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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20
A Committee 10 Secure
Federal Cooperation.
WILSON PLEDGES AID
Southern Members Of Congress ard
Scientists Meet IN Washington.
and There the Committee IS
Appointed 10 Present The
Matter 10 Congress.
us r

tE"# a@f @rHHa 4#~#
Washington Feb IA nameet 50
s~rs sentative southern ms ssalxs
"a - ~ reta- 500 - tae ~.
iartm~ul r Ayr culture ans AS
81 with h.fn sAe subject ~ 1t~ est.
u. tek Nh4sh - said a bfe~3 ghs
Texas fever Thes asked shr nrt-
tafs "a assists, ta~u ~ eFaI4eaisrs sh~
tex Is sending ,u the southern States
All expert ta study Ibe length of ua1~
the tick ~Iu 1--we ln ground aet pas
tarrd Secretary Wilson promised bl-
hearty cooperation.
southern members II congress and
scientists held a meeting LA th. m&-
noflty room at thr Capitol today $50
discuss tht plan IT, secure Frdrfa.
cooperation With tAr states ln thu
movement - r~NtcruIautr Use TrNa~
cattle tick. Representative EurieNaU.
Tex. presided as Tho meeting ard
WaS authorized To- name Il committee
~ ~scieutlrts and representative tu
present the needs OF Tho south Ia
Congress lie appointed tie follow
ing Representatives Clayton. Cky
Randall. CLl4 smith. TEX VII
liamz. tMis~D Flood 6NaD+ I4Ntug~-
tom. tGaD.. Iou. ~. - Robinson.
tAlkD Lamar. 0Fla) EIlctbr -
- August Meyer Shreveport. I-a)
Y. II ~Dalrympte. veterinarian. Lou
lsiaha experiment. station. BATON
Rouge. d-a1. Nu y Graham. mem
bei al the North Carolina state Board
Of Agriculture Mcphelu. Is. 90
Prof. Andrew " Snulc. dean X viz
giuiJ Collrg, agriculture. Hacks
burg. CNa.) col Il. ]. RcddiuE. Geot-
gia Experiment station. TAFT Butler.
NeteriutaD. North Caroline experiment.
station. Raleigh. CN - J. q. Fetuey-
hough. Va, state N"teranian Prof
". II. Morgan. director Of experiment
station. Knoxville. Tenn.
Immediately after its appointment
the committee held "a meeting and
decided To appear before the HOUSE
committee on agriculture tomorrow
and ask for $500 900 to carry on the
war against the cattle tick.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20
y the \ cc

(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Feb. 16.-The following
are the total net receipts Of cotton
at all ports since September 1st:
Galveston, 2,032,4S1: New Orleans
1,127,876: Mobile, 195,S19; Savannah
1~,173.472: Charleston. "151.393; Will
mington, 2S4,222; Norfolk. 513,O63;
aBltimore, 1881: New York, 2,2S4;
Boston, 50,739; Newport News. IL
922; Philadelphia. 4,205: San Fran
cisco. 19.1O9; Brunswick. 1920;
Port Townsend. 24,617: Pensacola.
111,065: Poland, oregon. 1850: Port
Arthur and Sabine Pass. $1,000. Jack
sonville, 161,013; Eagle Pass. Te1as
2.549: FL Paso, Texas, $50; Laredo.
Texas, 4.S51; minor ports, 1924.
Total. 5,99S,SS4 bales.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20

state Guard Officers Go To Norehcad
To Lay IL on.

Adjutaut General r. x. Robertson.
of Charlotte. aud Col W. l. Mctih~~.
Of Franki5uton. OF the engineering
corps Of the North Carolina National
Guard We're here yesterday and al
GoldsDoTo. were joined ~ Col T. II,
Bain. inspector-grneraI. the party
going 10 A~Iorehead city 70 lay of the
permanent camp ground for the
guard
They will locate especially the per
buildings 10 be erected and the
rifle range. and after they ave com
pleted their arrangements II work Of
putting the camp in order Is 10 begin
at once 80 that il may be ready for the
encampmeut the coming summer.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20
{ h Cotton Markets.
Tone. Middiing. Recei'ts
Stocks and Bonds.

