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The morning call., 1893-01-01
New INCORPORATION.

The Pacific Gas Comprising Company
has Incorporated for the purpose OF manu-
featuring all kinds OF gases made from
chemicals or any substance used for aerat-
ing liquids of all kinds and for dental, medi-
cal and other PURPOSES. Directors-W. T.
Redington, San Francisco; G. w. Fletcher,
Berkeley; +. w. Marvin. San Francisco; l..
]. Cowgirl. S IN Francisco, and Il. j. Galley,
Oakland.
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Lifting the Hat.

The custom of lifting the hat had its
origin during the age OF chivalry, when 1t
customary for knights never to appear in
public except in full armor. =:
1t became custom, however. for a knight
upon entering ain assembly of friends to re-
move his helmet, signifying: al am safe in
the presence of friends.n:...
The age of chiyalry passed away with the.
fifteenth century, but ameng the many acts
OF courtesy which can be traced back to its
Influence none is. more: direct in its origin
than that of lifting the hat to acknowl ledge
the presence of friend.
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Why Astor's Check Was Not Cashed.

A well.known broker presented one Of
John Jacob AstOr's checks at downtown
bank the other day and was surprised be-:
'yond measure when the paying teller re-
fused to cash it. Iemarking with "a signii-
cant smile: THAT mans check is no good
here. He gives us more trouble than all
our Other. depositors puttogether. We WON'T
'Whatg exclaimed the broker, ''won's
cash that check? Why. man alive, dye
know who Mr.. Astor isp Great"
check isn't signed. We get 'em that way
every day. They are the most troublesome
OF all our depos-" But the broker had fed.
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fiydrants should
never be-
more than 200
feet apart.

60 two or three squares away for the hy-
drant. Then the long hose gets tangled
and twisted and it Is quite likely to burst
And there is too much friction In long
hose and friction prevents the rapid move
ment of water through the hose.
There's no use in talking, you can't do
effective work at fire with long lead:
There ought to be a hydrant or every cor
ner all through that Western Addition.
Indeed, If every fireman carried hydrant
on his back there would be plenty of use for
them all.
''lt would pay the residents of that Sec
ton 10 get proper facilities for the firemen.
Protection against fire is the first thing that
any city or any part ct city should see to
first
I'VE ought TO profit by the sad experience
OF other cities. but we don't seem to pay
much attention to such things.
* tell you it's matter of pure luck that
that whole Western Addition country, with
all its fine frame houses. has not gone up in
smoke long ago. We ought to think Of
these things. and remember that our luck
isn't going to hang by us forever. What's
the use Of having fire department, any,
WY. il you don't give IL proper facilities ?"
Dennis Sullivan. assistant Chief Engineer
Of the Fire Department, was as emphatic as
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"There is no hydrant in the vicinity that
would avail us anything in case OF fire. aud
we can only pray and hope there will be no
fire.
Doubtless Mr.. Meade. only few blocks
distant at jackson and Lyon streets, hoped
and prayed there would be no fire. for he
must have known how unprotected his
home was But the fire die eome-as come
it sometimes will in spite OF all hopes aud
prayers-and now only the stone anf brick
foundation OF Mr. Meade's once handsome
residence remains. The nearest hydrant
was about 400 feet distant.
Vallejo street. between Buchanan and
Webster. is another good locality for the
fire fiend to ravage In, unframed by any
stream Of waterfall might be secured from
the nearest hydrant.
Both sides Of Vallejo street in this block
are built up with fine and costly residences,
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CAPTAIN WEBB-S.;W. W.. City. Cap
tain Matthew Webb, the English swimmer,
who was drowned imam attempt to swim
through the whirlpool Of the Niagara River
on July o.. 1888. was. the same person who
swan across the English Channel ON August
"a. 1875. He accomplished the latter feat IN
q hours. 20 The distance was % miles.
(9 CAPTAIN Webb was born in 1S4S: was at
one time captain of An English merchant
vessel and received one os the first medals
given by the Royal Life-saving Society for
rescuing sailor from drowning. He was a
man of splendid physique, his chest meas
urement being 40 inches. e. -:
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must burn to the ground, for it cannot pos
sibly be played upon to advantage from The
nearest hydrants.
This is too bad. isn't 1t?
But suppose the house where the flames
originate is not isolated.
Then what?
Suppose it Is in the center Of a row Of
frame houses. And you don't have TO ex-
ereise the Imagination bit to find just such
places.
Most of the buildings in the residence dis
trict Of the Western Addition are of wood.
