The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-01-27
ALAMEDA.
The City Trustees Against Division of
the County.

The City Trustees Against a Division OF
the County.
The wharf which the San Francisco
Bridge Company is building on the shore of
the estuary at the foot of Twenty-second
street will be ready for business on Feb
ruary 1st.
City Attorney Taylor filed a demurrer
yesterday to the suit Of r. B. Tappan
against the city of Alameda to be recognized
as City Justice of the Peace, and it will be
argued in the Superior Court before Judge
Henshaw on Monday next.
A young man giving the name of William
llama, and claiming to be drug-cerk In
San francisco, was arrested on Sunday
night at the West End for disturbing the
peace. He became bosterous as the result
OF strong drink and abused an officer who
cautioned him to keep quiet. He forfeited
SO bail.
Scores of people visited the abandoned
oyster beds on Sunday, aud succeeded III
getting all the bivaves they wanted. IL IS
said that the Morgan Oyster Company,
which owned the beds. was not aware that
1t lett so many oysters behind, otherwise 1t
would have collected them for the market
The City Attorney has given it as his opln-
Ion that II Railroad avenue was an open
street when the tracks Of the railroad com
pany were laid down, the City Trustees have
the power to compel the company to place
possible and TO remove the telegraph poles
to the curb line, also that the Trustees have
authority TO improve all portions of the
avenue not included between the rails and
two feet on either side.
Papers were Tiled yesterday in the suit Of
George Morris against A. Ii. Keller to re-
cover $4,000 damages for having, it is al
legged, allenated The affections OF his wife,
Flora. Keller is a Park-street grocer and
Morris was employed by him as clerk.
Tvs
friends, and one night Morris found him
hanging around his place and chased him
into the marsh. An eStrangement between
Morris ana his wife followed, anu a divorce
was the result. Morris claims that Keller
furnished his wife with the money TO bring
the suit and encouraged her in her act, as
shown by letters which passed between
hem, and which are now IN Morris posses
sion. Since Mrs. Morris became free Of her
matrimonial bond she and Keller have been
IN each other company daily, and Morris al
legts that he has good reason TO believe that
Keller is the cause OF his domestic troubles.
At the meeting of the City Trustees last
evening resolutions were adopted opposing
the division of Alameda County and the
formation Of a city and county of Oakland,
which would include Alameda. Copies OF
the resolution will be sent 10 each Senator
and ASsemblymen at Sacramento from
Alameda County. a petition was received
from several prOperty-Owners, asking that
the plannE-mll GU Encinal avenue, near
Park street, be condemned as public nui-
sanee, as 1t endangers their property and
raises their insurance rates. It was re-
terred to the City Attorney TO report at the
next meeting whether the board has the
power to condemn the property. The mat
ter of purchase of steam fire-engine was
laid over for another week on account Of the,
absence of MI Mastick. The protest of
property-owners against paying their assess
menls for the Improvement of San Antonio
avenue was overruled. 1t was claimed that
the macadaui was not sufficiently rolled. but
the contractors stated that they had not yet
finish ed rolling the avenue.