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OAKLAND'S MAYOR AND
FIVE MEMBERS OF THE
WATER COMMITTEE.
FINDLAY. Ohio, Jan. 18. — The
Turners' Opera-house, of this city was
totally destroyed by fire to-day. Loss
$40,000. The opera-house was "dark"
when the fire started.
Fire Destroys an OperaiHouse.
WOODLAND, Jan. 18. — William
Congrave, a pioneer settled of Yolo
County, committed suicide in this city
this afternoon. During the temporary
absence of his family.Congrave got his
son's rifle, placed the muzzle against
hie left breast and fired. He was 68
years of age. Despondency because of
illness was the cause. .
Yolo Pioneer Commits Suicide.
Councilman Fitzgerald Recovers.
OAKLAND, Jan. 18. — City Coun
cilman George Fitzgerald has recov
ered from his recent serious attack of
typhoid pneumonia.
BERKELEY, Jan. IS. — The South
ern Pacific Company has inaugurated
a forty-minute schedule on its local
train system. The East Berkeley train
stops only at Sixteenth street , after
leaving Golden ~-te, while the West
Berkeley train goes through and
picks up passengers at Shellmound,
Emeryville, B street and Sixteenth
street.
Reduces Time on Local Line.
OAKLAND, Jan. 21. — The fun
eral of Mrs. Sophie Magnes, who
died last Thursday, was held to
day from the family residence, 1009
Castro street, the services being con
ducted by Rabbi Friedlander of the
First Hebrew Congregation. . The pall
bearers were Nathaniel Rosenberg. N.
Wachs, Abraham Jonas, Judge George
Samuels, M. Eisenburg and Marcus
Jonas.
Mrs.'Magnes' Funeral.
OAKLAND, Jan. 18. — W. H. L.
Hynes, the Rev. J. B. McNally and
William Walsh spoke before the City
Council to-night in protest against the
location of the Pacific Incinerating
Company's plant at Twenty-second
and -Wood- streets. Consideration was
postponed a week. Councilman How
ard said he would favor the abroga
tion of the city's contract with the
company unless the site proposition
was settled at once.
Protest Against Incinerator.
OAKLAND. Jan. 18. — The funeral
of the Rev. George Mooar, who died
yesterday at Fabiola Hospital, will be
held at 2 p. m. Wednesday from the
Plymouth - avenue Congregational
Church, of which the deceased was
p&stor for more than fifteen years.
Funeral of Dr. George Mooar.
OAKLAND, Jan. 18. — The following
marriage licenses were issued by the
County Clerk to-day: Martin Felix,
23, San Francisco, and Elvira de Pass,
20, Oakland; Jacob W. Ray, 25. Stock
ton, and Minnie B. Faught, 23, San
Francisco; Angeli Guliermo, 23, and
Delina Barbagelata,23, both of Tera
escal; Frank Roderick, 24, and Mary
Swartz, 19, both of Oakland; Clarence
G. Dains, 22, Oakland, and Ella Bur
rill, 21, Folsom; Nelson Coffin, 33, and
Emily Gilmair, 25, both of Jleno, Nev.;
Henry J. Bockmann, 30, San Lorenzo,
and Emma H. Reiter, 28, Haywards.
Marriage Licenses.
BERKELEY. Jan. 18. — Fearing
that her husband had deserted her,
Mrs. Bes?ie Howell. whose marriage
to Dr. Gardner Howell of New York
Hfter a four days' courtship created a
sensation in November last, told some
Oakland friends of her supposed pre
dicament and went home to her pa
rents, Mr. r.nd Mrs. Jacob Bash of
South Berkeley. The husband re
turned to his wife to-day, however,
and in an interview at the Bash home
said that he had been ill in a San
Francisco hospital. He sent a mes
sage to his wife, but it did not reach
her.
Husband's Return Quells Fears.
Professor Charles Mills Gayley, head
of the English department at the Uni
versity of California, wishes it under
stood that he is not covertly sinking a
dagger into the back of co-education
simply because he has barred the wo
men students out of his course on
"Great Books" this term. In an inter
view he said to-day that his sole pur
pose in shutting the door against wo
men was to make co-education more
efficient so far as his own classes are
concerned. This, he says, cannot be
done where the women crowd into the
classroom so thickly that a poor, lone
man cannot squeeze throngh the door.
That is not co-education.
Professor Gayley's idea is that as
sociation in the classroom is not the
valid and vital principle of co-educa
tion. He barred the women out of his
'"Great Books" course because there
were too many of them, but next term
he will put the same restriction on the
men. In the meantime he is evening
up matters by permitting co-eds only
to enter his class on Shakespeare, the
men being shoo'ed away as fast as they
come. •".:.
Berkeley Office San Francisco Call,
214S Center Street, Jan. 18.
