The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-02-20

squad of police ON
hand in command Of
Captain Wilson, Nearly all the Councilmen,
including President HertmeD. were also
present.
The Mayor and his men were undoing
the work that had been done since midnight
by the Western Union Telegraph Company.
Workmen under the direction of Superin-
tendent of Construction ID. Il. Davis, acting
according to a carefully arranged plan, had
tried to outwit the city by placing tee-
graph poles all along the east side of Broad
way. from First street 10 Twelfth.
Holes were drilled in the sidewalk for the
poles, two of which were erected on every
block as far. as Tenth street, when the
scheme was discovered. The first to notice
il was the Mayor himself, who was driving
home at noon. The company had at that
time got in twenty-fOur hours Of work with
telling effect.
Under whose authority are you doing
this?" asked Mayor Chapman OF Mr.. Davis
Under the authority of the Western
Union Company" said Mr.. Davis.
That company has no permission from
the city to rlace those poles there" said the
Mayer. You must STOP"
Mr.. Davis didn't want TO stop.
Instead he nut question. which was:
"By what authority do yOu command me to
stop? ] don't know You, sir"
Il will show you my authority" said the
| Mayor, and within a few moments Captain
! Wilson, who had been summoned by tee-
rhone, came down with his men. Mr..
| Davis said, "Oh, certainly. You are the
Mayor, / presume % He then stopped.
| Pretty soon Deputy Street Superintendent
| Holmes came, and then City Electrician
Carleton arrived.
'Why, hang me-" said Mr.. Carleton, IF
| they amt using the city's derrick They
4 a - 4
| told me fib about what they wan ted 1t
for"
Men were put to work soon after ward in
! taking down the poles, and Mr.. Davis and
! his own men retired.
He put in final remonstrance, however,
| which was: "Mr. Mayor. / warn you that
| there are wires up there which are in use.
and If those wires are damaged you will
| have TO bear the consequences"
I'VE viii bear rhem." said the Mayor
"You shall not get wire over those poles
| into your Office"
The object of the company was to COM
! plete tie line of their poles TO the office and
| 10 string wire. when 1t would have been
comparatively safe from hindTapee. Work
| was commenced on Saturday night and
! con tnued on Sunday, because at that time
| no injunction could lie issued to restrain it.
| II was bold game TO outwit the city and
] was nearly successful, when the Mayor dis
| covered II.
| The poles were 60 feet 10 length and were
| designed 10 take the place of the 45-foOt
| poles already up Some time ago the COM
| pany applied for a franchise 10 make this
! change, and il was offered, with some
| amendment recommended by City Elec-
! trician Carleton, but was refused under
these conditions. To get the poles up with
| out franchise was what the CONF any tried
to do.
| Henry d. Bacon, the capitalist, died yes
teIday at his residence. $50 Oak street. lie
was 20 years OF age and had been suffering
a long time from general debility. Mr..
| Bacon was born in Granville, Mass, ana
was reared on farm till he was 10, when
be began business in Hartford, Conn. He
went TO st. Louis and became merchant,
| afterward becoming partner In the bank
! ing firm OF Page Bacon & Co.
| When the gold fever broke out he came
| to California and opened warehouses in San
! Francisco and Sacramento. He did an ex-
! tenSive banking business. but his firm
| failed about the year 1856, which is a mat
ter of history in California. After the
| failure he went to Mexico, where he re-
| cuperated his fortune in the mines. and he
! again came TO California in 1866, having re-
| sided in Oakland ever since. In his later
| years be did business In San Francisco in
mining aud real estate. He leaves widow
and two children. the daughter being the
wife of Professor Frank Soule of the State
University.
James j. Carroll, maehlnist, living at
800 Larkin street, San Francisco, was
trampled by a horse In East Oakland yes
terday and severely though not fatally
bruised. Carroll was riding 4 bicycle at
Fourteenth street and Nineteenth avenue
when he met buggy occupied by man
and his wife. The horse SHE'D, knocking
| Carroll over and stepping upon him.
There was collision on the Berkeley
| electric road in the vicinity of Thrty-see-
ond street yesterday morning, in which
| both cars were badly damaged. The pas
sengers escaped without serious harm.
The Board of Supervisors has taken
| action to ascertain the number Of persons
more than 90 years old and orphans under
IA who have received assistance from the
county. The law allows the board to col
lect S100 per year for all such persons.
The Trustees OF San Leandro were re-
| quested, at public meeting held last week,
to call special election TO vote upon the
| question OF issuing bonds to establish
! sewer system.
The Ordinance and Judiciary Committee
| of the Council has decided favurably on
| passing to print the petitions for the cleo
| trlc-road franchises Of Ben Morgan and j.
| L. Davie, and Of the Highland Park and
| Fruitvale Railroad Company. The time on
the e-Morgan application was reduced
1 from fifty 10 twenty-five years.
| Rev. A. c. Bans of the Asbury Methodist
| Episcopal Church spoke last evening on
True Meaning OF Workmanship" The
! sermon was attended by members Of the
! Ancient Order of United Workmen and the
Ladies' Degree of Honor. who marched TO
| the church IN a body.
Rev j. X. Mclean of the First Congre-
! gational Church preached on the subject of
| theaters. He said there is nothing intrinsi-
caly evil in the stage il properly conducted.
| Church and theater could be twin forces in
elevating humanity. The drama is de-
bauched, however, and what pays "plays"
! Instead OF actors who present true art such
| men as John l.. Sullivan, Peter jackson
| and Jim Corbett, who know no more of
drama than big. kicking mules, are in de-
mand. He condemned Sunday perform
| aDces.
This will be an eventfnl week at the
| Marlborough Theater Tonight Hoyt's
most successful farce-comedy, "a Trip to
| Chinatown" will be presented On Tues
| day and Wednesday and at the holiday
matinee StockwelPs spectacular Uncle
| Toms Cabin" with Peter Jackson as Uncle
| Tom. will be the attraction, and it is sure
| to prove strong one, for the San Fran
cisco admirers OF the pugilist rOmise to fill
| the theater. Marie Heath and her company
will ill out the week with "A Turkish
| Bath"
Berkeley.
| To Obviaie any such mismanagement as
that of last seasons football game. by
which some $500 was lost, a resolution
has been adopted by the Berkeley students
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