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UNION MEETINGS

UNION MEETINGS
MONDAY, OCT. II .
Long Beach .
. Judge J. N. Phillips .
Compton .
c. A. Barlow .
Judge ]. L. Murphey .
University .
WIN D. Gould .
Joe Simors .
. Artesa- .
Henry T. Hazard .
Clarence A. Miller
TUESDAY. OCT. Is .
Clearwater .
Nathan Newby. .
Rivera .
A. R. sprague .
F. M. Salee .
Whittier .
. C. A. Barlow .
Judge ]. L. Murphey. .
Glendale .
Judge J. N. Phillips .
Clarence A. Miller. .
Pasadena .
Hon. Stephen NJ. White .
T. o. Toland .
c. F. Edson .
WEDNESDAY, OCT. - .
Gardena- .
C. A. Barlow .
George S. Patton Q
Palms Q
Frank F!nlayson .
H. T. Hazard Q
Cahuenga- 10
A. r. sprague Q
. F. w. Allender Q
C. F. Edison Q
. Los Angeles Wigwam- Q
. Colored people .
Q Santa Monica Z
Judge ]. N. Phi. .
Jud Rush Q
THURSDAY. OCT. 20 .
. Acton .
Judge ]. N. Phillips .
. Downey- .
C. A. Barlow .
Judge j. l.. Murphey. .
. Lordsburg- Q
Win D. Gould .
Nathan Newby .
Jud Rush Q
F. W. Allender Q
. FRIDAY, OCT p .
. Burbank .
C. C. Wright .
Earl Rogers .
. Burbank Z
. Judge J. N. Phillips .
T. S. G. Todd. .
Florence Q
Nathan Newly .
H. T. Hazard Q
. Pasadena Q
Judge J. L. Murphey. .
Jud Rush Q
Alhambra- Q
C. A. Barlow .
F. W. Allender q
Toluca- q
VIII D. Gould .
A. r. Sprague Q
. Chatsworth- .
c. F., Edison q
A. p Thomson .
SATURDAY, OCT. q .
+. w. Allender .
S. f. Fulton q
. Norwalk-- .
c. A. Barlow .
San Fernando =
Judge J. N. Phillips .
. Jud Rush .
Pomona =
George S. Patton .
A, r. Sprague .
Monrovia- =
H. T. Hazard .
Clarence A. Miller .
Los Angeles Wigwam- =
w. H. Afford .
T. o. Toland =
J. l.. Dryden =
600 . . .
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We have taken the agency for the Column
bia bicycle. Our motto Is, "Get the Best"
However, We have good wheels for $50
Hawley, King & Co., Broadway and Fifth.
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Arriving z

Another car Firefly buggies. Other ve-
hicles in great variety. See late styles Get
our new prices. Baker e. Hamilton, 134-136
North Los Angeles street.
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The Los Angeles city convention Of the
Silver Republican party Is hereby called
to meet at the hall of the Fitzgerald Music
and Piano company. No. 113 South Spring
street at o'clock onlthe evening of Monday.
October II.
BY the Provisional City Central Commit
tee.
W. c. PETCHNER. Chairman.
w. E. SANSOME, Secretary.
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Our Homo Brew,

