The morning call., 1892-07-27
FROM A ACROSS Cross IHB Z : BAY.
A Bonus to Be Raised for the
FnltOn Iron Works.
Contract Marriags-The Good Fortune of
Two Policemen The school5ook War.
klsmeis and Berkeley Notes

To-day the Beard of Trade will get seri.
cusly TO work to secure the locationin Oak.
land Of the Fulton iron Works A commit.
tee met yesterday and decided TO begin a
canvass to-day for subscriptions toward the
$4,000 bonus asked by the company. All
The details as to location and price have
been settled. and the only thing left is TO
raise the bonus.
The Hays Tract, at the foot Of Union
street. where tie works are to be located.
contains 42R acres, aud negotiations for
this VIII be clUSed Immediately after il is
settled that the works are TO come here.
claim OF the Water Front Company tC
100 feet frontage Will also be purchased. in
order that the mandatory may have free
access to the harbor. II is intended TO 90
largely into the shipbuildng business, and
GO DO this ii will be necessary TO have al
least % feet of deep water in front of the
docks. The company viii employ 80 TO 300
men. with payroll of about S25. 900. OF
the three owners of the works Mr Hinck-
ley lives in Fruitvale, Mr. Spiers in Berke-
ley and Mr. Hayes in East Oakland.
LOVE LAUGHS AT FRowNs
James Louis ManniDg's mamma brought
Gown her foot ana declared that James
Louis couldn't get married.
But James Louis did. aud he doesn't care
J. q DTGffV k
land girl with laughing blue eyes and a
GOOD deal Of sense, even il she did marry
James by contract without the KNOWLEDGE
even OF her own mamma. She is only 10
and he has borne the yicissitudes of one adj
dltlOnal winter in this vale OF tears Rnt
there are not going to be any more vicissi-
tudes nor any more tears, because the
BRIDES m9ther has said God bless Won. nv
children" and they have found a safe haven
under her vine aud fig tree.
Inc bride IS Maude Layton Murray.
daughter CT Mrs. NJ. L. MURRAY, a widow.
oi III Fourteenth street Both she and her
ln0 her are well known aud well liked By
host Of friends.
The groom has been living with his
parents at bleak North Beach, San Fran
cisco. bat that did not spoil his eye for
beauty nor prevent hin. from knowing that
there IS better and brighter world beyond.
And so be captured an Oakland girl.
1hey became man and wife by mutual
agreement on july l. and no preacher nor
county clerks deputy knew about If. They
each continued to live with their parents
however until Monday night, when the
contract OF marriage was regularly drawn
up al the house Of Attorney ". II. CHECKER
ing, Trend OF the Murray family, and
witnessed by him and Carey Howard
The young couple have been yerv deyoted
70 each other, but Aanning's mother was
opposed TO match. Mrs Murray did mot
ooJeet TO Manning's visits, but she had no
urea thaL theY intended TO steal a march
Ihey both belong to good families and are
much thought Of Young Manning ia a
cieTk on the Telegraph avenue stTeetcar
Iaiiroad, and during his courtship Womb
take the last boat home and return i'm the
nfst DOat In the morning. desire TO
pFlhg THIS sort OF cOurtship to a haDpy
ehding was another cause Of getting mar
red ana having d0He with It,
DEALERS AND DIRECTORS.
he retail book dealers do not take kindly
10 Tie efforts Of the Board OF Education n,
nave an agent appointed from whom pnpils
can purchase all their books. One of them
expressed the opinion yesterday that The
school Directors have turned around 10
hatass them in order to get out of large
sized hole themselves.
We are only protecting ourselves" 4" he
sad, 'and the Directors ought to have can
ce!ed their contracts with wholesale deal
ers, who have broken faith with them. in
stead oil taking ABOUT an agent Pm sure
we are not to blame We sell as cheaply as
we can, Roweii and The Classification Com
hlttee 10 the contrary Notwithstanding
+. Is. CHM, one Of the contractors re-
turned yesterday and said that his house
would stand by its bid and If the local
dealers refuse to sell at the prices adopted
lie VIII zee that somebody else does
Meantime The dealers are waiting for the
opinion of the City Attorney as 10 the
power OF the board to employ special agent.
4 he board is going TO get revenge on the
dealers III 1t can, aud the dealers are going
10 MAKE the board feel as insignificant as
possible u there is any chance to do H.
1et superintendent McClymonds smiled