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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25
THE WRIGHT LAW DECISION.

The more Judge Ross decision on the
Wright law is considered the more disas-
trous it appears to the welfare of the State
and the more serious is seen to be the
barrier which it raises against the develop
ment of those localities in which there is
not sufficient rainfall to insure the pro-
duction OF crops. If the Judge is correct
in his contention that irrigation is not a
public benefit for the establishment Of
which the power of the law of eminent
domain may be invoked. then it is difficult
to see how community can provide for
irrigation SO long as a single individual in
it objects to the project.
1t would seem that the issue involved is
one of fact rather than of law. There are
portions of California where irrigation is
not a necessity, and might therefore be re-
garded as a concern of individuals rather
than of the public. There are other sec
tons, however, in which it is an absolute
necessity. There can be no profitable cul-
tivation of the soil without it. In such
localities it is certainly a more important
public concern than any other. What
would be the value of highways or any
other public work in region where no
one can live?
Another evil effect of the decision will
be the unsettling of public confidence in
the laws of the State. If a statute which,
like the Wright law, has been repeatedly
confirmed by the courts can be suddenly
overthrown and declared invalid, what
making any kind of improvement or in
vestment which depends for security upon a
statute of the State? If Judge Ross decision
should be sustained there would be doubt
and hesitation everywhere, and it would
be difficult to find capitalists, either here
or in the East, who would be willing to
loan the money which in SO many of our
growing communities is needed to lay the
foundations of industry and prepare the
way for prosperity.
The blow comes at a time when the
State is i'll prepared to receive it. We are
on the eve of great revival of industry
banks of New York and London are seek
ing for investments that promise safe re-
turns, and there is apparent new era of
development at hand for communities
that have been hampered by a lack of
capital. The arid sections of California
had the bright prospect before them of OBJ
tanning much OF this money and advancing
rapidly in prosperity. All these prospects
have been clouded by decision which,
while dependent from so thin hair as the
contention that an irrigation ditch is not a
public benefit like a highway, is still
potent enough to check enterprise and put
stop to all development for some time to
come.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25
STUDY THE MAPS.

We publish this morning two maps to
which the attention of the public should
be given, for they relate to matters which
grayely concern the people. One of these
shows the streets on which it is proposed
to give the Market-street Railway Com
pany franchise to operate a series of
railways, and the other shows the streets
to be traversed by the Sutro line. They
are to be studied in connection with one
another, for there is lesson in them.
The majority of the Board of Supervi-
sors pretend that the franchise asked for
by the Market-street Company is no more
than an extension of the present system of
that company, and in advertising it for
bids they require that the proposed roads
shall be operated as extensions of and adj
Juncts to and in connection with said line
of railroad" This requirement of course
excludes any bidder for the franchise ex
cept the Market-street Company itself, for
what other individual or corporation could
operate the road as required?
Study the map and see whether this
claim of the Market-street Company and
the majority of the Board of Supervisors
has any foundation in fact. I, it not clear
from the map that the frasehise sought is
for wholly new system OF roads? If this
franchise is only an extension, would it
not be possible for the Market-str Com
pany to grab every street in the City under
the pretense of extension? If, under such
pretense as this, competition can be shut
out, would not the law prove to be of ad
vantage to the monopoly instead of to the
public?
Compare the so-called extension" of the
system of the Market-street Railway as
shown in one map with the route of the
Sutro road as shown in the other. Sutro
was required to pay $4,000 for his franchise,
but the Solid Eight propose to give the
extension" for $780, Why should the
Market-street Company be granted fran
chise covering such an extensive system of
streets for less than one-tenth of the sum
paid by Sutro for his franchise? A glance
at the maps will show that the Market
street extension" is really more valuable
than Sutro's. Why should it be granted
for the small sum of $500 under terms
drawn IN such way as to nulllfy the law
and exclude competition?
The City needs money. Every depart
ment requires larger appropriations than
can be granted without resortiug to excess
siye taxation. The City is in debt. Its
creditors have waited long for payment.
The City lacks many Improvements. The
people have been asking them for years.
With this need of money, this debt, this
lack of needed improvements, why has a
majority of the Board of Supervisors de-
cided to give this valuable franchise away
for the paltry sum of $500 instead of con-
forming to the letter and the spirit of the
law and selling it under terms of fair COM
petition to the highest bidder?
The franchise applied for is well worth
$4,000. Why give it away?
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25
THE SUPERVISORS CONVENTION.