Our Home Brew.
Maier & Zobelein's lager, fresh from their
brewery, on draught in all the principal
saloons; delivered promptly in bottles or
kegs. Office and brewery, 40 Also street.
Telephone 81.
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SACRAMENTO, July 50, IS66.
WHEREAS, THE LEGISLATURE OF
the state of California, al It's thirty-sec-
ond session, beginning on the fourth day
of January. A. D. 1897. two.thirds Of all the
members elected to each OF the two houses
Of said legislature voting In favor thereon,
proposed the following described amend.
ments to the Constitution of the state OF
California, to-wit:
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ply by pumping air into the pipes. That
will make every meter on the circuit
score up like a cash register. Mind you,
/ don't say the companies do this; the
Central never did, but I say 1t can be
done, and in such a case a customer
might pay for about four times the
amount of gas he had actually used6
81 repeat that there is ample proEt
in the business without resorting to
such schemes as tampering with meters
or holding up customers for Illegal de-
posits''
The law regulating the dealings OF
the gas company with consumers is ST.
lent on the matter of voluntary" de-
posits before meters are placed in
houses. The idea of voluntary" depos-
it's was created in the minds of the cor
poration officials. The consumer, igno-
rant of the law, paid the sum exacted
when they went to the office of the gas
company.
Now that the corporation has virtu-
ally admitted that it is not authorized
by law to exact deposits, judging from
the letter forwarded Mr.. James, it is
reasonably certain that those who have
been imposed on in the past will assert
their rights.
The gas company to-day has several
hundred thousand dollars of "volun-
tary'' deposits to it's credit in bank and
drawing interest. The suit brought by
Mr.. James will in all probability result
in the return of the money wrung from
the gas consumer in the shape of vol
untary" deposits. The gas company
has practiced two ways of doing bust
ness. If the intending consumer went
to the Office and ordered gas furnished
him he was compelled to make a vol
untary" deposit. But if he notified the
company through the mail that he
wanted gas supplied him the meter was
put in without the necessary "volun-
tary' deposit. Those who gave their
orders through the agency OF Uncle
Sam profited thereby. That the COM
pany realized that it had no right in .
law to demand voluntary deposits is
but evidenced by the stand taken by
the company. If it had the right to ask
for voluntary deposits, the notices
received by mail would have been ig-
nored.
The suit brought by Mr.. James will
be watched with interest by all gas
consumers.
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written at the end of this serious Sc
rial.
In the opening chapter as it appeared
yesterday, there was an intimation of
crookedness in other contracts. Here is
part of the sequel: All the interior
woodwork of the depot, contracted to
be finished in oak, has been changed
to pine. More than this, large part
of it has been cut out. Still more than
this even, the lucky contractors have
been voted extra compensation because
in the goodness of their hearts they
have consented to use cheaper stuff and
far less of it. If such a transaction
has a funny look surely the gentlemen
who brought it about will be glad of a
chance to explain. On March Is, 1897.
Architect Swain sent to the board the
following letter:
Replying to your request for my opin-
ion as to the advisability of emitting all
finish of all kinds in the mezzanine story
of building and also of changing the in
terror finish throughout in remaining
parts from oak, specified, to kiln-dried
Oregon pine in first story and finished in
natural wood in second story, beg to say
that, while / would prefer to retain the oak
material, yet, owing to the large increase
of wood rendered necessary by revised
plans, it will be impossible to execute the
work in oak with funds at your disposal.
l would, therefore, recommend that the
finish in oak in mezzanine story and that
the wood work in remaining parts be
changed from oak to kiln-dried pine. as
per bid of Bateman Bros, and in accord
ance with revised specifications of same
a copy of which l hand you herewith.
Here is copy of the proposition Of
Bateman Brothers. the same having
been duly accepted:
We herewith respectfully submit bid on
proposed alterations and additions to our
contract. For the sum of 1896 We
agree to erect all additional partitions to
waiting rooms of first and second stories
per plans Nos. 209 and 210 dated jan
uary Is, 1897; doubling all above parti-
tons at lavatories, ticket Offices, Wells
Fargo e. Co.'S Office and Postoffice con-
ditional that all interior finish work of
first and second stories throughout be
made of kiln-dried Oregon pine instead OF
oak, as called for in original specifica-
lions, and that all wood called for in the
original specifications in mezzanine story
be omitted.
Here. as old Squeers might have re-
marked, is richness. The contract had
been let for oak. There was to have
been a mezzanine story completely fin
ished. There were to have been many
partitions, which wisdom or the lack
of it abolished. and yet for this con-
sideration, which any contractor might
we'll have appreciated without having
a reward thrown in, Bateman Brothers
got present of almost three thousand
n al Tho VII nc xr-;u
Will look cheap in contrast to the same
work as it should have appeared, and
yet it costs more, and there is to be
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There may be a delicate distinction
between robbery and jobbery- The
men who have had charge of the erec-
ton of the ferry building have been
guilty of one or the victims of the other.
If the Grand Jury shall pass over their
derelictions, then still must they be in
dicted before the greater jury of pub
lie opinion on the charge of stupidity
most gross. They have permitted the
funds of the State to go astray, and they
have allowed the contractors to make
a profit which has never been contem-
plated If there is any excuse for
this. if there is any reason why the
money provided for the accomplishment
of certain work on certain plan, and
apparently ample for the purpose.
should have been expended in mucn
cheaper work and then prove INSULT
cient to complete this work even on
the inferior scale, the public would like
to know The Harbor Commissioners
as honest men would be glad to have
the public know. Attention was called
Yesterday to several items, among them
the floor of the grand nave, which, as
constructed, cost s39, 400 less than it
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CONTRACTORS GET
MONEY AND GIVE
NOTHING IN RETURN
How the Public Has Been SWndIed in the
Construction of the New Ferry
Building.
Building.
One Job Upon Another and the End Not Yet in SghA Word
Of Exclamation as to the Matter of the
Floor

