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WHEN SUPERVISORS DISREGARD THE LAW
Then the Law Indicates
What the People
Should Do.
NO ROOM LEFT FOR DOUBT
The City Legislators Are
Clearly Favoring the
Corporations.
COMPETITION TO BE CRUSHED.
An Advertisement That Is Nothing
But a Misleading Form That
Deceives Nobody.
Is there a doubt in somebody's mind
that the majority of the Board of Super
visors really did violate the law when they
granted the petition of the Market-street
Railway Company and refused the petition
of the San Francisco and San Mateo Rail
way Company on Monday last?
Well, then, hce is the law, read it. It is
given in full as showing its spirit, but the
lines italicized are directly in point:
An Act providing for the sale of rail
road and other franchises in municipali
ties and relative to granting franchises.
Approved March 23, 1893.
The people of the State of California,
represented in Senate and Assembly, do
enact as follows :
Section. 1. Every franchise or privilege
to erect or lay telegraph or telephone
'wires, to construct or operate railroads
along or upon any public street or high
way, or to exercise any other privilege
whatever hereafter proposed to be
granted by the Board of Supervisors,
Common Council or other governing or
legislative body of any county, city
and county, city, town or district
•within this State, shall be granted
upon the conditions in this act
provided, and not otherwise. The
<Xact that an application for such
franchise or privilege has been made to
such Board of Supervisors, Common
Council or orther governing or legisla
lative body, together with a state
ment that it is proposed to grant the
same, must first be advertised in one or
more daily newspapers of the connty,
city and county, city, town or district i
wherein the said franchise or privilege
is to be exercised. Such advertisement
must continue every day for at least
ten days, and must commence at least
thirty flays before any further action j
of the Board of Supervisors, Com
mon Council or other governing or ,
legislative body. The advertise- |
ment most state the character of I
the fratirlri.se. or privilege, proposed to be
granted, the term of its continuance, and, i
if a street railroad, the route to be tra- '.
versed, and the day or* which tenders icill j
be received for the same. On the day so
stated the board, or other governing '
or legislative body herein mentioned, i
must meet in open session and read the j
tenders. The franchise, or privilege, \
must then be awarded to ttie highest bid- ;
der; provided, however, that nothing in
this section shall affect a special privi
lege granted for a shorter term than two
yearg.
Sec. 3. A.ny member of any Board of
Supervisors, Common Council or other i
governing or legislative body of any I
connty, city and county, city, town, or
district of this State who, by his vote, '
violates. 'or attempts to violate, the provi- i
sions of CM* act, or any of them, shall be '
guilty of a misdemeanor and of malfeas
ance in office and be deprived of his of
fice by the decree of a court, of compe
tent jurisdiction, after trial and convic
tion.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect Im
mediately.
It is as clear a 8 the English language
can make it that all franchises or privi
leges for a longer period than t^o years
to be granted by this City and County
must be offered publicly without condi
tions and awarded to the highest bidder.
The law is expressly framed to defeat
favoritism and monopoly, and to yield to
the City a revenue from the sale of valu
able franchises and thus reduce the gen
eral burden of taxation.
It is expressly stated what the advertise
ment must contain, viz. : "The character
of privilege, the term of its continuance,
the route to be traversed and the day on
Which tenders will be received."
Nothing is said about extensions to
franchises. The law knows nothing about
extensions. A franchise once asked for
and granted, the transaction is complete.
When other streets are to be occupied it
must be under a new franchise. The
language of the law could not be more ex
plicit. It says every franchise or privilege
to erect or lay telegraph or telephone
•wires, to construct or operate railroads
along or upon any public street or highway,
or to exercise any otlier privilege whatever
* * * shall be granted upon the condi
tions in this act provided and not otherwise.
Now observe how the board— the major
ity of the board— has attempted to violate
the provisions of the act.
The San Francisco and San Mateo Rail
road Company for more than two years
past has been asking for a franchise to run
its cars out Ocean House road — repeatedly
end repeatedly asking for it. It has been
before the two Boards of Supervisors pre
ceding the present one and has been by
them refused on the ground that the rail
way would destroy the road as a drive.
