The San Francisco call., 1901-11-11
ANSWERS TO QUERIES.

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RAILROADS.&C.. NJ. Stockton. Cal
The mileage of street railroads in San
Francisco is 2511s miles.
| THE GRANT MONUMENT-G A, City.
The cost of the Grant monument in
Golden Gate Park wGs $500
HALF OF 1S27-Subseriber, San Jose,
Cal. A half dollar of 1877 is not one of
| the kind of coins for which dealers offer
| a premium.
! DAN BURNS-H. F. s., City. Dan
Burns was never appointed United States
Senator, from California or from any
where else.
MISS GOULD-W. NJ, Alcatraz, Cal.
| The address of Miss Helen Miller Gould
! is Irvington-on-the-H Hudson, New York,
and 57s Fifth avenue. New York City.
GOAT ISLAND-L. M. W., Oakland.
| Cal. The area of Goat Island in the bay
of San Francisco, is 140.9 acres Its heighI
| Is 344 feet above sea level and the light
house on the island Is 70 feet above such
| level.
CoNsTABLE-G. G. R., City. For the
name of any constable of Contra Costa
County address communication to tho
Sheriff of that county, Martinez Inelose
self-addressed and stamped envelope for
reply.
FRIENDLY NATIoN-subscriber, VAL
| lejo, Cal. In time of peace 1t is an insult
| to hoist the flag of one friendly nation
above the flag Of another friendly nation
So each flag must be flown from sepa-
rate staff.
POLYTECHNIC SCHOOLS-L NJ. GUM
da, Cal. In San Francisco there is
polytechnic school at Bush and Stockton
streets, the Lick School and the Wilmerd-
ing School, both at Sixteenth and Utah
streets, and the Cogswel at Twenty-sixth
and Folsom streets.
DIvORCE-w. T. A, City The gem
eral rule of law is that decree in case
of divorce made in one State, being a
judgment of record, it will be given its
original force in every other State. For
this purpose courts of equity, Federal
and State, have jurisdiction.
DOORS-J. 8. G., City. There Is no
record of the number of entrances or
doorways in the residence portion of the
city" An individual who has plenty Of
leisure might take a systematic trip
through the residence portion of the city
and count the number of entrances and
doorways.
ISLAND OF ARRAN-Subseriber, Oak
land, Cal. There Is the island Of Arran
in the mouth of the Firth of Clyde, Scot
land, and there are the South Isles of Ar
ran across the entrance to Galway Bay,
about four miles off the west coast of Ire
land. On these isles the people speak Eng
lish and Erse or Gaelic.
-,o1,rp>y,ru,NYr, OUEnC n -
land, Cal. To obtain government seeds
adress a communication to the United
States Experimental Station OF Agricul-
ture at Berkeley or the Congressman of
the district in which you live. The sta
ton at Berkeley will advise you as to
apple trees and results.
FLAG AT HALF MAST-Subscrfber
Vallejo, Cal. Who first suggested the idea
of placing a flag at half mast as a sign
of mourning for death, defeat or national
loss is beyond the ken of man. 1t was
practiced in the times Of the ancients as
q token Of defeat in war, and 1t Is prob
able that the flag was half masted In
token OF defeat after a long struggle
against death.
ROACHES-Mr. W., Colusa, Cal. Pow
dered borax distributed where cock
reaches most congregate is said to be the
very best meIlOQ TO 0r1V6 them aWay. If
you desire to kill the pests use mixture
of red lead, Indian meal and molasses. or
one of a decoction of poke root and NO.
lasses, spread on plates and placed where
they are noticed. They are very fond Of
both preparations, which kills them
quickly.
CITY CIVIL SERvICE-Subscrfber
City. AS to the time a list OF eIigibles
under the civil service rules lasts in San
Francisco the charter says: ',The com
missioners may strike off names of can
didates from the register after they have
remained thereon more than two years. ("
From this 1t would appear that the com
missioners may allow the names of eli
gibles to remain on the register for an in
definite period.
GOD SAVE THE KING-E. C. e Pa
ciic Grove. Cal. Concerning the author
and composer of "God Save the King,
opinions differ. 1t has been generally he
lieved that Henry Carey, an English com
poser who in 1744 laid violent hands unon
himself, wrote the song and music and
that he employed DR.. Thornton of Bath
and Christopher Smith, HandePs clerk. to
correct the words as well as the music
This gave rise to an assertion that Han
del was the composer. The words and