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The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-05-29

In 1879 the Board of Supervisors granted
the North Beach and Mission Railroad
Company franchise, the following ex-
tract being sufficient to show it's import:
Commencing a. the junction of Turk street
wilh MARKET; thence east rly along and upon
market STREET to the city front. with connec-
nectlons IN said Market street OF all and any OF
the railroads now owned. occupied or being
built by said grantees. any of them on any
ana an OF the streets In said city and county
running INTO or across said Market street so
AS TO connect ply or all OF said roads with the
railroad track hereby granted. Also to CON
nee lts pfeSs.t road with said road at the
Junction or California street ard the junction
OF Fourth street with Market. Franchise
nifty years from November. %, 1879 Also.
grant d IN common TO the Geary-street, PARK
ana ocean railroad Company and the Cen
trail Railroad Company. Cars to be moved
Dy horses or mules or by means of wire cables
attached TO stationary steam engines; rate of
Sneed not to exceed eight miles per hour
License tax SIS per annum upon each ear
used. To be held and owned and used by
me respective grantees In common, each pay
| ing ana contributing Its just and proper por-
ZION, according To It's use-of said road, OF the
cost OF constructing, repairing and furnishing
the promoting power for operating the same. il
tne SAME snail be operated "a wire railroad
win stationary engines; and said North Beach
ana MISSION Railroad Company shall have the
rlgnt ana privilege to connect It's present road
with said road at 1.-THE junction of California
street. and the junction OF Fourth street with
saiu Marke street; and the said Geary Street
LARK ana ocean Railroad Company shall have
me rlgnl ana privilege 10 connect its road Oh
0eary street, along said Geary street TO and
connect the same with said road at the iunc tion
OF Geary street ana the said Market street; ana
tile SAID central Railroad Company shall have
the right and privilege 10 connect its road with
said road at the junction of Pine ana Bush and
TURK streets With said Market street The
movements OF the cars upon said railroad
TRACKS shall be so arranged as not to obstruct
each other, and shall be subject to the direction
OF the authorities of said city and county ana
81 Z m ha fro lima
TO time adopted by said Board Of Supervisors
In 1889, just 10 years after. was passed
the Pescia franchise. 1t was franchise
granting the North Beach and Mission
Company right of way over the following
streets:
Commencing at the Intersection OF Twenty
sixth and Folsom streets, thence along Folsom
street to California avenue, thence along Cali
fornia avenue TO Columbia place, thence along
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MAYOR ELLERT's EARLY MORNING ORDER
MAYORS OFFICE, \
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. MAY 80, 1898.

w.. W. AcKERsoN, esq, Super intendent of
PUBLIC Streets, Hi ghways and Squares, CT ty
and County Of San Francisco:
Sir: Tt having come to my knowledge that
certain persons have, between the hours Of
midnight and o clock A. M. of this dav
entered upon public street Of this city
and county, to wit, Market Street, dug 10
por ions Of the street and sidewalk abuttinp
thereon, and proceeded to erect poles for
the transml ssion Of electric power for
proposed electric ailway on said street
all OF viii ch is wi thout law, I hereby di-
rect you to at once proceed to remove such
poles, as we'll as all obstruc t ons you may
find upon such street, to fill in all holes
that may exist, to replace the sidewalk and
TO remove to the city corporation yard
20 mere remain until the further orders
from this office, such poles and obstruc-
t1ons as you may find capable Of removal
further direct that you proceed to the
execution OF this order Immediately.
L. R. ELLERT, Mayor.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
.oFF1oE OF THE po.pnor

| OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF STATE HARBoR
" Comm issioners, 10 California ct San Fran
cisco. Cal. May %, 1913.
Sealed proposals bids Will be received at this
office at or prior to O'Clock p NJ on TUESDAY,
June g. 1893. for furnishing the cement to he nsad
proach to ferry slips Nos. p 3. T. 5 and at the
foot OF Market ST.. on the water front of rhe ctv
and county OF SHn Francisco, in accordance with
specifications prepared therefor by the chief EN-
%, 1888. TO which special reference is bereby
made. Three separate and distinct proposals will
be received, TO be designated respectively Lot No
L. Lot No. z. Lot No 3, each to be made on differ
ent blanks for about 1890 barreis the total
amount of the three bids aggregating about O Don
barrels. 'NO
NO bid viii be received unless it is made on n
plank form furnished from this Office and IL nc.
companied by certified CHECK for per cent of
the amount of the bid payable to thu order of the
OF the successful bidder that he will within air
DAYS after the acceptance of his bid, enter into
written contract to do said work according to the
specincatlons prepared therefor, and will also
execute and ftle with this board n good and suf-
hcient bond. TO be approved by said board in sucb
amount as it shall direct, and conditioned for the
faithful performance of such contract: nor will
said bid be considered by this board unless de-
llTered TO the secretary to the assistant secro-
tary. at he Office of the secretary, at OF prior to
O'Clock P N. on tuesday, June b, 1898 at which
place the bids will be opened
The board reserves the right TO reject any
or all bids il deemed for the best interests OF the
State
Bidders are invited to be present at the opening
OF the bids c. r. BASSETT
II. BROWN
DAN T. COLE,
Board OF state Harbor Commissioners
HOWARD c. HOLMES. Chief Engineer.
j. j. KEEGAN Secretary my25 1Ot
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entire line of the main public thorough
fare in San Francisco. BY morning the
people of the city would have seen long
line of unslghtly iron. poles on Market
street, supporting network of wires that
would have rendered it impossible for the
fireman to perform his duty.
But the genius that conceived the auda-
cious scheme of capturing the eity's best
street in defiance of law had not equal
ability In carrying his scheme into execu-
ton.
The municipal officers, headed by the
Mayor, were not caught sleeping, and now
the poles and all the material calculated
20 be used lie in the CORPORATION Yard
confscated by the city.
An account of the bold attempt to make
Market street the personal properly of a
corporation was given in yesterdays CALL.
but owing to the lateness of the hour the
full details and important significance of
the scheme could not be dwelt upon.
A few minutes before midnight yester-
terday superintendent Anderson of the
Omnibus Gable Company gave a number
of orders from the office of the company at
Tenth and Howard streets. All the same
moment large body of men started from
the engine-house for Market street. Other
gangs of men left other localities and d.
reeted their steps TO the same point of rev.
devious. Just as the clock toled u about
400 men had congregated on Market street,
near Third. They all carried pickaxes
and shovels. Then doomed up in the dis
lance carts and wagons and trucks. The
trucks contained long iron poles about
thirty feet in length. wire and tools, while
in the carts were concrete and sand.
Soon men appeared with lanterns and
began directing the large gang of work
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DEAD IN HIS ROOM.
a DissoIute Woman Dies in Ship
Carpenters Apartment.

Coroner Hughes has another mystery on
MS hands which al present disrloses no
clew that leads to its solution. About six
weeks ago William Cahili, ship-calker.
rented a small apartment in the lodging
mouse kept by Mrs. Roma at 513 Howard
street.
The mechanic paid 81 week for the
room, appeared regularly every night and
as regularly departed every evening.
de had little baggage. Late Saturday
night he went home with absolute wo-
man and retired. He has not been seen
SINCE and when the undertaken entered
the room last night he found the dead
oody OF the woman lying on the floor by
the side of the bed.
one had apparently been dead several
hours. The police were notified aud the
Dody was taken to the Morgue.
NO one who knows the name of the dead
woman could be found last night. She was
apparently about 45 years of age and was
rather corpuleut. There were no mark
OF violence upon aer body and her death
may have been the result of prolonged
deb UGH
Ofhcers Taylor and Tute were detailed
TO look Tor Cahill, who had disappeared
ana Iound him at the house when he re-
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At Third and Market streets he almost
fell in one of the holes that had beer
opened in the street, and rubbed his eyes
why, what in thunder is this?" he ex-
claimed in establishment. He looked and
saw all along the length of the street
hundreds of men tearing up the street and
sidewalks, while lanterns iii kered here
and there. at first be imagined thai
some sewer had burst, but there were toe
many men for that.
Say, what are you men doing here any.
how?" he asked.
He received 10 answer, the men keeping
on in their work. Ackerson got mad al
the insult to the Superintendent of Streets
OF San Francisco. and announced who he
was. But his name had no magic in it,
the men keeping on in their work with
method and rapid effect.
''See HerriD," he was told on all sides.
SO AckersOn sought Attorney Herrin
Herrin was on the corner of Third and
Market streets. With him were Attorney
Wood of Lloyd &5 Wood. Gustave Sutro
president of the Omnibus cable-road, and
Vee-President Stern.
by what right are you tearing up these
streets ?" asked Ackerson.
THAT'S all right, Billy" was the re-
turn of Wood. Come have a drink. We
have franchise to do this" and Wood
pulled lot of papers out of his pockets
showing them as his authority for the
work that was being done.
Larry Welch. Chief Deputy Superinten-
dent of Streets, came up and asked for in.
formation. You fellows would not be
doing this at such a dead hour of the nigh
unless there was something wrong abour
it." he said.
After thinking over the matter Superin.
tendent Ackerson resolved to have con-
sultation with the Mayor. Mayor Ellert
had already been notified by THE CALL OF
what was going on, and was soon on the
scene. The Mayor ordered the work
stopped.
Supervisor Hinton. accompanied by
Colonel Barry, his attorney. also arrived
and as Supervisor representing the dis
trct was Indignant at the proceedings
This must be stopped Immediately" he
said. But Herrin and Wood did not seen
inclin ed to have the work stopped.
Mayor Ebert grew warm at the refusal
TO obey his order, and communicated with
Captain Short at the Folson-street station
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company would net proceed any further
In active work until the matter of right
was acquired in the courts, and that he
would sue out an injunction to-day re-
straning the city from interfering with
the progress Of the company's work. The
Injunction would then be argued and de-
cided.
Mayor Ebert, after a consultation with
Chlet OF Police Crowley, decided so keep a
close watch, so that no further work would
be done.
Chief Crowley detailed a posse of ten
men from the Central Station to keep
watch during the night, so that they might
stop any attempt to erect poles on Market
street at moments notice
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Anti-Chinese Meeting.