"Week after week the petition has been
urged before the Street Committee of the
present board and the petitioners were
distinctly encouraged by several members
of that committee, when suddenly the
Market-street Railway Company sends in
a petition covering every street affording
an outlet toward Ingleside. Presto ! The
petition of the San Mateo Company is
summarily refused and that of the Market
street Company as promptly granted— so
far as it can be.
If it is intended that the express condi
tions of the law are to be observed— that is.
that this franchise be offered untrammeled
to the highest bidder — why was not the
petition of one as good as that of another?
But it Is not intended that the law in
letter or spirit shall be observed.
The Solid Eight in the Board of Super
visors said openly in the meeting of Mon
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day last that for this reason and that they
did not propose that the San Mateo Com
pany should have this franchise. Who
gave the right to the Board of Supervisors
to say who should or should not have what
is to be offered under the law to the high
est bidder.
But neither would it matter what any
member of the board said in debate if the
letter of the law were to be observed —
that is, that the simple application for the
franchise be advertised for t?n days, the
board meet at the day stated and the fran
chise awarded to the highest bidder. In
that case it would matter not at all to
either of them that the application as ad
vertised was that of the Market-street
Company or the San Mateo Company.
But when the members of the Solid
Eight said they intended to grant the
franchise to the Market-street Company
they meant just that, despite the law.
And see the means they employ. The
advertisement, "as required by law," ap
peared in the official paper, the Report,
last evening. Among other things it pro
vides that:
Resolution No. 12,610 (third series).—
Whereas, application has been made to
this board by the Market-street Railway
Company to construct, lay down, main
tain and operate for the unexpired terms
of the respective franchises heretofore
granted for its line of street railroad on
Mission street. Mission-street road and
Telegraph orXew County road, as exten
sions of and adjuncts to. and in connec
tion with said line of railroad, a single
or doable track street railroad, etc.
And further:
And whereas, it is proponed to grant
under the conditions and restrictions
imposed in the draft of an order sub
mitted by said company with its appli
cation, filed on July 1, 1595, * * * a
franchise for a street railway along, over
and upon the streets, highways and prem
ises hereinbefore mentioned; therefore,
etc.
This is the manner in which this fran
chise is offered to the public to bid upon,
and under which it is to be let to the high
est bidder. A railroad that is to be oper
ated as "extensions of, and adjuncts to,
and in connection with" the Market-street
line would of course be very inviting to an
opposition line, wouldn't it?
A franchise that was to be granted only
Under conditions and restrictions im
posed in the draft of an order submitted
by said (Market-street) company.
Would be especially valuable to some
other railroad company, wouldn't it?
If this proceeding is not a direct evasion
or defiance of the law, then what is it?
Is it not clear that the majority of the
Board of Supervisors have gone a long step
out of the way in order to defeat the plain
intention of the law?
While they co through the form of calling
for bids they place conditions about the
franchise advertised under which only the
Market-street Railway Company can gain
title to the thing sold.
Now, this is not a pleading in behalf of
the San Francisco and San Mateo Railway
Company any further than that company
happens to be the victim of a gross outrage
— perhaps a misdemeanor — committed by
members of the Board of Supervisors, and
which, in its usurpation and disregard of
the law, strikes at the very foundation of
government. Certainly it is a thing vitally
interesting to every citizen of this City
and County — for whom these men pre
sume to make laws.
The Jaw was framed to defeat the
machinations of monopoly, and the Board
of Supervisors, under the direction of
monopoly's own attorneys, who framed
this resolution, the advertisement and the
franchise, overthrow it. And for excuse
Supervisor Hughes explains that the other
applicant for the franchise runs over some
body's sidewalk, owes some workingman
his wages, does not keep its roadway In
order, does not run its cars on time, does
not live up to its promises.
Was anything more childish ever heard ?
What has he to say of the Church-street
outrage and of all the long line of broken
pledges, some of them given under oath
and before the courts? What is to be said
of all this?
It is very well known that the Market
street Company in its intrenched and far
reaching power is very largely responsible
for the financial difficulties of this little
competitor, which it has harassed and
hindered in every possible way. And Mr.
Hughes, as spokesman for the Market
street Company, now uses these difficulties
as an argument why it should be deprived
of further privileges.
