The morning call., 1893-03-18
PAY RENT OR MOVE.
What the Southern Pacific
Must Do.
OAKLAND'S HUMANE SOCIETY.
A Nuisance to Be Abated-The New
Electric Road to AIameda-Berke-
ley Wants Hall.

The Southern Pacific Company is just
now in a state Of trepidati0n lest il will be
compelled to move its railroad yards from
West Oakland. When the city assumes
absolute control of its water front the COM
pany will either have to move or pay rent
for the use Of the land.
The shops occupy about sixty acres, and
have been located on the water front since
the completion of the Southern Pacific to
Oakland. The railroad company has re-
Gently purchased land near Fitchburg, and
owns land in the vicinity of Melrose. The
shops could be transferred 10 either of those
places, and in that case convenient build
ings could be constructed, as the present
rOundhOuse, boier-shops and ear and re-
pair shops have outgTOwn their usefulness.
On the other band, if the local steamear
system is transformed into an electric
system there would be but little use left for
the shops and all the business of the
western division could be transferred TO
the Sacramento and Fresno shops. The
company has gained lot OF land for &C.
cupancy by filling in the bay in the rear of
the boiler and construction works. There
are lot of piles driven in the water In
this vicinity, similar to the Enclosure con-
structed by the waterfront company at
Fortin's Landing.
ing Senator Earl. w. r. Davis, Assembly,
men Taggart and Dodge, Mayor Chapman,
w. K. Thomas ard eX-MayOr Glascock,
will 90 to Sacramento this morning to meet
the Governor at 80 P. NJ In conference
about the waterfront bill.
st. Patrck's day in Oakland was cele-
brated with literary and musical exercises
at the Tabernacle. The grafton was deliv-
cred by j. j. Barrett of Santa Clara College.
The celebration was under the management
OF the Rev. Father McNally.
A bill passed the Assembly toward the
close of the session apprOpriating $4,000 for
the purchase of additional land for the
Home for Adult Blind, but was killed In the
Senate.
The home Is becoming cramped for room
to accommodate its increasing number OF
inmates, and additional quarters will soon
become an absolute necessity
An exodus OF negroes has commenced
from the place known as "WhitechapeP in
West Oakland. This runs along Willow
and Atlantic streets, from Seventh to the
beginning of the railroad yards, and is oc-
cupied almost wholly by negroes. The po-
lice have always had trouble with the
place; fights and shooting scrapes, gambling
and lottery denS, midnight orgies and sew
eTal tragedies of a very serious nature have
occupied the officers attention. Complaints
followed by number of effective arrests,
have been made. One place, known as II.
G. Smiths lodging house, freQuented by
white girls, as well as colOred, has been
particularly offensive.
Landlord Lancaster and others owning
the houses where Objectionable occupants
live have ordered them to vacate.
One of the pet schemes OF II. w. Theo-
bald of the Humane Society was to get pos
session OF the public pound and run it un-
der the direction Of the society according to
humane principles. He had already taken
steps to do this and had preferred charges
againt Puundmasier 0'COnnell when the
society became non-pXistent because of
bankruptcy. Or. Carpenter is in favor of
TeOrganizing the society and taking charge
of the pound, carrying out TbeObalu's idea
OF erecting new structures and killing ami
mails lessly by asphyxiatioD. The reYe-
nues would be enough tOSuppOrt the society.
OCOnae!l will not continue much longer in
control, as the Grand Jury has charged him
with inhumane cruelty and as private COM
plants are becoming SO thick every day as
to wholly demOTaliZe the institution.
The examination OF witnesses began yes
terday in the trial Of Charles Riedel for the
murder of Nick Whalen at Warm Springs.
Nothing new concerning the case was de-
veloped in the testimony.
The effort made to identify Louis Math-
eny as one Of the Judson train-robbers
failed. The detectives state that he is not
the man.
The waterfront company has served its
notice Of appeal to the Supreme Court from
the Judgment of the Alameda County Supe-
roT Court nonsutlng the case.