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, 1892-10-05

tu"U ne uliSht Justas Wen introduce ne REPORT,
Il more 50 as Inc hatter Is one winch should
P pa Cno COUNCIL because the Plei Is needed.
= CohIlul'tee coula not exactly agree Wltll
= 'nleh' : FAopoSai - oulIu tile new
P'0i - CoLcl6te' "hlcn experience mas Sllo"h
{" = 'Ho proper tlla6. since ,he new
Oon0ieVo was puill ~ lGuolINSlcNt" we
49, 20" ~ 5ie"l sea IL IHe lod''S'eau 'ahu no
"Go'eIIy 8aieS' unuI some + weeks ago. Whet
"0"fF swell SET ~, ana IL was theh seen mat
W mari "ou'd mol De aP.e T. St'"d SucI
I"Gi'S' tne liont Iaelng tHe sea was aIlhost
DioNeI" away lH9 enoo the "o3o"o'A ooh.ilo
~ Slo"e NoIh was eAP3Sou $1,000. iIS
"0'efHof hat lhe bridge IS CONSTRUCTED Oh
S,on0 alone ne wouId oIly sly that
'lemoeIS black"ood ana Lunhy mad also eN-
anime" inlheo 'Ae bridge aitef the swell ami ne was
aoI9 ~ speak poslttYelE on tAs PoInti ther1
o2ui' ~ NJ mistake. me facing stones oyer
'he "oo' work, were SINAI : ones. ana no"
mere + h' ltoo y stones y a.l. 0ot lhe Wooden
WoIh a''At ~ lHe eeo1ie 81 me oiIiS mere
Is q hoie ABOUT : leet y u&5g. ana the water
a" iioiH one emu u the oII"So 10 me olhoF
mere was HolhlaS 70 n3lt az the thie
- nG"S"'" no" "eeP ~ Tue none went
"uV me inning III hdo gwen III ~ the
conVle' livery poo4 - aware tH@U some
'!IeS no@FFy 9loUHo Se"s SCI III a. Hleue-
lIhSIeu ana Win d terrible force. Inc Com-
~l'O96 Is oL lne oPAaloh Vutl d SOL" stone pier
,"ouI0 noC oo Tue proper lni"S' ~ = q cora
"oG'oll' uoI a Plain lSEoi SUI 'cc' ouI Win
IiuEeS salu muSl Collect "io cohc['ce' eau
~ SUCK ntha' mere = ~ Solo Ioulda-
Yen - pulld upon Ihe water mus o"z7 ~
"iu ouO oSIoW' anu SNAKE 1Ho "I''e structure
= OnoI0 M@S " cream cledl looA' On "nIcu 'Ho
PlanAs % 5"e Pon'oon fes1Go' y "oUiU Oo pei
q ou0 tl@' - hot 80 1ne ooIhnlI'eo ca"e
10 Ch9 conclusion that. looking aI Ihe Ola per
Whlch aithou8h II - pult sil6Ut mas oeeh "DIe
20 SI@nU LOT very many years ~ HeaF9 S"'Il9'
] "oulo ne pest 70 construct me new per o..
'Hs same ora style anu manner. ~ "oulo
seem 10 p9 DETER IIom otnei considerations
oeslueo, 70 IoIlo" lle same PrlhclPlt as IN JIe
oId per, where Tue pIanhlh2 III d heaVy sea
may pe removed ana mus not oe earned away
ny the sea t1e longer you MAKE the pler' the
create VAL ~ me lofce q lhe sea on lhe per
ana me power 80 lnJ9i0' = per cons ructe'
a. proposed anu adoca on - Inc present per
would be a s'oo lasting Joh' ana ana IL would
81 course NOT cost 50 hl4ci money. we pro-
pose 'hel o. ooilo an addition on TO lhe pre-
SEM pIor, ana e erect II Oh IRON PiIe'' ofaoeu
WIN IRON anu d punk covering maze PorIa,
Oie' TO De removed III case OF heaVy ground
sea "h'ie we nave a 8ooo cam harbour,
ghe o'neI "'e'Io' mISnO @n>"'I' D"t VINE" we
nave an open harbour WIN 4 heaNy lh-SoinS
swell ana noaVy ground seas II Is not possible
TO OillI OUJ. OU account Oh JuIS DlOIOSII lie
, 1892-10-05

