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The San Francisco call., 1895-10-15
THE. PEOPLE HAVE RIGHTS,
Declarations of Counselor
DeImas in a Railroad DAM
age Suit Yesterday.
THE JANSEN HEARING BEGUN
Where Trains Are Run by License
the Railroad Cannot Have
Arbitrary Street Control.

The case of Robert P. Jansen, who on
September %, 1894, was struck by train
at the Chestnut street station on the mar
row-gauge line, Alameda, was taken up in
Judge Hunts court yesterday. Jansen
was passenger ON one of the local trains.
He alighted and was struck by the engine
of the train going in the opposite direction.
He was dragged along ninety feet by the
engine; his skull was fractured, one leg
broken and he was SO badly injured that
for several weeks he was not expected to
recover.
He began suit recently for $4,000 dam
ages and yesterday the trial of the case was
reached.
Mr.. Jansen, Isaac Aronberg, Or. w. II.
Robinson, E.. A. Allen and Mrs. A. Jansen
testified to the facts of the accident as
here outlined, and then General Barnes,
representing the railroad company, made
the usual motion for nonsuit.
d. M. Delmas, representing Jansen, re-
piled to the motion, and in his address he
discoursed on the rights of the general
public in Alameda and other cities that
permit railroads to occupy streets.
"The corporation that runs its trains
through the streets of a city by public
license has no more rights than has the
humblest tramp who walks on the tracks" "
he said.
''Encinal avenue in Alameda is admitted
by the pleadings to be a public street, in
which the rails are laid by license of the
city. A railroad company has no more
right under these circumstances than the
humblest citizen. In this case Mr.. Jansen
had as much right on the street where he
was as the locomotive had. l had the
same right to drive there as the company
has to run an engine. The citizen right is
subject to only this single exception: that
as the train can move only in one place the
citizen must when possible take the other
space in the street.
1.-THE law that it is the duty of people
before crossing track to stop and look
and listen applies to the rural district. and
in city where the trains are run by
license it does not bar man from recoV-
cry of damages.
For city like Alameda, with trains
running as they do there, it is the duty of
the railroad to watch more sedulously for
the people on the track than it is the duty
of the people to watch for the trains. The
reason is that the people who may cross
the track cannot do injury to the train,
while the train can do injury to them.
when Mr. Jansen was at the station to
take passage on the train it was criminal
negligence to run another train on the
parallel track. Mr.. Jansen was not a tres
passer and on the public street he had a
right to assume that proper precautions
would be taken by the railroad in running
trains. The railroad is just as much
bound to constant vigilance as the driver
OF wagon, truck or car"
Mr.. Delmas continued his discourse for
an hour and half, quoting many Supreme
Court decisions to sustain his argument
He will conclude to-day.
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city will be reconsidered. A number of
members agree with the Merchants As
soclation that $4,000 is enough for the
work.
George w. Elder was appointed official
expert OF the board to look after all street
work. His duties will be to check the
work OF the Superintendent of Streets and
look after contractors who may try to
swlndle the City and property-own
City and County Attorney Creswell was
directed to look after the interests of the
Board of Supervisors in the suit of Am
brose &. Watson to collect salary as clerk
OF Police Court 2. Five months salary or
$1,000 is at stake. A son of Supervisor
pointment of the Board of Supervisors.
He has been collecting the salary all
along, while Watson has been doing the
work, The case is pending before Judge
Murphy.
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SUPERVISORS CENSURED,
Attorney HanIon Talks Plainly
of Street-PaVing Con-
tracts.
Combinations, Monopoltes and Fa-
VoritiSm freely Spoken OF
by the League.

