The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-12
from another John Jones who may be working
for the company.

ALcoHoI-R. G., City. There is only one
source of alcohol, and that is the fermentation
of sugar or other saccharine matter. Sugar is
the product of the vegetable world. Some
plants contain free sugar, and still more con-
tain starch, therefore, the best vegetables for
producing alcohol are those that contain the
greatest amount of sugar or of starch. It has
been calculated that So pounds of corn and
like number of pounds of rye will yield 1.6S
gallons of alcohol; 90 pounds of wheat, q gal
Ions; AZ pounds of barley, 1.6S gallons; 30
pounds of oats, LIZ gallons; and 81 pounds of
buckwheat, 1.S2 gallons.
sIPHoN-G. w. NJ, Prescott, Yavapai County,
ArlZ. To siphon water from well the pipe
leading down the incline should be three times
the length of the one in the well and one
fourth larger than the well pipe. For instance,
if the pipe in the well is twenty feet long and
the one leading down the grade is sixty feet
long, then the pipe in the well may be an
inch one and the leading pipe must be an inch
and quarter. The size of the leading pipe II
120 feet long would have to be an inch and q
half and if $50 feet long would have to be one
and three-fourth inches, increasing in ike pro-
portion. That is the general rule Tor slphonlng.
SAN FRANc1sco.-A. D., City. San Francisco
was formerly Yerba Buena, which is Spanish
for good herb. On the 3Oth OF January, 1S47,
by order of Washington A. Bartlett. the first
Alcalde, the name was changed TO San Fran
cisco for, as the order read, ito prevent con-
fusion and mistakes in public documents and
that the town may have the advantage OF the
name given on the public map, 1t is hereby or
dalned tnat the name san franclsco shall mere
after be used in all official communications
and public documents, OF records pertaining 10
the town." AT that time there were but about
fifty houses in the town, mostly adobes
NAMES OF STREETs-Z. N, City. III 1S47 Jas
per OFarrell, under instructions from Alealde
w. A. Bartlett, then chief magistrate OF San
Francisco, made survey of the town and at
that time gave the streets the names they had
up to few years ago, when by revision a few
changes were made. The names OF the prlncl-
pal streets are the same as laid down by O'Far-
rel. The streets were named for people who
were at that time prominent In the history OF
the army, navy, civil Government OF the united
States, of the country at large and those
whose names figured in the up to then history
OF California and San Francisco.
STREETcARs-N. N, City. The following is
the mileage of the streetcar system OF San
Francisco: Market-street system 1856 miles, di-
vided as follows: Cable lines in operation, GO
miles, electric lines, 80 miles; horse-car lines,
80 miles; steam line, 10 miles; electric lines in
course of construction, 81 miles Sutter-street
system, Ii miles; cable, liz miles; morse, "a
mi les. California-street system, cable, 1615
miles. Preside and Ferries system, l113 miles;
cable, ~ miles; horse miles; steam, miles.
Total mileage, 227 miles,
WHIP-PooR-wILl-J. H. s., Oakland. Cal.
w hiP-pooA-Will lS KIM Oh Dllu VI VIC oP0SACo
known as goat-sucker, native OF the United
States and common in the United States. 1t
derives its popular name from the fancied re-
semblance of its notes to the words whip poor
Will. 1t is about 10 inches long, with gray
plumage much mottled and 1nd1stlnctly
marked with small transverse bands OF black
ana DUN, the top of the head streaKed Win
black, and a narrow collar, which, as wen as
the outer tail feathers, is white In the male
and tawny in the female.
EARLIEST SETTLERs-A. N, City. The earliest
settler at the Preside of San Francisco OF whom
there is any record was Joaquin Pima. Widow
Brtone and family, who lived at the corner OF
what is now Powell and Filbert streets, were
said to be living near the Presldio. Among
the early settlers OF the Mission Dolores were
Jose sanchez, Jose de Jesus Noe, v1ncente
MlramonteZ. Jose Cornelio Bernal, Jose An
tonic Alv1so, Tlburcio Vasquez Jose Gal1ndo
Gumeconido Flores, Francisco de Harro, Can
delario Valencia, Francisco Guerrero, Fran
cisco and Jose de la Cruz.
CHANGE OF Nance. j. M, City. 1t person
desires to change his or her name such party
must make application before the Superior
Court give name, age, place OF birth, present
name, proposed name and reason Tor q desire
10 cnange. II the party is minor, tnat is;
male under the age of 81 or female under the
age OF IL, the application must be mace
Ii person desires another to adopt MS name
In consideration of leaving that person prop
erty, Tor instance, that fact must appear In the
petition Tor change of name.
A LAWYERS DUTY-S., City. The fact that
man is charged with the commission OF crime
and the further fact that the entire community