merely implies that through hook, or
crook, which is the same thing, the
State has suffered, has paid for a sec
ond-class article freely the price of
first-class. Yesterday some attention
was paid to the changes made, these
changes not only marring the structure
but boosting to an extravaganza figure
the gains of the contractors In not
one of these changes was there a ben
eft to the State. In every one Of them,
on the contrary, was a distinct loss.
Going back to the subject of the
floor, it would seem that the matter
had been introduced to the Commits
sioners as an incident, shrouded in so
many words that they failed to realize
its Importance. 1t was December 3.
1896, that Mr.. Mccarthy submitted the
following proposition:
Change terra Gotta arches of the build
ing to expanded metal concrete arches;
omit the mosaic floors of the two exits
between the open nave and the open pas
sageway and replace these surfaces with
the cement finish as specified for other
floors; omit the fireproofing of all girders
and beams, but replace the portions at
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the ends of the arches with concrete so
as to form panels in the ceiling; cover the
partition walls of east side of open nave
with Tennessee marble, with base, PAN
els and nodded cap of the same design
and construction as the marble piers of
the side; cover also with Tennessee mar
bic the two partition walls in open nave;
cover also the entire walls and stair
openings of the two stairway halls west
Of the open nave and build eight caps of
holdings at main stairways of Tennessee
marble, all according to plans to be made
by the architect. The foregoing changes
and alterations to be made without any
additions or deduction from the contract
price.
Mr.. Chadbourne moved that the
proposition be accepted. Mr.. Cole sec
onded the motion. The ayes and
noes were called for and the president
declared the motion carried. Architect
Swain and Engineer Holmes advised
the acceptance Of the proposition.
Now here was an artistic triumph for
Mccarthy. By a few words buried in
a mess of minor proposals he had OBJ
tanned the permission of the board to
put in a floor which could be construct
ed for s39, 400 less than the floor he had
contracted to put in, and there was an
express provision that he should be
paid for it just as though there had
been no change. But the board must
not be too harsbly criticized. With a
thoughtfulness which under the Nc
Carthy spell it did not always exercise,
it refrained from bestowing upon him
extra emoluments.
For fear of getting tedious y glance
may be taken in another direction. Il
glance in any direction will be apt to
reveal something not only of interest
but which certain persons would rather
not have bruited abroad. The depot is
built of Colusa stone. When bids were
being considered decision vas "eached
that the proper material was Oregon
stone. 1t was understood that the
latter was more expensive. In fact,
there are statements that the bid On
Colusa was $97, 900 and on Oregon $780,
900, and that the higher bid was ac-
copied If this is incorrect of course
a few questions by the Grand Jury
would bring out the truth. AT any rate
the bid on Oregon stone was accepted.
The depot is built of Colusa stone, some
of 1t Clipped, some patched, and much
of it badly fooled. The change was
brought about as follows:
At meeting of the board April 10.
1896. Architect Swain submitted n writ
ten report, in which he rec ommended
the use of Colusa stone in place OF Or
egon stone, the price being the sarie.
Chief Engineer Holmes concurred. The
board Endorsed this idea, and it was
agreed that the best interests of the
State required that Colusa sandstone
be substituted for Oregon gray stone
az provided in the contract with Nc
Carthy. On motion of Mr.. Cole, sec
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capital One deposit would not repre-.
sent much capital, but when the lac'
is taken into consideration that thou-
sands of other householders have peei'
compelled to make the same Voiun-
tary'' deposit, it can readily De seen
that the consumers are getting the
worst of the bargain.
Fx-Supervisor James W. BuI ~ g
who was secretary of the central eaS
Company from the date of its organ
cation until it was absorbed by the d
cific Gas Improvement Company
makes a few pertinent remarks regard
ing the demand of the San t,ranclsco
company for a deposit of so or DIV
from each of it's customers before IT
will put in a meter.
when I was secretary of the Central
company." said Mr.. Burling last even
ing. II looked into that question inor-
oughlv and I know that the require
ment of a deposit is entirely without
warrant of law 1t is illegal, and Gus
toners cannot be compelled to make II.
IF a gas company refuses to put In q. a
meter unless such deposit is MADE IL
can be held liable for damages
..During the three years l was secre-
tary my company never asked a Gus
toner for a deposit, and we ala not
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o OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

