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The San Francisco call., 1905-02-28
v ANTS DOLLAR
RATE FOR GAS
Bourn Says a Lower Price
Would Cause Stockholders
or the Plant to Suffer
GIVES FIGURES ON COST
Says Absorbed Companies
Were Capitalized at Orig
inal Value of Properties

The Board of Supervisors yesterday
resumed the investigation into the
/ financial operations of the San Fran
cisco Gas and Electric Company as a
preliminary to the fixing Of rates to
be charged for gas and electricity dur
ing the next fiscal year.
General superintendent Naphtaly
j testified that the present valuation of
| the gas plant is s17,439,770. Naph-
| taly said that in 1902 it's value was
| $10,136,274 85. In 1903 several other
! plants, aggregating .s7,307,614 5S, were
taken over and other items brought
| the total value up to the amount
stated
Naphtaly said that per cent should
! be allowed for depreciation on the dis
| tributing plant, though in some cases
1t went as high as Is per cent. The
1 per cent allowance on the pipes was
! toe low, said Naphtaly, in view of the
t increased damage due to electrolysis
: from underground currents.
Supervisor Braunhart introduced as
! evidence the report of ex-City Engi-
neer Grunsky, prepared by a former
! employe of the company, to the effect
! that per cent is fair allowance for
/ depreciation.
! President w. B. Bourn testified that
+ the company had expended $468,O33
for requirements to the electric plant
il, 1904 and had let similar contracts
amounting to $599,72S. Requirements
to the gas plant aggregating 1851, 600
are contemplated in the next eighteen
months.
Supervisor Gallagher drew from
BOurn the admission that the valua-
ton figures submitted were based on
the actual cost of original construc-
ton. The various properties acquired
by the company were capitalized at
the exact amount of purchase. Bourn
said no specific examination of the
actual values of the absorbed plants
had been made by the company's en-
gineers, the inventories of the plants
and vouchers of the expenditures hav-
ing been accepted for the purpose.
Gallagher argued that the company
was not competent to judge of the
valuation of the consolidated plants,
! not having investigated the matter on
its own account.
Bourn thought that a fair rate on
i the investment of the stockholders OF
/ the company would be from to 10
per cent, but that they had been noti-
| fed that they would only receive 5
per cent The company would be sat-
isfied with a gas rate of 81 per 1000
/ cubic feet, Bourn said, but II COM
! petitive company made a 75-cent rate
! it would ultimately result in a higher
price for gas.
I'VE have a legal right to charge
81 20 per 1000 cubic feet" said Bourn,
.but we believe 81 to be fair rate.
A rate of 80 cents would cut down our
revenue s25O,000 and the shareholders
or the plan itself would have to suf-
! fer
Bourn said the amount of carbon
monoxide could not be reduced with
out reducing the illuminating quality
o< the gas. The board adjourned the
! investigation until this afternoon at 8
o'clock, when the operations of the
electric plant will be taken up.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-28
VISITED
BY CRACKSMEN

An attempt was made early yester-
day morning to blow open the safe in
the poultry store Of Campagno &
Co.. 524 Clay street. The discov-
cry was made about o'clock when
the store was opened for business.
Police headquarters were notified and
Detectives Reynolds and Coleman were
detailed on the case.
They found that a hole had been
drilled in the safe above the cornbi-
nation lock and the hole filed with
black powder. There had been no ex-
plosion, the theory being that the safe
crackers had been scared away before
finishing the job. They had apparently
used wedges in an effort to force open
the door of the safe. In their hurry
to get away they left a small bottle
of oil and a squirt can behind Pow
der was strewn around the floor near
the safe.
Entrance had been effected by break
ing OFF the lock on the basement door.
Then a piece of board had been sawed
or the floor and through it the cracks
men crawled to the store above They
first paid their attention TO the cash
drawer, from which Jney stole s.
worth of two-cent postage stomps and
" worth of nickels.
This is the first safecracking lob in
TINS city Tor this winter and the police
think that some of the men who have
peen operating successfully in Port
iand recently may have come here n
try their luck. The store is within
block and half of the Hall of Jus-
tice, showing that the attempt was >
bold one. The police have no clevv r.
the identity of the cracksmen.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-28
CONDUIT ROADS PAY.

