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The morning call., 1893-06-11

pressure on the water-mains materially
and throw streams direct from the hydrants
aud without the engines far enough to
reach the roof of a three-story building.
oecono. that San francisco. being hilly
city, II supplied with proper bydrants
could leave her fire engines on the levels at
the loot OF hills where the water pressure
Is strongest and send only lines of hose up
the hlll and from the hydrants on the hill
tops lines. of hose could be run direct and
would have sufficient force to reach the
roof OF. any three-story residence in the
city with good solid stream. This
would save time, h0rsefesh and property,
for instead of hauling a heavy engine
up a steep hill half dozen light hosecarts
would be sent up and DO far quicker and
better work.
Again instead of being able to place one
or at the outside two engines within from
so to 100 feet of fire. if there were plenty
of bydrants six, eight and ten engines
could be placed within 200 feet of any fire
and then the loss of pressure from friction
would be only twelve pounds to the square
inch at the nozzle, where to-day an engine
situated two blocks away loses 80, GO or
even Is pounds by the friction of the water
passing through the hose. Men who have
made hydraulics and lighting fire study
say that II is the force as we'll as the vel
ume of the stream which gives ii power to
eXtinguish fire. Hence an engine which is
so far away from fire that the streams it
throws lack force becomes almost use
less.
There is at the command of San Fran
cisco to-day upward of 65,000.00O gallons
of water In cases of emergency. There are
6,500,0C0 gallons OF water pumped into the
city every day. AS THE CALL stated a
day or two ago. San Francisco has plenty
oil water, but not enough hydrants to get
at II. ana consequently at such a fire as
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that on Page street on Wednesday the
bulk of the water in the mains might as
well be in Lake Merced for all the good il
does.
Accompanying this article is a map
showing a section nf Ghs city bounded by
Stanyan, Waller. McAllister and Devisa-
dero street $, comprising upward of seventy
hve blocks of residences and stores, esti-
mated as worth upward of 1880, ,000 In
this district the hydrants average one tC
one and third bio ks. and there are high
hills throughout the district where it re-
QuiTes four and even six horses to pull 2
heavy steam fire engine up to the top
Comparison with Eastern cities shows
that instead of eighteen hydrants
to every twehty-tour blocks there
should be from eighty to ninety-siX by
drants in the same area, and in making thu
comparison statistics from the smalle
Eastern cities are taken. If San Fran
cisco had rs many hdyrants to the mile o.
rlpe in Ashbury Heights as there are il
Evanston, Ill. suburb of Chicago, o.
East Walnut Hills, suburb of Cincinnati
there would be an average of over 100 by
drants to the twenty-four blocks.
Through Pacific and Preside heights
there was laid in 1892 12-iDch water mar
1893 feet in length, and 725 feet of S-inch
main. These mains are filled with water
but are not tapped by single hydrant
where by the lowest comparison made and
allowing nothing for the value of property
but simply counting the houses, there
should be at least fifty-0ne hydrants, anC
prOba bly, siXty-three.
The condition of Buena Vista district is
quite as bad, if not worse, and for that
matter.tbe map OF the city can be taken
and striets added until nearly all the
nutlying portions of the city are covered
Except dozen squares even the business
portion of town is without sufficient
hydraDts.
The talk OF buying more fire apparatus
Goes not meet with the sanction of the
people until enough hydrants are put in 10
render available at its best the apparatus
the city now has. With plenty of hydrants
and score Of hose companies the outlying
districts would be far better protected than
with dozen new engines that would have
to creep up the hills at a snails pace, let.
ting the fire get under 90 cd headway, OF
else pump the water through hundreds of
feet OF hose with the loss OF all force when
ii reached the fire.
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IN AND ABOUT TOWN.

WANTS HIS PICTURES.-Ferdinand r. Men,
rath has sued Edward j. Epstein ana Edwin w
Newhall and alter :. Newhall, copartuers OF
the firm of Newhalls Sons & Co. TO recover
possession OF large number of oil paintings
which lie claims belongs TO him. Failing TO get
the pictures he wants $40, 900.
ST. IGNATIUs COLLEGE. = An important
Change has been made in regard to this college
In the classes OF gr mmar. pOchy, rhetoric
natural sciences and philosophy no charge will
be made in future for tuition. Hence he in-
stitution, which offers so many advantages 10
students, is In many respects now 4 free college
HIS ASSESSMENT Too LARGE.-George F.
Cowdery, agr mt OF the Giant Powder Company,
has complained 10 the Board of Equalization
that the assessment of the company at SlOO coo
Is entirely too arg+ and arbitrary and not IN ae-
cord with The assessments of other corporations
which do larger and more profitable business
For THE Loss OF HER SoN.-Mary Jane
Donelly has sued James b. Chase the steve
dore. and R. Dunsmu & Co, the coal-dealers,
TO recover $4,000 damages for The death of
her son. Hector DOnnelly Hector was driver
OF cOalcarr, aud while in the Execution OF his
duties was Killed by IA large lump Of coal falling
on him.
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LATEST SHIPPING INrELLIG ENCn.


