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SHOOTING DOGS ON SIGHT
Valuable Animals That Have
Been Maimed On the
Reservation.
FATE OF ONE LADY'S PET.
Pacific Kennel Club to Investigate
the New System of
Destruction.
The sportsmen of this City, or at least
those who are more particularly interested
in valuable dogs that are used for sporting
purposes, are decidedly indignant because
General W. M. Graham, commanding
officer oJ the Ififth Artillery of the U. S. A.
and cooimunder of the military post of the
Presidio, has issued orders that "any dog
or dogs found on the reservation must be
Bhot on sight."
As a result of this order much ill-feeling
and chagrin has been aroused among the
Bportsmeo of this City, many of whom own
very valuable dogs. A few days ago
Wii-liara Dormer, who is one of the most
prominent dog-fanciers of this City, was
passing through the reservation with his
•well-known lemon and white pointer
when a soldier armed with a military rifle
followed up, a la Indian, and as he raised f
bis ritki to shoot at Dormer's $600 dog an
officer, who was in the immediate vicinity,
shouted 1 , at the soldier not to shoot.
Dormer, on hearing the command, turned
quickly on his heel and recognizing the
officer as an old friend asked what was
up. An explanation quickly followed and
Dormer was the happiest man imaginable
•when he learned of the narrow escape his
favorite animal had from a most cruel ana
untimely death.
In explanation Dormer said that he was
totally ignorant of the rules as issued by
Commander Graham, but if his doc should
have been dispatched by the bullet route
he would most emphatically have de
manded the reason why any soldier should
•walk up deliberately and kill an unoffend
ing animal that was walking at the heels
of iis master.
Mr. Dormer, who is a prominent mem
ber of the Pacific Kennel Club, will ask the
officers, who will meet this evening, what
redress a sportsman may expect in a case
of this kind.
Possibly the most aggravating circum
stance connected with the rules of the res
ervation as regards dog trespass was in
respect to the shooting of a very handsome
hunting dog owned by Miss Ellis. The
lady, unconscious of the rules regarding
dogs trespassing upon private lands, as
mapped out by the commanding general,
■was passing through the reservation a few
days ago with her prized beauty when she
unexpectedly heard the sharp report of a
rifle. Turning quickly around she saw her
faithful friend and companion of many
walks writhing in pain. The dog was shot
THE BARK TRITON IN THE ICE.
with a rifle ball through the thigh, the bu.l- I
let passing downward and in its course j
crushing the right foot of the animal.
The lady fora moment was nonplused,
but when the soldier who had tired upon
the inoffensive animal had apologized and
explained that he had ordexs to shoot on
Bight the young lady excused him, but it
is hardly necessary to say that her bless
ings fell most emphatically on the humane
commander who had issued such an un
called-for edict.
The general opinion of sportsmen is that
the orders as issued by General Graham
ere somewhat extreme and do not apply j
to dogs in charge of ladies and gentlemen
who may have occasion to pass through
the reservation with animals that are un
der their control or command.
However, the matter of "shooting dogs
on sight" will be brought before the Pa
cific Kennel Club this evening, and there
is no doubt but that body will investigate
the rather unceremonious system as
adopted by the Presidio Boldiers of "kill
ing valuable dogs on sight."
OLYMPIC KICKERS.
Football Practice 'Will Commence This
evening on the New Postoffice
Site.
The .Olympic Club football team is by no
means sleeping. Captain Taylor will have
his team in condition in a few weeks to
meet any of the crack teams of the State.
A lease of the new Postomce site, at
Seventh and Mission streets, has been se
cured by the club, and this evening the
following athletes will be seen on the
field: George Smith, Percy Morse, "Kid"
" Highest of all in Leavening Power. — Latest U. S. Gov't Report
RH^j Baking
' j... Absolutely v -_ j
Hilborn, William Harrellson, A. Lewis,
William Sexton, T V. Kirtgton, J. Cam
eron, F. McNear, Joe Tobin, F. Frick, H.
P. Tavlor, George Foulss, Harry P. Taylor,
H. Walton, Billy Burr and R. Porter.
H. M. Coltins will traia the kickers, and
while practice is being held an the Seventh
street grounds the boys will hold head
quaiters at the Central House.
A PAESON'S ESCAPE.
Rev. T. J. Warren's Telegram to Grace
Methodist Church.