Should big fire gain Roadway there with
q favorable wind millions Of dollars worth
of property would be destroyed and many
lives endangered
Here are many costly homes. the furnish
iBgs Of which alone are worth thousands of
dollars.
In case of fire they must burn TO the,
ground In some instances the nearest
hydrant Is three blocks away. In many
eases it is two blocks distant, and then
often at or near ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.
end of what the fire.: =:
men call q dead main.: MIGRANTS are
In the latter case the.
bydrant is of little OF: -:
no service TO the fire.: when two ::
men. even th Ough it:
were but a square: squares away.
away. But when two: ::
squares away, as IL
was in the case of the Meade FIRE few
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Don't place the
hydrants at
the end
Of the dead mains.


Yes. II would cost good deal of money to
put in all the hydrants needed, but, as Cap
tain White points out, they would save the
greater part Of their cost In the decreased
wear and tear on the hose.
In the Western Addition the blocks are
rs feet one way and 4l2:6 feet In length the
other.
Take, for instance, that part OF the West
EN- Addition bounded by Laurel street on
the west, by Walnut on the east, and by Cal
nOrnia and Washington streets on the south
and north respectively.
In these six squares there are two n.y.
drants.
Take that fine row of new residences
on the east side Of Laurel street, between
Clay and Sacramento. The nearest hose is
ut Laurel and Washington streets, a dis
lance of about 500 feet from these houses
and ut the foot of very steep grade.
III fire should once gain any kind OF
Roadway in this block the department
would be without adequate means to fight
the flames and the whole row must go up
in smoke There seems to be no help for it
at present
DIR. ]. Ii. johnson, the dentist on Mont
gomery street, resides in one of these. new
houses on Laurel street. He told The CALL
man Yesterday that his neighbOrs had often
apitated the matter of getting two or three
new hyirants Ia their neighborhood.
I'VE realize the peril we are In from nre,
but what can we do? Those four houses,
including their furniture. are propaDly
worth $4,000 or so. They are almost brand
new and have all the modern conveniences
and are really comfortable homes.
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some Of those on the
north side IF the street
being quite palatial in
size and construction.
Well, the nearest
hydrant, at Webster
and Union streets. is
fully. 600 feet away
probably more than
thaf-nnd at. the fnnf
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Being himself resident of the Western
Addition MIR. Duval could speak freely and
knowingly on its greet need of hydrants.
.'And I'd not only pay the increased taxes,
but would be satisfied not to ask for a re-
.duction in the rate of my insurance, which
1 would be entitled TO by virtue of the adj
acknowledgement.
"Why? Because when / hear the fire.
bells ringing and see the engines running |
want water where it can be got at in an in
slant
what does the Insurance amount 10 on a
mans home. Money can't replace the
thousand and one little nkets ana Things
he's picked up in a lifetime. They have
no money value. We love them because of
their associations.
Few men would care to have their homes
burned thoughthey were insured for double
their money value
But it's not ouly the danger of burning
few individual homes that makes the need
for more hydrantS imperative in the Western
Addition.
"What are the fire companies going to do
out there II big N-shaped conhagration
breaks ont some day when there is strong
west wind blowing in?
Sand it isn't the Western Addition homes
alone that would suffer in case of such a
disaster. Why. all the bushes part of the
city north OF Market street would be in
danger, for there are not enough hydrants
in the Western Addition to keep big fire
from spreading.
beyond any doubt there should be a
hydraBt at every street intersection. Prac-
teal experiments have proven conclusively
..........-.------.....-.-. that it won't do to
- stretch a hose more
'"o1'0 than geo feet.
!: hydrant at ''How many locali-
ties are there in the
every =: w estern Addition
,u...;o -, where fire could not
ee' i"'ei Se@''o" be reached by hose
'..........-....-.--.'..,- stretched less than
from 600 to 1000 feet? There are good
many such places you'll find If you look
the matter ap.
''And these places are just the localities.
very often, where the hands0mest and most
costly residences are situated.
II have. been in Milwaukee recently, and
have seen how the big fire there started.
1t began in brick building. with the wind
behind it. Then il crossed over to the
other side OF the street and took hold OF
another brick structure.
'In the first place. there we're not enough
hydrants 10 enable the firemen TO keep the
flames from spreading. When such a fire
once gains headwsy nothing that man can
do can stop its work 1t just burns itself
ou;-burns clear 10 the waters edge. or till
there is nothing more to barn.
'tNould additional bydfants reduce the
rate of insurance in the Western Addition ?''
asked The CALL man,
cit would be bound TO. That is like CIV
ing Qunine to man with the fever; it
would reduce the fever. So will added APP
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A stanch teetotaler and an enthusiastic
fisherman had good stretch of the Dee to
fish iii. and engaged the services of ain ex-.
perienced bOatman.
