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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-29


ket-street fefry-slfIs has, been floateji nto
position at the old Tibhfon slip and will be
sunk IN. afew days The cylinder is 90X1i
feet, and Is constructed with iron belts and
vertical supports b6lted: together in such a.
manner thai. when the interior has been
filled with concrete the outer casing can: be
taken on and used In sinking a fresh pier.
These: piers will be sunk all along tile he W:
slips and are intended to afford a substantial
support To- the .saprons." - ..s.o
a number of Southern Pacific Railroad
officials escorted. President C.;P Hunting
ton 10 the Oakland ferry at 10 A. NJ yester-
day 10 bid hiHi farewrll.on his jourfvy aiast !.
The bark Mary Glover, which arrived ON
w eunesdsy evening. was leak ing badly and
mad to be: towed on tothe Mission mud fats.
She fs; from. Tacoma with lum Der to. Han.
Two youngsters from: Telegraph: :Hlr
were found stealing; coal from. the biinkers
yesterday and were cked-.up at the North
Harb0r station. They pleaded that tl,eir
mothers had sent them out to.steaE the.coal
withtbe ASSURANCES that they would get
licking II they. came back empty: handed.
The coal belonged to a. railroad company
which refused. to. prosecute. and the boys
W ere set free with a Caution. -: ::
john Regnler' of this: city has. been: pre-.
sented By the SECRETARY of the Treasury.
with q 60 ID medal: foT bravery In saving a:
mum Der OF lives at tile WRECK of The steam:
schooner 'Mendecin0 Eat. Humboldt. Bay in.
1883. -: -: =: -.
=. The: four-iHasted schooner GARD uer CITY
IS on tine Mercnan tss :arydock -. =:
:. The agents. of tile; Fort Bragg Lumbar
Company>:in this city are anxfoIsly await
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ALONG SEA and SHORE.
The China Departs for the Orient
on Her Last Trip.
An Unusually High Tide Floods a Caisson on
the Seawall-A Magician and Party
in a Sad Predicament.

The Pacific Mail steamer China, Captain
:Seabury, left on her last trip to China and
Japan at.3 p. II. yesterday. The China flies
.s.the British Gag. and under existing scondi-
tions the cGmpahycaDnot draw a mail sub.
sidy her account The vessel will: be re-
placed by the Peru. now building at the
Union IRON Works, and in. the meantime d q
:effort will be made to have. an act of Con-
gress passed allo wing the China to. fly tie
American. flag. She carried yesterday 81
cabin aud 16e steerage passengers, Of whom
125 were: Chinese. Among the cabin pas
sengers were Mr.. Merrill (of Holbrook,
Merrill 81 Ststson). George S. Folsom, Mrs
L. w. Eberle and the Rev. Fl. LOOMS, q
well-knOwn missionary.
An amusing incident happened on the
Pacific Mail dock at the moment that the
China began 10 draw away from the wharf
A party Of four persons, consisting of a
middie-aged man ia r tourist sui. and with
an utterly bewildered aspect, woman of 80
wearing red jacket ana a blue gown, a
Httl6 woman somewhat younger, dressed in
black, and a seedliy nttired youth of 20 sud-
denly put in an appearance and caused it
TO be known that they were about to take
passage by the steamer. At the same time
two eXpress-wagonS came tearing up the
dock at a 40 pace. loaded with trunks and
what looked Xix the OUTFIT of a barn-storm-
ing company. IL beng entirely too late to
procure tickets or get the paraphernalia on
board the quartet We're faIn to accept the
situation and walt for the next steamer.
One Of the women spitefully remarked to
the other that there were reporters around,
and that no Information should be afforded
them. The. natural result was that the
rtorial1fauisjtiyeness was Immediately
aroused, and II. was ascertained that the:
party consisted OF magicl an: and his satel-
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ling news of. the launch of the big lumb Der.
raft distinction this port and which: has
already been fully described in THE CALL
The raft.fs product Of the new system of
steam logging ALREADY successfully practiced
!: in Maine and New York State. =. .