W T hen it is considered that the San
Mateo road pays— is required to pay— into
the City treasury 2 per cent of its gross
earnings, while its big competitor pays,
and is required to pay, nothing, this argu-
ment is especially powerful in the opinion
of the average taxpayer.
What the people demand, and what the
law contemplates, is the encouragement of
competition. The Supervisors have said
we shall have none of it.
Whether they shall prevail will perhaps
form another story.
Jiut there is another stipulation in the
advertisement which lawyers say is un
lawful — that whic'a stipulates that "No
bid shall be less than $500."
It will be remembered that the Solid
Eight could not be prevailed upon to raise
this figure. Why should they? It is an
invention of the Market-street Company.
It was through it that its grasp upon the
entire City was made practically secure.
Through it the difference between a "fran
chise" and an "extension of a franchise"
was denned in the City's ordinance. Under
the provisions of that ordinance the Sutro
Railroad Company was compelled to pay
$5000 for what the Market-street Company
could have secured for $500. Sutro had no
railroad to extend, therefore what was
granted to him was "a franchise."
If any enterprising citizen had applied
for this franchise from Mission road to
Ingleside he would have been compelled
to pay $5000 for it, if it had been granted at
all. The Market-street company, because
it has already received many miles of these
valuable privileges for nothing, is required
to bid but $500.
Could anything be more cleverly de
signed to handicap opposition? So com
pletely do the Market-street lines compass
the City that any new move the company
might make would be a mere extension of
them.
So lawyers declare that the ordinance
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 1895
under which this distinction is made and
this stipulation fixed is all contrary to law
and the franchises granted under it are all
unlawful.
What shall be done when the Board of
Supervisors of the City openly violate the
letter and spirit of the law?
"What is done when an individual breaks
the law?
The constitution of California provides
for the impeachment and removal from
office of derelict officials, and states that
all civil officers, except the higher officials
of the State, shall be tried for misdemean
ors in office in such manner as the Legis
lature may provide. — Constitution, article
IV, section 7, section 19.
The Legislature has provided two meth
ods of proceeding against an officer for
malfeasance in office by the act of 1893
above referred to. The Penal Code sup
plies the details necessary to give effect to
this act. Section 19 of the Penal Code pro
vides for the punishment of a misde
meanor and reads as follows:
Section 19, Penal Code — Except in
cases where a different punishment is
prescribed by this code, every offense
declared to be a misdemeanor is pun
ishable by imprisonment in a county
jail not exceeding six months, or by a
fine not exceeding six hundred dollars,
or by both.
Section 772 of the Penal Code provides
the method for the removal of an officer
found guilty of neglecting or refusing to
perform the official duties pertaining to his
office, which language is as follows :
Section 772, Penal Code— When an ac
cusation in writing, verified by the oath
of any person, is presented to a Superior
Court alleging that any officer within
the jurisdiction of the court has been
guilty of charging and collecting illegal
fees for services rendered, or to be ren
dered, in his office, or has refused or
neglected to perform the official duties
pertaining to his office, the court must
cite the charged to appear before
the court at a time not more
than ton or less than five days
from the time the accusation was pre
sented, and on that day, or some other
subsequent day not more- than twenty
days from that on which the accusation
was presented, must proceed to hear, in
a summary manner, the accusation and
evidence offered in support of the same,
and the answer and evidence offered by
the party accused; and if, on such hear
ing, it appears that the charge is sus
tained, the court must enter a decree
that the party accused be deprived of
his office, and must enter a judgment of
five hundred dollars in favor of the
informer, and such costs as arc allowed
in civil cases. (Amendments, approved
April 13, 1880; amendments, 1880, 33
(Ban. cd. 199); took effect immediately.)
The Supreme Court has decided that any
person under section 772 of the Penal Code
may bring the matter of the official's
neglect or dereliction to the attention of
the Superior Court, which must proceed to
try the case in accordance with the section,
and which may enforce the penalty of re
moval from office when malfeasance therein
has been proved.
