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The record-union., 1898-05-29
RAILROAD CONSOLIDATION.


PURSUANT TO THE STATUTE IN
such case made and provided, notice is
hereby given that the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company, the Northern Rail
way Company, the Northern California
Railway Company and the California Pa
cific Railroad Company railroad corpora
fions Incorporated and existing under the
laws of the State of California, upon the
written consent of the stockholders hold
ing more than three-fourths in value Of
all the stock of each of said corpora
tions respectively, and by agreement of
the respective Boards of Directors OF
said corporations made and entered into
in accordance with such consent. and pur-
suant to the statute in such case made
and provided did. on the 14th day OF
April, A. D. 1898, amalgamate and con-
solidate their capital stock. debts. prop
erty. assets and franchises. under the cor
porate name and style of the Southern
Pacific Railroad Company.
J. L. WILLCUTT,
Secretary of the Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company.
San Francisco. Cal. May 6. 1898
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Petition for Letters.
Mary j. Hurlbut has petitioned the
Superior Court for letters of admins
tration on the estate Of John w. Hurl-
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Miss Della Neagle is spending her
vacation in San Francisco.
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w. F. Barnes, who had been in San
Francisco for a short time returned last
Friday.
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H. Thirkield and wife have returned
to Sacramento after few months stay
in Truckee.
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Mrs. W. Bulfnch, who has been visit
ing her mother, Mrs. Joseph Gray of
this city, has returned to her home in
Los Angeles.
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Mrs. J. L. Huntoon has gone to Pa
eific Grove for a short visit
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Arthur Jones of San Francisco came
up Friday evening to spend few days
with Charles r. Mel, Jr.
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tend going to the far north will re- quire, and these, too. at prices that can not be equaled in any other city in the Union. In communities already in- famed with the gold fever this news, to say nothing of the fact that San Francisco is the best outfittins port on the coast, caused an intense excite ment along the line of the railroad By the time the car arrived at the various cities large crowds were ready to meet the travellers and inspect the exhibits.
 Some little idea of the interest may be obtained from the remarks of Mir. Hare and Mir. Holbrook The latter said: Tt would be surprising to the folks of this city if they could have seen the way the people along the line of the railroad turned out to meet us At ogden Mayor H. H. Spencer select ed committee of twenty-five of the leading citizens and came down to the car, which they inspected with the greatest of interest. The party had lunch in the car, and speeches were made by every one. One of the most pleasant features of the trip was the way we were met in Cheyenne. Gov ernor Richards of Wyoming came on to that city and met the party, which es- corted us to Denver, Colo, after mak- ing us think that we owned the whole of Wyoming.
 At Denver he turned us over to May or McMurray and Governor Adams of Colorado. These two officials were ac- companied by a committee of twentv- five representative citizens, who did all they could to make our stay pleas ant. But all this time you must re- member we were not hobnobbing with officials exclusively, for the car was filled wherever it stopped with those who contemplate going to the Klon- f1sl
 dreds, and the committee, big as it was, had all it could do answering questions about the cost of necessary articles for the far north, the rates of transportation, and a thousand and one other questions that deeply inter ested parties would naturally ask
 ''ExG Governor Sheakley, who was in charge of the car, did not have time to get the rest he required, so busy was he discussing the merits of San Fran cisco as an outfitting point for the north. In every place he stopped he delivered lectures, and his remarks were listened to with the keenest of interest. The experience in one place was the experience in all. Why. the people would come for hundreds of miles around, for we had advertised the coming of the car, to see, hear and question.
 At last the car reached Chicago. and the eAhDltS were Installed in the bu- reau prepared, which from morning until night was filled with men who will go to the Klondike. Seattle and Tacoma were there with their bureaus three months ahead of us and Port land two months, Vancouver and Vic toria arriving about the time we did They were not in 1t, so to speak. Our bureau drew the crowds. and they were not little jealous of our success' Chi Cago is the center of the East nnd nn
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H. Eichbaum; secretary, D. Hirschfeld: treasurer, Daniel Meyer
 As soon as the Clunie building or old stevenson block is finished the State it. ~
 Last Friday evening the stockholders or the San Francisco and Oakland Mu- tual Loan Association held their annual meeting, at which Secretary Andrea Spar boro read his ninth annual report The number or shares was given at 3093. The tion of $15O "A, and the last, issued year ago, is now worth SIP 75. The new board or directors was selected as follows: dent, Charles A. Malm; secretary. A Sbar5oro; attorney, D. Freidenrich; and. Tn addition to the first four named gen Luca. James H. Barry and F. W SeibeI as directors. S0i"el
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CAUGHT IN AN
 ELEVATOR SHAFT
L.. Sieqel, a Metal Worker, Hurt in the Claus SpreckelS
 Building.
He Was Attempting to Fix a Defec- tive Elevator Door When
 Injured.