~ " " ~ - ~ ~ - y y ~ y y q e q q
The San Francisco Gas and Electric
Company is evidently not inclined to go
Henry James to recover a deposit of IS
collected from him when he first or
dered gas meter in his home A copy
of his complaint was served on the cor
poration Friday, and no time was lost
by the company in forwarding a COM
munication to James, advising him
that his voluntary" advance of IS
would be returned to him on the pres
entation of his certificate of deposit,
properly Endorsed. Mr.. James declined
to act on the suggestion of the COM
pany. With him it is a matter of prin-
ciple and not of the money involved.
He is determined that the disputed
points shall be passed on by a court
of competent Jurisdiction. In that
stand he has the best wishes of many
thousand householders who have been
forced to submit to the exactions of the
gas company.
The letter addressed Mr.. James after
the commencement of the suit is care
fully worded. 1t refers to "volun-
tary' deposit of IS. There was nothing
voluntary about the deposit. 1t was
COMPULSORY. James ordered that he be
s,,pplied with gas. The officials of the
company informed him that 1t would
be necessary to deposit S. as guaran-
fee of payment of the gas bill. He
made the deposit, and the gas company
now has the benefit of his money as
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sent to Europe for information as 10
meters out when we transferred our
the. most improved methods OF manu-
facture. I ascertained that gas coulo
he manufactured here at Az cents
thousand feet, which would enable the
company to sell it at 81 and make
nrofit of so cents a thousand. There Is
more money in gas than in almost any
thing 7 know of. The old Central Com
pany incorporated with 10000 shares OF
stock at the par value of $500 share.
This stock was put on the market at
s35. and within nine months after the
first work of construction was begun it
paid a dividend of 6 per cent, and has
continued to pay good dividends ever
since, while the stock has reached par.
ut ought not to cost the old compa-
MES more than so cents a thousand to
manufacture gas now, while the rates
are SO to consumers leaving 81 so profit.
Before the Central Company was formed
gas was SO a thousand in this city. but
we put the price at 81, and it has never
been above that figure.
ooh, yes" continued Mr.. Burling,
there is big money in gas, even with
out manipulating the meters. How
can that be done? Easy enough; sim
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onded by Mr.. Colhon, the following res
olution was adopted:
That this board shall and will execute
an amendment to such contract, substi-
tuting Colusa sandstone in the place of
Oregon gray stone, according to draft
of amendment submitted herewith by the
attorney of the board, provided that
within ten days from date the said Nc
Carthy shall file the written consent of
his bondsmen to the original contract
conserving to such change; otherwise
such amendment to be imperative.
The amendment to the contract was
then signed by the members of the
board and by Mccarthy.
If the change was a betterment then
the eye is deceptive. The Claus Spreck-
els building is of the Oregon material
Comparison is invited. Besides, the
price was not the same. The figures
quoted above The Call believes to be
correct. The State has poorer stone,
the contractor fatter contract. How
ever, this phase of the subject is
large one, and will be reverted to more
than once before "finis" shall have been
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SHOWING ONE Bar GRAND hxvE BAYS LIKE Tt,,s

would have cost had the specifications
been followed. There is no desire to
do anybody an injustice. The floor as
completed may be as good as the floor
as planned, but it is not the floor the
State pays for. When a contractor
undertakes a certain work, and by get
ting the specifications changed is en-
abled to sublet the work so as to ac-
quire an extra profit so great as this,
he must excuse the tendency to demand
a bill of particulars. The moor was to
have been supported by arched thing
bound by steel ties. Instead of this
it is supported by expanded steel, and
the ties are omitted.
There are architects who assert the
method employed to be as good in
every respect as the other; in fact, it
has advocates confidently proclaiming
its superiority. This is a side issue
wholly. There is no desire to do in
justice to any system, and it is true
that the expanded metal has been Sc
vereIy tested, and is now being put
into buildings of Importance in this city
and elsewhere. The sub-contractors
who constructed the floor of the grand
nave are in no manner to blame They
offered to do the work at certain fig
ure and they did it. They have the ut
most confidence in its stability and so
have others. The fault is with a scheme
which has permitted contractor who
was over them to reap benefit which
should have been the States.
The more the depot job is looked into
the rottener it appears. This does not
imply that many sub-contractors, like
the gentlemen who put in the floor,
may not have been entirely honest 1t
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lose anything, either. We had sOoo
h,,siness TO the new company, ana we
Ia Sustained no loss to speak OF. II
~ aaa aosu to guard AGAINST loss by send,
ing out bills promptly and cutting on
the gas if they are not PAID IN rea
sonable time. The people aee ioi,e 90
snd expect to pay their bills If they are
dealt with fairly. ,,+h
There is money enough in gas with
c.,+ resorting to such methods as re-
curing deposit from customers Not
- AGO was negotiating with some
iona1 CAPITALISTS in regard to forming
~ nav gas company, and at the time L
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champagne.

