cold and damp and that the sick m lack of warmth. Works expedite the restoration of chimneys On Saturday he demanded that Maestretti of the Board of Public Works still insists doing everything in its power and as rapidly as pos- ras 185 inspectors at work every day, to find scattered and The conten- for the Pre- gh School from today. The presi- dent, E. W. Newhall, 1s determined to carry on the worg of child rescue with the same vigor as in the past. = POLIGIES LISTED - - - - CALL BUILDING AND MARKET STREETS, UPTOWN OFFICE—1651 FILLMORE ST. ST 956 . 1016 BROADWAY 1906 and earthquake damage to delay the issuance of these permits. } road lines from mak- ywners for hauling away the rubbish. : off the burnt area, which be assigned to it, and the work nies to haul away the debris, espe- property-owners will operate on their ear, the increase thus far atism, are making their summer cing with continental bankers | 'Legislation Planned by Committee to Aid Families. Relief for Those Who Do Not Remember Com_pany. A matter of legislation affecting hundreds of poor families whose prop- erty was destroyed and who have lost their insurance papers has been de- cided upon by the revision committee of the joint committee on call for special session of the Legislature for incorporation in the proposed call. The new provision, which will add a new section to the Political Code, is aimed to give information and re- lief to those who were insured and who do not remember in what com- pany they had taken a policy. The new section calls upon the insurance companies to furnish a list of policies| with number and name upon the re- quest of the Commissioner. A portion of the new section reads: A new section to be known as section 597A: The Commissioner has power to | and whenever he deems necessary may, in | writing, require any company engaged | in insurance business in the State of | California to furnish the Commissioner as of a date past or present, to be des- ignated by the Commissioner, a full and complete list of all its policies of insur- | ance on property risks located within that portion of the State of California includ- ed within the territory described by the | Commissioner, and which policies had not | by the terms thereof expired, on the date | ignated by the Commissioner. Such nust show the number of the policy, list | the name in which the policy was issued, the amount for which it was issued, the nature and description of the property on which the policy was written, or the | nature of the risk assumed by the com- | pany, the location of the property and the residence of the insured, and the form as designated on | the policy by the company. | Penalties directed at the bonds filed by offending companies are provided for infraction of the statute. The revision committee will be ready to report on the matter of State! bonding this morning to the joint| committee in time for embodiment in | final report to the general commit- It is probable that $5,000,000 of | State bonds will be issued for the re-| pair and reconstruction of State build- ings. The remainder of the sum will| be utilized to cover appropriations for | other State needs, so that the present| tax rate will not be raised and outside capital may be assured of an oppor- tunity to invest without being threat- ened with burde me taxation. D BELIEVES THE CITY NEEDS MANUFACTURING CONCERNS | To the Editor of the Call: ‘ Referring to your editorial of today | »d “Business First,” I beg to take a| ht issue with you in this, that instead | g a difference between the business | and the Burnham committee it seems to be a difference between the (and would-be owners) of sky- and the committee of forty on ning of the various streets. If the wid city was as well represented by manufac- | turing concerns as the Eastern factories | by their agents, who largely occupy skyscrapers and who do not distrib- a dollar to the laboring classes in | city, it would not take long to fill up | | the deserted streets with establishments. {In few words, what the city wants is| | manutacturing estabushments and mnot anufacturers’ agents to fill up skyscrap- | er Vhat is wanted also just now are streets wide enough at different points to make fire limits or breaks, numerous | large cisterns connected with the! bay by large concrete conduits re- | inforced or strengthened with wire ropes to conduct plenty of water | from the bay to those cisterns, as well as other means of fighting fires in case earthquakes break the castiron mains and let the water seek its level. | Then the capital that builds A, B or C class buildings adapted to use of factories s and stores of from three to five or six stories will take courage | and provide the necessary buildings. 