The morning call., 1893-10-22
NO MONEY IN 1T.
Light Travel Upon the
Gagged Cars.
CHURCH DEDICATION TO-DAY
An Impressive Death-Bed Marriage.
Two Stories of Wife Deser-
tionS-NoteS.


smoothly on Seventh street yesterday
under the new gate system and travel
seemed to be little lighter, IL anything,
than on the first day.
The people are not taking to this new
order of things to the extent of paying a
nickel to ride between stations when they
fad that they can for the same money reach
their destination by the electric-carS, and
then it is not so long to wait between cars as
by the half-hoully Gagged cars. Then too.
there are no cages on the eleetric-cars and
no fuss about having to buy a ticket be-
fore going aboard. And they travel nearly
as rapidly as do the other cars.
Yesterday CALL reporter asked the
young lady who attends the ticket Office
at Seventh and Broadway how tickets
were selling, but she did not know, not
having yet made out her.report. She could
not even make rough estimate. She an
swered very politely any other questions
asked of her.
On Friday $40 worth of local or Scent
tickets were sold. while the expense of
the fifteen Deputy Sheriffs at $50 each per
month, the twenty-five gatemen at $50
each and the seven station agents at S35,
made in all S2460 per month, or S124 per
day. expenses.
OF course. this state of things does not
pay, but later the Deputy Sheriffs will be
done away with and the expenses red uced
TO that extent There may also be fewer
gatemen, but even when these extra men
are drawn off the outgO will exceed the
income, unless travel Increases materially,
which is not likely. unless the sentiment
of the community changes materially.
An old-time Oaklander predicts that in
he hn fQC fo M hn
cars of their own weight. That is. they
will get TOO heavy and expensive for the
railroad company to carry them along
with the great number OF extra men it
takes to operate them and make their use
at all practicable.
The electric lines paralleling the local
were all better patroniZed yesterday than
on the first day, and it was noticed that the
"a cent buses on Seventh street, running
to West Oakland, also carried more people.
1t is now given out from railroad sources
that the railroad company was well aware
long since that the Seventh-street local
travel would not pay; that with the exist
ing condition of The cars. etc., people would
not patroniZe the line in preference to the
electric lines, and the idea Is and was then,
that if free travel could be stopped better
cars, more in keeping with the ferry SER
vice, would be put on the line.
Ii is the intention of the company, says
stored cars. lighted with electricity. and
steam heated, with comfortable smoking
compartments.
''The line" said this party, sis to be
made the finest local railroad line in the
United States just as soon as the company
can make proper arrangements"
A resolution will be introduced in the
Council Monday night asking that the ra il
road company be allowed to build its
switch-tower at the northeast corner of
Webster and Seventh streets. The rail-
road company, Mr. Wilder stated last
night. had been at great expense-some
500 for eXpTessaEe-to get the material
out here for this tower arrangement from
the East. and had been delayed in putting
it up by DOn-actIon on the part of the
Council, and were anxious now to get it in
shape.
Why" Mr.. Wilder said. laughingly,
''this cage business has upset all my ar
rangemenrs. l had hoped to be at the
Worlds Fair by this time, but 1 fear now
that I'll miss 1t entirely. All on account
OF cages"
a Second Chapter.
Yesterday the unfortunate woman who
was committed to the insane asylum by
Judge Ellsworth. Mrs. Ida Duffy of
Tracey, asked that hack might be called
so that she could make visit to the blind
asylum at Berkeley. where she has boy.
After getting under way she Jumped out
of the hack and shouted as she ran that
'they" were after her and wanted to kill
her. She was taken back TO the Jail by
Officer Scanlan.
Mrs. Duffy was once a beautiful girl,
whose maiden name was Ida Lussier. She
bad had some unfortunate matrimonial
alliance before her marriage with Duffy,
who one time kept cigar-StOre at Broad
way and Seventh street, and his wife fire.
ouently took care of the stand in his
absence. Duffy's parents were we'll off
once, owning considerable San Pablo ave-
nue. property. Then the senior Duffy fam
lily became broken and the money was
scattered.
A few years ago Duffy the younger and
his wife went to Tracey, where they
opened hotel.
The wife tells many stories of her hus-
band. She says lie beat her and abused
her, and that he once decided the hotel
property tOl her to keep it from his cred
itOrs. Then he had her put In private
asylum.
She seemed very bitter toward her hus-
ban. In her rawlings she would cry out:
Il want my child Give NE back my
child, my little black-eyed boy! he robbed
his mother" she shouted, in referring to
Duffy. The poor lady-he robbed her of
$4,000"
So she goes ou all the time in her raw
ings. She had been at one time to the
once OF eX-J udge Gibson on business, and
on that occasion had deed from her hus-
hand for property valued at $4,000, which
was mortgaged for 5000.
Married on a Sickb-d.
Frederick Page Cutting. we'll known in
Oakland, who. when here, makes his home
at the residence of Mr.. Kendell, at 1904
Harrison street, as does also his father,
Francis Cutting, of the Cutting Presery--
ing Company, was married few days ago
in New York at the Hotel Beresford under
rather peculiar circumstances.
Mr.. Cutting was engaged TO be married
to beautiful young lady-Miss Elizabeth
Hurlbut-aDd all arrangements had been
completed for the rapidly approaching
happy day. AS the time sped on Mr.. CUT
ting was seized with severe attack of
typhoid fever. and continued to grow
worse, and by the time the all-eventful
day arrived it was gravely stated that he
could not recover. The young woman was
wild with grief.
in the mean time wedding guests and
wedding presents had arrived. The pa
rents of the couple were ON hand. What
was to be done? 1t was feared post.
ponement might be fatal blow to the
sick man, and the bride wished to be near
her lover.
1t was decid ed that the marriage should
take place. and the impressive ceremony
w ,a6 hx-o Enio v,nlr 1s,,is ta-