The fight over the street. paving con-
tracts given without competition in the
bids came up yesterday in Judge Seawell' S
court Attorney ]. G. Bates appeared for
the Board of Supervisors and asked to
quash the service of the writ of prohibition
and the writ Of certiorari served upon the
board OF Supervisors on the complaint of
the Jordan Bituminous Rock and Paving
Company and James G. Jordan.
Judge Seawen asked the attorney for the
Jordans to state the grounds upon which
ne asked for final writ of prohibition and
1or an annulment of the proceedings be-
lore the Supervisors under the writ of
certiorari.
Charles L. Hanlon appeared for the Jor-
oans. This is an attack" said he, upon
the combine between the Solid Eight that
exists IN the Board of Supervisors and the
superintendent of Streets These men
nave oeen adopting specifications for the
Dltumlnizlng OF streets in San Francisco
unoer sucn terms as preclude the Jordan
b1tuminous Rock and Paving Company
from bidding, and not content with that.
they have let out work for which the Citv
must pay without having a single COM
This favoritism has caused these con.
tractors OF the combine to charge exorbi.
tant prices for their work; they charge
thousands of dollars more than other noen
would do 1t for if they had an opportunitv
to bid, and the bills now before the RoarS
OF Supervisors on behalf of a few of tbasa
contractors for work done under this svs-
tenn OF favoritism represents onlv the he.
ginning of what will take place.
sTt,.x u r.NA. 1. @
ing Company. has presented a claim for
one block only, calling for about S35oo
If this passes they will present claims fnr
every block of the same street as thew 90
along until 100000 of the City's fund Is
consumed.
This is downright fraud upon the
property owners, and the Vrooman act of
1885, with its amendments especially pro
hibiting the letting out of any street wor,
TO be paid for by the City or individuals
except by public competition, but ithaca
Supervisors are ignoring all precedent and
all laws and are making an INDECENT attack
upon the treasury"
Several contractors interested were Mt
court, and it was claimed by J. G. Bates on
behalf of the Board of Supervisors that
the board had full power to order any work
done it saw fit without competition when
the work must be done at the City's ex-
pense.
Judge Seawell asked this question of
Lawyer Bates: ''Suppose the Board of Su-
pervisors should enter into contract with
a contractor to build a conservatory in the
CITY of San Francisco, there being no stat
ute providing for the same, could the City
be conn PEELED to pay this expense2"
Mr.. Bates said the City could. Mr.. Han
Ion contended that the City could not and
the matter was taken under advisement.
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THE CALIFORNIA BANQUET.
Committee Complain of Meeting Oppo-
sition From Several Merchants.


Committee Complain of Meeting Oppo-
sition From Several Merchants.
The committee of the California Ban
quet reports that nearly everything for the
banquet is complete. The sale of tickets
has not been as large as was hoped that it
would be, and it has been found that this
is partially due to the fact that the mer-
chants who are selling Eastern goods
which come in competition with the Califor-
MIA products are making efforts to dis
courage the banquet.
The committee is receiving many in
quiries as to the manner in which the
ladies should dress, and they desire to
state that they expect some ladies to
appear in full dress and others in street
dresses and bonnets.
The Girls Exchange has donated the
work on 400 souvenir boxes, which are to
be daintily hand painted, and on which
are to be California notices and quotations.
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THE cH1LDREN,s ORCHESTRA

musically. The performance concluded
with an excellent rendition of Haydn
''Toy' symphony by the twelve little girls
in white frocks. As the young men left
the hall to pay belated visit to the gym
nasium they decided to buy tickets for the
concert on the 29th.
The idea of prodigy" concert origin
of director of the Home for Incurables.
She is skillful musician and has trained
the TOY" symphony.
Among those assisting her in carrying
out the details of the entertainment are
Miss Charlotte Ebbets, Miss Mollie Pratt,
Miss Joey Low, Miss Ella G. Stone, Mrs.
]. G. Clark (president Kings Daughters
Home), Mrs. j. D. Spreckels, Lillian Plum
kett Furgeson, Francis Stuart and N. B.
PaHmnra
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FIRE SUFFERERS SUIT.

The City and the Water Company to
Meet a Demand for Thousands.
The suit mentioned some time ago as
about to be brought by the sufferers from
the big fire south OF Market street against
the City and Spring Valley Water Com
pany is still in allegiance. It was an
nounced by the prospective plaintiffs
attorneys yesterday that the suit would be
instituted in a very short time. One of the
causes alleged for the great damage done
due to the small size of the mains.
The water company is replacing the old
mains with larger ones, as we'll as an in.
crease in size of the laterals. What figure
this may cut in the suit to be brought is
not known, though plaintiffs ATTORNEYS
say it will not serve in any way as the
purpose of defense.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-15
MAY Get THE CONVENTION
San Francisco Is Spoken Of
by Many Eastern Re-
publicans.
MEN IN MAINE WANT IT HERE.
Senator John M. Thurston of Me-
braska Reviews the Govern
ment and Its Policy.

