The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-20
|OAKLAND'S PURSE
Is Open Wide.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
IN SIGHT FOR THE COM
PETING ROAD.
DEATH OF AN ENGINEER
DINGEE CALLS WORDS ATTRIBUTED
TO IRISH MoUTHINGs OF
A BLACKBOARD.

One hundred thousand dollars for the
new railroad is already in sight in Oakland
and the soliciting committee has barely set
to work. William R. Davis of the canvass
ing committee has given out the following
interesting communication:
Doubtless many of your readers are concerned
to know what Roadway the financial commit
tee IS making in the way OF procuring sub
scriptions. The committee is not ready to-day
to furnish names and amounts. Not because
we do not have them, but because we have to
wait day or two for certain boards to meet,
interests OF corporations and partnerships, ETC.,
to confer.
They are meeting and comforting now as fast
as possible, and faster than they ever did be-
fore. Our principal Oakland interests so far
reached are responding in the right spirit.
1t will be some evidence of this for you to
know what we know now-2 p. NJ. Tuesday
precisely where the first 100000 comes from.
1t is secured, and from 3 comparatively small
number of subscribers. About one days work
has been DONE and that by handful of u.s.
When we enlarge the number of solicitors re-
suits Will, from all appearances, cheer the COM
mittee and all Oakland's well-wiShers, too.
The committee is in good humor over
the outlook and feels that there will be no
trouble whatever in raising the money.
E. A. Heron of the committee said yes
terday: ut is only question of how
much. We believe that every body is so
fully persuaded of the benefits which will
be derived from the railroad that very few
will decline to give. There has been some
criticism Of the terms of the substitution
agreement, principally by owners of out
side lands, persons who have taken bonds
on outside lands or who expect to make a
profitable turn if the road takes certain
route"
Saturday night ex-Mayor A. C. Henry
will lecture at Elite Hall, giving his ideas
as TO where the terminus ought to be. Mr.
Henry's scheme is to fill in the bay at the
west of town and by retaining a lot of
tide lands make place for bringing ships
and rail together
Crushed in the Coils.
Charles Hill an engineer EMPLOYED on
the steamer Arago, now unloading coal at
the city wharf, was crushed to death by
being caught in a hosting tackle yesterday.
Hill was attending the aft hosting
winch when the accident occurred. The
men on the dock, seeing the large coal
bucket suspended at the rigging block, ran
to the machine and there beheld a horrible
sight. Hills body lay against the cylin-
ders of the winch, with dozen turns of
the 21a-inch rope coiled tightly around
him. One of the coils had struck the VIC
TINS neck, and the head was almost sew
cred from the body.
No one can tell just how the accident
HdPpeleu, pu1 III Is supposed InaI Hill was
caught in the slack of the hoisting-rope and
thrown against the revolving cylinder
Hill was about SO years of age and was
Norwegian. He had no known relatives
in this country.
4 Pioneer Passes Away.
Lucien P. Huff, one of the best-known
capitalists III this county. died this morn
ing at his residence, Ala East Fourteenth
street.
Huff had been i'll and his death was not
unexpected. He leaves a widow and two
children, and brother, Socrates Huff, the
exCounty Treasurer.
Lucien Huff was born at st. Joseph,
Michigan, slxty-tive years ago, and came
to California in 1S49, making his home at
Mission San Jose. Some time ago he dis
posed OF his country property, moving to
East Oakland, where he died.
Mr.. Huff was at one time a member of
the Society of California Pioneers, but re-
signed about two years ago. He gained
considerable notoriety through being fore
man of the Grand Jury that brought
charges against four members of the Board
OF Supervisors for willful misconduct in
office.
Three Divorce Cases.
An order was made yesterday in the
divorce case of I. E. Atkinson vs. J. E.
Atkinson requiring plaintiff to pay $40
monthly alimony and $3.50 costs and
counsel fees. Notice was filed later that
the suit had been dismissed
Mary A. Westsell was granted divorce
yesterday from George NJ. Westsell on the
ground OF neglect and habitual intemper-
ance. q
]. NJ. Copp, who asked for a separation
from William Copp on the ground of
desertion, has been granted decree and
will resume her maiden name:
Dingee Scores Irish.
In the course of long interview on
water supply and Colonel John P. Irish,
Mr.. Dingee of the Oakland Water Company
said
81 can scarcely believe that Colonel Irish
gave utterance to the expressions attributed
to him. A man holding the high official
station he holds under the Government is
presumably a gentleman; he is certainly
expected to be a gentleman. No gentle
man would be guilty of using in contro-
versy of his own seeking the expressions
attributed to Colonel Irish. Therefore,