The Teveaue cruiser Bear left for the: arc
: tic yesterday afternoon. :; >
The wind at Point Lohos was blowing 26
miles an. hour from the southeast. at Point
Reyes rain had been falling all day. ..
The British ship Cape ST. Vincent, which
was here two years ago, has been seid. to a
Swedish firm at Hull, England. aud now
flies. the Swedish flag. -
The new lightship: recently flowed from
River. is repGrted. asa fine seawortliy craft,
having been severely tested in recent gale
The new steam launch for. the United
States Lighthouse Department., in this dis
trict, Is nearly completed and will = be
launched In a few DAYS. She Is Select long.
feet beam and-5 feet deeD and will run be-
tween this city and Goat Island, besides at.
tending TO the luggage in shallow waters
where the MadFono could not work
The shipnasters of the ships-now laid up
at Martinez and Benicia have Termed aclub
Of which. Captain Wilson of the Duchess of
Albany. is commodore. :Holmyara of.the
Reu:enburn vicescommolore;. and Bailey of
the Drunffocks secretary. TREY will hold a
regatta, cqnlpEising sailing and rowing
rHces. on Decoration. day, Monday. May. 80
Among the removals yesterday w,r !. the
barkentiner Monitor TO Mission No. y: ship
Wandrrer FROM Green street to .BeaIe: Ger
man steamer. R6mnlIs to Lolibard-street
wharf, and schooner Mary. Dodge TO Mission
No s. The ship Oriental and bark Richard
j Ill Will tow to sea to-day
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:. "A NEIW..APPRAIsER.
W. c. Ralston Takes ONCE w.. III: sDa wi,
to Succeed Andrew Hoiiywood.'

W. G. RaIston Takes ONCE Wv: III: Davis
TO Succeed Andrew Holly wood. ::
w. G: Ralston. the successor TO Charles
NJ. Leavy as Appraiser Tor the: local Cas-
tom;house, took his oath Of Office yesterG ay.
and was sworn In by Collector eff the Port
Phelps Mr.. RaIston.: Immediately pro-
eeeded TO the Appraiser office and relieved
Assistant Appraiser Tucker who for few.
weeks administered the affairs. of the de-
partment to the Satisfaction of every body.
Mfr. Tucker shook hands, grabbed "a: few
papers and modestly retired To- tie outer
Office; glad to he relieved OF so much Re.
spoitsihillty. and happy TO be at: his old
desk.opce more.
The new Appraiser says he will! devote
his entire Lime for the present to fam fliaflze
himself wth:the details of the office: His
advent does not indicate ihat:any eli Ranges
will be made In his experimentation III such.
a stepiis contemplated: il will have to he
inaugIirated by the Collector of The Port or
the authorities In w shingtoIi. " :"
Ii was, however,. known yesterday that
the vacancy caused by the removal Of An
drew HollywOod, an examiner of merchan.
disc in the Appraisers office. Will. to-day,
or Tomorrow, be filed by w. II. Davis. the
ex-census superintendent, who Is now the
secretary of the Republican Alliance.
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cHUReH-sTREET CLUB.
A. Determined. Effort to Ge, the ON nib
:: Cabie ON That Street

A. Determined' Effort to Ge, the .Omnib
:: Cable ON That street.. =
:: The Ghufch-stEeet Improvement Club:de.
voted. the greater portion of last nights
meeting 60 tho Consideration of a railroad
franchise: on: Church: street The over-
wheiming sentiment, not only Of the club
but Of the district represented: by tile. club,
IS for tile 0mpibus Gable Company and
against the Market-stree Company. The
following committee was appointed 10 can
yass the whole section. that will be, affected
by a. ratlrUad ON Church street and secure
signatures to. "a petition: in favor: of the
Omnibus company: Messrs. :-Cayanaugh,
Buttner;. THOMPSON, Shine, Brown. Ber-
field, -Ger0t, or COpnor. Young and Clark.
