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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20
TO CLEANSE CITY WAYS,
Street Committee Taking Into
Consideration the New
Specifications
The Merchants Association to Con-
tinue the Work Until New
Contract Is Signed.

The Street Committee, Chairman Spreck-
els presiding, met in special session yester-
day morning to consider the specifications
for cleaning and sprinkling the streets sub
mitted by the Merchants Association at
the request of the committee itself.
President Dohrman of the association
was present, as were also Deputies Dono-
van and Ford of the Street Department.
The specifications were gone through
item by item and so discussed, but no de-
cision was reached with regard to them.
Mr.. Dohrman was, of course spokesman
for the specifications and Ford and Dono-
van served as its critics. The paragraph
which specified the number of men to be
employed on the streets each day was OBJ
iectionable to them.
They thought it would require a great
number of deputies TO watch and keep tally
on the men.
Mr.. Dohrman did not think so. He said
the Merchants Association employed but
one superintendent and that he had no
difficulty in keeping track of the work.
He said further that whoever got the con-
tract the Merchants Association would
watch the WORK in the same way and would
be quick to complain if it was not done ac-
cordlng to specifications.
Supervisor Benjamin thought that the
wages to be paid the men should be speci-
fed
Dohrman said he thought it bad policy
to do so. The work was done by the square
yard; if the price was inserted it would of
course mean that the best wages would be
paid. This would necessitate EMPLOYING
only the best men, and that would mean
that very many poor and feeble men very
much in need of work but who could not
earn the higher wages would be deprived
Of a livelihood. 1t would be exceedingly
unfair to them. He said the association
had many old and feeble men on its pay
rolls who were paid in proportion to what
they could earn. The aim OF the associa-
ton also had been to employ married
men-in other words, to give the work to
those who needed it most.
Chairman SpreckelS said he did not
think it advisable to touch the subject Rf
wages in the Specifications.
Mr.. Dohrman informed the committee
that the cost of cleaning the streets under
their plan was $45l 20 day.
The committee framed resolution for
recommendation to the effect that the Mer-
chants Association be requested to con-
tlnue the work of cleaning the streets
through the month of July or until the
contract is awarded again and at the rates
agreed upon.
The committee will meet again this aft
ernoon to consider the same matter.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Mr.. Olney is the second graduate of Brown
University to serve as Federal secretary of
State. The first was Mr.. Marcy of Pierce S
Cabinet.
The king OF the Georgia moonshiners Just
captured in the mountains, bears the fierce
name of "Black Bear" He is white man
named Miller.
bronze bust of DR.. Joseph Leidy, for forty
years professor of anatomy in Pennsylvania
University, has been accorded niche of honor
in the institution he served SO long and well.
Commodore Sickard of the New York navy
yard has shown his dislike of tan-colored shoes
and bright-hued neckties by forbidding the
use of either on the part of officers in the sery-
ice under him.
Charles Dexheimer, wealthy and eccentric
man of Long Island, provided in his will that
his daughter Laura, "she of the short foot"
should have $500 more than any other heir
"because it costs her more for Shoes"
Miss Frances Z. Willard is again declared
engaged. This time the source OF rumor is a
London paper that has picked out for her can
English gentleman of wealth and position and
of prominence in reform work.
Rev. DR.. John Halls example in contributing
to charity whatwould have been his income
tax has inspired an unknown New York
woman to give her income tax, 81 900, to the
Foreign and Home Missions of the EPISCOPAL
Church of that city.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20
NOT ALL A JOKE.