Arrived
SATURDAY. June 10.
stmr whitesboro. johnson. l3 hours from Point
Arena: 81 o railroad ties. to + H hite.
Sehr Archie ana Fontie, Hansen. hours from
Stewarts Point: rs eds wood, to Higgins " Collins.
Schr Rachel, Sundborq. 20 hours from Bihiers
Point: 50icds wood, SO eds bark. to johnson Il
Schr Rio Rey, Isigkeir 90 hours from Bowens
Landing; ia NJ IT lumber, TO Haywood Il Hack
ley.
Cleared.
SATURDAY. June 10.
Haw stmr Montserrat. Blackburn Nanaimo;
John Rosenfeld's Sons.
Stmr Empire, JesseB. Nanaimo: r d Chandler.
Stmr keweenaw. jenkins. Panama and way
ports; North American Navigation Co.
Ship st John, fales. Yokohama; Chapman
Sailed.
SATURDAY June 10.
Haw stmr san Mateo, PerSs, Comox.
Stmr Acazar Gunderson.
Stmr Keweenaw, Jenkius, fanama ana way
Stmr Empire. Jessen, Nanaimo.
stmr Point Arena, Jonnson, Mendocfno.
srmr Scotia. Johnson, Bowens Landing, with
schr samson in tow.
Stmr Noyo. Levinson. Fort Bragg.
Schr Mary Eta, WetZel. Fisks Mill.
Schr Arthur 1. Jensen. Coos Bay.
TeIegraphic.
POINT LOBOS- June 1910 M-Wcather
foggy: wind, SW: velocity. 10 miles.
Domestio Ports.
PORT TOwNSESD-Arrived June l0-Schr W
Renton. from Redondo; bktn Chas Croker, hnc
May 26.
TACOMA-Arrived June l0-Bark Canada. hnc
PORT GAMBLE-Arriyed June 10-Chil bark
| Suicelma. hence May g.
PORT HADLooK. Arrived June lo-schr Roy
| FORT BRAGG-sailed June 1O-Stmr Lakme,
| for San Francisco.
June 3: schr Ivy. hence June 8; schr G Wall.
| hence June 2.
GRAYS HARBoR-Arrived June 10-Schr En-
| terprise, hence June !.
! SAN PEDRo-sailed June l0-schr w witz-
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pany a ; emmy for water used al fires nor in
flushing sewers, whether the amount be
ten gallons or a million gallons.
Tests were made yesterday OF the
pressure Of the water at various hydrants
IN n district recently visited by the fire.
hfst hydrant tested was at the SOUTH.
ea~ hrner Of Baker and Fell streets at
1O:56p'clock. The reporter handled the
gauge\S1o one else being allowed TO touch
II. The pressure was 55 pounds to the
square inch
Up the steep incline Of Baker street, at
the northwest corner of Page and Baker
streets, the second hydrauJ was tested at
II :0l O'Clock. the PRESSURE being IS pounds
full TO the square inch. or enough pressure
TO throw stream of water over 100 feet
through the regular fre-hOse and uoZzie
In use in this city.
On to tie northwest corner of Page and
Lyon streets the investigators went, where
the gauge showed the lowest pressure of
the day, SO pounds fun TO the square inch,
or enough pressure to throw stream from
2a-inch nozzle about IS feet.
o. the northwest corner Of Page and
Lott streets The test at II :0S O'Clock showed
- pounds to the square inch, and ut the
northeast corner of Page street and Ma
sonic avenue the pressure at II 10 O'Clock
was also 80 pounds to the square inch.
Ihe opening Of all of the hydrants at
once made only difference of about three
pounds to the square inch in the pressure
shown by the hydraut situated in the
worst possible place. i. e., on the brow or
top ot'the hill.
Something else, startling in its nature.
however, was developed, and that is the
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called on questions of little interest to the
committee, and the question was put fur
ther off.
The object of the ant-Popper men was
to prevent vote on the chairmanship.
A long delay occurred when the Forty
first District was reached, where there
was contest between Delegates O'ConnoI
and McCue.
Neil Murphy, the greater political jaw
breaker of the previous night. again lei
loose an obstreperous tongue and said:
If you cram OCounOr down our throats
you will cram me out Of the party"
While the roll was being called on the
motion to reinstate Delegate O'Connor.
who was Pepper man, the adherents OF
the Sullivan-Harneyf faction saw that the
vote was going against them. So they
adopted the same tactics which they used
on Friday night, and began TO leave the
hall before their names were called. Their
again succeeded.
Chairman DIVER announced the vote IS
145 in favor of O'Connor and against
him. This showed that the Sullivan
Harvey adherents had emigrated to 9th r
quarters.
immediately there were a hundred men
demanding recognition and the widest
confusion prevailed.
A. j. Clunie moved that as there was
nc quorum the committee should adjourn
until Monday evening at o'clock. Dele
gate Herndon amended that an adjourn
ment should be taken till June "a at S
O'Clock p. NJ
A series of motions were made ad-
journing to periods from half hour TO
eternity. Chairman Dwver put the mo-
ton adjourning till June "a, and there was
tremendous response for both the ayes
and noes. The Sullivan men standing in
the rear of the hall, who would not vote
before. voted for the long adjournment.
1t was impossible TO preserve order or
hear the voice of the chairman. Another
big row took place, fight occurring be-
tween Steve Burke of the Street Depart
ment and Jim Sutton. The committee as
in an uproar Men stood on chairs and
climbed on tables, shouting themselves
hoarse.
Finally the leaders of the different
factions met and they agreed to adjourn
until Thursday night next at O'clock.
The fight is now in a very peculiar
phase. A strong effort was made last
night to have Max Pepper withdraw from
the struggle on the ground that he could
not harmon iZe the discordant elements.
The claim was made that his elec-
tion would produce split in the party
which time rould not heal. 1t was said
that Sheriff McDade had asked Pepper 10
withdraw. but that the latter had cOnsid-
cred 1t was too late, as he was in the fight.
1t was also said that visit had been
paid TO James V. Coleman last night Ia
enter the fight as dark horse, and it was
represented that he could reconcile the
opposing factions. Coleman is said to
have refused the proposition.
Between now and next Thursday the
party leaders will devote themselves to the
further study of the now intricate problem
OF Democratic harmony.
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Favor improvements.

