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WATER MUST BE USED SPARINGLY IN FUTURE Suring Valley Officials Say They Have No Money for Pipe Line Spring Valley went before the board of supervisors yesterday and threw up its hands. "It's up to you" was its an nounced attitude toward th<^publlc and the impending water fa:6ine>Herman Fi S\hussW, chief engineer, drew a mournful crayon of a ?28,«O0,OO0 cor poration helpless on its back and a Ptrleken city facing the destruction of its pitiful remains because the $30,000 rip^ded to complete the Ocean View aqueduct is not available. M. B. Kel logg of the law department followed with the declaration that the company had no desire to get on its feet and re new the work on the pipe line because it has no assurance that dividend pay ing water rates, will be restored and that the city means to play fair. The company had quit struggling: the city would have to work out its own salva *lon. He also painted the prospect hlaek and underwriters present became frightened and demanded to know what the city was jjping to do about Then the supervisors took a "hand. K^iiogg asserted that bond money was not available for the broken pipe line, hs it simply was a repair, not a better ment or Improvement. James D. Phe lan showed how $30,000 could be real ized in the time it takes for a man to run around to the bank and sell a few coupon slips, and Supervisor d'Ancona followed with a resolution which first directed and then was toned down to a request that the corporation get llisy at once and have that pipe line com plete a month hence. WATER FAMINE IWJfTNENT In the meantime it will cost $50 to wash your automobile if a policeman thinks it does not need a cleaning. Sprinkling sidewalks will be equally as expensive, and even the board of public works will get Into trouble if it con tinues to flush the sewers as freely a.s it has been doing. For the supervisors heeded the water company's cry that the reservoirs were fast drying up and adopted a resolution forbidding the use of water for anything but domestic purposes, ba?^^ fires and building ope rations. While this eMtomy Is being enforced a commiftee appointed by Mayor Tay lor will gt> into conceference with the company today and arrive at an under standing on which work will be started at or.cc on the practically abandoned Pilarcitos pipe line and 10,000,000 mor« gallons added to the city's dwindling eupply within the next 30 days. "When the specially called water dis cussion was brought to order by the Mayor Spring Valley was gloomy, pes simistic and despondent. All the super visors excepting Tveltmoe were in their seats. Nearly all the officers of the wa ter company also were there, with L W. Hellman. who holds an option on 1500,000 worth of its bonds. Schussler and Kellogg did all the talking for the corporation. They vig orously denied having any thonght of asking the city for money, but both asserted that the pipe line had to be finished, no matter who paid, and the P company couldn't. To show how help less it was, Schussler said he could not renew work on the aqueduct "with out an order from the board of di rectors, and Kellogg added that this or der probably would not be forthcoming even if the city furnished the funds. Supervisor Center suggested this, pro vided the company would deduct It. from its city bills, but Kellogg inti mated it w%ls Impracticable unless the city also sanctioned a return to the halcyon days of 40 cent water rates. The entire board, however, supported Supervisors Molera and O'Neill in their declaration that Center's solution of the pipe line problem would be a bad precedent for the United Railroads, which might feel encouraged to ask a gift of a few millions to repair its earthquake and fire damage. So the 530,000 was not offered. ASICS THAT WASTE BE STOPPED AH through the discussion, which lasted three, hours, the water company kept the pose of a mistreated public benefactor and to demonstrate that it was disposed to be fair. The su pervisors ordered the committee con ference and declared their intention of rescinding the old board's resolution to revoke the water company's franchise. This would have been done on the spot had not Supervisor Sullivan as serted that the company itself was not fair and convinced the board that it was unwise to act until it received as eurance that the Pilarcitos pipe line would be completed and the city taken out of the danger which now threatens It. Schussler stirred the board at the outset with the declaration that San Francisco today was the most com bustible city In the country and that it would have no water In a day or two unless tha enormous waste were stopped at once. The resolution re stricting water use to absolute neces sities was adopted. Then the corpora tion engineer proceeded to relate how the company has been growing more and more disheartened