Armed with these petitions: the club will 60
before. the Board of Supervisors in support
of the petition now before that body.
Delegates were present from the Holly
Park Improvement Club who reported that
the latter Clubs; in; full sympathy with the
movement and will lend all possible aid
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costs 30 cents a ton. while: fireciay costs So
The clay used in:that pipe is not Spipeclay
at is not vitrified and IT. :is~nof: salt glazed
and never has. been: In the first place.: it
would not stand asitffi cientdegre of heat
ITO take saltglaze.::%IA order*to. apply the
glaze on freclay. Unjust be heated TO 5000
degrees. This clay c0lld not, Dedicated to IA
higher temperature: than 1900 degrees. Ifit
were made any hotter than. that it would
lose Its shape -
4. s5",Ehe saYing=by. the use. Of this pipe in
stead OF the best sitrifed. .salt-gfazed: sewer
pipe. called.for BY tie: Specifications, i 10
TO 10 per cent When you: add. the saving
by putting In: only. FIVE US Ina :4l2-ioot
block, where 80 Y's:sho1ld be. used, you run
]: ap the saving. or the stealing, 10 % per
.. Yes. andsto this must be added the steal.
Q nRs OF the skortage in the excavations, the
ieavlng outof the steps in the manholes and
the markings on the curbs. as well as the
ume saved "A covering up the pipe as: soon:
This is estimated as a. clear: saving Of 40
per cent when all added together. = -
= Ss,.kimp.4cheat. steal. gouge. grab.
- That is the rule. .
. Sc Digging down into. the. middle of. CLAY
9 street between Maple and Cherry the
sewerpipe was found to be laid at a 5ieJitif
OF eight. feet and ten Inches, or eight feet
Clear on top:of=the pipe. That was 10 feet
south OK Maple street. One hundred feet
. from merry street the pipe was struck at
. depth OF eight feet and ten inches. Tine
manhole measured nine feet and nine inc he,
In depth. This was the best showing for
the contractor. taken all around. that has
been discovered: all THE CALI S .inyesti:
cations There is only a few inches differ
-ence between the depth of the lower nor.
ton OF he.pipe. and the bottom of the man
hole: AS has been shown in former article
the depth oil the. manhole is generally 10
feet and to the bottom of the pipe Is from
six TO seven feet. This leaves from three
to four feet difference in the depth, although
the points measured may be only 80 or 10
feet from the manbolp. In other words
there Is bowling up toward the surface Of
the street at nearly every point midway be-
tween the manholes, That results in a
crooked sewer and a crooked sewer means
worthless one. as a rHle, according to the
statements OF engineers, that is, where the
crook is made on vertical and not on hori-
.zoutal lines. Any one can readily under
stand that where there Is great depression
In q sewerppe there will be collection OF
sewage and this always threatens to choke
up theepipe.
At 1856 Seventeenth street there Is large
new house now in the course Of construc-
ti0D. The owner wanted to connect his
house with the sewer. be looked for the
MARKS On the curbs, which are expressly
provided for In the specifications, but of
course he did not find them. Nobody ever
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MAYNARD METHODS.
System OF Payments That VIII Save


A system OF Payments That VIII Save
Time and Money.
The Secretary OF the Navy has rear
ranged the regulations pertaining to the
civil force at Davy-yards so as to save the
Government time and money, SAYS a WASH
ington special to the New York Times. Ii
is estimated that $50. eco will be saved to the
New York Navy-yard alone. and it is ali
due to the exercise of business common
sense.
Tie economical measure relates solely to
the methed of paying the mechanics and
slaborers employed ia Bavy-yards. and was
prepared by Assistant Secretary S6ley. who
in the formation. of the. app owed system
Instituted inquiries Of large mercant tile: in
sututions rs TO the means taken To- pay the:
force Of employees. Upon the answers re-
ce we'd was based a method which was nut
in practice as matter OF experiment at the
New York yard and found 10 work SO salts
factorily and without friction. even on the
first occasion. that the department. has
directed that the system be adopted and
carried out at all the yards.
