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CAPITAL CITY RAGES.
Fast Time Made in the
Pace of the 2:30
Class.
PATHMONT THE WINNER.
Peter W, the Favorite, Cap
tured the Two-Mile
Trot.
CONTEST OF FOUR- YEAR-OLDS.
McZeus Took First Money and
Stamboul Belle Second in
the 2:25 Class.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., July 26.— The
first event of the fifth day of the Sacra
tnento race meeting was a four-year-old
2:25 class trot for a purse of $1000. The
talent was considerably at sea in the bet
tins before the first heat. After it had se
lected Silver Bee as favorite at $20 against
$23 it switched the cut, and as the horses
scored for the word the field was selling
DIAGRAM OP THE RAILWAY TANGLE IN STOCKTON, SHOWING HOW THE CORRAL HOLLOW ROAD ATTEMPTS TO CIRCUMVENI
THE VALLEY RAILROAD.
for $20, Silver Bee $13 and Director Prince
$9. Stamboul Belle got the advantage and i
led to the half, where McZeus passed to j
the front, but lost the lead by a bad skip .
at the opening of the stretch. McZeus '
evened up at the seven-eighths and gave
the mare a thrilling finish, but the score
board read, Stamboul Belle, McZeus, Lady
Thornhill. Time, 2:21.
In the second heat Stamboul Belle had
slightly the lead to the quarter. On the
first turn Silver Bee went altogether to the
bad. Director Prince and Lady ThornhiJl
followed suit, but recovered quickly and j
forged ahead. There were several breaks
on the backstretch, and when the half was
reached McZeus headed the bunch by |
twelve lengths, with Stamboul Belle and j
Lady Thornhill fighting for second posi- j
tion. Down the stretch McZeus had time j
enough to stop for a bowl, and passed un
der the wire ten lengths to the good,
Stamboul Belle capturing second after a
drive and a hot contest with Lady Thorn
hill. Time, 2:19K-
In the third heat Stamboul Belle took
the lead, but went wrong. Director Prince
followed her example, and also made a bad
break on the backstretch. At the half
McZeus had the race won, with Stamboul
Belle coming fast. Down the stretch
McZeus did not have to come fast enough
to raise the wet. Stamboul Belle took sec
ond, with Lady Thornhill third. Time,
2:20^.
In the fourth heat Lady Thornhill ran a
tie to the quarter, and led by a neck at that
point, but on the backstretch she made a
mistake and McZeus went to the front,
winning first money easily. Stamboul
Belle, who went to pieces on the first turn,
but settled down, coming in fourth, cap
tured second money, she having taken the
first heat; Director Prince took third
money. Time, 2:21.
In the second event, a pace for all ages
in the 2:30 class, Phenol sold favorite at
$20, Patnmont brought |13 and the field
$13. There were eight starters. Ruby M
secured a slight advantage, but Phenol
went into the lead before the quarter was
reached and was never headed, winning
with a trifle to spare. Ruby M was second
and Gary S third. Time, 2:21^.
Pathrnont got a slight advantage in the
second, but the gray mare was in the lead
at the quarter, and retained her place well
down the homestretch, wnere Pathmont
ranged alongside and in a hard drive lifted
her off her feet near the wire, coming in a
winner, with Phenol second, Javelin third.
Time, 2:14^.
Pathmont sold at $20 and the field at $7
at the opening of the, third heat. Path
mont and Phenol went to the quarter like
a double team, with Javelin in third place.
Up the backstretch the leaders fairly new,
with Phenol creeping up an inch at a time.
Just beyond the half Pathmont's hobbles
broke and he ballooned, while the gray
shot to the front, apparently a sure win
ner, but Javelin was coming fast down the
stretch. The gray held her own to the
seven-eighths, and there went to pieces,
Javelin winning the heat, with Welcome
second, Cory S third. Time. 2:20.