J. C. H. Slut, whose report on surface
railroads is on file with the City Eng1-
neer of this city, is in favor of sur
face roads. Mr.. Slut is considered an
expert on the subject. He says:
The Capitol Transit Company Of Washing
ten. d. C.,. which is by no means 50 large
which covers with its lines a territory no
greater than that covered by a combination of
three four of the United Railroads branches.
the line was converted into surface system
the stock of the company was selling at $40
and S42 Now IL is the market at 500.
Operating expenses decreased about II per
cent
In New York the profit on conduit roads Is
over S3. COO per year. Many new lines are
contemplated and the service has been a sue
cess throughout
Supervisor Samuel Braunhart Of the
Supervisors Street Committee is
against all overhead wires. He thinks
that where good trolley systems have
been constructed there should be no
change, but he is not in favor of let
ting any more permits for overhead
wires. He has looked into the mat
ter of conduit systems and has found
that they are a success.
Architect Hughton Sawyer. with DIR.
julius Rosenstirn and DR.. George w.
Merritt, recently called on President
Holland of the United Railroads on
behalf of the Sutter Street Improve
ment Club and explained to Mr.. HoI-
land what the people along Sutter
street expected of the corporation. Mr..
Sawyer said yesterday:
was authorized by the Improvement Club
to tell the officers Of the United Railroads
perts to determine whether the surface road
was feasible or not and would bear the ex-
pense of the Investigation could not get
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-28

and all the Commissioners except Hut
ton We're satisfied with what l had
done to suppress the games"
REAGAN FAILS.
Reagan's attempt to nail the Chief
on this point failed and the Commits
sioner had nothing further to say
about that clipping.
Coogan was not regarded as a sue
cess and he was withdrawn from the
detail after his meeting with the Com
missioners. Kahn said of the news
paper clipping: You could hang a
thousand men on such testimony"
Reagan began to show some ugly
temper toward Kahn. He assumed a
swashbuckling air in showing his case
along against the protests of the at
torney.
The affidavits of Sergeant Jesse B.
Cook, who commanded the Chinatown
squad from November II, 1902, to
March l, 1903, and of Sergeant d. A.
Sylvester, who had charge from July
/, 1903, to Sept. IL, 1903, were read,
istence and location of the fantan
clubs" and the headquarters for the
lotteries.
You did everything you could to
stop the gambling, did you not?" quer-
led Kahn.
II did, SIR"
Did you in any wise neglect your
duty when you were detailed to sup
press the games?'
'.I was not at all negligent. / did my
best. L could not stop the gambling,
however"
Did you ever get more than eight
Cinnamon in a raid? Did you ever
break the police record of eight cap
lures in one raid?"
Il did; yes, sir. / captured as many
as twenty in one raid"
SAYS RAIDS WE'RE FAKES.
Reagan made reference to the sup
position that raids were prearrangeo
and that seven or eight men were made
available for arrest so the squad could
make a showing.
did Chief Whitman ever question
you about your work while you were
In command of the SQuad?"
"Yes, in August, 1908. he told me he
was dissatisfied with results in China.
town. After an extended interview he
said he would try a new squad and
the next day / was. given another sci
Of men,"
You say the Chief called you uT
with a round turn for not doing better
in suppressing the games" asked
Kahn
yes, sir: he did. 1 had been doing
the best 1 could. however, before he
got after me-
Kahn and Reagan here mixed things
a bit. The Commissioner expressed
the opinion that the attorneys ques-
tions were out of order.
I'VE called Sylvester to identify this
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-28
SIXTH INFANTRY WILL SAIL
TO-DAY FOR PHILIPPINES
Transport Logan, Carrying Troops,
Goes Loaded to Her Fullest
Capacity.