Heretofore great deal of time has been
wasted in paying the men. and what with
the loss OF time. the confusion. aud the ex-
pense OF seeing that the men who should be
paid were paid all that was due them and
no more, the department has been in one
way and another put 10 enormous expense
Under the new order ii Is provided that
the employees shall be paid semi-montbly,
and that the payments shall be made out
side OF working hours, so as not to inter-
fere with the prosecution of labor Instead
OF having the payments to each man wit
messed by two parties, as heretofore nav
tickets have now been provided In each
case, different depaI tments Of labor being
represented by different colors The tick.
cts are distributed the iay before
payday, and bear on their face the time
made, rate of pay. and amount due and
when the ticket Is signed and surrendered
to the pay-officer. it becomes an absolute
receipt for the money paid. This is AN adj
vantage over the old-time- system which
furnished the Government no such receipt,
for it was found that the attachment of sig
natures OF al employees to payrDis would.
necessltate The In tel linable band ling .of:
papers. and consequent loss of time TO the
exaspcrhtien of every BODY The pay.tlckets,
get arennd slis difficulty. The Secretary
makes. q: cof1mandant personally esp0irsi-:
bic for the order in which the civil DEPART:
ments Of his ard are to be paid, and In this
and other respects reduces the PAYMENT Of
tue men To- a complete working SYSTEM
When. payd1y cAnics around the qtar,eTmarf
or foremari forms hrs men in =the order of
their names dn: the. rolls; conducts them to
The pay-Dffce and iden titles each man as he
answers to: his name. A commissioned. or
warrant officer must be. detifled by the
-cofnn!andaut 10 witness payments. or
course. men who Mre discharged, or .wlie
have Urgent ana unusual need: for their
money! may be paid outside OF the regular.
time. 80 g.. =! -
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:: Personal NOTES.


:: H.. E. Boggs, "a. Napavineyatdist. is at the
California. =: -.
: George E. Guerne. tie Santa: Rosa lumber
dealer, Is atthe Grarid.:
Charles Jaeoby, a wholesale: merchant OF
Los Anseles,Eis in the city:
w: J:ssCar,is, Ian attorney-at-la law of San
Bernardino.: lis at the. Lick. -. ::
: S.: W. FerGuson.. Worlds Fair Commits
sioner from the Seventh District, is al the
Palaces: = !.
:: Lieutenant e.: NJ. Foote. U IS. A.. WHO is
connected withsthe survey: of the intercon-
tinentatrailway tn Central America. is at
the Continental.
II, Gallagher, a prominent mining man,
arrived. in the city from San Diego yester-
C9ur dsAlene mines, via Portland.
General j. a. Williamson, Commissioner
OF the United STATES Land; Office under
President Garfield, and afterward president
of the; Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, is at
the Palace
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-
DE 0UNGS" ELEVATOR.
An Ex-sporting Ed,ran. OF the !. CHI oiin,
Gle" Sues. for Damaces.:.: :

An Ex- Sporting Editor Of the Oh roili- :
Gle" Sues: for Damages.:: -
Leslie McLafen. "a: native ard. cit{1en:::;of
Australia, yesterday Brought suit In the
United States Circuit Court against Michael
Ii. de Young, proprietor of: the chronicle,
for 100000 damages and Sl5o9 doctor fees
McLaren in his. complaint sets forth tHat
on March 6:1S92, he was bodilr:Injared In
an elevator run by an INCOMPETENT. en-
pioye of De Young. Both his Knees were
wrenched and he suffered by ::having<:his
body aud limbs broken In several places,
which viii incapacitate. him for lfe:ffom
following any pursuit :hy. which he can:ealn
competency. 90 >: 80 .::.r =: ..
