The morning call., 1890-04-05
ACROSS THE BAY.
The Filtration of Contra Costa
Water Again Urged.
Poultice PAYERS at War-Big Castings FOR the
Navy-Yard-A Fire at the Pier-Ths
Newly Appointed Postmaster.

that the water company should De required
to purify its water. 1t being rumored that
one of the officers connected with the board
had asserted that Oakland water is mot"
bad, the following preamble ami resolu-
tions were presented and after a long dis
cussion adopted:
WHEREAS II has been asserted by certain
person connected with the city government. that
an aIlache oil the Board of Health has affirmed
that The board did not regularly pass and order
transmitted to tie CITY Council The resolution OF
December 10, 1889, condemnng, as unwhoe-
some, unsantary and deieterious to health, the
water furnished this city by the Contra Costa
Water Company, and requesting the City Council
10 compel the Contra Costa Water Company TO
properly purify the water IL furnishes the city
for domestic purposes; and also the resolution
OF February H. 1890. denying the power of an
unaided settling reservoir TO purify the water,
and requesting the City Council TO require Inc
at San Leandro and lem -scal; ana whereas, IL
| is also asserted that the same atIache has SAID
| that the Board OF Health Is not OF the opinion
that the water is or has been deleIerlous 10
health; therefore, be II
Resolved, BY the Board of Health that each
and all OF these assertions as TO the adoption OF
the above resolutions are untrue; also
heSolUed, That the Board OF Health reat1irms
its resolutions OF February IA, 1890. ana De-
eemDer Is, 1889 aud again REQUESTS the City
Council To require the waller company TO put IN
filters both at San Leandro and Temescal.
Resolved, That copy OF these resolutions be
transmitted by the Secretary OF this board TO
the City Council.
Some of the new members of the board
! on bein 6 questioned stated that the Health
Officer is not meant in the resolutions, and
rumor to that effect is erroneous.
George C. Pratt who shot and wounded
! l.. L. Cromwell, has filed an abandonment
of homestead and deed conveying his
property on Harrison street to c. l.. Nc
Coy. The abandonment was dated Janu-
airy 2S, 1890, and Mrs. Pratt'S signature
| shows tremulous hand.
PoULTICE MEN AT LOGGERHEADs.
The poultice paving companies are at
| loggerheadS over work IN Oakland. Some
| time ago new company made lower bid
| than the hitherto monopoly concern for
work to be done on Eighth street, between
! Franklin and Washington, and was awarded
the contract by the city government, but
the rival company quietly went to work
and obtained the consent of the majority of
| prOperty-ownerS TO do the work by private
| contract, and although the matter was car
| rled to court, the lowest bidder was de-
| feated. The new company then secured
the contract to pave Broadway for one
block between Seventh and Eighth streets,
| and had the work about one half done when
| it was served. on Thursday, with an in
| junction claiming an infringement on the
| patent of the rival concern in the matter of
heating the bitumen by steam. The new
! company contends that the payment Of the
| royalty would compel it to raise its price
| for putting down the bitumen, and the
royalty would practically have to be paid
| by the property-OwnerS. 1t claims that the
| so-called patents are invalid and useless,
and that the United States Circuit Court
| VIII so decide.
| A judgment for the defendant in the suit
| OF j. w. Pearson Of Oakland against Louis
| MeSSmer of Los Angeles was rendered by
| Judge Ellsworth yesterday. The suit was
to recover S2S, 600 alleged to be due as value
! OF furniture in the United States Hotel at
| Los Angeles, and $4,000 for its retention.
| 1t is said Pearson will take an appeal to
| the Supreme Court.
Three carloads of the new Bargoin COM
| bination rails have arrived in the yards
| from the rolllng-mills. They will be placed
on the pier and on the Berkeley curve to
| give them a severe test
TEN CARS OF MACHINERY.