The Sixth Infantry will sail to-day
at noon on the transport Logan for
the Philippines. Besides the officers
in command of this regiment there
are S46 enlisted men. There will also
sail on the transport 285 enlisted men,
Second Squadron, Eighth Cavalry;
twenty-one enlisted men, marine
corps: fourteen enlisted men, hospital
corps.
The transport goes crowded to her
utmost capacity. Following is a list
of the cabin passengers:
Colonel ]. w. Duncan, wife and daughter;
Lieutenant Colonel r. H. r. Loughborough;
Major Frank J. Ives. wife and son; Major W.
p Kendall and wife, Major Francis A. Win
ter. Major Omar Bundy and wife. CAPTAIN j.
F. Morrison. Captain B. w. Atkinson; Captain
W Jones' wife daughter ana son: staap Saap
Captain George E. Stockle, wife and three
children; Captain A. E. saxton and wife; Cap
tain M H Barnum, wife and daughter; Cap
tain r. W. Grove wife and two children; Cap
tain S. ]. B. SchIndeI and wife. CAPTAIN F.
C. Bolles: Captain e. T. Collins, wife. daughter
and sister-in-law; Captain L. NJ. Welch. wife
and son: Captain W. A. Cavenaugh. Captain
Wiley Howell, Lieutenant L. 2. Schindel,
G. r. Armstrong, wife and son; Lieutenant E.
H Agnew Lieutenant c. NJ Gordon and wife.
Lieutenant Guy 8. Norvell. Lieutenant John
wife " e. and 1 daughter: Lieutenant l. D. Anderson.
Esu.unahi Ensand Lieutenant D. Snyder. Lieutenant
X. T. Smith, Lieutenant g. Stable and wife.
Lieutenant L. Powell Lieutenant c. M Black
ford and wife. Lieutenant J. r. McGinniss
and wife, Lieutenant Frank Keller, Lieutenant
Bowers Davis, Lieutenant ]. G. Mauborgne.
Lieutenant K. S. Gregory and wife. Lieutenant
J. D. Elliott, Lieutenant F. H. Bagsby, Lieu
tenant F. W. Pitts and wife: Lieutenant r p.
Palmer Lieutenant w. F. l. simpson. Lieu
tenant T. II. Cunningham and wife. Lieutenant
Frank E. Davis. Lieutenant Reynolds J. Pow
ers. Lieutenant Harry Hawley and wife. Lieu
tenant J. T. Sayles, Lieutenant o. w. Hoop
and wife. Lieutenant ]. r. SIattery, Lieutenant
III u. Little. Lieutenant E. L. Bigler, Dr..
Samuel W. Hussey and wife. Dr. J. L. San
ford, DR.. E. A. Anderson and wife. DR.. j..
NJ Hewitt and wife. Lieutenant w. 2. 0ools-
by Mrs Alexander B. Coke. Elizabeth F. M
Chambers. Harriet Fishtorn. Ray J: stanclift.
e. Kennedy, James E. Drscoll, Herbert Cook.
w. j Allen and wife, Miss r. d. Forbes. Mrs.
W. j. Green, Mrs. Hattie Rhoades, Thomas
F. Chuck. Mrs. Georgia M. Lease. Frank
Tcnar Mrs. Mary A. Whaley, Mrs g. A.
Weikamp Mrs. George Smith, Mrs. George
Gledhill. Mrs Edward Egan. Mrs. r. Craven
and son. Mrs. e. Mott Mrs. Anna Setz Mrs.
C. H. Ingram.
Lieutenant Colonel G. H. Torney,
chief surgeon, Department of Califor-
MIA, has returned to his post. Major
William Stephenson, who has been
acting in his place during his abb
sence, has gone back to his detail at
the PresidiO.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-28
Vow Din Must Go.

Vow Din, a shrimp merchant of this
city, must go back to China because
he had the imprudence to perform
manual labor in his establishment. A
decision to that effect was rendered
yesterday by United States Commits
sioner Heacock. Vow is welI-to-do
resident of Chinatown and for several
years has been engaged in selling
shrimps at wholesale. The complaint
that he had become a laborer and
was. therefore, illegally in the United
States, was instigated, he says, by
business rivals.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-28
Wagon and Buggy Collide.

A runaway Shasta water wagon COT
lided yesterday afternoon with light
buggy driven by Walter Low near the
corner of Oak and Devisadero streets.
For a few minutes Low and the driver
of the water wagon, FRANK Staegllsh,
were mixed in a tangle of splintered
wood and maddened horses. Both men
received a severe shaking up. Low
was able to limp to his home. a few
blocks away. Staeglish's injuries were
treated at the Central Emergency Hos
pital.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-28
Steamer in Trouble.

A telegram from Crescent City last
evening to the Hobbs-Wall Lumber
Company reported that a steamer. be-
lieved to be the Oregon, was in trouble
about two miles off shore at that
point. The steamer showed a heavy
list and was believed to be on fire.
The steamer Del Norte, owned by the
Hobbs-wall Company, and a large
collier were standing by to lend aid.
The collier had taken off the steam
er's passengers, who were later trans
ferred to the Del Norte. The steamer
was believed to be In no immediate
danger. The Del Norte was expected
to return to Crescent City late in the
evening with details of the distressed
vessels name and condition. but up
to the hour of going to press no fur
ther word was received in this city.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-28
Do You Want a Trunk

At a moderate price? One that looks
good and is good or travelling set wrist
bag. pocketbook or any other fine leather
goods? We have them all in the best
material and lowest prices. Lettered in
gold free of charge. Sanborn, Vail &
Co., 741 Market street.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-28

