The San Francisco call., 1895-12-31
Three Tickets Out for an Elec.
tion of a Beard of SAM.
tary Trustees.
TO TALK CITY AND COUNTY
Serious Charge Against the Executor
of the De Ayala Estate by an
Attorney.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN Francisco CALL
908 Broad Dec. 80.

vale, and all on account OF an approaching
election of Board of Sanitary Trustees.
The present board consists of J. Il. W.
Riley. A. c. Fay and p. H. Blake. As
things look at present there will probably
be three tickets in the field, but 1t is hardly
likely that the present board will be ousted.
The fight dates back to the Supervisorial
election last fall. Riley was a warm sup
porter of Supervisor Talcott, who was
elected by big majority. There was some
dissatisfaction shown, and it has smol-
dered till now. Riley is the bone of con-
tention, but at last weeks convention he
was nominated unanimously. Those who
objected withdrew and held convention
by themselves They could not agree, and
now two tickets have appeared. One con-
sists of Messrs. Miller, Hunt and Schultz,
and the other of Thornally, Axtel and
dark horse, not yet named.
There have been q lot of scurrilous
charges circulated about me in the dis
trict," said Riley to-day, that are abso-
lutely false. The district was orfanized
and $4,000 was raised for sewers. OF this,
the contract price was S35, 900. The money
was spent we'll and legitim ately. The
troublesgrows out of my support OF Talcott
for Supervisor. A lot OF these men who
are fighting me came TO me and said
would have to apologize for my attitude
last year. l told them to wait until after
election, and as Talcott carried the dis
trict by $50 majority, did not see any ne
cessity for apologies and told them so.
There is bit of patronage connected with
the district, as the Trustees have the ap-
pointment of an inspector at salary of
$3.50 a year, and it is this that the opposi-
tion are after"
Look Well at Infested Trees.
OAKLAND, CAL, Dec. 30.-Horticul-
turaI Commissioner A. d. PryaI presented
his report TO The Supervisors to-day. He
says that orchards in this county are freer
from insects than at any time since he be-
gan his regular inspections. The report
concludes:
AS the season for planting has again arrived
l desire TO cali particular attention to the
necessity OF those persons getting trees and
plants from beyond the borders OF this State to
see that they are not only well washed and
fumigated to rid them OF dangerous insects
and diseases before they leave the nursery
where they are grown, but also see that they
are duly inspected by the proper officer OF their
arrival g. their destination here. A careful
compliance with ths may save those most inter
ested vast ceai of trouble in the future. 1t
may be necessary for the quarantine officers 10
deal rather harshly with importers who fail 10
prevent the introduction Of foreign insect
pests. To keep our orchards free from further
invasion Of these enemies, let every fruit
grower use every precautton necessary to guard
against these evils.
Want Their Pay,
OAKLAND, CAL, Dec 30.-At the meet
ing of the Board of Supervisors James
,Quinlan addressed the board, asking that
steps be taken to have the laborers of the
big inlrmary sewer paid. He said the
men had worked ike horses, and their in
terests should be protected. The time
books, said Quinlan, had all been turned
over TO Harrison, the contractor, and he
desired the board t. have them brought in
and the amount due each man ascertained.
The contract between I. G. Harrison
and Alameda County for the construction
of the sewer shows he Is to receive $5679 27. |
The bills have been allowed and he has
been paid 5000 on account. This leaves a
balance of S3626 which he has not vet re-
ceived and which is available to his cred
itors. The District Attorney advised that
the board had no jurisdiction between the
contractor and the men, and could not
take any legal action.
County of Oakland.
OAKLAND, CAL, Dec. 30.-A petition
will be circulated tomorrow in behalf OF
the project to found City and County OF
Oakland. Mayor J. L. Davie, w. J. Kel
Ter, president OF the Board of Trade,
George l.. Fish, president OF the Mer-
chants Exchange, and other leading mer-
chants and the prominent bankers of the
town have expressed themselves as in sup
port of the measure to form such a system
of government, and most of them have
already agreed to sign the call.
The summons reads as follows:
OAKLAND, Cal, Dec. 81, 1895
To the Electors of Oakland and all taxpayers of
Alameda County igh0 are in fdU0r Of the creation,
at the earliest date, of the City and County Of Oak
land: You are hereby requested 10 attend d
Oakland City Hall at 8 is o'clock on Friday
evening, January 8, 1896, when steps viii be
taken leading to the establishment OF said City
and County of Oakland.
HoodIums on the Ferries.
OAKLAND, CAL, Dec 30.-Chief of Po-
lice Lloyd received the following letter to-
day from A. D. Wilder OF the Southern
Pacific Company:
Dear Sir: We have of late been good deal
troubled by "hoodlums'' or bad people coming
across the ferry late Sunday and holiday nights
and lighting on the pier and OIL the Seventh
street local train going ashore. Fhe other
evening there was quite fight, and they kept
it up and annoyed passengers by running
through the train until they got TO West Oak
land where most OF them got of. Also on the
night of the day of the Stanford Berkeley foot
bail game they had quite fight at the pier.
OF your officers make trip down there on
these nights. On the 1915 (midnight) trip
from San Francisco on Sunday nights usually
@ very bad gang comes over, and, as l have
said holiday nights are not free from trouble.
Yours truly, A. D. WILDER.
In the future officers will be on board of
all boats on holiday and Sunday nights.
No More Street Cleaning.
OAKLAND, CAL, Dec. so. - The last
batch of street-cleaners were laid Off to-
night, and no more work will be done ex-
cept on few business thoroughfares until
next June. Every street in the city has
been cleaned at an expense of less than
$4,000. This exceeds the fund for street
cleaning purposes $1,000, and the deficiency
must be paid out of the general fund. Last
year s14 900 was spent on cleaning and the
year previous SIT, 900 was spent for that
purpose. No more cleaning will be done
on any but business thoroughfares till
next June.
Shipment of Hu1ied Almonds
OAKLAND, CAL, Dec. 30.-Livermore
has the distinction thus far of being the
only California town to ship a carload OF
hulled almonds East. Last Monday.
through the bank of Livermore, seventeen
tons Of the hulled article from the Hatch
orchards were consigned to the Cutting
Frnit-packing Company of Chicago. The
Shipment was neatly racked in 25-pound
boxes.
The returns VIII show an average price