The morning call., 1893-10-08
BERKELEY.

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room, the burden of whose support the
City Trustees refused to assume month
or so ago, is proving a success as private
enterprise. During the month just ended
the attendance at the reading-room has
aggregated 2200, an increase over last
month OF % per cent. During the same
time the circulation increased over IA pei
cent and 265 families now draw books, the
increase in the number Of books being
constant and steady. There are now 100C
volumes on the shelves. All the magazines.
monthlies and illustrated papers are found
on the table, and it has just been decided
to issue magazines at least month old to
the sustaining members of the Library
Association without extra charge. During
the coming month special effort Will be
to secure donations of books.
They Burned tho Jail.
Some time since the Board of Trustees
gave permission to the West Berkeley Fire
Department to use the jail on Fifth street
as the headquarters Of the companies.
Deputy Constable Connie Newell was
thus deprived of place in which to house
lis prisoners. If he captured only one he
could take him up to the Town Hall, Two
miles away. and cage him there. but II ne
one he would have had to tie him to
post while he caught the other.
During the first part OF the week lot
of old iron was hauled to the Corporation
Yards at the Town Hall, it being labeled
as the furniture of the Jail, but last even
ing Constable Newell stated it was all that
was left of the jail What had become OF
the wooden part he did not know, but
understood it had been torn to pieces and
burned-presumablv as something upon
which the fire laddies might practice and
from which they might derive some enter
tainment. AT The meeting OF the trustees
to-m Orrow evening Constable Newell Will
bring the matter before the board. ask Tor
an explanation and demand to be Supplled
with caiaboose of some sort
Warrants Not Discounted.
The Commercial Bank at present refuses
to discount the warrants issued to the
schoolteachers for the months OF July and
August. The attorney for the bank pro
nounces the warrants regular and legal
but the bank directors Rave not yet de-
cded to discount them. Warrants for Sep
tember are discountable, however, and no
doubt the others Will be as soon as the
directors consider the matter. AS the town
Is at present without school moneys and
will be for two months yet, the only way
the teachers can realize upon the warrants
for their salaries is by having them dis
counted.
Cutting the Ridge Down.
J. j. Dunn, tho street contractor, on Fri
day put large force of men to work on
one of the highest ridges of the hills back
of town. ALI sorts of rumors as TO his in
tent were rife, but yesterday 1t was
learned that Mr.. Dunn was merely getting
rock for the cutters along Shattuck ave-
nue., which he now has a contract to i'm
prove. A fine ledge of rock cropping out
out on the very summit OF the hill was
found and of this Mr.. Dunn is availing
himself.
The Le Conte Bust.
The bronze bust of the deceased ply
sicist, Professor John lie Conte. is now in
position in the university library. 1t is the
work of De Rome & Whyte of San Fran
cisco and has been very much admired for
its excellent likeness.
Notes.
George Stricken has been added to the
Tax Collectors force. Owing 10 the COM
plications arising from the attempted re-
Incorporation of the town that official Is
somewhat behind in preparing the tax
bills.
Mrs. j. f. Boyd has organized society
of North Berkeley young people for the
purpose of preventing cruelty to animals.
the society at present numbers ten men,
berS.
The three classes of the High School
have finally decided to adopt the design of
the class pin of the present middlers as the
High School pin.
The entertainment given in Slsterna Hall
Friday evening by the ladies of the West
Berkeley Presbyterian Church for the
benefit of the church Detted SS1 so.