Ludwig Sfegel, a metal worker, in the employ of the California Art Metal Company, at 30 First street, had his right leg fractured at the thigh and suffered numerous other bruises in an accident in the Claus Spreckels Build ing about 4 o'clock yesterday after noon.
 Siegel and boy helper were sent oy the company to put up the metal dl- rectory frames on the different floors of the building. They were to put up one on each floor on the wall opposite the elevator entrances.
 Siegel, while working on the tenth floor, noticed that the sliding door to the middle elevator shaft there creak- ed considerably, and, although not there for that purpose decided to TX It,
 He swung the doors open and stepped into the shaft, standing upon huge iron croSSbeam. The position was @ dangerous one had the elevators not been running, but Siegel took the FISK and went to work. He had his boy helper call out to him whenever an ele- vator was approaching, and he would swing himself clear of it out over the shaft. In this way he worked upon the creaking door for about fifteen mln- uteS, when, needing tool which ne had
  boy after it, and continued his work watching the ascending and descending elevators himself.
 In some manner he became confuseG> and when the elevator on the far easL side of the building was descending he swung over to the right to avoid it, and was caught by the swiftly ascending middle elevator which was coming up at that moment, and was damned be- tween the cage and the outer frame work.
 startled all the tenants on the ninth. tenth and eleventh floors and brought them running out of their offices. Crowley. the young man in charge of the middle cage. with quick presence of mind, brought the car to stand still with a jerk and saved SiegeIs life, as he would have been crushed to death if the cage had continued up- ward.
 A force of men from the engine room of the building was immediately sent for, and the work of eXtricating Siegel began. It was found necessary to re- move the iron work from part of the cage in order to free him. but he was finally released and tender hands lift ed him into the cage, which was lower ed to the eleventh floor and he was carried into the offices of the General Electric Company
 DF SOper, WnO mas OIHceS III IIle building, had been previously called, examined the unfortunate man, and found that he had suffered a fracture of the right leg near the thigh and nu- merous external bruises. After being made as comfortable as possible he was sent to the German Hospital by the owner of the building.
 Siegel admits that he was at fault in attempting to do the work, as he was not sent there for that purpose, and confesses he was negligent in do- ing it while the elevator cars were run ming, particularly after he had sent his boy away. He was very lucky in not being killed, and his escape from being crushed to death was miraculous.
 Siegel is a young German about 27 years of age, and resides with his par entS at 2S Tehama street.
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Track Items.

The California Jockey Club has set Its stakes to be the following dates:
 Monday February 7-The FollaEsbee Handi- cap for all ages; seven furlongs.
 Wednesday, February 9-The EmeryNille Handicap; all ages: one and an eighth miles
 Saturday. February 12-The Filtration stakes; for thrce-year-old lilies: six and a half fur longs. The Gunst stakes; all ages; one and q sixteenth miles.
 Wednesday, February 16-The Oakland Handicap; all ages; one and q quarter miles
 Saturday. February 19-The Elmwood stakes for two-ycar-olds half mile. The Thornton Monday. March 7-The Cadrnus stakes; three year-olds: mile.
 Wednesday. March 9-The Rancho del Paso Handicap: thrce-year-olds: one mile
 Saturday. March 12-Thc Racing stakes; two year-olds; half a mile. The Baldwin Hotel Handicap; all ages; one mile.
 Wednesday, March 1.-The San Pablo selling stakes: three -yeer-olds: seven furlongs.
 Saturday. March 19-The Flying stakes; two year-od filltes: half mile. The Pacific Union stakes: all ages; one and eighth miles.
 Monday. April 1.-The Alameda Handicap: all ages: mile.
 Wednesday. April 6-The Warehouse stakes; two-year-olds: four and a half furlongs. Saturday. April 9-The General Arthur stakes: two-year-olds: four and a half fur longs. The Burns Handicap; all ages; one and q quarter miles.
 Wednesday. April l3-The Gebhardt stakes; two-year-olds: five furlonFs.
 Saturday. April 16-The Candelaria Handtcap: two-year-olds: five furlonEs. The Palace Hotel Handicap; all ages; one and an eighth miles.
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NOT SERIOUSLY ILL.
Alex Bodlom Merely Suffering
 From dp Attuck of AstbDd.

