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The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28

for library building of the probable
cost of a quarter of million dollars, with
the understanding, of course, that the
committee was giving no order for the
work. In the report of the Board of
Trustees at their meeting Wednesday
street property was inadequate and that
some of the present realty holdings of the
Institute should be converted into cash
for the purpose of erecting a new one
1t asked that power be granted it to sub
nit a specific plan. This report met with
some opposition, the principal one being
that the time was not ripe for the con-
version of any of the realty. The opposi-
ton won out on a vote and definite steps
in the direction of the new building were
not taken. This does not however, pre-
vent the drawing of the plans. In accord
ance with suggestions from President
Denicke they Will be made in the hope
that, by the time they are ready for sub
mission, the point Of view of the opposing
directors will have changed and they will
become supporters of the new building
idea.
The general data forwarded to Mr.. Cor
bett by President Denicke, upon which
a six-story fireproof building of stone and
iron, with basement, to set on a lot
100X1S71a feet; the ground floor and base
ment for business purposes; second and
third and fourth floors for the Institute;
fifth floor for offices and studio; sixth
to contain, besides class rooms and a lee
ture hall to seat 800. shelving space for
250 900 books, with no shelving higher than
eight feet. Provisions also to be made for
ladies' reception and reading room and
gentlemen's smoking and chess rooms !;
and for various rooms, half a dozen in
number, to shelve special collections Of
hooks
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POSTAL STATION
MAY Be REMOVED
FROM THE FERRY
Scant Accommoda-
tons the Reason.
SPACE TAKEN UP BY OTHERS
EXPRESS COMPANY GETS ALL
IT ASKS FOR.
AS a Result the Postal Service Is
Hopelessly Huddled and Is Con-
tinually Interrupted by
Private Business.
SPACE TAKEN UP BY OTHERS
EXPRESS COMPANY GETS ALL
IT ASKS FOR.

The existence of the postal business at
Postoffice Station D. at the foot of Mar
ket street, Is threatened. It is declared
by those who know that unless greater
facilities shall be given TO the postoffice
people the station will necessarily be re-
moved.
This news is certain TO excite lively In
terest in the commercial community. Pos
sibly the men Of business, who are largely
and principally benefited by Station D,
will at once exercise all the influence they
have to persuade the State Board Of Har-
Dor Commissioners to come to the rescue
The Harbor Commissioners have the en-
tire power in the matter. They can cause
the station to be removed, and that very
soon, by maintaining conditions now ex-
listing. In the interest of Wells-Fargo's s
express, the postal authorities may be
compelled TO abandon the key Of the city,
postal situation-the key being the water
front, where the dispatching Of mails can
be attended to with the least possible de-
lay.
The facts, which are ina easy reach Of
any person who Will take the time to go
to Station D.. and view the establishment
critically, are somewhat sensational in
their nature. Imagine, If you please, Un-
Gle Sans mails being held up at a critical
time by fish wagons, loads of chicken
Coops, express wagons and trucks in long
and exasperating array, continually cross
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SPLENDID NEW
BUILDING FOR
THE INSTITUTE
Plans for Mechanics
Library.
CORBETT'S OFFER ACCEPTED
HE WILL MAKE THE DESIGNS
FREE OF COST.
Given Data Out of Which to Evolve
the Details Of a Magnificent
Fireproof Six-Story
Structure.