While the convention of Supervisors
called to devise means of making State
exhibit at the Atlanta Exposition is not
SO completely representative of all the
counties of the State as could be desired,
there are yet sufficient number present
to undertake the work they have met to
consider and by cooperative efforts carry
it to such degree OF success as will be a
credit to the State.
1t is estimated by the State Board of
Trade that for $4,000 an exhibit can be pre-
pared at this time that will be hardly in.
ferior to the one which it cost 100000 to
make at the Columbia Exposition. The
Atlanta Exposition Company has offered
to California the free use of space worth
$5000 and the railroad has offered free
transportation. The cost, therefore, will
be as nothing in comparison with the
benefits to be derived, and it would seem
the sum required ought to be easily
raised
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25
OUT-OF-TOwN PERSONALS.

Ell Paso de Robes, July 23.-The late arrivals
at the Paso Robes Springs are: Henry S. Bridge,
Autha |. Bridge, Fl, Lake, F. Cobbatz, Twilight,
E. A. Stowell. Park Fellows, Mark Len, J..
W. Daskill, III. Newell and wife, DR.. s. N. Den
MIS- Mrs. Rice Mccullough, J. d. G. Martin, H.
L. Martin, Miss V. Martin, Miss M. l.. Lawyer,
+. Emarento, Miss Laura Gashwiler, ]. R. Rob-
erts, c. w. Clark, Mrs. Contana, Mrs Hoff, Miss
Carentina, s. Bio J. Seward, F. Cox, j. Mile
groa, Mrs. d. Frankel, Miss B. Levy, w. J.
Walsh, f. J. Flynn, Z. g. Holiday J. P. Burns,
Q: Sinclair, +. Estrada, Mrs. James, Miss s.
Wilson, Miss Parker, William Parker and fam
lily, Miss Jane Wilson, James c. Dumphy,
James F. Fowler.
New York, N. Y, July 24.-Californians reg
istering at hotels to-day: San Francisco-T.
p. Wadsworth, Everett; J. C. Paine, Broadway
Central
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

Music at political meetings in England is be-
coming quite the vogue, and would-be MEM
bers OF Parliament find nothing endears them
more to their constituents than a display of
vocal talent. Captain Grice- Hutchinson, Mr..
Newdigate and R. ]. Price, who are now NJ. P.'s,
sang to the electors at the last general election,
and who knows how many votes which other
wise would have gone to their opponents were
captured by their musical efforts? The Irish
party can boast number of vocalists, says
the Strand Musical Magazine. The veteran
T. d. Sullivan has written the words of many an
Irish ditty, and has sung them with great effect
at numerous political and festive gatherings.
Tim Healy, too, is much given to rendering Irish
ballads, "Mary Donnelly" being his favorite
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25
AN ABSURD DECLARATION,

The New York World has published what
it asserts TO be an interview with Irwin c.
Stump concerning the mining business of
California. 1t is inconcelvable that Mr..
Stump could have made assertions so ridic-
ulous and damaging. The purported in
terview starts by saying that he has de-
vised a scheme for syndicate which shall
market mines on commission. This is
sensible enough, but the interview pro-
ceeds as follows:
Eat present the mining promoter pays
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

demand for it, ought to furnish some
reason for their belief Predictions like
those of Secretary Smith are, no doubt,
effective arguments with some people, but
the generality of Americans have now
reached that degree of intelligence that
counts no prophecy worth anything unless
the proDheu can give reasons sufficient to
show he knows what he is prophesying
aho1t
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

has been printer sixty-six years. He is now
| 80 years old, but can stick type as rapidly as
any composition in his Office.
General o. o. Howard, who has been resi-
dent OF Burlington, VT, since his retirement
from the United States army, has been elected
president of the Norwich University at North
field, VT.
In his life of Henry NJ. Stanley, Mr.. Thomas
George says that the explorers real name is
Howell Jones, and that he was born at Isgar, in
Wales. November 16, 1910. His father was q
bookbinder.
Nine. Casimer-Perier has followed the ex-
ample of her husband, the ex-President of
france, and learned to ride on the bicycle.
She practices daily with Nine. de Bourqueney,
wife of the former "introducer of Embassa-
DORIS"
Ralph Iron (Olive Schreiner) is described as
small, lively woman, with nothing of the sad
ness OF her stories. Two years ago Miss Schrei-
ner married Mr.. Cronwright, member of the
Colonial Parliament. 1t is said that instead of
her taking his name be gave up his own for
hers
Mistral, the Provencal poet, married to oblige
his mother, who said to him regularly: 'What
will your life be like without wife or child
when am gomez" Remembering little girl
with pretty eyes whom he had seen at Dion
ten years before, the poet set out in quest of
her, found her, girl of 10, and married her.
John Burroughs, the essayist and naturalist,
says that the golden orioles bother him great
deal. These birds are regular topers in their
love for grape juice They stick their beaks
into the grapes. suck up the juice and three or
four birds are able to ruin several tons of
grapes in a short time.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25
SAID IN REPARTEE.

