The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-24

services: The highest ever paid to q chef de
cuisine in this city is $2400 year. The SO.
oOQ salary was paid by Vanderbilt of New York
to his cook.
DRIVING LoGs-W. ]. B. Jr., Navarro Ridge.
Mendocino County, Cal. In this State. upon
application the Board of Supervisors Of a
county may order that stream that has NOT
been declared navigable, or is in fact not navi-
gable for commercial purposes, shall be used
Tor hoatlng logs, timber and lumber 1t NAV
also order cutting, widening and strengthening
tne banks OF such stream to make il fit for
the purpose named. If any owner of land
through which such stream passes objects, the
Supervisors are empowered TO purchase the
right OF way, but if the owner demands too
high price the board is authorized to com
mence proceedings in condemnation.
LATIN AND GREEK-w. J. c., City There are
no public evening schools in this city in which
Latin and Greek are taught. This column can
not advertise private institutions that give
such instruction nor il advertise books
that are helps to learning either or both lam
guages.
BRoAD-sTREET THEATER-C R., City. The
stage of the New California Theater and that
at the Stockwell Theater, in this city, are
larger than that of the Broad-street Theater in
Philadelphia. The seating capacity of the
Philadelphia theater is said to be about 1000.
To KILL FoxTA1L-s A. H. Ruby Valley, Elko
County, New. The most effective way to kill
foXtail in alfalfa fields is to NOW early in April
rake the stuff when dry into winrows and burn
on the ground. The alfalfa roots penetrate
deep enough to remain uninjured by the fire.
CIGARETTE BLI-A. s., Winters, Yolo County,
Cal. The bill commonly known as the cigarette
bill, which is to prohibit the sale of cigarettes
passed both houses of the Legislature, and if
signed by the Governor will go into effect six
months after its passage.
MAcKAY's BIRTHPLACE-''Blue Dick" Lancha
Plana, Amador County, Cal. John w. Mackay
was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1895. He was
shot and wounded in this city by w. c. Rippey,
February "a, 1898.
SHOE FAcToRIEs-W. H., City. As the census
| figures relating to manufactures have not yet
reached this coast, the number of shoe factories
in the United States cannot be obtained at this
time.
| OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES L. B., City. The ratio
of representation in the United States House Of
Representatives, based on the census OF $780,
is 173, sol.
| CUBIC FooT OF GoLD-M. NJ, Oakland, Cal. A
cubic foot of standard gold, mint value, weighs
1929 pounds and when minted will produce
$273,5S7.
| RAIN IN MARcH-B. L. j., Vallejo, Cal. Il
rained in San Francisco at o'clock in the
afternoon of the 18th inst. There was light
! shower.
| surRo's NAT1v1rY-w. T. s., City. Adolph
Sutro, Mayor of this city, is native OF Aix-la-
Chapelle, Rhen1sh Prussia.
| TAMALPAIs-E. s., City The chart of the
Geodetic and Coast Survey gives the height of
Mount Tamalpais as 1904 feet
SQUARE MILES NJ NJ. City. The State of
California contains 158360 square miles, the
! State of New York 49. 40.
THE GoUIDs-w. T. s., City, George Gould is
native of the State of New York, as was his
! father before him.
| GROWING PLANTs-M. Z. S. Physicians say
that growing plants in sleeping-room ara
| injurious.
| THE SoLANo-J. W., Oakland. The big ferry.
| boat solano was launched in 1879.