Denis Kearney addressed a crowd at
City Hall avenue yesterday afternoon. He
urged organization to aid in enforcing the
deportation law, and said that four la W
and order clubs had already been organ
lied with membership of 1900. He an
next week in the Twenty eighth. Twenty
ninth and Tbirtieth Assembly Districts.
for the purpose If organization. He said
something about arrestng all the Federal
officials as perjurers for violating their
oath of Office in refusing to enforce the
law, and cOncluG al by announcing a
meeting for to-nigni at the corner of How
ard and Second streets.
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turned at II O'Clock last night. He was
arrested. and booked at the Southern Sta
ton on charge of drunk. without bonds.
Cahill said that he wanted to leave the
house early in the morning, and did SO,
leaving the woman asleep. In leaving he
took short cut, by going out of the win
dow, and was away all day. He said that
he knew nothing of the cause of the
womon's daafh
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BIRTHS MARRIAGES DEATHS,

Birth, marriage and death notices sent by mail
VIII not be inserted. They must be handed in at
eltner oil the publication Offices and be Endorsed
with the name and residence of person authorized
to have the same published
BORN
LAVARONI-In this cry, May 25, 1893 to the
wife OF John Il. Lavafoni a SON.
ALLARD-in this city, May 49, 1893. to the wifs
OF Demo ID. Allard a daughter
SHAWN this city. Nav 2s. 1893, to the wife of
Colonel Henry q. Shay. daughter
hEMPIN In this city May Is. 1893, to the
VIE OF Hermann Keniplnsky. son.
lsENBRuCk-In this csty. May 20, 1893, to the
wife OF h. Isenbruck. son.
HISk-May 70, 1898, to the wife OF Carsten J.
Hink, So.
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street, from Eighth TO
the ferries. early yes
terday morning.
The case proba bly, has
no parallel in the an
nais of any city In the
United States.
Owing to the prompt
and energetic action of
Mayor Ebert, the cor
coration's scheme ended
0isastrously, and the
corporations legal ad-
visers are now pacing a
funeral m arch.
The case is that of
the rise and fall of an
electric road in twenty
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IN, of the Confscated four hours. For audac
Poles ity there has never been
anything to equal it. as the promoters in
tended, with the large force of men at
work. to have the road ready for opera
lions, outside the motive power, along the
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-05-29
LATEST sHIPPIsG INTELLIGENCE.


movements OF Trisns-Atiantic Steamers.
SoUTHAMPToN-Arrlved May 2s-Stmr Saale,
from New York
GLASGOW Arrved May 2S-Stmr state of Ne
braska. from New Yors.
from New York
NEW YoRK-Arrlved May 2s-Stmr Rupia. firm
Hamburg; stmr La i'rti agne from Rayre
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-05-29

HiCkEf-MA RS-In this city. May 21 1893. by
the Rev. Father Scanlan. John Hickey of San
francisco and Josephine Mars of Massachusetts
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ELLERT NIPPED 1T.
That Scheme to Steal All
Market Street.
NO TROLLEY WIRES Go UP.
The Mayor Promptly Confiscated
the Big Poles.
WORK EFFECTUALLY STOPPED.
The Omnibus Company Tried in Vain
to Get an Injunction, but VIII
Try Again To-Day.
NO TROLLEY WIRES Go UP.
WORK EFFEcTUALLY STOPPED.