The trustees and members of Grace
Methodist Church have received the fol
lowing dispatch from Rev. T. J. Warner of
Nashville:
Knoxville, Term., Sept. 30, 1895.
I. J. Truman and Official Board, Grace M.E.
Church : Your letter received. Thanks for my
escape. Have withdrawn acceptance.
Rev. T. J. "Warner, whom Bisbop War
ren appointed to Grace Church and who
immediately signified his acceptance pend
ing a transfer by the conference now in
session at Knoxville, has not waited for
the counsel of any ecclesiastical superior,
but promptly replied that he would not go
where he was not wanted.
The trustees or official board had ac
quainted him with the sentiment against
transfers and said that they opposed him
for that reason and not because of any
personal unfitness. He is grateful for his
"escape," and the pillars of Grace Church
for theirs.
It is thought that now all will be fair
sailing. The official board will call a sup
ply at its meeting to-morrow evening.
That supply will be Dr. Colburn, and it is
expected^that Bishop Warren will appoint
him. -
NEWS FROM THE ARCTIC.
A Very Small Catch and the
Bark Triton Nipped in
the Ice.
There Were Fourteen Deaths Dur
ing the Winter and Nine De
sertions.
The historic old whaler Triton has been
wrecked in the Arctic Ocean. The news
arrived from the north on the steamer
Lakme yesterday. She was nipped in an
icefloe and so badly crushed that it was
with difficulty she was kept afloat until
Herschal Island and safety was reached.
There she was condemned and sold, after
a survey had been held by eight ship cap
tains and a carpenter. Captain James A.
Tilton of the steam whaler Newport was
the auctioneer and Captain George V.
Leavitt of the Mary V. Hume the 'pur
chaser, for the sum of $200. Captain Heg
gerty came down on the Lakme and Mate
Gardner and fifteen of the crew are coming
down on the steamer Jeanie.
The Triton was an old New Bedford
whaler and was built in 1818. In 1857 she
was rebuilt, and on December 14, 1893, she
started from San Francisco on her final
cruise. She was owned by J. and W. R.
Wing of New Bedford and Bruce, Bowne
& Co. were the San Francisco agents. She
was uninsured. All the bone and the pro
visions and crew's effects were saved.
Among the passengers who came down
from the Arctic on the Lakrae were Cap
tain John H. Whitham of the steam
whaler Fearless, Captain Cogan of the
bark Northern Light, C. Nelson of Point
Barrow, Edward Hawes of St. Paul Island,
Dr. J. B. Driggs of Point Hope and M. A.
Marsden of Dutch Harbor.
"When I reached Herschal Island on
September 13, 1894, with the Fearless,"
said Captain Whitham, "I found there the
steam whalers Newport, Mary D. Hume,
Alexander, Beluga, Jessie H. Freeman,
William Baylies, Navarch and Thrasher,
the barks Northern Light, John and"Win
throp, Wanderer, Triton and Horation
and the schooner Rosario. We all went
into winter quarters, and as it was a mild
winter we enjoyed ourselves very well.
The thermometer never went lower than
49 degrees below zero.
"There were fourteen deaths, but as
they w«re all foremast hands except. Cap
tain Weeks of the Tnrasher and Engineer
Peake of the Jessie H. Freeman, I cannot
remember their names. Of the remaining
twelve three died from scurvey, three from
consumption, three were frozen to death
and three died from natural causes. There
were a great number of desertions, but all
came back except nine men, who have not
since been heard from.
"During the winter we were visited by
Bishop Reeves of Fort Simpson and the
Revs. Stringer and Whittaker of Fort Mc-
Pherson. They purchased a small wooden
building for a church and a sodhouse to
live in, and intended spending two or
three months each season at Herschal
Island to minister to the spiritual wants
of the Indians and whalers. The Rev. Mr.
Stringer, Mrs. C. E. Weeks, widow of Car- 1
tain Weeks and Mrs. Smith, wife of Captain
H. Smith of the Narwhal, are coming
down on the Jeanieand bringing the body
of Captain Weeks with them.
"The catch of the fleet up to September
13 was very light, only twenty-three whales
having been taken."
Soap bubbles will freeze when the ther
mometer falls to 140 deg. below zero.
THE SAX FRANCISCO CALL, WEDJsTESDA Y, OCTOBER 2, 5 895.
