The morning call., 1893-09-12
OVER ONCE MORE.
The Railroad Ordinances
Postponed. j
TOWNE WRITES A LETTER.
Dredging the Harbor-EIectricity At
tached A QuarreIsome Set.
With the ACtors-Berkeley.


night was a tame one. Mr. Capell,
who wanted to know at the previous
meeting who it was that invited A.
n. Towne to the session last Mon
day night, did not pursue his in
terrogations. For half an hour he was
labored with in the committee-room. 1t
was an executive session, aud what hap
pened no one knows save the City Fathers,
but the effect upon Mr.. Capell was obvi-
Gus. He was a clam all the evening.
When the mass of legislation that tended
to relieve the city In u measure from the
grasp of the octopus was shipwrecked last
week, two much-battered planks seemed
TO be safe
One was the speed ordinance. though that
was amended so as 10 almost render 1t a
useless measure, and another was the flag
men ordinance.
The former has struck another snag it
seems pursued by a hoodoo A clerk or a
printer made a mistake in 1t, so the meas
ure will have be published again and can
not be finally adopted till next Monday
night. Amendment after amendment to
the tiagmen ordinance was lnu Oduced last
night and that measure will undoubtedly
be changed. perhaps to suit the monopoly.
A letter from A. Y. T0wne was read. In
this he set forth that there is but little
travel or teams on the streets between
p. NJ and A NJ. of each day, and asked the
Council to IN odify the fagmen ordinance
so as To relieve the company OF the second
SET Of tiagmen.
As result of the trouble caused by the
presence of Mr.. Towne at the meeting last
Monday night and the impOsslollity OF
finding who had induced him to come, the
following was introduced aud referred to
the Judiciary Committees:
RESOLVED. That The rules OF the Council of
this city OF Oakland be ana the same are
amended by adding thereto new rule which
shall he designed as "Rule 10" ana shall read
as follows:
mo one not member, EXCEPT the City At
torney when called on, shall be permitted TO
address The Council unless a member shall first
make motion to grant such permission, and
upon rolleal twO-thirds of the members shall
consent thereto"
The ordinance providing for the build
ing of a ferrY-house for the Davle Com
pany at an expense of $4,000 was passed to
pint. President TowIe, in voting. said
he would not approve its final passage
until the ferry company had entered into
contract with the city to use the building
for the purpose specified and for certain
length of time.
The Judiciary Committee of Oakland's
City Council recommended that an Ordl-
nance be drawn up and referred to the
City Attorney that shall regulate the.bring-
ing of milk AID providing for tie TegiStra-
ton of diaries In the city. This action Is
the result of recent Investigations by DIR.
Pierce, veterinary, who was authorized by
the Council to investigate the cows in the
diaries that supply milk 10 the city.
Dredging the Bay.
In few days important work will be
/ begun on the dredging of the har bOr
/ Captain John Hackett has the contract.
and it was expected that he would COM
mence The work before this.
/ al fc 70 ba
dredging commence Immediately. A sta;e-
Ihehr viii be presented to rhe ConS4 es,
sional delegation from this State. showing
what money has been expended and Row
much viii be needed to complete the work
on the harb0r.
/ According to this statement on July l.
1892. there was balance on hand of
! $50, 419 so. On July 13. 1892 Congress APP
proprIated S150,000 This made total OF
/ 1892, 419 30. On June 80 1898. the amount
expended during the fiscal year was
I 500 463 a. The balance on hand mex
prnded on July J., 1898. was S132 $50 Sc.
/ Oh July !, 1898. the amount covered by
uncompleted contracts was S122. 419 81.
! The statement shows that the balance
available OH July l, 1898, was S573S 10.
Ii Is estimated that 1t will require SS41, 600
/ to complete the work in the harbor. There
are uncompleted contracts enough to kee D
! the work going until Congress makes an
| other appropriation.
Brigadier- General Il. l.. Casey, chief of
the engineers, resides at Washington, but
has been kept constantly informed as to
the work done on the harbor. Senator
Perkins and Congressman Eilborn will do
| good work in the matter OF pressing our
claims at Washington. From the bay of
san Francisco 70 the WebSter-street bridge,
the upper limit of the principal comm cree
In Oakland. there is now a channel 300 feet
wide, with 10 feet depth at low tide, and Is
to 20 feet at high tide. Above the Webster
| street bridge there is now a channel not
less than 200 feet wide and feet deep at
low tide.
No work has been done during the fl cal
year on the north Jetty. Ii needs only the
| laying OF the terminal mound at its west
ern end to complete il. II Isl 9203 feet long.
The south Jelly is 12,0lS feet long, of
which $50 feet have been made during the
year; 1870 feet are still unfinished. The
proposed extension will add 500 feet TO its
length.
The work yet to be done is the connie.
ton of the tidal canal, building of bridge
at High street, extension of I'll 9 south jetty
dredging the interior channels and build.
lug of dam at San Leaunro.
Levied the Engine.
Sheriff McKllican went out to the
power-hOuse of the Oakland Consolidated
electric road yesterday and proceeded to
clap his hands on the big engine out there
that generates electricity which runs The
company's numerous cars over its twenty.
three miles of track. The Sheriff he a
pretty good hand, too. 1t was in the shape
of an execution issued out of the Superior
Court, and was backed by the strong arm
of the law Of the State of California.
1t was several weeks ago that the rail-
: road company was mucted IN the sum of
$500 for damages recovered by Soren
Fox, who sued The company for causing
the death of his little son.
AS soon as the company lost the case its
attorneys went to work TO delay matters
by motions for new trials, etc, but in the
excitement forgot to secure stay of exc
! ention. The case had been allowed to lie
OF the calendar. aud no action had been
taken. 1t was continued from week to
week until yesterday. when the case was
] again called. The attorneys for Fox
J asked that the motion for new trial be
, stricken from the calendar, and as no at
torneys appeared for the other side to
ga2ke objection, the motion was granted.
~ there was nothing to do but have the
; ny n levy on sufficient property TO cover
tIss amount Involved This he did.
ms company says it was an oversight
of ~ ATTORNEYS that the matter vent by
deIa9Af, but s does not SEEN all uneasy.
ls.-r, D.