At the quarter in the fourth heat Phenol
took the lead, with Welcome second and
Pathmont, the favorite, in third position.
On the backstretch Patbmont walked by
Welcome and took second place. When
within a few feet of the wire Phenol left
her feet, but shot under a half length to
the good, with Pathmont second and Ruby
M third. Time, 2:16.
Pathmont took the next two heats after
exciting finishes, in 2:l9|^ and 2:20.
Phenol took second money, Javelin third
and Ruby M fourth.
In the third and last event, the two-mile
trot, Pilot Lernont brought $40, Peter W
$43 and the field $22, with lots of money in
sight. Pools were selling fast and furious.
The bunch got away with Peter W acting
badly. At the quarter it was Flora Gby
two lengths?, then Bijou, Peter and La
ment. At the half the little black still
led, Bijou coming fast. At the mile it was
Flora G by a half length, with Peter W
coming from the rear like a demon. At
the mile and quarter Peter W headed the
game little mare, Bijou in third place. At
the mile and a half Peter W had three
lengths to the good, with Flora G second,
Bijou third and Bonnie Ben fourth. In
the stretch Bonnie Ben picked himself up
and got third place. Peter W won by a
length, with Agnew's black stayer second,
giving Peter W the closest finish of his
career. Time, 4:51^.
In the repeat Peter W had the best of it
all the way through. He sold at $40 and
the field at $8. Bonnie Ben finished sec
ond and Bijou third. Time, 4:56. Peter
W got first money, Bonnie Ben second,
Flora G third, Bijou fourth.
SALT LAKE EMBEZZLEMENT,
Gambling and Extravagance Caused a
Cashier's Downfall.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 26.—
M. R. Cummings, cashier of the Utah
Commercial Savings Bank of this city, is a
defaulter. An expert accountant is going
over the books of the bank and hae dis
covered a shortage of $10,000 so far in
Cummings' accounts. It is said the de
falcation will considerably exceed this
sum when the full investigation is com
pleted. Cumminss admits taking funds
belonging to the bank and has turned over
to the directors scrip and securities of
various kinds, which partly cover the
stealings. Gambling and extravagance are
the cause of his downfall.
GOLD AT MURPHY CREEK.
A Rich Jb'ind Causes Excitement Among
Miners.
SPOKANE, Wash., July 26.— A big strike
that has just been made in an entirely new
mining district in British Columbia,
twenty miles north of Trail Creek, has
caused intense excitement among mining
men in this section of the country, and al
ready a wild rush has begun for the new
gold fields.
Two well-known prospectors were the
discoverers of the new district and the
specimens they brought down with them
fairly glittered with gold. The find was
made at the head of Murphy Creek, and
they report mountains of the rich ore in
sight. A train load of excited miners from
this city will leave for there in the morning.
RIVERSIDE'S ORANGE CROP
Over Four Thousand Carloads
Shipped During the
Past Year.
Fruit-Growers Rejoicing Over
Heavy Yields and Fair
Prices.
ALESSANDRO, Cal., July 26.— The
orange shipments of Riverside County for
the past year will probably exceed 4000
carloads. Riverside City and vicinity
alone sent out nearly 3000 carloads.
Oranges, at an average, have been an ex
cellent crop and £»f fine quality. Fair
prices have been realized, and growers are
well pleased with the year's results.
Among the other products of the county
which yielded heavily were almonds,
plums, strawberries, blackberries, rasp
berries and figs.
The apricot crop was light, but of excel
lent quality, and in the majority of cases
has been dried by the ranchers. Offers of
7 cent*, and as high as 8 cents, have been
made for dried apricots, but few sales are
reported, owing to a general feeling that
dried fruit is, just now, good property.
Peaches are beginning to ripen, and will
bring from $15 to $20 per ton green. The
prospects for prunes are good, and the
trees are well loaded in all the orchards
of the county. No offers have been made
as yet for prunes, but the impression ex
ists that they will bring good prices green.