no doubt was entertained as to its efficiency but
as 50 many objections were made at the time
1t was desired to await the results before going
further. Af'er the experience gained Govern
ment has not hesitated to propose another
solid stone wharf on the same system as the
last one. As regards iron piles, they will be
destroyed, IA her quickly in sea water to
place a heavy crane on a bridge built on IRON
piles he could not recommends in preference to
SOLID mason Nork........ Henitt But that
IS ]l>t what the COMMITTEE propOscs.........
Ihat cannot see. tie must say It Is very IN
usual Of a Commi tee TO propose technical al
~teiatons and To adopt personal ideas Of the
Members IA preference to Governments
proposal. lie could not accept the Com
mittge's proposal, and the honorable
Speaker himself has to- lay said he would
mot urge the Committees proposal. lie
would therefore recammeud that the Gov
ernmca1s proposal be adopted, which may
le done Wit out amy fear Whatever. Is
regards the Committees Report |thele is one
point. 81 which he would like 10 have am
explanation. The Committee recommends Il
crane of sufficient capacity to handle any
weights that have been landed up to the
present or may be. in the future. The pro-
blem proposed by the Committee is difficult
to %solfe; how is it possible for Government 10
know what weights might IN future have
to be landed ON the wharf? Up to now the
greatest weight required was . to 10 tons,
it is very unlikely that any heavier weight
will be imported. at least not for sugar ma
chineIy what might be required in the WY
Of heavy guns, he could not know. Any
how. it is impossible for Government to place
a crane to sun what might be expected III
future. But lie would like to know II
the Committee advises a 10 ton crane or not.
, 1892-10-05
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REMARKS.
100000

In the face of the increasing commercial
communications with America and lfederlk-
sted, and Of the fact that the principal publlc
carriers Of the present date are Steam Ships,
handling their cargoes with Steam Wenches,
therefore loading and unloading lighters very
quickly and by so doing compelling Shippers,
and receivers of merchandise to handle their
goods at a great disadvantage on the very
primitive Wharves now IN use, 1t is absolutely
and Indispensable necessary that tbe port OF
Frederksted should have a larger wharf sur
face than it at present has 1t should also be
considered that a large percentage OF the
sugar shipped from this port i at present
handled in smaller packages han formerly
therefore. necessitatlng more wharf room 70
handle them on. If il is mpraouoaole g
advocate a long icon pier suitable tor vessels
to lay alongside Of it. undoubtedly 1t will be
a step ii the right direction to rebuild
strengthen and enlarge the present landing
wharf so thar it can be used for both shipping
ind receiving goods ON from lighters. The
present dimensions Of the landing wharf built
If wood and non is IL #. long by % it wide,
II is therefore thought that this wharf should
be made - ft. wide, and the commencement
of the Wharf to be built OF stone or concrete to
the waters edge or as tan as a solid foundation
can be had to build upon, the balance OF the
wharf. s9y about 30 it. long by 81 it. wIje -
be built on IRON piles, strongly braced with
IRON braces with wooden string pieces and q
plank covering. made portable, to be taken up
an case of heavy ground sea. lie Crane u
be set IN a suitable and convenient part OF
the wharf for either unloading machinery from
lighters or loading machinery on TO Wagons;
crane to be set on d solid abujmelt built either
of concrete or a heavy cast iron foot made 50
The morning call., 1892-11-05
The PANAMA STEAMER.
The City of New York Arrives In Port
with Good Cargo.

The City Of New York Arrives In Port
with Good Cargo.
The Pacific Mail steamer City OF New
York. Captain Johnson, arrived yesterday
morning from Panama. after voyage Of
sixteen days. She carried fifteen cabin and
eighteen steerage passengers.
The cargo was fair for this time OF the
year. there being s4g7 packages, 6047 Of
which came from New York. All but
thirty, which will be reshpped to British
Columbia, are consigned 10 firms in this
city. There were seventy-seyen packages
of treasure. valued at $50. 33j
The trip up WAS made in good time and
fair weather
formerly of the City of Panama. who was
ordered 10 turn his vessel over to his chief
officer, Joseph Avery. and come to Sag
Francisco on the City OF New York. Mr..
Avery has been chief officer Of the City of
Panama Tor three years and Ia well known
on this coast. He will nave full command
of the City of Panama until further orders
Ii is said that Captain Clark will take
command of the San Juan, which sails to-
day, but nothing definite is known. as il
is said that Captain Smith, who brought her
to port OH her last trip, was TO continue In
command.
The ship Robert Fernie. which left Lon
don for San Francisco last Tuesday. is re-
ported 10 be ashore at Gravesend. She was
stuck so tight that the tugs which went TO
her relief Jailed to move her.
MIR. and Mrs. }. ID. Spreckels and family
returned from Europe yesterday and were
welcomed nj Oakland mole by the fleet of
tugbOats. The Fearless had a brass band
on board. ana furnished music all across the
bay. During their absence all the principal
cities of Europe were visited. Mr.. Spreck-
els seems much improved in health by his
The morning call., 1892-11-05
OUR PROUD GRIPMEN,
President Harrison Thinks They Have
Good Cause for Their Pride.

