The morning call., 1893-11-15
o RUN ON THE DAVIE FERRY
A Professional Burglar Neatly
Captured.
DIVORCED, NOT SEPARATED.
A Parlor Used for Storing Stolen
Lead-Smith Wants Franchises.
Matheny's Pretty Friend.

panies were consolidated yesterday under
the title Of the Whitney Rapid Transfer
Company. The only companies not in
cluded IN the deal are the Peoples, Jones
and one or two unimportant lines. By
this move about IS per cent of the express
business on this side of the bay coms
under the management of one board of
directors. This step necessitated the dis
ruption of the Whitney corporation and
relieved from Office President Poueroy,
General Manager Davie and SECRETARY
McHugh.
The officers of the new company are: A.
B. Tennent, president; II. l.. Hinman.
tce-president; w. L. Achard.f superin-
tendent. The directors are A. f. Hinman.
Capital NJ. j. Miller of Petalnma. George
?. McNear of Petalnma and John 81.
-Wynes. OF these Messrs. Men ear, Miller
and Wynes represent the Whitney people,
and Messrs. TenueDt the Humans and
Achard the Rapid Transfer Company.
MI Tennent was seen yesterday and
stated that the new company represented
100000 of capital, of which nearly all
was paid up. 1t will also control about
forty-two wagons. The terms On which
the consolidation was effected have not
yet been given out.
Nj Tennent said the new company pro-
posed giving the people on this side Of the
bay the very best service possible. The
Rapid Transit did not acquire possession
of the steamers which the Whitney, Stand
ard and Oakland Company have been
using. being in the express business only.
He said the cOmpany'S carrying business
viii go to the ferry providing the most
reasonable rates and the best service. 1t
isynOw shipping by the creek route Of the
Southern Pacific.
John L. Dayie when interviewed YES
terday afternoon was extremely jubilant
over the new consolidation. He seems
delighted over the prospect of the Carrying
service of the express company. and IL
looks as though he was about to make
more of a speciality Of that part of his busi-
ness than of the passenger traffic. He said
that the Frank Silva will be fitted up i'm
mediately and be ready for service within
ten days. This steamer" said he, will
handle all the freight business for the new
organization, and as soon as she goes into
commission the East Oakland service will
be started up"
The Silva will make trips up the creek
route to the East Oakland landing, at the
Kimball wharf, and take in all the freight
that comes in from Sau Leandr0. the east
ern end OF the city and Eastern Alameda.
Mr.. Davie says the Davie Ferry Com
pany will act as carriers, and when the
packages and freight are delivered here
the Whitney Rapid Transfer Company
Will then take up their distribution as a
distinct. .QTganiZatiO
.. The Rosalie will be ready to 90 back to
work IN week or ten days, and then if
business warrants 1t two boats will be
run:
IF. however" added. Mr.. Davie. "the
people banker after 1a-cent fare we will
pay particular attention to the freight
business
:. Now Comes Cooper.
. Joseph alias Rodney" Cooper was ar
rested yesterday by Detectives Holland
and Duwney and booked at the City
Prison on two charges of burglary. This
arrest grows out Of the testimony given
by'WiHiam Perry, who was recently con-
victed' of stealing 1900 pounds of floIr
from a Southern Pacific car at the foot of
Market street. In his evidence Perry said
that Cooper and Hot himself was the thief.
The officers have been looking for the
yonng man since the trial and yesterday
found him summing himself at Third and
CLAY streets.
: 1t is said that there is an organized band
OF waterfront thieves. and that when one
does alfttle crooked business Re gets one
Of his pals to dispose Of the plunder.
Perry 5 led that it was Cooper who did
the stealing not only in this instance but
on several occasions, and that he was pre-
Vailed on to try TO sell the stolen stuff.
On one occasion it is stated that Cooper
stole lot of coal and hat Perry was sent
out to sell the same, and that after much
effort he found purchaser III Cooper's
own house, the elder Cooper innocently
buying the coal.
Lead In the ParIor.
Last Sunday Abraham Livingston called
at the police station at about O'Clock in
the morning and stated that he had Just
bought wagon load OF lead from a couple
of peddlers who had called on him, and
he thought perhaps 1T was stolen. He said
he had paid them SO on the load, and was
going TO pay them the balance the next
day, some $50.
On the same morning, about TWO hours
later, the police we're telephoned from the
junkshop at Fourth and Webster streets,
the Oakland bottle yard, that somebody
had carried away a lot of lead from that
place. The police went TO work on the
case, and last night arrested Livingstone,
who is a junk dealer. for the theft. He
had the lead slowed in the parlor of his
house, at Third and Franklin streets.
An oId Offender.
Walter Shoebridge. an old-time offender,
was locked up in the City Prison this
morning. he was caught dead to rights
bya feet-fOOted carpenter named j. w.
Linehan. who was working in the base
ment OF. the residence of Edward Magee at
Thirty-fourth and Magnolia streets in
North Oakland.f The Magee family was
away from home, and Linehan heard foot
steps above. He investigated. and man
dashed out ofIhe front door and off toward
the. Sixteenth-street depot, and LiDehan
but stopped long enough on the
way TO telephone to the police station for
help. Detectlye Downey started off in bis
buggy to Linehan's assistance, and by the
time he got there Linehan had covered his
man.
He Means Business.
: The ''borax king" F. NJ. Smith, has ap-
piled TO tbe Council for franchise to build
an electric railroad from Grove street
westerly along Twenty-sixth street to the
bay. Ii is thought that Mr.. Smith will
thence reach his Emeryville wharf by
SPUR track. He has als0 applied to the
Council Tor a franchise for the extension
OF MS Elghth-stIeet road to West Oakland.
along Eighth street TO Franklin. This
proposed road will directly connect West
oakland people with East Oaklanders by
way Oh the VandercUok- Sessions line.
Gates to Open.
A. n. Towne has responded to the petit
ton OF Supervisor PalouZe and other citi-
Zens and announced that TWO gates on the
south side OF the local trains running on
seventh street will he opened in the future