INSTITUTIONAL CHURCH
The Closed Church and Open
Saloon Problem to Be
Solved. ;
EEV.W.A. GARDNER'S PROJECT.
The People's Tabernacle, as It IB
Called, Will Be Open Day
and Night.
There is soon to be erected In San Fran
cisco a public house of worship, the coun- :
terpart of which is found in only eight
American cities. It is to be called the
'•Institutional Church." Its doors will be
open alike to rich and poor at least ten
hours every day in the year.
The founder of this church, in San Fran
cisco at least, is Rev. W. A. Gardner, pas*
tor of the West Side Christian Church.
Two years ago when Mr. Gardner assumed
charge the building was used as a mission,
but in three months' time he succeeded in
organizing a eliurch with a membership of
twenty-one. There are now 300 names en
rolled in the church book, 175 of which
were secured in the past year.
"Among all religious denominations the
question is earnestly asked how can the
church be made more useful, and the
REV. W. A. GARDNER, PROJECTOR OF THE NEW INSTITUTION.
I masses and classes be brought together in
harmonious, active Christian work," said
Rev. Mr. Gardner yesterday. "The prin
ciples which distinguish" the institu- i
tional from the conventional church are j
not new, but are as old as the teachings
and examples of the Man of Galilee. The
Institutional church _* ministers to all the I
community first through educational i
chamnels, consisting of such special fea- !
tures as kindergartens, industrial schools, |
lectures, printing offices and in similar '
ways. Second, through reformatory chan
nels, of which gymnasiums, baths, rooms
for reading, for libraries, and for various
games, will form a part. We next propose
to reach the people through philanthropic
channels, such as physicians, trained
nurses and free dispensaries. Surrounding
circumstances will indicate the. ministra
tions needed.
"The Institutional church has long since
passed the experimental stage, though less
than six years have elapsed since the
name was applied to Berkeley Temple,
Boston, the pioneer in this movement.
There are two in New York and one each
in Jersey City, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland
and Salina, Kans., and also several that
are at least half 'institutional.' Denomin
ationally they are connected with Presby
terians, Baptists, Methodists, Congrega
tionalists and Episcopalians, while some
are independent.
"With its reading-room, baths, lunch
counter, amusement-room, industrial
school and social circle it aims to make
the church edifice a happy home for its
members and all who may knock tor
admission at its hospitable doors*
"The edifice is to be called the People's
Tabernacle, though it will be as much un
like the conventional church in point of
architecture as can well be imagined. I
think now it will present much the same
appearance as the Y. M. C. A. building.
Many thinking minds are turned seriously
toward the "closed church and open sa
loon' problem, and in the People's Taber
nacle will be found a potent weapon and
powerful influence against the open sa
loon; The spirit of the closed church is
not Christlike."
A. suitable lot will be selected in the
Western Addition upon which to erect the
building. The committee having this
matter in charge will make a tinal report
during the next week. The lot selected
by the committee will be divided into par
cels six inches square, and each square
will then be numbered. Upon payment of
$1 the contributor will be presented with a
certificate of purchase, Droperly signed
and sealed, and containing the number of
the square paid for by him,
"It is our purpose to erect a structure
that will cost something like $100,000," said
Mr. Gardner.
CHINESE TRY FISTICUFFS
Several Small Riots Broken
Up Last Night by the
Police.
Bad Blood Among the Tongs Having
Its Cause in the See Yup
Boycott*
Mongolian pugilism distinguished itself
in Chinatown last. night to such an extent
that it was necessary for the police to make
several arrests. It was not a very scientific
kind of pugilism, but it was conclusive.
It seemed to be in the air for awhile.
The old See Yup boycott against the
Sam Yups was behind it all, and before
the night was over the See Yup cigar
makers held a meeting at Washington and
Uupont streets to plot for the future.
Time may develop their programme.
It seems that a "righting man" had left
one tong and gone to another. The cus
tom is for the society which is the loser by
such a transfer to be paid a certain amount
of money to square up matters. But the
pecuniary part of the transaction was not
attended to — hence the fisticuffs.