OAKLAND. Jan. 18.— Lorenzo
Hamburger, a despondent bartender,
committed suicide last night by cut
ting his throat with a pocket knife iu
a room at Fred Johnson's lodging
bouse, 1054 Broadway. Hamburger's
tody was found on a bed. In a coat
pockejt was a note, as follows:
'This a bad world. A better, one
hereafter. Live well. Addressed to
Leo Kuchs — I came to see you, but
could not find you."
Hamburger formerly worked for
Henry Klee. a saloon-keeper at Em
eryville. He was 45 years of age, a
native of Germany, unmarried. The
Coroner took charge of the case.
Body of Lorcnz Hamburger. Who Cuts
Throat With a Pocket Knife,
Found at Lodging-House.
DESPONDENT BARTENDER
COMMITS SUICIDE
Head of the English Depart
ment at the University of
California Defends Himself
GAYLEY DEFINES
CO-EDUCATION
The flames started in the flooring un
der the large fireplace in the louneing
loom. Clarence Croweil and Kendall
Fellows, club members, noticed the odor
of burning wood and tore away the
boards about the opening, a blaze
ebooting: up from the aperture to the
ceiling. An alarm of fire was sounded
that brought the department apparatus..
Fire Chief Ball directed his men and
so carefullv handled the flames that
eerious damage to the rooms was avert
ed. The fire ate through the flooring
and to Bowman & Co.'s drugstore
below, causing some damage there.
In the club rooms the large wooden
hand-carved Egyptian mantel around
the fireplace was badly scorched, but
was not irreparably injured. The paint
ings, piano and elaborate furniture
were moved out of harm's way by tne
club attendants and a corps of volun
teerr, club members, attracted to the
rooms by the fire.
The losses to the club and to the
building are covered by insurance. Re
pairs w ill be made at once, that the
rooms shall be in readiness for the
club jinks on January SO. This is the
third fire from which the Nile Club
has suffered sinci* its organization.
The first ono occurred three years ago
in the Bacon block, when a defective
prat- c-aused considerable damage.
This was followed a year ago by the
destruction of th«» Bacon block, which
¦'viped out the club's quarter*?. The
new home, unique and elegant, has
been completed only two months.
Fire at 10 o'clock this morning threat
ened the destruction of the Nile Clubs
beautiful home at 1107 Broadway. By
prompt and efficient work of the fire
department the richly furnished apart
ments were saved, but not until con
siderable damage had been done to the
luxurious hangings, frescoing and other
interior furnishings.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
1115 Broadway. Jan. 18.
A fharp contest over a $5000 damage
suit brought by James McKeon, a crip
ple, against Millionaire Joseph L».
Boardman, was begun this morning
with the trial of the suit before Judge
Ogden. Both sides have strengthened
their array of attorneys since the filing
of the suit and this morning . M. C.
Chapman appeared to aid Attorney H.
Berg-en in the prosecution of the case,
while D. M. Deimas of San Francisco
appeared to assist H. C. McPike in the
defense of Boardman. ¦..,-,"•
McKeon. crippled with rheumatism,
was wheeled to the Courthouse and was
the first witness called. He stated that
he had been renting a house of Board
man at 727 Eighth street and that with
out warning or preparation for such
an emergency Boardman sent work
men, who raised the house, disconnect
ed the gas, water and sewer pipes and
hooked to the building and moved
it around to Brush street. He claims
that the house, after being moved, was
left propped up several feet in the air
for three weeks, during which time
he suffered great inconvenience.
Boardman was present in court and
listened apathetically to the recital of
the sorrows; of his former tenant. Both
men are over seventy years' of age.
The trial of the suit will be continued
to-morrow morning.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
1118 Broadway, Jan. 18.
Organization Sustains Loss
for the Third Time Durinjr
Its Existence in Oakland
House of Plaintiff Moved With
out Notice and He Seeks
$3000 for Discomfort Suffered
ME3IBERS SAVE PAINTINGS
BIG LEGAL GUXS PRESENT
Beautiful Home on Broadway
Is Damaged by Flames That
Start From Defective CU-atc
Millionaire Boardman Appears
in Court to Defend Him
self Against James McKeou
FIRE ATTACKS
THE NILE CLUB
CRIPPLE SUES
HIS LANDLORD
COUNCIL COMMITTEE FILES REPORT
REGARDING WATER SUPPLY FOR CITY
P roposal of Bay Cities Company, Which Owns Properties in Mount Hamil
ton Range, Is Rejected Because of Expert's Unfavorable .Opinion—Con
tra Costa Corporation Submits Offer to Arbitrate Valuation of Plant
mend to the favorable consideration of the
Council.
