The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-03-06

Los Angeles. Cal If you have an ambi-
ton to appear on the vaudeville stage
file an application with the manager OF
the theater at which you would like to
appear.
HOMES FOR CHILDREN-A. s., City.
A person who is unable to support a child
by reason of misfortune and inability TO
obtain employment should notify the So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children and it will take steps to have
the child cared for.
PROPERTY AND POLICY-Subscriber
Sierra Valley, Cal. The question asked in
regard to property and insurance is not
g. Efficiently clear to enable this depart
ment to ascertain what the writer wishes
to have answered. This department can
not guess the meaning Of correspondents.
THE SHARKEY-JEFFRIEs FIGHT
A reader, Redding, Cal The published
reports Of the match between Sharkey
and Jeffries in San Francisco May s, 1898,
fail to show that Sharkey was knocked
blow" If that had occurred 1t certainly
would appear in the reports.
KANSAS CITY-T. ]. L.. City. There Is
a Kansas City in Kansas and one in Mis-
souri, The reason why there is general
belief that there is but one city of that
name is explained in an answer to another
correspondent published under the mead
of LAS to Kansas City, February 8,
1899. in Answers to Correspondents in The
Call.
A LANDLORDS RIGHT-E. S. g.,
CITY The question as to a landlord
rights in the matter of tenant holding
over for a short period beyond the time
for which rent was paid would depend
on the contract or understanding between
the tenant and the landlord, and without
a knowledge of the terms of the contract
a definite answer cannot be given.
EVERETT AND BELLE. M. L., City
It was not W. M. Everett, but Edward
Everett of Massachusetts who was a cam
didate for Vice President II. 1860 with
John Bell of Tennessee, and 1t was not
| M W. Everett who was Secretary of
State in the Cabinet of President Hayes;
but the Secretary Of fr stats Who n 1s serWed
William Maxwell Evarts.
FOUNDATIONS correspondent who
believes that the answer given recently
in this department in relation to founda-
tons was not full enough writes: An
owner may excavate to any depth under
fourteen feet below the curb level and
shall notify the adjoining owner TO sup
port his building during said excavation.
On the other hand, If the owner desires
to excavate below. depth of fourteen
feet he is compelled to support the house
adjoining, which is not down to a depth
of fourteen feet.
DYING INTESTATE-Subs Car
ter, Cal. IF a woman dies, leaving no
will no debts and a piece of property,
say 800 acres of land, can the three chill
dren, the only heirs, by any process of
deciding the property to one another avoid
the trouble and expense Of probatfng the
estate in court, and could they give a
clear title to an intending purchaser" is
question that is answered by stating
that 1t cannot be done. The estate must
go to probate in order that the heirs may
| secure their legal rights.
THE NEXT LEAP YEAR-Subscriber,
Canyon, Ell Dorado County. Cal. In order
to correct the slight variation of time,
which takes place every year since the
adoption of the present calendar, 1t was
ordered that to make the time as nearly
correct as possible every hundredth year,
except such as is divisable by four hun
dred, should not be a leap year. The year
divided by 406 there there wi will n not til be twenty
nine days in the February of that year.
The next leap year will fall in the year
1904.
ELECTRIC RAILWAY. NJ. B.. City.
In the overhead circuit system of cleo
trio railways one or two conducting wires
are carried along the road or by its side
or directly over the center of the track
Each motor car takes its current from
the conductor by flexible wire or other
connection attached to a little car or troll
| ley that rolls along the conductor. In some
! from the dynamo station, and the trolley
| by double leads throws the car motor into
a bridge circuit from wire to wire In
! other cases but q single overhead con-
! ductor is provided and the motor takes
current from it, and then through the
| wheels, rails and perhaps water and gas
mains connected with the rails is ground
| ed Then the current passing from wheel
| to rail increases the tractive force of the
grounding is imperfect and resistance is
set up.