The morning call., 1894-01-22
OF THE UNEMPLOYED
A rIan Caught in the Act of
Forging a Check.
TRIED TO CREMATE A BABY.
An Insane rother Fooled In Her
Terrible Attempt-Mrs. ARM
strong at the Jail.

OAKLAND.--The City Council VIII TO-
night consider among other things the
posting of the names of the streets on the
various corners throughout the town.
For a long time past stranger has felt
that he was indeed in a strange place
when he visited Oakland. for he might as
we'll be III the heart of the Sahara so far
as street directions are concerned as to
have been dropped down in Oakland and
be expected to depend on street signs TO
find his way.
In former times the names of streets
were painted in good round lettering on
the globes that protected the gas lamps,
but with the more general use OF the
electric light for street purposes the gas
lamps have gone out of use, and the small
boy with the convenient stone soon made
the globes which surm0unted the gas posts
a target, and street signs are nearly all at
the present time all but Obliterated.
For months past the Street Committee
of the Council has been experimenting
with various devices for designating street
names, from the ornate colOred tile letter.
ing set behind thick glass in the sidewalk s
corner TO the plain pine boards nailed TO
the house corner. but has not yet fully
made up its mind which to choose.
At the last meeting of the committee a
representative of the Oakland Gas, Light
and Heat Company appeared with prop
osltion that the old gaspOsts be utilized
for the purpose of holding sign boards
fastened to them, saying that this could
be done at a reasonable figure. Another
device is a neat wrought-iron post set in
:he corner of the sidewalk, on which the
sign boards are fastened with rivetS.
One thing is tain, In view of the
number OF strangers who will visit Oak
land during the Midwinter Fair, the
Council is determined to take some action
in the matter, and that very soon.
OakIand's Unemployed.
The past week has been very bad one,
indeed, for the unemployed OF Oakland,
because of the almost iDcessant rain,
which has made work on the streets and
the projected city improvements next to
impossible.
But while the work was not actually
under way the City Engineer has made
good use of the rainy spell in getting all
his plans completed for the contemplated
boulevard Improvement on the Newton
property fronting the east shore of Lake
Merritt. When the weather does moderate
and the work is fairly started there will
be no hitch. 1t can be pushed to compile
ton.
At the last meeting of the citizens COM
mlttee. at the Mayors Office on Friday
hlsht, tho luootiVH Va WAGES Wao VIC CHlol
topic under discussion. Tne fact that the
city and county are paying different rate
of wages entered largely into the talk.
with the conclusion that it ought to be
uniform. III his remarks Colonel j. l..
Lyon stated that he thought that if the
matter were left to a vote of the unem-
pIoyed themselves they would indorse the
action of the committee in having made
the wage rate 81 80 per day.
Regarding the rates fixed by the Super
visOrs on county works. per day-it was
decided that wien the committee called on
the Supervisors to-day regarding the work
on the Contra Costa County road they ask
that the wage rae on that work also be
put at 81 50 per day,
An announcement was made at the meet
ing that the Catholic Cemetery Associa-
ton had appropriated $500 to aid In build
ing the road to their property, and on the
same work the county, through Supervisor
Plunkett. will also expend $500 on the
road.
In regard to having school children con-
tribute food for the unemployed, SuDerin-
tendent McClymonds said the matter
would have to be referred to the Board of
Education for that body to pass upon.
A member of the board was present. DIR.
Todd. who said tina: the plan, if carried
out, might work a hardship on children of
poor parents who would feel badly if they
could not give and would be robbing them
selves IL they did give.
The committee will hold an bother meeting
tomorrow evening.