THE location of the next Republican
National Convention lies between three
cltles-San Francisco, Pittsburg and CHI
cago," said National Committeeman John
NJ. Thurston Of Nebraska last night, IN his
rooms at the Palace Hotel.
Senator Thurston is at present on the
coast in the interest of the Union Pacific
Railroad, relating to the receivership on
two appeals from orders made from the
State of Oregon. The question involved is
whether the old set of receivers or the new
shall pay certain bills of long standing
representing the sum of half a million
dollars.
q Senator Thurston represents the receiv-
ers originally appointed for the system.
The second set of receivers were appointed
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-15
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
Debaters of the Fabian Club Discuss
the System in Vogue in Foreign
Countries.

At the regular meeting of the Fabian
Club last evening the question of Govern
ment ownership of telegraphs and rail-
roads was discussed, and it was decided
that the public would be benefited by Ma
tional ownership, the opinion being based
upon the following considerations: Eng
land has owned its system of telegraphs
since 1870, and now sends ten times the
number of messages at a less price per
word and gives better service than before
the change from private ownership.
The telegraph companies in the United
States are paying dividends on $15, ,00O, 900
of stock, a large proportion of which is
water, and it is estimated that the entire
plant could be duplicated for $15, 100000.
In the matter of railroads the following
facts were noted: The roads owned by the
German Government have yearly gross re-
ceipts of $310, ,117, ,404, operating expenses of
$190, 1858, ,257 leaving net yearly income of
$119, ,159, ,147. Italy leases her railroads for
$48 025, 600 and 271a per cent of their gross
earnings. The Governments of Russia,
Australia, Natal in South Africa Austria
Hungary, New South Wales and Victoria
lease their roads at paying profit, and the
lines are run satisfactorily to the public.
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and the otner was the handling of stone

! and the other was the handling of stone
/ from the Folsom quarry.
At the present and for some time past
the granite-cutters have been receiving 81
n day for their work, and these wages have
! baen paid to rapid and slow workers alike
The contemp plated change is from wages TO
piece work at so much per foot. The rea-
son for the proposed change is that every
man shall be paid according to his ability.
long discussion was held relative to
the rate to be charged the desi e of the
union being to establish such rate that it
will not make any difference to the con-
tractors. No decision was arrived at.
The other matter is of greater impor-
tance to union granite-cutters, contractors
builders and quarry-owners. Several years
ago there was united protest of all union
men against handling rock quarried by the
convicts at the Folsom State prison, and
they won the fight. Since then no granite
has been handled by the union cutters ex-
cept that which came from free" quar-
ries.
The proposed erection of the Affiliated
Colleges and thes gift of Folsom quarry
stone for its construction has started the
old question in motion again, but the
granite-cutters are taking very different
view of the questionsthan they did before.
A prominent union cutter summed up the
situation last evening in this way:
We have about arrived at the conclusion that
we have been cutting our noses off to spite the
rest OF our faces, and the quarry-owners have
been sharpening the knife for us to do the job
with. We have refused to handle or work
granite from the Folsom quarry on the prin-
ciple that the conviets were doing work that
should be done by free men, and the quarry
men spurred us on in this liue.
Now the fact is this, that when the PROPOSE
ton was made TO build the Affiliated Colleges
with Folsom stone the four principal quarry
owners began to lay their plans to prevent this
being done. We are satisfied that they viii go
so far as TO their efforts to have the college
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-15
THE UNION CARPENTERS.

Favorable Prospects of Organizing a
Building Trades Union.
The carpen ters' unions of this City have
been, for some time past, gradually work
ing around for the centralization of all of
the building trades, and recent movements
show that their efforts will probably be
attended by success. The painters and
decorators are in favor of the move.
About the first step in this direction is the
Capitalization of all four unions and the
District Council in the Turk-street Temple,
and it is expected that before long all of
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-15
IMPROVING STREETS.
Supervisors Listen to Petitions an
Protests in the Mattar