:. But night after night he came back with
empty creel, and at length departed in dis
gust. -
When he was gone the ooatman was APP
preached and asked how 1T was that fairly
expert fisherman had such a run of ill-luck.
"A weel." said the man, he had no
whuskie, and l took him where there was
nae fusb."
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planes for the extinguish of fires
reduce insurance rates. But it isn't the
people who are insured and who need these
hydrants most Ia measure they are Sc
cured.
at is the man who carries his own iDsur-
ance who needs them most and who would
be most benefited by them.
'"fhe insurance companies can scatter
their risks and take small lines and in other
ways manage 10 keep their heads above
water. but the fellow who carries no insur--
auce on his property is cleaned out entirely
when the Fire Department. fails him.
"And the department must fail when there
is a lack of hydrants. It's matter in which
there is no room for guesswork. Expert
ence has been the teacber. San Francisco
should profit by that experience"
Captain Russell White of the UDder-
writer's Fire Patrol said it was essential to
have short lines of hose In order To do
effective work at a fire.
"If there were a hydrant every twenty
feet all over the city insurance rates would
be lower and everybody's property much
safer" said he.
eff there is one districtin the city suffer-:
ing more for hydrants than another, Ii is
certainly out there In the Western Add
ton where there are SO many costly resi-
dences and such great number Of frame
buildings.
''In dozen or moro places cut there the
hydraDts are two and three squares apart.
Do you know what this means? II means
that In case of fire in these districts it Will
be almost useless to attempt to get stream
that can be usedto advantage from these
hydrants.
ga lead that Is more than 200 feet from
the bydrant TO tile fire isn't WORTH much,
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uo Ut ffI HUt Iffthr ~ UTE
I'm more ways than
one does the absence
of hydrants prevent
the promptextingaish-
ment of a fire. La the
first place it takes
longer for the hose
com pany to get TO-
work IL thew have To
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THIS
WEEK..
Commencing Tuesday, Jan. 8, !.
+ ANNUAL
Winter Clearance SALE.
FANCY GOODS.
loc a Box. ::
|. WRITING PAPER, specially branded Hales Call.
fornia Stores, box contains "a sheets OF paper.
with envelopes to match. everywhere price 25c:
per box. :: =: -:
Ioc Each. :.
STAMPED DENIM SQUARES. pretty designs, re-
f. duced from 16c each. =. :. ::
s"f21&c a Pair.
LADIES' BELT HOSE SUPPORTERS, made OF
Farmers Satin, good quality. value Zoe a pair:
i5c a Yard.
IRIDEsCENT BEAD TRIMMING,s4 and l. inch
wide neal patterns reduced from 2ac and s5c :
ayard. =; i. ::
XSC EdCns
/. STAMPED SQUARES. neat designs stamping lone
on fancy Bedford Cord. Canvas Cloth, Canton
F}auneisnd Corded Denfms. Reduced from $780,,
Acc and SOC each. ::
- csc Yard. IT,,
RUSSIAN BAN TRIMMING. "a; OF an inch wide, .
beautiful colorings; was 45c yard Better
:. grade; IA inches wide, redaoed from 81 to soc
n yard
25c Yard. =:
FANCY. JET TRIMMINGS, .l1a TO q inches wide
36c to Csc yard
25c' a Yard.
FANCY SILK. GIMP TRIMMING. popular. colors;
was So cent a yard. Better grade. inches
. WIDE reduced from S5e to 5Oca yard.
.25c Yard.
PEACOCK FEATHER TRIMMING, plain and
fancy cdlors was 45c yard i.
SOC a ~ ard. =
FEATHER TRIMMING: a inches wide. popular
coors, reduced from 80c yard -. :.
II: ST LOO a Yard:
FANCY PEACOCK FEATHER, TRIMMINGS, s.
Inches WIDE reduced from 81 20 and 81 50 a
1925 a Yard. ~
FANCY CURLED CoQuE FEATHER TRIMMING.
s inches wide. was So a. yard: =: Better grade re-
duced from 81 so yard to ga yard: -:
The Largest retail Dry Goods Firm
The Largest retail DRY Goods Firm.
on the Pacific Coast !. !.

Francisco is that recently there has been a
whole some competition in freights, which
Is likely to be maintained. -
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any one in declaring that many more ny
drants were needed in the Western Add
ton.
practical tests with these long leads
have shown that they cannot be used TO
any advantage at fire." said he.
when hose is stretched 1000 feet from
the engine which is pumping The water
from the hydrant and stationed right at the
hydrant this is the result.
with pressure of 40 pounds at the en-
CINE there is only a pressure of six pounds
at the end of a hose that length.