The act of 1893 quoted above, under which
all street franchises are granted, provides
that any attempt on the part of the Board
of Supervisors to defeat the provisions of
the law shall work a forfeiture of the office,
and upon conviction the parties shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, with a
penalty of fine and imprisonment.
Wh?.t do the people of San Francisco
think of the acts of their trusted servants?
FLIGHT OF A WILD TRAIN.
Four Passenger Coaches and
a Caboose Run In From
Ocean View
And the Conductor Reported Killed.
Cars Telescoped and Trucks
Smashed.
Southern Pacific freight train No. 33
broke in two between Ocean view and the
House of Correction, at 9:30 o'clock ]nst
evening. A few minutes later the wild
train, consisting of a caboose and threo
empty passenger coaches, was coasting on
the down grade back to town at lightning
speed, and it was not stopped until it
collided with a yard switch engine in the
repair shop yards on Harrison street, be
tween Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets.
Robert Rodgers, the switch engine en
gineer, was injured about the back by
being thrown from his seat.
It was announced at first that no one
was killed, but at an early hour this morn
ing the report came to the Seventeenth
street police station that the conductor
had been fatally injured.
The shock of "the collision telescoped the
caboose and first coach, and all three
coaches were thrown from their trucks
and badly. smashed up generally.
Freight ' train 33 left the Fourth and
Townsend streets yards at 9 o'clock. It
consisted of two engines, a long train of
freightcars. eight empty coaches and a
caboose. The train was so heavy that, in
addition to the two engines in the lead, it
was necessary for Rob Rodgcrs' switch
engine to help by pushing up the long
grade from Harrison street to the divide
near Ocean View.
When the heaviest grade was passed be
yond Thirty-first street the switch engine
let go and backed down to the Sixteenth
street yards.
On reaching Ocean View the train hands
found that eight cars had broken from the
train which at once backed toward town.
The detached cars were found standing
near Farley's resort where they had been
held by the airbrakes. They were coupled
on and the signal given to start. The
start was made, but with a jerk that
snapped the couplings near the end of the
train. The detached cars did not stop this
time, but began a wild run back to town.
Every moment their speed was increased,
and at the Twenty-fourth street crossing
they were making the rails smoke. On
they went for several more blocks, when
their speed began to decrease a very little
on account of the level land. They would
bare gone on to Third street, but about
the time they reached Sixteenth street Rob
Rodders was just slowing down his switch
engine. Before he knew what was up the
oars struck the engine. The lattor How
iike a .stone from a catapult, but kept the
rails. Not so with the wild train.
The caboose was driven half way through
the first passenger coach and the remain
der was doubled like a bow. All ot the
coach car platforms were smashed into
kindling wood and the ends of the cars
were staved in almost past repair. The
trucks under the cars were hurled right
and left, and the main track was covered
with broken iron and splinters.
The wrecking engine was set to work to
clear up the wreck. In consequence the
late San Jose passenger-train was unable
to move until this morning.
Among the Labor Union*.
The Furniture-workers' Union last night in
dorsed the resolutions adopted by the Labor
Council on the Fourth of July celebration. F.
H. Schurtz has been elected recording secre
tary and K. Phillipee treasurer of the union.
At the meeting last night of the Marine Fire
men's Union Messrs. B. Ward, Andrew Prior
and Joseph Kirk, the committee on arrange
ments, reported that the picnic at Glen Ellen
on Sunday proved to be a success financially as
well as every other way.
Secretary E. .H. Bimnan of the Labor Council
announces that the committee of that bony on
Labor Day celebration will meet next week.
Ex-President Casimir-Perier intends to
spend the summer traveling in Italy and
Austria.
THE NEW BOARD OF HEALTH
Its Members Are Feasted by
Mayor Sutro at His Res
idence.
NO PLACES YET PROMISED.
Governor Budd Has Still to Discuss
Appointments With His
Appointees.
Four physicians dined last night with
Mayor Sutro, Governor Budd and Harbor
Commissioner Colnon at Sutro Heights.
They were Doctors John F. Morse, Henry
H. Hart, Gerald J. Fitzgibbon and John
M. Williamson, and comprised the new
Board of Health.
''Could you ask for a finer body of men ?"
asked Governor Budd in evident admira
tion of his appointees. "And I didn't
have to go out of the State for them either, "
he added. "Three are Californians, and
while one is a New Yorker he received his
medical education in this State."