Under this conviction Mr. Fitzgerald was
engaged In May to try to establish this value,
and in line with this policy your ccaimittee
!•"« persistently, and consistently worked until
now. . , , ,
Tour .committee, after a careful, survey of
the situation, concluded in the beginning of Its
inquiry that the permanent and complete solu
tion of this problem with its annually, recurring
vexation -and strife ;iay . in ;the purchase' by the
city of the" existing wateV plant, with all its
alle.gpd deficiencies, ' provided'; it could 'be^ob
tained'at a value whlch'.we;migi»t safely com-
' Taking up • the" Contra' - Costa> Com
pany's offer, and that, phi.se generally
of the situation) "¦¦ the s corrirhittee says : . \
"".Do the electors ' who are property-owners
desire to mortgage their, property for the sum
of .56.000,000 to embark In a struggle of in
definite length with an established concern for
a division of its- business, -that yields. in the
gross only $600,000 per annum? * .
The committee adds that it believes
the existing, difficulties will yield to
treatment that will be honorable and
fair to all i Interests concerned. It re
ports that the Bay ¦ Cities Company is
dissatisfied with Expert Fitzgerald's
report and has withdrawn its proposi
tion recently submitted- to, the Mayor
and is preparing a' nev one. ' '
' ¦ CONTRA COSTA' COMPANY.
Apart from \ prejudice ¦ based on the past or
of «ntiment founded not upon a thorough etudy
of the matter in all its bearings, the com
mercial question as It stands at present may
be stated with exactness In the following
manner: .. - ~ •
With these assumptions, which- are too fa
vorable to the city, we .have a possible busi
ness of 5.000,000 gallons per day, which at
10 cento per thousand would yield, a gross in
come of $500 pes. day or $182,500 per ¦ year,
with which to meet ' fixed charges In the ' be
ginning of ,.$390,000 per annum, plus.operat
ing expenses and .renewals.' .
Is it a sufficient answer to say that, al
though during such a struggle the loss to the
city would meet Its compensation in the re
duction of the total cost for water furnished to
the consumer? ¦¦ - ' ' . ¦ :¦..-.
If is safe to . eay . that under the fierceness
of such . rivalry the average • rate would drop
to at least 1O cents per- 1000 gallons, for dur
ing the war between the Contra Costa and
the Oakland companies It went far below that
figure. :, • - •*•::. ,
. It >flnds that .$6,000,000 would be re
quired to carry-through the Bay Cities'
project; requiring ; total annual fixed
charges of $390,000 to meet interest on
bonds and a sinking fund. * The argu
ment is made that to establish this new
plant in the. face of the. installed Contra
Costa system wOuld mean a division of
business and, a slaughtering of rates
and, says the committee:
The committee emphasizes its belief
that the city should own its water sup
ply, but -adds:
The monopolistic control of such a utility
by, a city- and, the mortgaging of its property
to wrest such ' control from another : strongly
entrenched concern are propositions j so ' dif
ferent as to demand cool reflection before de
ciding on a course that may cause future
regret. \
CITY SHOUL.D OWN SUPPLY.
Ab the report of the ¦ expert Is unfavorable
the committee for that reason, if for no other,
cannot commend the proposition to favorable
consideration, because the interests Involved
are too vital to the city to Justify a costly
venture in a scheme which In Mr. Fitzgerald's
opinion would b« at best of problematical
value. ¦ . . : . .
•Doubtless this adverse report will prove a
disappointment, and it»may provoke criticism
and attack, but the committee concluded that
before It could address itself to the commer
cial and financial aspects of this project those
features of jt which were, professional and
technical in their character should first be
settled. - :>¦-,,
he advises adherence to .some standard type
of dam construction. ' " .
5 — He condemns the use. of' wooden stave
pipes for the forcing main between the pro
posed pumping plant and the local distrib
uting reservoirs. .. ¦' .
The bond committee's report on gen
eral municipal improvements will ba
filed next Monday night.
An ordinance, was passed to print re
imbursing . Councilman Howard for
$2500 advanced as" a fee to Expert Fitz
gerald,, who - has gone to . Manila to
handle a waterworks .project for the
United States Government.
The report is signed by the commit
tee as follows: John L. Howard (chair
man), George W.Dornin, B. C. Cuvel
lier, A. H. Elliott and B. H. Pendleton."
The Council adopted a resolution di
recting the president to appoint a spe
cial committee of three to select an ex
pert for the city on the proposed board
of arbitration.
Let them In the interest of economy and ef
ficiency . buy the services of the most compe
tent engineer attainable and give him full ad
ministration charge with the responsibility for
the outcome.
Starting- with that class of men who would
operate the plant upon strictly business prin
ciples, and free from what are known as po
litical influences, they would see to It that In
the filling of vacancies none but. men of their
own grade would be appointed and that the
strictly business policy at first engrafted upon
the system would be continued uninterrupt
edly. '
He may ¦ be trusted to nominate flrst-class
business men of wide experience in large af
fairs, wbO' might object to standing for elect
ive office, but who would serve the city in an
office of appointment.
