The morning call., 1891-10-29
ACROSS THE BAY.
Electricity Will Propel the Tele.
graph. Avenue Cars.
A Point in the New Election Law-Rumored
Plan to Stop Accidents-0rville Page the
Victim of a Practical Joke.

Company has been given contract to
change the Telegraph-ayenue line from
Fourteenth street aud Broadway into an
overhead electric line, and that the material
has been ordered and is now on the way
from the East This is a matter OF SELF
preservation, because since the Oakland
Consolidated Street Railway Company has
put on the additional cars on its Oakland
and Berkeley Rapid Transit Line both the
San Pablo avenue and Telegraph avenue
lines have lost many patrons, and those who
were in the habit of going TO the pier and
taking the Berkeley trains now take the
electric cars, while a considerable number
find it convenient to come over from San
Francisco. transact business in Oakland and
ride home in quick time to Berkeley for
cents on the electric cars. The horse-cars
on Telegraph avenue are too slow for the
times, and do not pay as largely as they did.
The trouble between the Oakland Musi-
clans Union and the Piedmont Gable Com
pany over the employment of musicians
from across the bay to the exclusion OF the
local union has gone into the hands of the
National League OF Musicians of the
U nited States, and bids fair to involve all
the unions in the federation.
THE ELECTION LAW.
A mandamus suit was commenced vester-
day afternoon by Louis Gottshall vs. the
Berkeley Trustees. The parties are not
belligerent. Under an amendment to the
election law of the last Legislature, two
ballot clerks should have been appointed
by the Tru stees. but it was overlooked the
ele ctiUn being under the Australian ballot
system. The matter will be heard this
morning The election will cost $1,000. and
it is doubtful whether thu error can be cor
rected by mandamus proceeding, so that
in case the election is proceeded with its re-
suit may be overturned by a suit brought
by those opposed TO the bonds. and the
matter will be likely to create a cloud upon
the bonds anyway. Section 1900 Of the Po-
litical Code, as found on page 172 of the
statutes and amendments of 1891, provides
how two errors may be- corrected by such
proceeding, but the error of not appointing
ballot clerks, as provided in Section 1902,
page 173. at the same time that the Judges
and inspectors are appointed, is not one OF
them. Unless the election nj Saturday is
abandoned and proceedings begun de noyO.
as the lawyers would say, there is likely to
be trouble.
The Police Commissioners have appointed
Con keefe, W. a. Moore aGd W. II. Mckin-
mon to the police force. Alonz0 FrOnZo
Brown, the colOred candidate. thought he
had sure thing for one OF the vacancies,
and was heartbToken when the result was
announced.
The final account of the estate of John
II. SkeryeS shows receipts of S4569, and
balance of S3460 for distribution.
The Board of Public Works has awarded
contracts for construction OF cement side
walks in front OF Englne-honses l. 2. and
4, at 1917 cents per square foot. The conf
municaton from the City Council request
Ing the removal OF all distractions from the
streets of the city was referred to the Su-
perintendent of Streets, with instruction to
act.
1t is said that an indictment has been
found by the Grand Jury but as the person
has not been appIehended the name IS not
yet known.
TO STOP ACCIDENTS.
At the pier it is rumored that a plan has
been arranged TO stop the accidents so fLr-
quentin jumping on and off the local trains on
Seventh street and that is the putting on of
vestibule trains, so that no platforms Will
be used, the utraBce to be made from the
middle of the car where steps will be
raised and let down and doors opened aud
locked by an automatic cOntrvance con-
trUlled by the engineer. When the engineer
is signaled 10 90 ahead the steps viii be
raised, the door closed and no further
boa rding of the train will be possible, so
that one will have to board the train before
it starts. 1t will break up the practice OF
boys Jun ping on and off trains. 1t Is be-
ing considered by the officials, also, to run
the East Oakland pas sengers on trains
along First street making stops only at
Clinton, Brooklyn gand Twenty-tnird
| avenue and Fruityale stations, the Seventh
street local stopping at Oak-street station.
| This would stop the East Oakland dead
head travel.
JOKE on PAGE.
Orville Page of the Harbor Commission
rooms in Oakland on Twelfth street. He
was off on Tuesday night and went to bed
yesterday morning about 9 o'clock, leaving
his room door unlocked and his gold watch
lying on the table so that he could tell what
time il when he awoke. About four
hours late r he awoke and found his watch
gone. He jumped from his bed and made
for his pantal0Ons, in the pockets OF which
he had left $50, The money was gone also.
He put on his clothing IN hurry and
hunted up detective, and then went into
cigar-stOre at which Ire is a customer and
asked for a loan. The tobacconst said he
would loan him his own money and handed
him the SIS and his gold watch. A friend.
who is a practical joker. called and, finding
Pages room door open, walked in and car
ried away the articles. Page IS sorry now
that he said anything about it,
Edwin NJ. Stevens, a stableman, sued J.
Meredith Davies of the Tubbs Hotel for
$50. Two other claims were assigned to
him AID made part of his he filed dis
mlssal of the suit. but it is said he had not
notified the others OF the payment of the
claims, and they talk OF proceeding against
him.
Alexander Montgomery has decided for
$4,000 to +. r. Lilenthal 336 acres of
Rancho III Vale de San jose. The land is
a portion Of that formerly owned by Joseph
f. Black, now dead.
WILL BAKER LET UP"
Efforts were made by the attorney of
POire Officer Crafts Yesterday to have City
Editor j. L. Baker of the Times 'le up on
his client. 1t is said that Crafts offers to
make auy apologies necessary for the mis-
take he made, but it is also understood that
Baker will make no compromise. His
charges against Crafts are before the COM
misSiODeTs, and he believes can he Substan-
tiatsd. He minated, 1t is said, to the
attorney that if he wanted to talk to him
about apologies it would look better TO dis
miss the charges in the Police Court first
A verdict of suicide WAS rendered IN the
case of Wood Hopkins, who took morphine
on Monday night The body VIII be taken
to San Jose on an early train to-day for
burial by the Brick-layers' Union of that
place HOPKINS was we'll known as very
competent foreman, not only in laying brick
and stone, but in tiling.
Mrs. Alice &. Ingram is sole trader. and
has been since 1887. j. w. Glaze, con-
stable, seized COWS, horses and wagons and
other personal property on an execution
against her husband, r. NJ. Ingram, and
she has sued the constable TO recover the
The beats OF the police will be changed
again by Chief Tompkins about the 1st.
Alameda.
William NJ. Minton has offered to pur-
chase the city's electric-light plant.
Mrs. Louderback. President of the Ala
media Flower Mission. has recovered from
her recent severe illness, and will return in
few days from San Francisco to her home
| in Alameda.
The Tn itarian Society Of this city has ar
ranged for a series of lectures to be given
by members of the faculty of the Leland
Stanford Jr. University The first will be
| delivered on Sunday evening in Masonic
| Temple by the President, David Starr Jor-
| dan.
There was a collision on Tuesday on Rail-
| road avenue, but the only damage done was
| broken fat car. The freight train was on
its way Inward Park street and on the