The morning call., 1891-03-20
ACROSS LONG BRIDGE.
Items of Interest From South
San Francisco.

When the Supervisors visited the South
San Francisco district last week, complaints
we're made to them of a balky horse named
Dan" in the service of Engine Company IL.
"Dan" has outlived his usefulness and IS no
good any more Supervisor Coffee. Chair
man of the Fire Department Committee,
promised to provide a new horse, but Dan
continues to eat the city's oats. 1t PROB
ably is not generally known that th ere are
four horses and two hose-carts connected
with Engine Company II. That is on ac-
count Of the fearfully bad condition OF the
roads. When a fire breaks out the two
hose-carts start at once for the scene, couple
the hoses they carry and utilize the stream
from the nearest hydrant. Then they 90
back to help along the engine which is sure
to be mired or stuck in a chuck-h0le before
one block from the engine-house.
The residents of South San Francisco are
jubllant to think that they will at last nave
a good system of electric arc lights IN the
streets of that lons-neglected part OF tine
city. Heretofore light has been Suppllcu
from two 100-foUt eIectric-light masts, Que
located at the corner of Railroad and sixth
avenues and the other at the corner oil Kall-
road and Fifteenth avenues. Dullng the
late heavy storm the latter mast was blown
down. The lights mentioned were not SUI
Uclent, ana the CALIFORNIA EttClllC I@iEit
Company offered, II the necessary perills-
sion was obtained. instead of erectlnsa new
mast in place of the one blown down, TO
take down the other mast also, and in place
thereof to light the district with sixteen are
lights on 40-foOt poles, erected at suitable
distances apart without any extra cost 10 the
city.
meeting of the South San Francisco
Improvement Club was held, and the MEM
berS unanimously resolved 10 accept the
cOmDany's offer. A petition was drawn up
aud presented to the Board Of Supervisors
asking that the change be made. The peti-
ton was granted and a force OF men has
been at work for some time erecting poles
and stretching the necessary wires. III Is
expected that the lights will be lit Tor the
first time on Monday night. and the south
ern suburb will then present quite metro
poltan appearance. The lights Will be 10
Gated as follows: At the corners of Railroad
and Third, Fifth, Seventh, Ninth, Eleventh,
Thirteenth, Fifteenth, Seventeenth, Nine
teenth aud Twenty-first avenues; corner OF
Twelfth avenue and z street, Fifteenth
avenue and 7 street, Eleventh avenue aud
n street, Seventeenth avenue and X street,
Eighteenth avenue and Nj street ard SIX
teenth avenue and NJ street.
Although there has been no rain for some
days, the streets and avenues are still in
very bad condition. Yesterday II wagon
laden with tan bark and drawn by four
Packing Company, was mired at the juno
ton Of Railroad, Ninth avenue and
y street, and had to be dug out with
shovels. While Patrick W. Lahaney, the
harness-maker, was driving down Railroad
avenue about 3 o'clock in the afternoon his
horse fell down in a deep chuckhole oppO-
site Henry Gantner'S place. Lahaney was
mad clean through. Trying his best he
could not help the animal out. Finally a
vaquero threw a lasso around the horses
neck and hauled it out. Is. b. Blood, OF
Sperry IL CO., who happened to be out
there, bossed the job.
Mrs. Philippe, who is separated from her
husband, and who owns a little house 1T
Bay View, raised quite little picnic on
Wednesday night. She screamed and yelled,
smashed all the cr0ckerv III the ShlnIy and
threw the furniture out on the ground.
Yesterday morning Sergeant R0Sekamp and
Officer Buckley went out and arrested her
and took her to the Home of the luebriateS.
She will be examined by the Commissioners
of Insanity to-day.
JOHN Brener, who was for many years
connected with the Nationil Guard and
served several terms as Captain OF Company
Z of the Second Artillery Regiment, is now
a resident of South San francisco, keeping
Il restaurant on Railroad avenue.
A large number og young people from the
city had a pleasant social gathering at Ford
aud Holie's Hail, corner Railroad and
Ninth avenues on Sunday. The day was
spent in dancing and all had july time.
Bay View Lodge, No. 90, A. o. U. w.,
will give an entertainment and ball at Mo-
sonic Hall, South San Francisco, on Satur-
day evening, April 4th.