This was at the close of the elaborate
dinner that had been discussed at length.
The medical guests had gathered early in
the evening. Governor Budd, who had
gone to Mare Island to inspect the Swatara,
was late. He and Mr. Colnon did not ar
rive till 6:30 o'clock. They were at once
shown to Mayor Sutro's" dining-room,
which had been beautifully decorated for
the occasion.
The table was banked with flowers. The
room was also tastefully decorated. The
service was simple but* complete in every
detail. Nothing was lacking to make ihe
dinner a thoroughly enjoyable one.
It was not till the raisins and nuts were
being munched that there was any intima
tion of the fact that the four physicians
present had been chosen by the Governor
to supervise the sanitary affairs of San
Francisco. Then the matter was taken up
in a cursory way.
Governor Budd informed the centlemen
that they would get their commissions
either Thursday afternoon or evening.
'•I go to Sacramento to-morrow evening
on the 7 o'clock train," he said. "The
Dr. J. F. Morse.
[From a photograph.]
commissions will be at once made out and
sent on the first train. They may pet in
San Francisco at 6 in the morning and
they may not arrive till evening. 1 '
It was then informally decided by the
gentlemen who are to compose the board
that they would meet either Thursday
afternoon or Thursday evening, according
to when the Commissioners should arrive,
at the office of some one of their number.
It was also decided to have it generally
known that all those desiring appoint
ments should be under the necessity of
filing written applications for the various
places. All these applications would then
be given consideration.
"And I would like to have it generally
understood," said Mayor Sutro, "that as
president of the board I will insist that
these appointments shall all be made be
cause of special fitness rather than for
political reasons."
A murmur of assent arose from the
members-elect. All declared that the
Mayor had voi«ed their sentiments ex
actly.
On the matter of appointments the
members of the board were non-committal.
Their answer to all inquiries was:
"The matter has not yet been discussed."
"When asked about Dr. Levingston's
hopes for the position of Health Officer
the same answer was given, or some other
of the same nature.
Much of the doubt with regard to ap
pointments depends upon the action of
Dr. Williamson, the Republican member
of the board.
"Will you stand in for the removal of
City officials to make way for Democrats?"
he was asked.
"I have not discussed the matter yet."
"But it takes four votes to remove the
heads of departments. Will you cast your
Dr. J. M. Williamson.
[From a photograph.}
vote to remove a man against whom
nothing can be said except that he is a
Republican?"
"Every case will be considered sepa
rately. I suppose changes will be made
and we will consider them then."
"Are you in favor of Dr. Levingston for
Health Offlcer?"
"We have not discussed that matter.
You see there are a number of men who
would like the place and reall> I have not
made up my mind."
Governor Budd was equally reticent. As
to appointments he declared he knew
nothing.
•'I have said nothing to the members of
the board as yet in regard to giving any
man a place. I chose these men for their
pre-eminent fitness for the position both
in regards to position as medical men and
from a business standpoint, and also be
cause of their mutual regard which will
enable them to work harmoniously.
"They are warm personal friends. Each
admires and respects the other. There
will, therefore, be no petty jealousies nor
small bickerings among them. Whatever
is best for San Francisco I feel sure these
men, honest, strong and fearless, will do.
"I know that any appointments they
may make will be for the best. If I should
suggest any one for any office I should ex
pect to have his claims carefully consid
ered, but no more. lam satisfied that if
he were the best man he would get the
place, but that the appointment would de
pend upon the candidate's merits."
Mayor Sutro expressed great satisfac
tion with the appointments.
"A better board could not be desired.
They are men made thoroughly independ
ent by their financial and professional
standing. The fact that the four gentle
men are warm friends is also very promis
ing. I feel sure that under the circum
stances we will be able to work for the
City's good without any clashing."
"Are there any particular changes that
will be likely to be made in the present
methods?" was asked.
•'Whatever can be done to better San
Francisco's sanitary condition will be
done. We are not rabid reformers, though.
Gerald J. Fitzgibbon.
[From a photograph.]