1T will throw stream fifty-four feet
horizontal and fifteen feet perpendicular.
Now, the veriest tyr0 knows what a
ffteen-f0ot stream with six-pound pres
sure amounts to at a fire. 1t is only de-
gree better than useless, and very small
degree at that.
Eyes, it is fact that In many places In
the Western Addition The hydrants are SO
far apart as to nefesSitate the stretching of
just such long leads.
Now. the hvdrants ought never to be
more than 200 feet apart-say from $50 to
200 feet. Then you can get good pressure
on the lead and get the maximum results
from each hydrant
To-day there are just about 1900 hydrants
In this city. There ought to be not less
than 1000. We've been lucky so far, and
haven't had any of these great big fires
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Some day one OF them
Will COIn6 alOHg anu
What the head then the city will
realize what a great
Oh the mistake it is to keep
I;,s p.,.r.r.,. an 1892 Fire Depart
ment Oh an 1873 ap-
saws. : preparation. :.
That's just our
.'''''''''''''''''' '''''case at present, We
haven't the necessary money. That's the
reason we have not put in the hydrants at
Baker and Washington aud at Baker and
jackson streets, which the SUPERVISORS
ordered right after the big Meade fire az
Lyon and Jackson streets.
I'VE make the hydrants at the corpora
ton yards at cost of $50 30 for each. Then.
we pay the Spring Valley Water Company
S45 apiece for setting them. Now we
haven't the money to build and set these
hydrants with. that's just the fact of the
matter, aud it's a great shame.
"The trouble is that the Fire Department
Is being run on an annual appropriation
that was fixed In 1878 when we had but
twenty-one companies. Now we have thirty
seven companies. That's the difference
The department needs hydrants more
than anything, unless 1t is men. The West
ern Addition needs hydrants more than
any other section of the city at present, and
the city could not spend a dollar more
proftably than by providing them"
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ton, or if an immense amount of property
In thatquarter of the city should suddenly
be destroyed by fire. then everybody would
agree thatmOre bydraats were needed there.
"But in the absence of any such demon
strative proof / suppose the penny-wise and
pound-foolish economy will prevail.
''0f course. the city lacks funds. / I'M
derstand that. and at presentit is matter
requiring a very nice discrimination to
know just where 10 put the new hydrants
that can be afforded.
This is all wrong. The placing Of new
hydrants should require no diplomacy, but
only the knowledge as to where they are
needed. And wherever one Is needed there
one should be placed forthwith.
1t is one OF the popular faliacies that the
insurance companies are benefited most by
the adoption of more fre-extinguishing
appliances.
Suppose there should be a tremendous
CONGREGATION out in the Western Addition.
the Insurance companies would suffer only
about 80 per cent of the total loss. In this
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Had No Whisky and Got No Fish,.

To pass the winter season comfortably avoid
COLDS by using Dir. Buil's Cough syrup -:
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vessel and received one os the first medals
given by the Royal Life-saving Society for
rescuing a sailor from drowning. He was a
man of splendid physique, his chest meas
urement being 43 inches. " -
OFFICES. CONTROL LED-Su bserlber, City.
ThepatrGnage list of the Board of Super
visors. includes, among other Offices. the
following Superintendent OF the House
Of Correction and his assistant, guards at
the same institution :: chief jaIiitor, and
janiteTs at the lew City Hall clerk aud as
sistant: clerks Board of Supervisors; mes
sepger Board of Supervisors clerks, Prose-
Attorney for the three Police Courts; clerk,
in Justices Court and his assistants. .
:. THE CATEGORY OF HOMICIDE = Al. g.,
City. There have been several murders in
San francisco during the last two years,
but-no conyictions have been obtained with:
out appeal. 81 There has been mo execu-
tion for murder in San Francisco for several
years. The last was Tarm Poi. a. Chinese,
The last. white man who was hanged for
murder was Alec Goldstein. about four
years ago. 19 California las produced
more gold than Victoria, Australia.
AMERICAN TRANs-ATLANTtC LINERS
G. IL. r., City. The City of Paris and City
of New York, formerly Of the Iuman line.
now fly the stars: and stripes and have
American officers throughout, ,(2( They ply
between the United States and English
ports and are among the fastest vessels
affeat. -.