Mafv A^nes Hutching* to J. H. Aydelotte^
%%S5£sb! s^i^VWV? Si
5 NE 150 NW 65 to beginning, block 17,
d W,Ul l am Birni a eke a i n fs : ingle> to Alice H. Corn
wall (single), lot on E line of Webster street.
75 S of Third. S '^5 by E 75. lot 5. block 16.
Ketlersberger's map. Oakland; $10.
Assaria Bewrick (single) to James H.
O'Brien lot on S line ot Thirty-seventh street.
215 W of Market. W 6O by S 100. lot 12 and
portion of lot 11, block B. map Portion of Mrs.
M J Evoy's property. Oakland; $10.
Edward Andrew Newland to Martha Vw
land lot on NE corner of Seventh and Wash
ington streets, N 50 by E 90. conveys an undi
vided slghth interest acquired from estate of
Mary Newland, Oakland, quitclaim deed; JtO.
Anna B. Barnes (Hughes) (wife of W. E.) to
Julia Zuleika Hayes (wife of Vv. J.), lot on
NE corner of Jefferson and Twelfth streets. E
B0 by N !>5. Oakland (first party reserves nfe
"Mary E. Davis (widow). T. C. and Grace R.
Marsteller to William A. and Juliet E. Middle
ton SW 20 feet of lot 14. parallel with line di
viding lots 13 and 14. and NE 17 feet of lot 13.
parallel with same, block O, map resubdlvlsion
of blocks G and H. Flint Tract. Oakland (deed
made to correct error In description In former
deed); $10. •
John P. and Edna F. Beckett to Mary J.
Robinson (wife of Thomas M.), lot on N line of
Thirty-sixth street. 266.35 W of West, thence
N 125 to beginning, etc.. thence from beginning
N 34.44 by E 40. portion of lot 7, map Beck
ett's Addition. Oakland: $10.
Sarah A. and David W. Robinson to Robert
A Smith lot an S line of Simpson avenue,
775-U W of Telegraph. W 30:1 by S 106.33, be
ing W H C* lot 1S and* E 5:1 of. Iot 19, map
Simpson Tract, subdivided for Mrs. . Mary H.
Simpson. August 15, 1SS7, Oakland; $10.
Thomas Foley (widower) to Matthew D. Fo
ley (eon) lotvn E line of Chestnut street. 269
of its intersection with 8 -line of Third. S
23 by E 132. lot 15, block 443. map Adeline
and Market-street Homestead Association. Oak
land; gift.
W. T. and Flora Bell Smith to "W. A. Gran
icher, lot on NW line of Twenty-first avenue
(Aiameda street), 55 SW of East Twentieth
(Jackson) street, SW 35 by NW 100, block 49.
San Antonio. East Oakland; $10.
Mountain View Cemetery Association (a cor
poration) to Margaret A. Vogler- (widow), iot Jn
cemetery. Oakland Township; $108.
that .such a plant would be, subject to the
evils of political patronage and place hunters
and to abuse by unworthy men who may get
Into power.
We conceive the following plan to be entirely
feasible If legallr practicable:
Enact legislation giving the present Mayor the
power to create a self-perpetuating Board of.
Water Works Trustees.
Aiameda. County.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.
i Owing to the condition of- water In the res
ervoir, and I to the fact that the water I drawn
from the reservoir during «. -large part of the
year will be mixed ..with, other, waters flowing
from creeks - below the dam,* and : which has
not had the. benefit of storage, the mixed water
will- not, be of good qtlallty, • and in order to
make 'It- of high standard the . cost of . a , filter
ing ¦ plant 'and - the expense .; ofi' Us operation
', must be Incurred.. \
4 — The form^of dam which the plan proposes
while theoretically -unobjectionable, has never
been tried In. the United : States. Because "of
the liability of . selsm|c disturbances . in Cali
fornia he does riot . recommend the ; experiment
with a dam .of such height,'" and on account
of the importance of this part of. the project
The quantity of water available under the
proposed plan will not be a« .'great . as 'that
stated in the company's proposition, and dur
ing long periods of drought, which "have . been
experienced and which may recur, there would
not be a proper supply for the needs-, of '.the
city In the near future considering the" rate "of
Increase In population.
. 2 — Great, confusion , exists " In the law and
decisions in this State regarding water appro
priation. The exact rights and the extents of
such rights in the region under - consideration
cannot now be determined, and they are likely
to become the subject of litigation.:
But- if jthe enforcement of., thsse rights by
riparian owners should have no greater effect
than that stated by the Bay Cities -Wafer
Company ' then the net amount available :*or
the daily u«e of the" city of Oakland would
be reduced to . 11,350,000 gallons. - ¦
¦ ; 3 — Unsatisfactory quality. •*
1 — Insufficiency of supply.