<rW York. Feb. 17.-Severe declines
-.+..J from the active trading OF
t ..-hOur session today. The sell
U.s. #" made up of heavy speculative
combined with a Well-cen-
red unHr attack on the market, when
credited to the generalship OF q
.tef3n Professional operator with the
'e>lIge Of many successful bear cam
tIgnS i'm the past. The moment evil
nifty was prOpitious for the success
the attack. The bank statement
owed more IA :Orable than had been
.pected. The principal interest at
rhed to the loan around the con-
Iction reported of $9,616,600 was in
ntrast with the fears with heavy
f1OatiOnS of the week must have
used a large expansion of banking
dts. The seVerest pressure today
Tered naturally upon the recent
.uIatiVe faVOrites, so that the
last declines are found in Reading,
ion Pacific, Smelling, Colorado
."'. Amalgamated Copper. the Hill
broad group, Brooklyn Transit. and
..re. which have been most promi-
Hf i'm the excessive speculation of
&c. The decline in prices, however,
General throughout the list to the
tent of between l and 2 points. The
.sIish rallies at the last evidently
|n due to hasty proft-taking by the
".SSful bears, and the closing tone
unsettled and weak.
I"l3l sales bonds, par value, 81
'#nnU.
I.tlr sales stocks, $4,000 shares,
ding Copper. $4,000; Smelling,
"''s Anaconda. $4,000; A. G. L.,
-'', G. O.. 500; st. Paul, 21,300;
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20
Baltimore Provision Market.
Naval stores

Wilmington. Feb. H-Turpentine. firm 68.
receipts - casks.
Rosin firm, $50. receipts l. OOi bbls.
Tar firm. 1.80. receipts. ii8.
CRUDE trm. ESQ. d SOFA. so. receipts
Charleston. Feb H.-Turpentine firm.
ltoSin firm. sales.
Savannah, Feb. H.-Turpentinc firm, 50
sales 81. receipts l29. shipments i. CAB.
ROsin. firm. sales. 1927 REGENTS III
shipments, 2. III.
a. b.. g. 3.S5; y. 385 e. 3.s5; F.. 3s5: G.
3.8S; H.. lis. l.. $50. X. SIS: M. $40, n ). so.
VIC els. w w go.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20
Oak HUI Votes school Tan.

High Point, y. G.. Feb. iT-Oak
I'LL township carried the schools
election by almost "a unanimous vote.
there being in fact pnD one vote cast
against the measure. Oak Hill is A
suburb IF High DIN and II modern
school house with able teachers viii
liz the Jesuit Of the election this
week. Guilford county has voted ia
.Norably on eyerv school proposition,
that has come before the interested
voters FOR years.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20
ACTIVE
AND DESCENDING
The Speculative liquida-
ton is Heavy.
STRONG BEAR ATTACK
e.arish Rallies in Final Trading Due
10 TASTY Profit Taking by Success
.uI Bears. The Closing Tone
Unsettled and Weak. SMALL
Change in Cotton.
. the Associated Press.)

T.. the Associated IreSS.)
York. Feb. Little cotton
...' opened steady at an advance Of
....te to q decline of one point. The
.r..-mrnt on near months was u
.... higher cables, while the market
.I off as the call progressed, ana
.... urtrTWard showed a net loss Of
= points on active months as Il
Of bearish Weekend statistics.
...fs believed to represent large
interests We're good buyers Of
...u. however. IN this steadied the
.-..l. which rallied TO abOut the
. ing figures during the middle Of
. coming. Trading was not active.
e. .aipts at the ports today were
bales against 17,125 last week
. .yJ.99S last year. cor the week
mated 120. 900 bales against 49,
last week, and 1853 last year.
.t..'a receipts at New Orleans 7,414
against 1854 last year and at
.0-tuu 4,121 bales against $40 last
York. Feb. 11.-Spot closed quiet.
.dding up!ands HIS; middling gulf II so.
49, 400 bales. Cotton futures opened steady
closed barely steady.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20

ALL unau~@ 8oaAhgg h~ carried oes
~ *Ns& ~ thta ~arrv-o#er an @ert
t4A and shutter 6emans2s renar h-
1the~ 8~se3orraeasa Rave s
E~@@r1Ilt favorable 1aa<eaaana n
rau prh@ hA*~ b~s4ah aas @~e
mes b4@sue@ West ans ~s4th
tai fsssaa are fa1~ SIS ge*a enra
- tE~ ~fash here ha4Iux = rstt
f- hark - Tor m
Hs~ failures for ih~ secs. nam-
@uf 4Eltusr a. rs 1885
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20
Opening Highest. Lowest. IClosing
Cash quotations we're as follows:

Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour easy. winter patent 3. 1904. 90; StraightS
3.50d3. IS: spring patents zoos IS; straights
s2GS4; No. 3. 77@7s: No, : red. S4I@s5. com
No. z. 3912G34: No. 2yellow. $685.. Oats No.2. 2912;
No. 2 white. 3l4@321s; No. 3 white. 2S1a@30l2,
rye No. 2. s.: good feeding barley
S7s4a38. fart to choice mailing lO@4S; No. / flax
seeo. l07; No. Northwestern. 112: timothy
seed. 3.35. mess pork perbbl. 1i50@i5 60: lard
per 100 lbs. 7. 72G7.75; short ribs Qoose)8 .0O@S. 10.
dry sailed shoulders (boxed); 49,. short clear
sides (boxed) 8.45a8 So; whiskey, basis of high
grade wines. l.29: clover contract grade ISIS.
New York Provisions.
New York. Feb 17-F1our dull and barely
steady, Minnesota patents 4. l0G4. IS; do bakers
3. SOFAS. 80. winter patents 10000. 40; straign:s.
5.25@5. so.
Rye flour quiet, fair to good 3.70@4 IS:
choice to fancy 4. 60d4 so.
-four dull, 10.
nominal. 61M.
Corn meal barely steady, 1030li5, kiln dried
2600270.
Rye nominal. No eStern n.
Barley duh. feeding AZ. naltinr. 47@s2.
Wheat easy. No. 2 red 8738. do May
1878. July S75s. Sept. 1854
Corn steady. No. 2. 48. May 1875. July isis.
Sept. 59A.
Oats barely steady mixed 34t2.
Beef steady. family II. 5OQ13. 60; packet 10. 50@
iI.O0 mess 5000 1000; beef hams 20.Oc92 p. SO.
Cut meats. firm, picked bellies 8k@9i2.
picked shoulders 7, picked hams 9asa1OH.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20
SPRING TRADE EXPANDS.
In Dry Goods, Clothing. Shoes, and
Millinery. Says BradStreet.
(Bv the Associated Press.)

New York. Feb. 16.-Bradstreets
tomorrow will say: Spring trade in
dry goods. clothing, shoes. and milli-
merry continue 10 show expansion des-
pite the presence Of winter conditions
interruption from this source in fact
has beer less than anticipated and
shipments OF goods on cd riders and
preparations for house trade at lead
ing centerS go on unchecked. Retail
trade has been appreciably helped by
the weather. but considerable stocks
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20
DrN Goods.

New York. Feb. 11.-Buying in TIE
dry goods market today was infiu-
Cnced to a certain extent by the pres
tnce of export buyer. Operations for
emma We're still in progress. Prices
were somewhat firmer and sellers
o independent While iobbcrs were
increasingly busy.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20
New Orleans Cotton.

Kew Orleans, Feb. l7.--SDot cotton
uict; sales 2.200 bales, including 500
arrive anG 800 f. o. b. Quotations
Unchanged; middling 10 lie. Flu
lures opened with the active positions
: points off. The market was quiet
and featureless. The trading con
tinued very light With scarcely enough
duing to make quotations. The close
was easy, the list showing net losses
81 . to . points.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20

New York, Feb. i7.-MOney on call nominal,
no loans, time loans firm, so and 80 days 81,
s months 512, Prime mercantile paper S05A.
sterling exchange steady with actual business
IN bankers bills at 4S6. 750486. IS for demand and
at 482 751482.So for so day bills, posted rates
1883 Yo 4840tS70D487H, commercial bills 48lh@34
bar silver 66t2. Mexican dollars 51h.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20
Once Preached at High Point

High Point, n. c.. Feb. 1.-THE
Rev. w. l.. Harre?l who vas shot to
death accidentally by a friend While
out hunting near his home at Month
cello, Georgia. Thursday. at n time
served the First Presbyterian church
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20
New Orleans Feb. l7.-Cottoa futures closing
Liverpool.

