The San Francisco call., 1906-05-11
DALTON FIGHTS
THE SYNDICATE
Tries to Put Stop to
Work on the Bulk
head.
Causes the Arrest of Two
Employees OF Com
pdny.


OAKLAND, May 1o.-County Asses
sor Henry P. Dalton and his brother,
Frank Dalton, this afternoon caused
the arrest of two employees Of the Real
ty Syndicate who are doing prelimi-
nary work on the projected bulkhead
between the Southern Pacific Compa-
ny's mole and the Key Route pier,
where the syndicate proposes to con-
struct a comprehensive system Of
docks and wharves.
The Daltons own a foundry fronting
on the bay about one hundred yards
south of the Sixteenth-str station.
They have laid claim to the syndicate
holdings. basing their claims on tide
Land rights. It was expected civil
| suit might ensue before the contro-
versy was ended. but the criminal ac-
tion came as complete surprise.
Henry P. Dalton called UP Chief OF
Police Wilson at noon today on the
telephone while the Chief was at din
ner and requested that he immediate
ly send an officer to arrest men who
were pulling up piles driven by him
and his brother In the tide lands ad
%
Wilson refused to issue the necessary
order from his home and asked Dali
ton to wait until he had returned to
his Office In the City Hall.
Assessor Dalton then visited Cap
tain Of Police Petersen and explained
to him that unauthorized parties were
pulling piles he had driven. Dalton
wished an officer to Immediately ar
rest the men
Captain Petersen informed Dalton
that his officers would arrest any man
desired If Dalton would place his hand
on the accused mans shoulder and say
structions to this effect to the police
man station at the Sixteenth-street de-
pot and half an hour later Dalton
caused the arrest Of two syndicate en-
ployes.
Chief Wilson when seen about the
matter explained that he realized the
dispute was one that should be settled
in the civil courts, that no criminal
action could have a permanent effect.
However, he said, as long as Dalton
was willing to personally take the nee
essary legal steps to have the men ar
rested it was but his duty to see that
the arrests were made.
The Realty Syndicate tonight au-
thorized the printing of statement,
In explanation Of the corporations act
in ordering Dalton to cease driving
piles on the syndicates land, which
order resulted IN Dalton's attempt at
reprisal through the medium of the
Oakland police. The syndicate's state
ment follows:
The title to the tide lands, from
high water mark to low water mark,
at that part Of the water front in Ques-
ton. was procured by the Realty Syn
dicate from the Oakland Water Front
Company. The title OF the latter COM
pany to the property has been con-
firmed in series Of decisions, culmi-
mating In a Supreme Court decision
in 1897 that absolutely clinches the til
tie. Our title. accordingly, obtained
from the Oakland Water Front Com
pany, is perfect. It is this land that
the syndicate plans to use for manu-
featuring and shipping purposes by the
retaining OF the territory, the build
ing Of docks, piers. warehouses, etc.
= Mr.. Dalton owns a strip along the
water front, sold to Mr.. Dalton's father
by the Hibernia Bank years ago
through e. A. Heron, now an official
of the syndicate. There never was any
shadow Of contention by the Hibernia
Bank for the privilege Mr.. Dalton now
asserts Is his of using the land as
leverage for demanding deep water out
let The idea that he Is entitled to ri
parian rights, which involve the use of
the tide lands We have purchased, is
absurd, and he must show in court that
any such right is his before he will be
any other way on the land to which we
have perfect title
The Daltons claim a strip 500 feet
wide extending from the shore line
westward to snip channel. They assert
that title to the upland upon which the
foundry is located carries with it the
right to deep water. They assert that
they have plans for filing this tide
land adjacent to the foundry. building
channel and providing dock facilities.