Large quantities of barley hay are being
baled throughout the county, and the
supply will exceed the demand for a time
at least. Sales of baled hay are not heavy
as yet, and are only in the local markets;
few shipments have been made. The
prices paid range from $7 to $8 per ton
delivered.
Grain is generally of fair quality, but
not a very large quantity was produced
here this rear.
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SANTA BARBARA SHAKEN.
A bharp Earthquake Shock Swayed
ituilflimjs in the Flower City.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal., July 26.— The
sharpest earthquake shock experienced in
Santa Barbara for ten years occurred at
4:10 this afternoon. The shock did no
damage as far as heard from, but was of
sufficient violence to cause a considerable
shaking up of old buildings and to be dis
tinctly felt by people walking and driving.
It brought all the merchants out into the
streets. News from San Miguel, the seat
of the recent disturbances, is awaited with
interest.
The direction of the shock was from
north to south. There were two shocks,
but the second followed the first so closely
that they appeared as one. The first shock
was very slight and the second qnite
strong, with a duration of not more than
two seconds. Persons at the Arlington
Hotel state they saw the building sway
perceptibly and the chandeliers swung
back and forth. The bellboy of the Arling
ton, who was on the third floor of the
building at the time of the shock, says
that it rocked decidedly. Some of tha
walls and the plastering of the rooms -were
slightly cracked.
Dwelling Damaged by Fire.
Fire caused by the explosion of a lamp did
$100 worth of damage to a one-story frame
building at 404 Church street last evening.
The building is owned by J. Patterson and is
occupied by L. Kaiell as a residence.
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JULY 127, 1895.
A NEW BOAD IN STOCKTON.
The People's Line Menaced
by the Corral Hollow
Franchise.
LIKE THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC.
Scheme to Shut Out the Competing
Railway and Grab the Water
Front.
The action of the Stockton City Council
Monday night next upon the Corral Hol
low Raiiroad franchise along Mormon and
Stockton channels is being awaited with
deep interest by the Valley road people
and others whose suspicions have been
aroused by the peculiar request then to be
passed upon. The Valley road engineer
and directors are puzzled to know what is
behind this application for a franchise
from a company purporting to have no
other end in view than the construction of
a railroad from tbe mines in Alameda
County to Stockton's water front. They
have not placed themselves, however, in a
position of open opposition to the fran
chise. And yet, in a few words, there has
grown a belief hard to overcome that the
Southern Pacific Company has a finger in
the pie.
The Corral Hollow men want pretty
nearly all the available water front in
Stockton, and franchises for railways
through many streets, across many blocks
along Mormon Channel's bends ans curves
and up and down the harbor. Not entirely
satisfied with all the concessions, they ask
for permission to lay a track beside the
Southern Pacific rails and the Valley road
line down to the landing place for passen
ger steamers. Nor is this all. The coal
miners have gone so far as to make a bold
proposition to cross the Valley road track
at an angle and after continuing a short
distance in the direction of the passenger
landing switch back again with a line
along the water front that would inter
vene between the passenger depot of the
Valley road and the steamer landing.
'•I cannot for the life of me understand
why a railroad for carrying coal can want
that place," said Chief Engineer Storey of
the \ alley road yesterday. "If those peo
ple got a franchise to build there they
could put a train of freightcars on the
track and shut us out completely from the
steamer passenger landing. Passengers
on our road could not then get to the boats
without walking up and down two blocks.
Anyhow, that sidetrack "would absolutely
ruin our passenger depot. I don't know,
of course, what the City Council may do
in this matter, but the cool attempt to get
a freight siding between us and the place
where passengers land has completely
astonished me.
"What can those people mean, anyhow?
They have been acting in away that causes
us a deal of trouble. Of course we are not
in any way opposing the coming of an
other railway into Stockton, but in this
case there is a great deal to think over."