In the report, ..which was read by
John L. Howard, chairman of the spe
cial committee, the reasons for the rec
om.mendat.ioji of. the . Contra Costa
Water Company tender and the setting
aside of the Bay Cities Water Com
pany proposition are given in extended
detail.. The latter company,, in response
to* its request, was invited to 'submit
another proposition. \ . - < 5 ',
After reviewing the preliminary work
the committee's report takes the
Bay Cities' matter and summarizes the
objections made by Expert Fitzgerald.
In this connection the report reads: •
Cities Water Company's proposal to in
stall a supply from its properties in
the Mount Hamilton range, the com
mittee's action being based upon , Ex
pert Desmond Fitzgerald's unfavorable
report upon the project. Instead the
committee has received from the Con
tra Costa Water Company an offer to
submit to a board of arbitration the
long fought question of the value of
its plant, jthe valuation to cover a prop
osition to lease the plant to the city for
twenty years, with option of purchase,
and to .stand as a basis for rate fixing
purposes as well. • ¦ ¦¦ '
This proposition is contained in the
following letter, made a part of the
report:
SAX FRANCISCO. Cal.. Jan. 14, 1904.
Mr John L. Howard, Chairman Committee
on Water Supply— Dear Sir; To settle, if pos
sible the vexed questions concerning the water
supply o£ the city of Oakland, and being con
vinced that any fair board. of arbitration will
find the value of the Contra Costa Water Com
pany to be fully that which the. company as
serts, I make, through your committee, to the
Council and the people of the city of Oakland
the following proposition: '¦ .
1. We will agree to the appointment of a
commission of three competent disinterested
experts, one to be appointed by the city, one
by this company and the two so chosen to se
lect a third, to value that portion of the sys
tem that pertains to supplying the, city of Oak
land. We agree that the value so found shall
be used as a basis for rate fixing purposes. ,
2. We agree to ! sell Eaid property to the
rlty aS. the valuation reached by the commis
sion.'
•:;. We agree to lease that part of our sys
tem to the city of Oakland for the period of
twenty years with an option during that time
of purchasing the property at the valuation
fixed by the commission plus the cost of better
ments and improvementp that may have been
adrird by the company between the date of val
uation and the date of purchase, the city to
pay. rental at the rate'of 5 per cent per:an
nuro. free from taxes, and in the case of non
purchase .to return the property in the condi
tion, in which it was received," maintaining
the efficiency of the plant at the present stand
ard, provlFlon to be made for the payment
by the company of any betterments or addi
tions which may be made by the city during
its lease. Yours very truly, .
WILLIAM. J. DINGEE, President.
BAY CITIES COMPANY.
8. .The city could. change the present illogi
cal system of fla"t rates by" installing meters
and selling water by measure, charging for the
amount consumed.': - ; <". : .-:-•, • -<
-This would have the effect of stopping waste
and >_ promoting In- use. .thereby in
creasing the reserve in the storage supply'.
¦. By 5 making . water bills a Hen < on property
losses .will not be r Incurred, and by malting
bills payable at a central office the cost of ad.
ministration Will be kept low.--,. : - ;
0. • From- : the results hitherto obtained in
this, business we are justified in the belief
that".- a competent management can produce
such* proflta which,/ If applied 'from.^year to
year to reduce the principal debt and the rental
charge, -will enable H to nearly, If not i entirely
pay the original purchase price within the Ufa
of the lease. • . '
.We might, anticipate the . usual argument
METERS ARE SUGGESTED.
6. 'The water company will be ' forever re
moved from participation 'In city politics and
from past experience this is a greater evil than
alleged excessive charges for water.
7. VAtthis Juncture the. city Is practically
confronted with the choice between acquiring
a water plant, and accomplishing other needed
public improvements, because, admitting that
the electors are willing to vote an issue of
bonds ¦ to ¦ the ¦ available limit, -there will not
be a sufficient fund ¦ to acquire a water sys
tem and _ to cover the cost of all the projects
which are now pressed upon the attention of
the Council. ,
A lease with the option will admit of the
deferment of : a : water . plant purchase until a
more , opportune ; season. . . ¦. ¦ ¦ _
5. If the water company can assume the
riek of a value to be placed, upon its property
by a board of carefully chosen experts It will
be equally safe for the city to assume a like
risk as to value. W&iit*S&tVV\*&U
4. That in having the value* fixed now the
city will reap the benefit of enhancement in
value due to increase - in population and in
volume "of business, whereas If the effort to
acquire It be deferred It . is certain to be more
costly and more difficult to obtain.