: ATHLETIC CLUBs--B. H.. City. There
are so many athletic clubs in this city that
it would be crea ting an yidieqs distinction
to recommend one Of them for nting or
any other practice. Consult the sporting
columns of THE CALL, especially the gen.
eralreview which appears on Sunday.
. VALUE OF CoINs-.Mrs. A. III. c., Noun.
tain View, Cal. Advertise the coins to
which You refer. The Query Column can
not be employed to place owners Of coins in
communication with purchasers. This is a
wel[established newspaper regulation, the
justice Of which is obvious. ~. = -.
TANNERIEs IN MEXICO. Subscriber.
Brooklyn. There are quite number of
tanneries in Mexico. Nearly all of them
are located in the City: Of Mexico. For
exact location apply to the Mexican Consul
at this port.
JOHN OR observation-disclosures City. The
abbreyiation .Jno.. which is rarely used in.
this county, is short for John, not for
Jonathan. -.
A LEGAL NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. City.
Tomorrow, January q is legal holiday
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> SOme uay DIG OF tntm
will come along and
then the city will
realize what a great
mistake it is to keep
an. 1892 Fire Depart
ment Oh an 1873 ap-
propriation. :.
THAT'S just our
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maLter Il IS The prop
erty % ners who
have the largest end
of the stick. They are
always the greatest
sufferers when there
is a big fire.
"The wise thing to
do would be to place
fire MIGRANTS at the
intersection Of every
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UPPO E fire breaks out
in the outlying districts
of the Western Addi-
ton.
In this section there
are whole blocks of
splendidly i'm proved
property with the near
est hydrants two and
three blocks distant.
If the fire is in an iso-
lated house out there 1t
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season 30 another. There's no money in It, It's
lot progression. Therefore we've got to press our
surplus steadily outward and make room for the
new. -.
f5c Each
LADIES PLAIN WHITE LAWN APRONS. SO
:inehesIongi value use each.
i5c a pair.
CHILDRENss. OXFORD GRAY WOOL HOSE. All
s.. rib, all sizes, reduced from 20c a palr.e
80 ..'. .:t7c a Pair. =
LADIES, COTTON HOSE all popular. solid colors
extra long. reduced from 25ea pair:
23c a Pair.
high.spliced,heels and double toes, Hermsdorf
fast black, redteed from 331se a pair:
ACC Each. 49,.
LADIES' CoMBTNATIoN SUITS. natural gray
color fashion cut, reduced from 75e each
esc Each: 2.
LADIES' COMBINATION SUITS. white fashion
cut, reduced from 81 80 each. $ :.
-: :: soc Each. s.: =. :.
LADIES' NATURAL GRAY Ora, WOOL VESTS, SIX X
" match 80
ACC Each.
LADIES' :CHATELAINE BAGS dressed and uu-
dressed leather. new designs; were 81 10 81 so
each. -: p.
i5c a Pair. ..'- -
MEMS FINE MERINo HALF HOSE seamless
double heels and toes, reduced froin:2oc pair,
-. .f2l4c Each. -
MEMS FINE CkMBRIC. HANDKERCHTEFS.
! plain white; fancy hemstitched borders, value,
b. zoe each. 80:
SO Per Cent Discount. .:
CHILDREN's RATS ANp CAPS, white and coiors,
superior finish, so per cent discount on original:
prices, which vary fsom 51c TO So each. - =: .
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The grea est pain annihiiator OF the age IS
Salvation Oil. 1t always cures
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that it won't do to
stretch a hose more
than geo feet.
How many locali-
ties are there in the
w estern Addition
where q fire could not
be reached by a hose
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street and does not form a circuit with

street and does not form a circuit with
another main.
Insurance men and fremen are bitter
enemies of dead mains, and they point to
the Meade confederation in the early part OF
November to justify their denunciation Of
them.
The first engine that reached the Meade
FIRE connected with the nearest hydrant at
Broderick and jackson streets.
The engine had forty pounds OF steam on
and pulled and blowed and worked away
with enough force almost to bring water
out of q dry pipe.
But it was all wasted exertion. All that
resulted from II was a miserly little stream,
that was of no practical service at all in
fire like that.
Now, had that Waterman been con-
Bected with even four-inch pipe at the
dead or closed end, there would have been
q circlit formed, the water in the big main
would have been in motion and could have
been pumped up by the engine to some ad-
vantage.
And then. too, when there is complete
circuit of the stream or an endless water
pipe to draw from there Is a pressure from
two directions and two directions to draw
tbe stream from.
IL THE Gales agitation of this question
should resultin the placing of more hvdrants
in the Western Addition they must not be
put at the end of dead mains.
The city pays enough for the hydrants-