The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-14
OVER IN OAKLAND.
Hackett's Dredging of
Lake Merritt.
SPRING VALLEY is SUED.
South Berkeley Hall Association.
Sunday in the Oakland Churches.
Notes of Interest.


animated meeting tomorrow night. when
the report of City Engineer Morgan upon
the amount of work done by Captain
Hackett in dredging before he was in
structed to temporarily suspend operations
will be taken up.
The following report by Mr.. Morgan
was accordingly prepared and submitted
On SATURDAY last:
l beg leave to report that the total amount
of dredging completed by the racine Codss
Dredging Company under lis contract LOT lHe
dredging CT Lake Merritt is 1856 cuDlc yalus
measured in The cut and estimated 10 pid nc
of feet below city base OF levels as dlIecteu "
tue Board of Public Works. ..s
TINS amount includes ali the dredging com
pleied by the contract or authorized by myself.
Subsequent TO this dredging Tue coulfac.oIs
moved the dredger 10 the vicinity oI second
avenue and East Eighteenth street ana con
tinued dredging there without any oiuet iIoth
me and aid q deposit SAID dfeuSeu mdleiiai out-
side the boulevard ana PARK. .
On July - L notified The contractors by
written notice 10 stop all such dredging ana
also that Sucn dredging was eutieIy uudtuoi-
As shown by my report of May % the total
amount of earth filled ID The temporary Dam AT
East Eighteenth street was $3.50 cubic yards.
Fifty-seyen thousand nine hundred and
siXty-six cubic yards at 80 cents yard
means an Indebtedness OF ST, $50 90 There
have been two partial payments on the
work amounting to S7S42 %. That would
leave a balance OF S9547 70.
This report was prepared at the instance
of the Board of Public Works last Thurs
day afternoon.
At that time Mr. Morgan objected to
having all the respon sibllity put upon him,
especially in regard to what he claimed to
be the unauthorized dredging by Captain
Harkett at Second avenue.
COmml sSiouer Carothers said that there
was no effort being made 10 shit reSpOn-
sibili.y. what we want from you." he
said, lis to simply tell all you know about
this work as Superintendent of COnstruc-
ton"
An Important Suit.
Action has been begun against the
Spring Valley Water Company and the
Murray and Washington Township Water
Company by William Ii. Ford. The com
plant declares that the Spring Valley
Water Company owns the right to appro-
pirate water of Alameda Greek; that bor-
dering on the banks of Alameda Greek are
two tracts of land owned by MesSrS.
Leyerand, Sanborn, Clough ct al, and an
other portion Of the lands of the Rancho
RetreTO de los CeTltos, containing 12,100
acres. Through the efficiency of a dam
constructed in 1888 they interrupted the
0
10 which the Murray and Washington
Water Company is entitled and which
would have flowed through the above
named ditch, ana that damage of $4,000
has already been sustained by that COM
pany. Ford is an owner in the Washing
ton Township Water Company and alleges
to have brought an action before, but that
the directors of the said Spring Valley
Water Company refused to prosecute the
suit. Now ho brings it in his own name.
He asks the court to assess damages and
enjon the Spring Valley Company from
further diverting the water Of Alameda
Greek.
New Club Formed.
Articles of incorporation of the South
Berkeley Hall Association have been filed
with the County CLERK. This is the asso-
citation of which John Lind was anxious
to become member, but was ignomi0i-
ousy elected by Detective j. B. Hume
from meeting. The capital stock is set at
$4,000. divided into 400 shares of $50 each.
The following are the subscribers with the
five first named as trustees: w. j. Wright,
$3.50; j. B. Hume, $500; Ed Dillon Jr..
$500; John BOehrer, $3.50; w. c. Bssell
$3.50; Hugh Forge, $3.50; ". 7. Barnett,
$3.50: Charles Willmott, $3.50; Wellington
Gregg, $3.50; r. A. Barker. $3.50; W. E..
Josephine Woods. $3.50; A. ii. Mcdonald,
$3.50; D. S. Adams. $3.50; Samuel Epp-
stein, $3.50.
At the Churches.
Rev. A. W. Lamar, ID, of Galveston,
Tex, preached at the First Baptist Church
Yesterday morning to an unusually large
audience.
Elder Cast, missionary from japan,
preached both morning anc evening at the
Christian Church. DR.. Cast spent ten
years in Japan and is good speaker.
DR.. Mclean, the senior pastor of the
First Congregational Church. illustrated
his evening address on the subject OF Our
Temptations and Our Temptors" by stere-
optic0n views.
The Walker and Gregg meeting at the
corner Of Broadway and Eighth street was
more remarkable than usual Walker
spoke on the subject OF Sampson. Savior
and Silver" "Bondholders, Pulpit and
Press" Smith chose for his lecture 1.-THE
Civic and Social Side of CHRISTIANITY"
Mrs NJ. l.. Drake read a poem entitled
Oakland Shall Be Free"
Husbands Complaint.
Mrs. E. Hennessy of Golden Gate was
taken TO the County Jail and lodged there
yesterday afternoon charged with in
sanity. Her husband makes the COM
plant. 1t is thought that Mrs. Hennessv
is perfectly sane. Mrs. Hennessy was
seen at the Jail by CALL reporter. and
she said she has suffered greatly from the
v
has two children, aged and 10. and it is
Oh their account that she has tolerated the
abuse of her husband. When asked how
her detention at the jail affected her she
said Il felt it most at o'clock, when l
am usually putting my children TO bed"
Notes.
Gus Hook. 81 years of age, was arrested
by Officer White at i and Helen streets
at an early hour yesterday morning. Hook
is believed to be insane. His actions have
been eccentric of late. He has wife but
no family.
The property of Margaret Schrieber las
been appraised at S2270 by Louis Gottshall,
b. +. Deli and w. NJ. Brandon. In the list
Is included 60.970 shares of Consolidated
Reform Mining Company.
Martin Brett, proprietor of q grocery
store and saloon at 81 Brush street. has
filed petition In insolvency. His liabli-
ties are mostly in small bills, amounting to
1884 IS. His really is va ued at $500, with
500 mortgage il. his book accounts,
amounting to S226 15 are now under at
tachment by the Sheriff.
William Burkman has sued B. Mcguns-
sen to have him deliver a mortgage for
$50. He says he sold lots in the Warner
Tract. Brooklyn Township, 10 the defend
and and received $3.50 with promise of a
mortgage fo- $50 on said property. The
ltol int ote1 GEO