Mr. Storey produced a map of Stockton
showing the route of the Valley Railway,
the Southern Pacific tracks, and the mean
dering lines of the proposed Corral Hollow
road as asked for in the application for a
franchise now before the City Council. The
Corral Hollow route on the map enters
Stockton on Hunter street and immedi
ately swerves to the right along Mormon
Channel and down Hazelton avenue along
side the Southern Pacific rails. Continu
ing toward the harbor it follows one bank
of Mormon Channel a distance of ten
blocks and then heads off for everything in
sight on the main harbor, going down Har
rison street to Weber avenue, where two
lines are run, one for a long 'stretch on
Mormon Channel, another to tako in the
busy yards, mills, etc., and Stockton
Channel. Switching bacK on Weber ave
nue a line is laid out beside the Southern
Pacific and Valley road routes to Madison
street, which ends at the steamer passen
ger landing.
It is on Weber avenue, and at this par
ticular point, where some scheming is
made apparent. For it is there that the
coal mine railroad crosses the Valley road
tracks to form a freightyard between them
and the passenger landing.
The Corral Hollow lines are made to
cross the Valley road tracks exactly eight
times in a space little more than ten
blocks square. This fact in itself has
aroused many suspicions, since the cross
ings would hamper to a very great extent
the operation of the Valley road.
"Just what the Corral Hollow Company
wants with a line down Hazleton avenue
from the water front I cannot imaging,"
Mr. Store}' added, as he pointed out a line
in an opposite direction from the harbor.
"The Southern Pacific franchise on that
avenue will expire in a few years, and
then — possibly an exchange could be
made."
The map of itself is very good evidence
that opposition is intended for the Valley
road. The lines are so run and woven
around the route now being constructed
by the Valley road they look like a trap to
ensnare the competing railway. Then the
Hazelton-avenue branch going nowhere
would serve as a most convenient connec
tion for the Southern Pacific to make with
the valuable Mormon Channel frontage
and the many Corral Hollow lines down to
the harbor. After these things would come
to pass the coal mine railway could make
connection with the Southern Pacific at
Tracy and still run coal into Stockton, but
in such event the Southern Pacific would
have a veritable monopoly in that city.
PROTESTS WILL BE HEARD.
Stockton's Council Will Attempt to Adjust
Differences!
STOCKTON, Cal., July 26.— Last Satur
day a number of the property-owners
along the water front met the representa
tives of the road and the Council to explain
why they had protested against the grant
ing of the franchise on that portion asked
for which will run between the tracks
of the Valley road and the water
front. If the franchise is granted as origi
nally asked for it will very seriously inter
fere with business of the Valley Railroad,
as the tracks of the Corral road would then
be between the tracks of the Valley road
and passenger and freight depot of the
steamsnip company. This would be a
great drawback, as there might be a train
on the tracks of the coal road at the very
time that the Valley road train wanted to
make a connection with the steamers.
This difficulty has in a measure been
obviated by the representatives of the Cor
ral Hollow road by agreeing to take off 100
feet of the track asked for. This would
leave but twenty-eight feet of track be
tween the Valley road and the wharf, but
just how this short track will be of benefit
to the coal road the representatives of the
other road cannot see, claiming that it will
only shut them off from the water front.
The Valley road directors feel that the
City Council, having given them the fran
chise, is morally bound not to do anything
that would block thsir business in any
way. The matter will come before the
Council next Monday night when the
property-owners along the water front will
be present to press their protests. It is
thought that with the abandonment of the
100 feet in front of the sheds of the Naviga
tion Company and a spur track on Stock
ton Channel to the Union Mill the Council
will be inclined to grant the Corral Hollow
road everything else it has asked for.
THE SPRECKELS CASE.
Arguments on the Injunction in the Buit
Against Rudolph Spreckels Be
gun Yesterday.