81 cannot deceive you," he protested.
"DarlingW she murmured.
And so they were married.
After that he found he had taken an un-
necessarily gloomy view of the situation. He
found as matter OF fact he could deceive her
with Glove and the old lodge story.-Detroit
Tribune.
Mrs. McSpratt-Isn't it remarkable how
many mysterious disappearance there are?
Mr.. McSpratt-Oh, l dunno. Most of 'em
are married.-New York Weekly.
First Kansas Settler-What dye do, Bill,
when yer wife begins to blow yer?
Second Kansas Settler-Oh, just go over to
the cyclone cellar for an hour er two.-Judge.
ST. Peter-Are they all here?
Gabriel-All but New York and PHILADELPHIA
st. Peter-What's the matter with them?
Gabriel couldn't wake Philadelphia, and
New York had to get her harp out of pawn
Judge.
"They say Wilkes married his cook"
"He did; only she was not his cook before he
married her, poor girl."-Harper's Bazaar.
Bostonian-The average Bostonian-
New Yorker-I beg your pardon tn ought
they were all above the average,-Puck
He-Carrie, do you know, darling, that Won
are the only girl 1 ever
She-There, that will do. Don't tell me any
of your fairy stories.
He-But hear me out You are the only girl.
say, that l ever thought was fool enough to
have me.
She-Which shows that was made for you.
Yes, Charley, think you may buy that ring
as soon as you like.-Boston Transcript
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

Money put into San Francisco sand
bank will pay good interest in few years.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

We shall probably not hear of car-fend-
ers again till the next victim is killed.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

The State Bureau of Highways is shak-
ing an ominous finger at the stupid extrav-
agance which bad roads represent.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

Democracy is not only without candi-
date for '96 but hasn't even platform to
put him on.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

"They say Hamsby is generous to a fault"
ayes, he is, if it happens to be one of his own
faults. Buffalo Express.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

Forty favorable decisions on any law
seem to count for nothing against one that
knocks it out.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

Chicago with two Aldermen indicted
makes a greater splutter about reform
than we do with eight on the hooks.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

California never offered better induce
ment to investors than that of her unde-
Veloped gold mines.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

The body and the soul of Stambuloff
are doing the John Brown act amid I'M
mense applause in Bulgaria.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

Better wages for the people and better
revenues for the Government will be the
monetary reforms most demanded in '96.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25
Ocean Excursions.

Steamship Pomona, to Santa Cruz and Mon
terey, leaves Saturdays. p. NJ, due back Mon
days, . A. NJ. Ticket office, New Montgomery
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

Those who apply for reduction of their
assessment on buildings should first look
up their insurance policies.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

Princess Maud, the youngest daughter of the
Prince OF Wales, wears monoele in her eye
whenever She appears in public.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

Now comes the report that England has
swallowed the island of Trinidad with no
fear of an internal scalding by the boiling
lake of asphalt.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

Town originally signified farm or farm
house. 1t is used in Wycliffe in this sense.
"and they went their ways, one to his
town, another to his merchandise
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

The Free Labor Bureau is an education
as well as a convenience.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

If all who praise and pity Mrs. Kate
Chase Sprague would put up dollar for
her relief, they might save their pity.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

Eastern cities are in futter of fear that
their ice isn't pure.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

Is your blood pure? Do not pass by this question.
1t means much to your health, your happiness,
your usefulness in life. Take Hoods Sarsaparilla,
the only true blood purifier.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

Judge Ross decision that irrigation is
not public benefit would be quickly over
ruled if the facts were left to the verdict of
an intelligent jury.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

1000 patrons attest that DR.. Eddys method
OF extracting teeth has no equal. No pain, no
danger, no alter effect. 622 Geary street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

Good-by is an abbreviation of an old
English form of parting, "God be with you
until we meet"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

The Grange School of Instruction at
Camp Roache offers an outing for pleas
ure and an inning for learning at the same
time
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

The South Side Improvement Clubs
proposed brilliant street parade will shed
strong light on one of the greatest needs
OF the City.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25
BACON Printing Company, SOB Clay street.