II neY nave
Good Cause for Their Pride.
To the Editor Of The Call: President
Harrison, while in San Francisco, was often
seen at his window in the Palace Hotel
watching the great streams of sIreetcars
passing by.
One day an English visitor said TO him:
''Mr. President, this seems to amuse you
il really does me, for those fellows, grip
men as they call them, put on as many airs
and looks OF importance as If they were
channel pilots"
Mir. Harrison turned away from the win
dow and replied: standing here looking
al the great number of cars, loaded to their
utmost capacity with passengers, rushing
up and down the crowded street SO close
together that there is hardly room
enough for other conveyances and way
farers TO pass between them, | feel that the
responsibility of the men in charge of the
stTeetcars is very great indeed
ITO me- the responsibility of a channel
pilot seems insignificant in comparison.
channel pilot has only his ship to take care
of; he knows the dangerous places along
his way and steers clear OF them. He
brings the ship into port and has days of
rest before he takes charge of another YES
sci.
There is no such rest for the streetcar
employees; their work is every day the
same thing over again; they have no bnoys
for guides and do not know The dangerous
places In their way until they suddenly
spring mp before them.
"a runaway. broken cable strand foul
Ing his gear, making his car unmaBageabIe;
people In wagons or on foot rccklessly DASH
ing Immediately in front of him in their
attempts TO cross the street. The gripmau
has to act promptly, intelligentiy and with
out regard to personal safety.
And this goes on from early morning
until midnight. with the knowledge that
the next day will be to him as full of care
as the one just ended. That so few acci-
dents have happened in this dangerous
business shows plainly that the men on
duty are resolute, brave and quick TO act
with intelligent decision Ia any emergency.
when they 20 home at night, happy in
the thought that their days work has been
performed without an accident. it eeems to
me that they have a right TO hold their
heads as high as any pilot who brought his
ship in port with the assistance of a crew
of able seamen ready to obey his slightest
command" G. b.
The morning call., 1892-11-05
IT WOUND UP THE SPREE.
Why an Alameda Man Gave
Up Drinking.
BE Believes That He. Was the Subject OK
Heavenly Interposition on One
Noteworthy Occasion.

There is a well-known resident OF Ala-
media who has been thoroughly cured Of all
taste for liquor, and his reformation is not
due to the gold cure, either.
He left his home on the other side Of the
bay few nights ago in very jovial frame
of mind.
He went uptown and INDUCED in several
top-filled glasses. and. being we'll started on
the way TO enjoy a frst-class spree. he de-
termined to go to the city to have il out.
He took the train 10 the mole and there
took the ferry-boat. where he so literally
patronized the bar that lie was unable to
tell his name when he landed on tins SIDE
He ambled of the boat as best he could and
started TO 90 uptown.
He proceeded only short distance, how
ever. when strange 10 say he found himself
completely turned about and was facing the
entrance 10 the ferry waiiing-rOom
This strange evolution did not frighten
him in the least, tor he executed a right
about and started TO make his way uptown.
But, 10 again he was twirled about, and
there, confronting him, was the ferry en-
trance.
He began TO think he was the victim OF a
very strange hallucination.
He again turned about and had just taken
another step when he again faced the ferry
entrance.
This thoroughly frightened the bbulous
ritizen, who was suddenly seized with the
Idea that something prUyidential was inter-
ferlng with his plan to 60 uptown.
He took heed of this strange and appa-
rently heavenly interposition and went
home on the next boat
He has given up his intemperate habits
and swears he will never touch liquor again,
having lost all taste for 1t.
The man who handles the levers at the
Market-Street turntable says he has cured
more people Of intemperance that way than
any cure" that has ever been invented.
The morning call., 1892-11-05
D0NT'S FOR VOTERS