The motion to dissolve the injunction
against Rudolph Spreckels in the suit
brought against the latter by his father and
mother regarding the disposal of the
Paahau plantation stock is being argued
before Judge Slack. Attorney Ach occu
pied nearly all of yesterday afternoon in
arguing that the transfer of the stock by
Clans Spreckels was legal, even though
Mrs. Spreckelp, who is accredited with a
community interest, was not a party to the
grant. Delmas & Shortridge will present
the other aide of the case.
VALLEY ROAD TELEGRAPH.
The Pacific Postal Company
Secures the Contract for
a Line.
Construction of the System Will Be
Carried Forward With the
Railway.
The San Francisco and San Joaquin
Valley Railroad Company has decided to
close a contract with the Pacific Postal
Telegraph Company to build and main
tain a line of telegraph along the road.
For the present it is rather indefinite
how extensive this new system of tele
graph lines may become in the course of
years — quite as much so as the future de
velopment of the Valley road itself. But
it has been ascertained that first of all a
single wire will be run from Stockton to
Bakerstield. Connection will be made at
Stockton with the Postal Company's wires
to San Francisco, and a private line will
then be extended to the railway head
quarters on Market street, thereby making
a continuous system from this City down
the road to Bakersfield, taking in every
town and station on the way.
Arrangements are almost completed be
tween the railway company and the Postal
Telegraph people, and as soon as construc
tion of the road extends any appreciable
distance the latter corporation will begin
to erect its poles and stretch its wire down
the valley. The intention is to keep the
telegraph line built up to the front for the
purpose of keeping the construction man
agers in communication by wire with the
head offices.
Acting President Robert Watt stated
yesterday that the question had been fully
discussed and decided at the last meeting
of the board of directors.
A contract between his board and the
Postal Company will be signed at the next
meeting and then submit-ted for signatures
of the telegraph representatives. Two
propositions bad been made the Valley
road — from the Western Union and the
Pacific Postal concerns — and the latter was
accepted.
Chief Engineer W. B. Storey stated that
there will probably be twenty stations on
the road from Stockton to Bakersfield,
where telegraph operators will be em
ployed.
EIGHT STEEL BRIDGES.
Very Extensive and Costly Improve-
ments for the Southern Pacific.
The maintenance of way engineers of
the Southern Pacific Company have begun
construction of a steel bridge over the deep
gorge known as Lower Cascade in the Sier
ras. The old wooden truss bridge will be
destroyed, and in its place will stand a
modern steel structure spanning the goree
for 208 feet and over 100 feet high. This
bridge has been designed in the heaviest
and strongest materials used in bridge
building. It will rest on massive piers of
masonry upon bluffs on the sides of the
gorge there to stand agaiost the elements.
Similar improvement in the main bridges
of the Southern Pacific railways in Califor
nia is now under consideration, the engin
eers having come to the conclusion that
the old wooden structures cannot be left
standing with any degree of safety much
longer.
Two modern steel bridges have been de
signed for gorges in the Tehachapi Moun
tains. Two more will be erected near Red
Bluff, one at Santa Paula on the Ventura
branch, one over the San Joaquin River
and another across Duncan street in San
Francisco. The reconstruction of the rail
way's bridge system is regarded as a very
large undertaking, involving the outlay of
a tr emeu do us amount of capital.
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BELVEDERE'S HIGH JINKS
August the Third Will Posi
tively Be the Night of Nights
There.
Grand Preparations Are Being Made
for the Finest of Aquatic
Parades.
The most important meeting of the ex
ecutive committee of the "Night in
Venice" carnival, to be produced at Belve
dere August 3, was held last night at the
residence of Eugene Davis, on the pretty
promontory. The heads of all committees
were present, with the exception of H. L.
Searles of the conveyance committee, who
was represented by Dr. George K. Frink.
Director-General James S. Hawkins pre
sided. The finance committee, through
Chairman Ball, announced that the sum
of $1005 10 had been subscribed, which was
$5 10 above the amount required.