The boldest attempt ever made by cor
poration in the history of San Francisco to
capture great public thoroughfare was
that of the Omnibus Gable Company to
construct an electric road on Market
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F3- Samples sent npon application.
Country orders receive prompt attention.
Goods delivered free in Sausalito
Mill Valley Oakland, Alameda and Berkeley
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L. R. ELLERT, Mayor
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-12-16
How tho Soil IL depleted.

A scientist gives the following information
upon the kinds and amount OF plant food re-
moved from the soil by various crops; A crop
of thirty bushels OF wheat would take from
tho soil about forty-ilvc pounds OF nitrogen,
twenty-e light pounds OF potash, twenty-thrce
pounds of phospborIc Rcid and ten pounds OF
lime. This would include both the straw and
the grain. Forty-nvc bushels Of oats would
remove ilfty-two pounds OF nitrogen, thirty.
eight pounds OF potash, nineteen pounds OF
phosphorle acid and twelve pounds OF lime.
Fifty bushelr OF corn would remove ffty-six
pounds lfty-cight pounds twenty-five pounds
and sixteen pounds respectively. Two tons
of alfalfa hay, one hundred and two pounds,
elghty-scvcn pounds, TWENTY-FIVE pounds and
cighty-five pounds; two tons OF timothy hay,
fifty pounds, sevcnty-three pounds, twenty
pounds and Hfty-six pounds.
Provisions are made against deterioration
of the soil among the agricultural classes In
Great britain. IL has long been the custom
IN the agreements for the letting of land to
provide against the depreciation of fertility
by the insertion Of restrictive clauses in re-
spcct to the system Of culture pursued.
Among such prohlbltory clauses are the fol-
lowing: Two grain crops may never be taken
In immediate succession; no hay, straw or
turnips may be sold oil the farm except un-
der special circumstances and conditions, !,
only certain limited quantities of potatoes or
flnE may be grown; arabic land shall be two
or more years in grass. These restrictions
are based upon the idea that tho farm must
maintain it, own fertility. They have hith-
erto. no doubt, served n useful purpose In
preventing the exhaustion OF the soil through
either Ignorance or cupidity Of the cultivator.
But the extensive use Of artificial manures
placcs Il different complexion on the matter.
Peruvian gunno is still imported annually at
the rate Of 5000 tons. The annual average
importation IA about 1000 tons. The annual
aveingc quantity Of imported mnnurcs and
fertilizers Is 4G9.00O tons, and tho estimated
consumption Of homemade manure 10 go, 600
tOnS.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-12-16
roarv Acass GNovoA
W,sAea Of sns rreposai - Hsdsss -
rtelsiags UaAsr the Desert
Land Law.

land Law.
Oss d he rnost radical features Of ths ri
ifSss lesued b. the congress IL Les Angeles, g,
NAYS the irrigation Age, WAS the demsnu AZ.
The limitation 10 forty acres OF tne nmouus
land that can BE- taken up by an inuivmus.
settler under an irrigation canal. a. any .,.A,n.
wss also ono Of the wisest and most sRn'o-
Noihing hss stamped the desert land lay
more plainly with disingenuousness Than, tne
provision which formerly permitted the ian;
Ing up OF $40 acrcs by an Individual sne
mn. 1t gives the lie to all the friends OF tue
Irrigation iJcA- They arc daily asserting
that under the scientific form OF agriculture
possible with Irrigation men can be extreme,
ly prosperous on snIall farms, ranging i.on,
ten 70 forty acres in different Localities anu
yet they have allowed law to exist unchai-
lenged under which eight times as much
land ~ tho largest farm unit suggested ran
bt taken DIP By single Individual Anu this
III spite Of the fact that pressure OF popuih u
tion is constantly narrowing the limits OF 'nc
public domain fit for settlement.
source Of evil II can only exist on INC
theory that the public lands arc the spoil oi
speculators, rather than the hcritnR; OF tue
people. The larger the amount oil ianu open
to individual entry, the easier II Is LOT an,'-
Vrabbers TO absorb the public domain, We
smaller ths anonut opef to individual en1ry,
the more difficult 1t is - deprive the people
OF the last field open for the making OF tht:'
homes.
The reduction to forty acres wonid not, OF
course, remedy all the evils OF the desert land
Inv. Ii would not render any more practca-
bic the reclamation OF the desert by settlers
without the assistance OF capital. But IL
would put stop to the absorption OF land
for speculative purposes and hasten the day
when plan more Just and honest VIII be de-
visc for the reclamation of the arid land ny
public or private enterprise, or by both.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-12-16
A,p,o p,,r,,,-It. cad,p..

