The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-09-29
Davie Ferry Company's
Latest Move.
JOHN CAVITY IS A LUCKY MAN.
p" Chippy" Gallagher as Witness.
Castro Street Is Still Open.
A Constable Arrested.

IS reacnlng out Tor East Oakland and a la
media freight and passenger traffic, and
with that end in view has purchased
strip of water front near Sessions Basin
from Daniel BraDnan. This is known as
the kimball property and is on the water
front between Seventeenth and Nine
teenth avenues. has a water frontage OF
500 feet and has on il wharf 500 feet
long. The property covers an area of six
acres and is splendidly situated. Mr..
Davie is of the opinion that il will one day
be the terminus for a competing railroad.
In about week the Davie Company will
commence to run Its boats to East Oak
land, making four trips a day to start
with.
At Alameda quarters have been secured
at the foot of Water street, al which point
the boat will also touch for passengers and
freight The Davie Company is branch
ing out and certainly has prosperous ap-
pearance.
AS regards his signing the bond with the
city TO take the new slip and ferry-hous
at the foot of Franklin street, Mr.. Davie
said in an interview Yesterday:
No, sir, DO not intend to sign. and
shall advise my associates not 10 sign the
bond either. Why should we give a bond?
l want to say this: Have We not as much
/ IlRuG W GODSlupTablOu as uau tue dIIOTneNS
for whom the City Council appropriated
$780, 600 for bringing nOcsensieal lawsuit?
III the Council Is SO anxious regarding the
clty's money, why was not Mr.. Mnrgan's
offer accepted when he gave notice that he
would undertake the proceedings for
nothing and only accept remuneration if
he succeeded?
II don't like this way of doing things"
continued the speaker. "and there was an
occurrence at the wharf this morning that
makes lie feel the more bitter about it.
Despite the fact that we are paying more
tolls to the city of Oakland than all the
other shipping brings in, we are not
treated properly by the city's employees.
Wharhnger Rutherford this morning
berthed a coal scOw in our quarters and as
its cargo was unlOaded the coadust blew
In the faces of the passengers on our
ferries. l demonstrated with the wharf.
niger but could get no satisfaction from
him. so l told him shat his actions were
just what might be expected from the
policy OF N0n-Partisan railroad hirelings."
What do you pay to the city for wharf
age dues?" asked tile reporter.
Mr.. Dayie consulted Captain Ebert, who
had been present during the interview,
and then answered: I'VE pay Sos 30
week for the franklin street privilege and
$40 month for our Webster-street
freight landing. This makes total of
about S119 that we turn over to the city
each week. Now. in San Francisco we
are only taxed SIS 80 day. or $50 30 a
week. so you see why / complain at the
way the authorities on this side of the
bay are treating US. No. sir, no bond will
he given by u.s." and with this final
declaration the interview closed.
The Matheny Case.
The only enlivening portion of the
Matheny case yesterday was when
"Chippy" Gallagher of San Francisco was
on ha of ho
persons who saw MatheDy Mt SausaIito on
the night Of the burglary In hublne's sa-
loon. The other person was a man named
Cochran. and he is now In faraway Guate-
mala. Gallagher had very clear sailing in
his direct testimony, but when Deputy
District Attorney Church got hold of him
in the cToSs-eXamiDatiOn Mr.. Gallagher
struck several snags. He stated that he
was a capper and runner for San francisco
police court attorneys and that he slept in
the County Jail in that city fur period o {
twenty nights.
"But only to test the law. To test the
vagrancy bill Of the last Legislature, which
| myself helped lobby through while jour
nal clerk in the Assembly, at the solicita-
! ton of Chief Crowley of San Francisco"
| And you were the first one to fall
under your own bill?" asked Prosecutor
! Church.
Yes, sir; the first one, SIR"
Gallagher said that lie remembered
nothing in Sausalito except Matheny. as
! his brain was a terrible blank through
overindulgPnee in the flowing bowl. He
could not recall anything exec ut that his
| friend Matheny was there and needed
care. and be wanted to bring him home
The audience INDUCED in broad smile
once or twice when Gallagher slipped
easily and smoothly around an unpleasant
question.
He stated that he was at present n
lawyers clerk, and he fumbled his silver
| handled cane with a little more dignity
than he had shown. In the next breath
he answered that he had previously to TAX
ing up law pedded potatoes. Then the
crowd laughed and the bailiff had to rap
for order.
At one time Gallagher asked Mr.. Church
what he meant by the word 'capper"
Judge Henshaw quickly interrupted him
by saying
MIR. Church got the word from you
You, yourself, used it in the beginning of
your evidence"
After Gallagher left the stand Thomas
TinDion, who testified that he followed
the races for living, and was once
boller-maker. was put on. His story was
that lie met Matheny in San Francisco
after his return from Sausal!to, the day
after the Oakland burglary, and that the
defendant was in drunken condition aud
very much the worse in the way OF appear
ances. His clothes were covered with mud
and he was wet through.
Tinnion said he went TO the room for
merly occupied by Matheny and Touhill.
where he got Matthew's clothes, among
other things gathering up the old white
hat in bis bundle, and took the things to
the room of Michael Coleman, where Ma
theny had gone aud where the police ar
rested Him.
The police claim that Matheny left his
own black derby hat at Kuhlne's saloon
and then wandered out to the Oakland
trottiDg park bareheaded, where he got
the white hat and wore it to San Francisco
Tinnion was very good witness for the
defense and was but little shaken in the
cross-eXami nation, which was not finished
at the hour OF adjournment. The case
goes on this morning, and will probably
run into next week.
Lucky John Cantv.
John CAVITY is certainly a lucky man.
After being indicted for perjury by one
Grand Jury and having his case referred
on techncality TO another Grand jury
by Judge Greene, he again runs the
gaunt let, but with batter success this time.
1t is reported that his case was heard
yesterday, and the Grand Jury, by vote
of ID tn s. has decided to let John Canty On