The San Francisco call., 1895-08-03
For Decent Streets.

The practice of rushing a four-horSe
sweeping machine through the streets
every evening, that has prevailed in Oak
land for years past. has at last met with
opposition. The contract for sweeping
bitum inized streets will soon expire, and
the merchants on the main thoroughfares
are anxious to adopt the block patrol sys-
tenn, which seeks to keep the streets clean
by preventing them from becoming dirty.
With a few minor exceptions the system
proposed is similar to that put in use by
the Merchants Association of San Fran
cisco. If this move can be carried through
the next step will be to have the cross
streets on each side of Broadway bitumin-
lied for about three blocks.
The Board of Works favors the new
plan if it can be proved to be practicable.
A petition will be presented to 1t in a few
days asking that the change be made, or
that a test be made before the contract is
awarded for another year.
Two Millions Involved.
An omnibus dispatch was forwarded to
Secretary Colgan of the State Board of
Equalization Yesterday from the Alameda
County Courthouse. It read:
Please accommodate all parties by coming
yourself and bringing all minute-books from
June % 10 date, inclusive. Court tomorrow,
g 80. Personal presence save postponement
Davis & Hill: H. P. Dalton, Assessor; E. G..
Buswell. petitioner; Charles Z. Shook, District
Attorney; N. A. Whidden, Auditor
1t is for the purpose of settling the ques-
ton of the legality of the reduction Of the
assessment of railroad property made by
the Supervisors that Mr.. Colgan is wanted.
Practical, Though Prayerful.
Chief OF Police Lloyd tears no further
interference from his predecessor as ex-
Chief Schaffer has given the keys of his
late Office to the bailiff OF the Police Court,
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Schaffer will rely on legal proceedings.
Although a leader in a church choir,
Chief Lloyd realizes that chief of police
must in certain sense be man of the
world.
Captain f. w. Hunt, the messenger of
the department, has been succeeded by Q.
E. Gardiner, a memb Der of the Central Com
mittee of the Peoples party.
Letter From the Governor.
At the weekly meeting of the Fedora
ton of Trades a communication was
,Iead from Governor Budd, giving his rea-
'eon for not complying with the request
of the Alameda County Federation to des-
ignate September l as legal holiday the
fact that the Legislature had made October
l public holiday. He further stated that
If the request were granted it would bring
two within a month, which would be
serious disturbance of business.
Slept Among Coffins.
James Morriss was arrested for vagrancy
and when asked by Justice Cliff yesterday
where be had been sleeping he said he had
slept for several nights in the receiving
vault of the Mountain View Cemetery be-
cause he had no other place to sleep in and
the nights were cold. The Justice said any
man so sorely pressed deserved considera-
ton and he ordered his release.
nr NFcTaan Nav DaoIiua
DIR. Mclean, who was chosen to preside
over the Equal Rights Association of Ala
media County. has declined to serve and
the ladies are disappointed beyond meas
ure. The ladies trust DIR. Mclean will not
insist on his declinaJion, as they believe
that with him at the head many promi-
nent men of Alameda County would be in
duced to join.
The Edna Gets the Cup.
At a special meeting OF the regatta COM
mittee and board of directors of the Cali
fornia Yacht Grub the committee reported
that last Sundays regatta was legal and
awarded the Walters cup to the Edna and
also the pennant for 1895.
Sequel to Cowhiding.
]. Laro, the barber who was horse
whipped by his wife for paying attention
to another woman on Broadway, brought
suit for divorce yesterday. He alleges
cruelty, neglect, desertion and few other
things.