3ut if no better iacilities for contending with the elements are provided than were had before the fire, it will ikely be some time before the falling walls are cleared up and even as good as they were. Chi- cago, Boston and Baltimore only had fire | to contend with. We have more, and we should adopt stronger metheds of com- bating it—both in _earthauake-proof, LIOUEN more COSty, DULAINJS and the best methods of fire fighting Then we may look for capital to take Lold and not | till then. Apparently skyscrapers are not | much affected by either fire or earth-| quake, but the owners and would-be own seem to think they constitnte the busi- ness men of the city, about a dozen, and quite enough to fill the reguirements for | some years to come. Their principal busi- | ness is first to get them built, put in a rent collector to gather in the shekels| | and then go to Europe. The plans of the committee of forty will go. E. GFISWOLD. San Francisco, May 24. o PROMINENT CLUBS ARE READY TO OPEN AGAIN Bohemian and Union League Organi- zations Will Move Into New Quarters This Week. The Bohemian Club is moving into |the Harry Williams residence, corner of Sacramento and Octavia streets, |and will probably be ready to receive members and guests there as early as Thursday of this week. It is probable |that the dining room will be opened and regular facilities for serving meals be arranged before next Saturday. Among the many messages of sym- pathy received by the club immediate~ ly after the fire was the following from Richard Mansfield: “‘Columbus, Ga., April 21, 1906. “Peter Robertson, The Chronicle: Are you all right? How is John Mc- Naught? Wire as soon as you are ready. I will give benefit performance /in New York to rebuild the Bohemian ‘(,‘luh. All my heartfelt sympathies to |you all. Let me know if I can do anything for you now. “RICHARD MANSFIELD.” The Union League Club’s new home, corner of Sacramento and Franklin streets, will be occupied by the league this week. This will prove a great convenience to members residing in !San Francisco and alse to members | who live elsewhere in California. One |advantage of considerable importance {will be a meeting place for party com- | mittees, where convention calls may {be framed and circulars prepared. | —_————— Taken Back to Kansas City. | Sheriff Lucas of Kansas City arrived in this city yesterday morning and in the afternoon left with Ed. Wilkinson, 'who is wanted there on a charge of |grand larceny for stealing $180 from | his employer. Wilkinson was a mem- | ber of the Brickmasons' Union of Kan- |sas City and some months ago fled, |taking the coin with him. He joined /the Engineer Corps and was arrested at the Presidio by Detective Bailey |last Wednesday. i ALL, MONDAY MODERN WAREHOUSE BUILDING PLANNED FOR BATTERY STREET 10 Lib Dr. Morris Hertzstein Will Build a Fine Structure in What Was the Old Wholesale District. @’1 [mR]sE | o MAY:ILLUMINE DARK GORNERS United Railroads Will Probably Give Tem- porary Light. Citizens who are compelled to be in the downtown burnt district after dark. especially in the vicinity of Third and Market, Fourth and Mar- ket and other corners in that locality are experiencing a great deal of trou- ble in getting on the right cars. This is due to the fact that at the afore- said corners there are no lights. This makes it impossible for the belated passengers to decipher the destina- tions painted on the front of the cars. Mary complaints have been made about the absence of light at these corners, but the situation remains unchanged. The officials of the United Rail- roads, waer interviewed on the sub- ject, stated that no official complaint has been made as yet as to the dark- ness. For this reason the matter has not been taken up. Wrat action will be taken cannot definitely be said, but it is probable. the officlals say, that the company will ehortly make the same provision for the dark corners as it has for the corner of Eddy and Market streets, where a five-cluster light dispels the darkress. AR ¢ 2 L A SRS NEARLY 2000 GARMENTS MADE BY WOMEN AT SEWING ROOM Clothing for Refugees Is Turned Out by Volunteers Who Labor at the Machines. During the last week nearly 2000 garments have been turned out at the National Red Cross sewing rooms which have been opened at the Hearst School. Sixteen rooms have been equipped with machines. The work, which is being done by the various societies of the city that have been accustomed to sew for the poor, has been organized and direct- ed by Miss Lucile Eaves of the South Park Settlement and Mrs. Mary L. O’'Neal, principal of the Laguna Honda School. The first week’s work included: 264 ladjes’ snits, 428 cotton and woolen skirts, 38 jackets, 279 shirt waists, 79 nightgowns, 229 drawers, 51 