Apple growing In Northern Colorado has
had the same drawbacks that 1t has In every
new country, the fault OF which is wholly
with the people in planting largely OF sber-
Ian varieties that arc us sure of bll.hting as
they are bf growing While they are one OF
the hardest and will stand the extremes OF
our climate without injury, they n,e OF such
ripen their wood.
And too often party that Is going to plant
few fruit trees In his garden Will select
four fiftbs of the transcendcnt crabs md
others of its class. This was the case with j.
D. Parker, who had the best orchard In Weld
County ut the time the blight came and was
offered 81 ,0c0 per acre for ten ncres, and 1t
was at his place that 1t made It's first appear
unce In Colorado. and It can be attributed TO
two causes: ,t.
LIST. BY cultivating garden truck among
the trees and watering them too often anu
too much, which stimulates an unnatural
growth.
end. The germs from decaycd or decaying
vegetation will breed the blight Just the same
hs though they lad too much water.
There are trees ID the westward school lot
of five acres that was sold oil from the Gree
ley Nursery several years ago and have not
been irrigated since the school board bought
IT, and there Is not n bllghicd tree In the
whole lot, while all of those the most subject
to blight In cultivated felis adjoining 1t are
entirely killed out.
Many Of those that had very little faith
that VIC could raise apples. successfully. nnd
especially Greeley people when they saw
Colo, ado walk OF with the WoflJ's Fair mp
pie przc, and Wyoming get the potato prize
away from US, they say, there must be som'
mistake, because We can beat the world or
potatocsn (and doubtless we would II our
farmers had sent their best potatoes to CHI
cago). Having giscn their whole attention
in this line they have but little Idea What ear
be done with the apple until 1t Is dcmonstrat
ed to them.
A. Mcmillan, eight miles south Of Greeley
who had large crop OF apples this fall, give
his trees very little water until the leaves ar,
OF In the fnll WHEN ne giyes them thorough
sonking. His trees were loaded better thai
any saw In atty Of the New England or Mid
die States this year.
Plant the hardest varieties, give them th
same attention you do other crops, !. e., at
tention when they need 1t, and you soor will
be selling instead Of buying apples.
To cure the blight follow the above; vntcl
your trees especially In July and August ant
il the ends OF the twigs show the effects o
blight cut at least foot below the dead por
tlon and burn Immediately. and II you cam
keep ahead Of 1t grub out the tree and burr
1t at once, and never plant apples on low o
scapy land.
GEO. J. SPEAR,
Prop Greeley Nurseries.
The Bessemer indicator., 1893-12-16
Colorado sugar B,e,..

The Utah sugar factory. to which number
of sugar bccts were sent from Montrose coun-
ty, Colorado, for analysis, has sent in re-
port containing a result OF the analysis.
With oue or Two exceptions the beets werc
found TO he very good, only requiring little
more time In which to rIpen and show high
CIR cn.eillcicnt OF purity. The bects sent by
A. j. Humphrey, A.w, Hoycy aud 8. II. Nye,
were reported IA above the general average
that can be looked for In any country. The
following are thr returns Of some Of those
whose bects gave the best Analysis: A. w.
Hovey, per cent. OF solid matter, l9.1; per
cent. Of sugar, 1873; per cent Of purity, SS.9.
A. J. Humphrey, per cent. Of solid matter,
1872; per cent. Of sugar, 1871; per cent q
purity, s3.5. 8. u. Nye, per cent. Of solid
matter. 1870; per cent. Of sugar, 15.4; pet
cent, Of purify. sS.s; ). W. DouthilI. per
i4.2; per cent Of pnrity, 500. j. Anderson,
per cent Of solid matter, H.s; per cent; 70 Of
general average Of the beets sent by the thir.
teen farmers whose bects werc analyEed Isl
Weight Of bects, 24.3; per cent; Of solid mat
ter, III; per cent OF sugar, 1919; per cent
Of purity, T07.-IvyfgatioH Age.