r. Quite spirited meeting of property
owners was held in Fulton Hall last even
ing. the object being 10 indorse ex-senator
Fairs projected improvements in the
northern portion of the city. ~.
Edward Owens. Frank NJ. Pixley, ]. NJ.
Wood, Thomas Terry and other we'll
known citizens spoke in favor of the ex-
Senator's proposed i'm provements. Mr..
Pixl ey stated that be was glad to. witness
the awakenin of the property-own in
that district TO the Importance of backing
such capitalists as desired to locate in their
midst and inaugurate improvements.
Resolutions were adopted indorSing the
improvements petitioned for by ex-senator
FAIR; also one calling upon the property
owners who have flied protests with the
Supervisors to withdraw the same. and
to carefully consider the enhancement
which will inure to their as we'll as others
property when the Improvements are com
plpfpn
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FIRE PROTECTION.
An Appropriation for the Residential
Districts Urgently Needed.

Districts Urgently Needed.
The Fire Commissioners met yesterday
afternoon. A petition from the Point
Lobos district asking; that steam fire
engine company be substituted for
chemical engine company on Second
avenue was filed. and it is the intention Of
the Commissioners to appear before the
Board of Supervisors and get the applica-
tion put through.
Chief Sullivan wrote recommending the
Commissioners to make final appeal to
the Board of Supervisors for a sufficen
appropriation to enable the department to
be increased to such an extent as to give
the residence districts OF the city some pro-
tectiop against fire.
President Schmidt said the board had
always tried to secure such appropriations.
but had never been able To do SO, even
though the chief and acting chief had fire.
Quently called attention to the crippled
condition of the department.
The secretary was instructed to call the
attention of the Board of Supervisors to
the matter and the Commissioners decided
70 walt, as committee Of the whole, upon
them at the proper time and endeayor to
get the appropriation passed.
Appointments were made as follows
Ihomas Ackerson, truckman, truck 5;
Oi6o OlcOu' H. NOuuau anu L. Drew,
hosemen engine 13, to fill the vacancies
caused by the deaths of Windrow, Davis
and Madison at The Page-sireet fire.
The following transfers were made
j.. Devine, from engine to 13; George
styles, truck to engine z; George Green,
engine 13 to truck 2.
A resolution was adopted protesting
against the resolution of the Board of Su-
pervisors compromising the suit of tie city
against w. B. Bradbury to receive the
rents OF the fire lot on the north side of
Bush street. near Polk. and to pay. S40O
counsePs fees.
William Nicholson, hoseman, engine Q.
was suspended from duty till July l for
neglect of duty, and Thomas Mctioyern.
driver Of chemical engine &, was severely
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fact that the friction of the water in pass
ing through the hose reduces the pressure
fully six pounds to the 100 feet In
other words. if pressure-gauge be placed
nj a. hydrant and another at the end of 100
feet of hose. and the gauge at the hydrant
shows 100 pounds TO the square inch, the
gauge at the nozzle would show only "a
pounds pressure.