Joseph M. Mattoon, who had been
associated with his father for many
wears in the customs brokerage busi-
ness. died of pneumonia yesterday
morning at his residence on Hill street
after an illness of only few days.
He leaves a wife and child only
two and a half years old. The news
of his death came as shock to his
brother brokers and the custom m-house
officials, whom he had endeared by
his courtesy and affablllty.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-28

ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION C0NCERT.-A
promenade concert was given last evening at
Pioneer Hall under the auspices OF the Alum
nae Association In aid of the Sacred Heart Pre-
sentation Convent Bazaar. which will be
opened May Is. There was large attendance
and the programme was much enjoyed
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-28
UNITED RAILROADS. ATTEMPTS
TO P.AY ENORMOUS DIDIDEVDJ'
|MoDERNIzING OF SUFFER- STREET LINE AvODED{
Burden of Inflated Bearing Properties Prevents Surplus
From Being Invested for the Good Of the Public Service

II S
bonds of the
Marke
The
perhaps Of the
property
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-28

in the northwestern part OF the city
the owners of property have endeav-
ored to plant gardens and MAINTAIN
lawns that will be the nucleus or a
home center of the first class
To invade this distinctive. typicaliy
San Franciscan section with an un-
calmly trolley car system would be
to add to its Disagreement, for already
there are many more ugly wires strung
over it's area than there should be.
Mr.. Page says that nearly every home
builder on Pacific avenue and adjacent
streets is against the overhead trolley
line the United Railroads proposes to
construct.
Captain Henry Meyer, who has gone
to much expense to create a pretty
home on Pacific avenue and who voices
the sentiment OF nearly all OF the prop
erty owners in his neighborhood, said:
1 should prefer to see the Sutter street road
and its branches reconstructed as modern
re buiIdne or tha trn1iev line that the United
Railroads proposes Sacramento. California
Jackson and Pacific are streets that have been
and 1t Is only just to US that we be not
saddled with such out-of-date line as that
which the United Railroads now maintains.
Already Pacific avenue is enlargement of
ugly wires and clumsy wooden poles and to
string more wires there would be shame.
The street Is lined with handsome residences
and San Francisco people take deal OF pride
In II. No, don't want any overhead wire
car line there and IL would be an outrage to
construct one against the wishes OF those
who would be expected to patronize 1t.
HAS STUDIED STREET LINES.
One Of the residents of Sutter street
who Is in a position to speak from
knowledge of underground street rail-
road systems Is John +. Revalk of the
John F. Revalk Company, 532 Com
mercial street. Mr.. Revalk lives at
1904 Sutter street. Recently he re-
turned from an extended tour Of the
cities of Europe and the Eastern
United States and while at Amsterdam.
Holland, he was shown over the new
system of surface electric roads that
have been constructed there under Gov
ernment supervision. Mr.. Revalk said:
When the Amsterdam road was first planned
IL was decided to try-out four-mile section
in order that thorough test might be given
the invention. This road proved so salts
and recently work begun on additional
five miles OF line. In Berlin the surface roads
were great success 1t found that they
could be operated at less expense than any
other class of street railroad and were much
more satisfactory to the travelling public
New York has over eighty miles OF conduit
roads and is planning for others. The man
agement of the lines showed that increased
interest resulted from the properties and that
there less danger of accidents on the con-
duit lines.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-28

BURGLARS FIND NoTHING.-Burglars
McAliister street early yesterday morning.
but found an empty safe This was the third
time crooks had entered the place In one
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-28

Floating spots before the Eyes, dimness
Eye Remedies. A home cure for Eyes.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-28
Death of Broker Mattoon.

Cleanse the stomach and restore and
tone it up by using Lash's Bitters-
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-28
DRINKS CARBoLIc Acl

DRINKS CARBOLlC ACID.-Joseph Elan
nigan. politician. ended his lie yesserr,a !,
by drinking carbolie acid in the prsssnc. ~
MS vile on Fifth street. near Harrison.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-28

See the swell booklets we make. Edward
Knowles Co.. "a Second street.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-28

Piso's Cure for Consumption Is IN
sfectual remedy for coughs and colds. csc. :
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-28

and all the Commissioners except Hut
ton were satisfied with what l had
done TO SUPPRESS the games"
The Washington times., 1905-04-20
Hoo TO Keep Young.

