The morning call., 1894-08-19
the truth and justice of these allegations
Improving Lake Shore.

on Monday.
Improving Lake Shore.
The Non-Partisan Council will have a
number OF good deeds to point 10 in its
record. and there is none that is more &C
cepiable to the people of Oakland than the
improvement of Lake Shore avenue. which
is now IN progress. Under the direction
OF Deputy Street uperintendent Holmes
a force of men and teams has teen en-
gagged during the past few days IN i'm prov
Ing and identifying The driveway on the
cast side of Lake Merritt The roadway
Is being wltened and dressed. and fine
highway is resulting. and will be of I'M
all descriptions of travel. The big bluff al
Newton Point has been rounded and a
fine roadway is fast sprinGing into exist
epee. Il will be the main avenue of travel
Tor the north end and east side of the lake
besides making a good roadway for sight
seers, as tine view therefrom is one OF the
finest in Oakland.
The work is all The more commendable
because 1t i beng done for few hundred
dollars-a mere bagatele compared with
the advantages that will be derived Tor the
city. To the Shire wd supervision OF Deputy
Holmes much of this result is due, Tor ne
has taken a great interest in the work.
He says that he will undertake to macAd-
alnlZe it for cents foot, and II this can
be done il would certainly be good thing
for the city 10 undertake, as such rate is
from % TO 40 per cent lower than that usu-
ally charged by contractors.
Despite the Irjunctions.
Work was begun Yesterday upon the
new bridge which will span the Lake
Merritt arm of the estuary ut Eleventh
street for the accommod alton of the High
land Park and Fruitvale and the Alameda,
Oakland and Piedmont electric lines,
which are building branch tracks into the
central part of the city. 1t will be tres
tie bridge 720 feet in length and 20 feet
wide. The rails. of which there will be
four, will be supported Oh beDts 10 feet
apart, each bent consisting of four piles 40
feet and more iD length and heavy beam.
Unless the work OF construction is inter-
fered with by the Injunction suits now
pending against the construction of the
pro pOsed branch line the trestle will be
completed at the end of two weeks.
Frightened by Numbers.
There were five Repubiican candidates
for the position made vacant by j. C..
PluDkett as Supervisor from the Fourth
District, one POpuliSt and one Democrat
Il is thought that this array does OF mean
the election OF Republican though the
district IS overwhelmingly OF that political
persuasion, and number of Withdrawals
from the field by Republicans is looked for.
One withdrew yesterday-eX-Council
j. A. c. Macdonald. The reason for this
withdrawal is stated above. Dir. Macdon-
aid said buntlv that he wanted 10 see a
Republican elected and did not see how
this could be with the vote divided anon q
FIVE of that party. He did not want to be
Instrumental in putting man of any other
party IN the position.
Open for the Season.
The Macdouough Thea:er is now regu-
larry opened for the season. and promises
under a continuance of Mr.. COOKS maD-
agement to furnish only the best of atIrac-
tionS TO O3klaDders.
On Monday evening next the celebrated
New York comedian Edward Harrigan
Will open with his company in his series
of celebrated plays. On Monday Reilly
and the 400 will be the bill. on Tuesday
"Old Lavender" on Wednesday Leather
Patch" and on Thursday "COrdelia's As
piratiOns." Popular prices will prevail
during this engagement % cents, so cents,
70 cents and 81.
The next attraction for the Marlborough
will be the trohman Stock Company from
the Empire Theater. New York. who open
their season with Sowing the Wind"
A Freight Engine Derailed.
During the morning hours yesterday
there was only an hourly service on the
local DarTow-gauge road. This was indi-
rectly due TO the accidental derailing of a
freight engine near Newark on FRIDAY
night. In consequence the freight trains
could not be hauled in until this morning.
when one OF the regular ferry steamers
was taken off the run long enough 10 trans
port The delayed train TO San Francisco.
Youthful RIoter.,
John Dannsker. boy II years of age,
was arrested yesterday by Detectives
ShOrey and Williams on charge of par
iicipating in riot. The information lead
iDg TO the arrest was given by W. "A. Dun
connie, railroad detective. Despite Dan
makers tender age there stands against his
name on the records OF the Police Court
several charges of vagrancy and petty lar
ceny.
Unique Proceeding.
Charles r. Root, as assignee of Whittier,
Fuller q Co, has struck upon a unique
method of collecting a claim of S53 60
against the Piedmont Gable Company. He
instituted an action. in Judge Woods
court yesterday against John r. Spring. a
stakeholder IN the cable com pany, for the
amount claimed to be due. 1t is alleged
that Spring owns HOO shares of stock, and
Root holding that each share is liable fol-
S00498, demands judgment for S54 70.
Happy ConsIablss.
In tbs case of Constable E. l.. Lawrence
against Alameda County, on account OF
fees, Judge Henshaw decided in favor OF
the former. The contention was made fol
the county that constables may not legally
collect fees in excess Of an aggregate OF
500 per month. The court, however
maintained that cOnstables may retain al
the fees they can legally charge and collect
Fractured His Arm.
| John Conner, a student at the Higt
| School, met with painful accident in the
schoolyard yesterday. He was swinging
Oh some rings. when he lost his grip and
| fell to the floor. His left arm was doubled
unuer him in such a manner that it wa
! seriously fractured in three places.
Attempted to Murder Rapozo.
/ Assistant District Attorney Lin Churcl
/ fled information with the County Clerl
| yesterday accusing Francisco NJ. Perairf
! of the crime of felony. 1t is alleged tina
! Peraira made an attempt to murder A. j
| Rapozo on July IA last.
ALAMEDA.
The jury in the case of George Bloom