At one time it looked as if a riot was
imminent in Fish alley. Lem Hoy, a
member of the Kong (jhan Society, was
getting the worat of it, Lem How 'being
the aggressor. Hoy is one of the partners
in a tea firm known asKueLung Yick Kee
& Co. of 715 Vi Duppnt street. Sergeant
Conboy and Officer McLaughlan happened
to be eye-witnesses of this encounter, and
arrested both Chinese for fighting. Hoy
said he had made a purchase at a cousin's
store. He denied, however, that he had
patronized a Sam Yup. .
Sergeant Shea and a posse had broken,
up another fight during the night, and Ah
Lee, a cook, and Ah Muck; a laborer, were
walked off to jail for disturbing the peace.
TRAILING A MUKDEKER.
Why Detective L.. d« liUe- of Denver
Did Not Stay Longer in Thig
City.
Detective Leonard de Lue of Denver
started East last evening with E. E. Clark,
the diamond thief who swindled two Den
ver jewelers out of over $6000 worth of gems
last July.
j While the main object of his trip to this
! State was to secure Clark, who had been
J arrested by Detective Whittaker, he had
I another mission of even more importance.
I It was to secure a murderer whom the
Denver authorities have been following
all over the continent for many months.
One night six men in Denver assaulted a
man and knocked him down. After rob-
I bing him of all the valuables he possessed
! they deliberately kicked him to death.
| There were witnesses to the crime who
I were unable to prevent it. The murderers
fled, and a week or so- later three of the
number were arrested in another State.
Two were subsequently captured in Colo
rado, but the sixth man, who was tlie in
stigator of the murder and robbery,
escaped. A few days ago a man suspected
of being the murderer was arrested in San
I Jose, the Denver authorities having heard
1 that he had gone to that city. Detective
de Lue was to hold himself in readiness to
take the suspect back to Denver if he
proved to be the right man.
Before starting for San Jose he received
a dispatch from Chief Gould of Denver
stating that the suspect was not the mur
derer, for information had been received
that the latter had become alarmed and
fled to Mexico.
K EI R HARDIE IS HOPEFUL
He Thinks the Trades Unions
WiH Bring About
Socialism.
Combinations of the Sons of Toll to
Annihilate the Competitive
System.
"Keir Hardie, In his talk on "The Cause
of the Trades Unions," at Metropolitan
Temple last night, said that though only
2,000,000 of the 11,000,000 laborers of Great
Britain belong to trades unions this did
not argue that the unions were weak. He
did, however, think it co ward ly and wrong
for the other 9,000,000 to take advantage of
the results attained by the unions without
being willing to join in the work and share
the dangers and sacrifices of the active
minority. These sentiments were received
with cheers by quite a large crowd of
workingmen. Their number was only
enough to half fill the hall, but they made
up for paucity of numbers with enthu
siasm.
Hardie delivered a lecture that was
couched in the mildest terms. He called
the millionaire his brother, deprecated j
senseless tirades against men of wealth, I
reminding his hearers that each one of
them would like to become a capitalist and
live off the labor of others, and then, in
quiet tones, proclaimed himself for social
ism, pure and simple, when labor should
constitute wealth and the product of labor
be distributed equitably among the labor
ers.
The old idea that the trades unions were
merely to hold the balance between capital
and labor.he declared, could no longer hold.
The unions, to be sure, should continue
the contest to secure the highest possible
wages and the shortest hours. But labor
ers should not stop there. They should by
organization obtain possession of the im
pieraents to perform their labor.
The laboring classes, he declared, should
not meddle with politics. Then he quali
fied this by saying that they should not
vote for Republicans, Democrats or Popu
lists as such, bur. for laborers who could
not be bought, and would make law.* to
benefit labor. The only relief he saw was
the destruction, by legal enactment, of the
present competitive system and the em
bracing of socialism; He then advised the
laborers to go into politics with a party of
their own.
He protested that the workingmen could
riot "use the old parties" as they were
often advised to. This was because, they
were controlled by capitalists who con
trolled the Legislature, a portion of the
Eres-s and usually the pulpit. In derision,
c urged, that the workinirmen might just
as well be told to use C. P. Huntington.
As Mr. Hardie sat down, Mr. Furuseth
of the Sailors' Union said that word had
been received of the arrest of a man for
advocating socialism at the corner of Sev
enth and Market streets. He announced
that the man wished those assembled to
be informed that he would speak at the
same place this (We Inesday) evening.
A social was given at Pythian Hall after
the lecture for the benefit of Mr. Hardie.