The report circulated during the past few days that Alexander Badlam, the well-known pioneer was lying danger ously i'll at his residence 1924 Franklin street, is somewhat exaggerated. For the past few weeks he has been indis- posed from an attack of asthma, pro- duced froma a severe cold, but at no time was he in a dangerous condition. Some difficulty in obtaining the necessary sleep was about all that annoyed him and the members of the family.
 Few, if any. of the early settlers of this city are better or more favorably known than the genial Alex. Badlam, and as a consequence of this popular ity the members of his family were kept busy answering the door bell yes terday. A decided improvement in his condition was noticeable during the day, due to the fact that he had for the first time enjoyed a refreshing sleep.
 The cheerfulness so characteristic of his nature has not forsaken him in his illness To his attendants he has a joke to exchange even over his sick ness. He says he is worth a few hun dred dead men yet, and will live to see the beginning of the new century He is as solicitous over the Golden Jubilee as if the entire responsibility for it's suc- cess depended on his individual exer- tiOnS.
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property on the north line of Bush street, 1876 east of Montgomery, 6S:9X137:6; same to Flora Caro-, $10,000 for one year, at 612 per cent, on property on the north Idne nt of Bush street, Y76 west of Dupont, 20X 131:6; same to Anna M, Jennie, Helen, James R. and Emma McElroy, $21. 300 on property on the southeast line of Mlnna street, 146:6 southwest of Tenth, S0XS0, and southeast line of Mission, 1+6:6 south west of Tenth, S0x16O; same to Anna M: TObbenboSke, $6000 for one year, at 6la per cent. on property on the south line of Pacific street, 11:1012 west of Cough, 6S 6S:9x127:S14.
 The following releases were for com paratively large amounts:
 From A. B. McCreary to N. J. Brittan, $20 900 on property on the northwest line of Mission street, 275 northeast of Eighth, 51X165; Israel Calm to Joseph Bastheim and Abram Altmayer. $51 900 on property on the south line of Hayes street 100 nia Bank to John c. w. Schulte, s650O on property on the northeast corner of Scott and Haight streets, 137 :6x137:6.
 NOTES AT RANDOM.
 George A. Raymond, the real estate agent, has removed from 314 California street to 210 Sansome.
 John A. Wright has been given a certi- ficate of redemption by the State on the property on the north line of Washing ton street. 1876 east of Buchanan.
 Shainwald, Buckbee & Co. will hold a probate auction sale on the 18th inst.
 The vestry of St, Luke's Church desires to begin building as soon as the weather will permit. Ten plans have been sub mitted already, and the selection is to be made by committee of six. of whom the most prominent members are Bishop Nichols. Rev. pr. Moreland and Senior Warden A. N. Drown.
 The third annual report of the Progress Mutual Loan Association shows that it's assets amounted to $52 ,360 79, in part made up of mortgage loans of S47120, real estate $4657 37 and arrears of $463 so, of which $354 75 has been paid since the closing of the books, leaving the actual arrears S109 05. The principal items of liabilities are the first series of stock. S34 .425 SO; the second s2O13 96; the third, treasurer. S6937 72 The officers are: Presi- dent. E. K. Chapman; vice-president, F.
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THE RUSH BEGINS.
Steamers Sailing for Alaska
 Loaded With Freight and
Passengers.