cor- set covers, 17 wrappers and kimonas, 335 aprons, 39 blouses, 10 boys’ pants, 112 children’s suits, 18 capes, 13 chemises and 40 pillow cases. These were divided among the or- ganizations engaged in the work as|g follows: Calvary Church, 44; Cath- olic Ladies’ Aid, 54; Centenary Meth- odist Church, 94; Daughters of Erin, 41; Degree of Honmor, A. O. U. 81; Emanu-El Sisterhood, 34; U. P. Church, 114; Foresters, 66; Francisco Relief, 153; Garment Work- ers, Local ) 14, 41; Helpers and Ladies’ Coun 14; Jean Parker Re- lief, 75; Ladies’ Auxiliary, 101; Leb- anon Church, 20; Mizpah Church, 3; Misslonary Society Third Bl{nlut, 58; Native Daughters, 249; Polytechnic Training School, 33; Red Cross, 91; Seven Pines Circle, G. A. R., 25; Sis- ters of the Holy Family, 65; South Park Settlement, 310; Women’s Co- operative Association, 67; Women's lome Missionary Socie 84 il st I 4 e b Commonwealth Club to Meet. The governors of the Commonwealth Club held a meeting in the home of the secretary last Friday and decided to re- sume the monthly meetings as soon as possible. Members of the o tion are requested to send their addresses to the secretary, O. K. Cushing, 1832 O'Far- rell street, as soon as possible, in order that they may be notified o. the time and place of meetings. "First ~—1l4 \ 1'% 7 7 |BIG WAREHOUSE BUILDING TO BE ERECTED ON BROADWAY AND BATTERY STREET BY PHYSICIAN. Where the relics of the early '50's once stood, modern buildings will rise in the | restoration of San ' Francisco. This particularly true about the wholesale | district. Where antiquated, tumble-down | sheds served as warehouses, new, sub- stantial structures will rise. Dr. Morris | Hertzstein has set a type for the new wholesale district. The plans have al- ready been accepted. Dr. Hertzstein's new building is a six- story warehouse to be erected at the | corner of Broadway and Battery streets. | The structure will have a framework of | steel and will be built of reinforced con- crete. It will replace a cluster of wooden | *heds that formerly occupied the site. | The work on the new structure will be done by the Ferrolite Company, archi- tects and constructors. The building will | cost over $140,000. It will occupy 68 feet on Battery street and 178 on Broadway. | This warehouse is only one of a score | that will be erected in the district in the | near future. When the New San Fran- clsce’ oegins to materialize, this neighbor- | hood, that was the oldest, will be the| most modern and up-to-date. | —_— ADVOCATES THE CLOSING OF COMMERCIAL STREET Widening of 'fl;;)nghllre Would Seriously Encrdach Upon Valuable Property, It Is Claimed. The following communication has been recelved regarding the advisa- bility of widening Commercial street: To the Editor of The Call: Kindly per- mit me to call your attention to an error in the article ‘which appeared in your paper under the heading of the location | of Chinatown and its beauty. In this article you state that I want Marchant street closed, when it should have read | Commercial street. This error I con- | sider of vast importance, for.the reason that the committee of forty and the com- munity at large may think I have a self- interest in the matter or am fit for an asylum. The fact is that my suggestion was considered good for the following reasons: First—Commercial street never was of any importance and is but an alley divid- ing the block between Sacramento and Clay streets. Its frontage is of no great value and it would not be expensive to the city to close the same. Second—As _pro) , to widen Com- mercial street to 95 feet, would destroy the entire district, for it would leave but 0 feet from Sacramento to Commercial and the same between Commercial and Clay. The folly of this is apparent. ‘While the 35 feet gained by closing Com- mercial street and added to Sacramento, Clay or Washington would make either of them a broad and useful street. 1 personally favored Washington street for two reasons—it comnects with Mont-" gomery avenue, which is a broad street and needs an outlet. and the Government buildings are on Washington street. I therefore hope you will correct the state- ment in so far as I'am mnumc&mYnun truly, CHARLES HA S, 1628 Sutter street. San Francisco, May 27, 1906. foseritda i e B Joseph Myers' Remains Laid to Rest. All that is mortal of Joseph Myers, late superintendent of the children’s playground on Eighth street, who was shot and killed by Sergeant Steinman, N. G. C, on April 19 in Columbia square, was removed from its late rest- ing place to Eternal Home Cemetery in San Mateo yesterday for final inter- ment. At the cemetery were mem- bers of the Young Men’s Hebrew As- sociation and the San Francisco Turn Verein amd quite a delegation from the Veteran Comrades