An informal programme was rendered and
refreshments served. Only about $40 was
taken in, as the admission fee was only 10
cents. There were many ladies present.
» » *
Sea birds outnumber the land birds be
cause their food never fails; not because
they are more prolific. The fulmar-petrel
lays but one egg, yet it is believed to be the
most numerous bird in the world.
They'kkinit! Their new building, 22 Clay
Bt., opposite the ferry. The Myfiell-RolUns Co.*
HE MAY BUY A DUKEDOM.
The Vast Estates of a Noble
Italian Family Are for
Sale.
OFFERED TO F. G. NEWLANDS.
Eastern Capitalists Refused the
Tempting Bait of Income of
the Property.
■
A rich Italian dukedom, title, ancestral
castles, fat acres and all is being hawked
about America, and half a dozen of the
moneyed kings of the country have been
offered an opportunity to exchange the
titles given them by the newspapers for a
genuine right to nobility.
It is not impossible that a resident of the
Pacific Coast whose vast possessions in Ne
vada and California have raised him to a
high position among the moneyed aristoc
racy of the land may yet prefix the title of
Duke to his name, and after adding an i to
his name figure in years to come as a gen
uine old stock Italian noble.
The family to which the estates and title
belong some time since, for some reason or
other, decided to remove from its native
land, and concluded that a few millions in
cold cash were preferable to the aqcestral
acres that were to be left behind. A pur
chaser was looted for, but in the marts of
Europe Italian dukedoms and titles were
at a discount and the vendors turned
toward America, where smaller titles with
out the estates often sell high.
An influential New York firm of Italians
was given a commission to make the sale
ana a number of wealthy Eastern men
were approached on the subject. William
H. Vanderbilt thought the matter over for
a day, but declined to purchase and the
proposition was then offered to James
Gordon Bennett and George M. Pullman,
the multi-millionaire carbuilder, whose
daughter married into the nobility, with
out .success. Despairing of making a sale
in the East the nobility brokers turned
toward California and put the matter in
the hands of a prominent Italian real estate
firm of this City with orders to get a pur
chaser if possible.
These people called upon General W. H.
L. Barnes to enlist his aid, and for some
time past the matter has been in his hands.
Walter S, Hobart, the millionaire turf
man, was offered the opportunity of be
coming a duke.but he declined with thanks,
and then the astute attorney bethought
himself of Francis G. Newlands.
Of course General Barnes did not go to
Mr. Newlands and say:
"Here, Mr. Newlands. is a chance to be
come a full Hedged Italian duke by the
expenditure of a few millions," but took
him the typewritten description of the
property, which gives in detail the dimen
sions of the estate, its income and outgo
and many other particulars. The indorse
ments on the document place it beyond
suspicion.
A judiciously paragraphed sentence
states that the genuine title of duke goes
with the estate, and that the owner of it
will be duly recognized by the Italian no
bility as a member of their circle. Asa
commercial proposition on paper the op
portunity looks golden, for the estate is
large, the villas and furniture are de
scribed as "royal" and the property brings
in a large revenue above all legitimate ex
penses.
And then there is the title.
.According to the documents which
General Barnes now has. in his possession
the estate lies on both slopes of one of the
most picturesque ranges of the Italian
Appenines, commanding a view of the
Mediterranean on one side and the Adri
atic on the other.
Noble forests cover the 4530 hectares of
jTnd (equal to 14,696.5 acres), the number
of trees being estimated at 2,500,000, or 500
to the hectare. Beautiful lakes are de
scribed as resting like jewels in the fertile
valleys, while the sea is enhanced by regal
villas and stately castles that nestle con
fidingly in the valleys or frown sternly
from the heights upon the surrounding
country. Waterfalls in the glens that feed
the lakes lend grandeur to the landscape,
and both streams an i lakes are said to
teem with fish of many varieties.
The estate is divided into three tracts,
one being the grounds of the main villa,
another the fat farms that are said to raise
anything, and the third the forests,
which are also very productive.
The forests are apparently the source of
the greatest revenue, for while the farms
are estimated at 5,900,000 lire the former
are placed at 9,954,920 lire, and the ratio of
increase in the value of the trees is com
puted very high.
The matter of the income of the estate is
not forgotten. It is stated to be 420,000
lire per year, with expenditures which
bring the net revenue down to 90,600 lire
per year, a sum considered ample for the
support of a ducal retinue in the land of
Kiii£ Humbert. The commercial value of
the estate is sought to be enhanced by the
statement that the place would make a
magnificent climatic resort.