Supervisors Listen to Petitions and
Protests in the Matter.
AT the meeting of the Board of Super
visors yesterday the chief business consid-
cred was the improvement of streets.
Protests were received against the fol-
lowing street work and referred to the
Street Committee:
Paving Scott street, from Hayes to Fell;
sidewalks on Church street, from Twen ty-sec.
ond to Twenty-third; paving Masonic avenue.
from Haight to Waller streets.
A resolution accepting Army street, from
Mission 10 Valencia, was ordered passed to
print.
The matter of paying the City Engineer
$4,000 for making an official map Of the
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-15
GREAT RECORD.
Over Fifty Thousand San Fran
CiSCanS.AdOpt Ills New
System Of Medicine.
Look Out for Substitutes

This is Munyon's third week in San Fran
cisco and it will no doubt exceed the great
record made by his remedies during the
past fortnight; for this reason hundreds of
sufferers who have spent their all trying to
obtain relief by doctoring in the old way
and received no benefit whatever have no
doubt looked upon these cures with suspi-
cion, and, although racked with pain, hes
itated to try them, for fear it was another
humbug. Hundreds of such during the
past week have acknowledged to Munyon's
representatives this reason for not purchas-
ing these remedies before, but after seeing
with their own eyes the wonderful cures
made by them have invested their % cents
with some druggist for a bottle and been
restored to health.
Thousands of others will do the same this
week, and as each day passes hundreds of
converts will be made to this new school of
medicine. 1t cannot be otherwise No
other medical company in the world has
ever dared to give away free over 10000
vials of its remedies, ask the press to inves-
tigate and allow them to publish the result
of such an investigation.
This Professor Munyon has done, and up
to date only eleven persons have reported
no benefit received, whereas thousands tes-
tify to their efficacy. Can any intelligent
person doubt the curative qualities of these
medicines after such positive proofs as
these? Have you disease? II so, Munyon
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So 9S

cratic State Central Committee. died on Friday
last of heart disease. She was prominent in
advancing the interests of the Congregation
Ohabai Snalome, and Rabbi Julius Fryer of
that synagogue paid an eloquent tribute to her
memory in performing the burial ceremony on
Sunday, at the Home OF Peace Cemetery.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-15
A TRAMP TO THE HILLS.
Pupils of John SWEET Grammar Scho oil
Have an Outing.

w. D. Kingsbury, the vice-principal of
the John SWEET Grammar School, started
out last Tuesday, in company with seven
teen pupils, for trip to Mount Hamilton.
The party was provided with four tents
and camping outfit. A freight-boat was
taken to Alviso, where the young men
were met by wagons that took them to
Alum Rock and from there they walked
to the top of the mountain. The famous
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observatory was thoroughly inspected.
The party was gone five days, and had
delightful outing.
The party consisted of w. d. Kingsbury,
II. Presley, Bert Holcomb. l.. Hursh, 6.
Corey, R. Forbes, H. Fowler, G. Wagner,
A. Perry, C. Mesenburg, f. Sullivan, P.
Lapman, J. Simmons f. Soule, j. Lipman.
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made OF brick or terra Gotta rather than Fol-
som stone. This would not do us any good
Now, what we propose to do is to let the
proper authorities know that we will cut and
work stone taken from the quarry by convicts
rather than let the job go begging.
1t is nothing in our pockets to lose the lob TO
this City by short-sighted opposition, and we
don't propose to do 1t. We will make fight
to have the stone for the college cut in this
City
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-15
GRANITE-OUTTERS AWAKE.
They Say They Have Been Imposed
Upon by the Quarry

A special meeting of the Granite-cutters'
onlon was held last evening for the con-
Slueratlon OF two very important matters.
0he was the change of the wage system
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-15
Boulder Creek Stays,

The annual festivities of the Boulder Creek
stays will be held next Saturday evening and
Sunday at Boulder Creek A humorous inyi-
tation has been issued and good time is
promised
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-15

All communications addressed to Mum
yon's representative at the Mansfield,
Post Street, San Francisco, CAL, viii
meet with prompt attention.
The San Francisco call., 1895-10-15
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Munyon's Female Remedies are boon
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Munyon's Headache Cure stops head
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Munyon's Homeopathic Remedy Com
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After Pacific Bank Property.
! Attorney A. J. Clunie, representing P. F.
| Dundon, thinks he has discovered $4,000 of
| railroad bonds belonging to the Pacific Bank.
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SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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Funeral of Mrs. A. Newman.
Mrs. A. Newman, the widow of A. Newman,
who was at one time chairman of the Demo-
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