The tone of the visitors who called at the Alaska Trade Committee Blu reau is taking a more positive tone every day. It is not that of curiosity so much as a desire to inform them selves accurately about the require ments of the trip to the Klondike. In the same way the proportion of per sons who have positively decided to go to the Yukon is increasing, and the records of the office show from day to day that the rush to the gold fields is growing steadily larger. The demand for all kinds of printed matter is sur prising and not only over the counter, but by mailed request. One caller yes terday from San Jose who is now in the city looking up the matter of out fitting and transportation for a party of fifty men from San Jose said that all their plans were completed to sail from this city in the latter part of Feb ruary, and it only remains for the party to lay in its supplies. Another party of ten from Alameda was in- specting the exhibit and is making ar engagements to leave this city about the ! first of March. There is an especially active demand for information about Alaska matters from all the mining
 
 Mountain region from Arizona and New Mexico to Montana, and in near ly every instance the writer says that he is spokesman for party ranging from two 10 ten persons.
 Walter J. Scammel, who went East with the San Francisco exhibit to Chi cago, returned to the city on Monday evening. He says that the Chicago of nee IS located most advantageously, and Is now in full running order. In his opinion, the office under Governor Sheakley's charge is doing splendid work for San Francisco, and is divert 1 ing much of the travel that would oth- erwise go north to this city.
 The City of Puebla sailed yesterday morning with every berth taken. Near ly all of her passengers were bound for Alaska, so that persons now in Port land and Seattle who are looking for transportation to Dyea and Skaguay will find themselves crowded out. This illustrates what the steamship compa- nleS have said from the start. Passen- gers and freight from San Francisco are booked through for Dyea and Skag- uay, and the unoccupied space, if there IS any when the vessel sails from this port, Is wired on to the sound ports. In this way those cities only have the sec ond best chance to send passengers or merchandise north.
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from his own personal observation, plan ned the clever idea and carried 1t to a successful issue
 By this achievement the social ques- ton may be said to have been satisfac- torily solved in Altamont, for by an ex- tension of the system the isolated fami- lies fin the surrounding country can com municate with one another at will, and this convenience can be fully appreciated only by those who live in farmhouses that are far away from any human hab- itation. In fact, it will enable those families to keep in closer touch with one another and the social amenities can be better preserved thereby. for any one can possess a telephone line at a nominal cost wherever there are barbed-wire fences. Nothing but the price will pre- vent chap from having an independent line to his sweetheart's house and carry ing on his lovemaking through that me dium, and when the supreme moment of asking for her hand has arrived he can safely do so by telephone. It is said that all the barbed-wire fences through out that country will be pressed into service by the amorous youth for pur- poses of courting.
 What broad, beautiful avenues of re- lief from the proverbial soulless corpora tions are opened up by the adoption of the barbed-wire telephone service? No more will man be subject to the baneful influence of the eXasperating nickel-in- the-slot attachments. He shall now free himself from the tyranny of the fickle telephone girl, who readily gives the required number when your business with the other party is of no importance, but always tells you the line is out of order when you calculate to make as much as a dollar and a quarter on a cer- tain proposition if you could only get the ear of the other fellow It has moved the spirit of Altamont's best poet (who desires to remain incog for the time be- ing). who was evidently a victim of the machinations of the aforesaid telephone girl to exemplify in verse one of the evils of the metropolitan telephone sys- tenn as follows:
 No more ears will be assaled
 By those sad words which give us pain,
 When we have dropped nickle Tn
 "The line is busy-caIl again."
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Business Seems to Grow Livelier After the
 Holidays.
The Inquiry Continues Fair
 for City and Country Property.
Building Affairs Rather Quiet-Re- view of the Records and
 Random Notes.

Now that the holidays are over and business has settled down into its usual routine the world of real estate has partly shaken off it's lethargy and gives signs of springing into vigorous life. It may take some time for things to assume what may be termed a lively aspect, but the dealers are confident that that period will be reached not very long after the exodus to the Klon- dike in the spring commences.
 Building matters are still rather quiet There is now some demand for
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Thousands Bound for the North via San Fran
 cisco.
Splendid Work of the Alaska Trade Committee in
 Chicago.
Grand Receptions Given to Those Who Managed the Ex-
 hibit Car.

c. H. Holbrook Jr. and L. R. Hare of this city have just returned from a trip to Chicago, where they went in the interests of the Alaska trade commit tee. Their mission was that of advance agents of the special San Francisco and Klondike car that the committee sent to the great city by the lake. As such agents they went ahead and notified the people that San Francisco was sending to the East a car laden with everything in the way of food, provi- sions and clothing that those who in
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STROH THE BURGLAR.
His Preliminary ExomiDotion Com
 menced Before Judge CoDloD.