of the old Na- tional Guard, of which Captain J. E. is | Klein was in command. i MEMORIAL ON PROVIDED FOR Ccmmittee CompletesAr- rangements for the Celebration. Arrangements for the services to be held on Memorial day were completed vesterday at a meeting of the committee at Century Hall. At the call of the chair the committee on programme read its suggestions. Ar; rangements for the strewing of flowers on the waters of the Golden Gate had been completed, it was reported. In com- mand of the steamer Slocum Captain Thomas Nerney will sail out through the | channel and upon the open sea the veter- ans will strew blossoms in commemora- tion of the heroes that rest within the deep the Slocum will leave the transport dock at 7:3 a. m. The troops and veterans will fall in line at the end of the Union street car line and march to the rresidio cemetery. At the cemetery a United States band will play, and a prayer will then be of- fered by the chaplain, the Rev. Father Sherman. A song by the va..fornia Quar- tet will be followed by an address by Mayor Schmitz, president of the day. wur. G. Crawford will recite Lincoln’s Get- tysburg address. A song will be sung, and then Samuel M. Snortridge, noted for his eloquence, will deliver the oration. The committee apropriated $150 with | which to secure transportation to carry the aged veterans from the end of Union street to the cemetery. Colonel T. W. N. Uraper was delegated to invite various military organizations to participate in the ceremonies. The committee then adjourned to the call of the chair. Bl AP A R i BUOYANT PUBLIC SPIRIT IMPRESSES THE VISITOR Frank Belcher, Erstwhile Favorite Club- man and Singer, Returns to City and Notes People’s Grit. “I never was so proud of San Fran- cisco—so glad to call the city my home— as I am at this moment,” said Frank Belcher, than whom there was no more popular clubman or vocalist here seven years ago. He returned Saturday after achieving nothing but triumph wherever his magnificent barytone voice was heard in opera or concert, and he has sung in many lands. “It is the spirit shown by the people that elates me,” he explained. “Where the desolation is greatest the popular buoyancy seems to be most marked. When the first shock caused by seeing the dev- astation is past and the visitor .egins to note what the townsfolk are saying and doing, his sorrow gives way to wonder- ment and admiration, for he see# no evi- dence of public dejection, nor does he hear individual whining. On all sides there is only the bustle of r ruction. The people who have not a Yy .egun to rebuild are planning to do it. And they go about it in a way that proves their earnestness and assures the city's rapid restoration more emphatically than could mere empty ‘boosting.’ ‘‘How could a people like vhat possibly be kept down any longer than there is possibility of their rising? If they speak at all of what is past their words are lightsome. But when they allude to the future there is in both sentiment and tone the determination that wins. ‘'God bless dear old San Franeisco and the California grit that is raising her from the ashes. In the time of her greatest prosperify she never appeared more beau- tiful to me than she does today." Mr. Belcher is a guest of his brother, a well-known newspaper man, and expects to spend some time in the city he is so proud of. Townsend has ful Istock s ;'“'muu R ldncin 3 m‘m’ L the ERCTR ¢ new Emporfum. o "y | Phebe Hearst. | cided that the work must not be given up }pnny of his boys to Palo Alto, OPLE KTTEMFT " AT FIRES e ’Policemen Experience Trouble in Park Diirjct. Men of Family Endeavor to Cook Hot Food for Babies. of the city are experienc- uble through people light- their houses. Yesterday mplaints wa:ed g.apc'ie blyi n in the Park an arre! Et;‘:f:::.e who reported that persons were lighting fires despite the warn- ings of the eity officials. Le i d Policemen were instructs give the lighters of fires ample warning, and if they heeded it mot to a"”f the offenders. Just what ch:rse_ woulr: be placed against a person who got tired of waiting for the inspection of his chimney Is hard to de(eflln?o. Many persons expressed themselves as dissatisfled With the procrastination of the officlals and said they would light fires, even under the penalty of a.r;_has:. public ls‘ired of waiting, wait- ing for the use of their stoves and is inclined to put its fate into the hands of jurymen, who must of necessity be chosen from the ranks of the sufferers. “Why,” said one man yesterday, “my babies have not had a hot drink for forty-eight hours. The stove we had in front of the house was put out of commission and the wood dampened. My wife and children cannot retain their health and live on cold, moldy food. My