AT the end OF 200 feet of hose it would be
only 8S pounds, and at the end of 1000 feet
of hose it would be only 40 pounds. Sup
pose then that at the hydIant the pressure
should be only go pounds to the square
inch at the end of 1000 feet of hose there
would be no pressure, in other words the
water would simply roll out like it does
from the spout OF a pump. The attaching
of fire engines to hydrants helps the fric-
tion question but little since the force with
which the water is sent through the hose
increases the friction and consequent loss
of pressure at the nozzle instead of increas-
ing it.
What does this teach?
In the first place that hydrants placed
short distances apart do not weaken the
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MORE HYDRANTS.
Plenty of Water, but No
Way to Get 1t.
HOSE REELS NOT ENGINES,
How the Outlying Districts Can Be
Protected and the Burdens of the
Firemen Lightened.

"What shall we do to protect our homes
against fre?" is the question that rich and
poor in San Francisco are asking to-day.
The CALL has for months and years
urged some action upon the part OF
property-owners in this direction. and at
last there seems to be some chance Of a
combined movement that may result in
correcting, in part at least, the existing
evil.
The extortons practiced by the Spring
Valley Water Company toward private
consumers have nothing to do with the fire
protection of the city at large. Only the
matter Of the amount of charges for the
placing of hydranJs enters into the con-
~ideration of the fire protection question,
since the city does not pay the water COM
The morning call., 1893-06-11

man. for Puget Sound; schr Serena Thayer, for
Eureka.
WESTPORT-Arrived June 10-Stmr Laguna
and sehr Barbara ernster.
Movements of Transatlantic steamers.
NEW YoRK-Arrived June 10-Stmr Sueyia,
from Hamburg; srmr Schiedan. from Rotterdam
BALTIMoRE-Arrived June l0--Stmr Dresden.
from Bremen.
LIzARD-ArrIved June 10-Stmr La Bretagne,
from New York.
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BIRTHS MARRIAGES DEATHS.

TBirth, marriage and death notices sent by mail
will not be inserted. They must be handed IN at
either of the publication Offices and be Endorsed
with the name and residence Of person authorized
to have the sam published.
BORN
DUESBURY-In this city, June 9. 1898, to the
wite.ot II. DueSbury,
LYNCH-in this city. May 50, 1893 to the wife OF
James Lynch, daughter.
BATES-In this city. June 2. 1898, to the wife OF
Arthur L. Bates.
DoNoHUE-In this city. May 80, 1893. to the
wife OF Charles A, Donohue, a daughter.
KLE1N--In this CITY, June 7. 1898, to the wife of
Ike Klein, a son.
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MARRIED..

HlLLEBRANT-BOBSI y this city June 6.
1898 by the Rev. j. NJ. Buehler, Henry w.
HIliebrandt and Emma hobsien.
WN-FITZPATRICK--in this city, June 7.
1898 by the Rev. DR.. Hirst, Charles d. McGown
and Jessie d. Fitzpatrick. botn of San Francisco.
REY-CARPENTER--In Oakland. June 8.
1898. by the Rev. John Doughty. Frank Lewis
Morey OF Denver, Colo, anc Irene A. Carpenter
of Oakland. Cal.
GERRY-POTTER-Jane 10, 1898, Alfred Auder-
son Gerry of san Francisco and Lottie Potter OF
Denver. Colo.
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More Engines Voted.