Then comes another pleasant reference
to the fact that he who becomes the proud
possessor of tLis great Italian patrimony
will also be a duke and entitled to mix
with the blue blood of the grand seigneurs.
Those who are negotiating the sale of the
estate are reticent regarding ttie matter
and will give no particulars regarding the
property except the type-written descrip
tion and the fact that "the price is in the
neighborhood of $2,000,000. It is known,
however, that the place was offered to Mr.
Newlands, and that soon after he departed
for Europe, where he is at present.
MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP
The Union for Practical Prog
ress Still Getting Sig
natures.
A Communication on the Matter
of Utilizing the Water Pumped
In the Park.
The Union for Practical Progress seems
to have no difficulty In keeping up interest
in the question: of municipal ownership of
water, eiectric light and gas plants, and
almost as fastas petition blanks are sent
out they are returned filled with sig
natures.
That the public is deeply interested is
evidenced by the number of communica
tions received regarding the matter, A
i gentleman deeply interested in the subject
writes as follows:
Can any method be devised of securing an
adequate supply of pure water for the use of
San Francisco which will not involve much
delay, costly experiments and the ultimate
outlay of large sums of money, only to be ob
tained by oppressive taxation, or by the issu
ance of twenty-year bonds?
This question is continually being asked by
conservative citizens, and as" yet it nas found
no answer.
It is said by many that our present supply of
water is unwholesome and unduly expensive,
and still no one has arisen to point a remedy
There are many difficulties and delays at
tendant upon any attempt on the part of the
City to own its own water works. Suppose, for
the sake of illustration, that the cost of the
necessary works is set down at $5,000,000, and
that is far less thap any plan of bringing
water to the City, except the artesian-well
plan, is estimated at. But, in the event of its
being resolved to devote that sum, or any
other, to the purpose, what is necessary to do
legally? First, we must hold an election to
determine by the votes of the people whether
they desire to acquire or construct the neces
sary works. Then, should the question be de
cided in the affirmative, another election must
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NOTE THE PRICES:
10,000 yards Embroidery at 5c per yard
10,000 yards Embroidery at 7c per yard
15,000 yards Embroidery at 8c per yard
21,000 yards Embroidery at 10c per yard
9,000 yards Embroidery at lie per yard
13,000 yards Embroidery at 15c per yard
12.000 yards Embroidery at 16|c: per yard
17,500 yards at 20c, 22c, 27Jc,
35c, 50c and 60c per yard
.-_..••. .. __ — _ • .■ . . ■ —
E^Our customers should see these goods without delay.
250 dozen LADIES' NATURAL WOOL AND WHITE
VESTS AND DRAWERS - - - - - 75c each
200 dozen LADIES' NATURAL WOOL AND WHITE
VESTS AND DRAWERS ----- $1.00 each
111, 113, 115, 117, 119, 121 POST STREET.
be held to see if two-third? of the voters favor !
the issuance of bonds io raise the money to pay i
for the works.
Suppose, however, all these difficulties
surmounted and the two elections decided
affirmatively, then would come the question of
the issuance of the bonds. The constitution
requires that no bonds shall be issued for a
longer period than twenty years, nor until I
proper provision is made for their payment ■
within that time and for the interest as it falls |
due. Twenty years' bonds would therefore I
necessitate taxation to the amount of 5 per
Bent per annum for a sinking fund, and say 4
per cent for interest, making 9 per cent in all,
which on 5£5,000,000, the lowest estimate of
cost, would come to $450,000 every year for
twenty years; and certainly for five years
after the initiatory step was taken there j
would be no revenue from the water works. I
This is certainly a moderate estimate both of
time and money required for the undertaking.
The park water works, belonging to the
City, is capable of supplying a much larger j
quantity oi water than is now required for the
uses for which it was constructed. Sufficient
distribution pipes are in place throughout the
park and through the. panhandle as far east as
Baker 6treet. The pumps are now never
run to their full capacity, and would
probably raise double the number of
gallons discharged at this time into
the reservoirs, which in their turn are abund
antly able to receive it. We have it on the
authority of the Park Commissioners and of
eminent engineers, who have made a special
study of the subject, that the supply is inex- I
haustible, that is that it cannot Dy ordinary |
means be exhausted, just as we would '
say of the Pacific Ocean that the supply was I
inexhaustible. As for the quality of the water |
any one can judge for himself who will take a
drink from any of the numerous hydrants
placed in tbe park for that purpose.