chimney has been repaired for two weeks and I have been unable to get any one to inspect it. I for one am not afraid to have them put a charge against me, so that a test case may be made. I should not fear con- viction from any jury under the sun for attempting to save my family's health.” The foregoing sentiment. expressed by one, has many indorsers. While the policemen say that the people do not want to set their houses afire, they |are determined to have fires fn their homes, especially when a storm rages without. The police ing much tro’ ing fires in numerous €Ol P PARK SETTLEMENT COUNCIL SHOWS TRUE GRIT SOUTH Decides That Work Must Not Be Given Up, Though Fire Destroys Buliding and Equipment. . Among the public institutions in the burned district the South Park Sa}. ment is among the heaviest losers: While the building suffered very little from the earthquake the fire swept it away and the handsome equipment given by Mrs The residents were only able to save a few personal possessions, | and were obliged to spend the first night without sheiter at China Basin. At a recent meeting of the Coumcil of the Settlement it was unanimously de- and that an effort should be made to lo- cate the members of the clubs formerly meeting in the hoyse, and to relieve any who were in distress. Many members of the women’s clubs have already joined in the work of the Settlement room at the Hearst School. Sev the clubs for young men and girls have also held meetings. Dane Coolidge, the director of the boys’ clubs, has taken a where they are receiving the best of care. Most of the Settlement workers and residents are actively engaged in the re- lief work. Dr. M. Smith, the acting chief worker, has made a special investigation of the conditions in the Chinese camps at the request of Dr. Devine. Miss Lucile Eaves, who was on leave of absence at Columbia University, started west imme- diately on hearing of the disasters that had overtaken the city and she and her sister, Miss Ruth Eaves, have been busy assisting in the Red Cross employment bureau and sewing rooms. Miss Mary Kidder has been in charge of a Red Cross relief station at China Basin. The other residents and workers have also found plenty to do. As it is doubtful whether the working people will make their homes in the same locality no attempt will be made to rebuild the Settlement house until the association can discover where it is most needed. In the meantime a temporary meeting place will be secured and an ef- fort made to keep the clubs and workers together. owned railroad. e ety Navy Veterans on Memorial Day. Major C. A. Devol, Depot Quarter- master, United States Army, has kind- |1y loaned the United States army | transport tug Slocum for use on May |30 to the naval committee of the | general committee. The Slocum will |leave the Transport dock, Folsom | street, at 7:30 sharp on the morning | of the 30th. going outside the Heads, |taking Fhelps Squadron No. 12, | United States Naval Veterans, and representatives from the various Posts of the Grand Army of the Republic, (Women'- Relief Corps, United Spa: ish War Veterans, Sons of Veterans, Ladies of the G. A. R. and auxiliary organizations., Commodore Thomas A. Nerney, of Phelps Squadron, chair- | man of the naval committee, will be iln charge and requests that all who attend, br:ng flowers. Tickets will be issued at fhe dock. Seeks Daughter and Grandson. Mrs. Mary Clause, 423 Gates street, {reported to the police yesterday that she had not seen or heard of her \‘daushler. Mrs. Leona Ponclet, and her | son, four years of age, since the day before the earthquake. Mrs. Ponclet ’h-d been ‘working at a dye works on 'Mlaaion street near Fifteenth, and she and her boy had been living at the }Oaks lodging house at Mission and | Third streets. When she was working she put the boy in a day home on Haight street. "Mrs. Ponclet was 27 years of age, of dark complexion, had short hair and was slightly demented at times. Licenses. The following " ollos marriage licenses by Clerk Su’tly;d-y: Grant Munson omas M. Bynon, 29, 4403 Twen- thth street, w Maybell M. Humph- 20, 4403 entieth street; Charles Clifford, 21. 37 Chenery street., and | Eugenia Willig, 19, San Franeisco: Charles Vocke, 21, San Francisco, ne Murphy, 19, San Fran- Perato, 30, city, and city; Walton -3 u.dl:xlglm street, and ichla; street. e and Cathert, cisco; Giobatt Marta Premsd - T —— Fire Starts in Restaurant. LA still alarm was turned in shortly ;:n;:. 1 ;’cl::.k yesterday morning for | restaurant of Geo | Sokoloff, McAllister ana w.bsrt:: streets. It was extinguished before much damage was done. It was caused by an overheated greasé pot. Calitornia Sate &I-y will advance Shon, ad Trust Insurance street. Hours, 3 a. me 16 § o m? Y