The San Francisco call., 1897-07-21
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
GERA1D1SE-w. O. NJ, City. Geraldine ana
Los Angeles did not run race over the oSy
District track.
LOWEST T1DEs-J E. H., City. The following
is the dates of the lowest tides at San
for the year 1897: January l. May TO- De''-
Der %. .
THE GOLDEN GArE-W. McC., City. The
Golden GAZE, the entrance to the harbor ot ant oa
Francisco is, at its narrowest point, oIoo ie''
wide a little less than mlle
THE AMERICAN FLAG-F. j. B., City. The req
in the American flag represents courage; the
white, integrity of purpose, anu ING OiUc'
steadfastness, love and faith.
HoNoRABLE-E ]. H., City. An answer 10
the question. ''Who is entitled to the use OF 81
'Honora BILE p" was answered to correspondents
in THE CALL OF June OF the current year.
THE Boss OF THE CARA. N, City. On all
street railways the conductor is superior TO tne
gripman or motorman In rank, lot ne 10 IN IA
charge of the train. Conductors, grl pmen anu
motormen receive the same pay.
MARE IsLAND-J. s., City. Applications LOT
employment at Mare Island shoulo De az,
dressed TO "The Board of Labor Employ mem ~
Mare Island, Cal. The board presSlip'es t sito
examination to which an applicant mas W SUI
init.
A PREMIUM HALF-A O., City. The hall ooi-
lars OF 1853, for which a premium OF @oO -
offered, are those which were coined Witnou Wti,it
arrowheads at the side OF date anu WIN WitLooS -.
rays about the eagle. All other hall doIlals "a
that date are worth only their lace NAlue' O.:
THE PUBLIC DEBT-I. D. N, City. On the
1st Of November preceding Cleveland seoonS
inaugur alton the public debt OF the 0n.'eI
States was 81 563 6I2455 63; on the ISL oI
November preceding McKinley,s lnaug urhtfunH u ~
the amount of the debt was $l, Too,4 IL o4o '0
CAR CoUPL1NG-A reader, Banta, San Joaquin
County, CAL If you have inven ted new kina
of coupling which you believe superior TO any
in use, you should first secure patent tnereon
and then submit it to some railroad com paMnS. ny
If it is of any value you VIII receive al oH1A
for your patent
SEQUIN-S. l. W., City. The gold coins that
are mentioned in the cara ban Nights" were
sequins. first struck in Italy in the latter part.
OF the thirteenth century and worth about
So 80 in American money. 1t was ABOUT she
size OF q ducat. Coins of the same name Dut
varying in value were issued by other couh-
tries.
CHIEF OF PoLICE-G. W. H., City. In 1864
Martin J. Burke was Chief OF Police OF san
Francisco He was followed in office in 1866
by p Crowley, who held Office until 1874
when Theodore q. Cockrill he'd the oIuce uu-
til 1876 Then Henry n. Ellls tooK tne once
and he retained il until 1878, wnen ne Vas MaS
followed by John kirkpatrick, ana IN ioSo
P. Crowley was appointed chief, and held the
Office until recently. when he resigned, ana
l. W. Lees, the incum bent, was appointed. :.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT-G. W. H., City. David
Scannen was Chief Engineer of the Fire De-
partment of San francisco in 1864, and heId
that position until 1867, when he was sue
ceeded by f. E. K. Whitney, who in 1870 was
sucee eded by Charles ii. Ackerson. In 1871
David ScanneI was again chief, until April
81, when he was succeeded by +. E. r. Whit
ney. Whitney went out on the LIST OF Decem-
Der OF the same year, making way for Scan
nell, who remained in ofice until his death,
March 80, 1898. Then his successor, Dennis
T. Sullivan, the incumbent, was appointed
April 4.