Moet & Chandon has not only moved up
in position but the importatfons nave IN
creased in 1897. as compared with the
previous year. over 1912 per cent, which
is larger ratio of increase than that
made by any of the most prominent
brands. In addition to this, Moet q
Chandon was selected during the year as
the only wine served at some OF the III
UNREASONABLE entertainments given in
this city The fame of the wine has trav-
eled from coast to coast, and its quality
has endeared it alike to the connolsseur
and occasional drinker.-Bonforts WINE
Circular
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AMPUTATED HER Toes.
Mabel Dougherty, Aged z Years, In
jured by an Electric Car.

Mabel Dougherty, aged years, living
at 1916 Nineteenth street. was knocked
down by car 81 of the San Francisco and
San Mateo line yesterday morning, and
had her right foot crushed. Inc un1or-
tunate girl was crossing Guerrero street
at Nineteenth when she was struck by
the car. She was carried to the office of
DR.. Austin, who found it necessary to am
putate the five toes of the injured loot
Subsequently, she was removed to her
hnrn
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HIS NAME IS PERGIN.
The Man Shot in the Junction Saloon
Is Slowly Dying.

The true name of the man who was
shot in the Junction saloon, O Farrell and
Jones streets, early Friday morning by
Charles Dunno, the night bartender, is
D. w. Pergin, and not w. d. Perkins. al
though he was sometimes known by the
latter name.
He has been living with woman for
some years at III Bush street, and she
called at the Receiving Hospital yester-
day afternoon and identified him. He is
a native of England, and once served in
the English army. He also served in the
army here for a short time.
His death is only question of hours.
as the doctors say that he is slowly but
surely sinking. Dunno has not yet been
charged at the City Prison. and will not
be till the result of Pergin's wound is def
initely known.
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DEPOSITS
ILLEGALLY
DEMANDED
The Gas Company
Has No Right to
Exact Them.
An Ex-Secretary's Prac-
teal Opinion on the
Peoples Privilege.
Directors Afraid of the Test
Suit Brought Several
Days Ago.
JAMES PUBLIC SERVICE.
The Matters Involved Will Be Tried
by a Court of Competent
Jurisdiction.
The Matters Involved Will Be Tried
by Court of Competent
Jurisdiction.
0000000000000000o

w men L was secretary
!, of the Central Gas Conn
, pany L looked into that
, question thoroughly and
, Il know that the require
ment of n deposit is en-.
tireIy without warrant
of law. Ii is illegal and
customers cam Ot be com.
PEELED TO make 1T. If n
gas company refuses to
put in n meter unless
such deposit is made 1t
can be held liable for
dH images. - Ertroc; from inter.
view Nth er-SuperUisor James W.
Burting.
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ooh yes.' Burling ''fhere IS Dig money
with anipu1atinE the nheiers' NV
-. he 6oueo Easy Simply by pumping ar
into That will make every me 'e' y" - -
c,,;t score n a cash u"n
IL. Central
. l.. done and n a customer wouid pay 10.
times of had actuaily
Ex,,oa from tntvyicu uHh x-Sap James w. Burning.
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Divorce Suits Filed.

The following suits for divorce were
filed yesterday: Annie E. McVicker
against Alex. McVicker, on the ground of
cruelty; Matilda Matte against Louis
Matte on the ground of cruelty; Jessie
u. Hodgkin against D. w. Hodgkin, on
the ground of infidelity, and Charles F.
Loveland against Alice r. Loveland, on
the ground of desertion.