Liverpool. Feb. 17.-Cotton. spot in fair
temand. $50
Prices 3 points lower. American middllnR
6.3S. gOOd middling 6.04; middlin2
SO. low middling 5.72, good ordinary 5.sl: or.
linary 5.38. The sales today were 5000 bales, OF
which 900 were for speculation and export an3
1900 American. Receipts II, 200 bales
I'D American. ,
Futures opened quiet and steady and closed
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20
Grain and Provisions.

Chicago. Feb. 17.-Bearish news
from Argentina and India caused Il
fresh decline today in the local wheat
market. For May delivery final quo
;ations showed a net loss Of q. Corn
and oats were each down Is. PrOVi-
SONS were a shade lower to 27h
higher.
Opening. Highest Lowest. IClosing
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20

Lard easg We.t steamed as refue'
strad, cont.ne1t ais co1nrog.d s,~a@
IS Goa II 81. mess rs IS fG Is
TalfoE barely steady. cIty5fw country sa5hs
Rosin ~te4dy strained common to good -
T1rpeutlEe quiet men
Rec 44let. domestic fair 10 ertrs 3t~aG
Ao.asSes s.eady. New Orleans 3eass good L
choice NaS
Coffee spo, 10 quiet. No Invoice ssis
sugar raw nominal falr refining. n.
c%entHfugal strst 3l31aS moIa.ses sugar
p. refined gaiet conf-c.Ls ABS mo3d 4.
graduated $50 cubes 10
Butter firTntr. creamery common To extra
l6a27. state da.ry i5a5 western factory
Cheese quiet. large. colored white. sept
fancS IL do late made average Pa SKINS
western hret.is4aIo. Southern 1917.
Potatoes quiet: bermuda second crop Per
bbL 3OaG do southern 2g4 sweet, 3dI %
per bbl.
Peanuts steady fancy nand-picked il4a4
other domestic 2AG5.
Cabbage quiet. foreign IS per ton. small.
domestic II.
Cotton by steam 70 Liverpool iSs
Cotton seed oil vas weak under liquidation
prime crude Z. .. b. mills. 2ia1ih. summer y-l-
low 3iD)fi4 prime white 34d3ii7. prime winter
yellow 34G3--
Baltimore Provision Market.
baltimore. Feb. 17-F9our dun. winter
patents 4i59435, spring patents 43es94 SIS.
wheat firm. spot contract sea SIS. spot
No :! red western ....-... southern b. sample
43ai7
Corn steady. spot 4saGs new Southern.
white i24 46i4
Oats dun. No. 2 mixed 34dJ4H.
Rye dun and lower. No. 2 western T4I-
Butier i1rm fancy litnltatons 2la2 do.
creamery 27125 do ladlc. 1913 store packed
l5Q i6.
Eggs easy. ID.
Cheese. strong. large l4i4. medium IA: small
Sugar steady. course granulated . 80 fine
80.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20

Colorado Fuel. 2G.500: l.. Y. 900. y
W. 200, Reading. Gg.80G: <. X. 81
100: i. {. r.. 2f.460: y. =. G.. 500
:. =. 400.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20

The Annuai Report of State Treasurer
LACY.

M. YY-.T.I T.,-,+ - -. .,...
T,rea CO.. 90 -, c.. o..
Eo,.rrnhI. 81 700 -, "IF
! tha MS. 40 ID. mi -,
tardav
| Tbe r~aI,uI,g et.t.ro,t "a.
stat. dehe IS nh.
Fonr rer ran, ns,f.t,t.a
debt bonds g .oq .-a
Fonr rer c.,, prtsa, Am
bnnda r,a mn
Fo,,r rar ce,, pris
doh, ba,ds en- mn
Fonr no, cant l,. a.i.
hn,ds 1anoo - ''' aonnoo
Ennr g.. ''''V''
bnnas 1ao- 60 49, o-o =
800
Total fo,,r ,a, CON. al, 800 -
civ ~ CO..
aaht honds % -9o n
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20

5. A. L. Stocks and Bonds.
BaltimOree, Feb. Us. A. L. common
do preferred ...... bid
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20

