The morning call., 1893-10-20
CARS WITH GATES.
T hey Will Be Put on the
Road To-day.
LADIES' NIGHT AT THE ACME.
Talk About the Matheny Jury-Chi-
,: nese Afraid of the Geary Law.
Breen's Boy Dead.

the Oa kIand trains about which SO much
has been said and written will be placed
in operation. and the day OF the free rider
will have passed with the setting Of last
NIGHTS sun. Orders were issued late yes
terdav afternoon, and this morning will
see the largest train crews ever seen on an
Oakland local A number of officers will
be OF each train.
:. A high official of the Southern Pacific
Company was asked yesterday if he
thought the trains would be delayed any
more than at present, when about Gne
train in three fails to make connection
with the boat. but he said not. "All that
will be required for passengers to do will
be 10 show their rickets," said he, land as
soon as they become accustomed to pur-
chasing them before entering the cars there
will be no difficulty or delay"
Superintendent Fillmore thinks that the
people of Oakland will soon become accus-
toned to the new order of things.
The Assessors Claim.
The mo0ted question of how much a
County Assessor is justified in charging
came up before the Council at their last
meeting on Monday night. County Asses
sor Leekie made a formal demand upon
the City Clerk for the transmission Of his
bill Of S26l1 II. for furnishing the city with
copies of the assessment roll of city prop
erty, to the Auditor. so that be could be in
a position TO bring suit for the recovery Of
that amount in case the bill was not paid.
Il was the opinion OF number OF the
Councilmen that the charge was exorbi-
taHt and should not be met. They thought
il would be best TO stand trial at this time
have the matter s6ttleQ once and
forever.
The legal rate. as fixed by the Legislat-
.ure OF $780, is 12l5 cents per folio. This Is
the rate charged by Mr.. Leckle, but the
question now raised is whether he should
be paid for every page IN the rolls fur
nished the city or only for the pages writ
ten upon.
The matter was referred by the Council
TO the City Attorney. who yesterday gave
il as his opinion that the claim Is legal and
valid. and that the city might, with equal
pToprietv, attempt to test the right TO col
~lect a promissorY note.
= Councilman BarStow yesterday discov-
cred that Leckie's bill has already been
approved for the full amount, having been
ran in with a long list of bills and ap-
@proved by resolution.
= |MayoT PaIdee's expert has made a re-
sport against paying the bill on the ground
that the bill is eXOrbitant.
with interest
The Speed Ordinance.
The Ordinance and Judiciary Committee
of the City Council met last night. Much
interest was taken in the proceedings, as it
;:Was thought that some decisive action
would be taken with regard TO altering the
present speed ordinance. a delegation
IRON the Southern Pacific Company was
present by special invitation of Chairman
Dow. Division Superintendent A. d.
Wilder spoke at length upon the difficulty
now 5eing encountered by the company in
its - IT'S 10 comply with the speed 0sdi-
names and still meet its boats. Mr.. Dow
wanted 10 know if the company was run
ming its trains at the maximum rate al
lowed by the law. Mr.. Wilder said ii
was. He also said that the collection Of
fares would make no delay
Captain Pool of the steamer Piedmont
tod the committee how impossible it was
to make the boats nowadays, and explained
how the Piedmont was being forced right
along to leave the pier before the trains
got there. Engineer Jeffrles spoke along
the same lines and told of the difficulties
that an engineer has to face in attempting
to make the schedule time and meet his
boats. These gentlemen were then asked
by the committee for their explain atiOns,
and it was decided to lay the matter over
for further discussion.
. w. u.
Gas and Light Company, offered Oh behalf
of the company TO deed the city the prop
erty at the foot of Jefferson and Grove
streets tor the opening of the streets when
tie present litigation over the water front
was at an end This proposition was re-
ferFed 10 the special Waterfront Commit
tee, which will consult with the City At
:.toTney and the waterfront lawyers and
:teDort back TO the Ordinance and Judi
-Giary Committee.
LadIss' Night.
+ Ladies' night at the Acme Club drew a
very large audience last night TO witness
the entertainment provided. There was
music, athletics and gymnastics, and a
very entertaining programme was pre-
scented. The feature of the evening was
the wrestling match between c. V. An
<drews of the Acme Club and T. g. Phillips
of the Olympic. The men wrestled al hour
at:1he first bout and were then obliged to
part with honors even. When they met an
:b0ur later Andrews threw Phillips in
twenty-five minutes, and was carried from
the hall amid wild confusion. Phillips was
unable to appear again and had TO give up
:. the match.
Whispers About the NIatheny Jury.
- RQmors are abroad about the Matthew
jury that do not reflect favorably on some
of the members of that body. IL is said
that when the jury first retired there were
two ballots taken which resulted z to 5 for
acauiGtaI, and that the next stood S tn 4,
and at this time one of the jurors made IA
proposition that the proceedings in the
juTy-ToOm be kept secret. 1t is also stated
That some of the jurors fTeQuented saloon
where MatheBy's friends cOngregated. The
authorities are working on the matter and
there may be some Interesting develop
ments later on in this case.
Afraid of the Geary Act.
=. The Chinese everywhere are scared al
most out of their wits by the Geary law,
and those in Oakland have caught the
fever Of late. They shun a court and pub
lio places generally as they would pes
silence. and to appear in the Police Court
under anyS ciTcums tances makes them
think of deportation.
Yesterday QuOng Wo preferred to forfeit
$50 bail rather than appear before Judge
A lien on charge of selling lottery tickets.
lie is lot ready to 60 TO China yet, and
thought trick was being worked on him.
The Other PouIsons
The Count and Countess Poulson are
not The only PoulsoDs who are having
ialBliy troubles and airing their grievances
In the courts.
in Judge Ogden's court yesterday the
G5 Gase Oh Barbara POulson VS.. Waldemar
Tpooison was on. 1t is case in which