McLaren was at the time the: accident
happened sporting editor and inthe en-
ploY OF De Young. He was stepping into
the:elevator. upon the Invitation of the ele-
vator-boy, when the cage was en- the level
with the eighth floor of the! Chronicle bui!d-
Ing: where sMcLareh's; office was. situated.
Ihe attendant STATED the elevator wijeri:
McLaren had only partly entered and The
latter was thrown with great vi0leuce enpon.
the flags Of The corridor, while his legs
were crushed in the elevator shaft ..
E The accident was entirely due. to the in
competency or negligence of the boy EN-
ployed to run the complicated machinery.
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INSPECTORS WHO INSPECT.
0
That Is What Is Needed for Oar
StreetWOrk.
MORE nIGGIxG BY 1.-THE GALL
1t Shows Shallow Excavations and Poor
e Work Ill Around. !. s:
Expert Testimony as to The Quality of the Pipe
IS That Is Used for the Sewers ...:.
- of This City,: ..::-::- -:


? 9'..The sewer has been completed in agood
and workmanIike manner and strictly In ac-.
cordance with the specifications contained
In ana annexed to ths contract under which
the same has been constructed"
. That's hat each street inspector swears
with reference to the sewer work which he
has Inspected. ~
And yet where is the pipe-sewer in this
city that has been laid strictly in accordance
with the specifications? =:
There is fraud all around and the property
owners are swindled at every turn. ::
Is 1t not time that this sort Of thing should.
csasef !:
Let us have inspectors who inspect. :.
THE CALL has continued its work Of un-
covering the sewers, by permission or the
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;. Mayor and Supervisors and has in: no single
case made the discovery of piece OF: sewer:
pipe that Is laid in accordance with the es-
tabished rules or with the specifications of
the Street Department -:
8 Everywhere the work has been skimpe d,
. poor material used and scant excavations
made.
: % On Franklin street, between Sacramento
. and California, the sewer was found TO be
s. OF the required diameter. Ii inches, but it
w as by no means of sufficient depth. The.
manhole is feet inches in depth. shorts
age of nine inches being found there. which,
is rare discovery in maniioies. as they arc.
&: generally found to be of the required DEPTH.
even il the sewer is not deep enough in
Q other places. The reason for this way OF
i. working is obvious. 1t is always easy to
measure manhole, and man from the
Mayors uflice may stick 10-foot pole in il
before the street is accepted. 1t Is, there
:. fore. always found advisable TO have the
@maDhole deep enough. even if the sewer is
). not OF decent depth elsewhere.
Digging down through the earth and sand
the sewer-pipe was struck at a depth of
seven feet. This was 100 feet from the man
e hole, measuring toward Sacramento street.
Q Measuring toward California the sewer was
:. struck at depth of seven feet and 10
inches. In all the excavations no Us or side
sewer connections were found. The specfi-
cations called for steps in the manhole
There are none there. La order to get into
:the manhole it was necessary TO go out and
: Borrow a ladder. A sewer properly con-
strueted can be looked through from man.
sh0le to manh0le. just as one looks through
"a gun-barrel. 1t would be impossible TO
J." look through the Franklin-street sewer, as
it would also be impossible to look through
any other sewer that has been inspected by
THE CALLS woTkmen.
. They are all crooked.
= 5 So is the street inspection.
g "A sewer was found by THE CALL re-
: porter in course of construction and an OPP
poTtuuity was given to observe the work as
it progressed. This was on Noe street be-
tween Nineteenth and Twentieth
= The sewer was being laid in shallow
trench. and was being covered up as fast as
1T was being put down. In the whole string
OF pipe laid out Tor sticking into the earth
only two Us were seen. The reporter
hunted around the place and found five Y's
placed out OF sight from the street They
1" lay up on bank by a tool-chest. 1t is not
at ali. likely that they will ever be used in
= that sewer.