(By the Associated Press.)
New York. Feb. 10, 1906.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20

john u ~i:u-krfelIcr i'm a Issan Iias~-
at GHsss-
lFrom tf.- <cw Yar Wast4s

1FroHn th~ <eN fars Verdi
Gt.rre ponaertw at5 OVER th. euaHt-
ar ~esrenang Ter John l. Ea~Sef~slsF
ia. richest man ip fire. world Who hal
been missing sine. early ln D~ys-erub~r
since lt II Impossible ttsaf s. ram ha4s
-sNaporatsd ilk- = bucket % h~ oa
standard 81. 10 ts certain that Nh
ltotkrfsllrg - -amew h~fe-fbe uafF
difficulty being ~ give ttat @am.n hsrs
= local hitatiou aHd "a aam~
Dispatches from ali parts ~ Amer.
t- poured In upon fh- NorI3 xextet-
Iay
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20

Peaches" are liable TO grow on
any kind OF family trees.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20
Movement OF Cotton.

(By the Associated Press.)
New York, Feb. 16..-[Fhe follow
ing statistics on the movement 81
cotton for the week ending Friday
February 16, 1906, were compiled By
the G York Cotton Exchange:
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20

Oconomowoc. Wis. Feb. John
D. Rockefeller was in town today.
stopped at the Merchants Hotel and
lunched heartily on crackers and milk
"Subpoena-servers " said he. Why
is a subpOena-SerVeVH
Silas Waggpner, one Of our Oldest
and most highly respected citizens. was
so overcome by the oil kings wit that
he hasn't been able to stop chuckling
since. Mr.. Rockefeller said he was
going East, West. North and South
from here.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20

savannah. Ca, Feb. 12-John u.
Rockefeller is on Tho bounding bill
lows. There EAR be no doubt abou, it
Your correspondent saw him roll up
the g~ang-plank OF a fast eea-goiug
yacht early this afternoon with "A true
deep-Sea lie wore "A sailor
costume. had both hands thrust deep.
in the pockets Of = pea-jacket and was.
WhiStling "A Life on The ocean Wave Il
His WI rave him away
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-02-20
This Tr. Last Yr.
Cotton Receipts.

....... S,iO1,942 9,3 l,132
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-12
TAKES POISON To
SCARE LOVER.
Miss Bennett Plays Clever
Ruse on Male Admirer
and Ends Up in Hospital
WITHHOLDS HIS NAME

little romance that began last
night at $40 Buchanan street ended
rather abruptly several minutes later
when hack bearing Miss c. Bennett
dashed up to the Central Emergency
Hospital with the young lady and her
erstwhile sweetheart. Miss Bennett
had taken a dose of chloroform, fear
ing that the man whom she adored was
about to bestow his affections on an
other. But the stomach pump did It's
work well, and instead Of finishing at
the Morgue Miss Bennett was given
soft cot in the hospital.
When the man in the case learned
that the woman was out of danger he
left the hospital abruptly without 1eav-
ing his name or address. When he
had gone Miss Bennett grew confiden-
tial and unfolded the true story Of
her case. She told everything save the
name of the man, and this she with
held for reasons of her own.
According to the woman's story, she
had trouble with her sweetheart, and
fearing that he was about to cast her
aside for rival quietly informed him
that life without him would be vast
wilderness to her. Producing a bottle
of chloroform, she pretended to gulp a
large quantity of the poison.
But the man was gallant. Instead
of gloating over her as she lay in
agony on the moor he quickly dashed
the poison bottle from her lips, rang
for hack and hurried her to the hos
pital.
But had he known that Miss Ben
nett was only running bluff on him
the man in the case would possibly
have not made such an heroic effort to
save her. After he left the hospital the
woman stated that she had no inten-
tion of ending her life; that she only
drank very small quantity of the
poison, not enough TO even make her
sick, but that the bluff worked per-
fectly, and the man thought he would
have to buy flowers today to place
upon her, coffin.
The attendants at the hospital lis
tened intently while Miss Bennett un-
folded her romantic tale. Then they
ushered her into the bedroom and told
her she could have free nights lodg-
ing.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-12
Piles of Dirt, Rusty Iron and Track Debris Bar
Entrance to Stores and Residences

