New-York tribune., 1907-08-04
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE.
Legality of appointment of Ne.o
Frisco Supervisors.
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tBy Telegraph to The T-bu-eI
| San Francisco, Aug 3.-JIayor TayIor has or.
ganized his new Board Of Supervisors ann an
| pointed committees, placing II. V Brardeustafn
who was prominent under Mayor Phelan, at the
| head Of the financial committee. The Mayor
| ignored Supervisor Tveitmoe. the labor union
| demasogue who refused To recognize TAYLOR and
| marched out Of the chamber Tveitmoe-s col
| league. C'NeiI who was appointed by schuitz,
/ remained and got place on good committees.
! Scfmitz. from the county Jail, appointed six
| teen supervisors % I'LL the places Of those who
| resigned al the demand Of the graft prosecution.
! The list included representatives, from nearly
every labor union in the city Several have been
professional politicians since Schrntz first cane
into office. but the greater number are absolutely
unknown 1t was rumored that with the assist
! ance OF Chief OF Police Dinaa these Schr7ftz
super' tsors were 10 be seated Tuesday night and
that once n possession they would contrtve ~
| hold the fort This device might have basn
| tried had it not been for the vigilance Of ths
clerk of the supervisors, who guarded the cham
! ber day and night and refused admission T., ars
except Mayor TayIors appointees. ON Wed7es-
| day an injunction was sued out restraining
Schmitz's appointees from taking office ard rnfs
Is 20 be heard ncXt week L looks as though
another week would settle the question Of III,
IeSaIty OK Taylor'S supervisors. The new Lravo-
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gang that has fattened on the appropriations
| for tEe various commissions
! PRESIDENT Drum Of the Pacific Gas and F-ac-ri,
company has issued statement Of the reasons
/ for levyins assessment Of $50 a share IN -
coInTaUy's stock BE declares thar -rrrrr -
/ earnings have nearly doubled in rb- +7~s- sly
months OF This year. the money Is needed +o-
necessary improvements and for the rehabi,f-a-
1-'" oI 'le city system one urgent need is {,
meet the remarkable growth # Oakland caused
/ oy the influx of san Franci~ca1s since the fire.
! The Western Pacific Company. GouId.z new
/ u'iii~coHjlI"atal road. is negotiating for rhs
b'''ie Sil,'lrd in thn Oakland estuarv The
/ tract includes thirteen acres and the water "a
/ 50 deep that ocean ships can come IN u, -rs
| wharves. The Western Pacific ree7r-r[- borrbr
| an ADJOINING tract and rre two plots would
| give II the largest terminal grou-ls IN Oak
land.
Work on the foundation ~ the nov P717cs
Hotel ON the Did site at Market and Vsry Mont
Eomery streets Is being rushed and i- : ~
pccted that the concrete pillars VIII ra all r5-i
10y September I. The foundations ave f7r-v-
three feet below the street level The oil brf,s
foundations. which were laid under The sr1pa--
vision Of William e. EaI~ton are 50 r-r7 tha.
they have 70 he removed by Sl-d=e hammer ard
ChiseI
The finest Oriental building in +,t= country IS
now being erected at the southwest corner of
Dupont and California streets a-E viii cost
$ltI.uuI. u is a fpUr-Storv eli - a <-rurturs
with a lofty paGoda. and II has been leased for
twenty years to the Sing Fat Cercauy. the
largest dealers in Chinese and japanese cJlrios
ana silk goods this coast. chinatown
being rt built rapidly. and this fall jr IS planned
To have q general removal of the Chinese rcfu-
gees in Oakland To their old homes in tHe IocaI
Chinatown
J. w Ferguson. founder Of the Fresno expo
sition and one Of the best known newspaper
men in the state. died this week after illness
of several months He had been conspicuous
in Democratic state politics for thirty years. bus
never held office
The prejudice OF Assessor Keuogg. OF Pasa@
deua against Fl. Z Huntington. the traction
millionaire Will probably cost him his otflce-
Because he deemed the assessment return Hi1C'
by HuntinSton's Pacific Electric company to"
low ne arbitrarily advanced the assessment u
$9O00O0. an increase Of S+tF''" over -i's
wears assessment Huntington was Wroth anu
announced that If This unfair assessment SOU
he would not spend another cent on r-l-Ioa.
Improvements in P1sadera Fr'h#E-F o"r
are so incensed thar they may demand hei-
losg's removal
one hundrets and fifty boys from The o1'
Francisco Boys and Girls Aid society a'V -,
ing the berry crop on the large Barlo" tdHe ~
in Sonona county They picked more 80 -
ten thousand drawers of berries TINS Nei, =,
which they receive good wages Thelr e',., e'--F
under military regulations and they nave 80
fun in The evening after the days work is U0''-
The first shipment Of two million feet o. ca,
logs from. Japan for railway ties arrived a-oN0
Pedro this week. The logs Will maAe I;ras
ties for H. f. HuntinstOn's new e4ec'l'O
now under construction II was found Hit o.
BILE to get satisfactory timber on this e'''''
a reasonable price
Cold storage for tourists crossing the -
is the latest scheme evolved by Southe'n
tfornia boteIkeepers &. &. Loomis, propI4',
of the AnseIus Hotel in Los Angeles N",.,. N"
vised a plan for installing retriSerdlo- 80,
under the vestibule of each PASSENGER car -
which chilled air may be pumped through -. -
car thus reducing tine temperature III
the desert In the summer and robblns Llo J, .,
nAv OF it's most dlsagreeable feature. IHe -
road people say the scheme is feasible anu -
a u-actical test VIII be made next season.