J. D. Maxwell, chairman of the press
committee, stated that the following resi
dents of Belvedere would receive the quill
drivers:
C. 0. Perry, Dr. Frink, Mr. Hannon, J. S.
Hawkins, J. H. Keef, Robert McG. Gill, Eugene
DavW, Castle Crest; J. D. Maxwell, Corinthian
Yacht Club; Villa rest-aurant; Hugh Hume, Dr.
Halnen, J. A. Parsons, J. E. Haven, J. Webster
Droney, Edgar M. Wilson, josshouse.
"It is generally reported," said Mr. Max
well, "that all the homes of Belvedere will
be thrown open to the public, but this is a
mistake. Where cards accompany invita
tions from any resident of Belvedere the
persons receiving such cards will be ex
pected, to accept the courtesy extended
them. Beyond that both the homes and
the arks will be occupied by the individuals
who own them. There will be plenty of
room for the public to witness the aquatic
parade from various natural points."
In order to add to the beauty of the
decoration the sum of $15 was allowed to
place lanterns on the bridge and otherwise
illuminate its approaches.
Will Powning, a former resident of Bel
vedere, but at present in Scotland, sent
the finance committee a £2 money order
just to show that he had not forgotten the
former affair of a year ago.
Of music there will be a plentiful variety.
T. D. Boardman, on fireworks, announced
that he had secured a sufficient quantity
of Fourth of July fixtures to furnish an un
surpassed pyrotechnic display.
Eugene Davis and Robert McGill, ap
pointed as a committee to secure the
prizes, have selected a handsome red and
yellow pennant for the best decorated
yacht, the name of the winning yacht to
be emblazoned upon it. Handsome silk
banners, in the carnival colors, red and
gold, will be awarded the best decorated
ark, rowboat and steam launch.
Constable Maher will have a force of
special officers in hand to direct visitors to
Valentines Island, from which point the
fireworks will be set off.
The parade will last about twenty-five
minutes, and all launches and boats will
be subject to the following rules:
All boats to take part in the procession must
assemble in the north end of the cove at 8:35,
and be In their allotted places in line ready to
start at 8:45 sharp.
All launches to nave a strong painter at least
thirty feet long.
Every launch and rowboat must be decor
ated or be dabarred from the parade.
There will be two launches accompanying
on port or left Bide. These boats must
be watched for signals. Red and blue
torches will be marked according to
color, and as soon as one is lighted and
waved from signal-boats two torches of the
same color must be lighted— one in the bow
and one in the stern of every boat. A pre
paratory signal will be given by the blowing
of a short whistle on the launch Mascot, lead
ing the procession. When one torch goes out
no other must be lighted until another signal
is given.
August 3 is positively set as the date of
the affair, and, as the highest tide will be
on, everything is shaping itseli so that a
red-letter occasion will be prepared for fu
ture history to review with envy.
GADEN'S REPORT.
It Asserts That Little, if Any, Honest
Street Work Exists in This
City.
Wnr is on again between the Executive
and Street departments of the City. The
short-lived peace is due, according to the
report of George T. Gaden made to the
Civic Federation last night, to what he
calls the personal attack made on him by
Superintendent of Streets Ashworth
through the columns of the Daily Report.
Mr. Gaden viewed this as a challenge to
battle to the death, and therefore last
night presented his report on the work of
the Street Department, which he had pre
viously determined to keep from the pub
lic, to the Civic Federation.
After reviewing the evils attending ma
chine politics and boss rule, the report
states that there are few, if any, honestly
built sewers, cesspools or sidewalks or
honestly paved streets in this City, and
that the laws relating to these public
works have been most grossly ana con
tinuously violated.
In the matter of street-paving, it is
charged that eight out of every ten streets
in this City are improperly paved, either
as to quantity or quality of material used,
and numerous streets are specified where
evidence of this can be seen.