The fragrant disregard Of the United
Railroads for both the convenience
and the property rights of the citizens
OF san Francisco viii be brought to the
attention of the Grand Jury. A rigid
investigation Of the corporation is to
be made, and if the laws can be found
to apply an action in the courts may
be inaugurated. Grand Jurors F. G.
Sanborn. Alfred Greenebaum. Rudolph
AIohr and Charles P. Sonntag have ex-
pressed themselves decidedly on the
matter and will confer with District
Attorney Langdon on the question of
forcing the company to give 10 he peo-
pie what is demanded by them in the
form of adequate car service and pass
able streets.
It is held by the jurors that suffi-
cient time has elapsed in which the
United Railroads could secure cars to
accommodate its passengers and re-
ps- SIS torn-Up roadbeds or reconstruct
its lines The grand jurors say that
the present conditions are beyond en-
dursnce. There is no touch Of hostility
toward the street railroad people in
the nove-it is simply an action taken
by the jurors for the sake of the peo-
pie who are dependent on the service
offered by the company and have no
choice but TO take what is available.
IMPAssABLE STREETS.
The condition of the streets has ag-
gravated the people as much as has the
car service There are seventy-seven
blocks Of city streets torn up. was
told in The Call yesterday. But the
Unsightly part Of the streets is more
than rivaled by the inconvenience to
which the people living o. torn-up
thoroughfares IN the unbur%td district
are put TO by the state % the road
ways. Merchants doing business on
the torn-up streets are cut off from
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-12

The other track must be torn up.
Residents on Sutter street were sub
jected to all this inconvenience for
many months, but now that thorough
fare is in some sort of shape, save from
Devisadero street to Preside avenue,
residence and business street which
has passed through the throes of
United Railroads reconstruction.
DIRT BEFORE MANSIONS.
The purely residence streets-JacS-
son and Sacramento--have also fallen
under the blight of United Railroads
operations. Jackson. from Frederick
street TO Presidio avenue, is in the
same state which makes Haight a mem
ace and an eyesore Before the man
sions which line the street is piled a
mass of earth. stretching unbrokenly
but for narrow apertures at street
crossings, from within a block of De-
visadero street to Preside avenue.
Where people have carriage entrances
rude pontoons have been laid. Trades
people delivering purchases must climb
over 'breastworks" of soft earth and
hard paving stones and brittle asphalt
to reach the houses they serve. The
people are deprived of all the ordinary
cpnveniences which a street should
afford.
Sacramento street parallels jackson.
not only by the. rule of the surveyor
but also by the operation of the United
Railroads. From Fillmore to Devisa-
dero the north side of the street is a
mass of earth, asphalt, paving blocks
and iron thrown up before the dwell
ings. The intrenchments are fornid-
able enough to impress an army.
It is against these United Railroads
that he Grand Jury will
direct its operations. IT will discover
If the company has franchise to de-
prive it's patrons of adequate car ser
vice and deprive the city of adequate
street room.
The San Francisco call., 1906-11-12

business, and wagons driven along the
streets are in constant danger of being
crowded off into the ''moat" which the
United Railroads has laid throughout
the city. At present it is a dry moat
because there has been little rain this
season.
One of the most deplorable-l looking
streets is Haight, from Devisadero to
Stanyan. Last July the company set a
gang Of men to work at tearing up the
eastbound track of the old cable road
The street was opened up completely
from the park terminal to Devisadero
street. The earth from the excavation
was thrown on the south sidewalk,
and the basalt blocks were piled up on
the north sidewalk and roadway. There
was left of the unexcavated and lit
tered streets barely room for two
teams to pass.
STRIKE DELAYS WORK.
Then came the strike of the laborers
in the United Railroads employ and
work was knocked off. The people of
Haight street had no escape from the
condition imposed upon them by the
company. On the block between De-
visadero and Broderick streets there
is a steep hill and this added to the
danger of the highway. Teams would
back off the remnant of firm road into
the ditch and delay traffic on the street
Delivery clerks would have to leap the
chasn, and milkmen would leave their
horses at the foot of the hill and make
the rest of their weary route on foot.
After. the strikers returned to work
the street was not touched for long
time. but within the past month a
crew Of men has been working, and
now ties and rails are laid on the
street from Stanyan to Masonic ave-
There ire q efr Of
track from Devisadero to Market yet
to be treated. That will be but one-
half of the task. however, the United
Railroads has set out to accomplish