The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-05
ALAMEDA TAX LEVY.
It Is Fixed at 81 o5 on the 500.
One of the Trustees Talks
Plainly.

ALAMEDA, Oct. AT the session of
the Board of City Trustees last evening
the tax rate for the coming year was
fixed at 81 O5 on the 500 of assessed valu-
alton. The various departments of re
city government had submitted estimates
based on careful and economical manage
ment as claimed by them, which would
have made a rate of 81 10 necessary.
When the matter came up at last
nights meeting Trustee F'letter moved
moved that it be made 81 %. In support
of his motion to make the rate 81 10 Mr..
Fletter said that he would be glad If the
rate could be made rs cents, but he did
not see how the city government could be
run on the 81 05 basis without creating
deficiency. He believed that the city
would run $4,000 behind by the end of the
year with the rate proposed. He did not
want to see the library forced to be closed
all but two hours day, as was the case
in Oakland owing to the reduction in the
estimates for carrying on city government.
Brick favored the 81 % rate in a speech
that was applauded by the lobby, an9
when the motion was put 1t was carried
by a vote of four to one, trustee fletter
in the negative.
this year there are over $4,000 more of
bonds to be paid off.
The Crematory Wreckers.
ALAMEDA, Oct 4.-Blodgett and Dill
larocco, two of the youths charged with
wrecking the garbage crematory on the
Justice Morris. The latter, who IS the son
of an Oakland scavenger, was held TO an
swer charge Of burglary GA WITH H. oon9 9s
further considered on Friday. Nothing
was elected which tended to confirm the
suspicion that the scaYengers We're be
hind the matter and were DESTROYS OF
Gripping the crematOry so as to protect
their own business
Company G in Bad Luck.
ALAMEDA, Oct. A number of letters
have been received from members OF Com
pany G. of the Eighth Regiment, now at
Vancouver Barracks, Wash, saying that
sickness is greatly prevalent among the
soldiers and that there are many down
bad that it can hardly be eaten. Those
who have money eat at restaurants out
side of the barracks, while the others
have to get along the best they can. The
eat the barracks food are on the sick list.
Cohen Charged With Felony.
ALAMEDA, Oct. A. H. Cohen, the
well known attorney, has been charged
with a felony by Ivy L. Borden, Superin-
The charge is, that Cohen committed an
assault upon the person of Borden. by
means and force calculated to produce
out of the occurrence Of last summer
when Cohen drove into Borden's cart, up
setting it. throwing Borden out and
breaking his leg.
D1Q NOC near Tue ITdlu.
ALAMEDA, Oct. Afro Hirata. a
Japanese, was RIM over by the 7:45 broad
gauge train which goes around the horn
to East Oakland. and was seriously in
jured He was visiting relatives at 1910
Everett street, and had just left the house
for night school. He was walking down
the track and did not see the approach
ing train. His right foot was crushed to
Jelly. The toes on his left foot were
crushed and amputation is necessary.
His nose was broken and the fingers of
his left hand were mashed. He was taken
to the Receiving Hospital. Oakland, on
what doubtful.
Alameda News Items.
ALAMEDA, Oct. 4-Last evening the
opening game of the Recreation Clubs
handball tournament was played before
good attendance. The second series will
be played tomorrow night.
James Jollymour, a teamster, was
knocked senselesS last evening by a piece
of timber which he was unloading from
wagon. He was picked up by friends and
taken home, where his wounds were
dressed. They are not serious.
Mrs. Jennie Shannon of this city and
Martin WEIGH of Oakland were married in
Reno. New, last week Monday.
David Hirschfield, the owner of property
In the eastern. part of the city, complains
to the police that some one has been ruin
ing his cement sidewalks by smashing
them with a sledgehammer.