What is termed "another infamous im
position" on the people is the manner in
which sewers are constructed. The report
says "The greater part of the work done is
emphatically a steal from start to finish."
Cesspools or catchbasins are alleged to
be undersized, and by reason of this to
have become choked and useless, endan
gering the health of the City.
Attention is also called to "the infamy
of private contracts" for paving and side
walk construction, whereby it is stated
"the rights of taxpayers are abused and
the property-holders are robbed— not be
cause the laws are defective, but because
the heads of the departments are a law
unto themselves."
In conclusion, after urging the Civic
Federation to lead in the battle of sweep
ing "the last vestige of municipal corrup
tion from this fair City," the report says:
We have a Mayor who stands by the right
and who cannot be bought off or frightened
and, above all, and perhaps the most certain
means of finding out nil municipal iniquities
that searchlight, the daily press, in the co
operation of the San Francisco Call, which en
deavors to show up the dragon feeding upon
the vitals of the community.
Mr. Gaden s report was discussed, but no
definite action was taken on it, though he
was highly commended for his work.
BIG STAKES TO BE GIVEN.
Plans of the Pacific Jockey Club for
the Coming Sleet.
From fifteen to twenty stake races, with
purses aggregating $75,000 or more, will be
given by the Pacific Jockey Club at the
meeting that begins on November 1.
A large force of men is now working on
tne track, near Ingleside, and construction
of the grand stand will be begun in the
near future.
The matter of gaining entries was dis
cussed at a meeting of the club held last
evening, and confidence was, expressed
that with the attractions offered no trouble
would be experienced in inducing many of
the fast Eastern stables to compete at Ingle-
"And what is more," said A. B. Spreckels,
one of the directors of the club, "we are
not going parading about the East blowing
a horn to draw Eastern capital to aid us in
carrying out our enterprise. Every dollar
that the club will need to run the track
and pay the purses it advertises to pay, is
now deposited in local banks ready for use
when the time comes.
"The statement has oeen made that the
Pacific Jockey Club is an Eastern concern,
and that any profit that may accrue will
go into Eastern pockets. Such is not the
fact by any means. It is a thoroughly
California concern, backed by California
capital, and only one man in the direct
orate is from the East. Our track, -which
is modeled after that at Hawthorne, will
be run up to the standard of any track in
the country, with more liberal purses and
stakes than have before been given in this
State."
ONE MORE PIONEER GONE,
Hon. Charles H. Gough, Who Helped
Frame the First City Charter,
Is Dead.
Hon. Charles H. Gough died at his resi
dence, on Francisco street, on Thursday.
He was a native of Maryland and 67 years
old.
By Mr. Googh's death San Francisco
lose 3 still another of the pioneers whose
lives and works have done so much for the
City and State. In the old days Mr.
Gough helped to map out the City's
boundaries. Gough street was named from
him and Octayia street received its title in
honor of his sister.
At one time Mr. Gough was compara
tively wealthy. He was a liberal man,
always ready to help a friend in need, but
like many early Californians he lost his
property Dy unfortunate litigation. Dur
ing his career Mr. Gough held several im
portant positions of public trust. He
helped to frame the first City charter and
represented one of its districts in the State
Legislature. He was also for a number of
years an employe of the Harbor Commis*
sion.
The deceased was for many years a mem
ber ol the Exempt Fire Company and of
the Veteran Firemen, but his membership
had lapsed before his death. For ten years
consecutively he had been president of the
Old Friends, and the funeral, which will
take place at Metzlar'a undertaking estab
lishment, 638 Washington street, will be
under the auspices of that society. Judge
Robert Ferral will deliver the address.
Died of Heart Disease.
August Hahn of 2017 Bush street died rod
denly of heart disease, at 44 Parker avenue,
last evening. He was visiting at his son's resi
dence at the time, and while the family sat
engaged in conversation the father suddenly
collapsed in his chair and died.
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