The morning call., 1894-02-09
WANT NO FAVORS.
Free Bus and Free Lunch
Declined.
The Suit Against the Spring Valley
Company-A Missing Man to
Visit Oakland.

| Observation-Disclosures Dalton, Dow. nj an
| uel Iowle, Smell Barnard, WatklnsOn and
| Hoffman, Clerk TOmpkins and a number OF
! newspaper men yesterday morning boarded
San Leandro electric car for visit 10 Lake
| Chabot 10 inspect the Contra Costa Water
| Compauys works at that point preparatory to
| liking the rates for the city for The ensuing
! year.
All the members of The Council were present
| excepting Marshall, Bar stow and Capell. The
| latter is on the sick list, and the two former
were indisposed.
| The trip made by the electric car 10 San
| Leandro, where two buses were waiting 10
| convey The party 10 the lake. One bus was In
| charge of Victor Ii. Meicalf, director for the
! water company, and the other was one pro-
| vided beforehand by Councilman Manuel. The
party chose the latter and drove 10 the lake.
with Mr.. Metcalf bringing up the rear with the
water company's bus 10 himself.
At the lake the company had prepared
| splendid lunch, but again the city fathers de-
cined with thanks, and out of their pockets
! took their own crackers and cheese, which
they had brought with them.
The only hospitality accepted from the water
company room TO spread the lunch the
| COuneilmen took with them.
! After The lunch general tour of inspection
! was made. Under the guidance Of SuDerin-
| iendent Orestes Pierce the visitors were shown
| all the workings of the system.
The filterlng apparatus, the waste ways and
| everything connected with the plant was
shown.
While the visitors were impressed with the
magnitude OF the work, still not one of them
was convinced that the works at this point cost
as much as the company says they did.
| One Councilman summed 1t all up in these
few WORDS: Il will put in Two such plants for
| the same amount Of money"
This evening the Council will meet In COM
mttee of the whole TO discuss the water rates
and it is expected that reduction Will be the
result.
Spring Valley Methods.
The suit OF the Spring Valley Water Company
against James ShInn OF Niles TO condemn GER
tam riparian rights on Alameda Creek was re.
sumed before Judge Ogden Yesterday. The de-
PENDANT is the owner of valuable orchard near
Mics and claims he Will be damaged In the sum
OF $4,000 If The waters OF the creek are
diverted
The company claims that waller is precious
commodity aud that The supply involved in this
suits needed for public purposes. Nj. b. kellogg
Of FOX, kellogg &GIegory OF San Francisco and
). +. Hall OF this city represent the plaintiff.
Warren Olney and j. c. Martin appear for the
defense.
In his opening statement Mr.. kellogg re-
counted how the property owned by Mr. Shinn
had originally belonged 10 The Pacific Improve
ment Company, from whom il had been pur-
chased by the defendant ar time when the
water company had acquired property in the
| vicinity for the conduct of their business.
Mr.. Kellogg said that If The people knew the
amount of money that the Spring Valley Com
pany eXpends daily in the ordinary operation of
| its enormous business they would stand aghaSt
Herman Schusser, who has served as chief
engineer for the company for thirty years, tes
| tined that II was necessary 10 husband the
! water supply with great care. Storage reser-
/ voirs have TO be constructed 10 keep The water
! secure in over-pToductlve winters in order 10
! Offset The Scant supply in dry seasons. He said
| hat In The ten years ending 1887 the annual
demand for water had been 100000 gallons.
Mr.. SchuSsler said that i'll the per capita cOn-
sumption of water san Francisco ranks as one
| OF the lowest OF American cities.
Mrs. Nickois still Missing.
James Stanley, administrator of the estate of
| William w. Nichols, has filed his annual ac-
count showing that S5140 had been received
s4S94 Go was from the New England Life III
| snranee Company. and the balance from the
sale of stock and personal property.
There has been paid out S5140 60 to &. w
Flick, guardian 10 the children of the deceased,
ana 10 MIS-. Misheer, the mother of Nickols.
! The cash on hand is 1924 A. and there is con-
! siderable real estate the value OF which is not
| slated.
Nichols wife left for Germany short time
before his dea h and has never returned.
| Lotteries Must Go.
| The difficulties under which the Police De-
| partment has been laboring for months ID its
efforts 10 GUST the Chinese lotteries in this city
Will probably be done away with when the new
Council, are finally passed The Cnief says it
| has been practically impossible 10 suppress the
Chinese games hitherto because the ordinances
have been imperative.
| The probable effectiveness of the pending or
dinances is estimated by the way the Cinnamon
are leaving town In fear of its successful
! passage. Now they go out OF the city limits,
mostly 10 TemescaL They operate beyond The
province or The Councils legislation.
Must Visit Oakland.
AT their last meeting the Oakland delegates
/ to the Trans Mississippi Commercial Conven-
ton to be held In San Francisco next week
took snch action rs was considered necessary
to insure a visit of the convention to this city
! alter the hay excursion week from Saturday.
1t was arranged that the visiting delegates be
! brought 10 Broadway wharf at O'clock on
! that day, and that several hours be spent in
! showing them about town. There will be over
1000 of them. Before next Tuesday 5000
must be raised from the business men of this
city TO meet Oakland's share Of the general
| expenses.
Robbed His Friend.
Fred Lubke. who has been out Of employment
| for some time. has been sleeping I'm the butcher
| shop OF j. II. Theme AT Seventeenth and Brush
streets. Yesterday Mr. Theme opened the
| shop at the usual hour and found the young
man gone He also discovered that his horse
and wagon and about fifty pounds of canned
meat had disappeared. The police were uoti-
| fled and are now securing the surrounding
| country in search OF the young man.
The Officers Statement.
Officer Layton. who has been accused OF
| shooting ut a young lady on Alice street Mon.
| day night, thinking her a burglar, says: II
| saw person running across the street ana
called twice and blew my whistle six times
| The person did not stop and FREQ my revolver
| In the air, thinking the person was a man and
was not acting exactly straight
Heavy Damages.
breach OF promise suit for $4,000 has
! been filed by Johanna Albertson against .JOseph
| Silvera Caldera of Havwards. who is foreman
! of The ranch where the woman was employed
! as cook.
BERKELEY.
Sisters Innatia Eli natrick MaIx.