Certain papers having accused the SYRIA
cuse Standard of f1ippancy and midsum-
mer testing in recommending Sitka as an
eligible place in which to hold the next
National Convention. that journal returns
to the charge and declares that on recon-
sideration it is more in earnest in the sug-
gestion than ever. 1--WE favor" it says,
getting these councils of the parties as
far from the madding crowd as possible,
in order that the usual conflict the
audiences have with the delegates over the
nominations may be obviated.'
1t cannot be reasonably denied that
there is serious substance in that argu-
ment. In urging that the convention be
held in Sitka the Standard is, of course,
carrying the thing too far, but the tendency
is right. A Presidential convention should
not assemble in any large city whose
people favor some particular candidate to
the prejudice of others. In such cases
there is sure to be heavy pressure brought
by the pOpulace upon the delegates, and
every effort made to carry the convention
off its feet, as it were, and hurry it into an
ill-considered and perhaps unfortunate
nomination.
In pressing the argument home by the
citation of instances of the evil COM
planned of, the Standard says: cover and
over again the people who are merely on
lockers have assumed to say who shall
speak, and it has not been an infreauent
spectacle to see the most distinguished
delegates hooted down. At Chicago, in
1892, Senator Daniels was grossly insulted
by the audience present in the Democratic
convention, and only a threat from the
chair that the hall would be cleared gave
him chance to be heard. In Sitka, surely,
these things would not be possible"
While the argument is not sufficiently
strong to take the convention to the Alaska
metropolis, it has sufficient strength to
help bring it to San Francisco. California
has no candidate for the Presidency There
will be in this city no throng Of partisans
Of any particular aspirant trying to over
whelm or howl down the friends OF others.
This cannot be justly said Of any other
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

-'''-'
In New Mexico such doctrine will be looked
on as revolutionary. They think it is well
enough TO work part of the time; but not al
ways--not for instance, during siesta time in
the first part OF the afternoon.
Louis Gerlach of the big wholesale butcher
ing hrm OF Gerlach Bros. in Stockton owns q
great many cattle over in Washoe County,
Nevada. Last evening he told of q new de-
parture in the cattle business of this coast-the
shipping OF Nevada cattle East. Heretofore
Nevada cattle exported have all come this way.
prices here this year for beef and cattle,''
said Mr.. Gerlach, "would have been very low
but for the shipments made from Nevada East.
These low prices would not have been brought
ABOUT by over-production, either, but by de-
crease In the consumption. The working
classes have not as much money as usual to
pay for meat. In fact, earlier in the season,
judging by the amount of cattle coming in,
we expected good prices, but we soon found
that there was not going to be as much de-
mand for meat as usual. The shipments
of cattle from Nevada East, however, have pre-
vented q fall in prices. This is the first time
that cattle has been shipped East, at least
within my recollection. All my cattle raised
there this year went to Omaha. The freight,
OF course, was made higher per car, but the
cattle are worth as much in live weight in
Omaha as they are dressed here. We paid $3.50
car to Omaha from Reno, while the price
from Reno here is $40. OF course we pay
great deal more per mile this way than East.
1t doesn't make any difference to what point
you ship cattle from Reno this way, the price
is always $40 car, whether to Stockton, Sac
ramento San Jose or San Francisco.
Charles J. Pillsbury, well-known pioneer
merchant and mining man of this City, who
has been making his home in Boston for the
past ten years, has come out here in the inter-
est of some Boston capitalists on mining bust
ness. Last evening at the Grand he was speak
ing of the revival of interest in California
mines in the East.
"While Boston business men are consarva.
tive" he said, "they can be approached on the
subject of mining with great deal more en-
enlargement now than for many years past.
While there is such an inclination it would be
well worth the care of people dealing in mines
not to get too much excited, or it will lead to
disaster. Those who are leading the minds of
the public in encouraging the development of
mines should exercise great care in looking
out for the interests of both the buyer and the
seller. 1t is easy to discourage large amounts
OF money by injudicious representations. IL is
better to be conservative. There is no doubt
that investments in mining by Eastern cap
italists are increasing, but it can easily be
checked and discouraged"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20
Music and
Musicians

and carefully mounted and was received with
marked favor
The appreciation of Wagner's music is max
ing rapid strides in the Spanish peninsula. At
Wagner concert recently given in Madrid,
under the direction of Maestro Campanni, ex-
cerpts from Tristan and Isolde" and
"ParsifaP' were presented to a delighted audi
ence.
Van Westerhaut, Neapolitan composer has
just produced a successful opera in Milan. 1t
is entitled "Fortunio," and the pot is taken
from Theophile Gautier's romance.
A new operate work in two acts, entitled
"Ruit Hora," by Ettore Ricea, bandmaster Of
an infantry regiment, was brought out recently
at the Teatro Nuovo, Plea, with great success
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

There is one business man in San Francisco
VINO never lets himself and his employees for
get that rustling is necessary to success" said
DE- James McComber of New Mexico, as he
stretched himself comfortably in the Russ
House lobby
was In wholesale store on Market street
To-Day, and on the wall in a huge frame,
printed IN staring black letters, l saw a
rhymed appeal to the attaches of the estab,
hshment and the public in general to get in
and drill l made copy of the little verse
and will take it back to New Mexico with me
as curiosity, for nobody down there would
ever think OF posting such notice.
Dr. McComber produced a card on which
was written:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20
They Are Very INDIGNANT.