The steamer Transit left the Peralta-
| street slip at West Oakland, yesterday, with
ten cars Of machinery for Mare Island that
arrived from the Niles Tool Works of Ham,
iltOn, Ohio, where it had been made under
| contract with the Government, The ma
chinery consists of three armor-plate bend
! ing-rolls to be used in the Mare Island
Navy-yard. They can bend plates cold 4
| inches thick and % feet wide of wrought
| steel. The largest of the three Is 30 inches
| In diameter. with 27-foOt face, and 49,
inch journals feet long. The two smaller
are 20 inches in diameter, with the same
| face and same length Journals, Is inches in
diameter. The largest in itself weighs So
! 200 pounds. The freight bill alone amount
| ed to $4,000. The cars were taken aboard
| the Transit at the Peralta- street slip, that
| being the only means of sending them to
| their destination, and they will be unloaded
! un0er the 10O-ton derrick at Mare Island.
| These are the largest castings on the Coast
A burglar entered the Field Seminary at
| an early hour yesterday morning and stole
| watch and chain from bureau drawer.
| lie lett the place so hurriedly as to drop
| his hat and was caught with the watch in
| his possession a few hours afterwaTd on
! Telegraph avenue, near Thirty-ninth
| street, by Detectives Shorey and Holland.
! He gave the name of John Roberts. from
| Australia, but proved to be an old Oakland
| thief known as Henry Wilson, alias James
| Pine, alias Charles Richardson.
The estate of the late ex-Judge Thomas
| ii. Smith has been appraised at $500. The
estate is left to his fourteen-year-old
daughter, Ethel Gray, over whose posses
sion writ of habeaS corpus was recently
! granted in favor of the mother, Mrs. Lu
| Wheat Smith.
Colonel Henry Sweeney, U. S. A. IRE
tired), has sold his property and Will 20
south on account of his wife's health.
FIRE AT THE PIER.
AT 6 o'clock yesterday morning a fire
| started at Oakland Pier. The early boat
| for Sau Francisco had left five minutes be-
fore, and the local trains had pulled out Of
| dispatchers had just started to work, and
| besides these and few wharf officials, no
| one was stirring about the pier when the
| large fre-gong sounded the alarm for the
| first time since the pier has been built. The
| flames started IN the restaurant by the fall
ing to the floor of the large lamp, the oil
| running all over the place and setting fire to
| the whole interior. A large hose connecting
| with the tank overhead was turned on for
| few minutes and the flames checked Tue
| mss will hp ahpnt SDDOn The nj
| was not insured. 4 man who was sitting
| at the counter at the time was quite Sc
verely burned about the legs by the oil, but
not SO seriously that he was prevented from
| taking the San Jose train. He was a
| stranger.
The new 24-foot flag of the Prescott
| School, at West Oakland. was raised at 30
| o'clock yesterday afternoon with literary
| exercises and singing of patriotic airs. A n
Grafton was delivered by John p. Irish.
The flag was presented to the Board of
Education by Miss Mabel Nelson of the
| school, and the acceptance was made by
| President L. w. Marston of the board. The
| exercises were conducted by L. o. Craw-
| ford, principal of the school. Brief re-
marks were made just before the close of
! the exercises by City Superintendent Nc
| Clymonds and by II. L. Smith on behalf of
the G. A. Il. The flag exercise by the pupils
! and the concert recitation of brakes
| Address" were we'll done.
| The Baptist Bible readers Convention
| closed at the First Baptist Church last
| evening. The members of the conference
| expressed themselves as well satisfied with
| the three days session.
Company of the Fifth Infantry Regi-
ment, n. G. c., will hold a masquerade at
Cavalry Hall on Monday.
THE NEW POSTMASTER
A. W. Bishop, 0akland's new Postmaster
was born IN WalliDgford, VT, and is now So
| years old. He pursued course of legal
study and was admitted to the bar at the
age of %, but soon took to other pursuits.
| Coming to California in 1859 he started a
| barness-store in Marysyille and next year
newspaper in Red Bluff. Subsequently ne
acted as District Attorney of Tehama
| County and afterward was Assistant Secre-
tary of the State Senate. de started an
other paper in Chico and in 1869 came to
| Oakland. He bought the Transcript in 1872
| and edited it until 1876. He was then keeper
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