In spite OF the fact that seven out OF
thirteen trustees of the Mechanics Insti-
tute voted at the last meeting against in
structing committee to submit a specific
plan for a new downtown" building for
the library, plans for that purpose will
be drawn and submitted, and it is hoped
that at some time in the near future the
Mechanics Library will be housed in a
modern structure commensurate with its
Importance.
For a long time 1t has been conceded
that the present library building was en-
tirely inadequate and too antiquated for
the purpose to which it was dedicated. In
his annual reports, President E. A Den
icke has called attention to the fact. Two
years ago he said:
In spite of all that has been done IN this
and previous years the fact remains that
the library building on Post street is fast
becoming too limited In area for the various
purposes for which 1t is used. The rapidly
growing library. well as the general in
of membership, requires
tensye quarters. The shelves over
crowded and frequently seats in the library
room are at a premium. The present
rangement Of the library occupying four
rooms is inconvenient and expensive. While
the location of our present library building
is admirable in every respect the building
Itself Is antiquated and inconvenient.
In his report this year he took occasion
to say on the same subject:
Does 1t not then behoove us, as custodians
of the second largest literary treasure
this coast, to do justice to the subject in
general, and to the wants Of members
in particular-in short, what l mean is, is
it not our imperative duty to provide a
building for the Mechanics Institute worthy
of It's purpose and its name?
No particular action was taken upon
this portion of President Denicke's re-
port until short time ago. when the trus-
tees of the Institute received letter from
Harvey w. Corbett. a son of Mrs. DIR.
Corbett, " no is now a student of architec-
ture at Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris. The
young San Franciscan explained that, as
it was one of the requirements of the
school that students for graduation should
submit plans for some building, he would
be glad to design, free of cost for the Me-
chanics' Institute, a plan for a pavilion
to take the place of the present structure
on Larkin street, or for any other struct-
ure the trustees might desire. This offer
was referred to a committee composed of
Horace Wilson, Colonel George H. Wallis,
Rodney Kendrick and E. A. Dencke
This committee decided that the Insti-
tute needed new library building more
than it did parlor and, proceeding on
that theory 1t drafted a letter of thanks
to Mr.. Corbett, expressing preference
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insisted that the head pastry cook in
the hotel was the only crustacean on
the beach. 1t hankered for the chefs
pies aud Mister Henderson was kept
on the hump to supply It's clamorings.
At the outset he encountered a great
obstacle, hut, clever fellow that he is.
soon suTmoUnted it. Be 1t known that
Palace Hotel pies are not for sale. They
are for guests and such Of the help as
have influence in the kitchen. A stray
piece now and then falls to the lot of
every attache. One day, which will ever
be marked by q black stone IN the urn
OF Mister Hcnderson's memory, he gave
the cher a cigar. An hour afterward.
while passing through the kitchen, he
was presented In return with juicy
piece of mince. One bite and 1t was all
off with Albert The moment the ser
pcnt in his interor sank its tooth into
that pie, the memory of all others faded
and of that became fixed.
Day after day, writings from the in
terror kept Mister Henderson alive to
the fact that pie must be bad-no cheap,
skate pie. at that, but Palace Hotel pie.
AS there was none to be bought, the
head porter tried to bribe the tapeworm
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BRADBURY RELEASED.
He and Frenna Have a Wordy Alter
cation in the County Jail.

Millionaire Bradbury was released from
the County Jail yesterday afternoon, he
having served his sentence of twenty-four
hours Imprisonment for eXpectorating in
a street car. Yesterday morning after
breakfast the prisoner found Joseph
Frenna, the slayer of ]. F. Turner, sit
ting in the Jail parlor, and the wealthy
gentleman did not like 1t. He make q
remark that it was an outrage that he
should be thrown in among murderers and
thieves.
This aroused the Indignation of Frenna,
and he replied to Bradbury that Brad
bury had been convicted and was there
fore a convict, while he CFrenna) was not
a convict, but a man accused of crime.
He had killed a man in self-defenSe, he
said, while Bradbury had deliberately vi
olated the law and was serving his SEN
tence for doing it.
Bradbury was not released until after 8
o'clock yesterday afternoon. He had
cherished the hope that at IL a. m. the
bolts would be sprung and he would be
declared free man. He figured this out
from the fact that sentence of twenty
four hours Imprisonment was pronounced
upon him about IL o'clock on the preced-
ing day. But these things did not come to
pass and he raved and told his troubles
to the attendants CT the Broadway jail
for about five hours longer than he had
expected to.
After Bradbury had learned his fate on
TUESDAY ne IoltereQ ABOUT the City PrlSOu
for several hours He believed that his
sentence simply meant incarceration be-
hind any old bars for a specified length
of time and that the law was not particu-
lar where they were situated. He had
friends in the City Prison and he thought
the time would pass more pleasantly
there. So it was not until late in the aft
ernoon that the Sheriff took him to the
County Jail
When II o'clock arrived yesterday morn
ing he picked up his hat and motioned to
the door The attendant then explained
to the millionaire that the terms in his
sentence were that he should serve twen-
ty-four hours in a County Jail and that
his delay in arriving at that institution
cut no figure. AS he had been booked at
$3.50 on Tuesday his release could not oc-
cur until the same time on Wednesday.
And it did not.
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with Mission street mince, but he die
not succeed In throwing dust In its eyes
For time he fed it coffee and sinkers
but II was no go. The wriggler that in.
fluenced the appetite would have moth,
Ing short of the Palace chefs own make
There was only one thing left to do
and Mister Johnson dit it, Very fre-
quently he got fine cigars from pa
irons of the hotel whose luggage he
looked after. He bethought him Of
these and Of the chef. The rest was
easy. The head porter took frequent
occasion to make trips to the kitchen,
and he never failed to pass a perfecto
each trip to the pie man. In a short
time arapproachementw was established,
a sort of modus vivendi on pie, and the
head porter was not slow to improve
1t. Mince, apple, custard and cram
berry came his way till further orders.
the worm / tn bud was content, and
things were going swimmlngly till
another fated day.
A commercial traveller named Brown
did 1t up that color a few days ago,
and handed 1t to Mister Henderson.
The head porter, who had frequently
been presented with cigars by Brown,
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
DAN BURNS HAS
BEEN SNUbBED
BY THE GOVERNOR
Humiliation From His
Creature.

