The San Francisco call., 1896-04-10
ALAMEDA UNI TAR|ANS,
Hold Their Annual Meeting in
Their Church Parl0rs
Wednesday.
What 1t Costs the City in Municipal
Wages Every Month--Effey
Will Not Speak.

ALAMEDA, CAL, April 9.-The First
Unitarian Church OF Alameda held its an
nual meeting last night. George E. Plum
mer, Herman Kruse, Frederick Maurer,
Charles L. Weller, William Baurhyto, B.
q. Brown, ]. W. harrington, R. W. Nc,
Chesney and Charles Peck were elected
directors. A committee was appointed to
assist the pastor in preparing for the Uni
tartan conference to take place in Alameda
next week. This committee is Mrs J. P.
Allen, R. Frank Clark, George II. Muir
dock, Mrs E. D. Rue, Mrs. C. A. Grant
and Mrs. Jacob Browning.
The receipts of the church during the
year were $3420 90 and the disbursements
$3407 20. The donations were $84S 20, the
plate collections S445 so. The music cost
$3.50. There are 76 regular subscribers,
but the church attendance is from $50
200. The society owes $2100 on It's church
building. During the year it paid $500 of
its mortgage and floating debt of $5S2.
Unity Circle has a mem bership of 70.
1t raised the sum of 1888 95 by fete held
in November last and $125 by an enter
tairment given in February. All OF this
money went into the general church fund,
except $61 86. The church and its SUBJ
sidiary organizations are on the whole
very
Burned by Oil.
ALAMEDA, CAL, April 9.-W. H.
Wright is seeking to recover from the Pa
citic Coast Oil Company the sum of $3.50
as damages for in luries, which he alleges
were received in Novem Der last at the com
pany's works at Alameda Point. Plaintiff
was stillman. his duties being to take
care OF the stills in the refinery. He al
leges that one particular vat was defective
in the bottom, being cracked. With the
application of the heat from the fire the
crack widened and the vat collaps;ng a
stream Of boiling Oil ran out and taking
fire burned him about the hands, face and
body. AS a result of the injuries re-
ceived he was confined to his bed for FIVE
weeks, and he alleges that besides the loss of
time his health was so injured that it will
take long time to recover.
Another Electric Car Accident.
ALAMEDA, CAL, April 9.-Charles A.
Taylor, driver for DR.. Reynolds, met with
bad accident last evening. DR.. Reynolds S
had just alighted to see patient at 2029
Santa Clara avenue, and Taylor was turn
ing around and to do that had to cross the
electrician track. One car that was COM
ing he allowed to get past and then at
tempted to turn, not knowing that there
was another Immediately behind, which
was an unusual thing. The car struck the
buggy and threw the driver out, breaking
his leg. The horses were not in iured, hut
the vehicle was badly used up.
How the Money Goes.
ALAMEDA, CAL, April 9.-The city of
Alameda pays in salaries every month the
sum of $9933 IS. Of this $6l65 goes to the
School Department.. The expense of the
city government for the months of Janu-
ary, February and March was $50, 800 66,
but this was something more than the
average because of the payment of interest
principal on bonds and fnal payment on
the new City Hall.
EfYey Can't Come.
ALAMEDA, CAL, April Sword has
been received by the secretary of the Mu-
nicipal Ownership League to the effect that
Mayor Effey, who was booked to address
the league tomorrow night on municipal
ownership of water and lighting plants,
will be unable to keep his engagement.
The other features of the programme will
be carried out, however.
Street Suit.
ALAMEDA, CAL, April 9.-Friday is
the day set for the trial of the City of Ala
media VS.. the Perata Bros. The city sought
to take strip of land, sixty feet wide and
5l1 feet long, to permit of the extension of
Buena Vista avenue. 1t fixed the value of
this strip at the rate of $780, it being less
than an acre. The owners refused to ac-
cept the price and suit was therefore
brought to condemn the land. The
owners want $4,000.
j. B. Darnell of Odessa, KY, is 81 years
old, and is splitting rails, every day that
weather permits, with an iron wedge that
is over 200 years old. which his great-grand-
father brought from Scotland with him.
He hauls the rails with his mule, Katy,
MI htnh fu all HLn
week with his razor, which is AZ years old,
and has o reaphook that is IS years old.