as it saw its in come - steadily reduced through suc cessive cuttings. "Every time a politician wanted of fice or a reformer felt like stirring up things," he said, "they lit on the cry: *Ix>wer water rates/ * WATCHING SUPPLY CLOSELY "It has come to pass that we can not raise funds to make rep^rs. "Today there is a little house at the reservoir near the almshouse where firemen and company engineers are on duty all the time to see that the water level does not get below the danger Ifne. Only one main Is open. The larger one Is shut off at all times ex cept during a fire." He detailed the history of the com pany down to the disaster of April, 2906, ' and declared that the pipeline to Lake Honda, which up to July was be ing relaid from Baden through Ocean View, would relieve the present situa tion. He was asked why work was stopped and replied that he was on his vacation at the time and did not know. "Would you go on If the money were there?" he was asked. "I would have to get my orders from the directors," he replied. \ "Has the company pot the money?" Sullivan inquired. "I don't know." replied the engi neer. "Ask Mr. Kellogg. He knows a lot of things." Kellogg went before the board at once and the question was repeated to him— would you-firo on If you had the money?-. "That's Just it," he replied. "We have no assurance of our income in the future. The stock holders are get ting no returns now on their invest ment. In fact, we are running at a loss and we will not put more into it." "Money from the sale of bonds is not available for, the repair of the pipe line." he said, in answer to a ques tion. SAYS MO.VEY IS TO BE HAD Here Phelan rose and declared that the proceeds of bonds were available for the purpose, as the relaying of the pipe line was a betterment, not a mere rrpalr. , "It's absurd for the Spring Valley. water company to say it can't raise | SHOPMEN ON HARRIMAN LINES MAY WALK OUT Demands to Be Promulgated at Conference Next Sunday Special by Leased Wire to The Call OMAHA, Aug. 14. — Trouble among the of the Harriman system Is brewing. Two executive officers of the machinists' union left Omaha today for Los Angeles, where a conference of employes of the shops of all the Harriman railroads will be held next Sunday. Demands will be formulated and pre sented to the railroads and the work men are prepared to back them with a strike. The unions involved are those of the machinists, the blacksmiths and the boiler makers, and the roads con cerned are the Union Pacific, Oregon Short Line, Navigation company, South ern Pacific, and Houston and Texas Central. The San Pedro line Is ex empted from the trouble. This trouble is separate from the strike among shopmen which has been in force on the Southern Pacific for two weeks. $30,000," he went on. "Up to 1908 I. "W. Hellman has exclusive privilege to buy. He has an option on 500 bonds at 93 and If he does not care to take them the company can sell to any one else. The proposal made by Brenner to re scind the franchise revoking resolution of the old board created a long discus sion over the attitude of the company In demanding fairness and not being fair in return. "The company admits that its Income is more than $1,500,000 a year." said Sullivan. "It admits also that its sur plus over operating expenses is more than $800,000. Thirty thousand dollars would tiring 10,000,000 gallons of water to relieve the city in 30 days. This is admitted, too; yet the company com plains of not being treated \ fairly. I move that the rescinding of the fran chise revoking resolution be deferred until the company assures the city that the pipeline will be completed." The conference committee plan was then adopted and the mayor appointed Sullivan, D'Ancona, McGee and Phelan, besides himself and Dockweiler of the engineer's department, to meet the company's representatives today. MAKE LIGHTING PLANS Supervisors Take Steps to Restore Burned District Illumination The supervisors' artificial lights com mittee took steps yesterday to restore the illumination in tha burned district and also to have the United Railroads install ornamental poles in Market street. Patrick Calhoun, president of the company, informed tue committee that he would favor the placing of Pom peiian poles such as are erected in Michigan street, Chicago, along the sidewalks. He reco.utnended that the poles should be 18 feet in height. He stated that he would put the poles in the center of the street if the board so desired, but urged that better results could be obtained by the Pompeilan plan, which, he said, would cost twice as much as the other. He agreed to extend the illumination along Valencia street if the plan was adopted. The committee took the matter under ad- j visement. Calhoun also took occasion to sug gest that while the Improvements were | being carried on in lower Market ! street the adjacent streets