Local politicians are all excitement
over the latest development of affairs in
the political family of Governor Gage.
The Governor has baked at the domina>
ton of Burns and has made an assertion
of independence which is as unexpected
as it is startling. His Excellency to the
surprise and CONSERVATION of his friends
has resisted demand made by the Mexi-
can, and everybody is wondering what is
to happen next. The wise ones see in the
action of the Governor the beginning of
the end for Burns, who is singing under
the words of Gage that, %Burns has re-
ceived enough from me. l want some>
thing for myself
The humiliation Of the Mexican was
forced upon himself through his greed
for the few scraps of patronage that still
remain on the gubernatorial table. There
are two vacancies in the position Of
wharfinger on the water front. These
places are among the best in the gift of
the Harbor Commission, and Burns want
ed them for two of his retainers. He
went therefore, to Harbor Commissioner
Paris Kilburn and demanded them. Kill
burn, as a matter of political tact, gave
a listening ear, but there was something
in his manner that indicated that things
were not as they used to be and that a
request by the Mexican did not neces-
Sarily mean q command.
Kilburn said he would see about it. One
OIL the Two POSITIONS TO DS Hlleu Is now OC-
cupied by Mike Smith, he of the whiskers.
Burns demanded that Mike, serviceable to
him in many ways, be retained. The other
vacancy the Mexican commanded be
filled by Assemblyman Miller of railroad
pass fame. Miller was not on the Burns
Senatorial roll, but he was always in
signing distance of it, and q position as
wharfinger is not to be despised.
There was not the slightest doubt In the
mind of Burns that his demand would be
honored. He had no reason to believe
that his ring had slipped from the nose of
the Governor or that his EXcellency was
faltering in his subservient obedience.
Patronage had been awarded to the worst
of heeers and it could not be anticipated
that another dose would sicker the Gov
ernor's stomach But times had changed.
The ring had slipped from Cages nose
and the chain was dangling idly and un-
profitably in the Mexicans hand.
Paris Kilburn saw the Governor and
told him that Burns had demanded the
two remaining places of Importance on
the water front. 1t was then the Gov
ernor arose in his small dignity and
swelled with the assertion of himself
said, "and l want you to hold them out
me, and will get no more
And that is why the rabble of the Mex
lean are disturbed and are wondering If
their leader has received his political
congo from his creature who had been so
obedient that no command seemed humili-
ating enough for him to rebel against.
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n A ISTER ALBERT HENDERSON.
MI head Gay porter at the Palace Ho-
lVl tel, is not the same man he was
week ago. Habitues of that hos
telry have noticed for several DAYS past
that he had n fugitive look in his eyes;
that he sidestepped and lodged as If
dUcIng out of the way of an imaginary
enemy, and that he no longer, as was
his wont, engaged in the gentle art Of
''joshing." Everybody Immediately
jumped to the conclusion that something
had happened to Mister Henderson; that
some worm, concealed = tn bud was
eating out the roseleaf Of his daily life.
A worm, they argued. brought about
the fall Of the man in Eden, why might
not another worm work woe on Pal
ace Hotel porter?
They went further-they said It was a
tapeworm. Judging from Mister Hender-
sons inordinate appetite for pie The
day porter, in fact, has always been
very fond Of pie. He is not very par
ticular as to filing, but he's a stickler
for crust. Mince, or apple, or squash
or custard were all the same to him,
but the controlling force in his appe-
tite, whether or not it was tapeworm,
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The following facts will also impress
themselves upon the commercial commu.
nifty: Eighty per cent of the letter mail OF
the city originates within a circle bound
ed on the west and east respectively by
Fifth street and the foot of Market street.
Ninety-nine per cent of the newspaper
mail originates I'M the same area The
natural Inference is that the mail ought
to go to the nearest possible dispatching
point This is at the foot of Market
street By the use of that location it Is
possible to receive letters for mailing five
minutes before the starting of the ferry
boat, thus securing practically instantan-
eouS dispatch.
1t is said upon good authority that an
increase of per cent even of the mail
above the present limit will force the re-
moval of Station D. That increase will
the growth of the past year, during which
period there has been added not less than
25 per cent, as the figures show conclu-
sively. Consequently the matter Is one
of urgency for the merchants to consider.
The station ought to be all on one floor.
To bring this about the wharf room for
the postoffice must be greatly increased.
The whole dolphin" could be all utilized
and the Government would save largely
and have room to carry on its full vol
ume of business uninterruptedly for many
years. There is no place in sight as con-