We do not intend to turn thing 3 upside
down, but will take advantage of every op
portunity for improvement."
The different physicians had made no
plans of any particular reforms in the
present methods, except in the matter of
providing for the care of those needing the
aid of the police surgeon.
"On the matter of ambulance service, I
might be called a monomaniac," said Dr.
Morse. "There is no reason why the crude
system now in vogue for moving those in
iured on the street should be continued.
There has been some little advance made,
but I think that we will be able before long
to introduce an ambulance system similar
to that employed in other large cities."
The members of the new Board of Health
are all young men of tine personal appear
ance. The oldest, Dr. Hart, is but 42 yeara
of age, while the youngest, Dr. William
son, is 34.
Dr. Henry H. Hart besides being the
oldest man on the board is the only one
not a Cailfornian by birth. He was "born
in the city of New York in 1853. His boy
hood was spent in New York and it was in
the schools of that city and San Francisco
that he received his early education. He
obtained his degree of M.D. at the Medical
College of the Pacific, from which he
graduated in 187f).
Shortly after his graduation he went to
New York. There he served at all the
leading hospitals and attended the clinics
at the various colleges. Upon his return
to San Francisco he entered into active
practice and has earned an enviable posi
tion in the medical profession.
Dr. Hart is no^ the president of the
State Board of Medical Examiners. He
has also been president of the San Fran
cisco County Medical Society, of which he
is still an active member. He is also
prominent among the members of the
Medical Society of the State of California
Henry H. Hart.
[From a photograph.]
and the American Medical Association.
Another public position he holds is that
■>f physician and surgeon to the Actors'
Fund of America, and incidentally he is
one of the two honorary members of the
Pacific Lodge of the -American Actors'
Association, the other being Governor
Budd.
Dr. Hart has at present only one reform
which he wishes to introduce as a member
of the Board of Health. This is the chang
ing of the present method of conveying the
disabled to the hospital.
He is anxious to see an ambulance sys
tem similar to that of New York intro
duced here. As Dr. Morse has from the
first not only advocated the introduction
of this system, but has promised to con
tribute liberally toward its maintenance,
there can be no doubt but that it will be
one of the things of the near future.
Dr. Gerald J.Fitzgibbon is a Californian
and is 40 years of age. He was born in
Sacramento in 1855, and began studying
medicine when he was only 15 years old.
It was not for several years that he en
tered the Medical College of the Pacific,
though, and in 1877 he graduated with
high honors. For three years after his
graduation he occupied the responsible
post of resident surgeon at St. Mary's
Hospital. Then he entered into general
practice in this City.
Dr. Fitzgibbon is" a member of the State
Board of Medical Examiners. He is also
the president of the San Francisco County
Medical Society, and is a member of the
State Medical Society and the California
Academy of Medicine as well.
Dr. John F. Morse is known as one of
the best surgeons of the City. He was
born at Sacramento in 1857. "When only
21 years old he graduated fror : the Medi
cal College of the Pacific, and then went to
Germany to continue his studies at the
Frederick Wilhelm University. He gradu
ated in 1881, and in 1883 was made sunreon
of the German Hospital, which post he
has filled ever since.
For five years he was visiting physician
at the City and County Hospital. He is a
member of the County Medical Society
and the California Academy of Medicine,
and has served as president of both a num
ber of times.
Dr. J. M. Williamson, the lone Repub
lican on the new Board of Health, was
born at Vallejo in 1861. He graduated
from the medical department of the Uni
versity of California in 1885. During 1886
he acted as resident physician at the City
and Count}' Hospital, and is now professor
of anatomy in the medical department of
the University of California and occupies
the same chair in the Dental College of the
university. He is a member of the State
Board of Medical Examiners and secretary
of the California Academy of Medicine.
DRY GOODS. _^_ -„-^_^
TRE LARGEST STOCK EVER
OEFERED IN SAN ERANCISCO!
On to=morrow and following days we
will offer a special purchase of SEVEN
CASES FINE EMBROIDERIES bought
by us from a Swiss manufacturer.
These Embroideries were purchased
under most favorable circumstances,
thereby enabling us to offer them to
our customers at
Marvelously Low Prices!