should be put in yood condition by the city so that traffic could be diverted thereto. Supervisor Magee agreed to take the I matter up. Calhoun said that his ! I company •would co-operate with the city in any desired improvement. John A. Brltton, president of the gas company, submitted a chart showing the locations of the llghtsXto be re stored In the burned district. The company will install 1,300 gas lamps and 63 arc lights and Chinatown will be lighted at once. A representative of the Fillmore street club appeared before the com mittee relative to its decision to do away with discrimination in the plac ing of street lights. Supervisor Center expressed himself strongly against giv ing certain localities large numbers of lights while other sections remained in total darkness. George Roundey de clared that the outlying districts should be lighted, and the committee will revise the locations with a view to giving a fair share of illumination to every section. Britton submitted a statement show- Ing that of the appropriation of $275,000 for public lighting the sum of $215,641 would be required to pay for the light ing of 4,210 gas lamps and 1,616 arc lights in use on July 31, leaving a balance of $25,309 to be devoted to the rehabilitation of lamps In the burned district and the erection of new lamps in the suburbs. DR. 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The passenger engine plowed through the caboose and two rear cars of the freight, killing 16 cattle" in the cars, and then plunged over an embank ment. "W. A. Belden, engineer, and Archie Wilson, fireman, jumped befpre the trains met and esecaped injury be yond painful but not serious cut* and bruises. George A. Myers, a freight brakeman, who was riding on the pas senger locomotive, suffered a severe sprain of his shoulder and was badly cut. No passengers were injured. <r .The mail. coach was carried with the engine through the wreck of the tele scoped freight cars and Mall Clerk Adams was" slightly injured. The cou pling of the passenger coaches broke at the smoker and they remained on the track. SV^ : ;- The -wreck occurred at the extreme eastern end of the Pleasanton siding. The freight train was from the San Joa quin .valley, westbound,, in charge of Conductor J. Pullman and Engineer "W. J. Sewell. Myers, the brakeman,. had been left at Livermore, and when the conductor discovered that he started the train, which contained 45 cars, back to pick up the man. No flagman was sent to protect the backing, and coming around the curve the collision oc curred. \u25a0 • A wrecking crew was sent out from Oakland mole as soon asithe accident was reported. The train carried sur geons and nurses, but their services were little needed. Assistant Division Superintendent A. "W. Baker investi gated the wreck and reported that lack of proper flagging was the cause. J. H. Cardwell, conductor on the pas senger train, had his hip wrenched in the accident. J. Timonetti. fireman, The Insurance Companies in adjusting the loss have turned the entire stock back to us at a liberal allowance, in place of paying a full cash loss j While the work of Renovating, Refitting and Restocking | the Oakland store is going on this immense stock will be On Sale, Commencing TODAY, at Both * ' * /*Vtt#* f\oi run n/f ffti ti i ffn r^ti i i*&r^ \u25a0 /ie/ The Insurance Companies' Loss will be the gain of every Individual Buyer We don't want to keep a single article a day longer than we have to ? Absolutely uninjured as far as use- [ Hundreds of useful articles, kitchen fulness 'is concerned, but. . utensils, tinware, agateware, \u25a0 * I Less Than Manufacturer? Cost Less Than Manufacturers' Cost *T*&%&%% miscellaneous lot for mechanics and general uses, uninjured except for lvVl>>J..slight apparent damage ; by water, Way Be lour Manufacturers' Cost CfaiiTOlf'c Tftlllc The fineSt and ° nl . y accurate tools \u25a0\u25a0 made— have a standard value. Every OA(^ jVcfntin!" ulul I Cll J buUSj user knows the price— it is never discounted, but in this case we make a £U /(J 1/SSIUUIII J ABSOLUTELY IN PERFECT CONDITION SKATES I HAMMOCKS I LEGGINGS I CANVAS VESTS Worth $1.25, 91.75, 92.50 | 'Worth $2 : and Up | Regular TSc and |1 * " | Sold Everywhere for 91 Sold for 50q90c^ /., Fishing Reels, TackleJSoxes, Flies, Leade!^ig^.i*eyery- thing Tor sportsmen *at prices that will stagger you - SHOTGW SHELLS 40c^box; 2 boxes for Regular^Price^ 65c_and 75c Odds and Ends of Good Ware at Prices Lower than Cheap Stuff T~\ A TV7T AY^ W Q T TC^XT TP These goods are so slightly damaged x U XTI iVI JnL XT JJJ Q lJ ; l VJ XI X that.their real Worth Is Not Affected and Turk St. Cor. Suiter KING EDWARD IS GUEST OF GERMAN EMPEROR Great Demonstration Made on Arrival of the . Royal Special by Leased Wire to The Call WILHELJVISHOHE, Aug. 14.