In detail the committee declares the
following as its reasons for recom
mending the plan: /
This we regard as, the first step in the best
and final solution of this water question. The
proposition to lease with the right to purchase
at ; a value fixed now, and this we indorse
has the following commendable features 1
1: The annual strife over valuation and
rates will be settled at once and for all time
2. The expense of the existing lawsuit may
be immediately stopped, and the uncertainty
of a decision avoided. -
3. The city may at once enter Into posses
sion of a going plant. '
Under that policy we? have evoked from
the Contra Costa Water Company the letter
which was written in good faith, and which
we commend to the careful and favorable at
tention of the Council.
' Then follows the letter from Presi
dent Dlngee to Chairman' Howard
commented upon as follows:
After receiving estimates from A. L.
Adams of the water company and from
Expert Fitzgerald on valuations, the
committee, by process of compromises,
reached a total figure, greater than
what, says the committee, is popularly
believed to be the value, but much less
than that fixed by the water company
The report continues:
But at this stage the committee became
convinced that its valuation, no matter how
reached, was unsatisfactory to the water
company, and therefore would be Inconclusive
and barren of practical results
iustarted with the fixed determination that
If any possible method existed of forever set
tling this question, it would seek it and fight
the matter to a finish, s
DINtiEE. LETTER NOTED.
To give due consideration to its earning power
and the prospect of its continuance in order
to fix, If possible, its value as a going con
cern, or what Is commercially known as the
good will of a business.
These are the points that would be taken
account of In regular mercantile practice but
to this method, of -the committee the water
company took exception. '
The committee was of the opinion that the
problem of value for purchase should be solved
In the same manner as.lt would be dealt with
If the Intending, buyer were a private indi
vidual or a private corporation. I. e. :
To ascertain the value of the useful physical
property In Its present condition, also of other
assets, if any, in the shape of rights or equl-
We are free to confess that the committee
does not possess. - nor has it expected to pos
sess; the knowledge to pass upon the. technical
questions Involved, but it has carefully scruti
nized the items of value set-up by the water
company nnd as carefully weighed th» argu
ments made before It by the water company's
and the city's experts in an endeavor to reach
as nearly as possible an equitable result.
We could not approach nor treat the problem
in the manner chosen by the water company,
which viewed it as an entire system and worth
what It would' cost to Introduce an equivalent
supply, claiming by implication at least a
value for what It regarded as a monopolistic
position. .
ALAMEDA, Jan. 18.— After seven
months of agitation the City Trustees
to-night voted to give the Southern Pa
cific Company franchises lor its local
lines for the term of. years asked for
by the corporation, namely, forty-five
years for the north side line and thirty
three years for the .south side line.
President J. F. Forderer, who has
opposed the granting of the franchises,
was absent. The four City Trustees
whose votes" disposed of the franchises
were B. E. Combs, C. J. Hammond, Dr.
H. M. Pond and W. M. Botvers.
City Trustee Combs, who had all
along opposed the granting of the north
side franchise for more than twenty
five years, changed his position to
night and in explaining his action said:
"I believe that this railroad agitation
should be settled for the good of Ata
meda. I am satisfied that it cannot be
settled any other way than by the giv
ing of both franchises for the term of
years asked. ;'¦""
"Therefore I will vote for the award
ing of the franchises as amended."
After Seven Months of Agita
tion Aiameda Trustees Have
Granted Local Franchises
Harry L. and Xyda W. Holcomb to Harry
B. Nichols. . lot on S line of Thirty-seventh
street. 5SO W of Telegraph avenue. W 4f» 3
1C5.9S. E 40.14. N 100.06, lot 25. Rooalevelt
Terrac-, Oakland: $320O.'
EU.?n S. and D." W. Montgomery to Joan
Svcnson. iot on NB corner of Eighteenth and
Llrden 'trt'ets, N 123 by E 125. Oakland- $10
Andrew G. Griffin and Gustavua R A.
Browne and as trustees unr»«r wtll of Edward
B. Rambo et alf. by C. Crowelf. commissioner.
to Citizens' Building and Loan AaaoHat'cn .of
San Fraretsco. lot on S line of Geary or
Thirty-ninth ntr»<*t. 29:; W of Tai^-anh ave
nu«, W 84:6, S 110.97. E K"i.$7. N 114..<»2 lets S
and 9. block 2071. map of estate- of John Eroy
In Plat 36 Oakland Township:..*- .
Charles I*. Agnes G.. John :F- and Anna .E,
Smith to Joseph T. Frater. lot on M line- of
Berkel*y way. 41.65 W of I^uiisw street. W
45 by N 124. let »4. Twltchen tract. Berkeley:
$10. ' . ...... . . . *
L. A. Snencer <wldow> to Arthur G. Smith
(trustee); X P4 feet of lot" 14. block 1. tract A.
Berkeley Land ar.«l Town Improvement Associa
tion. Berkeley: $10." - - . •
John T. and Annl? Mabey to Erina SliUi
mcre. lot on E line of Lonlsa Mreet. 180 S o?
