The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-08
LATEST OAKLAND NEWS.
Police Officers Are on Guard
! at All the Lottery
Agencies.
PATRONS ARE D1sCONsoLATE.
Alameda and San Joaquin Railroad
rporated-Taylor's
Bunkers.

In consequence of the instructions of
Mayor Davie and of the exposure in the
CALL of his inefficiency, Chief of Police
Schaffer has concluded to try to do his
duty and put stop to the Chinese lottery
business, which has flourished in Oakland
ever since he became the head of the Police
Department.
The stream of clerks and laborers which
has been seen for years past going in and
out of the agencies at certain hours of the
day has ceased for the time being and all
because in front of the dens are stationed
officers in uniform, whose presence warns
both agents and players that the game IS
up for the present at least.
In front of the agency at 419 Tenth street
Officer Clark was stationed, and his prox-
unity to the den caused many an eager
? gambler to turn aside with a disappointed
look on his face and seek some other
agency to play his money. II he repaired
TO All Eighth street he ran against Detec-
tive Williams, who was on guard at that
point.
The Sixth-street agencies were not so
closely guarded though officers were in
the vicinity all day, and play was slow.
In Chinatown, where almost every store IS
an agency, officers were not stationed at
each place as the force would not be
large enough to 90 around. The lOokouts
were more than usually Vlgilant, however,
and none but Chinese were allowed to
play.
At two agencies, where the play is
generally the heaviest, the Chinese looked
mysterious when requested to allow tickets
TO be marked and said, mot now, bime-
by" Others Indignantly denied that they
were agents or had ever heard OF Lotteries
being played in Oakland.
A New Railroad Enterprise.
Certified copies of the articles of incor-
pOration for the Alameda and San Joaquin
Railroad Company have been filed with
the County Clerk, the capital stock being
set at $500 600, of which $4,000 has actually
been subscribed.
The incorporators are John Treadwell,
Robert D. Fry, 4. B. Pond, J. DalZell,
Brown & Brodie, NJ. Bradford, each of
whom has subscribed for sixty shares of
stock at 500 per share.
The road is to run from point near the
San Francisco and San Joaquin Coal Com
pany's mines in Township 3, Alameda
County, near Livermore, through portions
of San Joaquin and Contra Costa counties
to point on the San Joaquin River. The
line will be thirty miles long. The COM
pany intends to do general freight and
passenger business, construct wharves,
operate ferries and freight vessels on all the
navigable waters adjacent to the bay and
on the ocean.
While the company incorporates TO do
general business, it is understood that the
main object of the road is to transport the
coal, which the corporation intends to mine
on an extensive scale, to San Francisco by
means of the road and the waters of the
San Joaquin River and the bay. This coal
deposit, which John and James TreadWeII
purchased several years ago, has been de-
veloped to such an extent as to show that |
it is of immense value, and the company |
hopes by getting to San Francisco without |
paying current railroad rates, TO be able to |
sell at such a rate as to compete success |
fully with the coal now imported from other
States or from abroad.
TayIor's Bunkers Will Stay.
An effort was made in the City Council
on Monday evening to force James 2.
Taylor, the coal merchant, to remove his
coal bunkers from the City wharf, but the
plan fell to the ground and Mr.. Taylor can
carry on his business in peace, at least for
the present.
granting Mr.. Taylor the privilege of erect
ing bunkers, which he proceeded to do at
q large expense. The new officials who
came into Office since the last election
were inclined to believe that the bunkers
were rather blocking competition by occu-
plying a large space on the clty's limited
wharf room and an ordinance was pre-
sented to the Council resembling the pre-
vious measure.
The majority of the new Council who
were also members of the old body, stood
by their previous action, however, and de-
feated the resembling ordinance by vote
of to 3.
Attorneys Were Surprised.
The counsel employed by the city to rep
resent the municipality IN the suit of the
State OF California against the Southern
Pacific Company to quiet title to certain
portions of Oakland's water front are very
much surprised at the action OF Councilman
Bassett in presenting resolutions before
the Council touching on the matter before
consulting them. These resolutions were
handed in on Monday evening and read as
follows:
WHEREAS. The State of California in the
October term of 1893 commenced an original
action in the Supreme Court OF the United
States against the Southern Pacific Company, a
corporation chartered by the Legislature OF the
State of Kentucky, TO quiet the title to seven
distinct tracts of land forming portion of the
water front of this city; and whereas, this city
claimed an interest in said property, and by
order of said court it had leave to Introduce
and did in factintroduce IN evidence such docu-
ments and maps illustrative OF its alleged title
as it deemed proper TO- 0ner; ana whereas,
through the courtesy Of the Attorney-General
OF the State of California the testimony OF all
/ witnesses suggested by the counsel of said
city wa; taken by him in said action; and
whereas, the counsel of said city were allowed
by the said court to file printed briefs in behalf
of said city and make oral arguments before
said court in support of the city's title TO said
property; and whereas, the said court has dis
missed said action because the city OF Oakland
and the Oakland Waterfront Company were
not parties 10 the same; and whereas, II has
s been represented to US by the counsel OF the
city that said action was fully and fairly tried,
and that all important facts were fully pre-
scented in said cause; and whereas 1t may be
many years before another action can be
brought by writ OF error or appeal before and
heard by the Supreme Court of the United
States.
Now, therefore, be it resolved:
/. That the city of Oakland hereby respect
fully asks the honorable Supreme Court OF the
United States TO vacate the judgment OF dis
missal entered by said court in the original |
action OF the State of California against the
Southern Pacific Company, and the city OF
Oakland hereby consents and respectfully asks
said court 10 decide such action upon the
merits
:; 2. That the counsel employed by the city of
Oakland are hereby instructed to INN ediately |
and during the present term of said court pre- |
pare and hle petition in the Supreme Court |
asking said court TO vacate the Judgment of |