venient as the ferry depot. Within a pc
riod of four hours daily no less than 40,-
600 letters find their way into Station d,
which sufficiently illustrates the fact that
the location is convenient for all the
downtown business men, a prime consid-
Grafton. The present arrangement has
another striking disadvantage; there is
no place for the mail wagons and horses
to stand. They are not permitted to stand
in front of the ferry station; the passage
way on the north of Station D is deadly
for horses by reason of the draught; back
of Station d there is no room.
The illustrations give an absolutely fair
idea of the difficulties under which the
mail service is now carried on when the
mails are heavy, such as on steamer day
or on the day of the sailing of a trans
port.
The portrait represents Fred Haase, the
energetic foreman of the newspaper de-
partment at the station. The elevator is
the one that the postal people are COM
PEELED to use continually to move the mail
from floor to floor in the station.
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ing by consent of the Board of Harbor
Commissioners between Station D and the
diSpatching department of a vast amount
Of daily mail on the wharf back Of the
station. Imagine that the space allotted
to the postal authorities by the Harbor
wharf that trucks. piled up high with mail
matter that must be expedited, are so
jammed together that they have hardly
room TO move. Uncle Sans faithful ser
vunts are daily seen to be in condition
bordering on desperation, owing to the
delays that are forced upon them on the
wharf. The situation within the station
proper is not less eXasperaung.
Limited in ground floor space the postal
authorities were compelled to take space
on the second floor. This involves the
use of an elevator and two men to run it;
also it involved the construction of mail
trucks of a peculiar pattern and size to
just fit the elevator. The departments,
are separated and the. greatest possible
inconvenience is caused. Some of these
troubles have existed ever since Station d
was moved into the ferry building,
period Of many months. The more acute
annoyances have come about within
three months, the period during which the
express company has been carrying on
its dispatching business at the wharf.
With the advent of the express company
in its new location, directly back of Sta
ton D. such accommodations as were
formerly enjoyed by the postal 3Ga5 people People
thirds of the wharf space formerly oc-
cupied has been taken for the express
companys use.
Between wharves and is what
is known as a dolphin" extending out
some distance into the bay. On this
dolphin are sheds, plenty Of light and
all the facilities, in word, for the trans
action of a large volume Of diSpatching
business. At the west, or shore end, of
the dolphin is a large open space,
adapted to the storage of unused trucks
or any other purpose needing space. This
the dolphin" was all used by the post
office people until the express company
found its new location. Altogether the
express company has the use, at a rental
Of $3.50 per month, of the space described
below and an office, at the rental of $3.50
per month, the office being on the wharf,
l9. 900 square feet on the dolphin; office
space on the ground floor 2Sx4 feet
and 10x50 feet. This is so good thing,
considering the fact that the express dis
patching business has been taken there
to the wharf, and also the fact that there
is no need of artificial light during the
day, that the express company would be
very 10th to give UP any of 1t.
The United States Government pays the
sum Of $500 a month for space in the ferry
building and $75 additional for the space
on the wharf. What the Government gets
for that sum is the following: Ground
floor of ferry building, 70 by 81 feet and
1913 by 261a feet; second floor, q by 100
feet: space on the wharf, 27S0 square feet.
The darkness of the premises on the
ground floor compels the postal people
to burn artificial light largely and the
lighting bills amount TO between $3.50 and
$500 q month.
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to revive, and WOW, he was angry.
He could see nothing in 1t, despite the
fact that the porter had received the
charge from the cigar full in the face,
but job put up on him by Hen
derson. With the chef to think was
to act and, while the astonished head
porter was pulling himself together
for an explanation, he saw the in
furiated pie man, armed with a
cleaver, making hostile advances in
his direction. The porter did not stop
to explain. Extending his legs as much
as possible he made all sorts of time
around the table, until he saw his op-
portunity and managed to dash out
the door. After him ran the infuriated
chef, but the dusky fugitive was too
much for him and escaped.
That Is the story of Mister Hender-
sons state of mind; that is why he
no longer jokes; that is why he looks
furtively and sidesteps without ap-
parent provocation. The image of the
pursuing chef if ever in his mind. The
modus vivendi is all off, but the pie
demon dwells still with Mister Hen
derson. and there is no way to ap-
pease its appetite.
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RACING! RACING! RACINGl

