The San Francisco call., 1896-02-15
BERKELEYANS TO VOTE,
Elections for New Schools and a
Wharf to Be Held
To-Day.
Circulars and Replies Thereto-A
Boom in Track Athletics at the
State University.

BERKELEY, CAL, Feb. 14.-The spe-
cial election to secure bonds for $12o 900
for new high school and two new gram
mar schools, and $4,000 for wharf at
West Berkeley, will be held tomorrow.
The two propositions will be voted upon
separately and friends of both measures
are confident that the necessary two thirds
vote will be cast in favor of the bonds.
The campaign committee OF the Good
Government Club to-day issued reply to
the circular distributed by the ''Civic Fed
eration.'' The Good Government Clubs
circular makes answer to the arguments of
the anonymous circular and denies many
of its statements. 1t is set forth that the
Kellogg School is at present badly over
crowded, and that it cannot be relieved by
any other way than the building OF new
schools.
The letter of the Good Government Club
concludes as follows:
It is not true that the kellogg School if re-
lie we'd of all other scholars could aecommo-
date the High School for ten years to come
On the contrary, the present attendance is
more than sufficient to fill the entire building,
and then in no sense of the word would they
be properly accommodated. 1t is not true that
ou last issue OF bonds was frittered away. 1t
is a weIrKnown TACT that the schools were let
TO the lowest bidder aud built at very low cost
AS to the sites not one of them could be had
to-day for the price paid, while the Dwight
way lot is worth 30 per cent advance over its
cost.
1t IS not true that the Board of Trustees
hired men TO circulate petitions asking them
to call this election.
1t is not true that wharf would last not to
exceed ten years. The private wharf now
there has stood for twenty-five years.
1t is equally false that our present Board OF
1 e. E,,1.,
statement can only be made through ignorance
or directly in the interest of bad government
Voters of Berkeley, will you listen to the
sophistrieS of those who, ashamed TO be known
by their true name, viii publish such false
hoods under nom de plume? If they are
working for the true interests OF Berkeley why
not sign their true names to the circular :?
We're they afraid their names might damage
the cause for which they were pleading?
If you have the good name OF Berkeley at
heert, if you wish steadier employment or
larger trade, if you wish your property to in
crease in value, go to the polls tomorrow and
vote for the bonds. JAMES L. BARKER,
JOHN NJ. FoY
II. D. IRWIN,
Committee Good Government Club
Ex-Trustee n. T. Whiting has denied
that ne was IN any way connected with the
authorship or publication of the anony-
nous circular of which 10000 copies were
printed yesterday. Mr.. Whiting says he
was approached and asked to contribute
$50 10 the expense of publishing such
circular, but refused to do so. lie submits
the following letter:
Editor Call: In Berkeley items it is stated by
your correspondent, at is rumored that
George Schmidt and ex-Trustee \. T. Whiting
the authors of circular disappearing of the
bond issue" l wish here 10 state did not
have anything directly or Indirectly to do with
said circular, but so far as my Judgment goes
subject as yet published. n. T. WHITING.
Athletics Booming.
BERKELEY, CAL, Feb. 14.-The pleas.
ant spring weather has brought out
large number of college men who will trv
for records on the track and field. Most
of them have had previous experience in
the different events and as result are more
or less competent to teach the new comers
The prospect of sending another team
across the continent during the present
year has been the means OF melting no
little interest in athletics. Though the
track and the field and the base bal. dia-
mond are attracting many men, yet boat
ing has not been wholly neglected. Glass
teams are being formed with the view to
having series of regattas early in April.
Tomorrow afternoon those who are try
ing for the '94 class crew will meet at the
university boathouse in Sessions basin for
the purpose OF making preliminary ar
rangements.
Those who have charge of the various
class crews are: Peck, '96; English, 81;
Hutchinson, '9S; Cole, '99
The following men are coming out regu-
larry for work on the track, most of whom
are observing careful training rules, with
the hope OF smashing some university and
Pacific Coast records in some OF the spring
meets:
Merwin, Koch, Barnes, Torrey, Chick,
Dean. Hupp, Carver, Hilton, Edgren,
Dorm, Brown, Reeves, Anderson, Starr,
Bakewell. Baugh. Dozier. Holden, Pierce,
Pache, Lloyd. Dresser. Griesberg, Hooper,
Houghton, Houston, Dexter, Crafts, Sted-
man, Perley, Marmon, Carroll.
Work on the Campus.
BERKELEY, CAL, Feb. 14.-The con-
struction OF the new rustic bridge across
Strawberry Creek, which is to serve as q
crossing for the sixteen-foot walk to be
built by the student labor brigade. was
commenced to-day by the university work
men. The agricultural specimens and
trees along the route are rapidly being re-
moved in preparation for the work to be
done by the collegians.
President Kellogg has announced that
the period to be set aside for the student
work will be three Gays-Mareh 27, %
and 20.
Woman Suffragists.
BERKELEY, CAL, Feb. 14.-The Citi-
zen Suffrage Society OF Berkeley has
formed class for the study OF political
questions, which will meet every Monday
afternoon at the residence OF Mrs, III. j.
Lee, 2245 College avenue