Fink d SCHNEIDER, who have the contract
for furnishing the Spreckels building, say there
is not the slightest truth in the story published
in morning paper yesterday stating that they
were having tronble with the furniture
workers. Neither is it true that they pay
skilled labor only 81 80 day. The pay of the
workmen varies from 81 to 50 per day accord
ing TO the class of work to be done and the
skill of the workman
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

When the delegates to the Republican
National Convention, to be held at San
Francisco, shall have taken all the happy
little excursions into the interior, and shall
have tasted of California's hospitality, they
will wonder why they had lived SO long in
zimmerman darkness.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20
SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

The country will be astonished and many
municipal dignitaries viii be shocked at the
news that several Aldermen of Massachusetts
city have actually been sentenced to fifteen
months imprisonment, with hard labor, for
"boodling." Now. If it had only been fine
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20
Ho, for the Mountains.

Another enjoyable family excursion to the
Santa Cruz Mountains will be given on Sunday
next under the superintendent of Colonel
Mention of the Southern Pacific Company. AS
the fare is only 81 25 both ways, it is expected
that many jaded Ctty.folks will avail them
change and u breath of mountain air
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

WE guarantee our ports and sherries to be
pure. Mohns Il Kaltenbach, 30 Market street. 3
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

Kaiser William is no great orator, but
when he is expected to make a speech all
Europe becomes an ear trumpet.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

The Republican League Convention in
Cleveland will satisfy the country by civ
ing US the Ohio idea revised to date.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

The one hard way of doing thing right
has discouraging fight to make with the
ten easy ways of doing it wrong.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

Now that Marysville has taken the well
fare of the Sacramento Valley on its shout
ders the San Joaquin Will have to look to
its laurels.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

The search for the lost Lady Sholtc
Douglas seems to reveal the fact that Lore
Sholto, IN whose company she disappeared
has become microscopic.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

The Grand Jury having sheathed its
sword, made bloody with Supreme Court
gore, the grave Judges have hurled a
hurtling javelin in return.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

The New York Times has figured it on
that the people of that city spend S., 500, 90
for churches and SO, SOC, 600 for theaters
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

In France if structural defect in
bicycle causes an injury to the person
using 1t, the manufacturer is legally ac-
countable for damages.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

It has not yet been shown that the girl
bandit of the Santa Cruz mountains wears
boomers and rides a wheel"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

Marysville's pledge of prosperity was Sc
cured by nearly unanimous vote to bond
the city for Improvements.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

The talk of nominating Cleveland for a
third term has at last made noise enough
to draw remonstrance from Dana.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

So long as our wines were sold at price
that entailed loss to the makers the peo-
pie OF the Eastern States thought they
were hardly worth buying.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

If the girls of Oakland had had their own
way they very likely would have been
willing to be voted for in an election for
Goddess of Liberty.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

FINE eyeglasses, 15c., s119 Fourth street, mr..
barber. Sundays, 1876 Market, Kast's shoestore*
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

THE merits of Hoods Sarsapara- as a blood
puri1er and building-up medicine are extoled by
thousands who have been benefited by it. Is it not
the medicine for you? Try it now
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

Salmon P. Chase having been lying in
an unmarked grave for twenty-five years,
his admirers have at last decided to erect a
monument to him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

The grand procession on the Baltic canal
is going to follow after the water carnival
on the lagoon at Santa Cruz.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

The reason why our contemporaries pub
fish lottery notices is a mystery story, bu
there are no prizes for guessing it.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20
Ocean Excursions.

steamship Pomona, to Santa Cruz and Mon
terey, leaves Saturdays, P. M, due back Mon
days, . A. NJ. Ticket Office, New Montgomery
street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

Everything will boom when the Ostran-
der Repeating Gun Company of Boston is
removed to San Francisco.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

There is not a disease that the mineral
springs of California cannot cure, except
love and political aspirations.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