AS rule the women by whose youth
fulness l have been struck most have
been famous workers, writes Robert
Hichens in the Sunday Magazine Men
who work hard and successfully, on the
other hand, often appear careworn and
elderly before their time. Women are
becoming cleverer than men are, in this
way, as in so many other ways
In comparing the women who live
quiet country lives with tfose who drain
life to the dregs, / must say that my
theories and those of many doctors have
been upset. Age, in the heart of the
country, seems generally to make its ap-
pearance just when one would expect it
to do so. Country women of fifty usually
appear fifty. believe that a perpetual
calm is decidedly aging, and that toe
much repose, even in fine air, induces a
heaviness, a phlegm, which show youth
quickly to the door. The human vege-
table is seldom or never young 1t al
ways seems what we discreetly call "a
good age" But the SureSt way of pre-
sentlng youth is to keep your interest
IN people and things.
Are modern women more keenly in
terested iii their lives than modern men
in theirs, and is this the secret of their
remarkable youthfulness? Certainly the
modern womans s life is constantly be-
coming more varied, more full She does
q thousand things now that She used to
leave undone. Both in work and in PLAY
she has far better time. Perhaps that
is why she is getting to appear so pre-
posterously young. She is gazing toward
The horizon of time, and watching the
far,on figures of coming joys, against
sky in which there are not so many
clouds as there used to be. Her youth
should put man on his meItle.
The Washington times., 1905-04-20
Misizess a SerUanf Respects.

"A woman should insist upon being
mistress of her own kitchen, but un-
less she possesses self-control, patience,
and tact she is really just as unfit to
manage her servants as child. 1t
is a very true saying that man or
woman who has not learned to con-
troll self is not fit to control others.
If a woman cannot go into her Kitchen
without losing her patience or losing her
temper she would do better to stay out
of It, Fault must be found, but with
servants. as with children, II Should De
in a quiet, dignified way and a proper
time should be chosen for it. woman
who does not know any better than to
take time when a woman Is particu-
larly busy, or has some speclai piece
of work she is trying to get through,
such as washing, ironing, or getting din
ner, win never be likely to nave good
service. If she scolds or nags she at
once lowers herself to the level of her
servant and loses the respect which eV-
erv mistress of house should StrlVe
to deserve from those about her-W ON
ans Life
The Washington times., 1905-04-20
Fancy Work Hints.

Rrocade envelopes are useful things
for the writing desk and are made of
cardboard covered with silk and lined
with satin. The back and wallet-shaped
fiap is cut in one piece. and the front
separately When the two pieces nave
been covered and lined set a piece of
sa tin RIBBON about two inches wide with
in the envelope, around the sides. and
bottom. This will allow the brocade
envelope to expand and hold fair
amount of papers.
The sprinp brides are having made out
of watered or brocade silk small trunk
for the safekeeping of their bridal treas
ures, such as the wedding invitation,
letters of congratulation. love letters.
and other tokens of sentiment On to-.
of all go the wedding veil and wreath.
small lock fitted with a gold or
silver key fastens the chest
The Washington times., 1905-04-20
Cheap and Nutritious.

The use of peanuts in the preparation
OF various dishes is increasing. ii
wafer is made by chopping very fine a
pint of the shelled nuts and mixing them
with three eggs, two tablespoonfuls of
milk, little salt. and a cup OF sugar
creamed with Two tablssponfuls of but
ter. Flour s added to make a soft
dough, which is rolled very thin, cut
into strips. and naked I'm a moderate
oven. Peanut sandwiches, too. are very
appetizing, and nutritious. either for tea
or with the salad at luncheon or dinner
Several recipes are followed to make
them q good one calling for brown.
bread. This is cut in thin slices and very,
lightly buttered, spread with cream
cheese, and layer of finely chopped
nuts. The slices are then pressed to-
gether and cut in circles or oblong.
The Washington times., 1905-04-20
Jeueled Combs.

1t is, Of course. always possible for an
extrayagant woman to find an outlet
fer fresh lavishment of money. and in
rcthing is this more pronounced just
new than in the ornamental combs
which fashionable women are wearing
in their locks. The woman of taste
keeps her ornamental combs for evening
wear alone, in the daytime donning a
set of the simplest she possesses. There
is wide range of prices in combs,
and one may have a head adorned to
the value of several thousand dollars
or something very effective at the cost
of a quarter. At the opera some beauti-
The Washington times., 1905-04-20

frl combs literally incrusted with dia-
nIonds have been seen, others studded
with pearls while some Of the loveliest
are deIicately enameled on silver III
every Imaginable device. Then there
are combs with a trellis edge carried
out in briIliants. Aiding and abetting
tie combs in beauty and extravaganza
are golden daggers with jeweled hilts
and slides and pins, ornate or simple,
as the case NAV be.