-r-King Edward of England arrived here today on his way to meetthe . Emperor cis Joseph at Cassell,- for which place he will, depart this The king, who: wore a German ' uniform, was re ceived by the Kaiser, who was attired in a- British uniform. The two . mon archs shook hands cordially and kissed. They then'drove ,tO;the, castle through streets gay with flags and filled; with crowds, which cheered them. At the castle the . kaiserir^; surrounded by ladies in wanting, received the king, BERLIN. Aug. 14.— A heading article in the VossischeZeitung,- which is In spired by the foreign office", : concludes as follows: . : ."King: Edward: .wHl^be welcomed gladly by the German people, who do not fail- to appreciate his perßonal and political significance. It is to be ex pected thatthe meeting will not only further an understanding between Great Britain arid \u25a0 Germany, but also bring about"' the': peaceful solution of many, international. problems." CAPTIVE MARINE ESCAPES NEW YORK, 'Aug. 14. — Dispatches from Chef oo, China, report the arrest and subsequent escape of W. H. Ad sett's, formerly of the American, ma rines guarding the legation at Pekin. Adsetts is suspected- of robbing and killing a woman whose body was found in a box on a British steamer at Hong kong. • SAN FRANCISCANS IN PARIS PARIS. Aug. 14, — Miss Margaret Nea lon and Miss A. M. Denser of San Fran cisco registered at The Call-Herald bureau today. and A. H. Libby, brakeman of the freight train, were shaken up, but were not hurt. IMPERIAL LAND CASES PROMISE A SENSATION Prominent Men of the South Involved in Evidence of Fraud LOS ANGELES. Aug. 14.— Additional affidavits of a surprising character have been filed in the. United States land of fice' here in connection withj^the Im perial land fraud cases. Slgel E. v Skin ner, who is conducting an independent Investigation, has secured -affidavits from Los Angeles men charging certain real estate and /water company officials in this city- and Imperial with fraud. "The affidavits that I have filed with in the last two days involve prominent men not. heretofore connected with the frauds in Imperial,".; said Skinner after a consultation with : General Frank C. Prescott and O. R. W- Robinson of the land office. In substantiation of Skin ner's declaration Robinson said: , : "These affidavits show fraud involv ing definitely more than 6, 000 acres of land. The real extent of the, frauds we have no means of determining yet." While both Skinner and the officials of the land office declined to make pub lic the signers of the' affidavits or-the details, , Skinner 'added the following statement: * "You may say for me that the evidence J I j have just filed is more positive, than any heretofore obtained. We have some men cornered now* and the evidence Is- piling up as fast as I can work."; . / : For the first time officials in the land office today indorsed" the character of the evidence which Skinner has un covered. "The evidence is positive and the discoveries that Skinner is making: are astounding." said General Prescott. register of the land office. "Whatever Skinner says -is right in tMs matter, for he is making a thorough and accu rate investigation." , . JAPANESE WILL INVADE BRAZIL RIO JANEIRO, Aug. 14.— The govern ment has sanctioned the establishment of three Japanese settlements in the state of Rio Janeiro. Special for Thursday, Friday an^ Saturday Goldman's Cloak & Suit House 1696 PILLMORE STREET Near Post Just received. 100 Suits from our New York House. They are the latest up to date AUTUMN MODELS, including DERBY WALKING SUITS, 36 inches long ENGLISH BOX COAT SUITS WWM PRINCE CHAP SUITS taU.plcatea ONE AND THREE BUTTON CUTAWAY SUITS & : """ . In all the latest mixtures; also the new shades for the coming season, in Reds, Browns, Greens, Grays, Blacks and Blues. All are $25.00 to $40.00 values and r wilt positively be on sale for A alight charge %D H J^l •^sv-# are showing for alteration HflT m==== a full Une of new when necessary 1 H M- = Fall Suits, Coats, on Sale Suits only. J^ Skirts and Fura. Goldman's Cloak and Suit House 1 696 riIIHORE ST. Near Post, S. F; 59 FOURItI AY. ( N. Y. TWO NEW CASES OF YELLOW FEVER IN CUBA REPORTED One Appears in Cienfuegos and the Other at San Nicolas, 150 Miles Distant Special by Leased Wire to The Call WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.— One new case of yellow fever at Cienfuegos was reported to the war department this morning. The patient is a Spaniard. This makes nine cases now in the hos pital at that place. Chief Surgeon Taylor, with the army in Cuba, cabled the war department to day that another case of yellow fever had developed at San Nicolas. This Is the first case reported outsld* of Cien fuegos. San Nicolas ia in Havana province on the Matanzas railway about 85 miles southeast of Havana and 150 miles northwest from Cienfue- Drowning represents one of th« greatest causes of accidental death. 3