5000 patrons attest that DR.. Eddy's method
OF extracting teeth has no equal no pain no
danger, no after effect S22 Geary street
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

In The United States gold coins ninety
parts are gold, nine copper and one silver.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

There is more profit in sitting on {;
barbed wire fence talking politics than il
buying lottery tickets.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

1t seems that Germany as well as Eng.
land intends to try the game of monkey
ing with the Monroe doctrine.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

1t would be interesting to know how
many of the defaulting Olympic cashiers
friends who saw him squandering money
at the races were members of the club.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

Progress has Marysville for friend.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

DIR. SIEeERTs Angostura Bitters are the best
remedy for removing indigestion aud all diseases
Of the digestive organs
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20
PLUCK wINs-Ir ALWAYS WINS.

Though days be slow
And nights be dark 'twixt days that come
and go,
Still Pluck will win. Its average is sure.
He gains the prize who can the m Ost endure
Who faces issues; he who never shirks,
Who waits and Watches and who always
works.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

People who take too much time generally
steal il.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

Money makes the fireworks go.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

III health is the only thing that expe
riences discomfort from summer camping
in California.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

You share in the profits of the seller
when you buy home products.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

The eagles tailfeathers are beginning to
droop.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

Professor Gayley of Berkeley undoubt-
eddy had the evils OF lottery in mind when
he condemned what he regards as preva.
lent gambling spirit among Californians.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

Before the summer is over Sacramento
will be booming the State Fair as fiesta.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

Burying an evil before YOU kill it is sim
ply planting the seed for another crop.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

There viii be much formality at the Kie
festivities, but very little fun.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

Some men always get their luck in the
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

CRYsrALLrzED ginger, CSC lb, Townsend's. .
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

BACON Printing Company, 5o8 Clay street.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

The City Hall dome angels wings are
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

GEO. W. MoNrEIrH, law offices, Croker bldg.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

President Cleveland has shown how
cheap are the honorary titles bestowed by
some American universities by declining
the honor OF becoming a LID. at the
hands of one OF them.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

Very few people talk of politics now ez
cept the politicians.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

Either Democracy or Populism will b
lost in the next shuttle.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

Not every woman who cultivates large
waste makes the best wife.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

The lottery would have to crawl if news
papers did give it wings.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

Once more there is hope this generation
viii see the new PoStoffice.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

There is certainly abundant excuse nov
for Olney to pull off his coat.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

The Maryland free-traders who are try
ing TO defeat the reelection of Senator
Gibson have the logic Of the situation on
their side, but Gibson has the key to it in
the hands of German.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

The soundest gumption is home con-
sumption.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

The most unsubstantial fabric on earth
is lottery ticket.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

The Kaiser is expected to make a grand
stand play.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:

DAILY CALL-s6 per year by maili by carrier, 15c
per week.
SUNDAY CALIr-s150 per year.
WEEKLY CALL--$1.50 per year.
The Eastern Office OF the SAN FRANCISCO
CALL DAILY and Weekly, Pacific States Adver-
Using Bureau, Rhineander building, Rose and
Duane streets, New York.
THE SUMMER MONTHS.
Are you going 10 the country on vacation ? If
So il is no trouble for us 10 forward THE CALL 10
your address DO not let it miss you for you Will
miss it, Orders given TO the carrier, left at
Business Office, 40 Market street, will receive
prompt attention.
THURSDAY 90, 1895
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

say the hundredth part of what these
aldermanic Judases got for the betrayal of the
people-it would have been all right. Even
such rascals do not mind if the public gets a
very little pinch of their, plumber; but then,
the jail! Why, it is like the discovery OF the
d1phtheria serum, or the phthisis anti-toxine.
Let the remedy be injected into very municipal
body in the land.-Merced Sun.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20
The Olympia limps at sea.

THURSDAY. ...........-J JUNE 20, 1895
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-20

Other pleasure resorts will try to initiate the
example set by our city. 1t will become the
fashion to entertain visitors with what will be
called Venetian Water Carnivals. But Santa
Cruz will always stand easily at the head OF
the water pageants. She will improve upon
the first one, and each succeeding year will
invent new delights that will eclipse those OF
the preceding season.-Santa Cruz Sentinel.