The morning call., 1892-07-02


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hai. au4 therefore there must have bean
about so4. people nFeseGt wh@a tAe yra-
CeedluEs commenced.
Chairs had been placed on tie hail pareh
Tor the speakers, the committee q arrange
menls ahd tie baud. Ca TIE Steps ana Ia
ETonf u tie Bal vas solid mass "a hu-
mani3y who llstfNed atient yely O. tie
speaker and eheered them repeatedly Is
vas evident 3Aat tae sentiments contained
~ TIE speeches bad the entire symIathy
aad abprova. Il the large EAfhellug After
sHeh sreeel tie aaud played q lively aiE aud
Eepg ap he enthusiasm.
uH1Elr- eF THE MEEriNG.
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10 the ffont and explained tie OBJECTS Il tie
m~effnxs which we're.
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ssal Efef<ea}Hs. fle I've Bass volumes af Feet.fs
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Tie msualeipai ssfeIUmeAE a oak sad alsa 80
q secure Fa4Aaa.e aEuvgs Eeggz8alak = Ehr ssa1s
Period o. ~ Hhseh ase fAe property a oar qtrs
abd ae~ aAssea 70 be sn.ss.ag igom the Llsy
sseoud- 10 vigorously press aaa enforce me
carry tuG auf of the ufeglsisa~ 20 Toe fasaftf7rs
taassa - NaF Nlig tVHncA. % opsn size streets
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sle estuary hsfsaf hae. sua g. fhat sna iaai
stebs te seH f~Q4tftug eegsFltause zhsfeNsth
laurtfan y ith 1he tlig EBE8neef wua SEAL De
Tee she Boundary ilass II s4id Streets fof sush
pul Pcs.
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safAefsai is8se OF t8u hogllua IL iae sales Fgaat
pe1&taAs6 f9f 60 onr 3 4. h saan aas fhag fFsags-
stsFf sas 'aif Iosaefl saa AaF9f shall pat EaG3n
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funuii-A franchise for an el,ctr.c street rail-.
road fien said walei front The best Interests of
tsi cHN, az thihgs 0eing considered and legally
complied WILD should be awarded u bona nae
pe itloueis, HSyinE the welfare snd prosperity of
our elts "a nearG Sad seHktng 10 rstsb5ist ! com.
pel'ng ie1s iiee 20 SGa Francisco.
lie then moved that T. B. Pomeroy take
the chair, which was carried unanimously
amid applause.
THE CHAIRMAN's SPEECH
Mr.. PomeroY said no man would dare 70
say, AFTER Tue magnificent gathering before
hin, that the fires OF civic enthusiasm were
burning low. They we're met to deliberate
upon the most important question ever
brought before the community. [Applause.
After referring to the objects Of the meeting
ne SAID there was question beside which
ln6 others were mere bagatelles-that was
the question of the ownership of the mag
nlhcent property which the citizens were
debarred from using. [Great applause lie
suggested that the questions be discussed
calmly, deliberately and dispassionately.
inls was not an occasion TO give vent TO
spleen, but to act as representatives Of an
Intelligent community. He read letters of
apology frem Professor SouIe and O. r.
Smith for their inability to be present.
y. M. Bassett said he would give them q
Dit oil inside history. He referred at length
10 the fraudulent appropriation OF the water
front Adams, Carpenter and Moon were
elected on the fist Board of Trustees OF the
town OF Oakland. They manipulated mat
ters SO that they got the water front in Car
pentieT's name, who had declined to act on
the BOARD. Moon Quarreled with his other
Two partners and sold out his interest for
$oo,oo0 and look with him to San Francisco
sio AZ iob tWO ycdIo EtcoIQs Oh the Town oil
Oakland. Carpenter afterwards quarreIed
with Adams and went TO Moon, Offering
him $4,000 TO give up the records. Moon
copied the records OF the first year and so Id
them to Carpenter for $500. Marier, a
memter of the first City Council, determined
TO ferret the matter out, but he was sent
away with French lady and died while
drinking wine with her.
A DISAPPEARANCE
The French lady disappeared and nothing
more was heard OF her, Adams took Car
pentier by tile throat and compelled him TO
sign papers giving him share of the wat.r
front. When the railroad people wanted a
portion OF the water front Adams refused
10 sign the necessary papers until he got
$4,000. and he got it. Mr.. Bassett de-
clared that the claim to the property was
procured by forgery and fraud. Marier,
before he died, made a declaration that he
never signed any papers in favor OF Carpen-
tier, and Burrell had said that he never
knew what was IN the papers he signed, as
only portion was read to him by Carpan-
tiers brother TO suit their own ends. This
was In effect Mr.. Bassett's bit of inside his
tory, and ii was apparently received with