1899 CALIFORNIA JOCKEY CLUB-19OO
Winter Meeting beginning SATURDAY, Sep
tenber %, 1899
OAKLAND RACE TRACK.
Racing Monday, Tuesday Wednesday, Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday Rain or shine.
Five or more races each day.
Races start at 2:15 p. sharp.
Ferry-boats leave San Francisco at II m. and
1890 l. 1:30 2 2:30 and 3 3. m. connecting
with trains stopping at the entrance the
track. Buy your ferry tickets to Shell Mound.
All trains via Oakland Mole connect with San
Pablo avenue Electric Cars at Seventh and
Broadway, Oakland. Also all trains vie Ala
media Mole connect with San Pablo avenue
cars at Fourteenth and Broadway, Oakland.
These electric cars go direct to the track in If
teen minutes.
Returning-Trains leave the track at AIS and
I.l5 % m and Immediately after the last race.
THOMAS II. WILLIAMS JR. President
r. B. MILROY. Secretary.
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did not suspect the other morning,
when that person handed him
large, fine. fat-looking cigar, that
there was anything wrong with 1t. 1t
may be that Brown didn't, but, at any
rate, he gave Mister Henderson a
cigar loaded to the muzzle with red
fire and explosives. The head porter's
eyes fairly danced in his head as he
patted the "smoke" and thought of
the nice cream pie the chef would
hand out when he received 1t.
Within a few minutes Henderson
was in the kitchen. the cigar was
lighted and inserted between the
chefs teeth, and the head porter. on
the opposite side of a table, wasn't
doing thing to a magnificent pie.
All was smiles. Pouf! z-z-z-zip!
The next instant all was confusion.
The cigar had exploded. The chefs
head went back and his hands went
up in horror. Mister Henderson diu
a double somersault, and the precious
pie flew in all directions. The ex-
ploson attracted the attention of all
the others in the kitchen, and they ran
to the scene. The chef was the first
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Judge Hanford to Preside.

United States Circuit Judge Morrow has
designated Cornelius H. Hanford, Judge
of the United States District Court of the
State of Washington to preside in the
United States Circuit Court in this city
for the remainder of the July term while
Judge Morrow is engaged on the bench
peals. Judge Hanford will take his seat
on October 10.
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
ANU sEMENTs.

Grand Celebration and Special Programme In
Honor of Dewey Reception Day at the
The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28

Last Few Days of Filipino Circus.
KNICK ERBOCKER QUARTET TONIGHT
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coNcERTs AND RESORTS.
sUTRO BATHS.
OPEN NIGHTS

OPEN NIGHTS
OPEN DAILY FROM Z A NJ. TO II P. NJ.
BATHING FROM A. NJ. TO 1880 P. NJ
ADMISSION 10c. CHILDREN sc.
Bathing Including Admission. 25c; children. zoe.
ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, OCTOBER l.
THE SUTRO BATHS CLOSE AT p NJ.