The preliminary examination of Adam Stroh, the burglar captured at Geary and Franklin streets on Christ mas night after an exciting chase over the hOusetops, was commenced before Judge Conlan yesterday morning.
 Only three witnesses were examined. when a continuance was ordered till Friday The witnesses were Charles s. Bier, the owner of the house en- tered by Stroh; Mary Kennedy, the servant girl whose jewelry was stolen and Maggie Mckenzie.
 The charge of assault to murder against StrOh for shooting Baldwin Gardiner. the stOckbroker will in all probability be dropped. as it would be put in as a defense that Frank Mur- phy, the patrol wagon driver fired the shot
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K NEW corporation has been
 "A formed in the little town of
 N AltamOnt in this State, and for
 want of better name has been A 4 called the AltamOnt Barbed Wire
 Telephone Company. Limited. The projectors, builders and directors of the concern are four brothers, Jesse. Chester. Archie and Guy Young. and the inventive genius which has created an Edison, a Bell and a Morse has raised Altamont out of the ordinary and perched her on the topmost rung of the progressive ladder, and to-day that little burg Is the proud possessor of the most unique private telephone service that can probably be found in the world.
 IL Is. as the name of the corporation implies. nothing more nor less than an ordinary barbed wire telephone line. which is operated by the above-named young men. It took them just three hours to get it in satisfactory working order and for simplicity of construction and effectiveness of results stands with out a peer in the annals of telephonic history. This fence runs along a stretch of farming land for a distance of three miles from the home of the Youngs to that of a relative. The top wire on the fence is connected with the transmitter in each house by means of copper wire, and the transmission of sound is effected by magnetic battery inclosed in a small walnut box attached to the wall at each end of the line. By turning a crank a bell Is rung which calls up the desired party. and an ear trumpet an- sWers the purpose for both listening and talking. The boys say that weather conditions do not seem to affect this in genious contrivance, and one can hear as plainly over the crude arrangement of wires as he can over the most elaborately constructed telephone line. Ii was a Christmas present to the parents from their boys and was a great surprise to the former when they witnessed its practical illustration for the first time. The leading spirit in the whole affair was Archie Young, who, without any previous mechanical or electrical knowl- edge except such as he had acquired
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matter which way the Fastener goes he will start from Chicago, and there we nave made a decided hit. Of the nine railroads leading out of that city live are in favor of landing their pas sengers in San Francisco"
 MT. Hare in speaking of the jealousy Of the northern competitors for the Alaska trade said that the arrest of eX- Secretary Carman was the petty way they took to throw discredit on the en- terprlse Of the San Francisco mer- chants. Tt was a miserable blackmail- ing Job from the start" said he. MT. Holbrook and I stayed with Mir. Car man and when the case against him came up for trial the judge threw it out of court and denounced the per sons who caused MT. Carman's arrest. He dismissed the other charges at once
 Too much cannot be said of the splendid reception our party received in every place at which we stopped. The newspapers gave us columns of write up and not one but what spoke in praise of the merits of the goods we had to display and the advantages of san Francisco as the outfitting port of the Pacific. Just you wait until spring This city will see one of the greatest rushes that the world has witnessed since the days of '49, and the merchants WHO StdIleu the movement or dOVer- Using this city in this manner will reap a golden reward"
 While at Omaha the party received a proposition which they are strongly in favor of having adopted The Trans Mississippi International Exposition will begin in June and last until No vember. The Governor of Nebraska urged the gentlemen to do all in their power to have the managers of the local golden jubilee send the exhibit to that city, and promised that every CalifOrnians. This State and Arizona are the only ones in the Union not rep resented at the big exposition. It is