The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-07
Officers to Establish a Signal SyS,
ten Along the Coast.
INSPECTING THE AUXILIARY VESSELS
Cooks and Walters Have Made a ne.
mnnd for More Wages ana
shorter Hours.


tnms, light house inspector OF the Eishtl
district. arrived here this mornlns. The,
were INST at the train by Mr.. Charles row.
Ter aud a messenger from L:eutenan
Riches office, who informed tho party tina
Lieutenant Richie would meet them at hi!
office at noon.
4 Neither Captain Goodrich nor Lieu,enan.
Commander wadhams would talk TO news.
j paper men of the object OF their visit here
| at TINS time except In a general way. After
luncheon the party Went out to Fort roinI
and also visited the Denver resurvey site
Where another big gun is soon to bs placed
| AT o'clock they departed for New Orleans
Captain Goodrich has charge OF the coas,
/ signal service of the navy, and it is alto
gether likely that he will arrange while
here FOR the Immediate erection of stations
| Tor signal men, so as to Immediately give
the alarm in the event any hostile ship or
| fleet should approach the coast. All of the
Southern forts are to be connected by tele-
graph with Washington, and Will be In n
| position TO communicate at once direct with
| the office of the secretary of the navy. II
| would be manifestly improper to publish
the details OF the arrangements providing
Tor these results. but In the event OF hos
Utilities they will have been made. IT is
also probable that a cable will be provided
fications on Bolivar Point. At this time
there is no telegraphic OF telephone line
communication between Galveston and the
point. Such communication will be ahso-
lutely necessary just MS soon as the work
of constructing the proposed forts under
hurry orders is actually begun.
1t developed also that the party while
here inspected all vessels in Galveston
which could be made of service TO The gov
eminent in case of hostilties. 1t is kaGwn
that the tug Hortense has been offered to
the government and she was among the
vessels inspected. Tho Hortensc is owned
by OConnor & Smoot, the lefty contract
ors, and is a fine vessel of her class. She
was built at Camden. \. j.. in 1929, is -
feet lcng, 81 feet beam. with Sc depth of
hold. She registers 1870 gross and 6i.S5
net tons, is driven by twin screws by en-
gnes of 300 nominal horse power. she is
light draft, and this item may render her
valuable TO the government
There ara other vessels which have
been offered to the government. notably
the old lighters Laura and Bessie. but IT
Is not known whether or not they were
inspected.
Both Captain Goodrich and Commander
Wadhams seemed thoroughly impressed
with the Importance of the work in hand
and lost no time in going about it. As to
whether or not the situation BODIED war
CLAIMS, but their actions led TO the as
sumption that they are preparing for any
and every possible eventuality.
What recommendation they Will make
as to the ACCESSIBILITY of purchasing the
vessels inspected could not be learned.
COOKS AND WATERS.
Last night the Cooks and Waters
urion of this city submitted demand 10
tic local restaurant and hotel keepers for
a revised scale of wages ard reduction
Of hours. The union demands that ten
hours constitute a days work ana the
following scale: Chief cooks, SIS; second
cooks, $50; night cooks, $50; pastry cooks
$40. third cooks. $40; vegetable cooks, S35;
countermen, $40; dining room walters. $40
oystermen Si0 dining room helpers, sao'
yurdmen. SIS dish washers, $50.
They also demand that no union men be
discharged without sufficient cause, and II
necessary 20 submit matters OF this KIND
to the alliance. Also that over time SHAH
be paid at the rate of 80 cents an hour.
This morning the proprietors held a
meeting and are ready to make their re-
port to the union at any time requested
In all probability they Will not be called
upon TO do so until tomorrow evening.
The proprietor of well known Market
street restaurant stated that the walters
are arbitrary in their demands 1t WIS
inferred from his conversation that the
proprIetors would not yield to all of the
demands and possibly would refuse them
entirely. In the event The walters and
cooks should decide to quit. he said there
would be no trouble in filling their PLACES
and restaurant patrons would not suffer.
Some of the salaries paid by restau-
rant proprletors are larger than at pres
emf demanded by the union. Some OF the
chief cooks receive 500 month and the |
union rate is $50
AUSTIN PRESBYTERY.
Tho second days session of the Austin |
Presbytery convened this morning at 10
o'clock at Arion hall. The regular busi-
ness session was prcfaccd by n devotional
meeting. which consumed almost half an