Eunice. S 40 *v E 133. block IS. Map prci>
erty Berkeley VIU* Asuociation. Berkeley: rto.
. Central California " Land Company to "vTU
:iam H. Crocker. Jand bounded N" by 3 lin<*
of tida! canal as established by th« United
States Government. E by center line of Mul
berry street ind extended to said line of tidal
canal. S by -Blandlng avenue and XV by cen
ter -Hn« of Willow street, extended N etc
being all of ¦ tract. 6. map Alamedi Mamh
Land a* partltlf«»ed among, .owners in suit
S023-- Pacific Improvement. ComDany vi. Jamfi
A. Waymlre et a J. together with land adjoin
ing and lylnsr between center Hn« of Blanding
avenue and 9 line of tidal can*! and said center
hncs of Mulberry and Willow, streets ex
tending N as aforesaid. Alametta: $10
Charles or Kar! Istensland to Sarah E. Hen
derson, lot on N corner of. East .Vinth street
and^EHra -K. Rrnehart to L-i+er P.
S 10^* 11 - K ~ « '• block m *P Be"* vt «»
Park. East Oakland; $10.
Joseph Westall (widower) to Andrew Guild,
lots 28 to St. block A. map Laurel Grove Park
Brooklyn Township; $10.
Adelbert or A. and Lillian A. Bellcna? <wHfe>
to Walter E. Rosebro. lot on NE line of Glen
avenue. 2H0.60 SE of Redwood avenue. SB
f.t by NE 110.23 portion lot 2, Bond Tract.
Brooklyn Township; $305..
Henrietta J. and W. M. Simpson to S. H.
McCauley (single), lot 7. block C. Daly Tract.
Brooklyn Township; $10.
"Charles J. Bosworth to Ad Schubert, lot 107
Map Encinal Park Tract. Aiameda; $3.10.
Puget Sound Lumber Company (corporation'*
to same, lot on W line of Weber street lW-ftS
8 of San Antonio. S SO by W 1.>T33, lot 107.
Enclnal Park Tract. Aiameda; $10. ¦ . ••»>-¦
Chauncey W. and Lovina M. Gibson to Car
bonic Dioxide Corporation, lots 1 to 7 25 and
28. block 60. Tract B. Brooklyn U and T. I.
Association. Berkeley, warranty deed; $10.
¦ William Clark (sintele) to Samuel Abrams.
lot on E" line of Hlllegaas avenue. 10O X of
Stuart street. X 5O by E 148. lot 15, block B
Berry- Bangs Tract. Berkeley; $10. .
Frank M. and Rose II. Wilsnn (wife) to
Sallle H. Richards (wife of J. W.). lot on I*
line of Haste street, .".17 :» W of Shattactc are.
nue. W 37:6 by N t39>, portion tot 15. block
3. Barker Tract, portion plat «*. Berkeley $10
H. V. J. Swaln^to Charles E. .Miller, lot on
NW corner of Kearney avenue and Warrtnz
street, W 13T» by "N 120. lot f», block 1 prop
erty John Kearney, near State University,
Berkeley: $8000. '
Edson B. and Elizabeth P. Spitler to Mary
A. and Michael P. McDonald, lot heclnntrtc 8O
feet W from SW corner of Grove and Addi*w»
streets, thence W 37.25 by S 60. block 1 Mc-
Oe Tract. Berkeley; $100.
Cornelius and Johanna McCarthy dlea Cr»
ton. Johanna, Patrick, Catherine and Ellen
Hayes (heirs of Ellen McDonald) to John Des
mond, lot cnX line of Lydia street, 50 W of
Curtis. W 50 by N «0. portion of lota 9 and 10.
block H. Curtis * William* Tract. Oakland: #1
M. A. McAullffe to GrtseHa McAuUff« (wife)
lot on XE Up" ot Ea" Twenty-sixth street.
31.1 SE of Thirteenth avenue. SE &5 ¦ by \B
140. lot 36 and oortlon of lot 35 map of Ha
sans sub-map or block 87, Highland Park.
East Oakland; gift.
Berry- Bnnp Land Company (corporation to
Henrietta W. MeCreary. lot on .V Una of Rua
sell street. 120.41 V? of Regent. W 40.14 V
131. 6. K 40, 8 12S.2, lot 6. block O Berrr-
Bangs Tract map 2. Berkeley (deed and ip«
inrat); $1O. .
Joseph R. and Agnea Kae'in to Charles
Helmke. lot on NTV" comer of Railroad avenue
tor Seventh strwt) and Union street. N 10O by
W 50, block 534. Boardman'8 map, Oakland-
Nels J. and Gretchen Herby to Math'.aa P-»
tersen. lot on W line of Ettle street. 25u N of
A. X 33:4 by VS 133. being S 8:4 of subdivision
D and subdivision C in lot 10, block 705 Watts
Tract. Oakland; $10.