Don't try to half-vOte your ticket in five
minutes when ten will make everything
right.
Don't vote for any candidate put forward
By Kelly-Cfimmin5 and Nike do Young
simply because be is labeled "Republi-
can" Such candidate is Republican for
revenue only.
DONE mark the cross on the line. That is
vote for nobody.
Don't listen to bulldoZers and heelers ont
side the polling booth.
Don't imagine that Mike de Young's legis-
latlve candidates VIII 60 to Sacramento for
their health.
Don't vote for any OF them.
Don't spend five minutes in hasty vote
in the polllDR-booth and ffty-five minutes
in wishing that you had your chance over
again.
Don't forget to vote early but don't vote
too often.
Don't forget to see that the rubber stamp
ls well-inked and all right. Don't put on
too much ink. Enough is enough
Don't let any of the Kelly-Crimmins
election agents persuade you that you dou't
know how to read, and that their men are
your men.
Don't forget that time flies and that you
have only ten minutes TO vote.
Don't forget to vote for l.. r. Ellert. III.
ii. Scott and the whole Non-Partisan
ticket. BY looking at THE CALLS num-
hers you will know exactly how to vote
Don't forget to scrutlnize your ballot II
IS reported that spurious ballots-contain-
Ing too Few names and names MISPLACED
Will be put in circulation.
The morning call., 1892-11-05
An AMERICAN ARTIST.
Owen W. Peck ReVisits San
Francisco.
He Is Going to Paint California Mission
Scenes for the Worlds Fair-Artists'
Commission.

Owen W. Peck, juror on the Artists
Commission of the Worlds Fair exhibition
at Chicago. is staying at the California
Mr.. Peck, formerly a well-known resident
of this city, has been for the past ten years
one OF the leading personages OF the Ameri-
can arr colony in Munich, Bavaria, whence
he was selected to serve on post of honor
at the Chicago exhibition.
Apart from my official business at the
Worlds Fair" said Mr.. Peck, II am spe-
cially in California 10 put on canvas some
ideas that l have long had in my mind in
connection with the painting of certain
scenes and incidents Illustrative of the
early mission life of Father Junipero Sierra.
"In two or three days / shall start for
Santa Barbara TO commence work in earn
est. Nv ambition is to get certain picture
in readiness for exhibition al the Worlds
Fair.
''In Munich l have Just completed large
portrait OF Mrs. Senator Hearst, who was
visiting the town.
"The International Art Exhibition, which
has just closed over there, has been re-
marka bic success.
"The American collection was pro-
nounced tue pearl of the exhibit and ex-
cited universal European admiration of our
American art and artists.
New ork, perhaps. made the most sue
cessful bid for honors in the American
collection"
The artistic world of San Francisco Will
be glad 10 welcome Mr.. Peck once more in
their midst and congratulate him upon the
selection made for & juror from The ranks
OF SO many distinguished American artists
The morning call., 1892-11-05
TALES OF STRENGTH.
Giant Spsniards Who Could XIII Bulls
With Their Fists.


After the Spanish occupation OF the
Grand Canary certain enormous stone was
for long time pointed out as one OF the
instruments of the Gaunche athletic courses.
The natives had been able to lift 1T, set it
on their shoulders, and even throw it over
their heads. Their degenerate posterity
and the Spaniards could not raise it from
the ground. Tradition has immortalized
one Adargoma of Grand Canary, who could
wrestle for two consecutive hours and hay-
Ing been thrown undermOst in a certain
contest got his antagonist between his legs
and arms and squeezed him so that his
bones began 10 crack. The native was SUBJ
seQuently sent as prisoner to Spain, where
he astounded the people by his PERFORM
anees. One day in Seville he was visited
by brawny youth of La Maneha, who was
anxious to try bout with him.
MY good friend" said AdargOma, "as
we are going TO wrestle together it is only
reasonable that we should begin by drink
ing something"
A large bowlof wine having been brought,
he took this in one hand and continued to
address his challenger:
IF with both your arms you can over
power one OF mine. so as to hinder me from
drinkng every drop Of this wine. We will
try our strength together. Ii not. you may
return to your home."
The struggle took place, and Adargoma,
by degrees dI aimed the powl in the coolest
manner without spilljng a drop of the wiue
His one hand was more than a match for
the TWO.
1t was reckoned nothing out OF the COM
mon for a man to take an untethered OK by
the horn with one hand and slay it with the
other. A certain native-born priest of
Grand Canary in the seventeenth century
showed that he inherited some OF his an
cestors vigor, for one day, hearing that an
enraged bull had broken loose and was in
the street. he ran out and, grasping it by
the leg. threw 1t down and so held It until
its owner was able to secure It. This
doughty son of the church before his death
chanced to have one of his legs amputated
for cancer. 1t was then found that his
thigh-bone was solid, with no trace of
marrow. 1t must be confessed, however.
that the relics of the Canarians now found
in their burying- places do not bear out the
inference that this was national character
istic. though their dimensions are certainly
testimony OF the strength and size of their
lata nrnpriatorS
The morning call., 1892-11-05
SHE COAXED HER GUARDIAN.
How Young Alice Cowen Managed to Get
Her PIN Money.

