The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-02-05
MAILMEN BARRED.
Not Wanted as Streetcar
Deadheads.
The Meeting of the Council Tonight.
Distinguished Visitors to Oak
land and Berkeley.

OAKLAND.-The Council meeting to-
night promises to be an interesting one.
An amount of important business will
come up for consideration. The milk or
dinance. prepared and recommended by
the Board OF Health, will receive read
ing. This ordinance contains dozen sec
tions. the violation of any one of which
lays the offender liable to fine of not less
than S25 and not more than $500. The
ordinance compelling the placing of safety
guards on the ends and sides of electric
cars will come up for final passage. The
matter of continuing the appropriation for
the support of fifteen special policemen
will receive consideration. These men
were appointed two weeks ago. and their
time expires tonight. The appropriation
will doubtless be made again. the an
nual report of the Contra Costa Water
Company will be read and referred TO the
Committee of the Whole Wednesday
night will probably be selected as meet
ing night for the Committee of the Whole,
when representatives of the water conn.,
paDy will have an opportunity of defend
ing their report, ana the question OF
reduction of rates will be considered.
The Council will decide tonight on
W hat day OF the coming week their pro-
posed visit of investigation TO Lake
Chabot may be made. Among the posi-
bilities of t0-night's session is considera-
ton of DOw'S poll tax ordinance;
Manueps scheme for pumping mud from
Lake Merritt to the West Oakland marsh.
and the matter of raising the grade at the
foot of Fourth avenue from four to six
feet in order that the First-street sewer
that connects through Eighteenth street
nlay be extended.
Those Mail-Carriers.
A committee from one or two of the
local street railway systems, with A. l..
Stone OF the Oakland, San Leandro and
Haywards electric line for spokesman.
waited on Postmaster a. w. Bishop re-
Gently and gave that gentleman formal
notice that on and after May the mall
carriers would not be allowed to ride free
OF charge.
The reasons advanced were that the
com panies were less able to pay than the
Government; that in Portland the local
department is allowed an appropriation
for this purpose; that the men abused the
privilege Of free riding by attempting it
when off duty.
Mr.. Stone said the rail way people were
willing to commute the carriers with
tickets redeemable at the end of the
month.
Mr. Bishop says he will write to Wash
ington, stating the facts and asking for
instructions.
The Consolidated Piedmont Cable Com
pany, under the management of Receiver
Ira Bishop, was the first to make this
move.
She Fills the Pulpit.
Mrs. Eliza Upper Wilkes. the new as
sistant pastor OF the First Unitarian
Church al Fourteenth and Castro streets,
preached her inaugural sermon at II o'clock
yesterday morning. Her text was Mark
KILL. Then Peter said to Jesus, behold
we have leftall and followed thee; what
do we here therefore" The central idea
of the discourse was the Importance of
man having his work to do. This was
pointed out as his saving mission. Re-
ligiOn itself urges a reward as its claim.
the sermon was listened TO with great in
terest.
Mrs Wilkes is Of tried service in the re-
liglous field, having preached for twenty
years. She comes from ST. Paul, MINI.
She filled an Alameda pulpit for a few
months last summer.
A Famous Visitor.
Jane Adams of Chicago, the founder Of
the famous Hull House, is expected in this
city from Los Angeles to-day. She comes
out o this coast under the auspices of the
Pacific Coast AlumnB Association, and
during her stay here proposes addressing
the alumD8 association, the students at
Berkeley and Stanford. the Rockford
Seminary Association and the Century
Club of San Francisco. Her engagement
in this city will be at the First Congrega-
tional Church. The Ebell will also try to
secure her, Her theme will, of course, be
Social Democracy.
George Cuddy's Funeral.
The funeral of George Cuddy, young
man we'll known in this city. took place
from the family residence, 1864 Willow
street, at o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The pail bearers were chosen from among
the fellow-emplOyes of the deceased at
the Sacramento machine-ShOps. Cuddy
was crushed to death by train at Sacra-
mento last Thursday. He was "a years of
age and a native of this State.
Young Men Wanted.
E. W. Dunn of Chicago has been secured
by the directors of the local Young Mems
Christian Association to canvass the CITY
and obtain an increase of 700 new mem.
bers to that institution. The present men,
bers OF the association are being organized
into committees for the special canvass
and it is hoped that within the next three
mon tbs the 700 will be secured.
Fancy Tea.
The young ladies of the Young Women's
artistic entertainment and supper, called
by them tea of nations" at the First
Congregational Church parlors tomorrow
evening An admission fes Of % cents will
be charged.
BERKELEY.
On Saturday morning the University
received the visit of Baron Hugo Won