Mary A. O'Cornor to Dennis O'Connor \n*.
on W line of Uollls •treet. 25O N of E N 100
by TV 133. bcinz subdivisions A and B In lot
9. and C and D in lot 10. block A0O, ma» 2 of
¦Watts Tract; also lot on >JE corner of Ftfta
and Henry streets. X »5:3^. E 25. S to Fifth
street, W 25 to beginning:. lot 1. block 495 map.
of resubdivision of city blocks 104 to 408. Oak
land; gift. .:•
Ferry-Banss Land Company (a corporation)
to Belle Foltenhouse. iot on 8 line of Stuart
street. ISO "W of Resent. W 4t.7». S I3& E 4i\
N 105. lot 8, block F. Berry-Bangs Tract, map
No. J, Berkeley, deed and agreement: $10!
Georjte W. and Sarah Bennett to Jane Hat
ton. unlivide<l fifth of lot en S line of Jeffer
son street i.no« San Jose avenue). 45 W of
Mound. W 45 by S 12O. block 57. map ot Ala
meda. surveyed anit drawn by-J. T. Stratton in
1*3.;, Aiameda; gift.
Susanna A. and R. A. Andra to A. R. Denke.
lot on S line of Railroad avenue. $0 E of St.
Charles street, E 6o by 8 123, lot t» map o:
Enclnal Park Tract, Alameda; $li>.
E, H. R. Drew» to Sophia Eilen Dr*ws. lot
on NW line of B street 5© NE of Third XE
30 by SW 225. Haywards. Kden Township:
One of the highwaymen, enraged at
finding so little booty, struck Meyer
twice on the head with the butt of hi3
revolver, inflicting a couple of ugly
gashes. Wallace, seeing his companion
struck down, ran and one of the high
waymen fired a shot at him, trut
missed.
Freeman and Meyer were then re
leased. They walked to Oakland and
reported the matter to the ~olice. Mey
er's wounds were dressed at the Re
ceiving Hospital.
-$•
Margaret E. Broadfoot (administratrix estate
of William DvryerJ to Thomas CreagmilP, all
interest, in lot en E line of Stanford avenue,
said point being SW c-orner of block T of Nc»-
bury Tract, thence NE 103.40, SE 59. id. SW
126.44. NE 54 to beginning, lot 1, map in
partition of lands of Ann I>wyer (deceased),
Berkeley: $a2i.
Three men were held up by two high
waymen at 5 o'clock this afternoon at
Point Isabel, a small station in Contra
Costa County, and robbed of 75 cents.
all the money they had. The victims
of the daylight holdtfp were John Mey
er, a blacksmith; W. H. Wallace and
Robert Freeman, laborers.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
HIS Broadway, Jan. 18.
Angered at Meager Resnlts
of Holdup One Thug Strikes
John Meyer With Revolver
KOBBKRS GET BUT LITTLE
Three Men Are Held Up at
Small Station in Contra Costa
County in Broad Daylight
RAILROAD WINS
ITS LONG FIGHT
Forty transfers of property for right
of way filed to-day by the Western Pa
cific Railway set at rest much of the
speculation over the intended route
through this county, of what is sup
posed to be a projection of the Gould
system. The right of way through the
city has been known through the pur
chase of property and securing of pub
lic franchises, but it has been a matter
of conjecture from which direction the
road would make its approach from the
Livermore Valley. •-"!••
The deeds filed are disconnected/ but
show the general line of approach to
Oakland. From these deeds it is evi
dent that the line will not touch Hay
wards, but will run from Dublin, at the
eastern end of the Haywards pass.
From there it runs northwesterly
across Cull and Crow creeks and along
San Leandro Creek, and the Redwood
road to- the Redwood- schoolhouse.
From here it crosses the hills by means
of a tunnel 2355 feet long back of Leona
Heights. •;;;•;
Connecting deeds between the East
Oakland franchises and the western
end of the tunnel have not been filed
and the line is uncertain.
* ¦ : '-. — i- -+
Oakland Office San Francisco Call,
1118 Broadway, Jan. 18.
VICTIM BEATEN
BY HIGHWAYMAN
Much Conjecture Set at Rest
by the Purchase of Property
for Line Through Oakland
PASSES KEDWOOD SCHOOL
Supposed Projection of Gould
System Indicates Approach
by Filing of Several Deeds
RAILROAD GETS
RIGHT OF WAY
THE SAN FRANCISCO QALL, TUESDAY.- JANUARY 10, 1904.
NEWS OF THE COUNTY OF ALAMEDA
4
OAKLAND. Jan. 18.— The special
committee of the City Council on a
municipal water supply after many
months of work filed Its report to-night.
One feature is the rejection of the Bay
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