The morning call., 1893-10-08
OVER IN OAKLAND.
Davie Objects to Paying
a License.
THE e. H. MILLER ESTATE.
Road Between Alameda and Contra
Costa Counties Being Consid-
cred - A Will Found.

Davie Of the opposition ferry intends to
fight against paying the license exacted
from him by the city for the Harrison
street wharf. Yesterday be said:
Harrison and Alice streets have been
open for thirty years, but just as soon as l
propose to make use of them they are al
lowed to be closed UP, and then the city
demands license of me of S25 rer quarter,
but will not give me access tn my wharf.
Yes, sir, will contest the matter"
Mr.. Davie will appear before Judge
Allen tomorrow with his counsel, Ben
Morgan. and says he is prepared to fight
the case to the bitter end.
He is also very much worked up over the
arrest of his Jerry solicitors. and asks why
the conductors on the Telegraph-avenue
and other Southern Pacific streetcar lines
are not arrested. Mr.. Davie says these
conductors openly and continuously
creek boats.
Critical Gunshot Wound.
A boy IA years of age living at Fruit
vale and named Willie Williams was out
hunting yesterday, and on the Talcott
dragging his shotgun after him one barrel
was discharged by the lock catching on a
board. The entire charge entered the
boys left side just above the hip bone,
taking some of the bone with it. 1t made
a frightful-lo0king wound as large as ones
hand, and it was thought that death was
certain.
At6:3O o'clock he was brought to Wool
sey's Hospital, where he was attended by
DR., Dunn, who examined the wound and
found that, strange to say, none of the shot
had entered the abdomen. The charge
had been DETECTED by striking the hip bone
and the tissues inclOslng the iutestines,
and the full charge plowed its way around
toward the back bone. where the doctor
small pieces of bone, and the boy will re-
cover. Ii was an almost mira culous escape
from death.
A VIII Found.
At the death of Mrs. Encarnacion q. de
Ayala, rich Temescal woman, in January.
1892, no will was found. and it was not
known exactly what was TO become of her
estate.
Deceased was from the old Gnlindo
family and was 70 years of age at
death. She had been the wife of Vicente
Peralta of another old Spanish family be-
fore marrying the man whose name she
bore at death, Manuel NJ. Ayala.
The will was found few days ago and
was filed yesterday. 1t is dated July 3,
1883, and was witnessed by j. E. Nc
Elrath. John Sharp and Francisco
Gaindo.
In the will she gives her property to her
husband. excepting to her brothers. Fran
cisco, Antonio and Augustine and her
sister, Josepha Galindo, she gives So each.
She gives like sum cash each to Patrick
Peralts, Mercedes de Valdez, MabelIa
White Kirkaldi. Teresa Reirat de Men,
the adopted children of her former hus-
band and herself.
Her husband is made executor Of her
estate.
Hole Through the Hills.
At recent meeting of the Board of Su-
pervisors of Contra Costa County the fol-
lowing gentlemen were appointed as COM
missioners to meet like commission from
Alameda County: Messrs. A. Hemme, j.
NJ. Stow and William Cavern.
The object of this commission will be to
look into the matter of finishing the road
laid out years ago between the two coun-
ties. The projected road was commenced
years ago and much work was done on Ii,
hut it was abandoned as too expensive at
that time.
The idea originally was 10 go out on
Broadway and cross Temescal Creek Can
yon on a high bridge. The Contra Costa
people now think that the correct road
would be out Claremont avenue and then
through tunnel bored through the hills.
This would save four miles over the pres
ent mode of climbing over the steep sum-
nit. The tunnel will save about 400 feet
of elevation. The cost is estimated at
S25.000 and this amount could be divided
between the two counties. Contra Costa is
very much in earnest about the matter.
Was Something Wrong.
\
some of the Harrison-street school con-
tractors that the cement put into the foun-
dation of that building was not all that it
should be, but the argument is that as IL
stands the foundation is sufficiently
strong for all purposes to which 1t may be
put in future.
The contractors are tired of delay, and
are very anxious that some conclusion
should be arrived at in the matter so that
the work NAV proceed.
Professors Rising, Hilgard and O'Neill,
as experts, have already pronounced
against the cement, but Director Girard
said that If Professor Frank Soule would
make tests of the concrete and pronounce
il sufficiently strong 10 support the build
ing he would be IN favor of letting the
work proceed, provided the contractors
would pay the city enough to offset their
failure TO put in the amount of cement
called for in the contract
A Dollar a Share.
Among the effects of the late E. III. Miller
Jr. was a share of Southern Pacific stock,
which the appraisers of the estate, Messrs
William Il. Cook, John Z. Jackson and
w. j. Dlngee, put in as being valued at 81.
Ii this had been all that Mr.. Miller left
in this world he never could have arisen tC
the dignity of being director in one OF
the wealthiest corporations on earth.
Among other things Mr.. Miller left prop.
erty valued in all at $37S. 467 &C.
The money in the hands Of the executrix,
Mary h. HoltoD, AMOUNTS to S55,654 13
The Alameda real estate is considered
worth $165. l23 49, and other property in
Oak land, Berkeley, Sacramento, San Ma.
teo, San Francisco, Siskiyou. Tehama, Co.
lusa. Glenn. Fresno, Yolo. Santa Barbara
and Mendocino counties brings the total uI
to S250.000. There is also stock in the
Central Pacific and in commercial, bank.
ing and mining companies without end
and finally that one snare Of Southern Pa
clhc stock.
This Week t the Macdonough.
Tomorrow and Tuesday evenings the
beautiful Irish play of Killarney" will
be produced at the Macdonough by Mis-:
Katie Emmett and very strong support
ing company. The play has just had {
most successful run at the Calitorni;