«
We respectfully invite our city pa-
trons to inspect these Embroideries at
their earliest opportunity.
111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121 POST STREET.
WILL DO DOUBLE WORK
An Immense Dredger Being
Completed at Hay &
Wright's Shipyard,
It Is for the San Joaquln River
and Will Move Six Thou
sand Yards a Day.
The largest dredger ever built in the
United States is now being completed at
Hay & Wright's shipyard in Alameda.
Besides being the largest it will also be the
THE 810 DREDGES AS IT WILL APPEAR WHEN AT WORK.
[From a photograph.]
most complete, as all the latest improve
ments in machinery have been incorpor
ated in the design.
The big boom on which the bucket will
swing is a marvel. It is 130 feet long, 20
inches square and was hewn out of one
tree. In order to obtain it the builders
had to go 250 miles into the interior before
a tree suitable for the purpose could be
procured. When it was cut down and
hewed there was considerable trouble in
getting it to Puget Sound and once there,
more trouble ensued in finding a vessel to
carry it to San Francisco.
A schooner was finally secured and from
Grays Harbor it was partly carried and
partly towed to its destination alongside
the dredger in Oakland Creek. "When com
pleted and in working order the boom will
nave a swing of 400 feet and will work in
sixty feet of water. The bucket will pick
up twelve tons dead weight.
The dredger is 110 feet long, 50 feet broad
and 10 feet deep. The sides anrt ends are
all 12x12 timbers and the keelsons are 24
inches apart and in size 12x14. She has
double knees and the cross keelsons are
14x14 timbers. The entire hull is then
bound together by one and a naif inch
iron rods.
The engines will be tandem compound
condensing, and the bucket, which weighs
live and a half tons, will be operated from
them by flexible steel cables havine a ten
sile strength of sixty tons each. It is cal
culated that with the new and improved
machinery the dredger will pick up twelve
tons in the bucket and unload it on the
embankment once in every minute. In
good working material the dredger will
move 6000 yards in a day.
The spuds or anchors are also to be
manipulated by flexible steel cables worked
by a separate engine. The side spuds will
be 25x70 timbers and the end or feed spuds
18x20. There will be an 800-nallon tank on
board, so that there will be no shortage of
water. First-class quarters will be pro
vided for the crew and electric lights and
speaking tubes will be placed all over the
dredger. An immense searchlight will be
placed at the end of the boom so that work
can be carried on at night as well as in the
daytime. When completed the dredger
will have cost $30,000. She is owned hy
Willis G. Witter and -Marshal C. Harris,
and is intended for work on the levees in
the San Joaquin River. She will be
launched next Saturday, and the work of
putting in the engines and machinery will
be begun at once. The accompanying il
lustration is from a drawing showing the
dredger completed and at work.
Imported Bottles and Jara.
From inquiries made of Secretary Fllcher of
the State Board of Trade by Frank Wiggins,
superintendent of the Los Angeles Chamber of
Commerce, it is inferred that a movement is
on foot in Los Angeles to establish a glass man
ufactory there. Mr. Wiggins wants to know
how many wine bottles and how many glass
fruit jars" are annually shipped into the State.
He estimates the wine bottles at 1,000,000 and
the glass fruit jars at fifty carloads. Mr.
Fischer thinks these figures are a little too
high. From leading dealers he learns that the
importations of wine bottles are about 3000
gross and the glass fruit jars 9000 gross.
More Young Doctors.
The seventeenth annual commencement of
the California Medical College will be held to
night at Metropolitan Temple. Features of the
programme will be an address by W. H. L.
Barnes and music under the direction of James
Hamilton Howe.
Each and every pair of Hoyal Worcester Corset*
nave the full name stamped inside on the linen
(ape at the waist. If the full name is not there
they are not genuine Royal Worcesters. The place
to buy them. is at the fitting-rooms, 10 Uearv st
up stairs, corner of Kearny, where they are fitted
■ free. We can lit any . form at any price and war-
rant every pair. If you have not worn them von
should try a pair. )uu
CHESTER F. WRIGHT,
io Geary st., cor. Kearny.
Interior ■ merchants please address whni.i.i.
> rooms, 35 New Montgomery at., San Franclac*