The San Francisco call., 1896-03-16
ALAMEDA REPUBLICANS,
A Clubs Advisory Committee
Reorganized- Municipal Own.
ership League.
Two Famous Lecturers to Edify
Alamedans During the
Week.

ALAMEDA, CAL, March 15.-Fifty ac-
cessions to the roll were made at the meet
ing of the Alameda Republican Club Sat-
urday night, 7. w. Leydecker was elected
vice-president. The advisory committee
was reorganized, proceeding rendered
necessary by the action of the Board of
Supervisors in increasing the number of
precincts from nine to thirteen. The MEM
bers of the new committee are as follows:
First Precinct, Herman Cordes, ]. B.
Manley, B. Benedict; Second, E. Z. Tay-
lor, B. E. Combs, Thomas Campbell; Third,
Joseph Knowland Sr., G. L. Birkmaier, E.
Minor Smith; Fourth, Thomas White, @.
E. Pickett, I. N. Chapman; Fifth. J. Rob-
ertson, Stanley Stephenson, J. G. Brick;
Sixth, D. Brehaut. ]. N. Young, Ward Bat
ties Seventh, e. A. Randlett, VIM. Johns,
P. T. Dickinson; Eighth, J. Gum Jr., G. w.
Scott, ]. 81. Bruins; Ninth, E. R.Anthony,
G. W. Emmons, r. Frank Clark; Tenth,
w. F. Chipman, George Lovegrove, ]. S.
Hanley; Eleventh, W. F. Sperbeck. J. B.
Lanktree, w. ii. Noy; Twelfth, A. R.
Denke, O. L. Rogers, ]. Seebeck; Thir-
teenth, P. Herman, Louis Transue, Sam
Frank; mem bers-at-large, A. Y. Clark, o.
B. Mastick, j.. Remmel, P. Perata, w. f.
Robinson, H. Mueller, T. G. Daniels, II.
P. Moreal, William Simpson, F. ]. Fletter,
e. J. Dodge, E. A. Kober, P. w. Barton,
Columbus Bartlett, D. S. Stanley, M. G.
Strong, B. f. Lamborn, !. w. Travers, e.
L. Marshall, E. B. Bullock.
Municipal Ownership League.
ALAMEDA, CAL, March 15.-There was
not large attendance at the meeting held
Saturday night at Linderman's opera
house, to form municipal ownership
league, having for its object the furthering
OF the idea of municipalities acquiring,
owning and operating their own light and
water systems. Petitions had been circu-
lated for the call. but only a small per-
centage of those who signed came to the
meeting. The object OF the organization
is to create public sentiment to justify
the large expenditures that have been
made and are now being made on the city's S
electric light system. City Clerk Lamborn
is one of the prominent movers, as is also
Chairman Forderer of the Municipal
Board. Others prominent in the move
ment are B. C. Brown, n. ]. Mauson, w.
NJ. Cubery, Green Majors and DR.. G. A.
Moore. A. A. Dennison of Oakland ad-
dressed the gentlemen assembled. Another
meeting will be held in the near future, to
complete organization. 1t is the purpose
to induce other municipalities to form
similar leagues.
Anna Shaw and Bob Burdette.
ALAMEDA, CAL, March 15.-Alameda
during the week will listen to lectures from
two people of worldwide reputation. On
Wednesday evening at Linderman Opera
house Rev Anna Shaw will talk about
''The Coming Man." under the auspices of
the Political Equality Club. On Saturday
evening at the same place Robert j. Bur-
dette Will lecture at the same house under
the management of the Baptist society.
A Clubs Entertainment.
ALAMEDA, Call, March 15.-The En-
cinal Yacht Club will formally open its
season on the 18th prox. with vaudeville
entertainment at its clubhouse. The COM
nittee ON entertainments has fixed the
dates for all the parties for the ensuing
year. They will be as follows: May %,
August 81, SEPTEMBER Is, November 80,
January Is, 1897. and February l9. The
social feature of the club is now greater
than the nautical feature.
Poor Acoustics.
ALAMEDA, CAL, March 15.-There is
plenty of room in the new City Hall for
everybody who is entitled to an official
habitat therein. The council-rooms and
the courtroom are especially large and the
ceilings lofty, so much so that the acous-
tics are bad. 1t is difficult to hear the pro-
ceedings of the Municipal Board while sit
ting without the rail. There is some talk of
correcting this, especially as to the court
room, by the stretching of wires.