New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-11
THE LAN0UAGE-PHONE nETHOD,
l1osg Metropolis BuiIalng 18Th st. and Broatuau n =

tatlon OF oil and market for all that Is pro-
duced Eleven directors will be chosen four
from the Coalinga field. four from Kern. one
from Los Angeles and one from Santa Marta
The association will ascertain whether II IL tru,
that there is overproduction OF oil in California
as the Standard maintains. and at what rats
oil can be laid down and sold here at reasonable
pront- AS 1t Is now. the Standard offers from
Is cents TO 20 cents barrel here ana oil sells
in San Francisco in the open market at 50 cent.
The prohibitive freight rate leaves no uroat 70
the producer.
Probably nc city in the country has a NOR,
effective Young Mems Christian Association
than San Francisco. but much OF It's effective
ness Is due to Henry ]. Mccoy. the secretary.
who has been with il for the twentv-rour vaara
or It's existence AT an anniversary meeting
this week Mr.. Mccoy gave some rer,arkab1s e.,
ures OF the work of the association r. raz
helped 10000 young men who have been On ttz
rolls The present membership is 2I9O men and
boys Fifteen hundred men and bows use5 tba
gymnasium last year and 700 were enrolled ..
students in the night school which teaches AZ
subjects Secretary Mccoy SAYS that the grear-
est need is dormitory Of at least one buDdraa
rooms. The association has a Ire building a.
Ellis and Mason SITS. and this as we'll as funds
for carrying or work. came from voluntary gifts
The municipal government will probably soon
seize the Geary-st. cable road and convert AZ
into an underground electric line to be Operated
by the city. Seven hundred thousand dollars
has been appropriated by the city for this pur-
pose OF which one-half is not available For
seven months since it's charter expired the
Geary-st- company has been able to cling to
possession. and recently. when plans had been
adopted for the transformation OF the road. an
injunction suit was brought by a stakeholder
under the guise Of an owner OF propertv along
the line restraining the city government from
carrying out its plans.
The most pretentious apartment house An San
Francisco will be built on the block facing the
Golden Gate Panhandle. bounded by Fell Baker
Hayes and Lyon SITS The frontages will be 275
and 400 feet The building will be seven stories
of brick and cement. with ! .455 rooms. A large
central court will give light and outside air %
every room. The lot cost S25OOOO, and the build
ing will cost S1,OO0,OOO.
The Humboldt Savings Bank will begin srac-
ton at once on the south side Of MarEet-st. be-
tween 4th and 9Th SITS. OF seventeen story
building. The frontage will be fifty feet.
The auto craze has led to the alleged detail
cation and flight of staid business contractor
with
firm OF Atchson & Caulfeld. which has carried
on building operations here. RecentI- CauIheld
developed a mania for automobiles, but this did
not interfere seriously with his work This week
however. he was found missing with about
$4,000 which he had collected from patrons OF
the firm. and which his partner must pay. He
also took an automobile. on which IL is said hs
had paid only one instalment
Mrs Hermann Oelrichs is here studying plans
for the furnishing and interior decorations os
her new hotel. FairmOnt on the crest OF Mob
Hill She brought with her Emil Baumsarten,
who will make estimates on the work II Is
probable that Mrs. Oelrichs win decorats and
furnish the hotel. but thus far she has had no
offer from the lessee which she regards as
adequate
San Francisco bohemians. wherever thew NAV
De. VIII hear with regret of the death OF Coffee
'ohn. or Gustav Sarenberg for MANY years
proprietor OF an all night coffee saloon much frs-
auented by newspaper men and artists Robert
Louis stevenson was one OF the crowd that fra
iuented Coffee Johns" and Rudyard KiplinS
when he Was here for several months before rs
made a hit In England with his ''Plsin Tales
was OFTEN seen in the dinsy underground place
studying local characters This place was tho
cene Of some Of the best stories IN VIII Irvin,s
The Picaroons"
rhere was an imposing array OF lawyers this
week before the Supreme Court 70 argue the
'ase OF the Los Angeles man who slaughtered
'ow within city limits In violation OF the or
finance which was passed result of tina
eferendum by which the charter permits c'ti-
'ens to begin movements leading 10 legislation.
The case rests on the validity OF the charter. and
u o. interest to every city that has adopted
he referendum
AFTER nineteen years connection with ths
FIRST Methodist Church OF Oakland the Rsv.
Ebert X Ollie has rendered his resignation IN
us letter he says that he has come to believe In
ne benefits OF the Methodist system OF timer
ney. and he also declares that he is not strong
nonsh to do the work OF so large a church.
fhs Los Angeles Pacific Railroad win soon
axe over Venice the seaside resort near Los
Angeles which was founded two years ago ey
Aooott Kinney. The place VIII be run IS
luse amusement resort by . syndicate which
IN - anAnes1 ~ tAs rallreAA