What is to prevent the Park Commissioners
from selling to private consumers that portion
of the water their works can furnish over and
above what is needed for their own purposes?
If they had a superfluity of wood from trees
cut down or trimmed, or raised more plants
than they had immediate need of, they would
sell them, and their authority to do so would
not be questioned. Why not sell the superfluous
water? No additional outlay whatever would
be required for the purpose.
Streets upon both sides of the panhandle for
eight blocks are built upon, and new houses
are constantly going up. The owners of these
houses would gladly make connection with the
park pipes if the rates were reduced to one-half
of what they now pay, and the Park Commis
sioners could derive an immediate and consid
erable income from one-half the rates now ex
acted, and ie would nearly all be clear profit,
as the water would cost only the addi
tional expense of pumping, which with the
■the plant in place would be merely nominal.
When the panhandle residents were all served
other streets convenient to other lines of pipe
would add to the list of the consumers of cheap
water and increase the monthly revenue. The
income as it increased could be used to lay
larger mams, if reauired, and also put down
new pipe on Haipht street to Market and to
the City Hall or elsewhere, and consumers all
along the line would hasten to take advantage
of the reduced rates, still further increasing
the revenue and furnishing funds for sinking
new wells and erecting- new tanks and reser
voirs as required. The City owns several ele
vated sites suitable for reservoirs and stand
pipes could be placed upon other City property.
Much of this work could be done and much
of this Income guaranteed during the time
needed to hold the elections and raise t tie
money to btMd new works, should it be de
cided to do so. • . ■
The question of the quantity of artesian
water, which some persons still profess to
doubt, notwithstanding the evidence recently
collected upon the subject, would be by this
means definitely settled almost without' cost,
for the income from water would pay for new
wells as they were needed, and the experience
already gained of tine existence of unsuitable
water in certain localities would enable. us to
avoid them and sink our wells only at such
points where the water has been proved to be
pure.
The Park Commissioners' have heretofore ex
pended the funds intrusted to. them judi
ciously, and, what is of still greater impor
tance, honestly, and the people would be quite
satisfied to leave the water-works construction
in their hands. If any question should arise
in regard to their power, it could easily be set
right by the next Legislature.
And in the course of a couple of years we
would be able to judge without expense if the
artesian system was feasible, and, if so, just
what it would cost to introduce it through the
entire City, and then we could go to the voters
asking for the issue of bonds for a. far less
amount than would be needed either to buy
existing works or to bring water from a dis"
tance. And the evidence 1 of the existence of
artesian water in sufficient quantities is now
sufficient to fully justify the suggested experi
ment.
And if the suggestion has the effect of caus
ing the subject to be discussed and agitated
*mong the people its purpose will have been
accomplished. JAMES J. ROBBINS
Bicycle and Horse Trade.
James Welch, who was arrested on the water
front Saturday on suspicion of . having stolen a
cray horse he was riding, was booked at the
City Prison last night on two charges of grand
larceny and one of petty larceny. On Septem
ber 13 it is alleged he stole a bicycle belonging
to L. J. Lyons, jeweler, 217 Montgomery
avenue, and about the same time a bicycle
belonging to John Izzi, Green street, near
Montgomery avenue. He sold the two bicycles
to Frank Reidener, cook in the Maison Doree,
for $31 cash and the gray horse. The charge
of petty larceny is for stealing a saddle belong
ing to Reidener.
Could Not Keep Away.
Edward Collins was arrested on Sixth street
yesterday by Policeman N. Reardon and
booked at the City Prison on the charge of
burglary. In February last Collins and a man
named Ross broke into the premises of the
Cement Brick Company, Eighteenth and Fol
som streets. Ross was captured at the timo
and is now serving a sentence of five years in
San Quentin. Collins left the City.
Republicans Organizing.
The Thirty-fourth Assembly District Repub
lican Club met last evening at the Pandora
Club rooms, corner of Eighteenth and Valencia
streets. John F. Conway presided. The meet
ing was addressed by prominent Republicans
of the district and adjourned until next Tues
day evening, when permanent organization
will be effected. .
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