Her PIN Money.
Judge Coffey put on a judicial frown yes
terday as he took up the annual report of
William j. Cowen. the uncle and guardian
of Miss Alice +. Cowen, the daughter of the
late undertaken of that name.
Life in a fashionable seminary must in
culcate extrayagance, he unused. scanning
each item of expense.
The young lady just cost the estate S13l7 So
Tor one year at an Oakland seminary.
Among the items for one month were /:
Board and tuition S37, singing lessons s10
vocal practice So, private elocution 81,
dancing 50, chorN singing 81, seat la church
81. Bible 50. inkstand 81 80.
Then came other expenses which the
guardian said were for pin money.
The court asked II she could spend so
much money If she were In a seminary.
"Oh yes," replied the guardian. Her
pin money for the year amounted TO S247 40.
She cOaxed. you know"
"Here Is an item | can't understand"
said Judge Coffey. Sixteen dollars for two
Tarasols."
The guardian replied that the young lady
gave one 10 a friend.
"Oh," exclaimed the court. "I only know
you could get good umbrella for 81. but /
don't know anything about parasols."
Then there were other items like s11 for
a hat and 50 for another over which the
Judge pondered.
Finally the court allowed the account, but
advised the guardian to be little less sub
ject 10 the coaxings of his ward In the in-
terests of economy.
The morning call., 1892-11-05
A Tar-Flat Suffer.
From an enlarged photograph taken by the detet
tive camera.

- lNG-ftUf SfNUfF.
From an enlarged photograph taken by the detec
tive camera.
been received They are rapidly being
loaded and placed in good working order by
by experts. so that when once focused no
suffer shall escape.
The brigade of sharp-eyed young men
who are to operate the little machines Oh
election day are being carefully drilled in
the art Of snapshot Photography.
There is not much to learn in connection
with the detective camera. All that is nee
essary is to bring the muzzle to bear Oh the
suspect. pull a string and the machine does
The rest.
There is no dressing Of the subject, pos
ing or polite request to raise the chin a
little, smile and look pleasant, or any of
the other familiar tintype terhnicalities.
What the operator must learn is how to
spot his man and manil ulate the contriv-
ance without being detected in the act
Herein lies the efficacy of the little ma
chine, as the stuffer will shrink from expos
ing himself to hidden danger
Mafy of them have already shrunk to
such an extent that their unhappy employers
are unable to find their hireings.
The prospect of a long term of imprison-
ment with rock-pile advertisement is too
much even for the most hardened stuffer,
and as election day draws nearer he finds
that change of scene is what he has been
yearnng for
Those who have not yet selected a retreat
will find it behind the iron bars if they at
tempt to vote.
What with the cameras and warrants en-
comprising them round about, the few re-
naming heelers will find that voting early
The morning call., 1892-11-05

OF iron, its table tops, shelves and recep-
tacles OF glass; this temple dedicated to the
surgeons saving knife Is an object calca-
lated to excite kind of awe in any speeta-
tor.
The amphitheater is approached from the
main hospital buildings by a covered pas
sage, and in this approach the first rooms
to be met with are the examination-rOoms.
The first marble door is cut ih the wore s
Septic Cases" Here the surgeons examine
cases of diseased wounds, or other eases
where diseased conditions as distinguished
from fresh or undiseased wounds are pres
ent, and which II is essential to separate so
far rs possible from the other class Of eases.
Other examination and waiting rooms ad-
join, and following there is an etherIZlng-
room, In which, as the name may suggest
the patient to be operated upon Is placed
under the influence of ether. Thus the
patient does not, as the popular imagina-
ton might picture the experience, come in
conscious state into the theater itself.
Rendered wholly unconscious on this
threshold, as Ii were, of the place. the pa
tent does not regain hiss senses until the
operation is completed, and he or she Is
tucked away in bed in one of the handsome
little cham bers at the other side OF the
building. There is no sight of the student
audience, no glimpse of the iron table with
its sloping glass top, nor of the other grim
paraphern ALA OF the place.