At meeting of the Finance Committee
of the Board of Supervisors yesterday. it
was decided to recommend to the whole
board a resolution authorizing Chief Sulli-
van to organize two extra engine CON-
panies. hose on Waller street, be-
tween Octavia and Laguna. and h ose s on
Fibert street, between Webster and Fill
more, to be made engine companies,
Chief Sullivan will confer with the Board
of Fire Commissioners in regard to the
matter. in order that the companies may
be properly organized.
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reprimanded and restored to duty for care
less driving whereby he broke his ladder.
Lakevew and Sunnyside are crying out
for hydrants with the rest of the town, ard
fIom the gathering storm it looks as If
something would be accomplished at last.
The solution of the problem seems 90 be
hydrants situated close together and M
merous hose companies with light reels in
the hilly districts TO hold in check blaze
until the engines from distance reach it.
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HOTEL ARRIVALS.
INTERNATIONAL HOTEL.


w Harpst Arcata Whltfed&d Eureka
Barton. Eureka McDonough. Eureka
Maurice Wells, Eureka q w Nickerson ICureka
Miss Sadie Moore, Eurka Jas Green, Honolulu
! Dorher. Eureka c. Pitts, Hanni bal, No
SEQ Kaness, u y Jas McInerney U IN
Amos SDeix, Sacramento T f Gould Vallejo
Jesse Beard. oregon o Jones. Portland
W Asimus, Portland w + Schenk Portland
4 9 Murray, Portland Clark. Portland
A + Clark, Portland & Murtin Portland
" m Carlyon, Idaho Il Chenoweth&w. Idaho
W A Castle. Cal Mrs Morgan, d&c, S Jose
Rev Reilly. Bernard Il Fade Il W, Spencer Cal
Mrs Wright. 3sns, Eurka Ii Dennis, Cal
Dennis, Cal j A Lemon. Chicago
W Trask. Anderson, Cal J NJ Salon, Anderson Cal
Dunn, Anderson, Cal 4 GasRell, Anderson Cal
Jhas Rolfe, Anderson, Cal
PALACE HOTEL.
P Hayet. Valparaiso Prof H Thurtel. Reno
A Daniel Valparaiso w Sutton, San Anareas
W Taylor, Columbia M stevenson. Vacavilie
Stevenson, Kans Radford, England
q Hudson. Tacoma ID Lawrin. England
+ Jefferson. Wash A oldschmidt Cal
Mss ID Tharp. Fresno Walsh & w Sacramento
Fhays W. \ Mrs Crooks, Sacramento
Miss FhayS. v Miss Crooks, Sacramento
R Haas. Guatemala Miss l. Peterson. Fresno
Mrs Chandler. Md Il Biacs ohio
Hrs NJ Reed, Mass Mrs Barnard maid, Y
k Paul. Chicago Schuman. Guatemala
B II Kent n Y b Forsyth. Mass
Snyder. Utah Won Leggerh, ohio
Boss Ohio Miss Walsh, Wash ID G
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How the Hvdrant Map Would Look
if There Was a Water-Main Open
ing on Each Corner.
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THEY BELIEVE IN IT.
What They Say ar the Nashua
Home for Aged Women.
Other Public Institutions
Adopting the Same Thing.
Foreign Missions in india ans
China Following the Ex-
ample.

The folloxisg eommnnieatioa explains
itself
HoxK FoR AGKD WosES.
Nashua. ~ Ill
With the consent aud urgent request
% the matron and one vlee~ preslaent,
viii give The testimony OF che u our n
mates. Mrs Eliza Fuller.
She VAS quite III With canker 10 tier
mouth, throat and chest. her complaint
At every meal being Il cannot swallow.
She read in the Nashua papers of -
many wonderful cures pefformed by DR..
GFoene's Sersura blooi and nerve refine.
dy, that she Was induced to Try IL She
procured bottle and the medicine cured
her.
Another Of our inmates Was cured by
DIR. Greene's medicine. and We all bless
il for what IL has done aud have perfect
confidence In the remedy Tor NERVOUS
and chronic diseases
NJ T. SMITH
There IL certainly q wonderful confi-
dence felt BY people IN DIR. Grecne's
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There have recently come within our
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Il as il is the discovery and prescription
OF an eminent physician. sIhis. together
with the fact OF its wonderful cures. has
led many dispensaries. hospitals and 10
situations 10 adopt the remedy as a
standard medicine.
Now We learn that various foreign
missions in India China. etc. are hav.
ing the remedy sent them as part OF
their necessary requirements IL case oil
disease.
OF course all these facts give tho PEG
pie everywhere the greatest confidence
Ia the medicine. and Their confidence IL
we'll placed. DR.. Greene's Nervura
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Another thing OF great importance ID
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