''Why should we put In VS." ask con-
tractors. when out on the Mission road the
G Supervisors accepted 400 feet of sewer-pipe
Q work ~ which there was not single Y 2"
On Clara avenue, from Corbett road TO
Of earth on top Of the sewer. though the
street Is on the proper grade. This is what
"a workman says, and he helped to dig the
. trench. The Y's are all In.
Hole specimens Of pipe were examined
yesterday. The were from the Twenty
6rst-street sewer
e This pipe" said the expert, SIS made of
the cbeapest kind of rel clay. There is only
a lrinkltng of freelay in it. The red clay
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did find such marks. because they would
show that there were US ia the sewer. and
San Francisco sewers do not need Us. ac-
cording to the notions OF the contractors. al.
though there Is an order on the Supervisors
books providing for them In every 12k feet
of sewer pipe. When he could not find the
marks he swore. He ordered the sewer un-
covered in order to find the \, SO that he
might connect. His man put in whole
day hunting for that Y Then he swore
was no to be found. His man took
culdchisel and piekax and made the con,
nection. or course the pipe was cracked
and Of course the sewer VIII leak. put
what of that? The contractor mas ms
money.
How about that 16-iuch sewer in the
Corbett road?" asked reporter OF Street
Superintendenrs deputy at the new City
Hail.: i;
There: is mo; 16:inch sewer. :in: gprbett
:rcad:=.It is rs. Inches; In: diane teri in the
s: 1f.seg:'yunr PARDON tits not, - -:
:, :s,AYly. dfcQufse.it. is. : I.0ek here. :: Here
II thecQntract;> and here is;the :eeIxifcate:of
5 Every wel, :but: the sewer. is: only I6:
*inches:in diameter in; the clear ::
!: =. How. do YOU knnw'?" = =. :
Because We have measured it.ns -.
: hat makes no: difference. Here Is tire
certiicate;of the INSPECTOR It's all right"
!. Gong to sewers pipe manufacturer the
Reporter found that the differences: in cost.
between.a 16inch pipe. of the bestqnality;
aud one measuring is INCHES was p. cents a
foot. !. He was shown. price list which
corrnborated the statement. =:
DE contractors often lay pipe that meas.
ures 2 inches less than thespeci6catIons call
for ?''*ask ed the reporter of the pipeman.
- Yes, indeed; They are up to ali such
TRICKS as that. When we sell them pipe we
don't know where they are going TO lay 1T.
so we can tell nothing about the correctness
of the measurement as adapted to the coh-:
tract: We would like to stop this kind of.
fraud, as it taxes money OUT our pockets
We would also like to have them buy the
kind of pipe that the specifications cali for.
they rarely do. There would be some
money in the pipe business if they bought
the best and there would not be so many
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THOMPSON DEFENDED:
James ID. Phelan Stands Up for the s,
retary of tho Commiasinu :.

James Dc Fhelan Stnnds Up for the Sec
:. Rotary of the Communications.
: James ID. PheIan. Vice-Presideut of the
California Worlds Fair Commission. has
made the following written statement relat-:
ing to the dissensons in the cemlnissIon:
In Ienly TO comments made, there has heen no
question In lie commission refiecfnp on fhe;
integrity OF Captain Thompson. The minutes
were not: altered and lie did not assume any
powers pot granted TO him by the resolutions Of
the board.
The only friction IN the commission was caused
by dispute concerning salary which was am,ic-,
ably settled, and Captain. Thompson was 'tinani
mousiy chosen SECRETARY and manager :
Secretary Thompson went to Sacramento:
yesterday for the double purpose OF. ha Wing
an Interview with the Governor and az en-.
deavoring to. induce the Worlds Fair assn.
Citations ;of Sacramento and Placer. CONN
ties to reconsider their action in refusing to
take part in tho dress rehearsal at the Ne.
cbanics' Pavilion.
Secretary THOMPSON feels; that he has
been badly treated-by some of: the Comnls-
sloners. :bnt beyond'a generandeniaI of the
charges made. against him in the commits
sion he seemed nndesirous of snaking anv
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ".S