GENUINE eyeglasses, 15c to 50c s11S Fourth,
barber. Sundays 733 Market (Kast shoestore)+
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

IF you suffer from looseness of the bowels, DR..
Siegert's Angostura Bitters will surely cure you.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

NouGAT chewing chocolates. Townsend's. !.
ScHooLBooKs exchanged. Kings, Is Fourth+
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

church in Whitechapel, London, is
said to be drawing sinners from the Street
by offering free cup OF tea and smoke
during the service.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

Cloudbursts in Pennsylvania and New
Mexico are leaving alive a sufficient num-
Der of the population to come to California
and begin life anew.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

Persigny, the most INSCRIPTIONS of Napo-
leon IT'S agents in bringing about the coup
d'etat, left memoirs which are to be published
soon in Paris
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25
PROMINENT PERsoNAGEs.

A translation into French is in preparation
OF the historical and critical essays of John
Morley.
Professor Leyden, the famous German physi-
clan. received $25, 00O for attending the late
Car in his last illness.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

Buckley's trip to Canada and the cause
of it are not forgotten, and hence those of
our Democratic friends who have some
pride in the City and desire to build it up
might reflect that by assisting in the restor-
alton of Buckley to power they are boil
STEERING such ruinous distractions as the
Solid Eight represent.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

has been printer sixty-six years. He is now
80 years old, but can stick type as rapidly as
any compositor in his office.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

First Kansas Settler-What dye do, Bill,
when yer wife begins to blow yer?
Second Kansas Settler-Oh, just go over to
the cyclone cellar for an hour er two.-Judge.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

In view of Judge Ross decision against
the constitutionality of the Wright law, it
might be wise to have the validity of laws
passed on by the courts in advance to pre-
vent such catastrophe as that which this
decision involves.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

Mrs. Reeves. wife of the distinguished Eng
lish tenor, Sims Reeves, died recently at Upper
Norwood, near London. The deceased lady,
who was in her seventy-ifth year, was well
known in her youth both on the lyric stage
and the concert-room. Her maiden name was
Emma T11nn,o, no
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

"They say Wilkes married his cook"
"He did; only she was not his cook before he
married her, poor girl."-Harpers Bazaar.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

Although the ladybug that is devouring
SO much does not wear boomers, it is
offering its industry as evidence that it
appreciates the new responsibilities of its
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

BUSINESS OFFICE:
no Market Street.
lephOne. Md4u-4Ooo
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

Professor Reinecke, who last month entered
upon his seventy-second year, will, it is under
stood, shortly retire from the conductorship OF
the famous Gewandhaus concerts, which he
has held for thirty-fiye years, his predecessor
in the office having been Julius Reitz, who
himself succeeded Mendelssohn.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

THE SUMMER MONTHS.
Are YOU going to the country on vacation If
Sc it is no trouble for US to forward THE CALL TO
your address Do not let it miss you for you will
miss it, Orders given TO the carrier, or left at
Business Office, TO Market street, will receive
prompt attention.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

EDITORIAL ROOMS:
BIZ Clay Street.
ora Main-lS74
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

What was probably the last appearance of
Gladstone in the House of Commons was made
on March 1, 1894, when he quilted the treas
ury bench
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

Mrs. McSpratt-Isn't it remarkable how
many mysterious disappearance there are?
Mr.. McSpratt-Oh, 1 dunno. Most of 'em
are married.-NeW York Weekly.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

If the consolidation of Philadelphia
street railroads prove as powerful as that
in San Francisco we shall probably soon
hear scandalous complaints of that city's
municipal governing board.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

Buckley must feel pretty certain that
San Franchises professions of desire for
a clean City government are not altogether
sincere, or he would not seek to regain his
old control.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

There is a nimble story going the rounds
that Cleveland has had small door cut in
far corner of his house at Buzzards Bay
so that he can sneak in without being OBJ
served when he has had bad luck at fish
in
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

BRANCH OFFICES:
$50 Montgomery street. corner Clay: open until
ESQ o'clock.
$50 Hayes street: open until 8 80 O'Clock.
7l7 Larkin street; open until $3.50 o'clock.
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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25

The truth about the Democratic party is tn at
SO long as it was out of power it was able to
conceal its inefficiency, but as soon as it was
put in control of public affairs, its melancholy
lack OF capacity was disclosed, and it began to
so to pieces.-Astorian (Oregon).